Indie Squid Kid

ceph-a-lo-pod [sěf'ə-lə-pŏd']

-noun

1. Any of various marine mollusks of the class Cephalopoda, having long tentacles around the mouth, a large head, a pair of large eyes, and a sharp beak. Cephalopods have the most highly developed nervous system of all invertebrates. Many cephalopods squirt a cloud of dark inky liquid to confuse predators. Cephalopods include the octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus, and the extinct ammonites, belemnites, and other nautiloids.

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2. Informally, any or all of the following fictional beings: Kraken, Quarren, Illithids, Cthulhu(s), and Dr. John Zoidberg.

3. One of many types of creatures which Jason Adams obsessively fixates upon, but the only one, so far, to which he as devoted an entire website.

Jason Adams, aka Indie Squid Kid

Jason is a web professional and podcaster from Durham, NC. He is the producer and host of Random Signal, a podcast about geek culture and quirky independent music. Jason has also been the cohost of the Geek Fu Morning Show (with Mur Lafferty) and was a voice cast member of the podcast novel Metamor City: Making The Cut and the zombie audio drama The Takeover.

Jason has been a cepalopod enthusiast for most of his life, a fact that he hopes our eventual squid overlords will take into account before they begin the Great Purge.

To contact Indie Squid Kid or report your own cephalopod Sighting: indiesquidkid@gmail.com

You can also follow him on Twitter, if you want.