prompts raze over the years, a fair few people have left underscore_connected_phrases that don't actually link to anything hidden in blathes like flowers that blend into the landscape until the light hits them just right. as far as i can figure it, half the time they had an idea for a blathe they meant to write and then they forgot about it, and the rest of the time they thought they were being clever by going out of their way to defeat the interconnected nature of blather. in any case, one of my favourite things to do over the last few years has been to use these things as writing prompts when i find them, closing the circle so they'll link to something, even if the connection is being made ten or twenty years after the fact. i'll probably never be able to dig them all up. but here are one hundred and seventy titles without blathes to call home, organized in alphabetical order for ease of use. if ever you're in need of inspiration, feel free to grab one and run with it. a_box_of_fire a_film_i_was_disappointed_with after_the_storm almost_face als_das_kind amanda_palmer anne_girl are_you_dreaming arrive_at_five as_it_were ask_the_right_question at_this_point audible_space barefoot_pirate beast_of_burden better_than between_us big_huge_blathes black_and_yellow blather_blue blather_green blather_purple blather_radio blather_world blue_blather break_the_rosary_bead_by_bead break_the_shell but_still by_which chains_of_underscores checking_in cuddle_bug damn_typo dating_perfection dead_flowers death_food deep_fried_thoughts desert_desserts don't_forget_the_flowers double_blathed double_sided_tape dream_in_blather dreaming_awake drunk_voicemail each_other escape_closure even_you eyes_cast_down factory_girl fluffy_feel_good_battle food_of_the_gods food_of_the_goddess for_fuck's_sake four_cats gay_whales gimme_shelter gina_gershon give_and_accept global_dimming good_riddance gwen_stefani have_a_blast have_words heaven_in_you heavy_hearts_get_stronger her_first_kiss_was_from_a_cigarette here_and_there here_be_monsters how_things_change hyperactive_mind i_can't_help_but_wonder i_got_the_blues i_have_issues i_heard i_just_want_to_see_his_face i_lied_my_face_off i_need_closure i_pray i_remember_now ideal_condition indigo_children industrial_strength jigsaw_puzzle karmic_knots kitty_leg lady_jane late_night_tv laughing_circles lessons_in_acceptance let_it_bleed let_it_loose let's_spend_the_night_together live_with_me look_again looking_like_a_boy love_in_vain love_ourselves loving_cup midnight_rambler music_theory my_best_friend my_very_own_gay_policy_backing_position_plan never_grow_old noise_pollution not_allowed not_found occupy_the_kitchen oh_steady_steady_whore one_step_at_a_time people_who_feel_like_home perks_of_being_a_wallflower physical_space pink_moon playful_soul pot_strains real_and_sincere rehearsing_my_past ride_your_bike salt_of_the_earth san_francisco sanity_meeting screaming_into_the_sunset screen_name secret_keeper self_fulfilling_prophecy self_healing shining_bright short_sighted sister_morphine sketch_holes skinny_dipping smart_ass sneak_a_cup_feature snow_glare so_long soon_to_bloom soul_survivor spacial_responsibility standing_on_the_water stepping_stone still_searching stop_breaking_down street_fighting_man sweet_virginia sympathy_for_the_devil take_time_to_eat_the_roses thanks_for_reminding_me that's_beautiful the_ the_church the_lost_winter the_smell_of_pot the_world_is_what_you_make_it the_undisputed_truth then_again think_you're_stupid todat_yesterdat torn_and_frayed truest_most_impossible_thing tumbling_dice turned_on twenty_thoughts wake_up_and_shine walking_away welcome_back what_a_fucking_mess what_fucking_mess whiskey_train you_can't_always_get_what_you_want you_got_the_silver 231225 ... Soma golden_butt 231228 ... Soma mindless albums tiring all characters winding passed ignorant puritan fucks exact rot valuable subjective boil lays measurement beady boxes heals untouched stops obsessed velocity worthwhile cocks checking you'll burden professor environmental carving mixing using canvas lasting rot tomb hallucinogens dawned films albums reliance theme melodic visceral quirky pattern tracks songwriter mockingbird determine dynamic compile musical brilliant chord weave horns tend original version digress row fully appreciate comment ballad fellow weep west inspiring sinner gateway anguish suggest albums sample creates folk superficial 231229 ... epitome of incomprehensibility In "weightofthings" (three words in one) the prompts are sort of poemy - apologize if repeats - fulfill fulfilled regardlessly wiggle brings physical pulls the_pendulum_swings 240111 ... Soma intently concentration whim simultaneously evoke darkest radiance wing