It sure does seem like 4 or 5 years ago, no one was into the octopus. Now, everyplace I turn to there are octopus plushes (“stuffed animals” I’ve been told is un-P.C. – go figure), octopus jewelry, t-shirts, handbags, wallets, you name it. At least we are no longer alone out there in the universe in our love of these 8 legged sea-wandering squishy creatures.