Category Archives: freakishness

On the pool

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Our local swimming pool seems to have a rule that it must contain at least one creepy old man at any given time. There’s a guy who hangs out in the shallow end, goggles on, but who only ever gets … Continue reading →

Posted in exercise, freakishness, silliness | 21 Comments

Search bots

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Anyone who follows the comments and posts of the week feature in the sidebar will have spotted that ScienceGirl was one of the winners this week, with a mention of “that worm-looking thingy that tried living in your friend“. She … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, meta, silliness | 12 Comments

Tales from the Crapt Crypt

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I have all kinds of long blog posts planned in my head – but no time to write them! So instead I will share a short but disturbing tale of horror from my office. Specifically, the dreaded unisex office bathroom*. … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, rants | 10 Comments

Guest post (not for the squeamish)

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My friend Kyrsten has supplied me with a couple of interesting blog post subjects in the past, and I’m going to let her tell this current story in her own words. (What this essentially means is that I’m going to … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, medicine, nature, photos | 11 Comments

These boots were made for, erm, walking?

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

According to this story on the BBC, I should maybe think about revising the upper height limit I’ve imposed on the heels of my elusive pair of perfect boots. Talking of strange medicine, a gust of wind almost made me … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, medicine, silliness | 6 Comments

Warning…

Posted on November 6, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…this link is kinda gross (nothing graphic, just the concept), possibly NSFW, and opens straight into a video. From the same friend who sent me this, I have just learned that a company in Florida is offering to extract and … Continue reading →

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How to cushion a back-handed slap

Posted on July 31, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m currently sacrificing some of my usual posting time in order to accommodate an insanely busy schedule, so today’s paper is just a short medical case-study. It’s no less interesting for that though – in fact I’ve been meaning to … Continue reading →

Posted in case-study, freakishness, journal club, medicine | 2 Comments

Vulcans! In Vancouver!

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Sorry, couldn’t resist. I don’t have access to The Lancet – does anyone have a subscription? Were there photos in the original paper? _____________________________________________ Update: no photos. How disappointing. Thanks anyway Factician for sending the paper!

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