Holst Strikes Back

Well, apparently I was premature and ol' Gustav was right. After a week of controversy, a group of astronomers in Prague has cast a final vote to strip Pluto of its planethood. Pluto now has the status of a "dwarf planet," and the Solar system is down to eight functional planets. Which means that Holst's master work was right after all (when the Solar system is viewed from Earth, of course).

Sadly, it appears that Pluto has been paying a little too much attention to the Connecticut senatorial race.