While most people seem to think it’s just a lark, the press, in its continual search for sensationalism, continues to remind everyone that the end of the world is coming this year. It seems the ancient Mayan calendar ends in December of 2012, so that could mean everything ends at that time.

One explanation for the calendar ending in 2012 has been offered in a cartoon that is making the rounds on the social networks. It seems the creator of the calendar simply ran out of room, and 2012 was as far as he could go.

Perhaps the world will not end this year. Although… we should live life as if it were.