PZ Myers. 2005 Dec 01. The holiday is upon us!. <http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/the_holiday_is_upon_us/>. Accessed 2008 Dec 04.
Posted on M00o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr on Thursday, December 01, 2005
The holiday is upon us!
I am caught completely off-guard: in my mail today I received some Cephalopodmas gifts from Bayesian Bouffant. There are some books (Secret Sea by White, and The Octopus by Norris), and a DVD of the legendary Calamari Wrestler. I didn't even know it was Cephalopodmas! I still don't know what day it's supposed to be! (In fact, google has never heard of "Cephalopodmas", although "Squidmas" seems to be popular.)
Since this is a holiday that should exist, I hereby declare 22 December to be Cephalopodmas. Everyone should have a nice seafood dinner, exchange gifts with a molluscan theme, and play tentacle games with your loved one. I'll plan on sitting down with the whole family to watch The Calamari Wrestler (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll) together.
Thanks, BB!
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Everyone should have a nice seafood dinner, exchange gifts with a molluscan theme, and play tentacle games with your loved one.
I assume the herbivores celebrating Cephalopodmas will be allowed to nibble seaweed.
Will there be Cephalopodmas carols (sea shanties?) to sing during the festivities?#: Posted by Dr. Free-Ride on 12/01 at 01:31 PM -
I'll buy my mother live squid and leave them scattered throughout the house - like an Easter egg hunt! Oh, think of the joyous look on her precious little face as she discovers each squid...
Should I paint them individually, or just leave them as-is? Maybe buy some plastic squid and fill them with candy or caviar?#: Posted by on 12/01 at 01:36 PM -
I'm all over it, especially the tentacle games idea, squares with the corporate mission.
#: Posted by fearless leader on 12/01 at 01:39 PM
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I'm pleased to hear the old traditions are coming back.
When I was in high school one of my teachers started the 'Save the Turkey' foundation and gave presentations for Squid meals for Thanksgiving.
For a while I thought he was strange, but now I see he was just ahead of the curve.
I never have figured out the Black-Powder gun demonstrations shooting wax balls at the school walls, however. Maybe there is a mixture of genius and strange -- I guess I'll have to ask PZ.#: Posted by on 12/01 at 01:57 PM -
You're welcome.
The stickers were off-theme but I'm surprised you didn't mention them.
BTW, a paper will come out in Science tomorrow revealing that Archaeopteryx had feet like a theropod.
I've got to go write some Cephalopodmas carols now, there's only 21 days left.#: Posted by on 12/01 at 02:32 PM -
One of my favorite childhood memories is how we'd all gather around the TV on Squidmas Eve for the annual broadcast of Rudolph the Bioluminescent Nautilus:
Then one turbid Squidmas Eve,
C. Santateuthis came to say,
"Rudolph, with your photophores so bright,
Won't you guide my bathysphere tonight?"
We never questioned at the time why that jolly old squid actually needed a bathysphere. -
From a discussion of squid carols on LJ:
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlesquids"
God rest ye merry gentlesquids
Let nothing you dismay
Not pinnipeds nor great sperm whales
That do upon you prey
and "I Am A Squid" (Joy To the World)
I am a squid, a happy squid,
A happy, wiggly squid!
Let every cephalapod
Extend its tentacles
And sucker on to something
And sucker on to something
And sucker, sucker onto something
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ursulav/397655.html?thread=10099031#t10099031
http://www.livejournal.com/users/pixel39/284648.html#: Posted by on 12/01 at 03:17 PM - What do I do on Cephalopodmas if I just don't eat seafood?
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I think a Cephalopodmas holiday would be great. Unfortunately I have a biochemistry final that day. We need to work on getting it declared a University holiday.
#: Posted by on 12/01 at 05:23 PM
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Hey, 12/22 happens to be my birthday...
Oh well, it beats sharing it in the same week as a certain famous historical figure#: Posted by on 12/01 at 05:44 PM -
ooh, tentacle games! can hardly wait!
#: Posted by on 12/01 at 08:49 PM
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Hey, it is the anniversary of my birth, too! I was considering going to Outback for steak, but I can always add an appetizer of calamari to my favorite coconut shrimp. Could go for sushi instead, but we do that at least twice a month, so it's not so much of a special treat.
