Dogfish

« In a lattice of light and shade, Otava wades around looking for his tennis ball near the shore of Rajasaari just across from the Prime Minister's residence. »

Otava turned out to have only a mild bit of 'tonsilitis' after we got him into see a vet who wasn't on holiday :) He has been taking antibiotics and 10ml of human cough syrup with every meal. Now he is all perky and is constantly begging us to take him swimming, so today I think we'll take him up to Tervasaari and I'll confuse him by swimming with him as it's hot here with no A/C relief. Aside from sweating and taking the dog swimming there just ain't much going on.

For those who missed the thrill of yet another giant cruise ship disgorging a hundred or so mac geeks onto the city, the macmania 'blog' has a few articles and photos from the Baltic cruise they took last week. If these guys are the Macworld editors, the excrutiatingly dull writing might explain why the magazine really isn't worth buying these days, but it does mention Finland and Helsinki at least once.

And for those not afraid of Flash, Mari suggested Baarikierros / Pub crawl [warning: requires a pop-up too] for all your bar hopping needs in Kallio. The pubs are colour coded for price and the descriptions are pretty amusing as well. :)