Well, we're an hour into 12-21-12 here in Europe. Pleased to report:

[Surya Gayatri]

SO FAR SO GOOD!!! Will check in if any Mayan mayhem appears imminent.

Nothing more than torrential rains to report thus far. And unseasonably mild temps, but that's becoming more and more the norm.

Anybody have any disquieting disturbances in the force field to report from elsewhere?

[Earth_First]

1. Still patiently awaiting the nopocalypse...

Thought about a pot of coffee, settled for a white russian instead.

[Surya Gayatri]

4. I toasted in the dreaded date with a kir--white wine and blackberry syrup. Festive!

[BlueJazz]

2. My dog had some pretty bad ...ahhh..."Gas" but other than that, life is wonderful.

[Surya Gayatri]

22. If puppy farts is all you've got to fear, well, consider yourself one of the fortunate!

[Melinda]

3. How do we know you're not some secret inter-gallactic overload posing as Surya?

Maybe here to spread disinformation so we in the states won't be expecting you tonight, hmmm?

We are watching you, Surya.

[Surya Gayatri]

8. Heh, heh, heh...you'll never know..heh, heh. I could be

anybody, undercover of innertube anonymity...heh, heh!

[southernyankeebelle]

5. Where are you? Here in Tn it's been raining really hard all day with a little sun break and

now back to rain and strong winds. Yuck I hate strong winds. Now tommorrow my granddaughter and I are going to have what she calls "girl time" and we are going to bake cookies for Santa. That is her plans for tommorrow. Her birthday is christmas day and she will be 7. I ordered a Hello Kitty cake. She is crazy about Hello Kitty. Awe to be 7 again. Then again no thank you. But I love having a granddaughter soooooooooooomuch. Wishing you a happy christmas.

[Surya Gayatri]

9. Frogland, aka Paris, France...

to Vol country!

ETA: Have a great B-Day celebration with your granddaughter (not to mind the threat of annihilation hanging over us all! :rofl

[southernyankeebelle]

61. I wish I were back in Germany or Italy with my relatives. They sure know how to enjoy the

holidays. Have a crossiant for me please. Merry Christmas to you.

[Surya Gayatri]

63. I'll do that, SYB! In fact I'll have several, hot from the bakery!

Merry Christmas to you, too, dear SYB!

[southernyankeebelle]

64. Thank you Surya. Don't get sick but remember when you take that first bite think and say

SYB this is for you, lololololo hahahaha. Have fun and enjoy.

[Surya Gayatri]

65. It's on!

[dixiegrrrrl]

52. Hey belle....

We are SO used to very little windy days down here.
So tonight and tomorrow's "high" winds of...gasp...35 mph gusts have triggered a "special weather statement".
Temperature dropping like a rock, below 30 they say.

I think being inside and making cookies with a grand baby is a wonderful way to spend a day.

[southernyankeebelle]

60. Oh I sure agree with you on that. Merry Christmas.

[AntiFascist]

6. It's the beginning of the Age of Aquarius...

which is why you are having torrential rains.

[Surya Gayatri]

12. Is THAT it! They've been saying it's because of a colder

than normal Gulf Stream due to melting Greenland?

[AntiFascist]

21. Yeah, that too probably...

also, if you're really into Mayan prophesies, the Dresden Codex (one of several Mayan scriptures distributed throughout Europe) shows a reptillian god pouring water at the end of the age. See the very last page here:

http://digital.slub-dresden.de/fileadmin/data/280742827/280742827_tif/jpegs/280742827.pdf

On edit: it looks like he's pouring it over the head of Quatzequatel?

[Surya Gayatri]

24. Well, the revered reptile got an early start here. These grey skies and intermittent

downpours have going on for 3 weeks already!

[kydo]

19. doesn't that start friday

well according to some people at least. I'm excited about the Age of Aquarius, maybe now with the final day of Pisces the Christian movement will slow down. It's been moving so far to the right it might fall off the fiscal cliff before the USA does.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. No, everything is just great. If you don't mind Daleks.

[Surya Gayatri]

16. Have nothing against them, just don't know them very well...

Have none as neighbors and never was a Dr. Who aficionado.

[LeftofObama]

10. I have a feeling Europe has been eviscerated and

you are an imposter lulling us into a false sense of security.

[Surya Gayatri]

13. Shhhh! Nobody else knows, so keep it under your tinfoil hat!

[OffWithTheirHeads]

11. Why would Mayans set their calander to european time?

You aint outta the woods yet buddy!

[Surya Gayatri]

14. They were into multiple time-zones as well, but neglected to explain that

in the carved record...

[AldoLeopold]

15. On Mayan time here in Arkansas

So I'll let you know if the doom overwhelms us. That's right, I'll be right here posting away on DU as a massive time rift implodes the planet.

