A comment thread on my last post has gotten me thinking about the summer of 2009. I lived in La Jolla for a couple of months, sorting baby squid out of old preserved plankton tows, and then trying to identify them. I posted extensively about the experience on my other blog, The Cephalopodiatrist, and though I started this blog shortly thereafter, none of that summer material ever made it here.

The entire account, How I Spent My Summer Vacation, is full of strange pictures and tales, so go take a peek if you're interested. I will re-post here only a sample of what my brain can construct after weeks of staring through a microscope at formalin-preserved baby squid. 

I give you . . . 

LOLPLANKTON!