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This reminds me of something I wrote on here last year.

Robert Anton Wilson's Thought for the Day

“Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt. . . . Idealists regarded everybody equally corrupt, except themselves.”

--- Robert Anton Wilson

Charles Mingus Cat Toilet Training Program

This is one of the most interesting cultural artifacts I have found for a while.

Legendary and enigmatic Jazz musician, educator, and composer Charles Mingus wrote this guide for toilet training your cat.

I will have to give this a try with my cat. I probably would have never tried such a thing (even though I have heard of this and considered it before) if I hadn't found this Mingus endorsement of the procedure.

From The Onion: Report: Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas

Report: Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas

Wired Reports Temporary Reprieve for Internet Radio

Wired online is reporting a temporary reprieve for Internet Radio. The increased royalty rates that may have effectively shut down the industry this Sunday will not yet be collected.

Link to the article.

British Legal System Dragged Kicking and Screaming Into 17th Century

That headline is misleading, but I couldn't resist. Apparently, powdered wigs will no longer be required in some British legal proceedings.

Click here to read more.

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I don't know anything about what this is or where it comes from.

All I know is IT IS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD.

Well, maybe not that great, but pretty darn good all the same.

WOXY.com Goes to Washington

WOXY.com's Bryan Jay Miller recently addressed the House Committee on Small Business on the subject of the Copyright Royalty Board's recent decision to raise royalty rates for webcasting.

His remarks have been posted on YouTube.

Mommy The Boofa is Gone

Wow. The connections just wired themselves together in my brain.

I just found out that Brad Bird, the guy behind The Incredibles, The Iron Giant, and the new movie Ratatouille, is the same guy who wrote and directed The Family Dog.

This may not mean much to everyone, but to me and a select number of my childhood friends this is significant cultural information.

It all fits now.

Is you good baby?!!