[Surya Gayatri]

17. It's your duty--DU may be the last outpost of a civilized world!!!

[Warpy]

18. No, people on another site

from New Zealand, Korea, Thailand, India, Saudi Arabia have all checked in to report that the planet is intact where they are.

[AldoLeopold]

23. None of them are on Mayan time

I expect there's a moondial somewhere in the Yucatan glowing right now with strange runes.

[Surya Gayatri]

25. Well, thank the above mentioned "Reptile God" for that!

[Whisp]

20. what? wolf blitzer just said there is no europe. n/t

[Surya Gayatri]

27. What does Leslie know--his world stops at the beltway.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

26. It's 0525 here on 21 DEC and we're still kickin... and kicking ass!

[Surya Gayatri]

29. You in the Far East are the Vanguard of the Aquarian Age, apparently...

Keep on kickin'!

[Marrah_G]

28. Watch out for Zombies!

[Surya Gayatri]

32. I live just half a kilometer from the most famous cemetery in Paris. No sign

of the undead so far. But, the night is yet young. We'll see...

[malaise]

30. Good news

Hahahahahah

[Surya Gayatri]

34. Yeah, things are holding here--hope things go as well over there in the Caribbean!

[EvilAL]

31. I'm 3 hours away but

the thing in my neck started blinking green earlier and it seems to have doubled in blinks per minute since it started. Anyone else's neck thing blinking?

[Surya Gayatri]

59. No, but my tinfoil hat is pretty hot to the touch!!!

[boston bean]

33. We all know it's when the US east coast hits 12am that the

shit will hit the fan...

The world revolves around us, alas...

[Surya Gayatri]

38. Silly me! Of course, the rest of the world is waiting in fearful

apprehension until the US sounds the all-clear!

[pinboy3niner]

35. I'm in SoCal and people are acting REALLY CRAZY!

Oh, wait...that's how it always is here.

[Surya Gayatri]

39. Um yeah, that's pretty much business as usual. I know--my bro lives in Orange County.

[jberryhill]

36. It starts in Mexico

[Surya Gayatri]

56. Whaaaaaat staaaaarts in Mexico?

The rising of the dead, alien landings, the Rapture...Whaaaat?

[jberryhill]

79. All of the above and more

But I have the key to surviving it.

PM for PayPal instructions and I will immediately email you the instructions which, if followed, will allow you to survive and prosper. Hurry.

[Surya Gayatri]

86. Please send instructions on credit. Will settle after

worst blows over...um, K?

[In_The_Wind]

37. The parrots are squawking their heads off.

The weather feels warm for an evening in upstate New York.


Data as of: 8:00 PM 12/20/2012
Current Conditions
Temperature: 37.7°F Pressure: 30.03"
Average Wind: 2mph SSE Sunrise: 7:20 AM
Humidity: 74% Sunset: 4:27 PM
Dew Point: 30�°F Moonphase: -47

Wind Chill: 38�°F Monthly Rain: 2.02"

So Far Today
High: 39�°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Low: 26�°F Gusts: 12mph ENE

[Surya Gayatri]

41. Squawking parrots--oh, noes!!!!! That's one of the

sure signs of the end announced all those centuries ago. I hope they're not talking or singing--that would be an even worse omen.

[In_The_Wind]

50. One of them is talking incessantly.

Brat
You're OK
Cracker
You're OK [img][/img]

I guess we're in big trouble now. [img][/img] She keeps repeating ~ You're ok!

[Surya Gayatri]

54. Much, much worse trouble than anyone feared....

[bayareamike]

40. The word from my friends in Australia is that

large alien ships have been reported in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. Stay tuned.

[Surya Gayatri]

43. OHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOES! Ships in the skies or in the harbor?

[bayareamike]

46. THIS JUST IN:

Turns out that the alien ships were actually just private jets. Apparently the Romneys went down under for a little fun in the sun. I can see why the Aussies were confused:

[Surya Gayatri]

48. Perfectly understandable--anybody would be confused...

[BillyJack]

42. 10 more hours or so till the soltice.....

haven't seen any asteroids or aliens here in the midwest usa.....

[Surya Gayatri]

45. The aliens will probably show up at Stonehenge in the UK--the Druids

have been expecting them for millenia.

[BillyJack]

67. Don't know about the Druids, but I'd bet the *Bilderberger's*, et al

are having an orgasmic/cosmic "rockin' good time/party.....that none of us pleibs have been invited to/know about.

Toil on.....

[Surya Gayatri]

68. Maybe they've rented Stonehenge for the bash?

In honor of the endtimes:

[BillyJack]

70. what's this about?

Not into "popular culture".

What's this supposed to mean?

TIA

[Surya Gayatri]

72. Just REM's famous pop song "It's the end of the world as we know it..."

Nothing sinister, just an ironic pop-culture reference.

