Stubford directs & navigates, Silk operates the stick, Octopus Prime steers, and Oct & Kick work the pedals.
(This picture edited with the Pen of Miscellany)
Front stack: Inky and Tenty.
Back stack: Squirt, unregistered octopode, Darwin, Octopus Prime, Octobert
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Three pounds, two artifacts, one sidekick, & one octopus chef.
(shows the 3 pound marking)
Team sunglases vs team chef. Squirt is judging & one of Oct's sidekick's is acting as ballboy.
Here he is hidden with his family in a comfy spot
Here they are revealed, since they're so hard to see in the first photo
Tako shows off his weightlifting skills, octopode-style, balancing on his head while holding up a nicely scaled heavy iron dumbell. It is marked 3 lbs, which number is even more impressive considering that Tako himself only weighs 1.85oz (see additional photo.) So that's almost 26 times his weight!
Neither particularly safe nor particularly death-defying, Tako is willing to see what the judges think of his ballistic trajectory in both splits of the ballistic event. Tako got into the athletic spirit after his relay race with Tudo Azul was over, and decided to score a goal, too.
Safe split: he was going to land on either grass, or on that soft padded rubber track material, neither of which would hurt much for a stuffed octopode.
In both cases, he traveled 28 ft 7" from the point where he was launched to the point where he landed, measuring with a measuring tape.
Tako Yaki and Tudo Azul run a relay together, and beat a team of penguins tothe finish line. (As octopode entrants, they are running in lane 8, of course.)
There's a juicy apple in this tree.
And a serpent. (And oh yeah, that was the tree we weren't supposed to eat anything from.)
"Hey Eve, want to taste the apple?"
"Well, I wasn't supposed to." ... "Sure, Yum!"
"Adam, you should have some too!"
Oops, now we know about Good. And Evil. (Like that Evil Vizier!) Time to get out of the garden!
Tako Yaki (at the starting mark) and Tudo Azul (in friendly human's arms, at the finish line) stand 100m apart in the same photo. (If you zoom in on the human you will see Tudo in his arms.)
The 2nd photo just shows that the finish line (100 m away from the 100m starting mark) is in fact where they're standing.
After an unfortunate accident, Tako Yaki shows Tudo Azul how to (re)assemble an Apple Puzzle.
"The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the pieces. The second rule is to *find* all the pieces. Good thing we octopodes know a thing or two about camouflage..."
Toodles bears the weight of a Stoneware Mug Bigger Than Your Head on his head.
Handlebars? Bell? Steering? ...?
Balance? Squished? Tall? ...?
Grasping?
Light? Shadow? [Tudo Azul nods encouragingly at "Light." Tako Yaki looks back at the other pictures] ah, Headlight!
Tako Yaki guesses
Argonautia is helping his good friend Levi repair one of his bikes.
Argonautia is also pictured hanging out on Levi's Olympic bikes. He has been invited to go to Beijing to help give massage therapy to the athletes, but is not sure whether he can accept this great opportunity as it may make it harder to compete in some of the more local contests...
The Octopod of Allergen Doom was greatly distressed to hear how his campaign poster traumatized the wise but frail judge. In keeping with his policy of kindness to all creatures, he has revised his entry.
Nine thumbs up for Sneezy!
This stunt kite makes scary whooshing noises when it dive bombs the crowd. Also, it was very exciting when a string broke and the kite wrapped itself around a flag pole. Perhaps duct taping an octopod to the stunt kite was outside of its safety parameters.
Sneezy organized an Octopus Toss for his human-pet's 40th birthday. Several different tossing techniques were tried, culminating in Ian's 90' 5.5" toss; for this toss, Sneezy threaded his legs through the strings of a small racket.
During this event Sneezy was imperilled by sand, seaweed, seashells, crabs, minnows, wild roses, and poison ivy.
Steve Balzac is the founder of the MIT Assassins' Guild and the Society for Interactive Literature, two of the first live action roleplaying organizations. Also he's done some other stuff.
The Sydney opera house is a wonder of architectural innovation and achievement. It pioneered a new method of building and remains one of the most distinctive buildings in the world. It was ranked in the top 20 finalists for the Seven Wonders of the World competition in 2007, thus proving that it is at the very least better than all but 19 other things. Plus, it draws its inspiration from the design of a series of interlaced seashells, with a roof that gleams and shines like the inside of a particularly beautiful oyster shell (see supporting photo). This homage to the sea tugs at the heart of all creatures that make the sea their home.
Not to mention, it is especially beautiful in the early morning sun, as seen across the harbor.
In the Sydney Zoo, there are giraffes. Now, I know giraffes aren't Australian, but there aren't that many large Australian animals. Apparently there used to be some giant wombats, but not anymore.
Anyway, so, Octomus made friends with a couple of fellow travelers - a pair of friendly (but hungry) giraffes visiting from Africa. You can see the Sydney skyline in the background. Giraffes are rather large vertebrates, and in fact, are the tallest vertebrates. (We were on a platform.) They can also weigh up to 3,800 lbs, though I didn't ask these how much they weighed or how heavy they were. They were eating, though, which means they were getting heavier the
Octomus is swimming over to play with some of the other fishes. (Octomus discovered that while underwater it was best to keep humans on a leash, lest they drift off in the current or accidentally run into things. Other octopodes who plan to keep their human pets long-term should keep this in mind.)
we see the the entrance to the reef hotel where Octomus stayed.
Octomus checks up on the situation back home in Somerville while vacationing in the lush Green Island, off the coast of Australia. Tudo Azul has been watching over the city while Octomus is gone. Distance: 9637 miles.
Octomus talks to Ultros and Cephy. Octomus misses its family. Distance: 7165 miles.
Octomus poses next to the iconic Ayers Rock (Uluru). Its natural beauty and stark contrasts are approximately 10,726
Octomus has never seen any rock so beautiful.
(Supporting photos: gmap pedometer calculation and photo in the Ayers Rock Resort.)
On a flight from Sydney to San Francisco, Octomus reaches 39,000 ft.
Octopus Prime is a budding cartoonist, proficient in using inks in a wide variety of colors...
Perky with a 1941 license plate from Massachusetts 258353xz
Some cuter pets (Argonautia is fostering these two kittens for the Humane Society). Argonautia hopes that Judge Jerry is judging this contest
Octobert has five 3's.
Octobert went 9263.1 miles to Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Bridge at Khazad-Dum
Octobert and Tudo Azul are twins, 3906.3 miles apart.
Argonautia's very large friends- a whole herd of African Elephants- at the PAWS (performing animal welfare society) Sanctuary. Maggie is his special buddy. She is directly behind him in the photograph. Maggie is a famous friend as well- she is well known in the animal welfare circles, due to her well publicized plight in chilly Alaska, and her recent move to CA to meet her first elephants since she was a baby.
Akira has four sevens and a ten.
Akira imbibes at the Weinfest in Kitzingen, Germany.
Akira visits Kitzingen, Germany, 5765 miles from home. We gratefully acknowledge That Wes Guy and Herr Thomas Most for tour guidance.
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A self portrait inked by his own tentacle (and a chicken feather, since alas, he lost the pen of miscellany).
Here is Argonautia with a cup of his own fresh ink.
Fisher at 23520 East 78th Avenue, Denver
Fisher enjoying the view from a crystal chandelier
Fisher on the summit of Mount Evans, 14258 feet above sea level (although Wikipedia claims 14264 ft: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Evans)
Fisher makes a connection to a rainbow projection
Fisher and a friend enjoy an afternoon of paleontology
Fisher riding a starfish (the trusty aquatic steed) through a pass between two pieces of coral
Fisher with a piece of volcanic lava from Mount Vesuvius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius)
Fisher sitting on the Rock of Gibraltar
"O is for Octopus": Take a picture of your octopus with the largest example of the first letter of its name you can find.
According to timeanddate.com, the distance between Toronto and Paris is 6015 kilometers or 3737 miles.
Perky using her MIND CONTROL POWERS to get someone to work on an oyster float containing a thousand oysters being grown to clean the water of the Chesapeake Bay. One 3-inch oyster can filter about 50 gallons of water a day. Thus Perky's 1000 oyster friends are filtering 50000 gallons of water a day. Perky has supervised the members of the Coastal Conservation Association as they have placed 200 oyster spat into sacks and placed 5 sacks into each float. Perky drives her boat over to check the floats each day to make certain crabs do not get in and eat the oysters. She now has to check 31 floats on St Thomas creek- that is 31000 oysters which when full grown will be filtering 1,550,000 gallons of water.
