tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post825412276990418666..comments2024-01-30T05:22:06.674-08:00Comments on A Majority of Two: MMXII -- The Last Judgment?Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-11662613385891042512009-08-25T06:52:00.320-07:002009-08-25T06:52:00.320-07:00I know this will sound silly....but I just have to...I know this will sound silly....but I just have to sing a little line from a Doris Day song...."Que Sera Sera...whatever will be.... will be..."<br />I lived in fear... a few too many days... during my childhood, from the "End of the world" stories. <br />I prefer positive thoughts over negative ones most of the time.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04373560689980768576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-13000855841245278082009-08-23T17:32:28.112-07:002009-08-23T17:32:28.112-07:00What a beautifully written post. I have to admit I...What a beautifully written post. I have to admit I'm a little anxious about what might happen in 2012. I have a friend who believes there are going to be huge sun storms that could wipe out the electrical grids!<br /><br />In 2012 I will (hopefully) graduate from University. I'll be 26!CTVickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148994703165065348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-82393639360811354002009-08-23T14:36:55.801-07:002009-08-23T14:36:55.801-07:00I'm with you Jo, I believe 2012 will begin a n...I'm with you Jo, I believe 2012 will begin a new cycle of awareness and hopefully peace, once all the naysayers and doomsters wake up on the morning of December 22nd and realize we are all still here.Paula Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923061193682673368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-32389036092225233662009-08-23T09:30:13.605-07:002009-08-23T09:30:13.605-07:00Thank you, everyone, for your wonderful comments. ...Thank you, everyone, for your wonderful comments. I do hope people will feel optimistically about 2012, rather than gloom and doom.<br /><br />And yes, I have Dutch roots. My mother was born and raised in South Africa, and I was named after her mother.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-16536535402653901162009-08-23T06:49:47.879-07:002009-08-23T06:49:47.879-07:00Tell me, did the Mayans predict there own demise?
...Tell me, did the Mayans predict there own demise?<br /><br />I thought not...<br /><br />Recycling is something we do now and find it to be very necessary.<br /><br />Party on to 2013...Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04787912254932077059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-78810553601081988652009-08-23T02:58:29.284-07:002009-08-23T02:58:29.284-07:00A cosmic Y2K. I was learning about this on one cha...A cosmic Y2K. I was learning about this on one channel or another and apparently that particular planet alignment brings us into a thirteenth un-used and little known (because of it's rarity) alignment in the zodiac calender.<br /><br />*shrug* That is one of those "nothing about it is under my control moments." <br /><br />But the other...yes I can choose to conserve and constrain my consumption which is eating the earth that must sustain us.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-22452871911486336882009-08-23T01:32:28.601-07:002009-08-23T01:32:28.601-07:00Nomore,
Halifax, Nova Scotia flushes all of its u...Nomore,<br /><br />Halifax, Nova Scotia flushes all of its untreated waste into the Atlantic. Benjiboper, a blogger who sometimes visits this space has written and published essays protesting this.<br />Well. Talk about immediate results. Hurricane Bill is right over Halifax today. Talk about Gaia's royal flush!<br />Flush into me? Flush you!ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662075375182633162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-51691933298865794672009-08-23T00:52:07.905-07:002009-08-23T00:52:07.905-07:00We should not off our wastes to the sea...Making o...We should not off our wastes to the sea...Making our habitats Perfectly recycles...Then You'll try more tunas...I love the Tuna...nomorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115872534623500806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-67122153484176233092009-08-22T23:52:12.627-07:002009-08-22T23:52:12.627-07:00Never heard of the Mayans. Okay about tuna, I eat ...Never heard of the Mayans. Okay about tuna, I eat it maybe 3 times a year:)Jeannette StGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951617490107614687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-60707797476109934522009-08-22T22:48:16.386-07:002009-08-22T22:48:16.386-07:00Great post, Jo! You have put the whole 2012 paran...Great post, Jo! You have put the whole 2012 paranoia in perspective, and I happen to agree with everything you've said here. Nothing to add except BRAVO!!heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-19672394976121640022009-08-22T22:28:21.887-07:002009-08-22T22:28:21.887-07:00Great postive post, so much about the damage we ha...Great postive post, so much about the damage we have done and are doing is loaded with negativity, but the idea of a new age of enlightenment and responsibilty is hopeful. I do fear for our children's future but not because of apocolyptic predictions, just because of the human capacity for selfisness and greed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-85419078181713136422009-08-22T19:29:49.651-07:002009-08-22T19:29:49.651-07:00Great post Jo. I couldn't agree more. I for on...Great post Jo. I couldn't agree more. I for one would love to see an intellectual movement.Essiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076813063073036018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-29568668999409128982009-08-22T19:09:05.460-07:002009-08-22T19:09:05.460-07:00Loved this post! Thank you so much for clarifying ...Loved this post! Thank you so much for clarifying the 2012 issue. I believe they way you do - it's a new beginning. It just might entail getting rid of a few of us parasites, though.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-60106795739476401912009-08-22T15:27:36.147-07:002009-08-22T15:27:36.147-07:00Well in 2000 it was going to be the end of the wor...Well in 2000 it was going to be the end of the world, so to speak, for computers.<br />The end of anything will happen, not when it's predicted but when it happens!<br />I enjoy reading your blog.<br />Sunny :)Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743103444717771768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-91283563580253834262009-08-22T15:22:35.256-07:002009-08-22T15:22:35.256-07:00We just finished taking a long drive over to the C...We just finished taking a long drive over to the Colorado River; the state park, and then onto the Mojave Indian Reservation where the cotton fields are miles long. We had a gentle rain all the while we were gone (a rarity in the desert), and it was wonderful feeling that warm rain; seeing the mountains, and living in an area where a great deal of attention is paid to preserving and conserving (as I call it).<br /><br />I told my husband that I noticed human beings are the only ones who are born without being able to care for themselves early-on, as the animals do.<br /><br />In most cases, at the end of 6 weeks, just about any other living creature, is capable of foraging for food; finding shelter, and none of them have to pay taxes; write checks, adhere to a myriad of man-made rules, so maybe we are 'transplants' from an earlier time and a planet where we were nutured and taken care of in ways we can't imagine on this planet.<br /><br />If our 'time comes', I can only think how lovely it will be when the earth once again, has clean oceans; rivers, and 'life' that doesn't spew smoke into the air, and trash the waterways and land with garbage.<br /><br />There is a natural cycle to life; the birds that eat the dead; the 'chain' that seems to know how to act in harmony with its surroundings - only man defies nature, and creates wars; toxic wastes, and seeks to rise above his fellow-citizen in a quest for status and power.<br /><br />It's sad to see what's happened in the last 125 years; all the technology and wisdom could have been channeled toward creating a better earth for us all, but instead so many people have 'trashed' the earth, like they trash their homes and lives.<br /><br />I'll trust nature to do the 'right thing'.............HAPPY IN NEVADAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214341069801731994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-12737891919343157162009-08-22T14:50:01.692-07:002009-08-22T14:50:01.692-07:00How come your kids call you oma? dutch roots?
