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On the subject of mastering trivial tasks, here is my cat "Little Cat" (illustration above) who demonstrates a profound mastery of the fabled feline "Sideways Hand Technique" (see fig. 1 above). (Note that Little Cat has vestigial "Hemingway thumbs" as many cats do.)