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By the way, we know that Eris' moon Dysnomia (formerly Gabrielle) is really Shamlicht. And we really like Xena and companion Gabrielle, even if their TV show did make our Goddess look bitchy. |
Reverend Loveshade 12 October 2006 As of this writing, the anniversary of the death of Eristotle, the dwarf planet formerly named Planet X (or Xena) is named 136199 Eris. Because it is currently believed larger than Pluto, this means that the world considered the Solar System's ninth planet since its discovery in 1930 was demoted to a dwarf planet. This decision of the International Astronomical Union has not proved popular, and may have changed by the time you read this. This is a prime example of the Discordian principle of grids. People in a society typically have grids similar to each other. Imagine taking a grid you can see through, and going outside one night and looking through it at the lights in the heavens. The points that line up on your grid will line up on the grids of your neighbors. You can all agree that you're looking at a crab or a goat or a virgin. But people in a different society will see different points lined up differently on their grids. They might, for example, say that the lights line up to indicate the birth of the king of the Jews. Like the blind men and the elephant, people fight and kill each other over their grids. But the lights in the sky shine on them all. |
Planet Eris |
Brother Kob 13 September 2006 It finally happened today. The so called dwarf planet nicknamed "Xena" is now offically named after the Greek discordian goddess Eris. Here is the URL of the planet from wikipedia.org: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/136199_Eris According to wikipedia, the planet "Eris" is the farthest planet from the sun (Down, Christianity, down!) AND it orbits around the sun at 556.7 years! Now I know what you are thinking: "How come it's not 555 years?" Well, there's a trick to Eris' so-called planet! if you add the numbers like so: 5 + 5 + 6 + 7, you get the number 23! And 23 IS Eris' number! I love this goddess so much. She finally came public in the most unexpected way. Hail Eris for replacing a terrible actress with a crazy, new one! One who's so good at acting, that no one knows whether or not she's faking it. |
136199 Eris |
The New Planet by Prince Mu-Chao 11 August 2005 5:27:10 AM Mt. McKinley time http://www.23ae.com/?showo=1&post=208#comments |
I am sorry, ma'am, but it is a girl. (allegedly said at the birth of Eristotle) |
The Jake that Changed a World |
Gay Marxist 5 June 2006 When I first got into Discordianism, my dad, a veteran of these sort of things, cynically proclaimed "None of the real Discordians call themselves Discordians any more. They're all pretending to be Fundamentalist Christians and people obsessed with Planet X." At the time, I didn't get what he was grabbing at, but now I do. |
Unnamed Midwife 13 September 1752, Colony of New York |