Preoccupied

I've been a bit preoccupied these last months. A new member of planet Earths human population - my son - takes up a lot of time. As a lot of Nord-African countries are finding out these days, a lot can happen in a short timespan (let alone in several months).

Not so in Belgium. We now officially hold the world record for government formation, each day proving that we do not actually need one (a government that is, so far we have been unable to do without daylight). This my fellow Earthlings, is what is called a technocracy. Regardless of who is at the top (and mostly regardless of what these people say or - think they - decide), the wheels of the administration keep turning and so do the wheels of the country. The less corrupt this administration is and the more intelligent autonomous people it contains, the longer this situation can be kept going. And we seem to be doing well.

The only thing the Belgian population is concerned about is the fact that in the mean time, the politicians are still paid. Well paid. Was this money going to go to the technocracy instead (to keep it running smoothly and efficiently), nobody would complain one bit.