Monday, October 9, 2006 | by nathan

“She Has A Pleasant Phone Voice.”

As almost any journalist will tell you, writing headlines is just about the worst, stupidest, and most difficult thing to do. At least, it is for me, and it is for most of the print journalists I know.

Our magazine project at work is winding down - finally - and one of our most long-procrastinated tasks is writing 50-some-odd three-word headlines for our series of 100-word profiles on various alumnae. Trying to sum up these women in three words is a bit like saying the Iraq War was "a bad bet." Some of the headlines write themselves, because some of the women are articulate and funny and gave us wonderful quotes. Others are easy because some of the women have cool jobs or interesting positions.

But some of the women are boring, their lives are boring, their quotes are boring, and their jobs are boring, and I’ve been using filler headlines to assist my sometimes less-than-creative brain. Some examples:

"She Was Mean To Me On The Phone."

"Eric Took Her Picture."

"A Woman’s Place Is In The Home."

"The Season Premiere of Drawn Together Wasn’t Funny."

"She Can Bite Me."

"Hi, I’m Mrs. Bill Johnson."