Had the world ended on Dec. 21, 2012, it wouldn’t have been because the Mayan calendar hits a century mark, any more than the year 2000 resulted in the end time. NASA finds the notion so absurd they posted a web page just to debunk the myth.
Which isn’t to say the end of the world as we know it didn’t take place this year, only to say it didn’t happen by the Mayan calendar. Instead, the end of the world as we know it came and went with surprisingly little fanfare. A young man knocked on my door, waved a box at me, and announced he was turning off my power so he could connect a “smart meter.”
If you’re living alone, trot carefully around the house to view your new meter, because the world as you know it came to an end when they installed that thing. Stowe is the largest town in Vermont, and about as diverse as you might reasonably expect a resort town to be. There are second homes and large mansions, little shabby farmhouses and modern townhouses, and up until a few weeks ago, someone was responsible for checking on each and every one of them at least once a month.
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