"I'll be new-baptized."

Per my prior promise, your peepers probably perceive I've proactively performed the prompted plunge and punched up my persona. The point of this postdiluvian posting is to provide a plethora of proof to prop up my position.

P.S. 'Postdiluvian': an apparent pedalian play on 'plunge'.

"Thou art thyself, though not a Montague."

When I joined dA six years ago, I hadn't foreseen becoming such an involved member of the community. Rather, I was searching for artwork in relation to my own favorite fandoms, including Kim Possible, Harry Potter and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

So I registered with a name I'd used elsewhere around the web: a play on my actual surname. "I was `BornBlitzed, my mother was Blitzed when she married my father; and my father was blitzed when he proposed to her!" At the time, I had the half-formed notion of turning it into some sort of online brand: in retrospect, far from my finest moment.

"Deny thy father and refuse thy name!"

For that reason and others, I've been wanting to tweak my identity for some time now. But having put literally years of work into constructing and promoting this account, I was understandably reluctant to jump ship.

A few years ago, some friends bestowed upon me the sobriquet Mikipedia: I have widespread and eclectic knowledge base, can often provide citations, and I'm even correct about the same percentage of the time.

I've made it my official nickname elsewhere — such as on Facebook and Answers.com — and felt it might be a good idea to do so here as well, should the opportunity ever present itself.

And so the opportunity has; while at the same time, it hasn't. By which I mean that ~Mikipedia itself has already been claimed. And not even by a deactivated account, but simply an abandoned one. Cybersquatting, for the loss.

"...were he not Romeo called."

I won't bore you with the nitty-gritty of the soul-searching that occurred next. Suffice it to say that four possibilities presented themselves:

Tacking on a suffix, along the lines of `Mikipedia13.

Making a literary pun, as with `Bibliobibulus ("drunk on books").

Quoting a Latin expression, such as `VerbaManent ("words remain").

Building around the slogan 'Have Gun—Will Travel'.

That last one kind of snuck up on me. But the more I considered it, the greater its appeal: among other considerations, it'd work on a business card, and doesn't require explanation.

"That which we call a rose..."

Before committing to the idea, I explored more than two dozen permutations. A few were already taken; others were too long, or were the names of existing websites, active blogs or even published works.

Of those that were left, `HaveTales-WillTell emerged as the clear choice: it combines consonance and a crumb of cleverness — in conclusion, it captures the crux of my quintessence.

I hope you agree. As always, pax vobiscum.

—Mike