Twins With Horses!
Ultros with a playground friend, Octomus! As you may recall, Octomus is famous for his imposing stature
Ultros thought this was going to be an elusive "PIZZAZZZ" in the wild and was disappointed to realize that the internet had misled him. However, since this is the not-so-strict category, perhaps the exclamation point might be worth extra points?
Ultros shares a nap with his new friend, a white tiger. "These animals can grow to a length of 5 to 9 feet long, excluding their 25 to 38 inch tail and weigh 350 to 550 pounds."[1] (Average: 7 feet + 31" tail, 450 lb)
Perky demonstrates her proficiency with ink by writing with her ink about octopus ink
Time for my daily swim!
Ah perfect temperature this evening
It feels so good to stretch these tentacles
soooooo glad my home is so close to a tidal river with oysters, crabs, striped bass, spot, blue gill, ...
Sometimes Sneezy makes his own wrapping paper using ink and rubber stamps.
Perky on an oyster float containing a thousand oysters being grown to clean the water of the Chesapeake Bay. One 3-inch oyster can filter about 50 gallons of water a day. Thus Perky's 1000 oyster friends are filtering 50000 gallons of water a day. Perky has supervised the members of the Coastal Conservation Association as they have placed 200 oyster spat into sacks and placed 5 sacks into each float. Perky drives her boat over to check the floats each day to make certain crabs do not get in and eat the oysters. She now has to check 31 floats on St Thomas creek- that is 31000 oysters which when full grown will be filtering 1,550,000 gallons of water.
12 lights and a sand dollar motif
The Octopod of Allergen Doom is a benign ruler.
Sneezy's friend Netherspite has a very nice chandelier.
Silk, unregistered octopus, and Octopus Prime
5 2s
Octopus Prime and his eight loyal knights
Paper star
Octopus prime has many rainbow connections
Submit a picture of your octopus with the best weather. Tudo Azul is Lord Of Storms.
Toodles poses with an Ancient and Honorable Manhole Cover of Prague
Full House: 9s and 8s.
So it is just 5 cards/numbers out of the 8? Argonautia roots through the zillions of ones in the egg sales cash box and comes up with a set of 4 9's with an 8, plus I think this is a straight flush (4), 5,6,7,8,9 (all in the suit of green).
This is THE BEST THING on Wikipedia :-)
Fisher hobnobbing with other royalty: Yaz, who wears the American League Triple Crown and has done so since 1967. Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_crown_%28baseball%29#American_League_winners
Sneezy understands that 0's are high in this game but is not sure whether a straight beats a full house. Here are his two best bills:
Straight: 6, 7, 8, 9, 0
Full House: 0, 0, 0, 1, 1
Fisher and Yaz
Fisher playing baseball with his good friend Yaz
Fisher sitting on the head of famous baseball player Carl Yastrzemski.
Fisher enjoying himself by balancing on the heel of his good friend Carl Yastrzemski (aka Yaz)
Master Fisher giving batting instruction to one of the most famous Eights of all time, Yaz. He wore the number 8 for his entire 23 year Hall of Fame career, and the Red Sox have retired the number 8 in his honor
Fisher with Carl Yastrzemski, son of Polish immigrants Carl Yastrzemski, Sr. and Hattie Skonieczny, who called Yaz "Queposky" from an early age, the diminutive form of his Polish middle name, Poskovic
Fisher fighting alongside his comrade-in-arms Yaz, against the Evil Empire of the Hated Yankees.
Fisher enters himself in "Octopurposed Octopictures", the meta-contest to enter eight contests with eight different pictures of fundamentally the same thing. (Further information: http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/127598/giant-octopus.html)
we don't actually know how to play poker, but we do know groups of matching numbers is generally a good thing.
One of Sneezy's friends in Worchester took him to Green Hill Park. He thinks the top of the hill is almost 800 feet above sea level!
(showing the pen more clearly)
Silk as Jack the Ripper
Silky, in a stylish top hat
Far Apart: Silk and Octopus Prime across a couple of rooms. Pacing it off makes it to be 25 feet away.
Sneezy presents this small but intricate example of a queposky for the judge's perusal.
The Octopod of Allergen Doom has befriended a hefty vertebrate!
Mmm pasta for dinner. 9 eights.
Thirty-three years on the night shift stuffing envelopes all alone. I can't go on performing this tedious, boring, depressing function. I am so weary, so mired in ennui.
Even alcohol can't assuage the ennui
Otto sits on his magnificent throne
Otto hangs out with Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering, among other things.
Tako rides in a hard-to-get-into space - 3 CD cases tall and a little more than one wide - on his way home from a fun weekend of camping.
Tako participates in making some ice cream using liquid nitrogen. Dramatic science *and* yummy ice cream in one is definitely fun.
Tako gets stuck in traffic on his way to the rainbow connection up in front of him on the Mass Pike. Fortunately, he also brings his own rainbow everywhere he goes (the rainbow colored bits around his neck.)
Tako pitched in at a large camping trip to cook enough beans for 200 hungry people, because he is good and helpful.
Now that we know the judge is partial to shiny metallic and reflective items.... we present this new true queposky. An octopus impression in shiny metallic reflective balls- AKA Exploratorium.
18 people, many double thumbs, Isabelle was grumpy and abstains. Amelia makes up for it with a double. 17 People with thumbs up.
check out the size of those finger (flipper) bones!!!
Argonautia and Little Tremo cooperate (and reminisce) in playing the rolling ball maze of their octopochildhood.
Nanapod aka "Perky" has spent a lot of time recently getting to know the birds of prey in the neighborhood- their ability to fly, talons and beaks will likely be helpful to the octopodes in any of our future plans. One of her Osprey cronies has taught her some new techniques for home building and disguise- which at this time we will call a costume.
Sneezy's connections to this rainbow flag are Purple Bungee Cords!
"Lulled into a false sense of security. The prey has no sense of her impeding doom"
"Enough meat for all winter"
"Here is some nice hay, Cody"
"Here is a nice carrot, Cody"
"As soon as he finishes his hay we can go for a walk."
About 50 people and thumbs
Ultros and Cephy enjoy tea with a human. According to Wikipedia, "the average height of an adult human is about 1.5 to 1.8 m (5 to 6 feet) tall."
Ultros cruises at ~36,000 ft + 5'1".
Ultros makes lots of cupcakes out of flour, cream cheese, chocolate, and love.
(nine people of thumbs)
Here is a better rainbow photo(s). Argonautia realized that he was being a hypocrite in submitting a photo of a picture of a thing. Here is a real rainbow made with a nice prism. Rainbows don't photograph well, you will have to take his word for it that it was very pretty.
Far Apart
Nanapod held down by the boat carpet- it was a very windy day on the dock!
(Point 1 in distance)
The tape measure was only 25 feet long, I measured from Argonautia to Nanapod, 24 feet at a time, 7 times!
I arrived at Nanapod at 20 more feet for a total of 188 feet.
The Octopod of Allergen Doom on the Throne of the Robot Dinosaurs
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(1845)
Here is layZ stealthily lulling a five-year-old who got up WAY too early this morning into a sanity restoring nap. My sanity, that is, as well as that of big brother who enjoyed almost 40 minutes of solo playtime (which allows him to read without being sat upon by an impatient younger brother.)
Blending into the hammock is a crucial skill for this task though, as five year olds are usually able to fight off naps, no matter how desperate/homicidal those around them might be. In fact I didn't pull the hammock back very far to capture this picture - since I didn't want to undo all layZ's hard work by getting too much sun into Ian's face.
The judge didn't like the head-in-a-wineglass trick, and this is a much better photo anyway!
In his free time, Sneezy takes digital photos of his human dolls as part of a game he's in.
Sneezy is a plus sized octopus, but is clearly quite comfortable in this enclosed space.
Befriending a 94lb Doberman (I know it looks like a direwolf, but it isn't)
Silk being friendly with a vertebrate... me!!!
(Said vertebrate being nigh-6 feet tall.)
Silk in the mail slot, entering the house!
Ultros had the pleasure of joining some friends on a recent climbing adventure up Mount St. Helens (elevation: 8365 ft). With the fearlessness of a king, he poses on the crater rim.
