Re: The "Perfect" Course of Study for a Technical Writer

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

http://www.mensaboutique.com/images/prod/1109hearding250.jpg

Variations of this T-shirt design have been available
from MENSA since the early 80's.  The punchline on
the back says, "...all you need is food."

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
> I've always wondered about the term itself. Back about 1988-90, my
> ex-wife (like me, a big cat lover) was chair of the Denver Libertarian
> Party. Exasperated at trying to organize such a bunch of 
> individualists,
> she declared loudly one meeting that the job was "like trying to herd
> cats!"
>
> She has no recollection of having borrowed that expression from
> elsewhere, and I've never seen any references older than the late 
> 1990s.
> Anyone know of a pre-1990 source?

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