Lewis Carroll died on January 14, 1898. Carroll loved cats, as we can see in Alice's Adventures, but he was not always terribly observant of the feline world. Here is how the university mathematician describes some kittens in an Alice story--they are Kitty and Snowdrop, Dinah's kittens. Kitty, "you pulled Snowdrop away by the tail just as I had put down the saucer of milk before her." Fantasy must maintain some semblance of reality to succeed, and this instance rings false.
Kevin Mitnick was born on August 6, 1963. He was at one time the most wanted criminal computer hacker in the world. Nowadays he is a rich (and deservedly so) computer security consultant. His latest book (2008) is titled: "No Tech Hacking: A Guide to Social Engineering, Dumpster Diving, and Shoulder Surfing." Mitnick co-authored this book, and I am not sure if he or his co-author has a cat, but one of them definitely does. This book mentions shredding old mail to use for cat litter.
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