I’M MISSING A SKILL SET
More Crap Headlines
I’ll stop writing shitty titles when I’m dead
I am Medium’s worst headline hatcher, full stop. Starting with my devotion to all things rhyming. My kid didn’t name his pet “Mamster the Hamster” without some parental prodding. And don’t get me started on alliteration. Which should have a more prominent role in the “Kamasutra” given how sexy, sultry, sensual, and slurpy it is. Then there is my penchant for the cryptic . . . I shall say no more . . .
Here are some horrible headlines from draft articles I never finished:
1 — Only a Little Spittle
Another coming of age whilst wearing a retainer mini-memoir.
2 — Cranky Crone Crotch Chronicles
I am slowly but surely righteously reclaiming the crone throne.
3— Chicken Soup For the Bowl
As opposed to for the plate.
4— I’m Getting Harried In the Morning
Please let there be many vintage musical theatre fans out there in Mediumland.
5 — Deleted User Clapped For Me
True story. Just not an interesting one.
6 — Meet My Baby: Diabetes Two Cralle
I used to think all babies were beautiful.
7 — It’s Not Auto-Brewery Syndrome: Your Teen Is Drunk
You can have your phone back when you’re forty.
8— Cattywampus On Campus
Makes no sense. Doesn’t rhyme. Its momma dresses it funny.
9 — Three Pair of Sensible Shoes Walked Into a Bar
Too raunchy?
10 — Just Watch Me Not Pay for Your Phone
Take that, you hellion!
11 — I’m Generation Raccoon Eyeliner
You can take the girl out of the 80’s but . . .
12 — Ode to the Von Trapps’ Curtain Clothing
Who wore it better — Scarlett or Maria?
The end.