Image courtesy of Tiffany Berry under CC (A-NC-SA) 2.0 license.
in Hollywood, MD
What could be more fun than riding around on a cute little sportscar!
Scoffing at danger, Octopus Prime flies across two rooms in his cape and sunglasses, landing on his feet. Total distance, 18'5". (I only have a ten foot tape measure, so I didn't think pictures of it would be that interesting.)
The lovely bronze tones of this antique picks up the colors of the room.
Tako has an Austro-Hungarian coin minted in 1915.
Akira with a 1921 German 5 pfennig coin (and two coins from the 30s to keep it company)
1921 coin
(closeup)
(With apologies to the great Tudo Azul)
Orly visited Luray Caverns last weekend, and couldn't resist exploring The Garden Maze ( http://www.thegardenmaze.com/ ), an 8 foot tall hedge maze.
From the top down: Linus, Tudo Azul, Gertrude Gardener, Clone IV, MC (sidekick), emarcus' octopus, Greenie (sidekick), and Orly. Also featured is the Crown Of Power. If you zoom in on the top, you see the stack measures 26.5"
Tentaculus and friends have some wine and cheese to celebrate the return of travellers.
Darwin counsels pentapodal inmates at the Seattle Aquarium.
Darwin enjoys hiking in the Cascades! Fresh mountain air and great views everywhere.
Perspicacious Nanaoctopacious teaching Argo and Little Tremo all about California's native wildlife, at the Fairborn Osborne Preserve.....
Octopus Prime uses his powers of precognition and retrocognition to thwart both alien and human bad guys, (Look, a critical success!)
26 points for "Quinzani"
Octopus Prime would like to point out that he is a somewhat larger crocheted octopus than some of his friends. (For reference)
Octopus Prime reads about mazes, solves mazes, makes mazes for Squirt to solves, and visits mazes. (Strangely, the book that Tentaculus purports to have authored came from the library with a different author entirely...)
Safety Pod
15 feet
The Octopod of Allergen Doom proposes the contest "Pack Rat".
To illustrate his superiority in this category he displays selected items from his collection: a gold diaper pin from 1968, a matchbox car from 1976, a monopoly house dating from the 1970's, a sparkly ball similar to one purchased in the mid-70's, a striped rock, six glass beads used to demonstrate conservation of momentum in a 1986 physics recitation section, assorted buttons from the late 80's and early 90's, a Tick pog from the early 90's, two go stones obtained in the mid-90's, and a eucalyptus seed with 5-fold reflective symmetry collected in June of 2006.
The Octopod of Allergen Doom brings joy to a little old lady on her ninety-ninth birthday.
While visiting his rhinoceros friends, Sneezy spotted this lucky address number.
Sneezy has five Morgan dollar coins, minted in 1921.
42 feet apart
Akira instructs a cat in camouflage. Lesson one: choose the right background.
Ocotopus Prime has been informed that a proper queposky is shiny and/or reflective, therefore he submits this lovely crystalline orb filled with delicate shiny crystals.
Octopus with the cutest pet. Here octopus poses with "pikapo" his 4 week old puppy.
Here is Argonautia and Little Tremo at the beach in the REAL ocean. He checks out the water and some REAL sea weed, goes for a swim, and dries off on his personal tote afterwards. He scoffs at those Octopodes pictured in fresh water, knowing there is no such thing as a true fresh water octopus. An octopus in fresh water faces not a relaxing swim, but a slow agonizing death....
Far Apart, recursively!
Argonautia goes to the beach for a day of fun, stopping on the way at a kites and salt water taffy shop. Doesn't salt water taffy make you think of summer fun and being a kid again?
Argonautia's porters (minions) pose with him in front of the kites and taffy shop
Darwin and Octopus Prime two whole hexes apart!
on Jet Blue flight from Washington Dulles to Oakland Ca 4 June 2008 over the Rockies
Oh year, and he hates it that we call him Carl.
Champagne.
Drinking champagne with strawberries
Drinking from the bottle!
Swinging from the chandelier!
Fifteen thumbs plus some duplicates.
Tentaculus works at the Call Center, using his powers of AFS sysadmin bits and Kerberos bits to help users with their computer woes.
Tudo Azul increases the amount of Good in the universe by producing quanta of concentrated Goodness: strawberries!
as Zebra, for Charades
Tudo Azul and Orly give a lesson on octaves.
Left to right on the keyboard:
three sidekicks, Clone IV (+crown), emarcus' octopus (octobert), Gertrude Gardener, MC, Greenie, and Linus.
Partway into ballistic suit
In ballistic suit, in potato gun
77 feet
100 feet here, have to restart the tape measure
OH NO! Someone has thrown recyclables into the GARBAGE! Contributing to the defilement of our good mother earth, clomping around with big carbon footprints, filling the landfills & keeping good aluminum out of the recycling stream. How terrible! Here Argonautia goes dumpster diving, finding 3 Friskies cans and putting them in the recycling bin. What a good citizen he is, triumphing over the evil non recycler- at least temporarily. Next he will attempt to reach and teach the non recycler how to change their habits for the better of the world.
Argo and Nano at a table of good friends. 14 visible thumbs, one of which is a cat. Judge can add if they wish, Lew's thumb which is buried in cat fur and Jana in the salmon shirt who's thumb is hidden behind Sal in the cap for a total of 16. I did not count the double thumbs of Paul.
Tudo Azul enjoys a bike ride by the ocean on a breezy late-spring morning.
The stairs are prepped to be as death-defying as possible
Ood tests out the danger
Nanopod and Argo read Mother Goose.
in... Little Miss Muffet
Queposky translates to "I fit in the sky" in Spanglish (quepo = I fit).
Here, Orly shows just how well she does fit in the sky. She says,"Queposky muy bien, dontcha think?"
Perspicacious Nanaoctopacious in Santa Cruz, 2930 miles from home
Google maps driving distance 2930
Here is Orly with Dr. Vera Rubin, the discoverer of dark matter. Most of the matter in the universe is dark matter, so its discoverer is a person to reckon with!
Same street as Akira's, but not as far along.... but look at all of those big numbers next to each other!
Six thumbs up.
Darwin enjoys playing arcade games on XBoxLive. Feel free to friend him. His gamertag is OctopodeDarwin. (Score: 16,192,189).
(With some help from his human pet)
One person loves Tudo!
(correct)
...In Bogota
An Angry Octopus Is Me runs a soup kitchen for the many octopodes within the purview of his great mercy.
Suspended in an octahedron of his own design and engineering, An Angry Octopus Is Me contemplates the mysteries of the number 8. For lo, planes and angles divide and subdivide into 8 smaller octahedrons, at the center of which is found the octopode himself.
An Angry Octopus Is Me sealed in a glass jar.
Resplendent in purple and gold, trident in hand, An Angry Octopus Is Me reviews his troops in eight-square formation, accompanied by the great Beast he has tamed to show his might and mercy, pursuant to lessons learned from the great work *The Prince* by the human Machiavelli.
A self-sufficient prince is one who can meet any enemy on the battlefield. A prince that relies solely on fortifications or on the help of others and stands on the defensive is not self-sufficient. Rather than rely on mercenary or auxiliary forces, An Angry Octopus Is Me alone commands an army composed entirely of fellow-citizen octopodes.
According to Machiavelli, the two most essential foundations for any state, whether old or new, are sound laws and strong military forces. Additional evidence shows An Angry Octopus Is Me studying such matters.
Studying
Studying
Tentaculus knows that it's important to keep a ball of string for a trail leading out of confusing places.
Tentaculus is a published author on mazes!
Science Citation Index of 1972, volume 9
Orly has vanquished both a Tae Kwon Do student and a little dragon in one fell swoop! Watch out, or you'll be next!!
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Practicing for synchronized swimming competition. 8 octopodes. Including registered Akira & Argonautia plus sidekicks Little Tremo and Toshiro. Yes, there is a string, as they are still practicing. Octopodes are at home in the water, but it does not come naturally to swim in synchronized groups (unless you are a squid).
Argonautia has the Ark of the Covenant. Need we say more?
Argonautia has a purple throne room. Though he still has to move his stuff in.
Darwin in a 5 oz tasting glass from Red Hook.
Looks to be about 5 oz.
(24 points)
Akira enjoying the hot tub with Argonautia, Little Tremo, Toshiro, and a swarm of Argonautia's friends.
