After many, many attempts to get the Jetpack AI to deliver me a good picture of a dog in Ikea for my latest blog post (and after having long given up getting it to have that dog peeing on some of the furniture), it finally gave me one that I really liked and that you can see again here.

However, it was only after I’d published the post that I noticed something weird about the picture. Take a look at the upper left corner. Those are either two really tall Ikea employees (even for Swedes) or else they’re growing out of the furniture for some reason.
Or, better yet, maybe this is some new product line from Ikea for decorating your home. (Why not? Let’s face it. Pretty much everything else you own is from Ikea, right? Might as well be up front about it.) If so, then comes the really important question of what to call it. Billy would work, but has been taken since 1979 and is unfortunately not that gender-neutral. They’re also too big for Busta, but Tørsø might fit. A real nerdy choice would be Herma, especially if the shelves below are part of the package. (Look it up. Or ask ChatGPT about it like I did.)
And, no, I’m not writing this during working hours. Nope. Uh uh. Never …