Unfortunately, they didn't get much use as there were no magazines or newspapers.

Oprah has announced today that her show will be ending in September of 2011…or 15 months earlier than the Mayans predicted.

 There is a lot of talk these days about the world coming to an end in 2012 because of the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on Dec. 21, 2012. But Mayan Indian elder Apolinario Chile Pixtun tells us it's not the end of the world at all and that all the hype is meaningless. Pixtun says the doomsday theories spring from Western, not Mayan ideas.  ***MARLAR: And you know our predictions are screwed up.  People thought the end of the world was coming with Y2K and still have food supplies and generators in their backyard bunkers. 

The world is going to end in 2012. I know that because of the movie 2012, an action movie starring John Cusak?! Proof that the world is coming to an end.

Last week I started to watch a show called 2012 Mayan Calendar... Disappointed to learn it involved the end of the world... Thought it had to do with attractive Central American girls auditioning for a future Maxim magazine spread...

An organization of Mayan Indians complained at a recent press conference that the actor who played Jaguar Paw in the film "Apocalypto" is not Indian enough and once used a Mexican last name. Later that same day, all of their car stereos mysteriously disappeared at once.

The Detroit Free Press reports that the first Muslim Congressman, Keith Ellison, "said he'd use the Quran during his swearing-in ceremony next week. 'On Jan. 4, I will go swear an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. I'll place my hand on the Quran.'"

That's like saying, "I'll swear an oath to uphold the principles of capitalism by placing my hand on the Communist Manifesto."

Speaking at the annual convention of the Muslim American Society and the Islamic Circle of North America, Ellison "said that Muslims can help teach America about justice and equal protection."

That's like saying the Aztecs and Mayans could have helped teach Queen Elizabeth about high tea etiquette.

Mel Gibson's new movie "Apocalypto" is about human sacrifice among the ancient Mayans.

It shares some similarities with "The Passion":

1) It takes place a long time ago.

2) The people in it don't speak American.

3) After the movie comes out, Mel will blame all the world's wars on the Mayans after being arrested by a Mayan cop.

4) My grandmother will hate it.