Thursday, January 6, 2005

The End of the World is Nigh

My god, could the weather here in Memphis get any more freakin' bizarre? A freak ice/sleet/snow storm before Christmas that thaws a week later when the temps go from the teens straight to the 60s. Freakishly high temperatures for another week (high was 72 yesterday, shattering the old record set in 1955), and then today...it's only 36. What tha.??

I think this -- coupled with the tsunami and loss of life in Asia, the ongoing (and utterly ridiculous) war in the Middle East, and the fact that Dick Clark missed a Rockin' New Year's Eve-- God could finally be saying "Pay attention, fools! I'm growing weary of your antics."

Not that I'm overly religious, but let's face it -- the end of the world will come whether you believe in God or not...and sometimes God is just a good explanation for the unexplainable. And if the end of the world is coming, there's not much we can do about it. So we could either tremble in fear, or respectfully party right into oblivion. I'm not much for trembling.

So might as well pull up a comfy chair with some good friends, mix a tasty cocktail, watch the show and laugh a little...

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