Everything about our solar system, that is. Well, actually, just that tiny part about Pluto being a planet. A group of bookworm eggheads got together and decided that at least 1/9th of your previous knowledge of our general area of space was wrong. Pluto is no longer a planet planet, but is now a drawf planet (or spatially challenged for you PC people).
So I ask you: who do these people think they are? I'd like to have the power to change the status of planets, just to bring that jerkwad Neptune down a notch.
All kidding aside, this is a somewhat major change to the hopes, aspirations, and otherwise harmless daydreams of Calvins, Hobbeses, and young Jason Foxes everywhere (if you missed those references, please revisit your childhood.). Apparently, Pluto's orbit intersects Neptune's, which is a big friggin' astronaumical no-no, or so say the egghead union. As my friend Carl pointed out, though, does Pluto cross Neptune, or does Neptune cross Pluto? Hmmmm.....
So now the Solar System is one less planet than it was 24 hours ago, but we've gained at least one drawf planet, possibly three, and we all know that little people are entertaining.
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