Following a link from Theodor, here's a very useful and scientific website, where you can know, just from your desk, what's the current status of planet earth.

from the frontpage:

The International Earth Destruction Advisory Board (IEDAB) is an independent scientific institution which monitors the current status of the Earth and the number of times it has been destroyed. In the event of the Earth being destroyed it will be the IEDAB's job to relay this information to people who need to know and provide advice on how to proceed.

For example, right now the earth is

Sum this with the fact you can get the outside weather just by looking at the background of this website, and you can live in a cave for all your life!

ok, sorry.. i have to kill sometime, waiting on this exam... it will take forever.