I don't know about you, but I needed a good old fashioned life affirming story to cleanse my mind palate. Right on cue came a story making the rounds in social media from New Zealand about Inky the Octopus and his Great Escape!
Now, Inky is/was no ordinary New Zealand octopus. According to his keepers at the National Aquarium in New Zealand, Inky was very clever and curious. Unfortunately one of the keepers left his tank slightly open and Inky made a dash for it. One theory "is that Inky slid across the aquarium floor – a journey of three or four metres – and then, sensing freedom was at hand, into a drainpipe that lead directly to the sea." Who knew that octopuses (octopus...octopi?) can squeeze through spaces as narrow as a coin!
All I can say is "Go, Inky!"
The thread is now open...
Oh, and just a reminder that your tax return is do on Monday, April 18.
Now, Inky is/was no ordinary New Zealand octopus. According to his keepers at the National Aquarium in New Zealand, Inky was very clever and curious. Unfortunately one of the keepers left his tank slightly open and Inky made a dash for it. One theory "is that Inky slid across the aquarium floor – a journey of three or four metres – and then, sensing freedom was at hand, into a drainpipe that lead directly to the sea." Who knew that octopuses (octopus...octopi?) can squeeze through spaces as narrow as a coin!
All I can say is "Go, Inky!"
The thread is now open...
Oh, and just a reminder that your tax return is do on Monday, April 18.
43 comments:
The formal plural of octopus is octopodes, though octopuses is the correct English formation. Although, having watched Drawn Together, I tend to consider the plural to be octopussoir.
Alternatively, consider the Norwegian word: blekkspruter. How cool is that?
Trump told a crowd in Pittsburg he was a big Paterno fan and wants him brought back. Paterno was a very successful on the field coach who was fired for ignoring and then trying to hide the crimes of his rapist buddy/henchman Sandusky.
Bringing Paterno back would be a fine trick considering he died in 2012.
In addition to reinforcing the perception that he doesn't pay attention to anything besides himself, his statement established that Trump is soft on pedophilia. Hillary's hope.
http://beta.townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2016/04/13/behold-the-most-mindblowing-donald-trump-gaffe-this-election-season-n2148245
An inmate escaped from a North Carolina prison and someone decapitated him. Its not often I say this, but maybe he would have been safer in prison.
He was in jail armed robbery so who liberated his head from his body did the world a favor, though it is kind of an odd move.
http://thegrio.com/2016/04/13/inmate-who-broke-out-of-prison-using-a-toothbrush-shank-found-decapitated-2-weeks-after-escape/
On the lighter side of the news, images of a Cruz wearing underwear (over clothes I presume) and a pink boa might be popping up any day now. He was indulging his daughter so this isn't a Weiner type scenario and shouldn't harm him.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ted-cruzs-daughter-just-let-slip-theres-a-videotape-of-him-dressed-in-a-pink-boa-and-underwear/
“She got to dress up Daddy in a pink boa and these like, big goofy-looking underwear…” explained the Texas Senator.
He was not expecting what his daughter revealed next.
“And [inaudible] it was on a videotape the whole time,” she told her father, in front of millions of Americans watching at home. “And that was a class video that they’re sending out to all the parents.”
Paterno did nothing of the sort, Anthony, and despite the damage already done, both the NCAA and PA courts finally recognized their egregious oversteps re. the alleged cover-ups.
Fat or skinny, drunk or sober, going through life relying on the likes of false narrative peddlers like ESPiN will assuredly keep you stupid.
www.FramingPaterno.com for the truth.
Considering his recent support for trannies, got to figure this should at minimum secure some love from Springsteen.
I hope Inky made it, but I fear he may be either in a private aquarium already or on some rich weirdo's menu somewhere.
EPorvaznik,
Paterno never contacted the police when he received an eyewitness report Sandusky was abusing boys. Sandusky was taken off the team but neither parents nor the police were notified. Their inaction meant the university maintained its then stellar reputation, but it also left Sandusky free to work with and abuse boys in other venues.
That is unconscionable. I don't give a care how winning a coach Sandusky was, he and every other person on the planet have/had the same moral responsibilities.
Wrong on every level, Anthony, but if you want to remain reliant on so many discredited reports, that's your prerogative. You'll continue to spread false narratives -- and I'll call you out on it here -- but still your prerogative.
Otherwise, the afore-supplied link, or www.pennlawfumble.org if you don't want to trust Ziegler's continuing herculean efforts to shed light on the truth, can help open your eyes.
Yinzers for Sanity unite, n'at!!!
http://twitchy.com/2016/04/12/trump-hates-pierogies-these-nevertrump-yard-signs-are-pure-pittsburgh/
So Paterno's own statement (he admitted he neither went to the police or the parents) is a discredited report and you trust a guy Paterno's surviving family has denounced? Fair enough.
