The Big Boom Theory

Ok, so according to the Ancient Mayans, the Hopi Indians, the ancient Chinese and a couple Persian cultures, the end of the world is coming in Dec, 2012. The fact that all these separate, disparate cultures pick the same time frame was kinda a giveaway that something major was in the works.

One thing many advanced ancient cultures all had in common was astronomy. They plotted the location of the stars, and predicted thier movements with amazing precision. But, given the propensity for disaster that was such a part of ancient times, pretty much anything significant or unusual was taken to mean something bad was coming. After all, disease was rampant, famine was just around the corner, and even if things were fine today, the world was full of "barbarians" who were just a bad hair day away from invading your lands, stealing your food, women, favorite sandals, etc.

It turns out that on that day, (I think it's Dec 22, but I'm not REAL sure) The Earth, the Sun, and the Galactic Center (where in lies a MASSIVE Black Hole) will all be perfectly aligned. Well, now we know what caused the furor, don't we. But given that the earth revolves around the sun, and the sun revolves around Galactic Center, and given enuff time, this is bound to happen. Unusual, sure, but where's the harm?

On a seemingly unrelated note, there's also the looming possibility of a Pole Shift, which is where the Magnetic Pole shifts and changes the earths rotation, causing wild changes in climate change, as well as more immediate disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and also the Atlanta Falcons to win the Super Bowl, which in turn will cause Hell to freeze over.

Kinda a big day. This happens once every 28,000 years (approx.) and apparently, we're kinda due. Even a small shift will cause major problems for us, and a big shift could spell disaster, perhaps even the end of civilisation, at least as we know it.

Well, I mean, think about it. Tsunamis wiping out coastal cities everywhere, mass extinctions due to destruction of habitat, large areas of the world suddenly freezing over, or drought/ flooding hitting major agricultural areas, causing large food shortages, forests drying up from lack of rain, seas forming in your favorite ball park...On the other hand, Washington DC is near the coast, and so vulnerable to destruction, which could wipe out the US Government, so it's not all bad.

Now to tie it all together.

On the Discovery Channel, they're speculating about the lining up of the Earth, Sun and Galactic Center causing the Pole shift, thinking maybe these cultures knew what was up. We certainly live in interesting times, and I admit it sent a shiver or two down my spine, not only the possible disaster, but these people picking up on it so long ago.

Now, I personally don't buy this, feeling these people saw something unusual coming and assigned disaster to it, as per standard procedure. I don't see how this lining up can cause anything. But I know 2 things.

1. We don't need this celestial oddity for a pole shift to happen, which gives me yet ANOTHER thing to worry about and
2. Come 2012, I'm going all out, just in case. Cause if the worse DOES happen...

I don't need to worry about credit card debt.