Look! Up In The Sky! That Ain't No Bird!

I do believe the world will come to an end, but I'm not so sure the scene will be the classic "Jesus on a big white horse" with a heavenly host of angels singing, "The Party's Over" in 8-part harmony.

I rather suspect it will be of natural causes, with Jesus & The Angels appearing shortly after. The opening act will be the huge asteroid out there with our name on it. We've been making countless revolutions around the sun, as has The Big One; so far, our orbits have been just odd enough that we have shaken hands a few times, but that's been about it. One of these days, we will both be occupying the same piece of orbital real estate at the same moment.

Then the fun begins.

What brings all this about is a program I saw last night on the National Geographic Channel. I'll let the NG explain it: "Imagine waking up to the last day on Earth. What do you think is the worst that could happen in just 24 hours? Inspired by the predictions of scientists, End Day creates apocalyptic scenarios that go beyond reality. In a single hour we deliver five different fictional disasters." It repeats July 6 at 6pm Eastern; July 18 at 7pm Eastern.

To me, the catch is: We don't know; any day we wake up could be the last day our planet exists.

Th' heck is that thing in the sky? And why has traffic stopped with all the drivers out of their cars looking up? Does that mean I don't have to keep to my diet today?