It's not the last day on earth

Despite the Mayan calendar, I predict we will make it through the end of the day. Many song lyrics come to mind:

• "It's the end of the world as we know it..."
  REM

• "When the flood calls
   You have no home, you have no walls in the thunder crash
   You're a thousand minds, within a flash
   Don't be afraid to cry at what you see
   The actors gone, there's only you and me
   And if we break before the dawn, 
   They'll use up what we used to be 
   Lord, here comes the flood
   We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood"
  Peter Gabriel

• "In a hundred million years, when the planet disappears
   You and I will stay and watch the world fade away
   And in a million trillion years, when the stars all disappear
   You and I will stay and watch it all fade away"
  Todd Rundgren

• "Cities grow
   Rivers flow
   Where you are, I'll never know
   But I'm still here
   If you were right, and I was wrong
   Why are you the one that's gone
   I'm still here
   Still here"
  Vertical Horizon

But if it were the last day on earth, it's nice that it would be on a Friday, so we could finish the work week.

Optimism is alive in the lab.