Josh let out a heavy sigh. "Yeah. I figured if it was creepy and weird, you guys would be working on it. Don't forget about...us, okay?" Because saying 'me' was a whole new level of egotism, even for him. "We tried to make the world a little bit better before--you know, whatever this is."

At least the Republicans couldn't find a way to blame it on the Administration, or pretend it was like global warming and wasn't really happening.

...and then Josh realized he was wasting the very last moments of his life worrying about spin, and shook his head.

"Right. the world is ending and I'm not spending my last minutes on the planet on a phone call, you know?" he said, sounding a little apologetic. "I need to go kiss a blonde. Take care of the kids at the school, okay?"