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

While the cat’s away…

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Mr E Man is working in Whistler at the moment, building wheelchair access ramps for some of the Olympic venues. The entire crew are movie set carpenters. I’ve reminded him that the ramps are not supposed to collapse, explode, or … Continue reading →

Posted in food glorious food, personal, silliness, television | 18 Comments

Here be dragons

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I first came across the BBC’s Dragons’ Den on a work trip home a few years ago. I instantly loved it; I was working in marketing at the time, and I genuinely did learn a lot from the successful pitches. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 14 Comments

Look at me, I’m Sarah Palin!

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(Pose just for photo, Mr E Man did all the driving) I am a very clumsy person, as you will see in the video below. I’m also a terrible coward. Well, physically, anyway. Move thousands of miles away from home … Continue reading →

Posted in photos, snow, videos | 14 Comments

2010: new sources of bloggy inspiration, new SI units, same old rogues

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

You may have noticed that I haven’t posted for a while. I have a backlog of ideas for posts that are suitable for my other blog, but nothing that fits this one. Following the example set by our esteemed leader, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 35 Comments

Response from Don Davies

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(Original email here) Dear Cath, Thank you for taking the time to write me regarding the prorogation of Parliament by the Conservative government. I share your outrage at what is essentially a suspension of Canadian democracy for two months: the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, current affairs, politics | 7 Comments

No, nay, never, no more

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

No responses to my letters yet, but my MP, Don Davies, did have an article criticising prorogation in the Georgia Straight (our weekly free paper), and I gather from Facebook that he’ll be attending the rally (now set for 1pm … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, Canada, current affairs, music, politics, video | 2 Comments

Hockey pool, week 15

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Look, Mr. Harper! I’m being a good Canadian and am using hockey to distract myself and others from the suspension of our democracy! I can not believe I dropped the lovely Alex Burrows from my team for the first time … Continue reading →

Posted in hockey pool 2009-2010, photos, politics | 10 Comments

Pro-democracy, anti-rogue.

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Imagine a leader with George W Bush’s politics, and Tony Blair’s tactical brain. Scary, right? Meet Stephen Harper. Quite possibly the most right-wing Western leader still standing, after the US and Australia saw sense Responsible for Canada being awarded several … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, bad people, Canada, current affairs, environment, politics, rants | 8 Comments

Fishbowl Fridays!

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

At the Fogg ‘N’ Suds in Richmond. It’s almost sacrilegious for a beer drinker such as myself to ignore the extensive international beer menu at such an establishment, but when I saw the giant Caesar on our friends’ table as … Continue reading →

Posted in drunkenness, photos | 8 Comments

My definition of a bombastic project management style, Part III: Metrics

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

In the first post of this series, I explained how my funding source (and therefore my job description) has changed in the last couple of months, specifically to include more project management. Still undecided about pursuing formal PM training and … Continue reading →

Posted in career, science | 9 Comments