Spotted Cat Designs

Know anyone who doesn’t like to save money? On CentralPets.com the alphabetical listing of companies with current coupons, discounts, free with purchase, etc. offers is quite extensive. URL links to the seller’s site are included. The only catch is, you have to know which companies you want to check up on, or else scroll through the long list. Clicking on the box labeled “Pet Categories” doesn’t help — it just distracts by redirecting you to other parts of the site.

A new shinkansen (bullet train) is being tested in Japan that aims to be not only the world’s fastest, but the first with cat ears, according to The Japan Times.

At 360 km/hour (sounds faster than 222 mph), the new Fastech train will be 20% faster than current shinkansen and the French TGV. And the cat ears aren’t just for good looks, but they pop out to act as air brakes to slow the train down quickly and safely.

Any fan of My Neighbor Totoro will understand the real reason, though: they wanted to outdo the cat bus!

P.S. Thanks to the Self Help for Cats blog for alerting us to this.