The Eight-Armed Nanny

If only Mombo had not disappeared. If only the best Nanny I had from babyhood ‘til 14 years of age had stuck around for my high school graduation. For my college graduation. And how about my doctorate celebration?

Of course, my doctorate thesis is “The Disappearance of Octopuses from 2100 to …?”

My thesis advisor says my paper should be less generalized and should include an answer in the end. She agrees that I can include the history of the octopus, how they began to reach out to our kind – hu...