pick pins slide appreciate avoid blossoms 240201 ... raze two hundred and five more: _for _more_ _tattooed a_day_wasted a_day_without_blather a_real_hug a_single_second abbey_road abstract_association abstract_associations alternative_to_death anal_harmony and_then august_spiders awkward_balloon back_and_forth_and_on_and_on barking_spiders beardsley_always_inspires been_there being_ ben_folds_five ben_harper beneath_the_bay beyond_golden big_dipper blade_runner blather_elite blather_girl blather_god blather_gods blather_grave blather_meanie blather_remorse blather_shadow blather_stalker blather_stalking bright_stars built_to_spill but_also cabrini_green close_by close_up collage_poem court_and_spark cry_in_public days_of_being_wild dead_blather dead_can_dance dead_kennedys depth_perception digital_dust don't_care don't_know_how don't_waste_your_time driver's_license earth_mother eight_months_later egg_zack_lee face_to_face fall_flat_on_the_floor feeling_inside_me find_yourself flying_under_water for_real four_corners frequency_friend front_row_seat fuck_deodorant future_blathe get_blather ghost_story go_figure godly_things great_lake_swimmers greed_bites guitar_freak hakin_bey happy_holidays heart_pang hit_bottom_again house_of_dreams housing_discrimination how_the_fuck i_am_part_of_a_large_family i_got_a_cat_named_tonya i_know_it's_over imagine_all_the_people in_every_life in_love inner_conflict it_all_exists it_almost_happened_again it_is_okay_to_cry it's_a_beautiful_sight it's_all_relative james_joyce kettle_one kick_that_can_down_the_road kindred_karmic_activity laissez_faire lame_superpower leaving_you let_it_out let_us_compose_something_splendid lonely_lonely lost_girl magnetic_fields male_ego morning_theft mountain_dew my_dear natural_born_killers no_can_do oblique_strategy oh_crap opposable_nipple original_collisions peace_and_love photographic_memory pictures_of_blatherites point_of_view possibly_maybe potted_meat_food_product purple_grass pyloric_stenosis real_life reasons_for_being red_blooms romancing_stones romeo_and_juliet save_ferris scar_tissue second_hand_smoker self_beater self_deprecation self_inflicted six_months_later slightly_disliked_vegetables slut_shaming so_long so_there so_warm social_suicide sometimes_i'm_less spam_burgers spirit_animal star_fucked start_over sugar_daddy sugar_momma such_and_such summoning_song taxi_driver temporarily_permanently that_connection the_echo the_film_lab the_fish_out_of_water the_stolen_child the_unchecked_expansion_of_the_universe the_unknown theme_for_english_b there_i_said_it_twice there_must_be_something_wrong_with_me these_are_the_days_my_friends things_can_only_get_better things_that_made_you_smile_today third_eye_blind this_is_not_a_pipe this_is_not_about_you ties_meant_to_be_cut_off tiptoes_and_fingerprints toxic_kisses tuesday_night_conundrum turning_radius two_way_mirror umbilical_cord under_the_radar unhinged_and_jane unrequited_love unwanted_day useful_or_mature van_goghs_bedroom_exhibit war_memorial war_on_poverty water_and_fire we've_lost weekend_update weird_superpower when_were_both_cats where_my_heart_sleeps whiskey_train white_flight will_you win_win wipe_my_eyes wish_you_were_here work_smarter_not_harder write_more_loveletters year_after_year yin_and_yang you_are_golden you_are_that you_are_the_sunshine_of_my_life you_remembered_me 240215 ... kerry philly promptly peony private 240215 ... raze one hundred and thirty more: _like a_fight a_film_you_might_like a_muse a_single_second a_sudden_kiss abort_retry_fail adult_life and_deaden_it and_leave_us_to_our_nauseating_waves and_now_it_is_dead and_now_it_is_even_more_dead and_now_we_have_steak and_we_say and_you_scientists art_of_destruction as_kinetic_as_science at_least_it_is_no_god_thing at_the_end_of_every_day bathed_in_sweat battle_of_hearts belly_dance bow_legged brain_weasels brother_brother_brother cannot_put_my_finger_on_it_now chocolate_of_the_day chocolate_of_the_night choking_on_echoes_which_were_not_mine close_up dead_definitions deaden_life_and_words don't_laugh_i_love_you everything_is_everything flowers_for_algernon for_your_consistency gentle_thoughts glass_ceiling_of_anxiety glitch_in_the_matrix groin_cup half_empty__half_full have_a_look_around henry_rollins hidden_gems high_and_dry hour_of_the_rat how_does_this_give_survival_value how_does_this_give_value_to_survival i_am_no_scientist i_am_the_wolf i_impale_myself i_let_you_in i_might i'm_an_idiot i've_made_a_few ignore_very_kindly in_all_your_penmanship's_potential it's_already_getting_phrases it's_too_late jojo_rabbit let_sleeping_dogs_lie lose_my_shit magical_prowess my_body natural_state_of_being never_the_fuck_again no_good_to_go_alone north_america one_by_one