Apocalypse, Anyone?

More evidence of humankind's fascination with apocalyptic change, on display at my local Barnes & Noble. I have trouble understanding this particular obsession. Is ordinary life so grim for many people that they can only get through it by imaging that the universe will soon be destroyed?

I suppose this is only one facet of the desire for "Change" that I wrote about in the context of the signs people waved at Obama's campaign rallies. At a lower level it sustains the vacation and fasion industries. When carried to extremes, it means Revolution, or the Son of Man coming on clouds of glory.

Me, I kind of like life the way it is, and I am more interesting in tinkering than overturning.