Akira teaches Argonautia, Little Tremo, and Toshiro how to calculate Octonions on a Difference Engine.
octopus printed on page 8295 of the Parliamentary Debates of Australia 1904
Fisher enters a miniature snifter. The unusually small size of the snifter can be seen in its comparison with the rules and the other wineglasses.
The last page of the legendary tragedy "The Combat With The Octopus", from Victor Hugo's _The_Toilers_of_the_Sea_. Fisher will not reveal how the story ends, but will warn adult octopodes that they should read it before allowing their children to, as it may prove too frightening for the little ones. Fisher is thankful to live in more civilized times.
12 fl. oz. of octopus. And sugar free!
Sneezy has prepared a delicious salad to feed the multitudes!
His tomato plants aren't yet large enough to contribute, but he did
Sneezy is also cultivating oregano, dill, catnip, parsley and chives on his porch. Not shown are the grapes and orange mint in his "garden".
Sneezy is also cultivating oregano, dill, catnip, parsley and chives on his porch. Not shown are the grapes and orange mint in his "garden".
A tighter entry and fit, plus two is the space
Argonautia has capured this clever bandit who was thieving from his chicken coop.
Roget's Thesaurus 4th edition pg 1101
Now that Tudo has found an impartial judge for the Queposky contest, he is at liberty to reveal that the true Queposky is an Infernal Device! Here, Tudo investigates the menacing machine.
It's not a very high page number, but Tudo's been itching for an excuse to share the Octopus episode from Pogo's Double Sundae with the world!
Octomus peeks into Z Square for lunch.
Tako looked up "octopus" in the dictionary. (American Heritage 2nd College Edition.)
"Octopodes' Garden" rocks out. 392,017 points playing Highway Star on medium in Rockband.
mmm, coffee. Good to the last drop! (yes, we drink our coffee in a tea cup, what of it?)
The last drop is all the way at the bottom of the cup, so Tako enters a confined space to make sure he gets it all.
Overview of the maze built by Octomus and Ultros to teach Cephy about maze-solving
Cephy starts working on the maze under the encouragement of Ultros
Cephy gets stuck in a dead end!
With some guidance from parents, Cephy successfully finishes.
Family photo!
Gertrude navigates the incredible maze that is the US tax system.
Perspicacious Nanaoctopacious has recently taken up bird watching
Perspicacious Nanaoctopacious was a wee bit cool this morning, but now things are nice and toasty.
Having that cheerful grin painted on his face has finally become too much for Tako Yaki to bear. In a fit of ennui, he turns to the bottle of absinthe.
oh noes! the horror, humans think octopodes are tasty as sushi?!
Here is Akira in the process of providing delicious and moist cake.
Tentaculus is not only a master of solving mazes, but of creating them.
This space is made harder to get into by the presence of not one, but two octopodes.
Start: 11:10 a.m.
Practicing music is apparently safer...
11:50 -- almost time for lunch!
mm... noodles
1:25 -- another clock! Tudo's house has many clocks!
And another! (2:25)
3:15
Watching the rain (18 mins later by timestamp)
Tudo gets too jaunty -- last pic before he falls off! (Another 16 mins later by timestamp.) Final time: 3:49.
Upgraded safety shield for better aerodynamics and flight stability.
Went farther than the tape measure, 102' 4" (facing backwards on landing due to spiral decent).
Emerging from shield, helmet in place and intact. No body distortion present.
Argonautia repairing the antique video player (one of those ones that does not record, only plays).
Is it grass, or an octopus? is there something sitting on that swing?
Look closely, you might find Orly enjoying a nice siesta here in Colombia.
On the way back home with Ultros, he sees a fascinating truck! Even though this is not worth as much as Pizzazze in scrabble, he is so amused he has the driver perform daredevil stunts to take a photograph. Go team Octomus!
8:56am
(In the living room on the computer)
(12:10pm)
Begin: 7:18am. Some discussion is had about where the security sock should be placed, since Linus does not wish to be accused of using it for stability purposes, yet is nervous to sit upon such a perch without it. Since his human is just out bed ofnote the authentically hair unkemptglasses are present, which prove to be an excellent place to drape security socks.
End: 8:12am. Linus, who turns out to have been initially placed a bit to the side, succumbs to gravity and slips off.
Argonautia has a REAL throne to rule from if he becomes King, and a very nice purple necklace plus a purple headband
4:29pm - First documentation.
5:15pm - So far the book is good.
7:19pm - Book finished, Oct settles in for some computer use.
7:22pm - Closeup documentation reveals no strings, bobby pins, or other questionable actions
7:23pm - Documenting the three hour mark.
7:53pm - Is webserving an aquatic enviroment?
8:49pm- Photographer gets fancy with documentation.
8:50pm - Photographer unfortunately knocks Oct off his comfortable head perch.
Resistance is futile.
An Angry Octopus Is Me is hurled, helmetless, for 89 feet.
Look, ma, no helmet!
Long shot from landing, looking back over the distance traveled.
An Angry Octopus Is Me modeling the safety shield.
Photo showing takeoff and landing in relation to one another.
An Angry Octopus Is Me enjoys a ride through the air in his clear shielding, propelled by baseball bat. Total distance 36 feet.
Argonautia in his safetyshield suit and helmet. Flies on ballistic trajectory with the aid of an arrow. 30 ft=360"
Safety Shield and Helmet
An Angry Octopus Is Me and friend Neil Gaiman send a shout-out to mutual friend Tom Galloway. Mr. Gaiman himself drew the #1 sign to indicate Mr. Galloway's recent revelation that the number one Google result for "Neil" is Mr. Gaiman himself. AAOIM and his amateur photographer appreciate the kind assistance of the many people who made this visit possible.
An Angry Octopus Is Me, considering that Queposky is a likely transcription of "Quepos Key," points out the key on a map of Quepos, Costa Rica.
An Angry Octopus Is Me is a whiz at solving labyrinths in more than one dimension.
Watching paint dry...watching grass grow...and Camus. How can one ever go on?
An Angry Octopus Is Me outside the Park of Roses in Columbus, Ohio: 741 miles from home.
Cruising at 30,000 feet, An Angry Octopus Is Me flies above the clouds. Helpful humans hold up a boarding pass.
Sneezy realizes the judge is unaware of the rigors of bread hunting; to that end he is submitting further documentation of the Hunt.
The Hunt begins early in the spring, as Sneezy ventures into the prairie to seek out the elusive wheat grass.
Once captured, Sneezy's burly sidekick subdues the wheat with ease.
Later in the season, Sneezy herds timid milk and butter into the microwave oven in the first stage of the final Hunt.
Then Sneezy searches the dark and fuzzy caves for eggs.
Emerging from the depths of the mitten cave, Sneezy must now scale the heights of the tupperware cliffs! Avalanches are common here, but Sneezy perseveres, in search of the wily Wheat Farina and timid Vital Gluten.
Once these arduous stages of the Hunt are completed, Sneezy waits patiently outside the lair of the Cream of Wheat Bread for hours, sometimes overnight!
Tudo Azul gears up for the flight
Ready to Launch
Landed
Still safely padded post-landing
Tudo Azul emerges in fine fettle
Timestamp 07:36:40, clock showing local time.
(timestamped 7:38:50): Andrea reads Pogo; Tudo Azul is disappointed that this book doesn't contain the octopus episode.
(timestamped 7:51:51)
(timestamped 8:01:20)
(timestamped 8:02:12): Overly acrobatic disrobing causes octopus to fall from perch, ending the experiment.
(Boston skyline in background)
2491 Miles: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdbakermn/2515847157/
Gertrude has been playing SF0. Although she is only level 4, she points out that her game playing efforts are very well documented, with action photos. And, although she has not achieved the highest level in the game, two of her tasks have already been awarded the fleur-de-lis of awesomeness. Unlike many video games, with SF0, one cannot simply pose in front of someone else's high score board, or have someone else play while using your username. Not that Gertrude is implying that anyone else might have done anything like that.
Gertrude says yum!
Eleven Octopodes, six sidekicks, three artifacts, and Indy's hat
1. Professor Octopus Prime with three octopodes helping demonstrate, 2. Taking notes, 3. The sidekick section (with chaperones), 4. The octopus student
Eleven octopodes, six sidekicks, and three artifacts.
