Science!
Fifty newly discovered planets, at least five of them rocky worlds not much bigger (it's all relative) than the Earth: strange new worlds-link. Loath though I am to quote The Simpsons, "What a time to be alive!" I dislike the term "exoplanets" for planets discovered beyond the boundaries of our solar system. Why not just call them planets? To avoid confusion with the nine (whatever the I.A.U. says, there are nine planets in our solar system, not eight) planets orbiting the Accursed Sun? I should think context would solve that problem. Plus, "exoplanets" requires additional explanation. So, yeah, fifty new planets, or fifty new exoplanets for the dunderheads amongst us. Wow!

Science!

The Rebel Black Dot Song of New York of the Day
They Might Be Giants, "New York City" from Factory Showroom (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Every day this week the R.B.D.S.O.T.D. will celebrate the Big Apple, the City That Never Sleeps, Old New Amsterdam—that part of our great republic most ravaged by 9/11. We begin with the most romantic song I've ever heard, a song that is as much about the five boroughs as it is about love, "New York City."

"'Cause everyone's your friend in New York City,
And everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty,
The streets are paved with diamonds and there's just so much to see,
But the best thing about New York City is you and me."