Saw the black and white girlcat yesterday.

She's been hanging out with a woman down the block who has been feeding her, so that's all right for now.

Tommy and Sandy have become very friendly with each other, in a casual way. This is because Sandy is a big ol' lump extremely easygoing and rarely reacts when provoked. Even if Tommy really pounces and pesters him a lot, Sandy doesn't hiss or swipe back, he just leaves quickly.

And Tommy and Mama cat have reached a detente - mostly he avoids rooms where she is and vice versa, and so long as they never interact there is no need for one cat to chase the other out of the room.

Sadly, Callie accidentally bumped into him yesterday as she ran outside while he was running inside, and now she remembers she hates strange cats in her space. I've run out of cat bribes because some children have taken to squirreling them away in their rooms to encourage the cats to stay there, and now I can't find any of them. Maybe the kids ate them all themselves.

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A bone fragment believed to be part of Adolf Hitler's skull has been revealed as being that of an unidentified woman, US scientists have said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8281839.stm

Our alarming food future, explained in 7 charts

http://bit.ly/1kOFs5Z

Biologists Create Cells With 6 DNA Letters, Instead of Just 4

http://wrd.cm/1s6G61z

Promising solution to plastic pollution

Harvard's Wyss Institute creates bioplastic made from shrimp shells

http://bit.ly/1irjSWS

More U.S. Hispanics are leaving Catholic Church: Pew survey

http://reut.rs/1mFuxRW

Fast-food workers announce global protest, walkouts set for 33 countries

http://alj.am/1irmtQL

Bible in high-school studies is part of Hobby Lobby president's evangelization push

http://bit.ly/1fRveV7

Nestle Purina PetCare Co. filed suit Tuesday against Blue Buffalo Co. Ltd., accusing its competitor of misleading consumers about the ingredients in its dog and cat foods.

http://abcn.ws/1fYLTGH

"Nintendo never intended to make any form of social commentary with the launch of 'Tomodachi Life,'" Nintendo of America Inc. said in a statement. "The relationship options in the game represent a playful alternate world rather than a real-life simulation. We hope that all of our fans will see that 'Tomodachi Life' was intended to be a whimsical and quirky game, and that we were absolutely not trying to provide social commentary."

http://on-msn.com/1spSWdh

The Federal Communications Commission’s plan to allow for Internet “fast lanes” has just run into another major roadblock. In a letter sent to the FCC, several tech heavyweights slammed its reported plans to let ISPs charge Internet companies more money in exchange for ensuring a faster delivery of their traffic. Among the many huge names to sign the letter were Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, Dropbox and Yahoo.

http://bit.ly/1kR6ZCy