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

Workshop blogging – or, not.

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Following on from Eva’s thesis haikus, here’s a limerick I scribbled down during a coffee break on the second morning of a two day workshop that I attended last week:

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My eyes, my eyes!

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Call the grammar police! A potentially very awesome email just got ruined for me. Let’s dissect this marketing FAIL! Subject: “Whistler: over 40cm of new snow and more on the way” So far so good. I am interested to learn … Continue reading →

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Follow-up

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

One week on from my one and only chance to argue with a McCain-Palin supporter, I had the following text message exchange with our poker game (and Halloween party) host: Friend: “Poker tonight gang”Me: “Is [name] coming?”Friend: “Unfortunately not, I … Continue reading →

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An historic result

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Vancouver Canucks 4 – 0 Nashville Predators (heh!) First of all I want to extend a great big THANK YOU to everyone who kept me updated on the results on my previous post, and especially Massimo (aka Okham) who was … Continue reading →

Posted in drunkenness, personal, politics, sport | 4 Comments

I have been distracted from my distraction

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve just got out of a meeting at which I learned the hourly operating cost of this research building. I’m not gonna tell you what it is, just that my jaw almost hit the floor. This new knowledge has inspired … Continue reading →

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Lost in translation

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

On such a momentous and tense day I imagine we could all use a laugh, eh? Here’s a road sign from Wales. The Welsh part of the sign is obviously supposed to say the same thing as the English part. … Continue reading →

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The election selection

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

As one of them pesky foreigners, I don’t think I should say any more than I already have about the US election. Instead I’m going to link to a bunch of excellent posts from around the blogosphere*. (Edit: OK, and … Continue reading →

Posted in atheism, bad people, blog buddies, blog roll, meta, politics, sport | 21 Comments

The Cat(h) in the Hat

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Halloween! Crazy cat lady, in case you were wondering And yes, husband dear, I do appreciate the irony of dressing as a crazy cat lady and then taking photos of my cats with parts of my costume and posting them … Continue reading →

Posted in drunkenness, furry friends, personal, silliness | 11 Comments

Book review: Coils of the Serpent

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I usually post my book reviews over at my other blog, but given some of Jenny Rohn’s recent posts about integrating real science into a fiction setting, it seemed appropriate to cross-post here. Jenny has some excellent advice that I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Coils of the Serpent

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I came across this book through a rather unusual channel – the author, Raymond Clark Lutz, emailed me after reading one of my blog posts and deciding that I reminded him of one of the characters in his new novel. … Continue reading →

Posted in blog roll, book review, creationism, evolution, publishing, science | 2 Comments