[Surya Gayatri]

51. Sightings have already been reported in OZ, along with some

sure signs from downunder:

A SUN IN THE NORTH!!!!!!!!!!

[muriel_volestrangler]

44. I heard the sun was seen *in the north* at midday in Auckland!

[Surya Gayatri]

47. Holy shit! It's started then...we can only wait for our imminent doom!

A SUN IN THE NORTH!!!--the surest sign in the Mayan record...

[Retrograde]

80. There was a strange light in the eastern sky this morning

but I just got back from a week in Denmark and may have forgotten what the sun looks like.

Otherwise, the cats are going bonzo but there's nothing odd about that. I sure hope the world isn't ending tomorrow, as I paid my credit card bills early.

[jpak]

49. Things have emerged from the sea

and so it begins....

[Surya Gayatri]

53. Can you be more specific, jpak, or are you too overcome

with terror and trepidation?

[riverwalker]

55. my neighbors have lost their minds

but I live in Bachmann-land....just another day.

[Surya Gayatri]

57. Well, nothing to report there. It would only be newsworthy

if Bachmann was acting sane...

[SoCalNative]

58. It's supposed to happen at

6:11AM EST

[Surya Gayatri]

62. Damn...you mean we have to wait another 9 hours for total annihilation?

And here I was thinking we'd dodged the bullet!

[GreenStormCloud]

66. Not yet. 11:21 UTC is the official Winter Solstice time.

You still have a few hours to go. Personally I plan to sleep though it.

[Surya Gayatri]

69. Good plan...it's the wee hours here now, so I'm off to "do-do", as the French say.

'Night all...and as Kent Jones always used to say:

V I G I L A N C E ! ! !

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

71. 0700, sun just came up... everything looks normal.

Will check back in shortly

[Surya Gayatri]

73. Yes, please allay our anxiety with status updates...thanks!

[spanone]

74. are you sure you're not pre-recorded?

[Surya Gayatri]

82. You guessed it--my user name and account have

been hijacked by clever aliens.

They're using it to lull you-all into a false sense of security. Meanwhile, their diabolical plan of eradication spreads around the globe...

[Yo_Mama]

75. Glad you're still here

Let us know when the fireballs start shooting through sky.

Me, I'm up baking Christmas cookies.

[Surya Gayatri]

84. Just checking in--no fire balls yet. Some fairly high winds

coming in from the North Sea, but nothing more dire...

Those Christmas cookies sound pretty good. Survival rations for the post-apocalypse?

[Yo_Mama]

90. Since I'm still here

I will be distributing them so that I don't overdose.

My dog is hysterical at the prospect. She is recommended eating the lot.

[Surya Gayatri]

95. Hope you baked a few extra for the doggie--it's a

holiday for the furry family members, too!

[a la izquierda]

76. Good to hear.

I study indigenous peoples in Mexico, and I've been waiting to get this day over with for years. I'm sick, snuggled in bed with my dogs, and awaiting the snow here in central Ohio.

[Surya Gayatri]

85. Snowpocalypse! Just on time...

Take care of yourself, a la izquierda! Just hunker down and ride it out.

[a la izquierda]

87. It's not too bad out now.

My dogs are stoked about the snow

[Surya Gayatri]

92. Bundle up if you go out w/ them! Cover head and feet well...

[LiberalElite]

77. It doesn't happen until

11:11 a.m. GMT according to the "official website, which has a handy table of the world time zones:
http://www.december212012.com/time_zone_conversion_chart.htm

[Surya Gayatri]

83. Thanks...this way I can make plans!

[Lint Head]

78. C' Est Si Bon

I feel little tingly in my toes.

[Surya Gayatri]

81. And here is the immortal Yves Montand, and yes,

C'est si bon!!!

[Lint Head]

88. Thanks! Love this.

[Dirty Socialist]

89. On A Related Note

Gangnam Style is about to get its one billionth hit on youtube.

[Surya Gayatri]

94. Surely some critical mass will soon be reached,

and we'll all be sucked into a giant Gangnam- style dance orgy in cyberspace!

Sort of like the Rapture, but to an electronic beat.

[ecstatic]

91. Things got pretty creepy for me last night (this morning)

Right on queue, my phone would not work! Had to restart 4 times and it still wouldn't let me do anything (which is alarming to anyone without a landline). Then out of nowhere the wind picked up and was howling really loud. For a few seconds I was worried and thought I saw aliens in the shadows. This morning I discovered that my keyboard, Swype Beta, went haywire when it turned 12/21 and that's why my phone didn't work. I wonder if that was the developers' idea of a joke?

[Surya Gayatri]

93. Whenever electronics act up that way, my friends and I

always say: "The Computer Over-Lord is exerting his/her dominance over us underlings...just showing who's boss..."

Sort of like Hal in "2001--A Space Odyssey", if you ever saw that.