A note to all who are waiting on the Bob Lassiter page.. I had hoped to have it up by now but I've had some set backs.  Anyone wishing to be notified when the page launches can send an email and I will notify you as soon as it's up.. otherwise please check back.



a thousand pardons.. just hang in there a little longer.. it will be worth the wait.

After many delays due mostly to the melt down of my laptop I am happy to say that work is nearing completion on the Bob Lassiter page. The page will feature links, rare video as well as a large collection of classic Bob shows from WPLP and WFLA, many of which have not been heard for 20 years. I have spent the last several months transfering these from analog tape to cd and converting them to mp3. The results are sure to delight Lassiter fans everywhere and hopefully give those who never heard Bob a chance to hear for themselves just why he is a legend.



Bob passed away in October of 06 after a long and painful battle with diabetes. He died the way he lived, on his own terms and he shared his experience with the readers of his blog. The entire blog remains online at bloglassiter.com including Bob's final words to his fans. We miss him.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A fishing crew has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said Thursday.



The squid, weighing an estimated 990 lbs and about 39 feet long, took two hours to land in Antarctic waters, New Zealand Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton said.



The fishermen were catching Patagonian toothfish, sold under the name Chilean sea bass, south of New Zealand "and the squid was eating a hooked toothfish when it was hauled from the deep," Anderton said.



The fishing crew and a fisheries official on board their ship estimated the length and weight of the squid: Detailed, official measurements have not been made. The date when the colossus was caught also was not disclosed.



Colossal squid, known by the scientific name Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, are estimated to grow up to 46 feet long and have long been one of the most mysterious creatures of the deep ocean.



If original estimates are correct, the squid would be 330 pounds heavier than the next biggest specimen ever found.



"I can assure you that this is going to draw phenomenal interest. It is truly amazing," said Dr. Steve O'Shea, a squid expert at the Auckland University of Technology. If calamari rings were made from the squid they would be the size of tractor tires, he added.



Colossal squid can descend to 6,500 feet and are extremely active, aggressive hunters, he said.



The frozen squid will be transported to New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa, in the capital, Wellington, to be preserved for scientific study.



Marine scientists "will be very interested in this amazing creature as it adds immeasurably to our understanding of the marine environment," Anderton said.



Colossal squid are found in Antarctic waters and are not related to giant squid found round the coast of New Zealand. Giant squid grow up to 39 feet long, but are not as heavy as colossal squid.

3 beefheart videos added



http://www.giantsquidattacks.com/beefheartlinks.html

by popular request - baby Standish.