Category Archives: silliness

LMAO, eh?

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

An article called Canadian Beacon jumped out at me from my Nature Medicine RSS feed yesterday. As a good bacon (and pun) loving syrup sucker ice hole Canadian, I clicked through to read the whole article, and almost immediately attracted … Continue reading →

Posted in silliness | 6 Comments

Friday quiz: science mnemonics

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

From the same puzzle of the day desk calendar that gave us the science anagram puzzles post back in February, here’s an entry called “Abbreviated Science”! There are six science-related1 mnemonics listed below. The actual calendar page also listed the … Continue reading →

Posted in fun with language, science, silliness | 45 Comments

GRRRRR-ant

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Or should that be g-RANT? Today, at 4:15, I finally submitted the Grant With No Deadline. Or, more accurately, the grant that had no deadline… no deadline… no deadline… no deadline… for months, and then suddenly HAD to be submitted … Continue reading →

Posted in career, grant wrangling, personal, photos, science, silliness | 10 Comments

Help!

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Well, I’m well and truly converted: I’ve had a MacBook at home for over a year now, and just got a MacBook Pro for work. Woo hoo! I still do most of my day-to-day work on a PC – the … Continue reading →

Posted in silliness, the wonders of technology | 26 Comments

Happy Canada Day!

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(It’s actually tomorrow, but I’m posting now because I’m declaring a blog-free day tomorrow. I want to catch up with some of the real-life friends I neglected throughout the Ride training etc!).

Posted in Canada, politics, silliness | 7 Comments

The blooper reel

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Let’s see if you can guess why I decided to re-do the beginning of the “thank you” video… the video that I sent to my parents, in-laws, aunties and uncles… (Hint: don’t watch it at work). Yeah.

Posted in silliness, videos | 5 Comments

Rib tickler

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I like food. And drinks. I like to try lots of different stuff. I’m reasonably adventurous. But I also like to make sure that when I order a meal in a restaurant, I’m going to enjoy it*. The obvious solution … Continue reading →

Posted in atheism, drunkenness, food glorious food, personal, science, silliness | 13 Comments

Beeb Boob

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Oh dear, BBC. Oh dear. (Thought I’d better get this up before someone notices and corrects the images!)

Posted in photos, silliness, sport, the media | 9 Comments

I am not cut out for a tech support career

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This morning, before work: Dad: “Do you have [cousin’s] email address? I just got an email about cheap train fares that I want to forward to her” Me: “It’s in my Gmail. I don’t know it off by heart, because … Continue reading →

Posted in silliness, the wonders of technology | 8 Comments

Captions Please…

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you: Our Glorious Leader On The World Stage. AKA LOLHarper. In order of increasing LOLs: see more Political Pictures  (Source, and why it’s funny, in case you’re not familiar with the British meanings of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, photos, politics, silliness | 10 Comments