Well, you’ll have to look further than December 2012.

I’m not one to believe in ancient Mayan prophecies surrounding the end of the world, but even so it was quite entertaining to read this complete obliteration of the whole concept earlier this week.

Well, it turns out that the Maya calendar counts up to the year 63 million (or so), and the whole thing is based on a guy who knew nothing about the Mayans (or their calendars) misinterpreting them and deciding that if the Mayans didn’t bother planning for December 22, 2012, the world would clearly be coming to an end.

So … yeah. But it led to another Hollywood disaster movie, so it’s OK. Right?

Pictured above is what is often called “the Mayan calendar”.

But it looks good, right? (The Aztecs apparently called themselves “Mexica”, but that would make it “Mexican”, which I just find confusing.)

Be careful what you blog.

Not quite an old saying, but perhaps it should be. A blogger in Minneapolis lost a court case in which he was sued for $60,000 when a man was fired as a result of something he wrote in his blog.

Not for libel — what he said was true. But because the plantiff’s employer felt that the revealed mortgage fraud was cause for dismissal. (Side note: apparently the plantiff agreed, because he did not sue his former employer).

Here at the Big Bad Blog, we do not believe that we have caused anybody to be fired. But we’ll keep trying.

Now we will segue directly to Mayans …

Photo is from 1898, in Kensington. Found via Shopkins-fossick.
Webcomic is The Non-Adventures of Wonderella, by Justin Pierce.