Category Archives: photos

What I Did On My Staycation – Part II

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Wednesday The heavy rain that greeted me first thing in the morning made me exceedingly glad that I’d braved the windstorm to visit Stanley Park while the sun was still out the day before. However, an hour or two later … Continue reading →

Posted in art, career, cycling, food glorious food, personal, photos, shopping, snow, travel, Vancouver | 9 Comments

Should I stay(cation), or should I go (to White Rock)?

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This is Day One of my staycation! I’ve been to the art gallery and am now poncing about in a cafe with my MacBook, pretending to be a writer. Too bad I forgot to clean the laptop screen and outer … Continue reading →

Posted in drunkenness, personal, photos, sport, television, travel, Vancouver | 13 Comments

Lest we forget

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?
Posted in photos | 5 Comments

Woohoo!

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

  (posted from my iPhone) ETA: Wow, what a show! The best I’ve seen in years! More photos: I danced my ass off and sang and yelled until I was hoarse. Awesome stuff.

Posted in music, photos | 2 Comments

How the scientists stole Hallowe’en

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Here’s some classic X-Files dialogue from an episode called “How the ghosts stole Christmas“: Mulder: [alarmed at a noise] Shhh! What was that? Scully: [irritably rational] These are tricks that the mind plays. They are ingrained clichés from a thousand … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, photos, science, technology, television | 8 Comments

Meep Meep!

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve discovered another reason to keep cycling on rainy days: That’s the second one this month! The first was a scruffy little fella who suddenly appeared from a patch of mist in the cemetery when I was out for a … Continue reading →

Posted in cycling, furry friends, nature, photos, silliness, Vancouver | 4 Comments

Steamjunk

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

“What’s wrong with your whiteboard?”, asked a colleague this morning. I didn’t know anything was wrong with my whiteboard, which I use to keep track of grant deadlines, grants and manuscripts currently under review, and PI travel dates. But sure … Continue reading →

Posted in freakishness, photos, silliness | 7 Comments

Hankie enlightenment

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I found an absolute gem in my automated search results this morning: a bio of a man I know fairly well, having worked for two of the organisations named in the piece. However, it turns out that I didn’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in English language, furry friends, photos, science, silliness | 14 Comments

A tale of two sisters

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My sister is one of my favourite people in the whole world. She’s the person I miss the most from the UK, and although I love my three Canadian sisters-in-law dearly*, it’s just not quite the same. There was only … Continue reading →

Posted in career, education, family, personal, photos, publishing, science | 23 Comments

Environmentalist loonies

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I recently came across an environmental campaign that is so unique, so creative, and so effective, that it blew me away. This is a Canadian one dollar coin, aka loonie*, featuring an image of a common loon, and also Gavia … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, Canada, current affairs, environment, nature, photos, politics | 13 Comments