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Goofy? Yes, And Pluto, Too

Pluto is no longer to be considered a planet. What the hell is the Solar System coming to? I know this is not the way to return to blogging after a lengthy absence, but come on....Pluto is getting fired!!!

Mary's Violet Eyes Make John Stay Up Nights Proposing. That's how I learned to memorize the planets when I was in grade school. Your experience was probably similar. Now we'll have to come up with something new, like: Michael's Violent Engravings Made John Shoot Up Nightly...maybe that's not so good for the kiddies.
How about Matt's Vision Enlongated Matronly Jane's Shadowy....ummm, that's not going anywhere.

Or, we could just leave off "proposing", which leaves us wondering what Johnny's doing at night when he thinks of Mary's eyes. Eyes...yeah, I'm sure that's what he's thinking about.

In my opinion, anything which orbits a star and has enough mass to be spherical should be considered a planet. Evidently, though, there are dozens of bodies out beyond Pluto which match that description, meaning that we actually have about 50 planets in our little neighborhood. Isn't it funny how little we know about our own backyard? I makes me wonder what future astronomers and researchers will discover.