When is the world supposed to end?

As we're getting closer and closer to a new year I see 2012 calendars popping up.  I can't help but think "Isn't the world supposed to end in 2012?"  Now, truthfully I don't believe that.  I feel a little sense of giddiness though, knowing that we are nearing a point in time that some humans never even believed would exist or that life would have gone on this long.  Kind of makes me want to watch 'Encino Man'... If only the Mayans could see life now.

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