Category Archives: personal

Cough medicine FAIL

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I called Mr E Man at work yesterday and asked if he could possibly pick me up some cough medicine on the way home. Being the best husband EVAH, he brought me “the most expensive stuff in the store – … Continue reading →

Posted in medicine, personal, pseudoscience | 17 Comments

Random career bullets

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Look what I got! And it only took a year and a half… The sign serves a very important purpose that has nothing little to do with massaging my ego. I sit at an open-plan desk right outside my supervisor’s … Continue reading →

Posted in career, personal, photos | 22 Comments

Resoluquinox

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

A couple of years ago, on a BBC Magazine article about New Year’s resolutions, one commenter opined that New Year is the absolute worst time to make resolutions. He’s right – it’s an arbitrary date, it’s all dark and cold, … Continue reading →

Posted in career, exercise, food glorious food, personal | 26 Comments

Agnostic about Humanism

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I don’t really like labels. Why do I have to be “a Liberal” rather than “a Tory”, “an atheist” rather than “a Christian?” I prefer to think in terms of my stance on individual issues – politically I usually agree … Continue reading →

Posted in atheism, humanism, personal, politics | 16 Comments

Grant deadline craziness

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I just can’t seem to help myself… after the dodgy limericks and Shakespeare adaptations of the last couple of big deadline weeks, I’ve found yet another outlet for my caffeine-fuelled craziness creativity. Here’s my Facebook status from Monday: (Please note … Continue reading →

Posted in career, grant wrangling, meta, personal, silliness | 7 Comments

Dear Mr Norovirus,

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

OK, so you ruined Christmas Day. Rather than eating delicious turkey and socialising with the neighbours, I spent the day alternating between throwing up and shivering under a duvet with a hot water bottle. I think we can call that … Continue reading →

Posted in personal, silliness, virology | 26 Comments

VWXYNot?: surprisingly, not quite as neurotic as some other blogs

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I held off doing the personality tests that have been doing the rounds, mostly because I was worried that I would have an embarrassingly high neuroticism score (I am actually not kidding* – I am constantly doing battle against my … Continue reading →

Posted in personal | 6 Comments

Cath’s Nine Stages of Fucking Up at Work

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This is a faithful and accurate account of my internal monologue during the last 24 hours or so. It contains lots of foul language. All of it is justified.1) Pride (as in, before a fall) Tra la la, my boss … Continue reading →

Posted in career, personal | 32 Comments

The Five Question Interview

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Crystal from “Chances Are I’m Going To Hell For This” was recently interviewed by her friend – and posted the results on her blog. She also chose to perpetuate the meme by asking for willing interview victims subjects in the … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, camping, drunkenness, education, embarrassing fan girl, family, kayaking, meme, nature, personal, science | 21 Comments

Retreat Part I: Speaking out – creakily.

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

As regular readers may remember, I work with a group of scientists and clinicians from various departments of my institute. Their research encompasses everything from cell culture to clinical trials, and unless I’ve worked with them on a specific grant … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, career, nature, personal, photos, science | 15 Comments