good things coming in threes

These two memes and one comic appeared almost one after another on FB. So I can't quite see them without hearing a story inside my head. First, most people cannot get this blissed out without a bit of chemical assistance:

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Of course dogs are different; this is not an exaggeration based on my experience. :-) Nor is it limited to doggies.

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All of which kind of puts today's SMBC comic in an interesting light:

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Though the philosopher in me must insist that Planck's constant only applies if we assume angels are material. Also, that the real question is whether a single angel can dance simultaneously on the points of multiple pins. In any event, I think humanities people exhibit a much better class of smugness. I like us.

big news of the RL sort

First and most importantly:

I passed!

Will spare you all the details, but it means I'm that much closer to dissertating. (Still need to do a proposal for it before I start actually writing.) But it is Progress, and in grad school that is always good. As it happens I've been working at this stage for quite a while, so having achieved this benchmark is very welcome. Put more simply: yayz! I also had a paper proposal accepted by the Society for Women in Philosophy (Eastern Division). My paper proposal is here. Basically, I'm looking how Anselm puts traditionally-feminine character traits like loving with traditionally-masculine traits like justice together. So I'm headed down to the Charmed City at the end of the month. Now I have that usual deflation you get after an exam and can hardly sit up just now. I'm off to bed.