2012

So everyone says the world will end in December of 2012, due to the fact that the Mayan calendar ends then. We know this to be reliable information because the Mayans were so successful in the long run. You know what? I buy a calendar with pictures of kitty cats on it every year, and each year it ends on December 31st, and to my knowledge, the world has not ended on December 31st of any year. So for the folks that believe this, gather up the canned goods, lock yourself in the shelter, and we'll... uh... we'll let you know when it's safe to come out.

For the record, the Mayans were quite excellent astronomers and their calendar is based on repeating alignments of celestial bodies. Their long count of these events (a period of roughly 394.3 years) happens to end on December 20th, 2012. The long count marks our cyclical alignment with the galactic plane which last occurred in 1618, a year in which the world also did not end.

Their calendars had to be carved in rock, so my guess is that they just got tired after making so many copies, or figured that they had plenty of time to carve the next cycles.

So in summary, if you believe the world will end on Dec. 21st, 2012, you are an idiot.