Snowpocalypse!!

To hear the meteorologists tell it, I won't be able to do anything for the next day or two because I, like a third of the country, will be trapped in a pile of snow. So here are some snow-day links, in case your work/school has been called off and you're killing time:

Here are some really cool photographs of insects (and a few lizards).

I just made this pasta recipe, and though it was vegan, it was also delicious. DH enjoyed it, too - we both kind of wanted to lick our plates afterward.

And today I learned that Nicholas Kristof from the New York Times has made it to Cairo, and he's using twitter when he can. It's fascinating to read updates from the protest as they happen - extra impressive since the internet has been shut down.