Mark has paid the price for his determination to spread awareness about 2012. He has endured endless harassment from the authorities and governments of countless countries, death threats, and even served three months in a Los Angeles correctional facility for disturbing the peace…

Eden Prairie, MN

Home video has surfaced of a bizarre incident at a small school in Minnesota.

Kindergarten teacher, Margaret Reed, released her self written and directed play “Kaboom!” last spring to a gym full of parents, students, and teachers.  The play, a direct reflection of Reeds beliefs regarding the prophecies of December 21, 2012, was a controversial choice.  She promised a family friendly five year old appropriate performance and though somewhat cute and definitely entertaining- it wasn’t the most appropriate subject matter.

The children wore adorable colorful planet costumes encompassing almost their entire bodies.  On stage they danced around each other orbiting the Sun played by Reed herself.  The monologue spoken aloud by the Sun set up a particular Doomsday scenario in which the fabled Planet X, the precocious Tommy Gilbert, wanders his way into our solar system and the rest of the nine planets begin bouncing off each other like some sort of cosmic pinball machine.

ATLANTA, GA

Atlanta Braves relief pitcher, Jimmy Harris, only plans to play baseball for three more seasons. “I’m done after the 2012 season. I think we all are.”

Harris is one of a growing number of professional athletes who believe that the world will end on December 21, 2012 to coincide with the end of the Mayan calendar. However, he is the first to try and cash in on it.

Harris signed a 6-year, $45 million dollar deal on Tuesday, while many inside baseball thought the hard-throwing southpaw could garner between $8 and $12 million a year. Harris took a Doomsday Discount in order to get paid his entire contract before December 2012.

If the world does not end, Harris will essentially play the next three years of his contract for free. It’s a gamble but if Harris is right he will be getting paid 15 million a season as opposed to 7.5 Million if he is wrong. “What’s the point of making 60 million if you’re only going to see half that?” said Harris.

An anonymous source inside baseball understands Harris’ decision and thinks it is only the beginning.

“I don’t suspect this will be the last of these kinds of contracts. Players like guaranteed money. There is no guarantee that we will even be here in 2013, so why not get paid now?”

Harris made 70 appearances last year with a 0.79 ERA and 94 strikeouts while saving 56 games.