Given the topic of today’s article, I just had to link to this Times Online (UK) article (via Seth Godin). Seth calls it the “headline of the year,” and I have to agree it’s an excellent example of a compelling attention grabber:
Eminem remarries sweetheart he vowed to murder
Even if you don’t give a flip about Eminem, how do you resist reading that story?
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#1 Chris P. → 02.16.06 at 11:37 am
Pretty strong stuff…although “the kitty gets it” was good, too ;)