The Hubble caught an unusual object recently and could be a sign of the end times....

antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apo…

In reality...

People smarter than I say that it appears that two asteroids smacked into each other at supersonic speeds, releasing the energy of a small atomic bomb.

I like the Space Octopus theory better and encourage those who have not yet reserved a space in my 2012 bunker, to do so.

Look to the skies, Joe

I thought the bunker was full.

Adam,

Oh no...still room man.

The ratio is about 7 to 1 - female to male.

If you want in, got to have a skill or talent....what you got?

7 to 1 is a nice ratio but this is the end of the world.
I could negotiate our colonization of another planet.

7 to 1 is a nice ratio but this is the end of the world.
I could negotiate our colonization of another planet.
I am already working on transportation.
newscientist.com/blogs/s…

Gee, Adam,

The Space Shuttles are good for only near Earth Orbit and would be a yummy treat for the Space Octopus.

There will be better times in my bunker.

Is this like the Pacific Northwest tree octopus? zapatopi.net/treeoctopus…

Dear lord...

Can you imagine if you were walking in the woods, whistling and with an apple in your pocket...

...when a cephalopod drops down on you and sucks your brain out!

I bet that is what this object is imaged by the Hubble.

8 arms to hold you, Joe

Does the bunker resemble Austin Powers flat?

Adam...

You got it baby....

and like the underground bomb shelter Hal found in "Malcolm in the Middle.

youtube.com/watch?v=B4eR…

It's the bachelor pad I always wanted....sniff.

Brubeck, ascots and gin, Joe

I draw the line at TV dinners though.

That's just silly Joe!  It's obviously a Space Squid.  Come on! ;)

Kate...

You know that's my one weakness...

...why you be like that?

My tentacles, Joe

[I draw the line at TV dinners though.]

What? Two things... With that many women in the bunker, there should be plenty of food being made.. and secondly, those hungry man dinners, while high in sodium, can be very tasty.

Joe,

I am reserving a spot in your bunker.  Here is a list of skills per your request.

I can cook,  multi ethnic foods not a problem.  I can even cook octopus!  Space octopus salad!

I can do maintenance,  from plumbing to concrete. I am assuming this is a concrete bunker and may need some patching along the way.

Mechanical work.  (I had a 69 Chevelle SS396)

Story telling,  probably a good year of story telling.

I have small hands for working on your tiny telescope parts.

So what do you say?  Do I have to bring my own seven ladies,  or can you supply them?

Hmmm...

Me like Hungry Man dinners.

Those are when I say something or do something stupid.

Glad I am stockpiling a lot of them.

Lava Lamp, Joe

Bob baby...

You are deeply in....in a nice way.

We could use your skills to maintain the flux capacitor that electrifies the the perimeter fence...keeping out the vinegar pissers and the Jehovah Witnesses.

Glad to have on on board and part of the End Time Team.

not too worried

already well armed and well supplied for the invasion

although I do see a cow catcher welded onto the front of the truck as well as a 50 caliber gun turret

who knows if ican kill enough space octopi , it could be  a launching pad for my run at 11th ward aldermen

not too worried

already well armed and well supplied for the invasion

although I do see a cow catcher welded onto the front of the truck as well as a 50 caliber gun turret

who knows if ican kill enough space octopi , it could be  a launching pad for my run at 11th ward aldermen

With amazing and unreal photographs like that it is easy to see why Obama is continuing the grand tradition of underfunding Space Exploration. Short sighted tools.

All Hail Giant Space Octopus!

May death come swiftly to his enemies.

I am really, really disappointed with Obama on his slashing of the space program.

With no solid plans for Americans in space...we will be left behind with no means of getting off Earth, while the Russians, Chinese, Indians and Japanese are setting dates on the Moon.

Obama is beginning to irk me.

Those space Octopi are very clever.

Whilst fending off two or three tentacles, here come  a host more to grab you and suck out your brain...if you're lucky.

