The dim future on the history channel

Watched a show on the History Channel about Nostrodomus and what the ancient Mayans predicted, etc. Looks like in 2012 the sun will align with lots of things and the Earth's magnetic field will lesson, causing volcanoes, etc. The wifey asked why I'm watching and isn't it stressing me out? I say, no. Makes my little problems seem like nothing and I should enjoy myself until 2012.

Of course, I don't believe any of this garbage. But it is amusing to see these professor types, who nobody has ever heard of, deciphering pictures and finding meanings in cross statues made thousands of years ago.