(my...How come your kids call you oma? dutch roots? <br />(my google account links to my old blog, but i can't change the settings easily. I blog at www.eliseblogs.wordpress.com)Marithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00083577804369908856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-71750944827382626752009-08-22T13:17:40.475-07:002009-08-22T13:17:40.475-07:00Well, the world population is scheduled to be 9 bi...Well, the world population is scheduled to be 9 billion by 2050, but let's not look too far.<br />One day we shall simply have to leave Earth (or some of us anyway) and start using another planet. Mars????<br /><br />But then how long will that last until we have to go somewhere else...?Stephen Leachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11720789467732403971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-67237254446539737222009-08-22T12:42:18.134-07:002009-08-22T12:42:18.134-07:002012 is the year of the Olympics in London. So, i...2012 is the year of the Olympics in London. So, if the world IS about to end then please let it happen before the games start, and not afterwards. Be a shame if all the 'gold' medallists only had a few weeks of fame.<br /><br />The Kennedy vs Kruschev Cuban missile crisis in 1962 came pretty close to nuclear war. That could have been the end of the world.PhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-52891933433756007572009-08-22T12:38:39.759-07:002009-08-22T12:38:39.759-07:00I grew up in one of those religions too. I don...I grew up in one of those religions too. I don't have much patience with the doom and gloomers.<br />I don't know if 2012 has any particular significance other than I will be well into my 50s.<br />I agree, I like tuna, actually I think the green movement may actually help the environment this time, lets hope so.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187186673159803396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-2812233653675627812009-08-22T11:49:44.466-07:002009-08-22T11:49:44.466-07:00Once again, a powerful and thought-producing post....Once again, a powerful and thought-producing post. <br /><br />Me? I take one day at a time doing the best I can.Leslie:https://www.blogger.com/profile/11964698251137788839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-15285702768802975892009-08-22T11:45:12.114-07:002009-08-22T11:45:12.114-07:00I like the idea of 2012 being the end of the begin...I like the idea of 2012 being the end of the beginning. I hope your predictions do come true!Alissa Grossohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16701189791875707920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-23164765375133789022009-08-22T11:40:37.394-07:002009-08-22T11:40:37.394-07:00a great point. A teacher said a few years back th...a great point. A teacher said a few years back that it was predicted that 2012 is the year that the first person will die from starvation because there is not enough food on earth for everyone.<br /><br />People die of starvation all the time but not because there isn't enough food but because there isn't enough food where they are.<br /><br />I strongly hope that it is the end of our ignorance!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778054413371087920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-37986270217417022962009-08-22T11:13:31.553-07:002009-08-22T11:13:31.553-07:00Also, it isn't as if many end-of-the-world-pre...Also, it isn't as if many end-of-the-world-predictions didn't come and go with nary an apocalypse. <br /><br />From religious tolerance.org, we have the list of Christian predictions that didn't come to pass: <br /><br />http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl2.htm<br /><br />Then we have this cheerful "Brief History of the Apocalypse: <br /><br />http://www.abhota.info/end1.htm<br /><br />Please note the tabs at the top of the page, covering the many date ranges. <br /><br />Way back in comparative religion classes I remember learning about the many belief systems that formed around the "end of the world is coming, the unbelievers shall perish" stuff -- and how throughout the course of history they quietly disbanded in the (lack of) aftermath of the non-cataclysm.<br /><br />While watching previews before a feature film started a preview for <i>The Lovely Bones</i> played, directly followed by <i>2012</i>. As that finished up someone behind me commented dryly, "Oh good, <i>another</i> feel-good film."<br /><br />Personally, if I really thought the world would end in 2012, I'd likely up my cheesecake and alcohol consumption, based on how long I need both my heart and liver to last ;-) <br /><br />Bring on the age of reason, enlightenment and tolerance! <br /><br />Also, I find it somewhat amusing that so much attention is paid to the Mayan end of the world prediction just because...yeah...something of scarcity of actual Mayans around to see the date.Land of shimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671954452597068904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-66596573430471057482009-08-22T11:08:56.394-07:002009-08-22T11:08:56.394-07:00I'm not losing any sleep over 2012 but I am sa...I'm not losing any sleep over 2012 but I am sad that I can't eat tuna more often.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-89556716635152088232009-08-22T11:06:05.568-07:002009-08-22T11:06:05.568-07:00You may have something there. It would be wonderfu...You may have something there. It would be wonderful to live in an age of enlightenment.<br /><br />Although I try to recycle, it is hard here in a campground. The people here just mindlessly toss whatever into the dumpster to be hauled to the landfill. I am sure that at some point there is an attempt to pull out what could be recycled. We don gloves and pull out cans and plastic to take to the recycling stations..... not for the money, but to keep it out of the landfill. Enlightenment would be a good thing!Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.com