The tenth planet gets a name

Or the second planette. (Or dwarf planet, or planetoid, or whatever-the-F we're calling the Small Guys Out Past Neptune this week.)

Anyway: the planet formerly known as Xena is now Eris.  ...Which makes so much sense, given recent events.  And her moon is Dysnomia. (Which I would otherwise have pegged as the word for the syndrome that makes you hate naming things, but never mind.)

But now let’s get serious. What’s the new body’s symbol?

It really ought to be an apple.

Appearance schedule change: Fargo Fantasy Festival appearance in '07 instead of '06

For those of you who might have been interested in this appearance:

Due to convention sponsorship difficulties, DD and PM's appearance at the Fargo Fantasy Festival in Fargo, North Dakota has been rescheduled for September 21-23, 2007.

William Shatner is the featured media guest: other guests will be announced. Please see the convention website for further details as they become available.

In the "Why was I not told about this earlier" department

From an article about the deploying of the International Space Station's new solar panels: one astronaut is mentioned...

...Christopher J. Ferguson, another Navy captain, who is on his first shuttle mission and is a member of the all-astronaut rock band Max Q.

The all-astronaut rock band??!!

Where do they play? Where can a geek(ette) buy their CDs? Someone must know...