Anthony,
Welcome to the wild, wacky, and illogical world of dealing with the Cult of Penn State. (It's like 'debating' with Obama fans circa 2008.)
FYI: While I agree with everything you said, you made one mistake: Pittsburgh ends in an 'H'. (Old school style.)
Bev, given that octoppii, octopuses, whatever...are related to both Ursula and Cthulu, I'd say they're capable of just about anything.
Maybe it's better we don't everything they can do.
BTW, this guy doesn't seem to quality as a scrounger or manufacturer. Is more of a tunnel king or digger crossed with a stooge?
Well, we're in luck... James Cameron is producing not one, not two, not three, but FOUR Avatar sequels!
And I can't wait for Andrew to review each one. ;-)
The Lewandowski prosecutor has substantiated one of the Trump team's series of stories (the second to last one) about the reporter ignoring Secret Service orders and then visibly brushing against Trump so Lewandowski isn't being charged.
Its odd that the Secret Service sat on its hands during the interaction and its even odder Trump and his aid didn't just tell the truth from the jump, but the truth is now known and Lewandowski didn't do anything unreasonable or uncalled for to the reporter.
I confess I doubted all of the Trump team's accounts, even the true one.
Anthony - I still doubt anything that Trump's team says. Here is the big question making the rounds. If he didn't do anything, why has he spent so much time and energy lying his way through it. He lied about knowing, touching her, etc. Until the tapes came out and then he/Trump spent time making up statements that she made just to lie some more. People who aren't guilty don't need to spend so much time lying.
Rustbelt - Apparently, Inky is the Einstein of the octopus world...and so it is also octopus mating season in the octopus's garden in the shade...LINK
Hey, can't stop that lovin' feelin'...
blekkspruter
Tryanmax - is this where we get "blech" from? It is kinda what I think of slimy slithery octupussoir or octopodes (depending on your country and language of origin).
BTW, I am staying clear of the Paterno controversy here...
Bev, I'm staying out of the Paterno thing too. Though, I will say that it would be interesting to see him brought back as coach. LOL!
"Second down and braaaaains....."
>>So Paterno's own statement (he admitted he neither went to the police or the parents) is a discredited report...>>
He did nothing of the sort. Please show me your source.
>>you trust a guy Paterno's surviving family has denounced? Fair enough. >>
Scott Paterno blundered this from the beginning, and he's the only one in the family who's sniped with John. Jay, on the flip side, has corroborated with Zig on more than a few occasions. If you don't like John and the many, many false narratives he's discredited, no worries. Franco Harris also continuing to carry on the quest for truth via his "Upon Further Review" series, and there's also the PennLawFumble.org I cited earlier.
Rustbelt, facts, reason, logic, and non-reliance on the easily discredited Freeh Report and/or ESPiN = my peace of mind. If that makes me a cult member, so be it. Franco and guys like U of M's John Bacon are far better company than cowards and crybabies like Matt Millen, Mark Emmert, and/or the majority on the Penn State Board of Trustees.
The NCAA and PA courts have overturned their rush-to-judgment condemnations and penalties against Penn State, Paterno, and the PSU admins. Call me crazy (or a cultist), but if that doesn't indicate some sort of call for review of ESPiN's egregious missteps, well, then it's probably too late to ask you to get your head out of the sand.
AP, 1st, 2nd or 3rd down, look for a run, likely left, right and up the middle, in that order.
catalacjack,
I wish I had a Commodore 64. I still use Coleco Adam. I bet on the wrong horse :( .
I don't let people insult each other here... or the Commodore 64.
Amiga!
I was operated on for my sinuses yesterday...today is miserable....ENTs have a history dating back to the Inquisition..which may explain how I feel today. I'm doped up a bit, so I hope I don't ramble. They left plastic springs in my head to keep my sinuses open, they actually found foreign matter up there, which may explain years of trouble..anyway...on to the Inky. Anything that is alive will try to keep living, whether it's a tree, an octopus or humans...Inky is checking out the boundaries.
While the Penn State admin mollycoddles cry-bullies, acquiescing to calls for speech codes, it’s nice to see Ohio State does what all schools should model themselves from now on, pushing back and making the precious snowflakes’ actions have consequences.
Thus concludes my community service, trumpeting Buckeye superiority over my alma mater. Cats and dogs may or may not continue to play happily together, but the planets will begin to re-align in approximately 10-15 minutes. My standing with the cult of Penn State will be up for review at the end of the month.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/434047/ohio-state-university-gives-us-video-day-how-confront-campus-crybabies?xYRpGRFvxwY0BFjh.01
Commodore 64? Isn't that from the early '90's?
Critch - poor you! As for the "foreign matter", didn't anyone ever tell you not to stick beans up your nose? My Mom still ends our phone conversations with that!