Story
Driving the Salty Fly
Driving the Salty Fly
Perspicacious Nanaoctopacious in her Naval Captain's hat just before leaving the dock
QUE
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
QUE or que may refer to:
* A freestanding gate tower in Chinese architecture
POS
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piece of shit, a profanity saying something is of poor quality or broken
Perspicacious Nanaoctopacious sitting beside a pos in front of a gate in KY
Tentaculus enters his Safety Pod
About 80 inches
The Inkquisition gives a lecture to other stuffed friends about the care and feeding of human pets.
Captain Cephalopod teaches Danger Girl how to fight disease while Crazy Eight teaches Super Lass. Super Lass is learning about the Special Actions, while Danger Girl is still working on the Basic Actions, but she isn't chewing on the card anymore.
Linus has noticed that all the famous friends entered have been famous for humans, not octopodes. When Linus thinks of the most famous of his friends, he thinks of His Royal Majesty, Inky VIII, Defender of All Octopodes, Supremely Covert Ruler of the Earth, and Lord of Lower Darkwallow Pond. Here is Linus and His Majesty having a nice lunch together. His Majesty is fond of sushi.
The Inkquisition teaches an unruly squid how proper cephalopodes behave underwater.
The Inkquisition plays tag with a giant sea turtle under the sea.
Twins, in front of the Green Building, 2694mi aart.
Akira stands before the archway of the Green Building, the home of Earth Sciences at Stanford University.
Linus stands before the archway of the Green Building, the home of Earth Sciences at MIT.
(Green Building)
(Green Building)
The Inkquisition swoops down from their regular patrol of the city to catch a little Jazz and a much needed meal.
The Inkquisition swoops down from their regular patrol of the city to catch a little Jazz and a much needed meal.
Mary Chung, famed proprietor of the Mary Chung Restaurant, has captured the Inkquisition! Will our heroes be able to escape before they become next "lunch special"!?!
The Inkquisition travels to the Mary Chung Restaurant in Cambridge to investigation rumors of Baby Shrimp trafficking, when Mary herself captures them!
(21 points)
Tako Yaki, Tudo Azul, Clone IV, An Angry Octopus Is Me, Octopus Prime, 2 sidekick hexapodes plus Squirt. 3 artifacts: Mantle, Crown, Torc.
Bottom to Top: Tako Yaki, Tudo Azul, Clone IV, An Angry Octopus Is Me, Octopus Prime, 2 sidekicks (plus Squirt, at side). 3 artifacts: Mantle, Crown, Torc. No walls, no hidden wires!
Argonautia and Little Tremo on a picnic.
Tentaculus and Ood on a picnic.
If Linus were a more suspicious octopus, he might think that other octopodes were just borrowing their master's already finished video games and pretending they had played it themselves. Lucky, Linus doesn't have to worry about that, since he loves Karaoke Revolution so much that he has his own avatar. He scored 50,000 point on the most appropriate song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World."
For Halloween, Akira dressed up as an evil vizier.
A true octopus is at home in all kinds of aquatic environments! Sadly, cameras are not, so we do not have photo documentation of his daring trek to the frozen north to do battle with seals and polar bears and swim in the icy seas. At least there was a spare camera at the base camp. Here we see him after his dive, warming up on a toasty stove.
It is a little known fact that Linus runs the command center for Building 8 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the world's most prestigious technical university. Building 8 is of course where they devote themselves to the study of the number eight. It is only through Linus's mastery of the Building 8 Command Center, keeping everything running smoothly, that the Greatness of Eightness can continue to be researched and studied.
In his search for the largest of addresses, Linus realized NOTHING was larger than infinity, which drew him to MIT's Infinite Corridor. Sadly, there aren't official signs nearby documenting the name of the corridor, though all passers by knew the location by name. Luckily, a warning sign did make mention of the infinite nature of the corridor. Linus was polite and regretfully refrained from frog hopping in the Infinite Corridor.
In the trendsetting town of Napa, they have created a taste sensation. An exciting, colorful and refreshing beverage- created from Vodka, Guatemalan Rum, Blueberry Schnapps, watermelon balls, mint and vanilla ice-cream. It takes it's name from the Guatemalan bird the Quetzal (and replicates the colors of the beautiful bird), alludes to the home land of Vodka, and the sound one makes when popping a vodka/rum infused melon ball into one's mouth. Argonautia favors the Queposkies from Zazu Bar and Grill in Guernville, they are simply the best.
Akira has amassed 2,543,506 gil and 1,428,445 clan points in Final Fantasy XII.
Akira misread the FFXII UI. :( He has 3,453,557 clan points.
Argonautia and Little Tremo contemplate the good and evil in the world while negotiating this meditation maze.
Tako found some delicious queposkies today!
What, you may be wondering, is a queposky?
It's a Que-baked good, from Quebrada (Que)Baking Company!
"Que" - from the Quebrada baking company
"posky" - from the Polish root paczki, a traditional Polish baked good
Argonautia NOT in an airplane. He is aloft with the assistance of helium. Not as high as those in airplanes, but he is at one with the wind and the sun. Please note the safety helmet and the kingly courage it takes to go up into the sky without the protection of a metal house around oneself.
He went up to 375ft, then wind started sweeping him sideways, and his handlers started getting scared, so reeled him down. Argonautia was not scared though.
Here is Orly in front of the Clay Telescope (one of the Magellan Telescopes) in Las Campanas, Chile.
From http://www.ociw.edu/about/ :
"Fifty-two hundred miles southeast of Pasadena, about a dozen scientists and administrative personnel work in the offices of the Las Campanas Observatory located in the coastal resort city of La Serena, Chile. The observatory itself is located approximately 100 kilometers north of La Serena, Chile, at an altitude of 2,400 meters, in a region of dark and clear skies and excellent seeing unsurpassed by any site on Earth. The principal telescopes at Las Campanas are the Swope 1-meter telescope, the du Pont 2.5-meter telescope, and the twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes."
Note the altitude of 2,400 meters.
The distance between home and Las Campanas Observatory is 4725.17 miles. Orly is far, far from home!
Three launches:
- trial to see if the potato gun works
- trial with pink couch to make sure the item doesn't get destroyed
- argonautia's turn
Dave with potato gun + Argonautia attached to string
86 feet!
Argonautia after flying very fast attached to a string- taller and more regal
TakoYaki created an account on the Kingdom Of Loathing (beware! another fun and silly and addictive way to entertain yourself on the web!).
He has already amassed 265,524 Meat, which is the currency of the Kingdom of Loathing. (Meat is a better metric of score than character level because level resets every time you "ascend" (which you can currently do after level 13.)
Height of Window
Window to Ground (the tape keeps wobbling and getting gravitationally attracted to the house)
Launch
In Flight
Landing
Distance from Front of House
Gertrude goes to DC and rides the metro.
Slingshot method
Octopus in actual ballistic flight
Best distance: 390" measured along the ground
Extra bonus dramatic launch shot by special guest star
Slingstone method
In flight
Best (embarassing) distance: 286" calculated
gutter 13'7" high, launch height ~5'6", horizontal ~23'
So triangle sides = 276" x 71", Hypotenuse (flight distance) = sqrt(76176 + 5041) = 286"
From above
Bimaculoides took the Banff Gondola up Sulphur Mountain today, and climbed the boardwalk up to Sanson Peak and the Cosmic Ray Observatory. Peakfinder.com lists the altitude of Sanson Peak at 7402 feet, with the following coordinates: North 51; 09; 05, West 115; 35; 00. Photographs below show Bimaculoides enjoying the view at the observatory, with the GPS displaying an altitude of 7537 feet, and coordinates: North 51 deg 8.827', West 115 dec 34.716'. The peakfinder.com altitude of 7402 feet should be accepted, as the vertical accuracy of handheld GPS units is usually poor - the photographs are evidence that Bimaculoides was actually there.
across the living room
199 inches
(the inventor of the Wisdom Drive for inertialess space travel)
At the Top of the Hub restaurant, floor 52 of the Prudential Center
(See, floor 52)
Tenty holds Ood up to see the sights.
Stubford, pictured here, is taking in the sun.
The balcony of our palatial room is comfy.
And across the street, the Anaheim Convention Center!
Stubford at 36,092 feet, heading for the Rockies!
What can 2 octopodes do that a single octopus cannot accomplish by itself?
Ultros and Octomus welcome a new addition to their loving family, Cephiroth!
swims through a maze
swims through a maze
swims through a maze
Argonautia is a master of martial arts. These are his 8 highly trained disciples, each like an extension of his own tentacles. He is truley the master of 8.
