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

Tunnel lights

After almost three months, we are getting our place back to ourselves in one more week! Awesome Tenant is moving out of the basement suite for the summer (at the very least), and Mr E Man’s divorcing friend is moving … Continue reading

Posted in career, furry friends, grant wrangling, personal, silliness | 4 Comments

Wouldn’t you think

that a drawer that looks like this would contain at least one paper clip? Sushi menu, safety goggles, golf balls & tees, two sets of allen keys, numerous screwdriver and drill bits, spackle, used and new batteries, camera film (I’ve … Continue reading

Posted in personal, photos, silliness | 9 Comments

Gene trek: TNG

The problem: If a technology described as next-generation sequencing is being published in multiple papers per month, then surely it is no longer “next generation” but “current generation”. What horrors will be spawned by future advances in sequencing technology? Next-next-generation … Continue reading

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Cough medicine FAIL

I called Mr E Man at work yesterday and asked if he could possibly pick me up some cough medicine on the way home. Being the best husband EVAH, he brought me “the most expensive stuff in the store – … Continue reading

Posted in medicine, personal, pseudoscience | 17 Comments

You’re fired

My work has gone fire safety crazy recently. I’m one of the few people on my floor who’s usually at their desk rather than in the lab or off doing whatever it is that PIs do when they’re not in … Continue reading

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Snakes…

…on a plane!

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B cells, T cells, Wheeeeeeeeee! cells and WTF? cells

On Tuesday, I woke up feeling great. I had a spring in my step all day, I sang all the way into work, I was incredibly productive, I chatted with everyone, I sang all the way back home, and then … Continue reading

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–ra–le*

(Regular readers may have noticed a recent increase in the number of short and/or image-based posts. This is all because of Resolution A ii. I definitely don’t want to give up blogging, but I do need to reduce the amount … Continue reading

Posted in meta, photos, silliness | 12 Comments

And they’re (play)off!

Beer? Check Chips? Check Canucks shirt? Check Towel? Check Houseful of friends? En route Stanley Cup? Hell yeah baby! GO CANUCKS GO!

Posted in embarrassing fan girl, silliness, sport, Vancouver | 28 Comments

Please ignore this post

Testing the iPhone blogging thing

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