Category Archives: freakishness

Missed opportunity

Posted on 3 May 2015 by Cath@VWXYNot?

From my Facebook feed: It should totally be called a beehemoth! Whoever first called it a wasp moth sucks!

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The Journal of Anthropomorphism

Posted on 20 February 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

While browsing journal TOCs in my RSS reader earlier today, I realised that I seem to have subconsciously assigned human personalities to some of the journals I read most frequently. For example: Current Biology is an extrovert who enthusiastically dives into … Continue reading →

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Trees do the darndest things! (Part III)

Posted on 24 October 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

STREAKERRRRRR!!!! (sorry, everyone. Again).

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Weird critters

Posted on 30 September 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve found myself favouriting several similar posts from the “Dropping The Science” RSS feed lately, with no clear idea about what I was going to do with them. So here they are, in all their weird and wonderful glory, for … Continue reading →

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Wonderin’ Underground

Posted on 30 August 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Some of the signs I saw while riding the Montreal metro made me wonder just how safe the system is: Beware of gigantic creepy tickle monsters! 

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Whaddya mean “that’s not normal?!”

Posted on 2 March 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

North Yorkshire, circa 1987. A classroom full of nine- and ten-year-olds. An assignment to write a story that involved food.

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Never gonna let you down?

Posted on 16 February 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I have somehow managed to retain some semblance of a utopian view of science. I don’t mean to say that I’m blind to its flaws or that I’m not at all cynical about it. But I think I’m less cynical … Continue reading →

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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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The Missing Link

Posted on 30 October 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Man, I love Hallowe’en. Apparently I freaked a lot of people out… and some people asked to get their photo taken with me! But the best part was when I ran into a guy dressed as a gorilla and we … Continue reading →

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On the sauce: reflections.

Posted on 21 July 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Mr E Man’s quest to find the best ribs in Vancouver is over: he’s admitted that he’s unlikely to find anywhere that makes them better than Ouisi’s does, and so that’s where we found ourselves when a craving hit him … Continue reading →

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