Writing headlines, take it from us, is hard work. So we were gratified when more than 20 of you stepped up and entered our Nov. 1 contest to write a New York Post-style headline about Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s third term, in homage to hizzoner’s performance on Conan O’Brien spitting out “Diddy in Doghouse Over Dingo Damage” and the like.
The winner, by reader acclamation – we are not going to mention that he tied with “Headline Contest Falls Flat; Greylady Breaks Hip” – was City Room comment stalwart Lifeboat No. 6 with “Gloomy Bloomy Barks; Third Term Bites Back.”
As advertised, the prize is that Mr. 6 got to write his own headline for this post, and there you see it above, kind of brilliant actually. Thanks to all.