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

Resoluquinox

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

A couple of years ago, on a BBC Magazine article about New Year’s resolutions, one commenter opined that New Year is the absolute worst time to make resolutions. He’s right – it’s an arbitrary date, it’s all dark and cold, … Continue reading →

Posted in career, exercise, food glorious food, personal | 26 Comments

The space-time continuum

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m currently merging several PIs’ publication lists into one document for a grant progress report. I’m sorting by year of publication and then alphabetically by first author. It’s really, really fun, although actually not the absolute worst thing to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 17 Comments

Some laws are made to be broken

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Like laws that impose a statute of limitations on genocide. They should put this guy on trial.

Posted in bad people, politics | 4 Comments

How is this a FAIL?

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This breakfast looks full of WIN! to me. (From the Fail blog). Makes my tea and bagel look rather pedestrian.

Posted in drunkenness, food glorious food, silliness | 8 Comments

I still have a lot to learn about life in Canada

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

It snowed a lot here this winter. In fact, the general consensus is that we had a ridiculous amount of snow. Most of it fell around Christmas, causing almost unprecedented chaos in a city that just isn’t prepared for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 19 Comments

Much better news today

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Vancouver is getting a Major League “Soccer” team! It ain’t no English Premier League, but it’s the highest standard of football available in North America! My Dad took me to my first ever Newcastle United game when I was ten. … Continue reading →

Posted in embarrassing fan girl, family, sport, Vancouver | 6 Comments

Three people…

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…who I wish would shuffle off into the obscurity of history. The Pope, for speaking out against condom distribution in Africa (abstinence is the answer, apparently). Canada’s Science Minister, Gary Goodyear, for showing the tell-tale signs of being a creationist … Continue reading →

Posted in bad people, Canada, creationism, politics | 7 Comments

I like to ride my cell cycle

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Have any of the musicians and assorted other live music fans on here ever noticed anything… familiar about published cell cycle analysis data?

Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Agnostic about Humanism

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I don’t really like labels. Why do I have to be “a Liberal” rather than “a Tory”, “an atheist” rather than “a Christian?” I prefer to think in terms of my stance on individual issues – politically I usually agree … Continue reading →

Posted in atheism, humanism, personal, politics | 16 Comments

Cushions!

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Here’s my addition to the baby photos meme that Professor in Training started. The only photo I could get my hands on was the one my oldest cushion* posted on Facebook last year: From left to right: Cushion 1, Sister, … Continue reading →

Posted in family, meme, photos, silliness | 7 Comments