Category Archives: Weird

Invisible Octopus

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Looks fake to me. Still, it is A) cool and B) octopus, so into the blog it goes!

Mentos and Diet Coke 2.0

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Well after all that, Revver allows embedding. Too bad WordPress doesn’t allow it, or I’d post the “approved by producers” version here. All I can do instead is link to it on Raj’s blog here.

For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s a video by two mad scientist types (one is allegedly a mad lawyer/scientist!) of a frolicing fiesta of fountains of diet coke and mentos.

Enjoy. And if you figure out how to embed it in a wordpress blog, let me know.

gherkin of terror!

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I resisted posting this for a couple of days…a couple of days too long. In future I resolve never to hesistate posting something just because it’s:

A) stupid
B) probably fake
C) really, really stupid.

Honestly, if she thought her life was ruined by her fear of pickles, just wait till she finds out what life is like as THE world-famous pickle pussy.

knitiloids!

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KnitiloidsTwo Squid-related posts in one day!!! Can you fucking stand it???

Pretty thrilling, eh?

From Knitie, via BoingBoing, comes news of these adorable knitting patterns. Craft your very own tentacled beauty from a vanished era; I prefer the longer, more squid-like version, but then I’m a size queen when it comes to Squid.

Hey, sometimes a Squid is just a Squid.

Every scary prehistoric beast should be made into a huggable toy, and I say it’s the nautiloid’s turn.

Their living relatives include the squid, the octopus, and the famous chambered nautilus.

Japan surrounded by plagues of gigantic jellyfish

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Nomura's Jellyfish gets takeout

They might as well surrender. All hail our Scyphozoan Overlords! Really, tabloidy news doesn’t get any better than “Japan surrounded by plagues of giant jellyfish” unless we could somehow work KFed and Posh into it.

From the Daily Yomiuri Online, via Japanprobe, who blames it on China. I thought everything was Korea’s fault?

“Doctor, there’s trouble! The sea is full of jellyfish!” the student shouted…

Full! I tell you! Full, I say!

300 million to 500 million Echizen jellyfish were flowing into the Sea of Japan from the Tsushima Strait every day. After moving northward through the Tsugaru Strait, the jellyfish swam into the Pacific Ocean, ringing the coast of the nation. During their seagoing voyage, the jellyfish grow up to 1.5 meters in diameter and 200 kilograms in weight…

“The only solution seems to be to contain the source of the plague. We urge researchers to determine the cause of the plague. We also ask officials involved in the industry to hold talks with their counterparts in neighboring nations to tackle the plague,” Nishiyama said.

Ah, isn’t this the point at which the smart people start ignoring the experts and invading radio stations with old 78’s of Indian Love Call? Buy land UPHILL, people, buy land UPHILL.

And here, Nomura's Jellyfish attends a buffet