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    Image of J. Henry Waugh J. Henry Waugh
    11/09/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    I remember a Shouts and Murmurs from the late-90's: What We Talk About When We Talk About Donuts.

    It was the first and only time I found this clever. #moratorium
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    Image of Maulleigh Maulleigh
    11/09/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    I've seen a couple headlines that start "The Audacity of (x)" which just makes me livid. And the only way to get on Oprah's best seller list is to have a title that reads, "The (x)'s daughter" or "The (x)'s wife." #moratorium
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    11/09/09

    @Maulleigh: Right!? It is IMPOSSIBLE to keep all those titles straight. I'm convinced they are all secretly the same book. #moratorium
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    11/09/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    A better headline for this post would have been "In Which We Talk About Lame Headlines", because "In Which..." is not nearly as overused or annoying of a lead-in.
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    Edited by badasscat at 11/09/09 12:56 AM badasscat was starred badasscat was unstarred
    Image of t4cgirl t4cgirl
    11/09/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    Thanks, Google

    Results 1 - 10 of about 856,000 for "what we talk about when we talk about" -love. (0.20 seconds)

    Tenure, Editing, Heroin, Hip-Hop, Cloud Computing, Birth Certificates... #moratorium
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/08/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    PS: Also, for a Commie, you're displaying nice essayistic chops, Adrian. Keep it up. #moratorium
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    11/08/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    Happiness Is..
    A Mutt Chasing Its Tail
    Two Ladies Bouncing on a Seesaw
    Campaigning for Gore
    +ad infinitum.

    That is what I talk about when I talk about lame headlines.

    Also, What is the What is what I talk about when I talk about lame novel titles. #moratorium
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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    11/08/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    Will They Please Be Quiet, Please? #moratorium
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    Image of pssshwhatever pssshwhatever
    11/08/09

    @gawkimo: *snort* #moratorium
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    11/08/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    Still can't compete with headline takes on "The Kids Are Alright" #moratorium
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    11/08/09

    @MyNameIsChris: Oddly, I typed this before I noticed that the previous story actually did this. Weird. My head may now explode. #moratorium
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    Image of MattGaymon MattGaymon
    11/08/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    On my first day of college I wore a Tori Amos t-shirt. Which is what I talk about when I talk about desperate. #moratorium
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    Image of minou minou
    11/08/09

    @MattGaymon: Oh, honey. #moratorium
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    Image of Calraigh Calraigh
    11/09/09

    @MattGaymon: You just gave me a hernia. Thanks a whole lot. #moratorium
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    11/08/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    I'm going to change the title of Altarcations to The Things They Married. #moratorium
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    11/08/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: I'd really like for this to happen. I know it makes me an asshole, and I don't care. #moratorium
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/09/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: Where the Married Things Are #moratorium
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    Image of J. Henry Waugh J. Henry Waugh
    11/09/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: Love it. #moratorium
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    Image of RachelSklar RachelSklar
    11/08/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    I've read Atlas Shrugged. And raped Howard Roark. #moratorium
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    Image of MyNameIsChris MyNameIsChris
    11/08/09

    @RachelSklar: And Howard Roark laughed when you did. #moratorium
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    Image of ninety_nine ninety_nine
    11/08/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    Turns out the original title was What We Talk about When We Talk About Talking About Love before Lish edited it. #yeahliteraturesuckitfoster #moratorium
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    11/08/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    I get the concerns about in-group smugness...but come on, just how many people have even read Raymond Carver?

    I'm pretty confident I routinely go through entire weeks of my life without encountering a single one. So I suggest that this isn't an in-group one can work up any real indignation over. Any attempted smugness on their part just comes off as silliness. #moratorium
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    11/08/09

    @skahammer: If you rode on the Metro with one, would you know it? I mean, if they didn't happen to be holding "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?"Look around. Does it show? I can usually tell if a certain sort has had love in the last 24, but I don't always catch Raymond Carver readers. I think I do, and it's only George Washington. #moratorium
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    Image of Better to Eat You With Better to Eat You With
    11/08/09

    @Tremonius: I had no idea I could love you more than I already did. #moratorium
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    Tremonius promoted this comment Better to Eat You With was starred Better to Eat You With was unstarred
    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    11/09/09

    @Better to Eat You With: Thank you. Wonderful way to begin the week. Back atcha. And I always try and remember about writers, Raymond Carver never did nuthin' with no peanut. #moratorium
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/08/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    Also, let's not forget what we are, in fact, talking about... #moratorium
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/08/09

    In reply to What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
    #bloggerswoon. Adrian, you win. #moratorium
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    Foster Kamer was starred Foster Kamer was unstarred
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