Enraged email from Stig O. Walsh. He's taken enormous offence at my remarks about notebook protectors, and is shocked that I'm "trivialising such an important topic."

In my defence, however, I would point out that trivialising notebook protectors, or trivialising anything, is not necessarily easy. In my case, it was something I had to work up to. I had to go to a special school and everything.

But, in an indirect manner, Stig has made me aware that Sonata for Unfinished Yelling is just that. It's just a title. A title that's aimlessly floating around in space. The kind of title that could mean anything to anyone. The kind of title that lacks an image, a concept, a word, to anchor it, to explain itself. It doesn't have what modern, well-designed, award-winning titles have.

It doesn't have a subtitle.

So, in what will probably turn out to be a futile bid to stave off legal action coming from the direction of Stig, this could well be the moment to try a subtitle out. How does this look to you?

Sonata for Unfinished Yelling: An Exploration of Notebook Protectors

plus occasional discussion about other, less important stuff

Or perhaps this:

Sonata for Unfinished Yelling: The Art and Science of Notebook Protectors

like, as if there's anything else worth talking about

Or even:

Sonata for Unfinished Yelling: An Ongoing Tribute to Stig O. Walsh

with intermittent positive remarks about notebook protectors and Stig's legal team