Category Archives: blog wars

Geeky Grossness Gauntlet

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Long-time readers may remember my friend Kyrsten’s famous guest post about Bob the bot fly. Commenters’ reactions on the original post ranged from mild (“kinda icky”) to ambivalent (“horrible. but very cool” / “utterly revolting, but sort of fascinating” / … Continue reading →

Posted in blog wars, career, freakishness, medicine, meta, monkeys, nature, personal, photos, science, silliness, TMI | 17 Comments

UPDATED Blogger Fantasy Hockey League is a go!

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Yay! To join, you’ll first need to register for the game here. You can definitely use a pseudonym – I’m playing under username VWXYNot. After you’ve entered your picks, go to the Group Membership page. The group name is VWXYNot … Continue reading →

Posted in blog wars, competition, hockey pool 2009-2010, sport | 6 Comments

UPDATED Blogger hockey pool, anyone?

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Last night’s game reminded me why I love hockey. It had everything: a penalty shot, a 3-0 lead to the good guys, a come-back by the bad guys, the home team going 4-3 down, what looked like a perfectly good … Continue reading →

Posted in blog wars, sport | 7 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

Recipe sniping: vegetable curry

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The latest set of recipes are up! Yum and yum. This was the toughest contest so far for me, but I eventually decided to vote for PhysioProf once again, despite the fried egg fiasco that I am going to pretend … Continue reading →

Posted in blog wars, food glorious food | 10 Comments

Recipe sniping: appetisers

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Two fish courses?! TWO FISH COURSES??!! Are you guys serious?! Seeing as I’m just playing spoiler anyway, I’m not gonna play by those rules. I am a relative beginner in the fish cooking department, and I follow recipes to the … Continue reading →

Posted in blog roll, blog wars, food glorious food | 8 Comments

Recipe sniping: the salad course

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Mmmmmm, both of the fancy salads look awesome (except for the melon, yuck). I am sooo hungry now and my stomach is growling away. Here’s my quick’n’easy alternative. This is my favourite weekday lunch in the summer (and now beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in blog wars, food glorious food | 10 Comments

Recipe wars – sniping from the sidelines

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I am not a domestic goddess. I still cook like a student at least half the time – lots of pasta and stir fries. So here’s my quick’n’easy alternative to the lovely but fancy amuse bouche recipes from Dr. Isis … Continue reading →

Posted in blog wars, food glorious food | 10 Comments

Now let’s get one thing straight

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I am not a muppet hater. Yep, Mad Hatter has unleashed her minions on me. I think the muppets are Teh Awesome. I grew up watching the show, and then watched the new version when I was a student. I … Continue reading →

Posted in blog wars, silliness, videos | 12 Comments