Titling Tips

I find myself with not one, but three stories in need of titles. My favorite way of doing titles, as the Writing Excuses folks say, is when they just come to me on their own. But then there's the rest of the time....

If a story deals with a particular field that has its own lingo, I'll sometimes browse jargon files, looking for something that rings true or has a potential double meaning. "Windy Van Hooten's Was Never Like This" came that way, and the more time passes the more I like it.

In theory, song lyrics should be a good source, but in practice I find that they depend too much on knowing the rest of the song. Or on having the same idiosyncratic interpretation of the song as I do, which, well, idiosyncratic.

Quote databases seem like they ought to be useful; I'm not sure how true this is in practice, but they're at least entertaining. I'm playing with http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 right now, which has the merit of offering groupings by theme.

Random title generators don't usually hit the mark, but sometimes they can inspire something else that proves useful. Here's a couple I've had fun with:
http://www.kitt.net/php/title.php
http://www.mcoorlim.com/random.html


How about you? Any tricks for coming up with titles? Any resources to share?