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diff --git a/lib/muff/muffmisc.py b/lib/muff/muffmisc.py
index ba90981..d0765ef 100644
--- a/lib/muff/muffmisc.py
+++ b/lib/muff/muffmisc.py
@@ -3,15 +3,32 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 mudpy, Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>, all rights reserved.
 # Licensed per terms in the LICENSE file distributed with this software.
 
+# used by several functions for random calls
+import random
+
+# random_name uses string.strip
+import string
+
+# the log function uses time.asctime for creating timestamps
+import time
+
 # hack to load all modules in the muff package
 import muff
 for module in muff.__all__:
 	exec("import " + module)
 
-def broadcast(output):
+def broadcast(message):
 	"""Send a message to all connected users."""
-	for each_user in muffvars.userlist:
-		each_user.send(output)
+	for each_user in muffvars.userlist: each_user.send(message)
+
+def log(message):
+	"""Log a message."""
+
+	# the time in posix log timestamp format
+	timestamp = time.asctime()[4:19]
+
+	# send the timestamp and message to standard output
+	print(timestamp + " " + message)
 
 def wrap_ansi_text(text, width):
 	"""Wrap text with arbitrary width while ignoring ANSI colors."""
@@ -82,3 +99,42 @@ def wrap_ansi_text(text, width):
 	# return the newly-wrapped text
 	return text
 
+def weighted_choice(data):
+	"""Takes a dict weighted by value and returns a random key."""
+
+	# this will hold our expanded list of keys from the data
+	expanded = []
+
+	# create thee expanded list of keys
+	for key in data.keys():
+		for count in range(data[key]):
+			expanded.append(key)
+
+	# return one at random
+	return random.choice(expanded)
+
+def random_name():
+	"""Returns a random character name."""
+
+	# the vowels and consonants needed to create romaji syllables
+	vowels = [ "a", "i", "u", "e", "o" ]
+	consonants = ["'", "k", "z", "s", "sh", "z", "j", "t", "ch", "ts", "d", "n", "h", "f", "m", "y", "r", "w" ]
+
+	# this dict will hold our weighted list of syllables
+	syllables = {}
+
+	# generate the list with an even weighting
+	for consonant in consonants:
+		for vowel in vowels:
+			syllables[consonant + vowel] = 1
+
+	# we'll build the name into this string
+	name = ""
+
+	# create a name of random length from the syllables
+	for syllable in range(random.randrange(2, 6)):
+		name += weighted_choice(syllables)
+
+	# strip any leading quotemark, capitalize and return the name
+	return string.strip(name, "'").capitalize()
+