Friday means bliss on Earth

Friday is not just the name of one of the main characters in one of Earth's most famous novels, "Robinson". It is also the last day of a normal working week in the Western world. Therefore Earthlings adore this day. Working on planet Earth is very peculiar. Even though Earthlings have developped robots that could do the work for them, they still go to work every day. Instead of cutting down with work, they create jobs, which are totally unnecessary. There would be enough wealth and food for everybody even if Earthlings would work only little. But there is this weird system of capitalism. Few people are extremely rich and own almost everything on the planet. They don't have to work. And they still get richer every day. The majority of Earthlings though is poor and has hardly anything to eat. They have to work and work and work and still barely survive. At the moment there is an economic crisis on planet Earth. The rich are not so rich any more and the poor are starving even more. So maybe Earthlings finally find out that their economic system is totally irrational. Hopefully they will discover laziness and wealth for everybody as most other planets in the galaxy have already found out.

Home of the Brave

Sometimes I feel if I would be an Earthling I would be an American. It's not only that I have set foot on the moon, but I am also a passionate entrepreneur who fears no failure even though he constantly fails. At times I am ignorant and naive and buy everything that is offered to me. But often I am inquisitive and curious. And I can be very pragmatic when it comes to finding solutions. I guess that could make me an American.
But I am not. So I am not responsible for the mess that stupid cowboy from Texas made on this planet. Hell. When this W-guy announced he would put Americans on Mars I almost thought about calling in some of my warrior friends from outerspace to blow up the U.S. of A. But then hope came along. Yes, aliens, we can. We can trust this Hussein Obama dude. Or at least we should give him a chance before we blow up that planet. And if we blow up Earth anyway, we should take him with us. Those speeches even put tears in our extraterrestrial eyes. Good luck, Barack.

The Earthling and its weather

Whether the sun shines too hot in summer or snow freezes in winter, Earthlings love to complain about the weather. At the moment Europe is covered with ice. (On the left: Alien footsteps in the garden of my bunker.) Weird Earth politics make heaters go cold, even though there are still enough ressources to keep everybody warm. This is just one example of Earthlings' peculiarities. They preach about love and at the same time they try to kill each other. And while they are openly killing each other they kill the whole planetary environment, rip it from its ressources and destroy the air that allows them to breathe and survive. For an alien like me the riddles of human existence are infinite. And instead of just enjoying the time they have left, they are complaining about the weather, which nobody can control...

Happy new year?

It has taken me about five days to write that post. I did what a lot of people do when a new year is about to begin: I started drinking alcohol. The body of an extraterrestrial like me is very tough. It has to endure time and space travel. So I tested it with different ingredients. Beer worked well. I popped about ten bottles of brewskies. Then I moved to wine. Two litres worked well, then my body asked for stronger stuff. I did some Japanese sake, for God's sake, moved on to Vodka and ended 2008 with a bottle of Scotch Single Malt Whisky called Ardbeg. It worked fine. Then I woke up, deep into 2009. I wasn't able to move, my head was whizzing as though as five billlion bees were crossing my brain and when I opened my eyes everything seemed double, later on even triple or quadruple. Somebody fed me salmon and salt. Slowly I recovered only to notice that this was just the beginning of a whole bunch of New Years celebrations. To name a few: Eastern Orthodox on 14 January, Chinese 26 January, Tibet 25 February, Sikh 14 March, Bahai and Iran 25 March,... it will be interesting if my alien body will get used to Earth's flabbergasting flavors of alcohol.