2010 World Science Festival Blog   Several of my “friends” had
statuses mentioning "Ophiuchus", whatever that is. One girl’s
panicked reaction to this unpronounceable phenomenon had
received enough attention to elicit ten of my peers to "comment"
on it.  So, I did what any self-respecting person would do. I
decided if nineteen-year-old girls were fascinated by it, it was
probably just as important as Justin Beiber and Twilight.  But
when I went on Twitter, I found that five of the last seven
“tweets” the “tweeters” I follow had “tweeted” were about this
“new zodiac sign” (the other two were about boobs and college
basketball).  From what I can tell from my “friends” on social
networking sites, the public understanding is that there is now
a 13th zodiac sign called Ophiuchus in between Scorpio and
Sagittarius. Many of my peers were quite upset about the new
sign, including one Brooklyn-dwelling associate who was
particularly miffed about the consequences for symbolism in
Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow.  Th