It's the End of the World As We Know It...And I Feel Fine

I discovered some interesting facts when I last visited Antigua, Guatemala. One of them was that computers are more expensive there than they are here, but cars are less expensive. Another of my discoveries pertains to today's misconception.

Misconception: The Mayans predicted the world would end on December 21st, 2012.

Actually, as I learned in Guatemala, the Mayans believed this date would mark the end of the world as we know it and the rising of a new world order. They seemed to indicate that women would have all of the political power in this new world order. Others have different ideas about what the new order would be and do. However, the Mayans did not predict a total end to the world, although a new (perhaps worse) beginning to the world.

Either way, you won't find me standing on any rooftops chanting on December 21st.