Category Archives: videos

Time travelling to reach you

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

If time travel is supposedly impossible now, how did a podcast just send me back in time by more than a decade? I listen to various music podcasts at work, and this morning I selected a 2009 episode of “Y-Pod: … Continue reading →

Posted in drunkenness, music, personal, silliness, travel, UK, videos | 2 Comments

Visual cymbal

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Here’s an astounding slo-mo video of a cymbal strike: Isn’t that amazing?! I mean, you know at some intellectual level that sound is a wave caused by the vibration of a solid object… but actually seeing that? So cool. (H/T … Continue reading →

Posted in music, science, videos | 5 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

Birds of a feather

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

If I’d been born in the Middle Ages, I would have been lucky to reach adulthood. If I had made it that far, I’d almost certainly have promptly died in childbirth, or from bubonic plague, or something of that nature. … Continue reading →

Posted in book review, embarrassing fan girl, exercise, family, furry friends, nature, personal, photos, sport, travel, UK, videos | 15 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

Crashing through the block

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve had a bad case of blogger’s block lately, brought on by a double whammy of: 1) the worst cold I’ve had in years (which is also my third cold in 2011, ugh), and 2) News Paralysis – the state … Continue reading →

Posted in current affairs, meta, personal, politics, sport, videos, whining | 15 Comments

A moment of silence…

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…for the White Stripes?* NAH! A few moments of blistering NOISE is far more appropriate! Thank you for the music, guys. *people – music journalists, no less – STILL think they’re brother and sister?! Weird.

Posted in music, videos | 4 Comments

It Gets Better

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(ETA: DAMNIT! I still can’t figure out how to embed videos. I’ll try to fix this later, but for now I’ll just put the links in) (E again TA: Richard fixed the embedding! Yay! Thanks again, Richard!) (3rd edit: adding … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, education, embarrassing fan girl, music, personal, videos | 17 Comments

I don’t talk like this at all, eh?

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Damnit, I can’t get the video to embed, despite following Richard’s instructions. Here’s the link to YouTube (and another one, because the first one got taken down)

Posted in Canada, English language, silliness, videos | 18 Comments