KILLER SQUIDS! REALLY!

OK, this has NOTHING to do with all the comic hype in the blog recently, but Jane and I were flipping channels last night, just about ready to give up and do some actual work, when all of a sudden, both of screamed the words “KILLER SQUIDS” at the same time as we flew past the Discovery Channel. Needless to say, we both spent the next hour watching a program with actual footage of big, man-sized Humboldt squids in the wild, being caught by fisherman, filmed by divers… IT WAS AWESOME!!!

Sorry, but I’ve had a lifetime love affair with squids and octopuses, but thanks to cruel fate have never actually seen one in real life (some bullshit at the Shedd Aquarium about “she’s sick” or “she’s having babies” when I went there as a kid). And I am the sap of the world about watching shows that promise a real hunt for the “giant squid”, only to have five minutes remaining in the show and the narrator announces “…and still, the giant squid eludes man and his cameras, continuing to be the stuff of myth and legend…” AHHHHHHHH! I CALL BULLSHIT!
So imagine my joy at seeing a special that actually had some decent sized squids in it that I could see and watch move around and use them tentacles. I was in squid geek heaven.
I also know I married the right woman when we both did the “wait-a-minute-wait-a-minute-wait-a-minute, back up I saw something about squids” squeel at the exact same time. Still waiting for some film of a real giant squid, but till then, I’m now a much happier camper.
MUSIC FOR TODAY:
M.I.A.: “Arular” (Damn, this album is good!)
The Beloved: “X”