Author Archives: Cath@VWXYNot?

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"one of the sillier science bloggers [...] I thought I should give a warning to the more staid members of the community." - Bob O'Hara, December 2010

Hockey pool, week 11 [12]

Posted on 17 December 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

HOckey HOckey HOckey, it’s the Christmas pool update! Many thanks to Santa’s little helpers Beth and Bob for hosting the week 9 and 10 updates, respectively. Now, what happened this week?

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Stand and deliver [15]

Posted on 15 December 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(Warning: possibly unreasonable rant follows. But I’m too annoyed to care if it’s unreasonable! So there!) ‘Tis the season for the arrival of exciting parcels from distant lands!

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Dockin’ Around the Christmas Tree [9]

Posted on 12 December 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Upon hearing that Mr E Man and I will be heading to his sister’s house for Christmas and therefore don’t have a Christmas tree at home this year*, our friends invited us round to their place on Friday to help … Continue reading →

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Occam’s Birthday! [33]

Posted on 9 December 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Happy First Birthday to Occam’s Typewriter! And what a great first year it’s been! Having left Nature Network in July 2010, I was delighted when the December 9th, 2010 birth of our very own blogging network reunited me with my … Continue reading →

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Third Annual VWXYNot? Readers’ Choice Comment of the Year Award!

Posted on 7 December 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

So as regular readers know, every Friday, more or less, I choose my favourite comments from this blog (and my favourite posts I’ve read on other blogs), and list them in the sidebar under the title Bragging Rights Central. In … Continue reading →

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2011 Bragging Rights

Posted on 5 December 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

HURRAH! It’s that time of year when I start going through the Bragging Rights Central archives of my favourite comment(s) from this blog and post(s) from other blogs – see the sidebar for details – trying to pick my favourite … Continue reading →

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A change would do you good

Posted on 1 December 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My involvement in the municipal election a couple of weeks ago left me with a buzz of positive energy that inspired me to keep the momentum going and get out and do something constructive again as soon as possible. Luckily … Continue reading →

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Hockey Pool, Week Gr8

Posted on 28 November 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

FINALLY!!!!!11!!!!!!!!1!!!

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Things to do in ‘couver when you’re weird

Posted on 24 November 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

These ads that appeared in my Facebook feed the other day confuse and frighten me: I hadn’t realised that breeding grotesquely oversized kittehs was A Thing in Vancouver… or maybe that’s just what happens when you buy breakthrough peptide-based treatments … Continue reading →

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Scrutiny on the count, eh?

Posted on 21 November 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(Long post alert! Sorry!) Regular readers will know all about my passion for politics, a passion that was dampened only slightly by seven years of voteless pre-citizenship residence in Canada and that has ramped up again recently thanks to a … Continue reading →

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