to come home early yesterday and turned on the TV. The program was “Judge Judy” a reality show where people agree to settle their disputes on the show in exchange for 15 minutes of fame. As the show proceeded, a case where two unemployed people who had found a way to bring four children into the world, she before the age of 21 were arguing over the disposition of a beat up truck, I thought “My soul is going to need a shower after this.” This morning I think that if there really are extra terrestrial intelligences out there getting our TV signals and forming opinions about us by what they see our doom is certain.
