Arrrggghh!!! If I read any more silliness about the Mayan Long Count calendar, I'm going to scream. The Long Count does end 12/23/2012 (or 13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahau 3 Kankin, to be picky), but that no more means the end of the world than our calendar hitting December 31st. The count starts over! In fact, there's an inscription (fittingly enough in the Temple of Inscriptions) stating that the king Pacal's 80th Calendar Round anniversary of his accession will be held 8 days after the first 8,000 year cycle of the Mayan calendar ends--in other words, 10/15/4772. It doesn't sound as if they thought everything would be coming to an end in 2012. Please resume the program already in progress while I go walk my pet peeve.

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