Counting Down Again.

First off: the word of the day is 'rollatorimago'. It's from an article about the city of Maastricht which is turning into a 'rollatorcity' (this one was definately the runner-up) which means more and more rich seniors are moving there and the younger crowd is actually a minority there. Basically, it's becoming the Miami of the Netherlands. And that worries our socialist government, of course.

Now, while searching for this word, I actually noticed a few articles that made me more hopeful about this country. Very sympathetic initiatives, such as a proposition that organ donors, by law, should get priority if they would need donor organs themselves. And free parking for hybrid (electric / petrol) cars. A Tilburg professor (go Tilburg !) who proposes we should curb the old fashioned ideas about 'love' and embrace the single and poligamic lifestyles more instead of being so judgemental and uptight about it. The Dutch society that oversees credit products offered by financial institutions that wants to temper the excessive loans allowed to people with minimum income or less, to prevent people being in debt for the rest of their lives (not uncommon in certain other parts of the Western world).

I like these things. The newspapers also reported plenty of crap, but that's practically become commonplace by now. The news has been lacking inspiration for optimism, and I feel happier today for having found some of it.

On a personal note (since this is my blog, let's not forget that), I've booked a ticket to go to the UK Web & Mini Comix Thing on March 19th. It'll be a long bus drive back and forth, but that will give me time to focus on my comics AND get a bit of rest. After all, there'll likely be very little else to do underway. The convention should be fun, and the trip back and forth is very affordable.

And although it'll be filled with a lot of activities that I *won't* like, I just started a two week vacation, as I mentioned yesterday. So tomorrow will be the last Word of the Day, and sunday will bring the last Word of the Week. After that, there will be relative radio silence here for two weeks. I'll try to get a report in here about my UK Web & Mini Comix Thing experiences though. Including pictures, unless my camera decides to die again.

I'm having a good day. Hope you are too !