Sometimes I feel like this blog is as rewarding as sending radio transmissions into deep space. It will literally be millions of years before it reaches any intelligent ears. And assuming it was picked up on some alien HAM radio somewhere in the far reaches of the galaxy, would they know what to do with it? Would they have the technology to respond? Would it just be passed off as some juvenile practical joke? Or would it be received with the utmost seriousness, treated with the respect and gravity it deserves? Would a room filled with wizened creatures in robes (like in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure) discuss the best course of action? How long would it take? Suppose they decide to pay us a visit. Suppose the nations of this alien planet pool their resources and develop technology which would enable them to make the trip in half the time it took the radio transmissions. By the time they reach Earth we'll have nuked everything to cinders and a new species will have risen from the ashes and developed a brand-new civilization and they won't know what the heck these aliens are talking about. How embarrassing.
That's kind of how I feel about blogging.
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