squiddy stuff

found this great artist, Lana Crooks. she does fabric art and uses lots and lots of tentacles! her stuff looks great. i wish i was in the area so i could go to her exhibit.

tentacle jewels

these octo jewelry pieces are so cool!!!
i want them all!


go check out this etsy store!

SquidFire!

this.

is.

awesome.

COLOSSAL SQUID is coming for yooooou!

here is a post by Tacky Raccoons (a very cool blog-thing) about my favorite of all squids: the mighty Mesonychoteuthis Hamiltoni, or the COLOSSAL SQUID. you should all quake in fear of these guys... they have razor-sharp serrated swivelling hooks in each sucker, get lots bigger than the more famous Giant Squid (architeuthis dux) and supposedly are capable of shredding several pounds of meat per minute off anything unfortunate enough to be caught in their loving arms.

i also liked the quip about macadamias at the end of the post. i can tell you personally, there is a very good reason they sell them pre-shelled. those fuckers are hard to crack!!! i ordered some raw macadamias from nutsonline earlier this year, and still have half a bag left, as i can only manage to get a few out with a hammer, a rock, and a good deal of effort. (and lots of noise. the neighbors now think i am crazy, but what else is new)

but boy are they delicious.

Talking Squids In Outer Space: The Pinnacle of Sci-Fi

Apparently, Margret Atwood once commented that "Oryx and Crake" isn't real science fiction, because sci-fi is "talking squids in outer space" and things that have not been invented yet. i remember reading a bit of this book way back when, and now i really want to reread it in full after having read the wikipedia entry linked above. i have had a few conversations recently about remembering bits of the story, and how intriguing it was, but frustratingly could not remember enough details to deduce the title or author. ill be going to the library soon!
anyway, her comment about squids in space led some people to wonder, "how many sci-fi books are there with talking squids in space? or on earth, for that matter?" and thus: talkingsquidsinouterspace.com was born.

this is a wicked compendium of sci-fi books involving (obviously) talking squids in outer space. this is everything i could have hoped for! they even have squidliographies and daily links to neat ceph-stuff.

go check it out!!!



ps- i just love todays story of the day "sheena 5" by Stephen Baxter
its about a super-intelligent squid with a super brain gen-gineered by NASA.
ive got a friend called sheena who will get a kick out of this...

Giant Squid Condoms?

this is cute, but wouldnt you need a multi-pack???