BULLETIN:  WORLD STILL HERE – AT 10:41 P.M. ET:  The world did not end at 6 p.m. ET tonight, despite predictions backed by the full faith and credit of believers who flooded the New York subway system with signs and pamphlets.

I, personally, was disappointed.  The end of the world would have been a great thing to blog about.  And I know that my left-wing colleagues were prepared to blame BUSH (!!), and, especially, CHENEY (!!!!).

My disappointment extends to finance.  My wife and I went to a local mall at about 5 p.m., the kind where you have to pay for parking.  But, with the world scheduled to end at 6, we figured we wouldn't have to pay the parking fee.  Now we're out three bucks.  I'm going to send the bill to the member of the reverend clergy who predicted the end, and ask him to make up my staggering loss.

I do hope that CNN and the other news outlets go back to this chap tomorrow and ask what went wrong.  As for all those believers I saw in the subway this week, I expect that next week they'll shave their heads and do the Hare Krishna bit.  Then after that they'll get jobs on Wall Street or as commentators at MSNBC.

May 21, 2011