Scott, Are you f***ing kidding me?!! What the f***?! G*&^^mn tall f***ing Smurfs?! FOUR f***cking movies?!! Ahhhh!!
//bang!!
You don't say, Scott. Interesting. I'm sure they'll be fine movies.
My dear young friend Bev :)... it was from the early 80's. It came along right after the Apple II.
Critch, Best wishes on a speedy recovery!
Actually Andrew I knew that, but I didn't think anyone here would remember the ''80's...😎
Bev-Did we have the same mom? Mine used to tell me things like that...Although my favorite, "If you drown don't come crying to me." has always stayed with me. That came from my cousins and myself playing on the Loosahatchie River as children.
Bev-I can remember Eisenhower as POTUS.
We figured out that my soreness comes from being strapped onto the operating table and turned sideways while they worked on me with mallets, chisels, jackhammers and rocks...I'm not a little guy and I think they hurt my ribs. I suspect the foreign matter is the petrie dish I live in down here in SwampEast, Missouri...we have every kind of pollen, dust, and microbe there is to be found along with insects and other critters..
Another Avatar... whoopee... *headdesk*
Okay...I am making a public confession...I am a Hillary Clinton/Bernie Sanders loving raging socialist liberal.
Okay, not really, but I thought it would be more acceptable to ya'll than "I have never seen the first Avatar movie."
I wish I hadn't, Bev.
I saw Avatar in theaters in 3D. Weak plot, but it was fascinating to watch. Kind of like the Jurassic Parks and Matrixes, I doubt the sequels will capture the magic of the original
Ok, I honestly have no idea what to write about today.
Watching South Park's spoof of Avatar's all I need.
Kit,
How about general April 15th stuff?
Like..,'Titanic Myths'
-the ship was NOT trying to break a speed record.
-'Titanic' was NOT swapped with her sister ship 'Olympic' in an elaborate insurance fraud scam
-she was NOT carrying a cursed Egyptian mummy in her hold
Or April 15th philosophy.
-every notice how many people (including the killer himself), identify John Wilkes Booth with Brutus of Shakespeare's play?
Umm...did Booth really understand the play?
One of the central tenets of 'Julius Caesar' is succession. In 1599, (roughly when the play appeared), aging Queen Elizabeth had no publicly-designated heir. Remembering the War of the Roses, many English feared a civil war when she died. In the play, although the Dictator is killed, the established order survives, stability returns, and the coup d'etat is crushed. Willy may have been reassuring his fellow citizens.
So...if that's the case, and Booth saw himself as Brutus, didn't his theatrical mind consider the possibility of real life playing out just like the play?
(I had thought about writing these as a weekend article for Andrew, but I didn't have the time over the last few days.)
"Avatar" was just "Fern Gully In Space". I wasn't bowled over by it. I was very impressed with that generation of animated movies that included "All Dogs Go To Heaven" and "An American Tale". They were great kids movies but also good for adults, and they didn't beat you over the head with their agendas. I think in simpler ages, people thought more simply. John Wilkes Booth despised Lincoln, so he killed him...it was that simple. BTW, it was the worst thing that could have happened to the South...I think Lincoln would have made good his desire to reunite and keep going.
Rustbelt, I might post something...
Critch,
I respect Don Bluth (loved the Secret of NIMH, like many gamers I was wowed by the visuals of Dragon's Lair) but IMHO too many of his stories felt weak and derivative.
I think its a shame that at the film level traditional animation has fallen by the wayside, but in other places such as tv and videogames it still has a place.
Have you seen footage of an upcoming game named Cuphead which pays homage to the animation of the 1930's? So good.
http://time.com/4123150/cuphead-preview/
It has analogues to what’s happened to certain idioms in music, like jazz.
What’s beautiful about music is that real instruments still prevail. There’s groups for almost every facet of the music industry that all believe in real instruments, and people are still trained with real instruments. Whereas on the animation side of things, I’ve talked to students and their professors tell them “Do not get into 2D animation, aside from doing it as a hobby. You will never find a real job. You’ll be working at a grocery store instead of in the animation field.” It’s not dying, but it’s definitely being pushed away as a real medium.
It breaks my heart.
It breaks ours too, for sure. The old Disney was art for art’s sake, you know, and let’s push art. And then the corporate mentality comes along and establishes that this is the only way to keep growing and earning more money. But you do that while stepping on everything else.
So the only hope is that there’s a bunch of people who are crazy or stupid enough, that get into projects hoping to earn enough just to live. Nothing crazy, just like anyone working a job earning enough to pay the rent and buy food, but no focus on starting a project hoping and wondering how much money can be made and focus testing the s*** out of something so a million people can like it instead of the hundred-thousand that might have loved it.
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