August 31, 2010, 11:24am

Goldman Sachs unveiled their new rebranding effort this morning.

May 10, 2010, 11:42am

March 24, 2010, 12:27pm

Minoan Octopus Vase 15th Century B.C.E.

February 08, 2010, 7:45pm

Via Uno Moralez

September 29, 2009, 10:22pm

my new girlfriend is so fashion forward!

August 31, 2009, 9:36am

More blatant cephalopodsploitation in advertising, this time for dental floss.

August 19, 2009, 10:15am

July 14, 2009, 3:30pm

Please, think of the squid!

July 14, 2009, 1:00pm

June 24, 2009, 3:47pm

Throwing the octopus is easy. More difficult is concealing the eight-legged creature until the toss is at hand, a skill that requires determination, luck and the ability to walk normally with 4 pounds of slimy cephalopod stuffed down your pants.

When Detroit drops in on Nationwide Arena Tuesday night in an attempt to further frustrate the Blue Jackets some among the Red Wings fans in attendance undoubtedly will have attempted to enter while packing octopus.

Some might even succeed, continuing a Detroit tradition dating to 1952 of throwing octopi on the ice during Red Wings games.

“I just sell it. What they do with it is up to them,” said Frank Gonzalez, owner of Frank’s Fish & Seafood Market in Columbus.

What they do with it is the second hurdle. The common method is to sneak the octopus through the turnstiles by slipping it into your trousers, a technique that Gonzalez does not understand.

“I wouldn’t want something moving around down there when you’re moving around,” he said, smiling.

“They’ve been creative,” said Eric Granger, general manager of Nationwide Arena. “We’ve caught them Saran-wrapped to the body.”

Most contraband carriers get caught before they reach their seats, having failed to elude the authorities, who conduct bag searches for every game and event.

But fans are not required to drop their drawers, so the danger always exists.

“We have not had one octopus thrown this season,” officials said, adding that arena personnel know what to look for after witnessing octopi hit the ice during previous seasons.

Those caught carrying an octopus must surrender it before being allowed to enter. Anyone who passes detection and manages to heave an octopus gets the immediate heave-ho.

During the 1995 playoffs, two Detroit seafood sellers tossed a 38-pound octopus onto the ice during the national anthem before Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. A year later, they tossed a 50-pounder during the conference finals. The blob ended up displayed on the hood of the Zamboni between periods.

April 22, 2009, 5:10pm

April 05, 2009, 3:06pm

…the giant sea-worm!

Rare tropical fish were disappearing from a live-coral aquarium in Cornwall, UK. Half-assed British marine biologists were baffled and went so far as to saw up some of the coral to identify any predators. Halfway through the process the predator was revealed as a four-foot polychaete worm. Staff eventually lured it out with fish scraps, but not before it bit through 20lb fishing line.

The tropical worm is capable of inflicting permanent numbness on humans with its sting. Matt Slater, the aquarium’s curator, said: ‘Something was guzzling our reef but we had no idea what. We also found an injured Tang Fish so we laid traps but they got ripped apart in the night.

‘That worm must have obliterated the traps. The bait was full of hooks which he must have just digested.’

The Shai-Halud: the Great Maker, Old Man of the Desert, Old Father Eternity.

Thanks to @peejaytee.

April 05, 2009, 1:36pm

The Skee and Cake

Deep Blue Skee

What Made Milwaukskee Famous

I Can Skee For Miles

The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoiskee

Skee of Cortez

Wu-Tang Killa Skees

Bruce Springskeen and the Skee Street Band

Hudsucker Proxskee

Skee Minor

One Does Not Simply Skee Into Mordor

Kepleskee

Explosions in the Skee

March 30, 2009, 9:15am