What with all the talk about the end of the world coming soon, thanks to the Mayan calendar theory – I’ve started to look a little harder for signs that there may actually be some truth to these concerns.

Exhibit A: I believe that many birds have gone away, possibly supporting the theory that they KNOW the world will be coming to an end in 2012. No matter how hard I look around, all the birds we typically spot in our neighbourhood are clearly MIA.

Exhibit B: Despite alarm bells constantly ringing in the media, global warming seems to be a cruel hoax locally. It is globally freezing in our area. That could mean anything, but let’s add that into the “end of the world” side of the ledger for our purposes this morning.

Exhibit C: Every tree on every street appears to be dead – leaves are gone, the bark has turned brown…this has to be the most compelling evidence of all that something is afoot. Those ancient Mayans must have been botanists. Or arborists. Or psychic.

Chow for now!!