Omg... they have caught a squid that is larger than Architeuthis, the "Giant Squid" - and the specimen is a sub adult.

Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni - a true monster of the deep with huge hooks on its suckers, a beak large enough to easily bite off a man's leg - and with a possible adult size that would make it able to maul and possibly kill sperm whales.

Squids are smart. They have huge brain to body ratios, as do octipi. What are the chances that these critters are as smart, if not smarter, than dolphins?

Excuse me, I'm going to go hide under my bed with my Cthultu plushie.

So I had an odd experience tonight.. something I dont really know how to discribe. After the rampway update, a group of us went out for coffee and food, and spent a long while just talking. It was a sureal feeling for me, because, on the one hand, I felt very much a part of the group, but on the other hand, I feel isolated from them by necessity.
Yes, I trust these people... but how far can I trust them? How much do I open up, how much do I say? They seem genuinly open towards me, genuinly friendly and welcoming, dispite everything. Yet... Something in me doesnt want to trust them.
Perhapse its that I fear a simmilar betrayal from them as I experienced from Matt - a shaming waiting to occur if I slip up. Or perhapse I am afraid that they are threats to me regaining my possition at Rampway. But are they? Are they even aware of these thoughts?
I am confused.

A feeling suffuses, heart, soul and flesh
warm cider and cloves, dim wood glow
at this round table without an Aurthur
Are you each what you seem to be,
or am I what I seem to you to be?
Empty cider glass, shavings of cinimon
one last lonely clove - am I this?

To continue the discussion of the end times as was brought up by Wolven on his Lj...This little nugget of joy was sent to me by email today.

"You know the world's gone mad when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the USA of arrogance and the Germans don't want to go to war!"

I still keep wanting to start an alternative history novel with "The year is 1999, the Falcons are in the Superbowl" - which of course.. they were, but the phrase just sounds so bloody ominous.

So, who votes the end times are upon us? And only one hand, tenticle, or whatever per umm.. person.

So... I came across a question today on metafilter...

"What sort of assault rifle would jesus kill people with?"

... I would have to say an AK-47... but who dares to question the divine's choice in weaponry?

Ok, just a fun note from the depths of Usenet... someplace I really should go back to hanging out in more.

"People who do stupid things with hazardous materials often die. In the words of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, this phenomenon may best be thought of as "Evolution in action.""

Best to remember this as "Stupid Chemist Tricks 202 - Things NOT to do with Plutonium"

Silent Hill 3

You're not here

Blue sky to forever,
The green grass blows in the wind, dancing
It would be much better a sight with you, with me,
If you hadn't met me, I'd be fine on my own, baby,
I never felt so lonely, then you came along,

So now what should I do, I'm strung out, addicted to you,
My body it aches, now that you're gone,
My supply fell through,

You gladly gave me everything you had and more,
You craved my happiness,
When you make me feel joy it makes you smile,
But now I feel your stress,
Love was never meant to be such a crazy affair, no
And who has time for tears,
Never thought I'd sit around and cry for your love,
'till now.

Oh man how much am I looking forward to this game! Every little tidbit I catch about it makes me even more excited about it. And all the better that the music is going to sound just as good, if not better than the past Silent Hill games. The music, as with every aspect of sound in those two games, has always been a huge part of the game experience. Even when there is no music, the silence its self is an actor in the game play, making you all the more aware of how frightened you really are.

This game series has been the only thing other than Resident Evil and Animal Crossing to really get my blood pumping about playing a game since.. hell, Final Fantasy VII. And this is the only game series since Resident Evil (the first one) that has scared the shit out of me. Silent Hill had me so scared I could barely sleep after playing, from empty lockers filled with blood, falling bodies, and giant cat/lizard beasts, to small girls vanishing into the mist and snow. Silent Hill two, while not quite as big on the "OMG FUCK!" scare factor, definatly had a very powerful psycological edge to it with the delving through layers of the protagonists false reality into the truth, how ever horrible it really was.

I can only hope that Silent Hill 3, with the first female protagonist of the series, can combine the best elements of Silent Hill 1 and 2 and once again scare the living hell out of me.

Possibly the most addicting thing I have ever found online...

The Game of Rebirth

"This game is adapted from the book "Rebirth: The Tibetan Game of Liberation" by Mark Tatz & Jody Kent. In it they present a traditional Buddhist game intended to teach a metaphysical system about reincarnation and its place in the universe. This is a greatly simplified version of the game, without a lot of explanation of the meaning of each place.
"You start in the present earthly human condition and move through a number of states or lives, doing and learning various things until you understand everything and achieve liberation. Ideally, as you grow in consciousness you gain more control over your direction and chance or outside influences play less a part in your wanderings. There are no links out of the game. Like life itself, you need to find your own way out! There are 104 steps.
"In this level of reality, chance is determined by rolling a six sided die and then following the indicated number. This fortunately coincides with the six syllables of the phrase "Om, mani padme hum". You can either roll a traditional six numbered die and follow the resulting numbered link or trust to your karma and click on the prayer wheel (which is rolling the mantra) and be cast onto another page! Not all pages have six possible exits, some make you wait. Some exits take you to a better realm (ie: you learned your lesson) and some take you to a worse place. "

... its probably a bad thing that I got stuck between being an animal and the theives hell...
oh wait, I'm a ferret... that makes perfect sense...

...eep...