2012 and All That
Winter solstice 2012 falls on Dec. 21, which coincidentally marks the completion of the current 144,000-day b’ak’tun cycle, that is, exactly 13 b’ak’tuns (1,872,000 days) since the start of the Mayan calendar some 5,000 years ago. The following day, 13.0.0.0.0, starts the new b’ak’tun.
You may have heard about 2012 not as a celebratory date, but as a prediction for the end of the world (again). The 2012 movie is coming out at the end of this year, hard on the heels of the first crop of 2012 disaster books. Let’s face it, we’re more likely to buy books and movie tickets for an upcoming catastrophe than for a happy event. Seriously, if we can survive the Cold War and Dick Cheney, 2012 should be a breeze.
Me, I’m more worried about the U.S. Census Bureau’s prediction that the world population will hit seven billion in 2012 … perhaps (ominous music) on Dec. 21?
Barry Evans (barryevans9@yahoo.com) is stocking up on Power Bars and tequila, just in case. He lives in Old Town Eureka.
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