Into the Void

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I thought you all might enjoy the picture I took last weekend. It’s a squid christmas light display. Click the picture for the full-sized picture.

Ocean City, MD has this huge display of different sea-themed Christmas decorations in a parking lot at the south end of the island. The squid - okay, well, it’s probably an octopus - is taller than I am, maybe 8 or 10 ft tall. There are about 30 of these things around the parking lot. Which is really odd because the parking lot is closed for the season. The whole town is closed for the season. There’s just dark motels and these things.

Squid.us has Cephalopodmas images. Check it out.

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No tuchs bad boi biker kitteh, kthx.

I bought a Harley-Davidson collar for Mr. Breeze. He said he was tired of the wimpy yellow and green collar I gave him when he first came home with us.

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In case you’ve ever wondered how your cat looks from a mouse’s viewpoint.

– Photo from the Squid blog, capped by Leslie.

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update: another lolsquid on the Science Notes blog.

I’m from New Jersey. Of course I grow tomatoes!

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Look what blew into my house. His name is Mr. Breeze, AKA Breezy, AKA Lil Boi.

This little boy blew into our backyard, and when attempts to locate his owner were unsuccessful we gave him to a local rescue organization, Kitty Colony in Jenkintown, PA. He kind of stuck in my head so after a couple of weeks we went back and adopted him.

“The girls” are not pleased.

I needed a 390pF 200V cap. I had 16 390pF 50V caps in 0603 size. Fun.

The Prius is a total loss. It was going to cost over $9000 to repair it.

This sexy Italian graced the Table of Contents of the June issue of a popular alternative health magazine. It appears to be the shadow of a naked woman, complete with nipples.
This photo looks like something right out of a Wilson Bryan Key book.You may remember his fun books, The Clam Plate Orgy, which explains why so many folks who can’t stand fried clams buy the clam plate at HoJo’s.
Mr. Keys books are about subliminal messages in advertising. I’ve probably stated before that American psychology is largely directed toward predicting and manipulating the behavior of large numbers of people. Thus one of the earliest Behaviorists, John B. Watson, found a lucrative position in advertising after he was drummed out of academia.

Key’s examples are pretty funny, and a lot of so-called experts state outright that he was insane. Well, what is insanity but being uncomfortably aware of unacknowledged details? But in most cases the experts give no reason other than that we are too intelligent to be fooled by what often amount to optical illusions. Still, it’s rather disconcerting to find out that your favorite products may be your favorites not because they are superior products, but simply because the packaging appeals to your aesthetic sense. If you can find a used copy of one of his books, I highly recommend it, if only for the dirty pictures. ;-)

Click the Sexy Italian to see her in context. Trace down the lighting from the object that is supposed to be casting the shadow and it will become obvious that somebody in the magazine’s advertising department has quite a sense of humor.

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