tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post475812926268295941..comments2024-03-17T18:37:36.377-07:00Comments on Geotripper: Disasters, Literary and Literal...Garry Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531226195147986457noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-61566094143343698322009-11-25T08:56:30.079-08:002009-11-25T08:56:30.079-08:00My current calendar ends on December 31, 2009 - bu...My current calendar ends on December 31, 2009 - but I've already bought several for 2010. I guess that's optimism.<br /><br />Neat to be able to get pics of the ripple marks!Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-55543352031113598622009-11-24T22:58:53.903-08:002009-11-24T22:58:53.903-08:00Good Post. I agree with you about the underlying c...Good Post. I agree with you about the underlying cause of global doom predicting. It changes the focus from solving the world's problems to delaying the problems. It isn't a sustainable stance to take. <br /><br />I really hope somebody makes a satirical sketch about how the world is going to end on Dec. 31 2009. [sarcasm]Calendars don't go beyond that[/sarcasm]<br /><br />This 2012 nonsense is the same line of reasoning.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172331419528519432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-40168124171215602332009-11-24T19:13:43.641-08:002009-11-24T19:13:43.641-08:00Guess I should feel fortunate that I haven't h...Guess I should feel fortunate that I haven't had to listen to any fanatics discussing this "end of the world" BS.<br />I remember staring at Dry Falls with an image in my mind of the force of water it took to create that.Gaelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784162697113288888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-77550091776102416562009-11-24T17:13:34.891-08:002009-11-24T17:13:34.891-08:00Last week at my high school, a student talked to m...Last week at my high school, a student talked to me about 2012 being the end times and launched into a whole series of other nonsensical beliefs. I explained what I knew about the Mayan calendar and since he suffered from general conspiracy-theory-itis, I then took him and two other students into my office where I had them watch the Ted Talk by Rives called 4 A.M. They got it immediately, came out laughing, and decided that maybe 2012 wasn't a preordained event. <br /><br />Today, however, two girls who have rejected Christianity as nonsense told me, "Oh, no, it's true, the world *is* going to end in 2012." I didn't try the same approach with them, but I might later. They're so trapped by their joy at the world's ending that they may not listen.Judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03737088496139901541noreply@blogger.com