The World Will End Again (and Again)

Via jaylake (who got it from Making Light) a nifty piece from The Smithsonian on Apocalypses that failed. The first is my favorite:

An Assyrian clay tablet dating to around 2800 B.C. bears the inscription: “Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”

"Every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching." Damned writers spoiling everything for the rest of the Earth.

I'll Kill

The Spouse, Beatle-ist that he is, just sent this to me. I thought I'd share.