"Hamster dreams of sushi"

The link did not come from B., but the post title did!

Posteriority

The cuteness of hamster bottoms in Japan. (Via Tyler Cowen.)

Cat island

"Every week, tourists come, even though the island has nothing but cats." (Via - courtesy of Jessie and Steve.)

Fruit emporium

I have long coveted one of these square watermelons!

Stacking styles

Spiral: the least stable but most eye-catching style of book-stacking? (Via Ted G.)

Three entries

from Sei Shonagon, The Pillow Book. If Barthes and Perec were both reading this, it would explain certain similarities between their writing that I've always been curious about (probably not very deep delving into the question would get me a satisfactory answer - I will follow up on this when I am back in New York).

Refined and elegant things - A girl’s over-robe of white on white over pale violet-grey. The eggs of the spot-billed duck. Shaved ice with a sweet syrup, served in a shiny new metal bowl. A crystal rosary. Wisteria flowers. Snow on plum blossoms. An adorable little child eating strawberries.
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Cats – Cats should be completely black except for the belly, which should be very white.
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Endearingly lovely things . . . Things children use in doll play. A tiny lotus leaf that’s been picked froma pond. A tiny aoi leaf. In fact, absolutely anything that’s tiny is endearing.

The "incident" in Paris

A tale of cannibalism. (Via Nico.)

"They paid in fish"

Gideon Lewis-Kraus on why the Internet chose cats.  (Via B., who got it here.)