Category Archives: photos

A week in grant wrangling

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Following Frank’s excellent example, it seemed like a good week to present a week’s worth of daily bulletins about what I actually do for a living. As I alluded to in my last post it’s the busiest time of year … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, career, current affairs, English language, furry friends, grant wrangling, personal, photos, politics, science, silliness, travel, Uncategorized, whining | 15 Comments

Bridges on the River Fraser: a bike tour of Richmond, New Westminster, Burnaby, and Vancouver

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

When I was training for the Vancouver-Seattle ride last year, my Sunday training usually involved a really nice loop from my house, over the river into Richmond, along River Road, back over the river to New Westminster, and then back through … Continue reading →

Posted in cycling, exercise, photos, Vancouver | 6 Comments

Update on two previous posts…

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…because I know you’ve all been on the edge of your seats. 1) We had the “good riddance, pink form!” party that my colleague suggested when our internal grant review form was retired. Someone made pink cupcakes, I brought pink … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, food glorious food, grant wrangling, meta, personal, photos, silliness | 7 Comments

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

Trees do the darndest things! (Part II)

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

TREE HUG! (Part I is here, if anyone cares to relive the horror).

Posted in nature, photos, silliness | 8 Comments

Birds of a feather

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

If I’d been born in the Middle Ages, I would have been lucky to reach adulthood. If I had made it that far, I’d almost certainly have promptly died in childbirth, or from bubonic plague, or something of that nature. … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, embarrassing fan girl, exercise, family, furry friends, nature, personal, photos, sport, travel, UK, videos | 15 Comments

Geek tourism

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m back, and ready to lightly and cheerily distract people from their woes! We had a great time in England – in fact, it was our most fun visit EVAH! I’m not quite sure why it was better than previous … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, book review, drunkenness, embarrassing fan girl, family, food glorious food, medicine, nature, personal, photos, science, silliness, travel, UK | 21 Comments

Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I went to Whistler last weekend and it was awesome. More on that later, but today I wanted to share some photos of a remarkable mural we saw in an underpass as we walked back to the car from the … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Canada, nature, photos | 6 Comments

It’s Friday, Friday!

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Yesterday was Thursday! Tomorrow is Saturday! And Sunday comes afterwards! (Lyrics courtesy of a strong contender for The Worst Song Of All Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0 I’m so happy about today’s events (more on that later) that I no longer feel depressed … Continue reading →

Posted in current affairs, drunkenness, food glorious food, music, photos, politics, silliness, videos | 27 Comments

Normal service will be resumed in March

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

CIHR grant deadline time is such fun! Especially when half the PIs on the two grants you’re working on are out of the country, in timezones that severely hamper communication, and half of the rest are freaking out because their … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 Olympics, career, drunkenness, idiocy, personal, photos, rants, silliness, snow, Vancouver, whining | 12 Comments