The day before last, after reading my blog post on the Egypt protests, my mom sent me an email saying that thanks to the news in the US, she knew Charlie Sheen had been admitted to the hospital and that more snow was falling in the Northeast, but she didn't know a thing about what was going on in Egypt.
If that is the case for you, please watch Middle East-based news live, here, in English. Don't let the fact that it's Al-Jazeera turn you off, please. This is history being made, and you can watch it as it happens.
If you're on Twitter, you can follow @andrewheiss for the choicest updates on the situation as it progresses.