And I thought I was a geek

[cjsmith]

I grew up with a cat named Mu. Yeah, the Greek letter.

Her predecessor was named Pi "because he was irrational" (or so said my dad when anyone asked).

This composer named a cat Lepton.

Hat tip to albadger, along with my apologies for reposting this link since it does indeed still discuss the possibility of making that opera.

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I'm a different kind of geek

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

My childhood cats were named Spot and Lady MacBeth.

Re: I'm a different kind of geek

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Right now the two I am responsible for naming are Jackie (after Jackie Chan, because she does all her own stunts), and Duchess (found on an airport, then named after the Beechcraft twin-engine aircraft because she too is overweight and underpowered - but pretty).

Names are fun.

Re: I'm a different kind of geek

[elflet.livejournal.com]

But does Suchess also have a V-tail?

Re: I'm a different kind of geek

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That's the Bonanza, but hey, with all that fluff she's got we could hide just about any tail configuration in there!

Re: I'm a different kind of geek

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

Your description of Duchess as 'overweight and underpowered, but pretty' made me laugh right out loud.

Re: I'm a different kind of geek

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Well, she IS! :-) Except when she has suddenly gone back into diabetic-mode and I haven't caught it yet and so she drops a bunch of weight.

Re: I'm a different kind of geek

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

I always thought that if I ever had cats, I'd name them Spot and Cat :)

Re: I'm a different kind of geek

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

Ah, but then you can't do the whole 'out damned Spot' jokes.

But Spot and Cat work very well. Or for a dog and a cat, Puff and Spot, in that order.

Re: I'm a different kind of geek

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Riffing on "cat", I discover that I want to name my motor vehicle "cdr".