Today's ditty

Quote of the Day: I'm just waiting for the election in which I'm going to write in "Cthulhu, why settle for the lesser evil."--Me

I already have a list of things to do that's 6 items long--not counting the official "to do" list.

Found two good Lovecraftian websites today, not really meaning to.  The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, which is actually an in-depth LARP based on Lovecraft. They look nifty in the 1920s garb. And The H.P. Lovecraft Archives, which is a more in-depth look at his texts and which publications are better than others.

It got me looking because Red didn't recognize my "Randolph Carter" reference.  Not that I really expect anyone but other Lovecraft geeks to, but I liked his stories.

Carter, Randolph. Randolph Carter was born in 1873 as heir to an old and rich to an old and rich New England family, and spent many times in his family house in Kingsport, and explored the "Snake Den" cavern in the area, reputed to be a former haunt of wizard Edmund Carter. Until age thirty, he would often spend time sleeping and dreaming fantastical, improbable dreams that many did not believe. At age thirty, however, he stopped for an unknown reason and drifted slowly into old age. When he was fifty-five, he disappeared mysteriously while walking near his old and deserted family house. Although their was a brief report of him visiting some friends in 1930, nothing has been heard of him since.     

As the narrator of The Unnamable. Carter was a writer, his known works included The Attic Window, which was published in the January, 1922 issue of Whispers. The story revolved around a creature so horrific it defied description, therefore earning the title The Unnamable. During the early 1920s, Carter and a friend, Joel Manton, discussed the possibilities of the existence of such a creature in an ancient burial ground in Arkham just outside the house used as the setting for Carter's short story. As night fell, the two were attacked by the creature and both barely escaped with their lives.
(The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, The Silver Key, and Through The Gates of the Silver Key, H.P. Lovecraft)Submitted by Sean Rodgers. 

The Cthulu Lexicon

I bought a couple of new cartoons videos this weekend.  Well, I had seen some of the shows before.  "The Legend of Zelda" was a trip down nostalgia lane, but surprisingly the show holds up pretty good.  Bob Forward wrote two of the episodes that are on that tape.  "Sherlock Holmes in the 22cd Century" really deserved a longer run.  And I want to find the episode where they bring him back to life.

I better get some editing work done. 

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