They named Eris's moon too.

I still say we should have started an online campaign to name the moon 'ita.'

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Eris' moon also received a formal name: Dysnomia, the daughter of Eris known as the spirit of lawlessness.

Dysnomia, the daughter of Eris known as the spirit of lawlessness.

If they find more moons, will they be named Dyslexia and Dyscalculia?

Dyspepsia.

Okay. (1) I am a little bit hungover. (2) The annoying beeping coming from the server room behind me cube HAS NOT STOPPED SINCE YESTERDAY. (3) Ugh.

Not that it helps, but one of the uninterruptible (ha!) power supplies probably has a battery running low.

Hey! If they made cowbell noises instead of beeping, I bet they'd get attended to faster.

How does something big enough to have moons not qualify as a planet?

From The Onion:

Report: Majority Of Americans Unprepared For Apocalypse

WASHINGTON, DC—Over 87 percent of Americans are unprepared to protect themselves from even the most basic world-ending scenarios, according to a study released Monday by the nonpartisan doomsday think-tank The Malthusian Institute.

Despite "more than ample warning" for the most likely means of worldwide destruction, less than one million American households have taken even the simplest precautions against nuclear shockwaves, asteroid impact, or a host of angels bearing swords of fire, the study concluded.

Millions remain vulnerable to the all-devouring terror of Jesus' wrath (file photo).

"Our survey of households in seven U. S. regions demonstrated that few citizens have bothered to equip themselves with fireproof suits and extinguishers to deal with volcanic upheaval, solar flares, or the Lord's purifying flame," Malthusian Institute director James Olheiser said. "Almost no one is prepared for a sudden shift in the Earth's polarity or the eating of the Sun and moon by evil wolves Skol and Hati during Ragnarok."

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff sharply disagreed with the report's findings.

"This study is inaccurate and misleading," Chertoff told reporters on Tuesday. "Americans are a resilient, can-do people. We are more prepared than ever to survive a gigantic tsunami, a major gravitational disruption, or any other heretofore non-prophesied calamity."

Chertoff added: "As for Armageddon borne out of God's heavenly wrath, I can say with assurance that this nation has never seen a presidential administration that has given more thought to this very scenario."

If they made cowbell noises instead of beeping, I bet they'd get attended to faster.

And if the cowbell was a low enough note, it wouldn't even give me a headache while doing it! Everybody wins!

For mountain biking fans

Inspectors Bike Inside Mountain to Check Water Supply Safety

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Bicycling through a water tunnel.

If they find more moons, will they be named Dyslexia and Dyscalculia?

Dyspepsia.

Hopefully not Dysentery.

Dysrythmia, though, I could get behind.