Someone left the building door open at work today, just to let some air in (it's a lovely day here) and, after all, delivery trucks were coming and going. At about 10:30, I got my kinda-boss to sign my timesheet. I walked to the door and stopped. "Hey," I said. "There's a kitty!" I walked out to the hall. My co-workers followed. What we found was a gorgeous, very healthy, flea-less, fixed, female tortoiseshell domestic short-hair. We pet her and gave her a little water. "She doesn't look like an outdoor cat," said someone. We decided that a student had probably loved this kitty for a semester and then let her go. Why do they do that? I don't know but it's a problem. A lot of students get cats and then get tired of taking care of them. They just let them out. Every few years we have serious problems with feral cat colonies and have to call in animal control. I knew I wanted her the moment I saw her, but that's true about many ...