Today's Apocalypse Sign: The Countdown To The End

Today marks less than 12 days to the end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar. More specifically:

Today's Date:	Mon 10  Dec 2012
Today's Maya Date:	12 . 19 . 19 . 17 . 9
	4 Manik 10 Mac
11 days until 13.0.0.0.0

If you check out the link above, you will know what all that means...maybe.

So, what will relieve the headache you are bound to get trying to understand the detail of this calendar??

An End Of The World party, of course!!

Here are some options to consider when planning that special once-in-a-lifetime (literally) party:

1. World Wide End Of The World Party - You can organize your own party, join an existing party, or print a World End ticket for the party...all from this site. Cool video too. There is plenty of fun stuff to do on the Mayan calendar wheel. Check it out!

2. End Of The World Party Decorations - Here you can get everything you need for your own EOW party. From Mayan maraccas to necklaces and from torch cut-outs to Mayan party horns, you'll have everything you need. There are also party favors, party food list, and a party play list. One stop shopping! Of course they have all bases covered with a selection of I Survived The Mayan Calendar T-shirts. (Okay so I ordered one!!). You can also get this cool party sign for your yard!

3.  Doomsday Party 2012 - Here are four great party games for EOW party. My personal favorite...Pandemic Pictionary!! Right?

4. Apocalypse Drinking Game - Guaranteed to make you not care about (and maybe even hope for) the End Of The World.

5. Cruise to the End - For those of you looking to spend every last dime before the End, check out this cruise to where it all began...Mayan country. Sails from New Orleans to the Yucatan and Cozumel. Might as well be in the center of the biggest party on the planet!

And now a little upbeat ditty to get you in the mood...






And if the world is going to end, you can't go without hearing a little Tom Waits...



That's a young and hilarious Martin Mull (sans moustache).

Today's Apocalypse Sign: The Hanukkah Weekend Graphs

The festival of lights has kicked off the holiday season that sees Jewish overlap African overlap Christian Christmas celebrations. I personally cannot keep them all straight and since I only partake in one of them I guess I don't really have to. But whatever your party style is this December be safe and forgiving while you enjoy the weekend graphs! Twelve days left in the Mayan calendar!!


I think you have a pretty good crop to plow through today and I even included a bonus graph for you Tom Waits fans.

So wait no longer...the Festival of Graphs is here!

Enjoy....



What about nosebleed red???




The circles of life...so true



I'm a pepper, you're a pepper, wouldn't you like to be a pepper too!!



Ahhh...the good old days. This describes my 20's to a T!



It's the first thing you check upon entering the bathroom, people!!!





And for the beginning of Hanukkah, another Tom Waits graph!!  Again if you have never listened this still makes no sense...but it is very true!

Today's Apocalypse Sign: The Weekend In Black And White

A couple months ago I made my first trip to Jerry's World Theme Park  (aka Cowboys Stadium). All I was packing that day was my little Olympus Stylus Tough - 8010 point-and-shoot. It takes some decent pictures with some in camera effects. One I used several times that day was the "fish eye". This shot is a good one of this humogous monument to sports excess...from the top of the world!


Dallas Cowboys Football

Not a bad seat in the house!

Linking to The Weekend In Black In White

Today's Apocalypse Sign: Mayan Month Weekend Graphs

Hello my soon-to-be wassailers preparing for your holiday wassailing. Only time of year using that word twice in one sentence is alright. We have turned the calendar to the final month of the Mayan Long Count Calendar, the lead-in to the end as it were. 12.21.12 is a mere 19 days away and with it, all the uncertainty and speculation of what comes next. You know the freaks are about to start crawling out of the woodwork as well as those bent on making a profit off of the hype. I will strive to bring you what I can ferret out regarding this once in our lifetime event (one way or the other it WILL be that at least).

For now, I wish to share the findings of my search this week to amaze, entertain, and educate you in the ways of the world you may be unaware of.

To that end I present the first Weekend Graphs for December 2012.


Please enjoy!


For all my blogger friends from across the pond...this entry is for you!




If you have never heard a Tom Waits song this will make no sense...I recommend The Piano Has Been Drinking and my favorite TW tune...Pasties and A G-String.


Who doesn't like re-enacting the scene from Marathon Man...not safe at all.



I actually wake up at 4:55 and realize I can sleep til 5...not the same amazingness.


In case you felt really good about your Christmas shopping this year...

Today's Apocalypse Sign: The Weekend In Black And White

This past Tuesday (one of the coldest night of the fall so far) my wife and I made another visit to the Chihuly exhibit at the Dallas Arboretum. The exhibit was extended through the end of the year so we got to see the other half of the park we missed last month. Below is one of the best B&W pictures I took that night. Please enjoy.



Balloons

This blown glass art is truly awesome to see at night...in color this is orange and white

Linking to The Weekend In Black And White

Today's Apocalypse Sign: Dead Pool 2012 Update

Well it didn't take long and it was one I didn't see coming. Number two is in the books...

Zig Ziglar - died at the age of 86 on November 28th. He passed away in Dallas, Texas.

I always enjoyed listening to Zig. His voice was meant to sooth the soul and his words of wisdom never failed to inspire. I had the privilege of hearing him speak in person one time back in the early 90's...it was very powerful.

He did a lot of good for a lot of people and will be missed.

This makes the second of this 2012 Pool to die on the great state of Texas...and Dallas is very close to home for me. Thankfully I am not a celebrity outside my own head so I am not overly worried.

Here is a short video of one of Zigs greatest topics - negative thinking. Please watch and enjoy. Rest in peace ZZ...





Have you heard Zig before (in person or on tape)?

Today's Apocalypse Sign: Celebrity Troika Dead Pool

I don't know what that means but it sounded kinda cool. Okay, so for some reason , this time of year starting roughly at Thanksgiving and running through the end of the year...3 celebrities pass away. It is the mystical belief that supposedly celebrity deaths happen in threes or some such silliness. So to perpetuate the mythology, I offer again this year a chance to pick your celebrity list. The first one is already gone...

Larry Hagman - Dead at the age of 81. He passed at at home in Texas after battling cancer. The JR Ewing icon was slated to participate in this seasons revival of the "Dallas" rebirth. That storyline will now have to be changed.

So who will be the next two to greet Larry in the hereafter by the end of the year?

Maybe someone from this list (wishing no ill-will on anyone obviously):

Clint Eastwood
Gene Hackman
Wilfred Brimley (perennial survivor of these lists)
Muhammad Ali
Carol Burnett (she is being sued from beyond the grave)
Harrison Ford
Sean Connery
Tommy Lee Jones
Betty White
Cher

Who will be included in the list of honorees at the Oscars in February?

Maybe you have one of your own you'd like to add. The watch will go on through the end of the year (or through 12.21.12 which ever comes last) and updated as needed.