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

Alert Alarm

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Apparently Liz Hurley may be pregnant. The reason I know about this riveting story is that it broke when she attended a charity benefit. The charity happens to fund the work of one of the PIs in my department, and … Continue reading →

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Random Bullets of Eco Smugness

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Mr E Man and I spent a couple of hours at a sustainable living expo yesterday. It was my first time at a non-scientific tradeshow, and Mr E Man’s first tradeshow ever (unless you count the time he tagged along … Continue reading →

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Feeding the hand that feeds you

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

With the exception of two years on the dark side1, my entire career has been spent in cancer research. Both the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, where I did my PhD, and the place in which I did my postdoc … Continue reading →

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Nooooooo!

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

There’s fucking snow forecast for tomorrow. Sorry for the bad language, but last weekend was glorious and we’re supposed to be going to a BBQ. Bah humbug.

Posted in silliness, snow, Vancouver | 11 Comments

The Crazies have names!

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Google (who has goggle marks around her eyes and likes to search things), and Saba (named after mackerel sushi). Sushi photo credit After a quiet first few days, they’ve come out of their shells and are now certifiably crazy. The … Continue reading →

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PowerPoint question

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Full stops1 at the end of bullet pointed text: yes or no? I just realised that half of my slides have them, and half don’t. I went through and added punctuation to the lines that were missing it, went for … Continue reading →

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Tangled Bank 103 is up!

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Hosted by me at my other blog. If you read it, you’ll get to find out why I’m sometimes known as Dr. Monkey Bum. Hint: it’s not (just) because of this kind of thing.

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Cath and the city: my love affair with Vancouver

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This is Part 1; it got too long for a single post. Part 2 soon! Not necessarily next, but soon. Mr E Man and I met up with friends for brunch on Sunday, and were amused to find that together … Continue reading →

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The 103rd edition of the Tangled Bank

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Welcome! I’ve been haunting the Nature Network for a few months now, and haven’t seen any other carnivals hosted here in that time. I may have missed a carnival post somewhere along the way, but in an effort to be … Continue reading →

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Skype

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Is anyone on Skype? My sister and I have been thinking about signing up because neither of us has a land line, and Vancouver-London cell phone connections are shite, not to mention expensive. Is it any good? What kind of … Continue reading →

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