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

Booooooooo

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

We didn’t get ANY of the Olympic tickets we applied for. Resorting to Plan B… watch this space…

Posted in sport, Vancouver | 8 Comments

Hey, sports fans!

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

A friend of mine came up with a fun quiz in the pub on Saturday. As originally stated: how many professional sports teams have a name that does NOT end in the letter S? (i.e. no CanuckS, OilerS, PatriotS, DolphinS … Continue reading →

Posted in silliness, sport | 8 Comments

12 Months of VWXYNot?

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

In the absence of any real blogging, here’s my version of DrugMonkey’s meme: the first sentence of the first post of each month in 2008. JanuaryPlease don’t expect any coherent blogging for a while… FebruaryLast week’s party featured two similar … Continue reading →

Posted in meme, meta | 4 Comments

Shuffle time

Posted on December 6, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I wonder if my tunes are easier to identify than my books? Here are the first few lines of 20 songs that came up on Shuffle on my iPod. I cheated a wee bit by skipping any album tracks, duplicated … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 38 Comments

SUPERBAD

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

OK Mr Harper, so it’s UNDEMOCRATIC for elected MPs to form a coalition to defeat your government, but it’s somehow perfectly fine to get your boss to suspend Parliament so you can avoid a vote that you’re sure to lose? … Continue reading →

Posted in bad people, Canada, politics | 9 Comments

Note to self: Real life is not like the blogosphere

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

1) Bathroom walls do not come with comment moderation Graffiti seen in a bar recently: “Ladies: is it OK to think that your guy is not The One, if you don’t believe in The One?” The replies indicate that the … Continue reading →

Posted in meta, silliness | 3 Comments

5:56 UPDATED

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Tagged by Bob. Listed below are the 5th complete sentences from the 56th pages of 10 different books… with 5 hints. Edited to add: I’ve now included the authors’ first names, and an indication of fiction (F) or non-fiction (NF). … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 31 Comments

Current view…

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…from the 15th floor lunch room in my building. Unfortunately I did not learn my lesson from Monday, and once again had to resort to using my camera phone. And I couldn’t get outside – the door to the “top … Continue reading →

Posted in photos, Vancouver | 25 Comments

Courtroom sketches

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I don’t want to make light of what is clearly a terrible case, but are these some of the worst courtroom sketches you’ve ever seen, or what?! Reminds me of some other sketches – from Glaswegian comedy show “Chewin’ the … Continue reading →

Posted in silliness, videos | 9 Comments

One of those days

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My neural circuits just will not engage today. In fact it feels like my brain might have gone on an early Christmas holiday, and asked a big lump of modelling clay to fill in for it. But a colleague just … Continue reading →

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