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Oh open sea
The squid are swiftly swimming
It is the night of the dear blogger's 'mas
Long lay the world in lack of mollusc feasting
Til Cephalopodmas appear'd and showed its worth
A thrill of squid the weary world rejoices
For yonder lies a plate of fried calamar'#: Posted by Jonathan Badger on 12/01 at 08:59 PM -
Might I suggest Ween's song (and album) "The Mollusk" as appropriate music for this holiday?
#: Posted by on 12/01 at 09:32 PM
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What do I do on Cephalopodmas if I just don't eat seafood?
You go downstairs and recite "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn..."
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By the way, am I the only one to think we're collectively nuts and should go see a shrink first thing Monday?
#: Posted by on 12/02 at 09:24 AM
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I think I'll just stick with good ol' traditional Decemberween.
o/~ Decemberween, Decemberween, you're fifty-five days after Halloween... o/~#: Posted by on 12/02 at 09:31 AM -
Nothing will stop you from eating calamari for Decemberween, BronzeDog ...
#: Posted by Keith Douglas on 12/02 at 10:09 AM
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"Nothing will stop you from eating calamari for Decemberween"
Perhaps, but the traditional Decemberween foods are gravied yams, stuffinged ham, and roast bunny. But I do recall a squid briefly appearing in Strong Bad's Decemberween pagent, so there may be some Cephalopodmas/Decemberween crossover.#: Posted by Jonathan Badger on 12/02 at 11:40 AM - I think we're collectively nuts, but there's no way I'm telling a shrink about it. I'd like to keep my insanity private, thank you very much.
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Well, insight is the first step to treatment
And your welcome.#: Posted by on 12/02 at 12:56 PM -
Cthulhu Carols: http://www.cthulhulives.org/Solstice/
#: Posted by on 12/02 at 08:44 PM
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Commercially available squid music:
Dr. Squid by Dr. Squid
Institute of Dubology Featuring Duffhead, DJ Squid
by Institute of Dubology
Squid Row Daze by Gorilla
Eats Parliament by Techno Squid
Squid Virtual's Petting Zoo by Squid Virtual
Billy the Squid by Tom Chapin
The Squid and the Whale (movie soundtrack)
Giant Squid is apparently still working on their debut album.#: Posted by on 12/04 at 10:23 AM -
Commercially available octopus music:
Octopus by Gentle Giant
Red Octopus by Jefferson Starship
Octopus by Octopus
From A to B by ""
Restless Night... Plus by ""
Things That Are Safe to Throw Things That Are Not Safe to Throw
One Ten Thousand Million by The Octopus Project
Identification Parade by ""
Octopus Off-Broadway by Parlour
Lipstick Project by Black Octopus
Popsicle by Octopus Harem
Between Genius and Insanity by Loppy Octopus
Octopus by Human League
Dance of the Octopus by Red Norvo
Oswald: Pop Goes the Octopus by Various Artists
Octopus: Best Of by Syd Barrett
Dance of the Octopus by various composers
Smash the Octopus by Flattbush
Width of an Octopus by Thundering Lizards
Octopus by Mozzoforte
Scoctopus: The In Sound From Octopus Records by various artists
Octopus by Tiber & Stapleton
Black Octopus by Paul Jackson
West to the Octopus by Spitznagel
Octopus by Murder Mansin#: Posted by on 12/04 at 10:33 AM -
Commercially available nautilus music:
Titanic by Nautilus Pompilius
Tablokitaj by ""
Wings by ""
The Prince of Silence by ""
and several other albums by the same group
Nautilus by Jake Slazenger
Sara K. Live / Nautilus Tour 2002 by Sara K.
Three Cuts in London by Nautilus
What Colour's the Sky in Your World by ""
Nautilus by The Graham Goble Encounter#: Posted by on 12/04 at 10:40 AM -
Searches on Amazon for popular music related to "cephalopod" or "cuttlefish" failed to bring up any music - an unexploited niche for the musically inclined Pharyngula fan.
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Kraken-nacht! Giorno di calimari!
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