and then there were 8...

today, pluto was officially demoted from planet status. that's weird. i mean, i know there has always been debate and speculation about whether or not it was actually qualified to be called a planet. but i never thought they'd actually remove it from the list. they're going to have to re-print all the kids science books to reflect that fact now. i guess now it's classified as a "dwarf planet". crazy. you can read all about it here.