December 2012

I predict that nothing too crazy is going to happen, leaving millions of people disapointed. It is the end of an age, and the beginning of a new one, but who said everything has too change in one day? Why couldn't it be a more gradual change that lasts over a period of months? I remember years ago my now college age daughter was 9 years old, and she rushed outside on the first day of spring expecting to see leaves on the trees. I had to explain to her it just didn't work like that, the change happened gradually. So what are we changing too? I don't know, but I don't think that this time next year we will be broken down into a fuedal society going to war over the last few cans of tuna while a bunch of rich guys wait things out inside a cavern deep inside the bowels of the Earth. Even if I knew for sure a bad earthquake was coming, I don't think I would want to be in a cave that could collapse on me. If I'm wrong, jump on this post after the fact and point it out to me. Of course the very ability to do that would mean that I was correct all along.

2012

Hello Friends Perhaps it is fate that has brought me back to this blog scant months before the famous historical date of December 22 2012. (Or was it the 21rst or 23rd?) I remember when I was 11 years old and I first heard Leonard Nimoy mention this date as the end of the world. (Truth is, it was 2011, not 2012. It appears that even a deadline this big can be pushed back) Of course, later interpretations changed the date to 2012 due to uh, damned if I know. But they have to be pretty smart to be able to read Mayan, so I guess they got it right. But that’s not the truth, is it? The truth is they could give us any date they want, and Bob from Peoria isn’t going to know anything different. There is also some talk that the Earth is going to be in the galactic center of the universe. I guess some astronomers know this as fact. I would check this out for myself, but I can’t see the beginning or the end of the universe, so how the hell am I going to find the center? These observations has led me to believe that the date of the end of the world is bullshit. Something to sell books and History Channel programming. That was until the events of last week. After three years of service at the same dealership, my time as a car salesman has come to an abrupt end. There were signs that it was coming, but I failed to heed them because the truth was, I was ready for my career to be over. Shiva the destroyer came and took everything in my career that I had worked for. It is a good thing, because now a new career can begin. So for me Dec 21 2012 has already happened, and I am grateful for it. Now is the time for me to start building a new and better world. I am now a professional writer, and expect to be paid for my work. However, on this blog I will still be handing out freebies.. Thank you my friends and stay tuned, Ed J

2012, Doomsday for Superman

2012 will be the year Superman meets his maker.

Superman, who is arguably the first ever superhero burst into the public consciousness in Action Comics number one back in 1938. His creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster sold the character to Detective Comics (DC) for a hundred dollars and a contract for work. In the late forties, they became unhappy with the amount of money they were making compared to the amount of money the company was making, and they tried to renegotiate their contract. DC Comics then fired them, and removed their byline.
The pair fought for years for the rights to the character, and in 1975 they were awarded 20k per year, as well as having their byline restored. This was not a court order; it was due to negative publicity.
After the pair had passed away, Jerry Siegel’s widow and daughter sued DC Comics in 1999, and the case was settled recently in the Siegel’s favor. Warner Brothers must reimburse the Siegel’s for any money they made on the character since 1999, and in 2013 full rights to the character will revert back to the Siegel’s. They could then lease the character back to Time Warner, but due to the fact that Jerry Siegel fought his whole life to get the rights to the character he created, I don’t see that happening. Superman as we know him will not make it past 2012. By that time, he will be 74 years old. Elements of the Superman story will still be owned by DC Comics, such as the Characters Lex Luthor and Jimmy Olsen, but Clark and Lois are going to meet their makers.
As much as a like the character, I’m glad the family of the creators are going to get the copyright back. Let’s face it, 20 k a year is nothing compared to the Amount of dough Superman has generated over the years. They could lease the character to another company like Marvel, but DC Comics owns Superman’s flying ability, heat vision, and kryptonite. Any story published by another company won’t be the same. So, in the year 2012 Superman will die.

Spring and the Age of Aquarius

The Age of Aquarius will begin in 2012, and many think this will be the end of the world. I don't fall into this line of thinking, and here is why.

Many years ago when my now college age daughter was seven, she asked me when winter would be over. I told her the first day of Spring will begin on March 22. She was very excited the night of March 21, and the next day woke up and ran outside. It was around 32 degrees, and the trees were still bare. She came inside and accused me of lying, that it wasn't spring yet, it was still yucky old winter. I told her that spring didn't happen on one day, it was a gradual process.

I think the new age will be the same way. There will be gradual changes over the next few centuries, but December of 2012 will probably be like any other December. No tidal wave of water will rush in to take us away, but we might get some rain.