Category Archives: fun with language

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Posted on June 20, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Still Alive! Not Kidnapped. Quick Update; Boring Title. Prediction Accurate. New Job! Job Awesome. Constantly Challenged; Brain Full (Good Thing). Hosting Parents. Hubby Unemployed (Prospects Excellent). Routines Obliterated. Resolutions Abandoned. Sleep Deprived. Negligible Exercise. Zero Me-time. Craving Solitude. Hockey Pool! (Late – … Continue reading →

Posted in career, family, fun with language, hockey pool, personal, whining | 8 Comments

Victoria Secrets

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

One of the things that makes you feel a long way from home when you move to a foreign country is that you have no idea when the long weekends fall. We get a pretty good deal here in British … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, English language, fun with language, grant wrangling, personal, silliness | 8 Comments

“What’s the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scottish farmer?”

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Thus begins the last really good joke I heard, several years ago now; answer at the bottom! I recently realised that I never hear new jokes any more. I had an actual joke book as a small kid, and my … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, communication, family, fun with language, furry friends, personal, silliness, UK | 33 Comments

Pacific surf, the coast by starlight, and the Cascades: San Diego to Vancouver by train

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

or: what you gain when you’re not too vain to deign to let the train take the main strain. As I said in my last post, a meeting with collaborators in La Jolla last week probably represented my last chance … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, embarrassing fan girl, food glorious food, fun with language, nature, personal, photos, snow, technology, travel, Vancouver | 10 Comments

Friday quiz: science mnemonics

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

From the same puzzle of the day desk calendar that gave us the science anagram puzzles post back in February, here’s an entry called “Abbreviated Science”! There are six science-related1 mnemonics listed below. The actual calendar page also listed the … Continue reading →

Posted in fun with language, science, silliness | 45 Comments

Just desserts

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

One of my molecular pathologist colleagues just came up with a beautiful little phrase that has made me re-think my prior criticism of his field’s terminology. “We’ve got some soufflé data”, he said. “It looks incredibly promising if you peek … Continue reading →

Posted in fun with language, science, silliness | 6 Comments