Archive for January 31st, 2009

Charles Mingus Cat Toilet Training Program (or, How My Brain Works qua Wikipedia)

January 31st, 2009 | Category: [pop]!culture, music

Charles Mingus Cat Toilet Training ProgramI was researching a very useful type of drug, and an article mentioned it “… decreases release of acetylcholine in cat brain“. So, I thought, “Is that a part of the brain, like a frontal lobe, or are they referring an actual cat brain?” Cat brain. Strange phrase. On Wikipedia, Cat Brain relocates to “Cat Intelligence”. Fascinating topic. It turns out that “Cat Brain” is more like “Human Brain” than other domestic animals, as “they have the same lobes in the cerebral cortex (the “seat” of intelligence) as humans do”.

Another interesting fact: apparently the legendary jazz bassist, Charles Mingus, in addition to being musically brilliant, also had a method for teaching felines how to use the toilet, the Charles Mingus Cat Toilet Training Program.

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Siouxsie and the Banshees, “The Killing Jar”

January 31st, 2009 | Category: music

This is less boring than most music videos, and one of my favorite Siouxsie and the Banshees tracks. She looks beautiful here.

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