Category Archives: silliness

Trees do the darndest things! (Part II)

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

TREE HUG! (Part I is here, if anyone cares to relive the horror).

Posted in nature, photos, silliness | 8 Comments

Gratuitous talking dog video

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Mr E Man showed me this last night and I laughed so hard I cried  

Posted in furry friends, silliness, videos | 7 Comments

It’s the xkcd Wikipedia meme!

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(via DrugMonkey, who got it from WhizBANG). “Click on the first link not in parentheses  in any Wikipedia entry. Keep doing this and eventually, you end up at Philosophy”. Who would ever have guessed that my favourite team and my … Continue reading →

Posted in food glorious food, meme, science, silliness, sport, technology | 8 Comments

Geek tourism

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m back, and ready to lightly and cheerily distract people from their woes! We had a great time in England – in fact, it was our most fun visit EVAH! I’m not quite sure why it was better than previous … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, book review, drunkenness, embarrassing fan girl, family, food glorious food, medicine, nature, personal, photos, science, silliness, travel, UK | 21 Comments

Why do these things always sneak up on me?!

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

It can’t just be me, surely… This time tomorrow I’ll be on a 10 hour flight to London, where I will see my sister for the first time in more than two years, and meet up with old friends and … Continue reading →

Posted in family, personal, silliness, travel, UK | 8 Comments

Training FAIL

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I just spotted this, from last year’s form: Someone apparently got more traininf over the last 12 months: the typo has been corrected for this year’s form.

Posted in Canada, career, English language, silliness | 7 Comments

Are left-wingers more creative? Are multi-party systems superior to two-party systems? Do provocative titles attract more readers and comments?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Let’s see: a Canadian federal election, an electoral reform referendum in the UK, a new opposition leader and talk of an early provincial election in British Columbia, and lots of coverage of the likely US Republican party presidential candidates, all … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, Canada, current affairs, politics, silliness, UK | 48 Comments

Weekend fun: my next tweet

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Many, many thanks to Kimli for alerting me to “That Can Be My Next Tweet!“, a tool that creates mash-ups of bits and pieces of your most recent tweets to create much hilarity. My twitter stream is kinda schizophrenic at … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, communication, current affairs, cycling, English language, politics, science, silliness, technology | 35 Comments

Priorities

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This is a fantastic way to kick off a general election: Checking the CBC website for the latest campaign news this morning, I noticed that sport (and hockey in particular) is apparently less important than potential nuclear meltdowns, but much … Continue reading →

Posted in bad people, Canada, current affairs, silliness, sport, videos | 10 Comments

It’s Friday, Friday!

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Yesterday was Thursday! Tomorrow is Saturday! And Sunday comes afterwards! (Lyrics courtesy of a strong contender for The Worst Song Of All Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0 I’m so happy about today’s events (more on that later) that I no longer feel depressed … Continue reading →

Posted in current affairs, drunkenness, food glorious food, music, photos, politics, silliness, videos | 27 Comments