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Entries for March 2016
March 31, 2016
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Ladies, are you looking for the perfect cocktail dress? NewBreed Girls has got you covered with this swell Octo-Food Tentacle Cocktail Dress with chiffon overlay skirt, available on Etsy for only $52!

March 30, 2016
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Here's some pulpy goodness from artist Will Murai:

March 29, 2016
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Today's comic from Liz Climo is right up my alley.

March 28, 2016
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And then there's the time I turned to my wife and said, "We should have a baby..." just so I could have an excuse to own this sweet crib.

March 27, 2016
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March 26, 2016
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Eighth in my apparently neverending series about people wearing octopodes on their heads, here is a really cool ladies' wig extension created by CuriousCephalapods on Etsy.

March 25, 2016
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I'm not saying I am definitely buying this octopus wine bottle holder for my wife for Christmas (available on Amazon.com for $20.39). But then again, I'm not NOT saying it.

March 24, 2016
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I gotta say, this octopus has it all figured out. Just sit in one spot, and wait for dinner to come to you.
March 23, 2016
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Seventh in my apparently neverending series of octopodes sitting on top of heads, here is a lovely painting by MP Gautheron.

March 22, 2016
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I love it when the Internet Gods bring me a random, unexpected octopus.

(via SavageChickens.com)
March 21, 2016
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Check out this gorgeous Kraken Necklace, available on Etsy for $39.

March 20, 2016
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Direct from Brian Kesinger, creator of the Otto and Victoria comic strip: "Now until Sunday at 11:59 there is a sale on all of my ‪#Ottoandvictoria‬ apparel and plush on Welovefine.com http://www.welovefine.com/…/d…/fandom-otto-and-victoria.html use the promocode WEMISSYOU for 30 percent off!"

March 19, 2016
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It's kinda gray and drizzly here around Shmoolok Estates today, so here's a gray and drizzly octopus painting by Dark Indigo.

March 18, 2016
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NeuroDojo has a really cool article about a study that was done in to see if octopodes could integrate sight and touch. It's true that octopodes are smart, but they are smart in a very non-human kind of way.
Many (most?) vertebrates like us humans have brains that work (in part) by creating motor memory maps.It's the thing that let's you execute complex tasks like riding a bicycle, where once you learn the task it becomes second nature without requiring conscious thought. Invertabrates like the octopus, however, quite literally don't think like that.

March 17, 2016
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Looking for that perfect metallic green nail polish to accessorize your Saint Patrick's Day attire? Look no further than Octopus Party Nail Lacquer, available on Facebook and Etsy.

March 16, 2016
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This is an amazing sculpture, hand carved from a single piece of chestnut by artist Bill Prickett.

March 15, 2016
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I couldn't find anything with an octopus stabbing someone 23 times, but I did find this nifty octopus centurion painting by Robert Bowen.

March 14, 2016
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It's Pi Day, so I'll make the exception for a cool shirt (available here), but no, the plural of octopus is not octopi.

March 13, 2016
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Last night was Daylight Saving (at least in my locale, your mileage may very because time zones are crazy and DST is crazy on top of crazy). In case your clock was broken by being smashed against the wall this morning, here's a swell Bronze Finish Steampunk Octopus Diving Bell Clock Statue available on Amazon for only $63.

March 12, 2016
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Sixth in my apparently neverending series of people wearing octopodes on their heads, here is a test piece from a makeup artist creating an octopus head appliance. Because, of course.

March 11, 2016
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Reader "my wife" is currently laid low with influenza, with all of the associated fever, chills, headaches, and congestion. I'm not much of a nurse, but artist Lizabella has made this really nifty nurse octopus plushy. So there's that, at least.

March 10, 2016
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So, I have fallen in love with the DMV Sloths from Zootopia. Which led me to Google "octopus sloth" for not good reason. Which led to this sketch found on reddit.

March 09, 2016
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Next in my inexplicable series of paintings of women wearing an octopus on their head, here is a lovely watercolor by Nora Bisi.

March 08, 2016
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Over on DeviantArt, artist Kimich gives us this lovely painting.

March 07, 2016
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Submitted by reader Michael Montoure, cast your eyes upon this horrifying front page account for the October 17, 1896 issue of The Illustrated Police News. Heavy emphasis on Illustrated.

March 06, 2016
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Submitted by reader Approximately Everyone, here is a brand new octopus discovered this month in the deep waters off the coast of Hawaii.
March 05, 2016
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It's a squid. For your shower. It has grippy tentacles to hold your stuff. You can buy it at UncommonGoods.com. (via BoingBoing by way of ScienceBlogs)

March 04, 2016
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I am wondering if a blog about octopodes is too broad, and if I should just narrow my focus down to octopodes being worn as hats... Here is a beautiful painting called Octo Couture by artist Chris Hill.

March 03, 2016
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Born on this day in 1904, the work of Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) goes well beyond the children's books for which he is beloved. Here is a posthumously adapted illustration called "Octopus" originally created for the 1947 booklet "The Log of the Good Ship".

March 02, 2016
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Here is the trailer for 1955's It Came From Beneath the Sea. Truly the heyday of giant animals run amok.
March 01, 2016
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Submitted by reader Solomon Charles, here is a way cool backpack designed by artist Jennifer Mones.
