Tag Archives: inventions

Bad invention: The Catula!

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Liz Henry

The Catula, or Cat Spatula, is a ridiculous invention meant to help kind-hearted cat owners to move their cats from one place to another. It would gently pick up and move a cat from a shady place on the floor … Continue reading →

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Beer Hat Neti Pot

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Liz Henry

I have endless frivolous bad inventions! World, I bring you . . . the Beer Hat Neti Pot. Beer hats are those contraptions that rig up two cans of beer on your head, one on either side of a hat, … Continue reading →

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Cat eggs: another bad idea

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Liz Henry

This weekend one of my sister’s chickens laid an egg for the first time. I can’t wait till I get to find and eat an actual home-made egg. Everyone was super excited about this egg. My brother-in-law showed me an … Continue reading →

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Deep, then flippant, thoughts on SXSWi

Posted on March 5, 2007 by Liz Henry

I’m getting ready to fly out to Austin for SXSWi, where I’m going to talk at a session on Sunday afternoon, “Fictional Blogging”. Marrit Ingman at the Austin Chronicle interviewed me here: Where the Wild Things Blog. For once, I’m … Continue reading →

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Some amusing ideas around Twitter

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Liz Henry

Part of the fun of Twitter is in making up stupid words with tw*tt- as the prefix. Make up the ludicrous dot-com word and the idea will follow. I am very fond of words that have sprung into being like … Continue reading →

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Trivium, twittering, gregarious behavior

Posted on December 14, 2006 by Liz Henry

twittering Originally uploaded by Liz Henry. Some rambling thoughts on twitteration, or twitteritude: Twitter is fun. It’s a microblogging site; your entries are strictly limited to just a couple of lines of text. You can friend people and get their … Continue reading →

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