one_moment_please open_hands open_heart or_something over_and_over peace_of_mind pepper_bracelets puddle_of_consciousness placed_in_a_microwave_safe_tray quiet_realizations range_life ray_davies remember_to_breathe right_on rosy_colored_glasses sad_but_true scoop_of_instant_satisfaction shark_in_the_water small_comforts small_victories smiling_is_contagious something_cascading something_in_the_way spitting_into_the_bottomless such_as sun_taureans talk_nerdy_to_me talking_heads thanks_for_reminding_me_of_this the_cat_nature the_e_of_e_o_i the_kinks the_next_blue_sky the_places_that_scare_you the_questions_you_sear the_spark_of_the_original_fire the_unbearable_lightness_of_being theory_of_identity things_you_feel things_you_hear things_you_see thom_yorke's to_be_portioned_into_cubes to_be_sold_in_the_freezer_section tonights_the_night uniformly_convergent unwanted_day upon_this_pyramidal_art_complex we_know_you we_see_no_threat we_see_you which_you_are_under whistling_all_the_way will_you with_your_written_permission you_are_not you_can_take you_learned_ones_will_starve your_dead_measurements you_flare_your_nostrils you_suspend_your_brows 240813 ... raze _brain 12_gauged agged_up all_of_a_sudden_i_miss_everyone and_wonderin_what_dress_to_wear_now anus_face before_i_put_on_my_make_up bernard_langered big_star blather_red_tea boiled_as_an_owl boozed_up boris_yelstinned brahms_and_liszt break_of_day bro_endorsement car_b_q cheap_trick children_for_artemis confusion_has_its_own_message cop_sluggin_drunk cotton_mouthed critical_mass curried_and_mashed de_ossified dead_drunk disguised_with_drink dot_cottoned dr_pepper dream_mind drinking_rum_until_nothing_kills drinky_winky druck_steaming drunk_as_a_fiddler drunk_as_a_lord drunk_as_a_skunk drunk_as_blazes drunk_as_david's_sow drunk_as_the_devil drunk_uncled en_schwalja en_supa en_supknust escape_velocity five_winos_gone flat_out four_to_the_floor fox_drunk full_as_a_tick furniture_from_ikea goat_drunk got_my_beer_goggles_on getting_better green_rapture had_a_couple_of_shickers half_seas_over half_cocked half_scholar hammer_blowed having_the_whirlygigs hello_occifer i_say_a_little_prayer_for_you i_thought_i_was_insane in_drink in_one's_cups in_orbit in_the_bag in_the_paint it's_true jaiked_up jan_hammered juice_looped kailanah_anal_massager lagged_up legally_drunk light_hearted lion_drunk liquored_up lit_up liver_lubed locked_out_of_your_mind loo_la looking_forward love_never_fails mad_wey_it mandoo_ed marry_queen_spanking martin_drunk merl_haggard ming_ho ming_mong monkey_assed monkey_full nicely_irrigated_with_horizontal_lubricant not_sober oblonctorated off_me_pickle off_me_trolley off_the_leash on_a_bun on_a_campaign one_over_the_eight out_like_a_light out_of_it out_of_my_head out_yer_tree pie_eyed pile_axed poo_faced praise_the_sun rat_assed rat_legged reek_ho right_mind ripped_to_the_tits roaring_drunk rocket_launcher rosy_glow rum_dum salt_stains saying_hello_to_mr_armitage scream_and_runs seeing_double self_amusement self_disgust self_hate sheep_drunk shined_up shit_faced stewed_to_the_gills stupid_mondays swine_drunk tee_martoonis ten_feet_tall_and_bulletproof the_japandroids the_last_waltz the_worse_for_drink three_day_drunk three_sheets_to_the_wind tore_up_from_the_floor_up torn_off_the_frame troll_eyed under_the_influence walking_backwards_in_winter warren_zevon wearing_a_big_hat while_combing_my_hair_now wired_to_the_tits with_drink_taken with_the_fairies zz_top 240920 ... raze a_la aleatoric_concinnity annie_dillard atomic_bomb attention_grabbing_to_my_soul battered_soul benign_neglect blather_epiphanies butterfly_sanctuary care_packages care_takers carrying_of_water charles_dickens chronic_illness climate_change el_em_ent electrolyte_powders eternal_bellyache everyone_goes_away fair_weather_friends for_the_community forever_disappointed forever_hopeful gulf_of_mexico heaven_over_fire i_know_why_the_caged_bird_sings immigrant_song inflamed_brain it's_a_mastapieeeece john_paul_jones john_steinbeck kiwi_strawberry labyrinth_lullabye madame_oak mantra_of_the_year masochistic_irony mother_me my_depression_is_a_hole_in_the_ground my_home_in_the_county neighborhood_cat noise_beauty october_slide one_by_one paul_theroux pockets_of_posies pop_rocks projected_tension return_to_normal river_hawk rock_me_to_sleep same_old_lessons slinks_off_again smother_me soul_full_of_sadness soul_sing tc_boyle the_before_times the_unfairness_of_immer_immersion the_usual_suspects things_that_go_bump_in_the_dark this_life_is_through this_will_make_me_cry tom_robbins troubled_heart truck_sounds we_are_alive we_are_here when_in_rome when_the_levee_breaks william_least_heat_moon 241030 what's it to you? who go blather from