that one never steps into the same river twice. For that matter, after a night of dnrmaieg sleep, one wakes up with a brain that has been chemically and structurally altered. Mayan calenders and doomsday aside, the world begins and ends every day. For about a quarter million human beings worldwide, that day, like every other day, will be the end of their personal world. For about four hundred thousand others, it will be the beginning of a new lifeworld. I have to admit a certain suspicion of end of the world thinking. My take is pretty well summed up in Michael Meade's book Why the World Never Ends. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and no, Virginia, the world will not end on December 21st, 2012 unless, that is, it ends for you

by Cristina 05:52:27 PM 2013.03.14