It's interesting that Philippe is five and is having a birthday where he turns five.  I know it's an inevitable consequence of having characters that don't age, but it always seems weird to me.  Does that mean that his previous birthdays take place on the same day as this strip, or does this replace them in continuity, or does he literally just turn five again every year?  And if so, when was he actually born?  I got distracted by thinking about that and couldn't really enjoy the rest of the strip, sorry.

I don't know, I think it makes at least some amount of sense. I mean, I've had stuffed animals before, and they never grew. Granted, they weren't alive, but they always stayed the same size/shape. If Phillippe is an Alive Stuffed Five-Year-Old Otter, then he will always be five years old. Similarly, Cornelius must have always been, if not old, at least sophisticated.

... is no new Achewood!!

Onstad's not ... dead, is he? In my part of California, lunchtime was about, oh, five hours ago.

In most of Utah, where I used to live, the NS and the WE streets are numbered. The numbering scheme designates how far away an address is from a certain part of the city. My old address, 2538 W. 7380 So., indicates that I lived approximately 25.5 blocks west and not quite 74 blocks south of the landmark for the Salt Lake valley, which is, of course, the LDS Temple. Which is not the center of town.

I just want to say that I love how a discussion about bidets can become a discussion about whether or not to have children.