I had two great article ideas this morning. They usually come to me in bed but they are not always great ideas. My not-so-great article ideas were:

1. The Amazing Ted Turner

2. Bright Hollywood Actresses

I researched the first and then realized what I already knew: Rich people are often boring. So, although Ted Turner owns lots of buffalo and wants you to eat them in one of his new restaurants (his latest venture), once won a boat race, and gave one billion bucks to the U.N., nobody cares. This despite him saving many old movies for us to view free.

My second not-so-great idea resulted in the following conclusion: No body gives a darn about smart Hollywood actresses, they are interested only in the vain and stupid ones. Goldie Hahn is a clever business woman as was Lucille Ball, but nobody cares about their business acumen. Goldie is gracefully growing old and Lucille is gone from our world. They are not on the top of the 100 keyword list. These women are: Jenna Jameson, Antonella Barba, Paris Hilton, Lil Wayne, Fergie, Britney Spears, Carmen Electra, Pamela Anderson, Anna Nicole Smith, Avril Lavigne, Jessica Alba, Jessica Simpson, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie.

I checked to see if Avril Lavigne was actually a woman. She is and she sings. Angelina barely made the list, being number 100. She loves to appear in the raw in movies and has very nice legs. I think her famous lips are a bit too much. She adopts orphans in her spare time.

Don’t ask me how Fergie keeps making the list. The English are BORRRRRRIIIINNNNGGGG!

When your ideas BOMB, RUN!

As we say out here in Idaho: Don’t kick a dead horse! I’ve kicked this one quite enough.

If you can’t find a new idea worthy of your pen (or keyboard), you might consider an old idea. But new ideas are not that hard to find. Looking in our daily rag just now, I came up with the following possible article titles:

Don’t Feed Your Pets Pet Food: the Poison Danger Is Real / Try Table Scraps

How Former Government Officials are Rewarded by Becoming Lobbyist for Guess Who?

Troops Will Be Home In ‘08: 2108 That Is!

BASE Jumper Spring Jumps: They Are Just Falling All Over Themselves

Idaho’s Governor Vetoes Bill: Otter Likes Teens to Smoke While they Bowl

March Madness: The Survival of the Fittest and the Lucky

Magazines and television news programs can lead to some good ideas. Or just go outside and see what is going on.

You can also go to the ezine article sites and see what others are writing. Or drop by Amazon.com and put a keyword in the subject box. Or go to Google—oh, you’ve got it!

Whoa, there! Sometimes simply modifying a title you can generate a good idea from a bad idea. Here are some ideas:

Old Title: Brittany Spears, a Brilliant American Icon New Title: Brittany Spears Flunked Kindergarten

Old Title: Jay Leno's Early Childhood in Boston New Title: Jay Leno Steals Ideas from Letterman: Watches Letterman Every Night

Old Title: The Napoleonic Wars New Title: How Pumpernickel Bread Got It's Name: Napoleon fed horse bread in front of troops.

Old Title: Are Amazing Universe New Title: Our Galaxy is Gobbling Up Other Worlds Like Ours: Some End Up in Our Galaxy's Black Hole

Well, don't just sit there starring at the screen. Writers Write Right, Right?

The End

John T. Jones, Ph.D. (tjbooks@hotmail.com, a retired VP of R&D for Lenox China, is author of detective & western novels, nonfiction (business, scientific, engineering, humor), poetry, etc. Former editor of Ceramic Industry Magazine. He is Executive Representative of IWS sellers of Tyler Hicks wealth-success books and kits. He also sells TopFlight flagpoles. He calls himself "Taylor Jones, the hack writer."

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