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2 responses to “A headline I’ve always wanted to use”

• For reals, Chuck? This is juvenile, and stale. The sort of thing bad headline writers do when they’re trying to come off as young and edgy, but the actual effect is just the opposite. You probably also can’t wait to use LOL in a headline. Sorry, it’s not clever.

  — Peter, 4:19 p.m. Feb. 3, 2011
• Saw your byline and just had to respond.

  And I think I can speak for Eagles fans everywhere when I say:

  “A-friggin’-men, brother”…

  — Jon Apple, 10:10 a.m. Feb. 4, 2011

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Charles Apple is a freelance visual journalist and instructor. A longtime news artist and designer, he is the former graphics director of the Virginian-Pilot and the Des Moines Register. He teaches design and graphics workshops and seminars and spends way too much time online. Read more ...

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