* A checklist for the end of the universe -- which is happening tonight, in case you haven't heard. [High Plains Messenger]

* Of course, if you have heard, it's just because someone wants to sell you something. [MSNBC]

* Another time, another life -- Richard Nixon would have been "ridin' dirty." [HuffPo]

* Jack Abramoff is just a sad, sad clown, trying to get out of a power-brokering, convicted felon's body. [Looker]