I have to tell you, dear Earthlings, that compared to other intelligent beings your innovation level doesn't seem to be that great. The following inventions have been used by the majority of other galaxies for ages, but on your pretty planet they are still uninvented.

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In one of the earlier posts we met Bipply and Bopply, the astute aliens from the Silly-Putty Galaxy who argued about science and religion.

Before you proceed to reading this new installment of their dialog, please turn the pages back and see how their first discussion… Read full post »

Earthlings are always fascinated by the last words of their fellow humans.

Unfortunately they have no idea how their famous dead friends would feel on Earth today should they suddenly come to life again.

 

So I ran a few simulation tests using our galactic computers. The whole thing was/…

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Bloggers, like flowers, need a scientific classification.

          Dana Schutz: Surgery  (2004)  - Zach Feuer Gallery, NY

Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish botanist and father of the modern zoological nomen/… Read full post »

Earthlings are fond of common sense. They start learning what it means soon after they are born and the process  doesn't end until they die.

Common sense is simple, not intimidating, easy to learn.

Dear Home Galaxy,

Earthlings have been grappling with the mystery of the supernatural for ages. They are divided into two camps: those who believe in its existence and those who don't. Neither party can be talked out of its belief.

This reminds me of Bipply and  Bopply, the… Read full post »

Dear Home Galaxy,

The life of the Earthling doesn't end at death: they all aspire to go to Paradise.

How they get there is a little unclear, and although we all heard about the Pearly Gates, so far no one filed a credible report from there with pictures… Read full post »

Humans need a lot of stuff to feel happy, so humans make a lot of stuff.

Corn beef sandwiches (with mustard and pickles but no onions, please),  secure chastity belts and large hadron colliders. They are complex things, putting them together is not easy.

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This is Part 3 in our panorama of  human civilization.

Our guide today is Giacomo Casanova, an intelligent, charming and highly artistic gentleman. The 12 volumes of his memoirs paint a unique history of his gallant adventures and  are regarded as one of the most authentic sources o… Read full post »

 

Material for theological contemplation may be found in unexpected places.

Some time ago a three-year-old boy was taken to the hospital for tonsillectomy. This is a routine procedure in which two small glands are surgically removed from the patient's throat.… Read full post »

Hold on to your pants, Dear Home Galaxy...

... we continue our bumpy ride through the theme park of civilization.

1     Wholesome Entertainment

People wanted to have fun and the entertainment business tried hard to satisfy the need. So flaying humans and non-humans al… Read full post »

The lady in the funny hat was "... largely responsible for the U.S. adoption of social security, unemployment insurance, federal laws regulating child labor, and adoption of the federal minimum wage."  She was also the first cabinet secretary in the U.S. government and held this post l/… Read full post »

 Dear Home Galaxy,

Some good folks are telling other Earthlings not buy anything from "socialist businesses." Support only "free enterprises!"

To understand the pristine state of free corporations, please take a look at factories before any socialist interference started 100 years ago.

Dear Home Galaxy,

   This whole human civilization thing started as an innocent adventure.

On a sunny afternoon members of a small group of bored apes were lazily picking the lice (head louse: Pediculus humanus) from each-other's hair when in a sudden burst of creativity… Read full post »

Dear Home Galaxy,

 She is alive and well but they don't know it yet.

 

Her pace is still a little slow and the list of recommended reading is growing faster than what she can manage. But she is diligent and making sense of the… Read full post »

Dear Home Galaxy…

… It seems that this pretty planet might be doomed.

 

Its business people became spoiled, politicians naughty, ordinary folks disenchanted. The entire civilization may go by the wayside. And then it is Komodo dragons and Monarch butterflies all over aga… Read full post »

 As you already know, Dear Home Galaxy, existence on this planet is not easy.

 

Besides the maladies of everyday life one could also die, for instance, and inadvertently end up in an undesired location like Hell (see illustration) or Purgatory, just because one did not know what… Read full post »

Dear Home Galaxy.

Here is a report on the Earthlings' biggest secret: an invention illustrated in the picture below. All the good life in this world is the consequence of this invention. without it the entire civilization would collapse.

It is called the recipe.

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My Time-O-Vision must be Kaput!  As I set the dial  beyond the year 2024, all I get is a BLANK SCREEN. Before that point in time everithing looks fine, even the darkest of the Dark Ages come in with bright Hi-Def colors and blasting… Read full post »

The fable below is an extended version of an otherwise succinct statement made by a wise mathematician on this pretty planet (*). It happened a long time ago and apparently both my galaxy folks and modern Earthlings would benefit from remembering it.

(Oh, no! Its use… Read full post »

 

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One can hardly spend a day on the Planet of Earthlings without meeting God.

Metaphorically, of course, since few inhabitants have seen him lately.

His influence is perceived by many in practically all things imaginable. It may be the richness of his personality… Read full post »

Dear Home Galaxy,

       Earthlings are optimists.

 When the going is good they elect a candidate because he seems to be a good sport to have a beer with. Even though this candidate brags that he reads no newspapers and complains that math is fuzzy stuff.

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Dear Home Galaxy,

              I hope you are well.

To make reading (and writing) more difficult for all of us, let me practice the language which is widely used in these parts of the Universe.

I know, I… Read full post »