i haven't been completely following this planet debate that has been going on recently, but upon reading some articles this morning i can't help but wonder, is there really a need for more planets? nine seemed like a perfect number of them - twelve is entirely too many. how are children going to fit twelve foil balls into a shoebox for their solar system dioramas? plus there are already too many sets of twelve out there - eggs, numbers on the clock, days of christmas - let the planets have their own special number that they don't have to share with the less stellar.
taking off my scientific hat for a moment, never before have i seen my exact feelings on a muppet in print before. its rather refreshing. hopefully some anti-elmo revolution rises up because of this article. i tried to start one back in h.s. - to no avail - when bizarrely, 15-year-old girls started carrying their tickle-me-elmos to school. why were teens buying t.m.e's anyway? not for nostalgia reasons - elmo was barely featured on the show when we were kids. oh wait, it gets better. tickle me elmo was the mascot of our cheerleading team. i wish i was kidding, but there he was, red fur blowing in the breeze from the rattling of the pompoms.
finally, some sad news today - RIP Bruno Kirby. you made When Harry Met Sally a classic, and if we had the familial luck of having an uncle named lenny, we know he would have looked exactly like you.
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