No, I’m not announcing the end of As a Linguist. I may not have posted in over a month, but I’m not ready to pull the plug. There’s still plenty of brain activity left; I just needed a little bit more coma time.

What I am referring to in my title is the latest prediction of the end of the world: the Mayan apocalypse scheduled for today.

There are some who truly believe that something catastrophic really will happen today. They’ve been stocking up on food, learning how to defend their homesteads, practicing survivalist techniques.

The rest of us are just sort of making fun of it. Continue reading →