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I'm a naturalized Caribbean immigrant in the grand old U.S.A. I live in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Ward 7 and I'm a forever-journalist. I started my first career as a magazine editor and I haven't been able to give it up. When I started this blog, I was knee-deep into my fourth career as a government public relations specialist. However, I have been heading up my editorial staffing company, Invisible Colours LLC out of my Ward 7 neighborhood. I'm expanding my company's brand by offering video production and other social media technologies for clients. This blog follows my journey as a 40-something-year old in Washington, D.C. Married for several years, I have three kids--a boy and two girls. I am blessed, and I'm loving all that God has given me. I have a master's in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's of arts from the University of the West Indies. I hope I can offer a little insight into my life and my experiences. Writing serves as a catharsis for me. It is what I do best. It is what I love. It is who I am.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

On the End of the World

Really? So, a preacher, Harold Camping, claims that the end of the world was going to be May 21, 2011. So, that would have really sucked for me and my blog if I couldn't finish this and reach my 40th birthday. Geez. 


Lots of people bought into it. The day was supposed to be the rapture, when God's chosen few will be picked up and taken to heaven, and miss the trials and tribulations coming with the end of times. Quite a few sold all their possessions, ran up credit cards, quit jobs, made amends, dropped a few. It was serious. I have never seen anything like this. I heard of a few Maryland folks who gave it all up; others spent life savings to put out end of world billboards etc. Wow.

It's now May 24. The world's still intact. I'm still here; and still planning. However, Camping says he's off by five months, so we look forward to another end-of-world drama on Oct. 21, 2011. I thought I read in the Bible that none of us, not even Jesus, knows when God is coming back. Last night I watched the finale of the new NBC 4 television show, The Event. That looked like an end-of-times saga when aliens returned to reclaim our planet--all 2 billion of them.

Above, I've inserted a YouTube video that says the end of the world is actually December 2012. I guess we'll see.
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