Be Mooned or Not Be Mooned

I recently read an interesting article about what our Earth and life on it would be like if we had had no moon. (Try accessing it here.) I think that the author, Bernard Foing, goes too far in his theories. But, then, here are some of mine:

1. The moon is responsible for marriage consummation: without the moon, how would honeymoons have originated?

2. The moon is responsible for extra income: without the moon, how would moonlighting have originated?

3. The moon is responsible for alcoholic drinking: without the moon, how would moonshine have originated?

4. The moon is responsible for public indecency: without the moon, how would "mooning" have originated?

5. The moon is responsible for obesity: without the moon, how would "moon pies" have originated?

6. The moon is responsible for Michael Jackson's success: without the moon, how would the moonwalk have originated?

So there we have it... Bless the moon.