Category Archives: TMI

Geeky Grossness Gauntlet

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Long-time readers may remember my friend Kyrsten’s famous guest post about Bob the bot fly. Commenters’ reactions on the original post ranged from mild (“kinda icky”) to ambivalent (“horrible. but very cool” / “utterly revolting, but sort of fascinating” / … Continue reading →

Posted in blog wars, career, freakishness, medicine, meta, monkeys, nature, personal, photos, science, silliness, TMI | 17 Comments

Fear o’moans

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m sure you’ve all heard by now of the publication in Science this week of a study suggesting that pheromones in women’s tears reduce testosterone levels and sexual arousal in men (summarised by Ed Yong here). This is definitely not … Continue reading →

Posted in education, original research, science, silliness, TMI | 14 Comments

Instant karma

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

An acquaintance at a funding agency emailed me today, asking if I had contact information for a researcher I’d never heard of. I didn’t, obviously, so I Googled the person’s name from the search box on my browser toolbar. The … Continue reading →

Posted in career, science, silliness, technology, TMI | 8 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

Steepness in Seattle

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Treebeard was wrong: going South does NOT feel like going downhill. (Well, except for the bits that actually were downhill. But some of those bits were really hard, too). But let’s start at the beginning… (BTW this is a really … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, camping, cycling, drunkenness, exercise, family, fund raising, personal, science, TMI, travel, videos | 17 Comments

Dream trippin’

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

When we bought our house (four years ago today!), one of the best things that Mr E Man and I did was to invest in a really good bed. We’d been sleeping on a queen-size futon, and although it was … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, family, freakishness, personal, silliness, TMI, travel | 9 Comments

Memes as mental fibre

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Right after EcoGeoFemme pointed out that there haven’t been many memes circulating recently, Amanda went and tagged me for one! The assignment is to write about seven things that I’ve never talked about in my blog. This is a tricky … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, career, family, freakishness, furry friends, medicine, meme, meta, personal, photos, silliness, the 2009 baby boom, TMI | 30 Comments

Daytripper: La Habana

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

We’d already decided to head South after our week in the resort, making the compulsory visit to Habana / Havana easiest to accomplish as a day trip West from Varadero. A couple of friends who’d been to Varadero before had … Continue reading →

Posted in photos, TMI, travel | 6 Comments

Divangelising

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Yes folks, it’s another post full of TMI. Especially for the guys. I know that at least one of my readers will be happy, but others among you may wish to go and read something else instead. Why not join … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, environment, personal, TMI | 26 Comments

Holy pap!

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

WARNING: this post may contain Too Much Information for some readers. Especially the guys. You may want to skip it and wait for my next post, which will probably be about the Canadian citizenship test, with hilarious examples of really … Continue reading →

Posted in medicine, personal, silliness, TMI | 19 Comments