My Last Day on Earth

If you haven't been hiding in a cave, stranded on a deserted island or otherwise without human interaction for the past several months, then I'm sure you have heard the widely-spread theory that the world is going to end. Tomorrow.
Yes, folks, I said tomorrow.

Party foul! It was supposed to be a surprise!

This brings me to the following relevant thoughts:

• Why did I even come into work today? It's not like I'll be around next Friday to collect a check.
• Hey, at least Kiera finished 8th grade (last day today). Three cheers for a middle-school education.
• All that worry about weight loss over the years seems pretty irrelevant now, doesn't it?
• ...As does the financial planning.
• If the world is going to flood, I'm going to need a pontoon boat. And a lot of supplies. I've already seen the ending to this movie.
• Speaking of which, I think it'd be a (whole) lot different this time around.
• Kiera and I should splurge on donuts in the morning. Donuts are typically a birthday-only treat.
• I wonder if God really looks like Alanis Morissette.

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Anyone else wondering why the world's destined to end tomorrow?

Here's a little something I read on BusinessInsider.com

We picked up a pamphlet in Union Square to see why so many people are talking about the world ending on May 21, 2011.

It turns out the theory comes down to two numerological proofs. The first proof is based on Genesis 7:4, when God said to Noah: "Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made."

When God referred to seven days, he meant both seven days and seven thousand years, because "one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." The flood occurred in 4990 BC. Seven thousand years later is 2011.

The second proof looks at the significance of the number of days between the Crucifixion and May 21, 2011.There are 722,500 days between these dates. 722,500 is a significant number because it is composed of the significant numbers 5x10x17x5x10x17. Five signifies redemption; ten signifies completion; and 17 signifies heaven. The numbers represent the day of redemption (5) and the end of the Christian era (10) and the ascent to heaven (17) -- and these factors are doubled for added significance.

We'll know for sure soon.

Truly, though, how much would it absolutely suck for us to have notice that the world's going to end...and that notice be accurate...and we don't heed it and (instead) spend our last day on Earth writing satiric blogs about the "supposed" ending of the world.

Hmmm?

Nonetheless, I can't help but laugh at the idea that that convoluted equation/numerical theory above would be in any way accurate. Sooo, I can't help but end on this note: