Category Archives: silliness

Caturday!

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Google’s Grabbing Game She can do this for hours. Usually loudly, at night. I woke up this morning to find four toy mice in the bedroom, just out of her reach… But isn’t it amazing how much fun you can … Continue reading →

Posted in furry friends, photos, silliness, videos | 1 Comment

5 Things Meme

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Tagged by Dr. A 5 things I was doing 10 years ago: 1. Kicking off my PhD in Glasgow by learning l33t plasmid cloning skillz from Obiwan Kenobi my awesome PI. (Seriously. I’m good. Or rather, I was).2. Going drinking … Continue reading →

Posted in career, drunkenness, food glorious food, furry friends, meme, personal, science, silliness, technology | 17 Comments

Mr E Man’s greatest hits

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Previous descriptions of my husband’s smooth moves and smooth talk were received rather well, so here are a few more! In a taxi, heading home after I’d met his friends for the first time: Mr E Man: “Oh, by the … Continue reading →

Posted in drunkenness, family, personal, photos, silliness | 19 Comments

miTunes

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Now here’s an unbelievably ignorant comment for you: I don’t like most black people not because of their skin color, but because I don’t like hip-hop and dancing. I don’t like most women because I don’t like shopping and romantic … Continue reading →

Posted in bad people, music, personal, silliness, videos | 13 Comments

My eyes, my eyes!

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Call the grammar police! A potentially very awesome email just got ruined for me. Let’s dissect this marketing FAIL! Subject: “Whistler: over 40cm of new snow and more on the way” So far so good. I am interested to learn … Continue reading →

Posted in English language, rants, silliness, snow | 12 Comments

Follow-up

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

One week on from my one and only chance to argue with a McCain-Palin supporter, I had the following text message exchange with our poker game (and Halloween party) host: Friend: “Poker tonight gang”Me: “Is [name] coming?”Friend: “Unfortunately not, I … Continue reading →

Posted in career, personal, politics, silliness | 3 Comments

Lost in translation

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

On such a momentous and tense day I imagine we could all use a laugh, eh? Here’s a road sign from Wales. The Welsh part of the sign is obviously supposed to say the same thing as the English part. … Continue reading →

Posted in photos, silliness | 10 Comments

The Cat(h) in the Hat

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Halloween! Crazy cat lady, in case you were wondering And yes, husband dear, I do appreciate the irony of dressing as a crazy cat lady and then taking photos of my cats with parts of my costume and posting them … Continue reading →

Posted in drunkenness, furry friends, personal, silliness | 11 Comments

Cyclo-geekery

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

D’ya like the new logo I just added to my work email signature? ———–__o——– _ \<,_——- (+)/ (+)Bike to work! I can’t claim credit, I stole it from an email I got from these guys. Just about to bike home, … Continue reading →

Posted in cycling, silliness | 2 Comments

Let’s all go and visit Okham instead!

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This hilarious commercial sums up an experience that Mr E Man and I had at the weekend. Yup, flights home for Christmas = $crazy amount + >75% in fees, taxes and surcharges, FFS. We even had to call the bank … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, rants, silliness, sport, videos | 14 Comments