Oops, now we only have 8 planets.  Pluto got voted off the island.  Stripped of all the glory that comes with being a planet. 

 

I didn't realize this but we used to have another planet in the 1800's called Ceres.  It's in the asteroid belt.  But that too was demoted back in the day.  Pluto's weird orbit ultimately caused its demise. 

 

It will still be called a dwarf planet.  Which I don't know is very politically correct or not.  Someone call the ACLU. 

Both Ceres and that thingie called 2003 UB 313, aren't going to be considered planets either.  Get this, the dudes who discovered 2003 UB 313 are going around calling it Xena.  I mean out of all the syndicated shows, why would you name a celestial being after Xena Warrior Princess?  That's totally true, I'm not making that up.  It's moon is called "Gabrielle", from the TV show as well.  These guys shouldn't be allowed to name stuff anymore.  If we don't stop them, the heavens will be filled with things like Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman and Walker Texas Ranger.  Oh wait, that would be cool.  Nevermind.  Let's forget about Roman and Greek gods, TV characters are much cooler now that I think about it.  I want one named after Urkel. 

 

In other news, I need help painting the house we're building.  Who knew that painting included doing calking, priming, trim – coat 1, trim – coat 2, ceilings – coat 1, ceilings – coat 2, walls – coat 1, walls – coat 2, doors – coat 1, doors – coat 2.  AND all the stupid taping in between each step?  Whew doggies!  It's a lot of work.  And that's just for one room.  And then, what if you don't like the color?  And what if you have a fulltime job on top of this?  And what if you run the most awesomest website ever? 

 

DS Lite in black?  Comin' in September.  Not like I'll actually be able to play it.  But it sure will look cool.  It's gonna be in pink too in case you were wondering and were totally uncool.  Now they just need to release an organizer so I don't have to buy all this stuff to run homebrew applications.

 

Let's hope the Wii comes out before November 2^nd, or else I'm out of luck cause we'll be on vacation. 

 

And lastly, if you didn't know this already, but dachshunds are the best dogs ever.  Don't even pretend otherwise.