The Cygnus Rift...‏

Recognize the name? It must be the middle of the Universe because The Cygnus Rift is the background for the Sun on 21DEC2012 at sunrise.The day the sun is supposed to cross the middle of the Universe. The day the Mayan calendar ends. Judgment Day. The day the poles are supposed to reverse.
...Or maybe the Sun goes cold in the Cygnus Rift; from what I understand, a dark spot in the Galaxy.
Nostradamus predicted dire consequences on the date, in the MURKY, not quite certain way that Nostradamus predicted everything. In this case he shows the Tree of Life being clubbed.
Watching the History Channel address the matter last night, I learned that the Pyramids line up to point to the same spot in the sky where the Sun rises on 211212. Now that is something to think about. The Pyramids were out of this world? We still can't explain how they moved some of those rocks. So what knowledge were they exhibiting when they lined up those pyramids to point at Sunrise 21 Dec 2012 ?
The date on the cycle was important to them, but why?
It's Armageddon week on the History channel this week so it'll probably be a lot of doom and gloom. Tonight is 'The Seven Signs of the Apocalypse'. Good Shit!
When I think about it...what IF the world knew of some calamity that would end Life, or The day GOD would arrive (or Aliens) three years before it happened. That's what I'm talking about; Countdown. Now that would be some drama!
Anyway, this Cygnus Rift is serious shit in some people's minds, but (the way I see it) we've passed this spot before about 26,920 years ago. So far I haven't found anything significant about 24,000 BC. At least not as Earth shaking as a visit from God.
A visit from an Asteroid is much more statistically probable. As a matter of fact, odds are, some uncharted boulder with no intent, or malice, will bring the whole show to an end. I can hardly believe it will be planned. More like 'a chip off the old block' and junior's planet is decimated. I'd bet that is not the scenario the Mayans foresaw.
After watching the second night of 'Armageddon Week' on the History Channel; 'The Seven Signs of the Apocalypse' was last night's show, I realize that people whom like to worry, have a lot to be concerned with. There are Plague, Pandemics, Asteroids, God's wrath, and the Sun crossing the mid point of the galaxy.
That's not seven. There's more. Why go on? If you're religious, YOU know GOD controls everything. If you're not religious, YOU realize it's out of control. Ask the Dinosaurs.
You know what I think? I think people really want the place to end during their own lifetime, so they don't miss anything, that's why they spend so much effort trying to see and even induce the END.
Fear runs the world. Don't be afraid of what you can ignore.
Where the hell did this go? I'm supposed to be contemplating Timelessness and the Cycles of the Universe in relation to Man and Eternal life. Here's one conclusion... the individual life cycle on this planet is so brief in relation to the cycles of the Universe, it is hard to believe our very existence could be significant without feeling like I'm flattering mankind.

Grand Theft Auto 4

Coinciding with oil reaching another record high of $123 a barrel today, the new video game 'Grand Theft Auto 4' generates $500 million in sales in it's first 1/2 week. That's half a BILLION in three and a half days in video game sales.
At the same time Myamar loses 100 thousand plus people in a cyclone (hurricane), and a good portion of Asia's rice crop is destroyed or threatened, unfotunately and coincidently, the week after experts predict world food shortages. Yet there is still $500,000,000 paid for this one new video game in 3 and a 1/2 days worth of sales. I underline this point because I wonder what the total game sales will in a week, month, year?
Now, I'm no Reverend Wright, and I won't claim to know anything about the divine plan, or how God really thinks. I'm not even going to claim there is a GOD, but supposing there is... then what the hell would you guess the Almighty is going to think upon her appraisal of the current state of affairs: "Things can't be that damn bad" or "How bad can it get"? Might depend on how many shares of Microsoft God owns.
Half a billion in retail sales has to be good for the stimulus package. Let me do a little research on that game and see if the money is going to China....
And just back from Google... Xbox is Microsoft. There you are; the rich get richer. And using theological criteria of appraisal for logic, God has to own a piece of Microsoft, otherwise no way in hell they could have that kind of success. Anyway, if the world falls apart, Americans don't think they care. They're stealing cars on the computer, and getting life's lessons from the perverted wisdom of Wall Street, graphic designers and the thrills of cyberspace.
What are life's lessons? I would guess for every life they are different. In America, where the vast majority of the now living population did not experience the Great Depression, where Baby Boomers have lived their entire lives in what, for the most part, was the expanding economy of the richest nation on earth, the lessons of life already learned may not apply to the world of the future. A world with a shrinking economy and the comforts and luxuries of yesteryear gone.
In a shrinking world, new lessons of life may be necessary to learn and, for Americans, it won't be easy. A world where property depreciates and today's pleasures can't be paid for with tommorrow's equity. How the hell are Americans going to pay for all those $35K SUVs, and put gas into them all $5 a gallon, if we can't refinance our homes every 3 to 5 years? That's why SUV sales are down in the billions and my Jeep has 235 thousand miles. Lessons learned.
A world where people go hungry. Everybody I know that has ever 'starved', afterward they could never be rich enough. Being hungry for food to sustain life, survive, must leave a long and lasting impression/fear. Today's native born Americans, for the most part, have never known real hunger. And the mass production of food depends on fuel and petrol chemicals and the weather. Absurd, Americans hungry! Not in our lifetimes. Hopefully.
Furthermore, in America (in our lifetimes) opportunity has always been available. Why save, just go make more money. Buy it on credit, pay for it with future money. Future money may not be available in the future. Opportunity may disappear. If you can't afford it now, forget it. Learn the value of a dollar and save. Damn, am I talking to the past, or what? I'm talking to the future, too. Too bad I can't afford to save. Anyway, I just thought the juxtaposition of current world conditions and video sales might explain why I think when the Almighty shows up she might be a little bitchy. Half a billion dollars. I wish I could afford that game and see what I'm missing.