Author Archives: Cath@VWXYNot?

About Cath@VWXYNot?

"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

Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m not the monkey they think I am at home, oh no no no, I’m the Rocket Monkey…. Photo credit Let’s move away from the recent beverage theme this week. CNN has a really cool article* about famous primates in … Continue reading →

Posted in photos, Primate Party, science, silliness | 2 Comments

Done with Dunn

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Regular readers may have noticed that my initials recently changed from CAD to CAE. Yes, I did the unfashionable thing in scientific circles and changed my name when I got married. I did weigh up the pros and cons of … Continue reading →

Posted in career, personal | 10 Comments

Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 24, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

How did you get so heavy, boy? We had monkey-spit coffee at last week’s party. This week: would you like some macaque milk with that? A study published in this week’s Current Biology looked at the quality of the milk … Continue reading →

Posted in monkeys, nature, original research, Primate Party, science, silliness | 2 Comments

Famous in Scotland

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Here’s a photo of me* from my old lab’s home page: And here’s an image from the Bank of Scotland’s £20 note: Not quite uncanny, but an amusing resemblance nonetheless! The website says that “the £20 note pays tribute to … Continue reading →

Posted in personal, photos, silliness | 3 Comments

Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Dude, I am so totally wired right now D’you want some monkey spit with that latte? Hey, it’s better than cat poo. Yup, following on from the success of gourmet civet cat dropping coffee, coffee growers in Taiwan are now … Continue reading →

Posted in monkeys, photos, Primate Party, silliness | 5 Comments

Best. Lolcat. Ever.

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I actually did LOL. (Yes, I subscribe to the icanhascheezburger.com RSS feed. No, I don’t advertise that fact in my sidebar blogroll. It’s supposed to be a guilty pleasure. Guilty).

Posted in blog roll, silliness | 1 Comment

Noooo! No more reading!

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The new job is going really well so far. I feel as if I’ve been genuinely useful in my first week, which included an important postdoctoral fellowship application deadline. It’s been very intense though, which caused the inevitable dreams to … Continue reading →

Posted in career, journal club, personal, science, silliness | 3 Comments

Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

What’s more fun than a barrel full of monkeys? A whole truck full of monkeys! Unless you run into it on the highway of course. Luckily no-one was hurt in the accident near Columbus, Ohio. I spent 3 months in … Continue reading →

Posted in blog roll, monkeys, photos, Primate Party, silliness | 2 Comments

Beckham outshone by streaker

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Here are the highlights of last night’s game between the Vancouver Whitecaps and David Beckham. Oh, I mean the LA whatsits. Whoever he plays for. The streaker who managed a whole lap of the field before he got taken down. … Continue reading →

Posted in embarrassing fan girl, silliness, sport, Vancouver | 4 Comments

Warning…

Posted on November 6, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…this link is kinda gross (nothing graphic, just the concept), possibly NSFW, and opens straight into a video. From the same friend who sent me this, I have just learned that a company in Florida is offering to extract and … Continue reading →

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