A daring expedition to raid the treacherous golden tiger cookie jar
Argonautia sampling the prize.
The golden idol, the holy grail, Squirt, Alizarin's sidekick, and a fluffy teddy bear have all been captured by an Evil Nazi!
Famed Nazi hunter (and treasure hunter) Octopus Prime is here with his trusty bullwhip!
"Stop! That belongs in a museum (well, except the sidekicks and the bear)," says Prime.
"Hah! Not likely!" says Evil Nazi, "All you've got is that whip!"
"Hah!" says Octopus Prime, "That's where you're wrong"
Crack! Whump!
Evil Nazi in the cage; sidekicks, treasures and bear outside.
Evil Nazi is captured, sidekick is returned to Alizarin ("Pfft!" says sidekick), and objects are off to a museum where they belong!
In front of the Whyte Museum, located at 111 Bear Street, Banff, Alberta, Canada. GPS coordinates were: North, 51 deg 10.507', West, 115 deg 34.365, elevation 4590 ft. External confirmation on altitude: Wikipedia lists s altitude at 4800 ft.
(videoconferencing from Seattle to Edinburgh)
(On Castle Rock, 134m high)
Octopus Prime and the Tsock Tsarina (http://www.tsocktsarina.com/)
Octopus Prime and Tentaculus spin yarn to make more octopodes
Prime works the foot pedals, and Tentaculus drafts the wool.
Gertrude and Charybdis up the Z count to with "Pizza Pizzazz"
Sometimes instead of food you hunt for members of Team Evil.
Apparently Argonautia didn't look wet enough in his last entry, so here he and Little Tremo in a new aquatic entry. Argonautia and Little Tremo float serenely in a private swimming grotto.
Argonautia pictured alone, fully submerged and blowing bubbles
Drying off on a swank floating octopus raft.
On the way to Sacramento from Sebastopol.
Por supuesto, los pulpos no tienen pelo.
At the end of a long day, Sneezy relaxes by solving mazes.
Darwin visits Paradise at Mt. Rainier.
N 46 Degrees, 47.057'
W 121 Degrees, 44.487'
Elevation: 5373 feet
Clone IV and his friends went duck hunting the other day. They cooperated to herd the ducks over a cliff. The weapon of choice was the mighty fork (also, incidentally, good for eating the ducks after the hunt).
Clone IV and his many friends demonstrate stacking prowess
and his many friends, just hanging out
is lolctopod
has octopod
has cat
mak cheeseburger
sez "octopod"
sez "has cheeseburger"
squeee!
has first place
bai
The Inkquision, while on an outerspace mission, makes a quick stop at Saturn to teach the kids about rings.
The Inkquision was returning from a mission on Mt Champlain at the science museum, when Danger girl went sliding down the slope. Can Captain Cephalopod and Crazy Eight save her? Tune in next week to find out!
Akira at Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, altitude 1290m (4232ft) according to this
Sneezy is at home on Crescent Beach, Mattapoisett with a tall, cool glass of lemonade!
Not only does it have more Zs than it needs, it's yummy.
Santa Rosa is the hometown of the Schultz family and museum. Here Argonautia socializes with friends Charlie Brown and Snoopy (and Woodstock).
Tako thought that a word that you could make with just one Scrabble board was slicker than one that required multiple boards to get 2 z tiles, but he also posed in front of a commercial sign advertising some Italian coffee beans just in case.
"Lavazza" scores 28. ( But Tako is still proud of his former entry "Squeezed" which is actually a *valid* scrabble word. ;-) )
Ultros prefers dining at this 33-point establishment.
Tudo Azul (with fond memories of Templeton the Rat) visits SQUEAKY cleaners. (23 points.)
Toodles' research leads him to conclude that the letters Q, Z, and X are overrepresented in commercial signage, compared to their Scrabble frequencies. The result of Octopedal influence, perhaps?
Sneezy, Oct, and Kick in an aesthetically pleasing stack.
Note that Octopod of Allergen Doom and Octavia are making a tower in order to hand up the fresh lightbulb...
...while Oct rappels down the mirror, beleyed by a kind stranger, to remove the original bulb. Kick stands to the side to watch and guide the process!
Clone IV, Gertrude, Linus, Tudo Azul (hard to see, but his legs are visible at the front of the penguin, beside the Pen), and 3 sidekicks cooperate to carry a GIANT PENGUIN.
You can't cure disease with only one person! Pandemic is a 2-4 player cooperative game. Additonally, each of the four players slots are occupied by two octopodes helping one another - 3 sidekicks who are just learning how to play, and Tako graciously sharing his turn with a buddy.
Also, they note that there are a total of eight octopodes in this picture.
unnamed octopus with glasses, Tako, Octavia (with napping eyes), Captain Cephalopod, Crazy Eight, Oct (front row, with :D face) corral 3 small kids: Kick, Superlass, and Danger Girl.
superlass (sidekick), dangergirl (sidekick), kick (sidekick), Tako Yaki, Octavia, Captain Cephalopod, Crazy Eight, Oct, and an unnamed octopus.
The line of trim is about 6' high, for reference, so this stack is both tall and contains many octopodes.
Sneezy, Octavia, and others
How many octopodes does it take to screw in a lightbulb? 4.75.
Nanaoctopacious has a real softspot in her heart for feathered creatures and when one lost her nest in a heavy wind she had no other choice.
Darwin too had intended to dine at Quiznos, but instead visits Z'Tejas. Sadly its Scrabble value is only 22 points.
Darwin shows off the wealth that he has personally gathered from shipwrecks across the world. He will share this wealth with needy octopodes everywhere, and the locations of many shipwrecks containing more sparklys once he has attained the throne.
Argonautia hunts again, this time he has stalked and killer a vicious (and rare) albino tiger.
Octavia uses the interplay of light and shadow to become camouflaged among the apple blossoms.
Despite the mug of coffee larger than her entire body, Octavia is still mired in ennui from listening in to the sales conference call. You can see her drooping eyelids as she drifts off to the droning voices.
After work Octavia decided to pick up four pairs of fashionable pumps at TJMaxx, since she prefers purchasing items from stores whose names exhibit a a high Scrabble score.
Octavia would like to demonstrate her suitability to be Queen. She currently mans a major electrical power station, so she has already amassed a considerable amount of power. With more power she will be able to make the world an even brighter place!
In case Octavia appears too small in the photo of her at the power station, here's another one. (It's slightly fuzzy, but you can at least recognize her if you didn't see her to the left of the sign in the original.)
Tako sits beneath the fresh squeezed juices at the supermarket.
(The 2nd photo shows a more sign-like sign than the small shelf placard, but both include the word "squeezed", and you can see Tako and the mantle better in the first photo...)
Tako initially interpreted this content as font size, anyway, but then he thought he would take advantage of the letter he was preparing to send to Great Grandma Maxine where the number itself was large.
Here, he has found a building address whose font size is estimated at 1.25m tall: 185 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge. (He estimated based on seeing how big the people in the elevator on the right were, taking another photo from another angle while they were on the top floor of the elevator.
(still under construction)
Here, Ultros and Octomus pose with their famous friend, Mozilla Firefox, whose popularity includes 140 million users as of February 2008.
Here, Ultros and Octomus pose with their famous friend, Mozilla Firefox, whose popularity includes 140 million users as of February 2008.
The flash of the teleporter dies away, leaving a well-travelled octopus in front of the Lobby 7 information kiosk at 77 Massachusetts Ave.
Here's Silk, hiding amongst his natural coloring.
When Tudo came over to play board games with Tako on April 28th, they also thought it would be fun to take some stacked shots. Handy, that. :)
Also, we present a photo of the first meeting of Ultros and Octomus, where they broke bread with Ethiopian food on a regal carpet of glittering shiny purple gems. What was said at this historic meeting of two great powers of the sea? Perhaps we'll find out, in time....
In a stunning display of our psychic ability, we have managed to anticipate the need for stacking octopodes. The pictures were taken on April 24th, 2008.
Cuttlefishman, aka Argonautia, faces off against the evil Nanaoctopacious Rapacious
Linus is a big fan of the writing of Nobel Prize winning writer Naguib Mahfouz, and what's not to like? He provides a insight to the average lives of conservative Muslims living in the heart of Cairo, neither glamorizing nor condemning their unique and thought-provoking existence. And the fact that his last name scores 24 Scrabble points doesn't hurt either.
