Friday, May 6, 2011

May 21, 2011 Billboards

In my little town there are billboards which make the claim that the world ends on May 21, 2011. Maybe not "world ends" but more like judgment day or some such Chicken Little claim. Google it if you want details.

I look around at all the cars on the streets, bicycles too (it's a college town), and wonder how terribly futile the folks who put up the signs must feel. If any sizable number of us believed those signs, I suspect our behavior would have changed dramatically. It hasn't, not even a little.

If anything has affected our behavior it is higher gas prices, and that effect is minor. The spring term is ending, the weather is warm, and the crack of ball on bat is in the air.

It just doesn't feel like judgment day. We'll check it out on May 22.