Monthly Archives: April 2008

Those words might work if you’re filing a complaint at your local Starbucks… (though I would recommend a bit more diplomacy)… but what if I told you Mocha Dick was thought to be the real name of a character from literary fiction? That’s right, according to an article in todays Los Angeles Times, a mischievous leviathan that patrolled the waters off Mocha Island (a small island off the coast of Chile) was called Mocha Dick and was likely Melville’s inspiration for one of the most famous literary characters to date. Mocha Dick… go figure!