I fondly think that when my cat plops down on my arms, making it really hard to work, that she's thinking of my well-being, telling me "you've worked enough for today, go do something else", but she's probably just hungry 😂
Happy 80th birthday to Wendy Carlos, an electronic music pioneer whose early albums and film scores (A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and TRON) put synthesizers on the map.
Just learned that I received a grant for which my cat accidentally clicked 'submit' while I was out walking the dog
Mochi now has a higher grant hit-rate than I do and will be submitting all of my applications until further notice
Here she is looking unimpressed:
So I informed friends and fam via Facebook that whoever helped me find the perfect cat dress for my defense would be called out in the acknowledgements in my dissertation. I received several submissions & the "peer-review" of the 1st batch of semi-finalists is currently underway.