In honor of that, Jef Otte is doing a Doomsday countdown this week, which celebrates Colorado's connections to other failed predictions that the end is near.
But Tyson isn't so focused on the (possibly very short) future that he's forgotten the past, and he posted this comment about Camping:
Last time he had -- or was allowed to have -- a stroke for predicting a date of the Lord's return. Likes pushing his luck, doesn't he?
What will you be doing Friday? And, more important, Saturday?
Read Doomsday countdown, day one, here: And day two here. Watch for day three at noon today.