2012 Facts, Links and Discussion

I have always been fascinated with the potential occurences of Dec 21st, 2010. I have been putting together a list of sources relating to 2012 and thought I would share them to provoke a more serious discussion.

This essay was created to explain the reasoning and calculatory process of the Short Count and Long Count systems created and used by the Mayans that ultimatel determined the 2012 date. Very interesting and informative read.
Why 2012?

This is an interesting link with many links leading out from its pages.
It discusses everything from UFO's to more scientific data.
Beyond 2012

In 2012 the plane of our Solar System will line up exactly with the plane of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. This cycle has taken 26,000 years to complete. Virgil Armstrong also says that two other galaxies will line up with ours at the same time. A cosmic event!
What could be the resulting side effects to this occurance?

This site has a hundred links to all things related to 2012.
www.diagnosis2012.co.uk...

So the common ideas are:
The world is speeding up in time and our frequencies are increasing which will result in us moving higher in the spiritual ladder.

A meteor is coming to take us all out.

Alien beings who were potentially our creators are coming back to show us whose boss.

Am I missing anything?