An Angry Octopus Is Me atop Drury Hill in Holden, MA (at the corner of Wentworth Drive and Parker Avenue). Elevation over 800' above sea level, per Google Maps.
An Angry Octopus Is Me and Tudo Azul, along with an unregistered friend, rest, well-sated after some fine bulgoki.
An Angry Octopus Is Me entertains friend Linus in his home: note the recently-drained glass of plum wine. (Just because one is Angry does not mean one is not Gracious.)
An Angry Octopus Is Me sneaks among the shrubbery outside the home of (completely) unsuspecting humans.
An Angry Octopus Is Me visits Jerry's Hardware on West Boylston Street.
Tudo Azul costumed as that spooooky villain-in-octopus's-clothing: Tentaculus!
Linus demonstrates how his intended throne room would be arranged. He sits atop a bed of flowers which represent the elevation of octopus kind over the world of dry land. His tiara of oyster pearls show how he keeps the needs of the aquatic close to mind. His security sock mantle goes nicely with the stems of the flowers, showing his excellent taste and eye for composition.
Linus would also like to point out that flowers make a fragrant and soft throne which is also biodegradable. Linus is ecologically conscious.
As we all know, for want of a nail, the kingdom was lost. Gertrude is totally prepared with a big pile of screws so that if she is king, the kingdom will not suffer for lack of fastening agents.
Gertrude determined which colors of paint are most appropriate.
Clone IV, Tudo Azul, Linus, and Gertrude demonstrate stacking
Linus, Gertrude, Tudo Azul, and Clone IV are friends
Ay caramba! A Lisa episode!
Darwin sits among coins, jewelry and gemstones as a demonstration of the wealth he could bring to Octopodes everywhere.
Darwin at the Lake Easton State Park in Washington
(with Sceptre)
47d25'31.49" N, 121d24'56.85 W, elevation 916 meters, which Google says is 3005.24934 feet
(stacked)
Even a gentle octopus like Linus has his weakness, and his seems to be freshly baked cardamom buns. See how he steals a few and makes his getaway mere seconds after the baked goods come out of the oven! His security sock also doubles as a loot bag, allowing him to greatly increase his carrying capacity for delicious plunder.
About to go trick-or-treating as a mummy
Tentaculus at the home of his good friend An Angry Octopus Is Me
Argonautia is not the king, so he does not actually have a King's crown, throne, or dress robes. BUT he displays his regal bearing- seated on a borrowed sea-throne. He does have loyal and intelligent advisers, treasure (of which he displays a small sample), and some nice dress up clothes. If he becomes King, of course- he will acquire proper attire if the subjects expect this.
He has a nice castle, from which he can rule if needed, but hopefully the Kingship will come with some sort of suitable place he can move in to. He and Little Tremo can be seen to the right of center relaxing after a hard day's work.
One of the most important things for a GOOD ruler is the ability to connect to his subjects, and for the good of the Kingdom- be able to connect with and work with the outside world. The Octopodes cannot stay hidden forever. Argonautia has the ability to understand and work with all creatures- above and below the water. The last photo is a documentation of a recent event he attended in his honor.
Little Tremo is standing in as Doc Oc (see the reflection), and Perspicacious Nanaoctopacious is practicing for the camouflage
Argonautia scopes out a nice sea environment, speaks with its denizens to make sure they are well cared for. Please note this is SALT water tank, the proper type of water for all known species of octopus.
Argonautia and Little Tremo peer into the top.
Argonautia jumps in and can be seen swimming downward with his tentacles.
He IS in the tank. It is a salt water touch tank at a local kid's play center. I asked if I could take a photo of his next to it, then OOPS, I bumped him (really it was an accident), he fell in!!! He floated there serenely upside down, then began to sink. I took a photo and pulled him out. The staff was rather annoyed, they don't allow toys in the touch talk. On my honor, he is in the water. I have a photo of a police officer holding him by the hair for wet-ness proof. He didn't want to touch the dripping body. No I didn't get arrested for bumping the octopus into the tank.
Well the city of Sebastopol is only 105ft above sea level, but look, Argonautia is 45ft above the ground in an unsecured precarious position! How brave he is! The photographer was nervous as he lifted off, and had to back away.
Also Little Tremo is at the controls to show how cooperative and skilled sidekick he is.
Please note the close-up is Argonautia climbing on, and if you magnify the at altitude photo- you can see him in the same spot on the right edge of the lift.
Sneezy poses with Shabby, a recurring character in the first ever webcomic: "Matthew and Jake's Adventures".
Argonautia and Little Tremo made the mistake of watching the tube with Isabelle the human. Argonautia felt himself drowning in a sense of utter boredom.
He stumbled outside to take a walk and clear his head. It did not work, for he was mired in ennui. He sunk to the ground as he tried to cross the street and was barely able to twitch his eyelid.
Little Tremo watches in horror from the other side, calling and crying for him to snap out of it.
Argonautia and Little Tremo trying on a lovely purple jellyfish costume (note the aquatic theme). Also note the matching purple flowers in the background- Jellyfish are often color coordinated with their environments.
Argonautia and Little Tremo are hiding in the primordial stuff from which the Octopodes sprung- what better place to hide than amongst what you are made of?
Big address AND famous address (The BIRDS of Hitchcock fame church) that Argonautia and Little Tremo have visited today. They found some bigger addresses, but thought the famous factor might add some value.
Clone IV is a fan of early Spielberg films. Here, he models his E.T. costume (from the trick-or-treating scenes, naturally).
Clone IV maintains a private oceanic bath so that he can experience the joy of the ocean in the privacy of his castle.
Clone IV's natural coloration provides excellent camouflage. In addition, he will at times demonstrate subtle color changes to better blend in with his immediate surroundings.
(Pictures as taken by camera no manipulation on the PC.)
Clone IV puts on a brave face; he masks his pain with a jaunty smile. However, even his favorite television shows and the best PS2 games cannot alleviate his royal ennui.
James...Tiberius...Kirk!
Tako hides among a bunch of brightly colored toys with googly eyes, carefully placing at least one well-matched decoy with the same skin color and googly eyes elsewhere in the toybox to throw off anyone who is looking for him.
If you look very closely at the upper left corner of this photo you may be able to spot Sneezy as he stealthily approaches his target -- the rare forsythia blossom!
Charybdis in camoflague:
Argonautia and Little Nemo have tracked and killed a vicious direwolf, seconds before it was going to attack a child in this kitchen. Thank you brave Octopodes!
Rhapsody in Blue: Corsage!
Approximately 4096 miles from home.
Tako can dress up as a menacing spider much better than a human kid can, since he already has 8 legs!
Master of Course 8
in Chapter 8
No one does ennui like Sylvia Plath, and a copy of her poem surrounds and weighs down Gertrude like the inescapable repetitions that are life.
(Note the Pen of Miscellany, in this photo symbolizing the authorial pen of the esteemed Mr. Edward Gorey, an authority on the extremes of ennui to which an octopus--or a small child--can sink.)
The Octopod of Allergen Doom enters Ennui! but what does it matter, anyway? it's just one more puerile contest in a world of foolish contests.
The Octopod of Allergen Doom has lost the will to go on.
...mired in ennui
At home in water
A very large number!
Tudo Azul demonstrates that he is at ease in actual water!
"Toodles" at home at #32.
Tako and Tudo Azul visit with another friend (not a registered octopus.)
Tako Yaki and Tudo Azul realize that you can't play a game with only one octopus.
This one is even about collecting lots of fish!
"The meaning of Orly is You Are My Light"
Clearly, meant to be queen.
ORLY? YA RLY.
Orly, frolicking with other sea creatures, including sidekicks Greenie and MC, a frog, a turtle, an orange pentapus, a sea-dog, a fish, and a bearded bubble-monster.
Gertrude is a pied piper with fish and can lure them by humming sea ditties.
Gertrude and Tudo Azul went biking
Darwin and Wes Carroll, internationally known vocal percussionist.
Akira on drums, Darwin on guitar, Toshiro on vocals and Friend on bass guitar.
(Friends are Toshiro and a Mysterious Unregistered Octopus)
Gertrude snuck up on a hawk and pulled out a tail feather without the hawk even noticing.
Gertrude made a quick stop at Jupiter, which is very high up.
Gertrude went to Newport, RI.