I, for one,  welcome our Octopus Overlords, Joe

Tim & Joe - How can you guys think it's safe to be hanging out in space with these giant Space Octopi out there??  Can you imagine the bruises they would leave if they got a hold of one of us?

I would choose octopi over voodoo any day.

Underfunding Space Exploration is like Underfunding your Retirement...  Space Exploration is our future, don't care what the nay sayers have to say about it.

Firstly we are using our planets resources at an alarming rate, so if you want to nix the Space Program all together break the Fossil Fuel addiction, recycle, minimize you impact on the world. Secondly It is part of Human Nature to explore and test the limits. Moon, Everest, Circumnavigation by water, jet, balloon, prop. Thirdly... It is so damn cool!

You think Bruises, I think Ink... catch one of those suckers and pen a letter with a Space Octopi stylus and ink.

Kate...

You're in the 2012 bunker...right?

(Hope so.)

in preparation my workouts have become more intense

rule#1 about fighting spce octopi. stay fit

also i have crude drawings of various barbed harpoons, this will certainly give 'em a bad day

don't be alarmed if you see a man practicing throwing harpoons in mckinley park, it's just me

Joe - Yes, I'll be making balloon animals.  I can cook too, maybe I can be Bob's assistant if my balloon animals don't cut it.

*Note to self: start working on octopus balloon animal.

my dominican grand father
always carried a machete in the car

now, i know why

i did watch a movie on net flix the other night called *mega shark vs giant octopus*  dont ask why..... maybe this is a relative of the giant octopus?  could be a family member?  then it would seem there might be more mega sharks as well

If this Octopus truly has ink,  one of the large pen or marker companies may fund some exploration.

octopi have three hearts, which can make the fight more daunting but no less fun

on a different note, we'll be eating the freshest  sopa de pulpo  ever

perhaps a restaraunt serving it is in the future

Gregory Benford, "Bow Shock"

An alien spaceship breaking up.  Even the pictures match.

It's the only logical explanation

forgot the link:

baens-universe.com/artic…

Michael,

That was cool.

You want in the 2012 bunker?

If so, you will be Minister of Sci-fi stories.

I dunno, Joe - looks like a Space Pterodactyl to me.  But I guess Space Octopus is good, too...

All this talk about cethlopods is making me hungry.

Anna,

Everyone knows that Space Pterodactyls were obliterated during the Annunakii Wars eons ago on the 12th planet of Niburu.

And besides....Space Octopuses is more fun to say anyway.

Cro-Magnon Man, Joe

Mmmmm, Space Calamari.
How does one prepare it?  Grilled?  Fried?

it's not calamari

it's pulpo

and it's stewed in own ink with peppers, corn, yucca ,  cilantro and zuchinni.

I humbly accept.  I only hope that my smokin' hot girlfriend will be as welcome as I.

My favorite animals in space.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnDS_Td0­KIg

she will be let in the door first...

watch your toes.

the streets will run with the blood of these space octopi

i will take their eyes, to make them my slaves

soak them in blood and in wine

none shall live, all shall perish

at the end of my spear, they will rue the day they embarked on their journey

Maybe it's the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Or is that so 2005.

FYI- A male octopus's penis will actually detach from his body and will swim ON ITS OWN to a female.

So we need to look out for a giant space Octopus penis as well.

alien races 5000 light years away can detect the waves of displacement given off by your mustache

OMG, Joe, you're totally right.  It seems like I really need to brush up on Intergalactic War History 101.  Sheesh - thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster for great astronomers like you! :-)

I am pleased that many are taking the Space Octopus seriously and taking no prisoners.

Now, where can we get an Olympic sized container of Marinara sauce?

Don't forget the lemon and a dash of red pepper!

Anna,

Just another service from your friendly neighborhood astronomer.

No extra charge.

I am worried somewhat about the flying penisi.  I don't know how to deal with that.   Can we recruit a cock blocker?

But...only Archimedes could measure the correct displacement of my manly mustachio.

Joe Eureka

Hmmmm....

Flying Spaghetti.

