I am 62 years of age, and intend to be around on New Year's Day, 2013, just so I can give the horse laugh to those who believe this obvious misunderstanding. The Mayans were an extremely primitive civilization,and the did wonderful carvings. One of these carving si the so-called Mayan Calender that supposedly ends on December 20, 2012, or some such date. A little research reveals that teh Mayan calender, like our own, is cyclic. There are those who believe instead of the world ending on the alleged date, it will just roll over into the next cycle, just as our calender rolls over fro December to January. I think our little ball of dirt will go one for many long years beyond the Mayan's so-called prediction. BB Rev. Allen