Category Archives: freakishness

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

How the scientists stole Hallowe’en

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Here’s some classic X-Files dialogue from an episode called “How the ghosts stole Christmas“: Mulder: [alarmed at a noise] Shhh! What was that? Scully: [irritably rational] These are tricks that the mind plays. They are ingrained clichés from a thousand … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, photos, science, technology, television | 8 Comments

Steamjunk

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

“What’s wrong with your whiteboard?”, asked a colleague this morning. I didn’t know anything was wrong with my whiteboard, which I use to keep track of grant deadlines, grants and manuscripts currently under review, and PI travel dates. But sure … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, photos, silliness | 7 Comments

Cath has misheard that the bird is the word

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

A wonderful bird is the pelican,His mouth can hold more than his belly can,He can hold in his beak,Enough food for a week.I’m damned if I know how the hell he can! (by Dixon Lanier Merritt, apparently. Not Ogden Nash. … Continue reading →

Posted in English language, freakishness, furry friends, limericks, nature, silliness, television | 12 Comments

Catho the Sane visits Canadian Tire

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

In So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish, the fourth of five books in the Hitchhiker trilogy by Douglas Adams, our hero Arthur Dent travels to California to meet a man called Wonko the Sane. Wonko’s house is inside-out, … Continue reading →

Posted in camping, environment, freakishness, photos, rants, shopping, silliness | 39 Comments

Little things that make me happy

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The sun is finally shining in Vancouver! I’m not a sun worshipper by any stretch of the imagination; I burn really quickly, and find temperatures over 30C quite unpleasant (in the city, at least). But June-uary was too much even … Continue reading →

Posted in family, food glorious food, freakishness, furry friends, monkeys, personal, sport, technology, the 2009 baby boom, Vancouver | 16 Comments

Dream trippin’

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

When we bought our house (four years ago today!), one of the best things that Mr E Man and I did was to invest in a really good bed. We’d been sleeping on a queen-size futon, and although it was … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, family, freakishness, personal, silliness, TMI, travel | 9 Comments

2012 LOLympics

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I have had an incredibly hard time not laughing out loud at my desk today. If you thought the London 2010 Olympic logo was bad (and it really, really is), you should see the mascots! ROFLMFAO!!!!!!! What the fuck were … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 Olympics, freakishness, photos, silliness, sport, UK | 22 Comments

"Is this normal?"

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Have you ever had a conversation that began with the above words, progressed to a friend bending their elbow the wrong way or turning their nostril inside out, and ended with everyone else saying “NO! That’s not normal, you freak!”? … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, personal, silliness | 6 Comments

Memes as mental fibre

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Right after EcoGeoFemme pointed out that there haven’t been many memes circulating recently, Amanda went and tagged me for one! The assignment is to write about seven things that I’ve never talked about in my blog. This is a tricky … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, career, family, freakishness, furry friends, medicine, meme, meta, personal, photos, silliness, the 2009 baby boom, TMI | 30 Comments