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Author Archives: Cath@VWXYNot?
A very retro seminar
(now that Big Complicated Grant has progressed to the next stage and I can draw breath again, let’s see if I can remember how to write about anything other than hockey!) I believe I’ve mentioned in the past that I … Continue reading
Posted in cancer research, career, evolution, genomics, original research, science, technology
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Somewhere there’s a village…
Just in time for the playoffs, a song from CBC’s The Irrelevant Show for all the Canadian hockey fans out there – or indeed anyone whose team, in any sport, has lost any final game in any competition. Awesome.
Final hockey pool results UPDATED WITH BRACKET INFO
Well, last weekend, this photo somehow got posted on Twitter: Were the 40% correct? Let’s see!
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For whom the NHL polls
From the NHL website* today: Well I don’t know about you, but I’m convinced! Looking forward to watching the Canucks-Flames game dahn the pub with Modscientist, Lavaland and Beth on Saturday… 40% of hockey pool contestants agree that it will … Continue reading
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CATH GRUMPY
Our home internet’s down. It went down on Saturday, and came back on for a few hours on Sunday before the blessed “online” light on the modem went off again. It’s done this a few times before, and always switched … Continue reading
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Radical reform of peer review and research support, or rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic?
OR More on the proposed reforms at the CIHR, which I first blogged about last month after taking my first look at the discussion document they published. I’ve since read the document in much greater detail, and also attended an … Continue reading
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Hockey Pool, Week 25
Well, with two weeks remaining, it just got very interesting! My goalie-fu deserted me last week, and ditching Malkin after his disappointing week 24 proved to be a big mistake as his points contributed to excellent week 25 scores for … Continue reading
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“What’s the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scottish farmer?”
Thus begins the last really good joke I heard, several years ago now; answer at the bottom! I recently realised that I never hear new jokes any more. I had an actual joke book as a small kid, and my … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, communication, family, fun with language, furry friends, personal, Silliness, UK
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That’s a new one
Also seen: “five hundred thousand cells”; “fifty micrograms”; “forty eight hours”. Amazingly enough, I was able to cut the length of the Materials and Methods section by more than twenty one percent >21%.
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