Category Archives: politics

The best Gregor since Mendel?

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Vancouver is a fantastic place to be a cyclist. Designated bike routes everywhere (I attended the opening celebrations for the newest one last weekend), and more considerate drivers than in Glasgow (although everything’s relative, and some of my fellow cyclists … Continue reading →

Posted in cycling, embarrassing fan girl, environment, photos, politics, Vancouver | 6 Comments

Windows on Vancouver

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This is the Little Mountain public housing complex in East Vancouver. My fellow X-Philes may recognise Little Mountain as one of the locations in last year’s “I Want to Believe”. It was used as the exterior set for the lodgings … Continue reading →

Posted in art, bad people, photos, politics, Vancouver | 11 Comments

Stephen Colbert is a freakin’ genius

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen on TV since Tina Fey was Sarah Palin.

Posted in politics, silliness, videos | 11 Comments

Some laws are made to be broken

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Like laws that impose a statute of limitations on genocide. They should put this guy on trial.

Posted in bad people, politics | 4 Comments

Three people…

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…who I wish would shuffle off into the obscurity of history. The Pope, for speaking out against condom distribution in Africa (abstinence is the answer, apparently). Canada’s Science Minister, Gary Goodyear, for showing the tell-tale signs of being a creationist … Continue reading →

Posted in bad people, Canada, creationism, politics | 7 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

It’s blogging, Jim, but not as we know it

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Grant deadline week!!!!!!!! To be followed by ski trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, I’m pretty busy. So instead of a proper post, here are a couple of snippets from the web. Look who wants to be the next Canadian Prime Minister! This was … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, grant wrangling, politics, science, silliness | 6 Comments

The BBC on Obama’s visit to Canada

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(From before the actual event) “Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a Conservative who leads a minority government, and it would be fair to say that he has avoided the temptations of charisma in doing so. […]*The contrast with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, politics | 4 Comments

2009 is looking up

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

“For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act – not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. … Continue reading →

Posted in education, environment, medicine, politics, science, technology | 11 Comments

Puck off

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m not going to comment on the result of last night’s World Junior Hockey Championship gold medal game*, for fear of a certain Swede coming up here and clobbering me. I wanted to focus instead on one particular aspect of … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, silliness, sport | 10 Comments