The world is a bizarre place.

I have a friend studying in Cairo right now. I'm worried about her, thinking about her. It's funny how world affairs get real when your not so far from them. (Pic taken from MotherJones.com)

But I'm encouraged so much by this, a tweet, quoting Al Jazeera's live news coverage: "Egyptian Christians told Egyptian Muslims 'we will protect you while you are praying.'" Powerful.