The Rapture, cont’d.

So it seems May 21 was the soul-saving closing date, and total obliteration has been postponed five months. If you are on the brink of feeding the world or curing cancer, ABORT MISSION. There are only 200,000 tickets to salvation, and the paperwork is already in. If I don’t make the cut, come October I’ll be crouched in a bunker with two of each species. Anyone know where I can find a couple of hairy-nosed wombats?

About that Rapture…

It is just after midnight, May 22, on Kiritimati Island. The earth is quiet and still, but above, there is a low rumbling in the clouds, a frenzied stir that can be heard just beyond the pearly gates. “Damnation! I just spilled wine on my robe. Now where did I put that other sandal? Hell’s fire, I am six hours late. Can’t this camel go any faster? And how do you program ‘heaven to earth’ on his piece of crap GPS?”