Posted in Life, the Universe, and Everything
After all that work I did filling in the holes in Nance's nmemonic for remembering the plants, they've decided that Ceres, Charon, Xena are not planets after all, and Pluto has been demoted. Now what will My Very Excellent Mother Just Serve Us Nine of? Or maybe she'll just serve us noodles instead. Hey, carbos are carbos, right?
Aug. 24, 2006 - Untitled Comment
DD does not approve. :(
Nance
Aug. 24, 2006 - Of what?
Aug. 25, 2006 - I think
she is fine with the "noodles" -- we generally are :) -- but was not pleased with the demotion (in name only, of course -- it is what it is and has been, as her father explained) when she thought of Mickey Mouse's dog Pluto!
Nance
Aug. 25, 2006 - Holt and Holst
(Daryl Cobranchi gave us that pun between the father of homeschooling and the composer of the Planets Suite -- aren't we a neverendingly eclectic community!)
My take on how this new definition of planet connects to all the other stuff we keep trying to nail down, but can't and sometimes would rather fake than admit, is up at:
DWARFING PLUTO And Shrinking Ourselves, A Joyfully Unclear Meditation
http://www.culturekitchen.com/jj_ross/story/dwarfing_pluto_and_shrinking_ourselves_a_joyfu
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