NATION OBSESSED WITH CAT
This has to be our favorite odd news story of the week...

Lewis the cat is under house arrest for attacking an Avon lady and two Sunset Circle women in this quiet Fairfield neighborhood.

Elizabeth Oberhand, who lives next door to Lewis, the cat with a mountain lion's reputation, can't believe the media frenzy that has catapulted the so-called ferocious feline to international notoriety.

Read more from the Connecticut Post

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART...I MEAN SUN


Thousands of people watched the Moon slide into place exactly between the Earth and the Sun in a total solar eclipse on Wednesday.

Watch NASA video

An image of the solar eclipse taken from Kastellorizo, Greece, by the Williams College Eclipse Expedition has been overlain with one from the SOHO spacecraft. This allows features in the corona to be traced from their bases on the Sun's surface up until the gas escapes into interplanetary space (Image: JM Pasachoff/Williams College Eclipse Expedition/SOHO-NASA/ESA)

Moon and Sun stage an impressive light show

PROSTITUTE RETRAINING PROGRAM


From the category of we thought we've heard of everything here is a new one...
a prostitute retaining program

A new project in Germany is teaching prostitutes a wholly new bedside manner -- retraining them to become care workers for the elderly. Many experts consider women with experience in the sex trade to be especially well suited to the job.

Check out the rest of this article from Spiegel Magazine From Johns to Geriatrics

BECOME SMARTER IN ONE WEEK
The BBC has some brain exercises that promise to make you smarter in a week. If you don't believe me, just try them...

Here is the first suggestion for today -- try brushing your teeth with your left hand and taking a shower with your eyes closed. Showering in this way will engage your other senses. Pay attention to the different sounds, touch and smell.

Get Smarter in a Week

7 DEADLY CAREER SINS
Kiplinger put together this bit of career advice that we thought was quite valuable and wanted to pass it along...

You worked hard to get the education, the skills and now the job. Don't let these mistakes sabotage your climb up the career ladder.

Seven Career Killers

A MUSIC VIDEO BASED ON YOUR WEATHER
Need a mellow but funky expression of your local weather?

The Unseen Video, a weather controlled, dynamic music video for Mike Milosh's - You Make Me Feel.

The Unseen Video is much more than a normal, static music video. It is a video that is affected by the weather and local time from your location.


The video shows new synergies between the music, the video and the surroundings of the viewer. Every little change in your environment ensures that you will never see the same video twice.
The Unseen Video,

BECOME A GMAIL MASTER
If you use Gmail as your primary email, this article gives you all the answerers to getting the most out of your account. Want to set up mouse-less navigation and quick, automated replies? Unlock the power...

Hack Attack: Become a Gmail Master

HOME MUCH IS YOUR HOME WORTH?

The latest site generating the most water-cooler conversations is totally Zillow.com

Zillow.com is the first website to pull together local data and enable users to get an instant estimate of a home's current market value a "Zestimate" by simply typing in a street address.

If you enjoy, keeping up with the Joneses, this is the perfect site.

Let the feud begin, Zillow.com

ARMY'S ROBOT BIG DOG


From the backcountry to the rubble-strewn back alleys of a war-torn city, this ROBOT pack animal will follow soldiers wherever duty calls them...

Read more and watch an incredible video at Popular Science.

WORLD'S FIRST INFLATABLE SUPER TUBE


You know Spring is in the air when we find summer related searches like these inflatable toys in the logs.

WEAR IT! STEER IT! ROLL IT! JUMP IT!

Meet the SUMO Tube -- a new, exciting, and challenging freestyle towable that is not connected to the boat. The rider slides into the Sumo suit and holds on to a grab handle on the end of a 60' rope.

WATCH these inflatables in action