Happy New (Budget) Year!!! It's the end of the world as we know it!

... at least according to screaming ninnies like Assemblywoman Noreen Evans, who has been keeping a doomsday watch on her blog, counting down the hours to the California budget deadline as "heading toward the cliff."

Well, it's midnight. Are you dead? Are there riots in the street? Is your water and electricity out?

Oh, the horror! The humanity!

(I'm not actually awake now; I wrote this post in advance and set it up to go at midnight. So maybe the world actually did end. Nice knowing ya!)