Chris Barkley’s cat must be the only creature who ever went to sleep in the middle of something by Lin-Manuel Miranda!
I was working on the article in my office and when I turned around to take a break, our cat, Nova, was curled up with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tome about the hit musical.
If you accept the premise of it being a I work of alternative history (which I ardently DO!) then this should easily qualify for your ongoing series…
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Everyone knows this is how cats absorb interesting material.
The height of this was the time my cat tried to sit on my cellphone while I was using it. I’m used to this for books, laptops, and the Kindle, but the cellphone seemed to me to be an ambitious goal.
I’d say Hamilton qualifies as a counterfactual, which is not to say “alternatefactual.”
She seems to be enjoying it!
My own cat, Ayesha, loves watching the Hamilfilm. She’s fascinated by Lin-Manuel Miranda in particular, I think she’s convinced he’s a bird the way he warbles and chirps and hops around.
Lovely credential!