Grease

Divine inspiration

An old illustration (2007) for student magazine Babel. The theme (modern man and the spiritual supermarket) seems appropriate for some Christmassy introspection.

Didn't see that coming

Holidays!

Two weeks for all teachers to regain sanity.

Murphy's law as a euphemism

Starring my Dutch friend Anne who lives in the UK. When it comes to taking planes to the Netherlands, she's had some incredibly bad luck lately.

Something positive

Linkse hobby

Vandaag zijn overal in het land demonstraties gepland tegen de bezuinigingen op kunst en cultuur.

http://www.nederlandschreeuwtomcultuur.nl

Non-Dutch readers: I promise posts in English will resume soon.
Our local political genius Geert Wilders is trying to ban "leftist hobbies" (such as art and music) from the country. Given the radical cutting down on the expenses foreseen and approved by the Dutch government, he'll probably succeed.
The lady in the drawing is explaining how the concert she just attended wasn't too bad, but couldn't possibly rival Glenn Gould's performance. The text reads something like: "What leftist hobby?".

Spruitjeslucht

In Dutch this time, given the very Dutch theme. 

Translation:
"It doesn't look too appetizing after all... do you think it might have gone bad?"
"Well, we certainly won't die from it. And I'm not going back to the supermarket AGAIN!"

Ridi pagliaccio

Berlusconi's latest vicissitudes call for twenty million cartoons. Until I find the time to draw them, here's a quick study of his smirk.

Health freak

Who'd have thought

Speaking of coats

Oh, and about the previous coat I forgot somewhere: the Dutch railways sent me a coat they found on that specific train. Pity it was the wrong one.

With great responsibility comes great absentmindedness

Cliffhanger.

Wherever we may Rome

The children survived. And so did the teachers.

SPQR

I'm on a school trip to Rome. AA will resume in about two weeks.

Is it a bird?

Definitely.

Hooray for mom

Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag!

Deformatie

Hooray, no Wilders-supported government. For the time being.

Read instructions carefully

Once again: you can't complain they didn't warn you.

More fun with insects

I never knew wasps had a thing for flared jeans.

Priorities

No better preparation for the holidays than a thorough cleanup. Preferably three hours before departure.

At least they told us in advance

Welcome to the Netherlands

How to humour the wife without breaking the bank, near The Hague Central Station.

Fashion victim

Mwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap

Still going strong

Save hundreds of euros a year!

Hair of the cat

Alle Menschen werden Brüder

Improve Your Quality Of Life With Ravioli

Honestly, I didn't make this device up.
But I wish I had invented it.

High school musical

I propose this variation on a well-known theme. Loosely based on true events.

What was I thinking

Oldskool

This sort of thing used to happen to me every week.
Unfortunately, no coat of mine was found on the train yet.

What did they expect

And they lived happily ever after

Old Luxembourg anecdote

On the day my friend and housemate Rita returned to Portugal, we discovered two things.
1. She had way too much stuff to fit in her suitcase.
2. Some people have a very odd definition of "CO₂-compensation". One of those being our housemate Jan.

Moth Invasion Part II: Who you gonna call

The answer to the moth invasion: my boyfriend and a tea towel with a frog on it.

In the picture

This is my latest cartoon for 'Mens en Melodie'. In the Mahler-Schumann-Chopin memorial year, the scene gets overcrowded...

This actually happened a few years ago

But you never know when it might come in handy.

Society vs biological clock

What to do with the internet

Monotasking vs. multitasking.

And I thought teaching was tiring

By the way: one week ago I returned from a four-day school excursion to Germany. And I thought teaching was tiring.

If only I didn't have so many clothes...

...then washing the entire contents of my wardrobe would take considerably less time.

And again just half a drawing

Another drawing that's still to be published in Mens en Melodie. In due time, you'll get the whole picture.

That's more my cup of tea

For non-Dutch readers: Job Cohen is the guy who, hopefully, will prevent Dutch politics from disintegrating into a xenophobic mess. And he likes drinking tea.