A REAL Baby Cthulhu!

And you thought impending motherhood was tough... Go look fast at the baby, I have no idea how long Ev1.net will keep this link hot.

Eggs Hatching for Aurora the Octopus

Aurora with all eight of her arms held tight to her dream of motherhood.

Even when most any other expectant mom would have become discouraged, not Aurora the octopus. The aging Giant Pacific, a resident of the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, embraced her maternal instinct and was rewarded this week.

Her eggs finally began hatching. The first of thousands have burst out into pearly white, tear-shaped babies with huge eyes and stubby appendages.

http://my.ev1.net/english/news/newsarticle.asp?articleID=49726530&subject=science

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Thought I should echo this from rolanni before returning to work.

As a science fiction writer, a part of me has always believed this could be the future, if we didn't stop squabbling and get to work about serious problems. Even my mother commented once years ago that covering farmland with parking lots did not seem like a good long-term idea. This writer suggests that we might all be alive when the long decay begins. We're no longer talking 2050--we're talking 2010. For the first time, I am considering whether to return to the midwest with its winters and my arthritis, or remain here with its weather extremes and lack of extensive farmland.

Read, and maybe start planning? Sof, how about our extended community now? (I'll miss the internet...)

The Long Emergency

What's going to happen as we start running out of cheap gas to guzzle?

By JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER

A few weeks ago, the price of oil ratcheted above fifty-five dollars a barrel, which is about twenty dollars a barrel more than a year ago. The next day, the oil story was buried on page six of the New York Times business section. Apparently, the price of oil is not considered significant news, even when it goes up five bucks a barrel in the span of ten days. That same day, the stock market shot up more than a hundred points because, CNN said, government data showed no signs of inflation. Note to clueless nation: Call planet Earth.

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