from the "Fly Me To The Moon" Department

I don’t wish to copy my friend Gumby’s posts so I’ll give this post a new spin.

In 2009 the Keplar mission will take off. It is a quest by NASA to find other earth-sized planets in other solar systems. You can read about it here. It is not my intent to belabor this grand program, what some would call a grand waste of money.

Now, Gumby told me that you could post your name which will be included on a DVD that is put into space.

So I did it and I got this nifty certificate:

But you ought to be careful. There are an awful lot of people who are putting their real names on these certificates.

Why the hell would they do that?

Gone are the days of ET and Starman. Lately we have been attacked by Slim Whitman hating Martians or just downright evil aliens who have blown up the Empire State Building and The White House and half of Los Angeles with their ultimate weapons. Oh, there are many other evil aliens out there.

Why would you even think of giving your name to an alien? Does the phrase "Tempting The Fates" mean anything to you? Do you think that we are the only people in the world? Are you really looking to invite these aliens here?

Doesn't the past mean anything to you?

Why man, why?

Even if you don’t put in your state and region as indicated on the form, don’t you think that aliens who have the ability to fly from different planets (clothes-less, I might add) know about Google or anywho.com and have the ability to look it up.

For those of you who have already put your name in, move.

For the rest of you, keep your identities secret.

Sometimes identity theft is not the biggest reason to protect your identity.

Sometimes, it’s just aliens.