The Pale Blue Spot

Since I've been sick and have stayed home from work yesterday and today, I'm proud to say that I've accomplished more than in a couple of hours than I could have ever dreamed of doing at work. Besides napping, eating chimichangas, and consuming enough Echinacea to kill a 5-pound tumor, I've already aptly defeated two classic Nintendo games. First, I thoroughly vanquished Count Dracula in "Castlevania". As you can see in the picture above, I even rubbed it in a little by demolishing a good portion of his castle on my way out after stomping a hole in Dracula's head. I would have finished the whole thing off, but I ran out of dynamite. Next, I decided to go after an evil wizard in "Wizards and Warriors". This game also provides for about an hour-and-a-half of raging 8-bit entertainment. I only have one qualm with it though, and that's the 'Cloak of Invisibility' that you pick up in one of the underground levels. Sounds like a cool i

I've been really sick and decided to stay home today, and in my boredom I remembered this site. I usually have been posting blogs on Myspace, but I think that Myspace is a different crowd of people (or they're at least on there for different reasons) and I like the idea of blogging here where it's a bit more serious and intellectual. I changed my blog title to "The Pale Blue Spot", which is in reference to Carl Sagan's book, "Pale Blue Dot". It reflects many of my feelings of the true place for our planet and our species in this universe, and of the big picture that so many of us never stop to think about as we rush through our busy lives.