Now that the dust has settled and we all realize the world is not going to end, it is time to bid a sad farewell to the Mayans and their calendar. So, as of Friday, we will not see cable stations devote entire banks of time to documentaries about the Mayan calendar and the repercussions. There was a lot of junk on television but there were some good documentaries on a subject that is worth learning. I hope Mexico and Guatemala were smart enough to get tourist dollars of this. I wonder if they realized what a market there is in the Northern countries for authentic myths for ancient cultures. I am sure they are looking into their prehistory to see if there is anything that can be so easily merchandised, and done so without any expenditure on their part.
It is a bit too bad that none of the money spent went to the living descendant of the Mayans, who live today and Mexico and Central America.
