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We hope your Thanksgiving holiday was relaxing and fun. Uptown Almanac’s Kevin Montgomery stopped by Best Buy on Thursday and was surprised to see that some people were already in line by noon to get into the store for Black Friday deals. Did you start shopping at midnight, are you holding off until this morning, or not shopping at all?
Looking ahead to the new year, the Associated Press reports that a second Mayan reference to some kind of apocalypse in 2012 has been acknowledged by Mexico’s archaeology institute:
The inscription is on the carved or molded face of a brick. Comalcalco is unusual among Mayan temples in that it was constructed of bricks.
Arturo Mendez, a spokesman for the institute, said the fragment of inscription had been discovered years ago and has been subject to thorough study. It is not on display and is being kept in storage at the institute.
The “Comalcalco Brick,” as the second fragment is known, has been discussed by experts in some online forums. Many still doubt that it is a definite reference to Dec. 21, 2012, or Dec. 23, 2012, the dates cited by proponents of the theory as the possible end of the world.
