Quiddity

Inside the mind of an octopus

A fascinating article about what goes on in the mind of the octopus.

Such intelligence is not always evident in the laboratory. “In the lab, you give the animals this situation, and they react,” points out Mather. But in the wild, “the octopus is actively discovering his environment, not waiting for it to hit him. The animal makes the decision to go out and get information, figures out how to get the information, gathers it, uses it, stores it. This has a great deal to do with consciousness.”

Happy little tunes

If you're feeling down, check out the spotify playlist Begging the Public for Joy by Linda Holmes (host of the very funny podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour).  It's definitely bringing me joy today!

Gremlins Applique

So adorable!  Check out more geeky crafts here.

Chewbacco

Chewbacco.  Ha!  Via DrikoLand.

Breaking Bad for Halloween

If you're a fan of Breaking Bad, check out these hilarious pictures of the cast dressed up as different characters from the show.

Download the Gus Fring mask.  I'm pretty sure he's really dead.

Zombie Walt (Thanks, Pop Elegantiarum!)

Did you guys catch the Breaking Bad reference in last week's The Walking Dead?!  It made me so happy!

Hipster 80s Cartoon Superheroes!

What if your favorite 80s cartoon heroes decided to dress like hipsters? So wrong. So very, very wrong.

Via Coilhouse

You can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being

How to spot a psychopath based on their speech patterns.

To examine the emotional content of the murderers' speech, Hancock and his colleagues looked at a number of factors, including how frequently they described their crimes using the past tense. The use of the past tense can be an indicator of psychological detachment, and the researchers found that the psychopaths used it more than the present tense when compared with the nonpsychopaths. They also found more dysfluencies — the "uhs" and "ums" that interrupt speech — among psychopaths. Nearly universal in speech, dysfluencies indicate that the speaker needs some time to think about what they are saying.

Um...wait a minute. I say um a lot. Am I a psychopath?

Blogging ain't easy

I just bought a shiny, new red laptop. I'm hoping it'll encourage me to blog more. Blogging on the iPad sucks...hence the lack of updates. Quiddity ain't dead yet (neatorama linked me a couple of weeks ago, yay!). It's just on sick leave. Hurry, shiny, new laptop!

Creepy Pumpkin Heads

Check out this gallery of very expressive pumpkin heads.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

What I'm watching

Vidal Sassoon: The Movie (2010):  "If you don't look good, we don't look good."  Interesting documentary about famed hair stylist Vidal Sasson and how his geometric haircuts rocked the fashion world during the 1960s.  When he cut Mia Farrow's hair for Rosemary's Baby, it was a huge ordeal.  Sadly, the documentary starts to drag towards the end, but I still enjoyed learning about the history of the 5 point haircut.  3 1/2 Stars!

Noriko's Dinner Table (2005):  I wanted to like this film, but it bored me to tears.  I turned it off half way through.  It's about a depressed young girl named Noriko who runs away to Tokyo to meet up with some girl she met online (because that always goes well).  They are hired to be fake family members in some kind of rent-a-family thing.  Noriko's younger sister eventually runs away, too, or something.  I was totally confused.  There was also some suicide cult thing going on.  I don't know.  Didn't like it.  Didn't get it.  1 Star!

High Lane (2009):  If you've seen Cold Prey, skip this movie because it's a total rip off of that film.  If you haven't seen Cold Prey, rent it instead!  Then rent the sequel!  1 Star!  

Mademoiselle (1966):  Jeanne Moreau is brilliant as the prim and proper school teacher who is obsessed with the handsome Italian logger that has just arrived at her village.  No one suspects her as being the sociopath behind the recent fires and other destructive events plaguing the community.  3 Stars! 

How to crochet an adorable nyan cat scarf

Damn, I wish I knew how to crochet.  Patter can be found here...or they're willing to just sell you the scarf already made.

Link via themarysue.