Bits and Pieces or Random Things of Questionable Importance - Taller people are smarter . Duh. You didn't need to a ginormous scientific study to figure that out. In fact, I can take that story one step further: intelligence is proportional to height. - Try as I might, I couldn't find any articles or reasoning to back the recent disappearance of the peach milkshake at Steak 'n' Shake. When you finish reading this, please write to your Congressmen and demand the return of the greatest treat ever invented. In the meantime, the Peanut Butter B&P and the Cookies & Cream B&P shakes will do. - MAN LAW: College football is starting soon. Every man is allowed to pick up to two teams to follow every week. These games supercede any other possible weekend engagements. - In the comment area for the "Congratulations, Pluto" article, I added a link to a BBC story about the uproar over Pluto's demotion. We still have hope. - Less than two month...
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Congratulations, Pluto or Planet Josh Is Soon To Follow It's a fight that has been brewing for decades. The issue has been closely watched by a variety of crowds , from textbook authors to the people who make those glow-in-the-dark planets that you can stick on your ceiling. Finally, the International Astronomical Union has decided to settle the issue once and for all by voting on a defintion for the word "planet." The current frontrunner is a definition that would include at least 3 new planets . One is an object currently residing in the asteroid belt - Ceres. One is a moon of Pluto - Charon. The third is technically known by its IAU catalog number - 2003 UB313. Unfortunately, the astronomer who discovered it decided to be cute and nickname it "Xena" (as in, the warrior princess). Boy am I glad we have stopped using those old Shakesperean names for planetary objects. Those made us sound way too intelligent. But Xena? Eh... We need to spice this on...