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11:05 am May 26th, 2008
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Charles Mingus, renaissance man

Fans of jazz will immediately recognize the name of Charles Mingus, reknowned composer and bass player.

What even his biggest fans may not know is that he also wrote and self-published a handbook in the 1970s on toilet-training cats. May I present exhibit A.

Could be a handy bit of trivia to use the next time you want to win a bet.

(I can't remember if I wrote about this before. If so, it's been a long time, anyway.)
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zanawake From: [info]zanawake Date: May 26th, 2008 06:55 pm (UTC) (Link)
Oh, wow. The world is even weirder and wonderfuller than I knew it was five minutes ago. Thanks.
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l2g From: [info]l2g Date: May 26th, 2008 09:53 pm (UTC) (Link)
Always happy to do that. :-)

Who's the kitty?
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zanawake From: [info]zanawake Date: May 26th, 2008 10:09 pm (UTC) (Link)
That's Cranky. Gotta admire a cat that's patient enough to tolerate being shampooed...
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l2g From: [info]l2g Date: May 26th, 2008 11:00 pm (UTC) (Link)
Indeed. Though in my experience, cats, once they've reached a certain level of soaking, more or less resign themselves to their fate. :-)

"Cranky"? Never would have guessed! She looks kind of sweet there.
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zanawake From: [info]zanawake Date: May 27th, 2008 02:36 pm (UTC) (Link)
Yes, it's a misnomer that stuck, the way they sometimes do.
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nora_torious From: [info]nora_torious Date: May 28th, 2008 02:47 am (UTC) (Link)
Next kitty we have we are naming MINGUS
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l2g From: [info]l2g Date: May 28th, 2008 05:52 am (UTC) (Link)
Not Nightlife?
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nora_torious From: [info]nora_torious Date: May 28th, 2008 09:02 am (UTC) (Link)
I kinda like Mingus better...
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