Comments on: In Dead R’lyeh …

By: Ophelia Benson

Ophelia Benson — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:10:54 +0000

“Yeah, but there’s no connection – it’s a not uncommon Irish name, and we chose it a couple of months before Kieran’s Aoife was born.” Yeah, and? You leap to the conclusion that there’s no connection? That’s a confusion of correlation with noncausation. What makes you so sure that Kieran didn’t name his daughter after your cat?

By: Jeremy Osner

Jeremy Osner — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:49:01 +0000

Cool, frigate birds—I hear they eat star-nose moles.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:43:00 +0000

In Josef Skvorecky’s “The Engineer of Human Souls” (a book I highly recommend to anyone who likes fiction), one of the characters becomes confused because she has visited a Toronto sex shop named Lovecraft but her lover is speaking of the writer. Her bewilderment is amusing.

By: Walt Pohl

Walt Pohl — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:06:27 +0000

You people are weak. When the collapse comes, Dick Cheney is eating you first.

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:45:08 +0000

That’s not a crazy look from the cat; it’s a predatory look. It’s neither (she’s slightly cross-eyed).

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:42:51 +0000

Yes, the little beast is evidently plotting something.

By: ab

ab — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:33:57 +0000

That’s not a crazy look from the cat; it’s a predatory look. He’s seen the mole and has plans for dinner.

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:39:57 +0000

wait, your cat is named the same thing as Kieran’s daughter? Yeah, but there’s no connection – it’s a not uncommon Irish name, and we chose it a couple of months before Kieran’s Aoife was born. My wife just fell in love with the name. It’s pronounced Eeh-fa with the accent on the first syllable.

By: winna

winna — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:33:11 +0000

I was amazed, yesterday, to discover a friend was disturbed by the mole. In an effort to make him feel more comfortable about the wee thing I told him that moles loved him and that all the star nosed mole in the picture wanted to do was to curl up next to his ear at night while he slept. Curiously, this failed to put him at ease.

By: P.M.Lawrence

P.M.Lawrence — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:22:23 +0000

But what of the proboscis monkey, I hear you ask.

By: yabonn

yabonn — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:53:51 +0000

Did i mention my mom hates moles with a passion? And that the high res version of the photo does pass trough the big pipes of the gmail? And that the internets are great?

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:26:40 +0000

Cthulhu features prominently in The Invisibles, among other comics. Also in The Illuminatus Trilogy, less prominently.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:45:13 +0000

Hell, you can’t call yourself a blogger if you can’t handle the mole. And that cat has a crazy look in its eye.

By: belle waring

belle waring — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:11:17 +0000

wait, your cat is named the same thing as Kieran’s daughter? also, thanks for nixing the mole. that shit was creeping me out.

By: euan

euan — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 07:35:15 +0000

These moles have freaky noses? What kind of racist stereotyping is that? Shame!