Which is in Scotland, or possibly in the swirling mists of spacetime, depending if it's day or night.
The fearsome lobster swims through ocean vegetation
The patient hunter...
in 2005
in 2006
in Minneapolis
(on plane)
(see campaign site
Teacher Tako demonstrates his mastery of eight at the blackboard to the young grasshopper who has not yet mastered this concept.
At the top-of-the-hill end of the Boston College Chestnut Hill campus. ("At least I had to cycle uphill to get there!")
with famed game designer Andrew Grant
(approximately 52 miles from home.) "The Sox are losing to Detroit! Grr!"
Elevation of our house plus flying altitude is approximately 680 ft above sea level. For extra geekiness, altitude was determined with the use of an old-fashioned trig lookup table. (Google Earth lists 40 Meola Ave, Worcester, MA at an elevation of 653 feet. Rose used trigonometry to estimate the elevation of our flying octopus above the ground, as 26 feet. (Actually 25 feet 10 inches). We decided to estimate to two significant digits.)
An Angry Octopus Is Me lulls its prey into a false sense of security, toying with the target, perhaps even...playing....
And now, Angry Octopus Is Me completes the hunt, sneaking up to snare its prey (which is distracted by a book on Sea Creatures, of all things).
47d25'31.49" N, 121d24'56.85 W, elevation 916 meters, which Google says is 3005.24934 feet
A prince among octopodes! See his campaign site.
Gertrude is hanging out with Ray Tomlinson, the programmer who implemented the first email program and sent the first email ever, inventing the use of the @ sign for email addresses.
Gertrude has mastered the number eight in eight languages.
Clone IV would like to demonstrate his suitability to be king. We refer, of course, to his substantial land holdings, impressive castle, and (of course) his standing army. The army includes many mystical beasts, wizards, giant animated gingerbread men, and undead fighters in addition to the usual knights, archers, and footmen.
Wikipedia is the source of all information, and Senator Shoctopus provides wikipedia with information on 8, ergo Senator Shoctopus is the true Master of 8 (Number).
Clone IV would like to demonstrate his hunting prowess. We refer, of course, to his well-known reputation for seeking out the most dangerous beasts known to octo-kind, including the dreaded shape-shifting Doom Collie. On a recent expedition, Clone IV fought a Elder Doom Collie that took on eight different forms, including lion, dragon, and unicorn.
at 10 Lester Terrace
... and a very large number.
Approx 5130 S Penn Ave, Minneapolis, MN.
(For verification, see Google Street View. You may need to rotate the Street view, but the house is there.)
While Fisher is quite competent to hunt sea creatures, land animals present no trouble to the mighty hunter. Here we see Fisher at the end of a successful hunting and trapping session. The peanut is well known to skilled hunters as excellent bait for a variety of prey, and everyone is familiar with the traditional octopus hunting lasso known as the riata. Once caught in the noose of the riata, an animal can be killed directly or (as in this hunt) dragged forcibly into a steel cage.
In this expedition, Fisher has chosen to capture an animal alive, specifically an Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Now the prey can be kept for possible lean times ahead, or for release in a controlled environment for recreational hunting, or even for taming and breeding of a herd of domesticated squirrels.
Bimaculoides demonstrates his dexterity with the net, while cleverly attempting to block the cave entrance.
... at his human-pet's work
Octomus is uniquely suited to be King. First of all, his imposing stature commands respect from other octopodes ([1]. Secondly, his regal bearing (as seen in the attached photo) is a clear indication of his suitability. But wait - what's this we see on his tentacle? He bears the royal birthmark - a purple crown! Of his pedigree, there can be no doubt any longer.
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Flight attendant Bobbie and unknown flight attendant with Darwin on an Alaska Airlines 737 from Seattle to Oakland. The note says "I hearby certify that Darwin is flying at _____ ft.". Flight attendant Bobbie called the cockpit and kindly asked for the altitude, then filled in the blank with 35,000.
Close up of Darwin with note containing altitude information from Bobbie the flight attendant.
This fearsome feline has been laid low by our ninja hero's bare tentacles!
Darktopus has vanquished the Spider Queen and seven other mighty spiders, forcing them to bow to the superiority of the OCTOPUS in the arena of Eightness.
Humble Darktopus bows to you with respect, for he wishes for nothing more than to serve Octopus-kind. However, to ensure the strength and honor of our next king, Darktopus will not let you win easily!
Please observe Clone IV and his three friends out for a lovely day of punting on the Thames.
Tentaculus demonstrates his hunting propwess by catching the Greatest Game itself, another octopus.
(Tentaculus and Stubford re-enact the movie poster)
20-sided die, on the 8
Mr. Potato Head!
In an aquatic environment
Tako enters the Extreme Swimming Drum and prepares for his ride, peeking out the window bravely.
Tako begins spinning, though he's not very wet yet. Note that if you zoom in on the controls of the Extreme Swimming Drum you can see that the "Wash" and "Add a Garment" lights are lit, indicating that the machine is running.
Tako is harder to see once the ride really begins, but I've circled him for you - legs visible, and then eyes. The timer is down to 44 minutes.
You can also see splashes of water and suds.
(This seems to interact poorly with Quicktime, but it plays with VLC.)
One more shot of tako at the end of his aquatic adventure,
After a long day downing ships at sea, An Angry Octopus Is Me relaxes in a pond by a lush waterfall, enjoying a recently liberated barrel of rum.
Tako poses atop a large fortress with which he can help defend, wearing a crown and a purple mantle with jeweled clasp, and with a princess friend (identifiable by her pink princess crown.)
In this picture, Tako demonstrates that he can dress the part, hold court in an appropriately fortified location, and provide appropriate royal alliances.
In case you are wondering, this is not just any fortress but a fortress of knowledge.
A detail of his costume, as he peers through the ramparts of his fortress, is also provided as it's a bit hard to see while he's atop the fortress being photographed from below.
on Mass Ave
And evidence of their shared birthday!
Tako's fortress (aka Tufts University's Tisch Library) is also the highest point he's been to so far that we have photographic evidence of. Tisch Library is atop Walnut Hill, the highest point in Medford. (You'd think that the highest point in Medford would have its altitude noted somewhere on the interwebs as geographical trivia, but no.)
Here, he poses next to a sign describing the Tisch Library rooftop gardens.
Tako Yaki's Fortress
Clone IV is an avid hiker. Recently he ascended to the top of Bear Tower, via the Bear Tower Trail from the Sheepfold in the Fellsway. One of his companions fell to his death from the tower, proving that it is both high up and dangerous.
Elevation of Bear Hill: 305.83 feet
Elevation of Bear Hill Tower: est. 50 feet
Total elevation: est. 355 feet
(Octopodes just visible at top of tower, front corner)
Close-up of octopodes from the bottom of the tower
2564mi away from home, at Madison Square in New York.
34846ft on a flight from New York to San Jose. Later climbed to 36000ft to get above heavy thunderstorms but too much turbulence for photos. 34846ft above what? I don't know exactly. San Jose airport is 5ft above it.
Sneezy brings home the bacon^H^H^H^H^H fresh baked cream of wheat bread!
Tako goes fowl hunting, but at first he's not sure what he's in the mood to eat tonight.
First, he looms over some geese and then chases them off, showing his powers of intimidation.
Then he considers a turkey, favorite of the first American settlers, hovering high above him with a menacing stick.
Finally, he decides that chicken's the thing and stealthily climbs on top of a rooster, but as fresh killed is always best, he chooses to take this one home alive, and wait until he's in his kitchen with a butcher's knife (as he has previously demonstrated his skills in this area in his earlier entry).
(Cut to later, like all good cooking shows...) He hopes the chicken teryaki will turn out pretty good.
What's with all this measly 35,000 *foot* cruising altitude stuff? Tako is airborne at 38839.53 *MILES* above (Google) Earth (according to the "eye altitude" in the lower right corner - zoom in!), looking cheerfully at the view.
Tako cannot confirm nor deny that he jumped out of the airlock during a beta test flight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip Two spacecraft to achieve this altitude.
Akira has eightfold master of eights.
- Sitting on a Magic Eight-Ball;
- Shaking tentacles with eight.... ...octopodes (who won a Synchronized Squirting contest);
- Surrounded by eight...
- ...eight-sided dice...
- ...of eight different colors...
- ...with the eights facing up;
- And like all octopodes he has mastery of his own eight tentacles.
