... '. No surprise that when we are looking to a violation of an old "human exceptional" character (though tool-use seems to have been violated a fair amount now by any interpretation) that the cephalopod would step up to the plate. I've heard of weird behavior by octopuses in laboratories which begs to be anthropomorphized, but no one denies that this is one taxa which has some ...

Stayed up late last night writing another thousand words on "The Unicorn Evils," which puts my workdcount for yesterday at a more-than-respectable 3200, which feels like accomplishment. And now I am blowing off yoga class, under the tanaise-originated "World so cruel, bed so warm" protocol, with my own "cats so snuggly" amendment. Also, much of the midpoint of last ...

Q: How do Cephalopod ranchers keep their unruly livestock in check? A: They use cuttle-prods. Q: Do octopussies like to share their meals? A: No, they’re mostly shellfish. Q: What currency do British Cephalopod use? A: The sQuid. And a gross one… Q: How can you tell if a Cephalopod wound is infected? A: It oozes octo-pus.

... or something like that. Oh, and also this: tentaclopod (n., usu. joc. and allit.) from “tentacle + cephalopod”: any outlandish creature with cephalopod-like (squid, cuttlefish, octopus) features such as suckers, tentacles and terrible all-seeing eyes. “Taut tentaclopod things twisted, turned, tumbled, tessellated the ...

... $2,400, while the other two now have $1,600 apiece. Final Flashback: 1. In what city was the vegetable orchestra based? Matthew: Vienna- OF COURSE ($1,700) 2. Is the octopus an arthropod or a cephalopod? John: "What is a cephalopod?"- RIGHT ($2,500) 3. How often in his life will the octopus mate? Melissa: Once- CORRECT TO TIE FOR SECOND PLACE ($1,700) 4. How many ounces of soda did ...

... interesting bisected specimen from our Type and Figured Collection. This is PRI 5868, a fossil cephalopod (related to today's squid and octopuses) called Virgoceras cancellatum named by Rousseau ... includes only the hind part of the shell. The species: Virgoceras is an uncoiled nautiloid cephalopod (in the taxonomic order Orthocerida), closely related to the living Chambered Nautilus and extinct ...

... , or True Yams. Euprymna scolopes, the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid (our cover model this month, see below) is a cephalopod that’s well-suited for study in the laboratory. E. scolopes is primarily studied in three contexts: 1) as a model for cephalopod development–the embryos and protective chorions are clear, making it amenable for the observations ...

... ; Desmogblog: Climategate in Perspective, Featuring Isaac Newton The Digital Cuttlefish: Science Is Cephalopod (poem and cartoon) The Digital Cuttlefish: Selection Favours Prepared Cephalapod (poem and ... Role of religion Open Parachute: Human Morality V: The secular conscience The Other 95%: Cephalopod-tastic Friday The Other 95%: Mr. Arthrobalanus The Other 95%: SpeciesDay - ...

They've found some octopuses that carry coconut shells around - and then hide under the shell. Video here. It's analogous, as the first commenter mentions, to a hermit crab, a crustacean which lives inside of another animal's salvaged shell. A cephalopod with a coconut shell... how very odd, but how cool as well.

... It’s designed for you to mash by rotating your palm rather than using an up and down smashing motion, which is supposed to save 50% of your mashing time and result in lighter, fluffier spuds. I loved the way it felt in hand, it’s cephalopod-esque looks, and best of all, its ease of cleaning. And since potato mashing season is in full swing, I just may have to upgrade. — Megan B.

... actually know that “Jewcephalopod” is the root word for “Jewcy.” It’s true. It’s a FACT. But this globe-straddling, stabby, oil-crazed, vampire cephalopod is also Standard Oil: as well as Big Transit, Big Politics, The System, and (again) Standard Oil. From this, I believe we can only conclude that, in fact, the Rockefellers are Jewish. WhiteMan’ ...

... ;going out of print" sale on books at the AntiCraft website. There are only 115 copies left at this writing and these projects belong in any interesting crafter's collection. They even have a cephalopod menstrual cup cozy! Seriously, people. If this isn't your cup of tea, then check out the other projects that are not knitting-related. Cross-stitch, sewing, crochet and others ...

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... I'm sorry if that hurts your feeling that it wasn't you but it wasn't anything personal, please believe that. 8. What are you calling the baby? - Pod, short for "the cephalopod." We've started the discussions about other names depending on what sex the baby is but I don't think we've absolutely decided. Baby names so far is Obama Jedi, regardless of gender. 9 ...

... and dealt with massive parking insanity. Was good, and didn't get the Latin a day calendar I saw. Instead I got a few more gifts for people. Then I raided Borders, and found a couple more things. So yeah, I got a good start on the season. One down side, I didn't have my Cthulhumas tunes on cephalopod, so it felt odd. Oh well, this has been fixed, so next run will be normal ;)