Cat is back in the house. Hub threw him out into the snow for about an hour earlier today but footprints in the snow indicate no traveling off the deck to poop. Tiny clear area behind folded beach chairs shows no evidence of poop.

Conclusion: Cat still retains the poop.

Theory: Cat will either explode within the next few hours, or find my missing shoes and poop in them.

Possibility: I will discover this only after sliding my feet into said shoes.

Consequences: Cat will be flung out onto the deck, and if he wants a path he can make one by intense tail-swishing between high bunny-leaps and frenzied rolling.

If I had a hypothesis, I’d have a science project here.