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.

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

As much as the movie affected me, I'm hardpressed to imagine it as a classical opera!

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: 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.

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

Lepton is a fabulous name for a cat. Then again, so is Pi. Or maybe I'm just a dork.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Neutrino would be fun too, but only for a kitten. Imagine a twenty-two-pound slow-moving arthritic Neutrino. Doesn't work.

Dork is also a fabulous name for a cat.

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

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

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

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

Imagine a twenty-two-pound slow-moving arthritic Neutrino. Doesn't work.

Oh, I don't know. There's a fair bit to be said for the value of irony.

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

OH yeah. Dork is the *perfect* name for a cat -- I'm thinking a male cat of odd coloring, or a cat of very little brain. :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

We had one called Dizzy, short for Disaster. (The only cat I've ever owned who, as best we could ever tell, managed to break his own nose.) Dork would have been a fine alternate name for him!

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.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

True, there is that. Like the "Neutron" who is "always so positive!"

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: Never apologize!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

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

Re: Lepton

[zipperbear]

That reminds me of a Foxtrot comic strip that someone has posted in the hallway.

And here's a copy that a blogger has conveniently posted!
http://blogs.sun.com/kevin/entry/jason_s_jumble

[sunnydale47.livejournal.com]

I always wanted to name a cat Astrophe. Haven't had an opportunity yet, but it's a great name for an active, curious kitten!

oniricwolf dubbed my big, fat, slow-moving black-and-white cat Cowt -- a cross between a cow and a cat. Cowt is now one of Val's nicknames.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

... and this is worse than a dachsund named "Syntax" because ... ?

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

My best cat names:

I once had a cat who got herself 'in trouble' at five months of age. (I didn't know that was possible -- she actually already had her appointment to get fixed at 6 months. Cats can always surprise you). She gave birth to three beautiful little kittens. Rondo said we could keep *one* of the kittens, but had to give the other two away as soon as they were weaned, so I'd *better* not name the other two.

Ahem. So they were "anonymous" and "generic", the no-name cats. Annie and Genni for short.

Re: Lepton

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*schnort* Good one!!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Different branch of geekiness?

Enary could be good too

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Rob: [pointing to cats] They're forming a catenary!
Me: [affronted] Three points do NOT define a curve!
Rob: If they're cats, they do.

I had to concede the point.

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".