Posted on 02/09/06
Earth to Pluto: Honk if you hear me
Last week I found myself feeling unhinged. I was discombobulated, not myself, cast adrift, lost in a wilderness, feeling around in the dark -- pick your metaphor, something was amiss. I just couldn't put my finger on what. I opened the paper one morning and there it was, in black and white: The International Astronomical Union had voted the day before to demote Pluto from official planet status.
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