The Doomsday of Unwritten Words

Dec 21 2012

Today is 21-12-12. Earth's crust is still stationary, at least it's not moving as fast as it should be if we were to consider today is the doomsday. The cosmos is shifting as well, everything moving farther away from each other at a speed that would dampen all records of Donald Campbell. (not connected but RIP Carl Sagan)

However that's also not new news since the Michelson-Morley experiment in 1887 gave a number to the speed of light and Edwin Hubble said all galaxies are moving farther and farther away. In comparison Charles Hapgood's theory of shifting Earth's crust and an impending doomsday doesn't sounds far-flung.

So when Ronald Emmerich created a martini out of the apparent end of ancient Mayan calendar and Hapgood's theory, it added more chaos to the already panicked world. If recent history is to go by then humankind ain't doing a good job in trying to keep its home. The subprime of indulgence is eating away this beautiful Earth.

I'll put all these theories on the backseat (even the Mayans don't believe in all this nonsense) and worry about other things around me. You all must be wondering what the purpose of this post is. Well, all this talk about 2012 did make me think about the ephemeralness of our life in this universe (let's go beyond the Earth).

I wondered what all things I should have done by now if I had taken this impending end of Earth seriously. A plenty of things, it's a huge bucket list and I think even if I manage to do half of it in the years assigned to me - I would be lucky! But as the grumpy old Mr. Cole said - We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round.

Nonetheless I decided to take a peek at all the blog posts I started with but never ended up finishing. The reasons are as varied as the topics I have tried to take on. So here is a small list of things that are still unwritten (perhaps I'll complete these someday). The list for the interested folks goes something like this (a good old walk down memory lane):

• Are you a religious person (I was inspired by Ides of March here), 
• Plagiarism (I wonder why I took this up), 
• Satyamev Jayate (a great TV series worth writing on if I can write something worth), 
• Moments of truth (my Gandhi ji moment I guess), 
• Brothers Grimm (Oh yeah! I liked the movie, wonder why critics didn't!)
• Death of a dream machine (don't remember the inspiration behind this),
• Walking around Durban city center (a beautiful place no doubt),
• Recession, depression and politics (it would have been definitely interesting),
• Fear (????),
• Importance of being ordinary (my homage to Oscar Wilde) ,
• I like being me (who doesn't),
• Coworker (no idea now),
• Honesty is the best policy (definitely!).

So this is a snapshot of possibilities that could have ended without a conclusion if Gods had decided to shower this planet with asteroids and the poles had decided to go crazy! But as 21-12-12 draws to an end I wish I'll complete some of these in the next year that ends with a 13!

Carl Sagan

Note: this post is dedicated to Carl Sagan, hence his photo. He didn't promote doomsday in any way. He did promote truth and knowledge.

We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

 - Carl Sagan 

(in the best TV documentary ever - Cosmos)