When you're writing obits for papers, you should at least get the facts right. McClatchy hasn't owned the Star Tribune for about 20 months. Thank god papers will soon be gone, though. Then we'll be able to rely solely on blogs for our information! Sweet.

Thanks Marcus. I was getting to that. My sis works for the Star Tribune.

Seriously? You think the expression is "kitten-kaboodle?" Dude. What the hell do they teach in schools today?

Here:

"Kit and caboodle" (which is the most common form) dates back to the mid-eighteenth century and appeared first in England. There are a number of variants, including "kit and kerboodle" and "kit and boodle." The "kit" part of the phrase is of fairly straightforward origin, "kit" being an 18th century English slang term for "outfit" or "collection," as in a soldier's "kit bag," which contained all his worldly possessions. "Kit" may have come from "kith," meaning "estate," found today in the phrase "kith and kin."

"Caboodle" is a tougher nut to crack. As usual, there are a number of theories, the most likely of which traces "boodle" back to the Dutch word "boedel," meaning "property." Lawyers take note: "boodle" actually was a respectable word in its own right (meaning "estate") in the 17th and 18th centuries, and was even used in legal documents. But why "caboodle" or "kerboodle"? The "ca" and "ker" may be related to the intensive German prefix "ge," giving the sense "the whole boodle." "

I was talking about kittenkaboodle.com, natch.