The red gloves symbolize the warmth of the kettle as experienced by Fjorskgaard, the hearth imp, who reached into Hjalmskir's fire to retrieve a hot kettle of tea and burned his hands.

That's actually a pretty nice kettle.

Numfar! Do the Dance of Joy!

oh happy day

One of the happiest submissions.

I'm jealous of whatever his culture is. Is there an American counterpart to this where a 12 year old is excited about their iPhone?

Hey Momus! He's still out there, awesome. I used to read his blog all the time back when I was in highschool/college.