Bjorn the Dinosaur - The Official Mascot of Electric Vihta

First I need to welcome our new contributors. More the merrier, welcome and let's hope that we would all find time to post something quite regularly.

Today, I've been mostly writing and enjoying probably the last summery day. jULES' post, however, brings back some memories from what some people would refer to as the 'good old days'. These things happen to all of us every now and then and should be treated as minor misconducts for otherwise perfectly behaving men. Well, mostly anyway.

Now then, I hear you mention Bjorn the dinosaur and think to myself that we don't have a blog mascot. Problem solved, thank you Rex Ethyl and Mick.

We should make some things clear about Bjorn the dinosaur (and now the official blog mascot). Firstly, if he (or she? Bjorn refers to a Swedish-speaking male, yuck!) lives on top of the printer I would like to know if this is in Mick's office or in his flat? Second, if Bjorn is a full grown dinosaur, we might have a slight problem in our hands (or in its very existence at least). We also need to establish if he's carnivorous or a peaceful vegetarian and in particular, what kind of fodder does he consume. I'm not much of a paleontologist myself but I've seen enough episodes of Friends and read my share of Calvin and Hobbes to know that these things can be dangerous, especially the carnivorous ones. Well, at least we can all hold the image of drunken Mick explicating the existence of Bjorn to jULES and build our own images of Bjorn...

I'd also like to ask Mick how much alcohol did he manage to consume that evening. It is obvious that a vivid imagination and formidable amounts of liquid ethyl can, indeed, be an entertainingly creative combination. We salute you Mick for bringing us Bjorn, the blog dinosaur!

Also, what comes to the perfectly draughty housing on this oh-not-so-breezy-and-rainy-island, it is a disgrace. according to the UK energy commission or something like that, 50% of household energy consumption goes to heating living spaces. Surely it has come time to do something about it and I am not talking only about double-glazed windows nor will I start selling them myself, but there must be a way of doing something about it. Not only because we are running out of energy resources but mostly because all this waste contributes to the much-ranted about global warming. No, I haven't turned into a treehugger but it is certainly time to start thinking about this too if we want to live on this oh-so-beautiful-but-equipped-with-not-so-well-insulated-houses-island. Cometh the ice age and exodus, I'll be the first one to flee to the Caribbean with Xinola and our hammock.

Hot water bottles? I'd like to swear and laugh here very loudly but this sentence must suffice.

Oijoijoi!