Category Archives: meta

And the winner is…

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Thanks to everyone who voted in the Second Annual VWXYNot? Readers’ Choice Comment of the Year Award! It was a close race between the top three contenders, but luckily for me we have a clear winner, and I don’t have … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, meta | 11 Comments

2010 Travel Meme

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

As seen at Silver Fox’s excellent blog, here is a summary of all my 2010 trips (loosely defined!) All my travel was local, but wow, what an awesome year… January We spent Christmas and New Year at my sister-in-law’s up … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 Olympics, blog buddies, camping, Canada, cycling, drunkenness, family, kayaking, meme, meta, music, personal, photos, silliness, snow, sport, travel, Vancouver | 8 Comments

Not your average cell signalling talk

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Welcome, welcome, Old friends and new. I’m happy to be here, I hope you are too! (That started off as a normal sentence, but then I noticed that it would (kinda) work as a verse, too! Woohoo, I’m a poet … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, meta, photos, science, silliness | 22 Comments

Twelve Months of VWXYNot?

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

As seen everywhere, here are the first sentences of my first post of each month in 2010. Bragging Rights Central, hockey pools, grants, visitors, quizzes, and bears – sounds about right! (But no Winter Olympics posts? That’s hardly representative of … Continue reading →

Posted in meta | 7 Comments

Bragging Rights Central: stats and a reminder about the annual vote!

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

It’s that time of year again! The shortlist of my favourite blog comments for the year is down to 33 entries, and as soon as I’ve managed to whittle it down to 12, we will be ready for a vote! … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, competition, meta | 28 Comments

The people have spoken!

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Poll results The next quiz will be posted at 7am PST on Friday, November 5th. Comments will be closed for the first 24 hours (well, probably more like 26 or 27, because I’m not getting up early on a Saturday … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, competition, meta, sport | 15 Comments

Quiz format changes – another reader poll!

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve looked through the remaining pages of my now-famous desk calendar, and there is one more sciency quiz left! In the quizzes I’ve done so far, I’ve kept the comments completely open but asked that people submit only one answer … Continue reading →

Posted in competition, meta | 11 Comments

Bragging Rights Central V

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

New archive post! Remember that there’s an annual vote and prize for the best comment of the year – coming in mid-December to a very silly blog near you! Dates represent date of archiving – it’s just easier that way. … Continue reading →

Posted in meta | 5 Comments

FEAR ME

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

FOR I AM ALL-POWERFUL Until this week, I would have said that my super-powers are limited to the following: Locating any spider’s web within a 5 metre radius, using only my face Locating submerged rocks in the ocean, using only … Continue reading →

Posted in atheism, book review, case-study, creationism, current affairs, evolution, meta, politics, publishing, science, silliness | 15 Comments

Blogging motivation, philosophy and experience meme

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Alyssa tagged me for a meme! This is the first one I’ve seen for a while; I thought they were an endangered species! The aim of this one is: 1. Sum up your blogging motivation, philosophy and experience in exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in meme, meta | 6 Comments