Science!
Messengerlink. We must unlock the mystery on Mercury's magnetic field and the tiny world's proportionally titanic internal dynamo! Kuiper's belt, I love N.A.S.A.! New Horizons is on its way to the PLANET Pluto, MESSENGER (properly, ME.S.S.EN.GE.R.) is spirally toward Mercury in perilous proximity to the Accursed Sun, and Opportunity and Spirit continue to trek across the Martian landscape. Thank you, faithful robots, you've made your human masters very happy.

In conclusion, Pluto is a planet. Science!

Vote For Kodos: Kang Plays the Race Card
Never mind those remarks I made the evening of the detestable Iowa caucuses (Wayback Machinelink), I won't be voting for Senator Obama, not even if Governor Huckabee (boo! hiss!) is the Republican nominee. This brouhaha over Senator Clinton's so called "racist" remarks, and Mr. Obama's refusal to rebuke his subordinates, has discredited utterly the Senator from Illinois's claims to be anything other than a cynical, craven conniver. For shame, sir.

Potentially voting for Senator Obama was only ever an emergency option. If, Bog forbid, Mr. Huckabee does capture the Republican nomination, I cannot in good conscience vote for a third party candidate; I may simply have to abstain. I'll be only too happy to vote for Senator McCain, Governor Romney, or Mayor Giuliani, though. My allegiance has always belonged to the G.O.P., the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush.

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Leon Redbone, "Winter Wonderland" from Elf: Music From the Major Motion Picture (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: The snow is back and by the end of the week afternoon temperatures are supposed to climb no higher than the teens! O happy day!

Fondly Fahrenheit, indeed.