Bat Boy and Giant Squid

[kevin_standlee]

Cheryl passes these two items for consideration:

Sad news from the world of publishing: the Weekly World News is shutting down.

But then, who needs the Weekly World News when you have real-life stories like Giant Squid Invading California?

Comments

[gvdub.livejournal.com]

The NPR report this morning said that they were going to web only, just ceasing print publication, but these stories make it sound somewhat more final. A pity, that.

[jbriggs.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine once quipped that you could come up with a half dozen RPG ideas based on a single issue of the WWN.

[howeird]

Now I'll have nothing to read while waiting to pay for my jumbo squid cutlets at Safeway. :-(

BTW, these are not giant squid, which are at least an order of magnitude larger than the jumbo ones shown in the article. A friend of mine who has a doctorate in squid is going to send me some info on what the diff is, which I'll post on my LJ.

[davidshallcross.livejournal.com]

The article doesn't mention whether jumbo squid are edible, but I don't think the fishermen would be so concerned if they were. I suppose they are kind of large for marinated squid salad.

[howeird]

Posted an answer here: http://howeird.livejournal.com/429210.html