Friday Cat Blogging – 5 October 2012

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In 1912 Marcel Duchamp painted “Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2.” A century later, I have created a new classic for a new era, “Domino Heading for the Supper Dish No. 2,153.” This is a bit of poetic license, though, since she was actually heading toward Marian, who was luring her into the living room with a shopping bag for her to crawl into. But I like my title better, and anyway, there’s no telling if Duchamp’s nude was really descending a staircase either, is there?

In other news, a team of Japanese researchers have proven that lolcats are good for the economy. The Daily Mail, your go-to site for cute animal journalism, reports that “Through three separate experiments a team of scientists found that people showed higher levels of concentration being shown pictures of puppies or kittens.” Tell that to your boss the next time he gives you a hard time about checking out Friday Catblogging in the middle of the workday.

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