Category Archives: silliness

Family fortunes

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Me: “Ooh! There are two fortunes in this fortune cookie!” Mr E Man: “Mine too!” (Munch munch, rustle rustle) Me: “OH! I don’t think mine are very compatible with each other!” Mr E Man: “Heh – same here!” Me: “Why, … Continue reading →

Posted in food glorious food, photos, silliness | 16 Comments

Because I know how much you love my screenshots

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Do you ever open up new browser tabs to read later? I do. It’s a very bad habit – I sometimes end up with as many as ten blogs and news articles open at once, and it can take me … Continue reading →

Posted in science, silliness, technology | 6 Comments

Just… don’t.

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

“BRCA status” is not so long and clunky that you should feel the need to say “BRCA-ness”, as in “property X is probably related to the BRCA-ness of the cell line”. If you absolutely must say “BRCA-ness”, pronounce it “bracka-ness”, … Continue reading →

Posted in English language, science, silliness, TMI | 9 Comments

Ever say never?

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Spotted on a whiteboard in a PI’s office, written in massive letters (colours as in original): Book chapters and reviews are for people with no data – NEVER SAY YES

Posted in career, publishing, science, silliness | 16 Comments

Elevated anxiety

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Spotted on the top floor of my building yesterday: In other, no doubt completely unrelated news, we have a new PI in the building! Dr… Wonka, I think it was. Model organisms guy, working on a species closely related to … Continue reading →

Posted in photos, silliness, technology, travel | 8 Comments

Now that’s an odd name for a dog.

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Weird that they didn’t give the photographer’s name, eh? (Awesome photo, though, that is in danger of making this Yorkshire lass feel homesick. Check out the series – there are some stunning shots included in the slide show).

Posted in nature, photos, silliness, the media, UK | 4 Comments

Context is everything

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Gotta love the intersection between science / clinical trial acronyms and automated word choice suggestions: Yes, lots of people eat rye bread in the former colonies, but that’s not quite what I was going for. In other news, I started … Continue reading →

Posted in English language, science, silliness, technology | 14 Comments

Loopholes

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m still too embroiled in deadline stresses to come up with anything original myself, so here are some little tricks and loopholes devised by two of my more ingenious friends. Use at your own peril, especially the first one… The … Continue reading →

Posted in career, silliness | 8 Comments

Derailed

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My biweekly, half-hour progress update meetings have been running for about a year now, and are proving their usefulness yet again as I work towards Friday’s progress report deadline.The cast is never the same for two performances in a row; … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, science, silliness | 7 Comments

Blades of glory (with reader poll!)

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I went ice skating on Saturday! With people I barely know, for added adventurousness! Well, it was more of a shuffle than a skate, but not bad, considering I’ve only skated three times before: The first time was at primary … Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 Olympics, Canada, drunkenness, exercise, food glorious food, personal, silliness, sport | 18 Comments