Just got to open your mouth and swallow.

joe,

not all can hide from these feinds, in bunkers

some must fight them in the streets

don your face paint and iron arrows

we shall slay these beasts

then chicago is ours

"FYI- A male octopus's penis will actually detach from his body and will swim ON ITS OWN to a female."

That is slightly unsettling. Probably more so for the female octopus than for me though.

But Frank,

By the time they reach Mother Earth...it may be too late to rally and confront the spineless beasts with big brains.

It is in the vacuum of cold space where they must be challenged and served with bread and salt.

But the suckers from their mercenaries could be troublesome...

memory-alpha.org/en/wiki…

@ Kate

LOL

Mary Octo: "Oh shit, here comes Larry again."

The Space Octopus is closer since the last post.

If I'm honored to be in a bunker what will I have to contribute/be of service?

The Space Octopus inexorably draws nearer.

Adriane,

What skills/talents do you posses for the benefit of the survivors?

A personal interview can be arranged.

The space Octopus is less than One A.U. away, man!

"What skills/talents do you posses for the benefit of the survivors?"

Nothing. Except pouring drinks, heating canned food or Spam. . . uh trying to morale boost?

Joe- as a side note, I am researching foods with the longest shelf life; jarred pasta sauce is marked for two years!

Excellent.

Then Adriane, you will be our Morale officer, pouring beverages and making ice make that lovely sound against glass.

I anticipate having my mood lifted often.

Spam by the pallet, Joe

Julian....

And dried pasta does keep for a long time too.

If we vacuum seal the pasta sauce...the shelf life could be extended by at least a couple of years.

This will be the best End Times...ever!

I know salt kills slugs, worms, and other wigglies-  do you think it kills space octopi?

Julian,

I would think it a great irritant and would suggest that great warheads be filled to copious capacity with rugged Kosher sea salt and launched towards the space beasts.  But...not all of the salt.  

Save some for the margaritas.

We need to befriend what ever hunts Space Octopi.

Joe, are you still awake? I can't sleep!

I don't see how it looks like a Space Octopus at all.

Unless they changed the pic.  How do I go back to yesterday's pic?

ah, I see it.

Can we rename it space man o' war?

Guess Joe went to bed, huh.

Mustaches are exhausting. The man needs to rest.

Emily...

Yes....for a wee bit.

Why you up?

Sam....

Space Cephalopods will morph into shapes only seen in bad gin nightmares.  But here is the original pic:

antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apo…

You two don't know the source of his power.  I doubt Astro Joe ever sleeps.

My endurance will serve us very well.

I can't sleep for some reason. I have to get up in 3 hours too so I'm kind of panicking which isn't helping me fall asleep any faster.. Plus now that I know that you're awake....

Emily,

You like absenthe..?

I'm sure Julian will bring along his stash for all 2012 bunker mates.

Joe, I would love some. Time/place?

AHHH You went to Kuma's!!

*slices off left ear and mails it to emily

We should partake some before we seal up the doors...and only finding out that the magical green tinted elixir is not to our liking.  

Call me.

julian, i got the YOB. it was awesome!!

Joe, Did you ever decide on a dog name?

p.s. Why are you up so late? Don't you have to work in the morning?

Emily,

The dog's name is "Laika".  First dog in space.

I'm working now...but not for long.

I prefer the solitude and stillness of the early morning and listen the the Coast to Coat radio show...talking Solar fusion now.  Quite interesting.

I hope you like staying up late.

I will bring the Southern Wormwood Green Fairy.. do not worry.

I'm telling you all.....

This will be the bestest End Times!

To serve Man.

+1 Coast to Coast

Michael...

Sweet.

We must hang.

Foolish mortals! There is no escape from the Giant Space Octopus!

The GSO can only be defeated by a lemon and some spicy cocktail sauce.

The Space Octopi thread lives!

Odd what you find regarding Space Octopusses...

youtube.com/watch?v=yRzw…

All hail the cephalopods from space, Joe

Now I'm thinking about Eddie Izzard's Giant Squid character, the one who travelled on Noah's ark. I can't find it from his recent show...