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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Never apologize!

[albadger.livejournal.com]

But on the cat-naming lines, Wuorinen's cat reminds me of a favorite line from a favorite movie, This Island Earth (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0047577/), in which Faith Domergue introduces Rex Reason to the laboratory cat thusly:"Oh, that's our lab mascot, Neutron. We call him Neutron because he's always so positive!!!"

Re: Never apologize!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Now I *do* want to name an ancient slow-moving arthritic cat Neutrino!