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

Knock Knock

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Last night saw three couples, a cat, a dog and one young boy come together to watch the hockey. Well, everyone except the cat, who slept, and the boy (Linden) who just wanted to regale us with his best jokes: … Continue reading →

Posted in food glorious food, silliness | 10 Comments

hockey hockey HOCKEY!

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Season opener tonight! I was planning to write a nice long, thoughtful post about how this life-long football and rugby fan got into hockey after arriving in Vancouver. I was going to tie my experiences in to musings on the … Continue reading →

Posted in sport, Vancouver | 13 Comments

Hmmmmm.

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The BBC tells me that an unbreakable quantum encryption has been unveiled in Vienna. Sounds pretty good, eh? Maybe they could use it to protect unsinkable ships.

Posted in Uncategorized | 11 Comments

Random things that people send me #2

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The best wedding card we got Thank you Michael! Although you really should stop being so smug now that you have the right to get married too. p.s. check out Sarah Palin’s Facebook page – hilarious!

Posted in photos, politics, silliness | 7 Comments

Signs of the times

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

With just one week to go before the Canadian general election, Vancouver lawns are bearing fresh crops of political signs. My ride to work is flanked with splashes of red, blue*, orange, and occasionally green. One house down our street … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, photos, politics, silliness, Vancouver | 13 Comments

NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The soup recipes are up. All three recipes look amazing, but Dr Isis gets my vote this week for having two fabulous recipes, introducing the soup swap idea, and making me splurt out my tea as I laughed at the … Continue reading →

Posted in blog wars, exercise, food glorious food, photos, silliness | 5 Comments

Blast from the past

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Isn’t high throughput science cool? Wanna find out which host proteins are required for HIV infection? Do a whole genome screen! Try to infect human cells with HIV while using short interfering RNAs to individually knock down every single one … Continue reading →

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Random things that people send me #1

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My goodness, tidying your computer room certainly does bring a lot of junk to the surface! Amongst all the old bills and bank statements, I found several bits and pieces that people have sent me in the last few months, … Continue reading →

Posted in family, photos, silliness | 7 Comments

Bits and Bobs

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

to keep me amused while I eagerly await tonight’s two (count ’em!) political debates.

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Poor planning or Conservative conspiracy?

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve just realised that the English language debate between the five main Canadian party leaders is going to clash with the US Vice Presidential debate. Damnit! I originally thought the clash was with the French language debate. What’s an effectively … Continue reading →

Posted in bad people, Canada, politics | 22 Comments