Holy moly, the sacred tenent from our childhood science classes, "My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles," must be revised to something like "My Very Evasive Mouse Just Scared Us Now" as the International Astronomical Union has officially decided that Pluto in not a planet. They took a vote and everything! From the AP:

For now, membership [of the planets] will be restricted to the eight ''classical'' planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. more ›

Every Sunday Gothamist publishes theater reviews by our contributor Mallory Jensen. The opinions below belong entirely to the author. more ›

During yesterday's hearing/public trial/modern day version of stockading of former FEMA head Michael Brown, there was this exchange between Congressman Christopher Shays, Republican from Connecticut, and Brown, which is one of the sound bites du jour:

Shays: I can't help but wonder how different the answers would be -- excuse me; you're blocking me -- if someone like Rudy Giuliani had been in your position instead of you, I think he would have done things differently and I think his answers to us would have been very different... [Shays then went on to list various issues with Brown's management/] more ›