Thursday, August 24, 2006
This Just Sucks
I just heard that Pluto lost its status as a planet. You can quote all the scientific mumbo-jumbo you want, but this is just plain wrong. Why pick on Pluto? It was just minding its own business way out there in the big beyond. All of sudden a bunch of IAU nitwits decide to strip poor lonely Pluto of its planethood. Of course this is from the bunch who feel that distance based on some minute fraction of the circumference of our planet (at least it's still a planet for now) is much better than the distance from toe to heel.
As much as I'm for the scientific methodology, (note, I am aware of the difference between astronomy and astrology, and that sun is actually bigger than the moon) somethings should be left alone. And Pluto is planet - rest easy Clyde.
