No more cheese?

1. In sad news, an Aardman warehouse burned down. No one was hurt, luckily, but pretty much all their sets, props, and models are gone now.

Must remind self to see Wallace & Gromit in theaters. Perhaps they could use the money.

2. In disturbing news, Japanese scientists got the first photos ever of a live giant squid today. From the linked article:

The study team reports that the severed tentacle repeatedly gripped the boat deck and crew after it was hauled aboard. The squid's tentacles are armed with suckers, each ringed with tiny teeth to help snare prey.

Measuring 18 feet (5.5 meters) long, analysis of the tentacle confirmed it came from a giant squid and allowed the researchers to estimate the total length of the animal.

Now wait a minute. An eighteen-foot-long amputated tentacle from a giant squid "repeatedly gripped" the crew? Is that a euphemism? And they keep saying that now they think giant squids are more active than previously surmised. I sure as hell ain't planning any deep-sea expeditions in the future.