Another community effort: names. I have been playing correspondence games on a chess server on which you have to give a title for every game you start. Most games have a generic title or something like “Advance French please”. But when given an opportunity to name things I can’t help letting myself go (in fact if I could blog in subject lines only I probably would). These are the names I’ve used so far:

Brand new key – Tangled up in blue – Here come the people in grey – Talo maalla – Hated sunday – Happiness is a warm gun – Sivulla jatkuu – River Euphrates – Uusiopaperia. – Abdeckungsblech – Ideakuvasto – Mechelininkatu – Dire Wolf – Irene Kaktus – Parta – New Speedway Boogie – Mustaa ei ole – Holhosinko – Viikon perehtymisjakso – Jarrutan – Kompaktin Hausdorff-avaruuden komponentit ovat kvasikomponentteja. – Ajoratamaalaus – Savoy truffle

I think these are good names. But I can do better; almost all of them are stolen from some written matter I had around at the time. If you, the person reading this, can think of a good title for a chess game, please report. I named our teapot “Sukellusvene” so you’re obviously going to have to improve on the work of a professional.

I have been using the word “soul-sucking” a lot recently.

There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn’t.