It's, it's and its

Ok, it may be just me, but I feel like "it's" and "its" should both be written "it's". I think that English speakers are smart enough to differentiate between the two based on context clues.

Point 1: Based on the normal rules of English "its" should mean: more than one it. What if I was writing about Cousin It and his relatives. how would you distinguish the Its (the It family) with "its"? Very confusing.

Point 2: Grammar rules generally suggest that an apostrophe+s is how you make something possessive. Are there any other exceptions to this rule?

Tell me, who is going to get confused when you write, "the dog couldn't find it's bone." Would you be confused?

English is ridiculous sometimes.

The other day I was thinking, when getting to know one another, people often ask what kind of music that person likes. I think it should also be a fair question to ask what type of art one likes.

You could answer in terms of subject matter: realistic or abstract, figurative or non-figurative. By media: sculpture, painting, photography, ceramics, etc. Or movement: impressionism, post-impressionism, cubism, pop art, icons, conceptual art, etc.

you know what I mean? It just seems a little unfair to only apply this type of question to music. I guess you could apply it to drama, poetry and literature as well. Possibly this is a question of why are we so caught up in music when there are so many other forms of art/entertainment to discuss.

I just don't feel like knowing what kind of music a person likes gives you a well rounded idea of who they are.