Good News

[ysabetwordsmith]

Good news includes all the things which make us happy or otherwise feel good. It can be personal or public. We never know when something wonderful will happen, and when it does, most people want to share it with someone. It's disappointing when nobody is there to appreciate it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our joys and pat each other on the back.

What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more?

Comments

[thewayne]

That's awesome! I hadn't heard definitely that Danica had won, I knew the Dems had won the Gov and LT.

[capri0mni]

Attorney General, too.

(As of this morning, many of the legislature races were too close to call, and I haven't heard any more recent news. But there's a slim chance the majority flipped from Republican to Democrat) *fingers crossed*

[thewayne]

I was happy to see that the news guy whose girlfriend was also a TV news reporter and murdered on-air, he was elected.  And he's not a straight dogmatic Dem.  I like it when people don't hew to the ticket and are willing to argue points.

[capri0mni]

Danica Roem was also a newspaper reporter, and used that as one of the credentials on which she ran -- that she knows how to vet information and present it clearly.

Unfortunately, in my district, all but one of the local Republicans down-ticket were running unopposed (all except Clerk of the Court).

But this is a good news post, so I'll save my worries for another day, and get back to my NaNoWriMo novel.

[thewayne]

I read that about Danica today, that she was formerly a reporter.  I agree, I think that's a good qualification for an official.  So many either ignore facts or simply hew the party line without applying critical analysis.  I also like the bit of tid that she's the vocalist for a metal band!  I really dislike the fact that so many of our Federal elected officials are so predominately attorneys, we need more real people in Congress. Best of luck on your NaNoWriMo!  My wife is skipping it this year, she's got Yuletide to worry about. (meanwhile she's working on her World of Warcraft dailies)

[capri0mni]

Danica being a reporter warms the cockles of my heart, 'cause my mother went back to college when I was in college myself, and got her degree in journalism (this was back in 1990-91) and she worked for several different local town/city papers (this was when newspaper bankruptcies were first starting to happen all over). So I've had the chance to see, up close, exactly the kind of critical thinking reporters have to engage in.

Best of luck on your NaNoWriMo!

Thank you!! I wrote (According to NaNoWriMo's official counter) 3,002 words today.

Not quite up to my lifetime one-day record of 4,184 back in 2012... but that was when I could stay up past midnight, and so some of the previous day's words got smooshed into the total.