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

Hockey pool, week 11

Posted on December 17, 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? Well, I kicked ass, for starters! This is the third … Continue reading →

Posted in hockey pool | 12 Comments

Stand and deliver

Posted on December 15, 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! There are three such deliveries sitting on my kitchen table, waiting to … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, personal, rants, shopping, whining | 17 Comments

Dockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

Posted on December 12, 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 →

Posted in family, personal, photos, science, silliness, sport, television | 10 Comments

Occam’s Birthday!

Posted on December 9, 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 →

Posted in blog buddies, meta, photos | 33 Comments

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

Posted on December 7, 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 →

Posted in competition, meta, Uncategorized | 28 Comments

2011 Bragging Rights

Posted on December 5, 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 →

Posted in competition, meta | 31 Comments

A change would do you good

Posted on December 1, 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 →

Posted in activism, conferences, games, personal, politics, science, technology, television, Vancouver | 9 Comments

Hockey Pool, Week Gr8

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

FINALLY!!!!!11!!!!!!!!1!!! What a relief – I don’t have to give up my Canadian citizenship after all! Ricardipus also had a good week, climbing from 5th to 2nd, but not doing quite well enough to catch Lavaland. Mr E Man forgot … Continue reading →

Posted in hockey pool | 5 Comments

Things to do in ‘couver when you’re weird

Posted on November 24, 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 →

Posted in bad people, freakishness, furry friends, medicine, pseudoscience, screenshots, shopping, silliness, Vancouver | 15 Comments

Scrutiny on the count, eh?

Posted on November 21, 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 →

Posted in Canada, current affairs, environment, personal, politics, technology, Uncategorized, Vancouver | 19 Comments