You're probably all too young to get the joke, but in the '80s Carl Sagan was a household name - not bad for an astronomer - thanks to his television series "Cosmos". He would talk about the "billions and billions" of stars, etc.
Anyway... with that as prologue, I got a kick out of this misspelling in the AFP's photo:
Anyway... with that as prologue, I got a kick out of this misspelling in the AFP's photo:
Lakeside jog : French national football team's defender Bakary Sagan runs during a training session around a lake near Tignes in the French Alps, as part of the preparation for the upcoming World Cup 2010. (AFP/Franck Fife)
I've been a Carl Sagna fan...I mean Sagan...fan my whole life. If you want to read one of his more thought provoking quotations, look up "pale blue dot"
ReplyDeleteSadly, not only am I old enough to remember Carl Sagan, but I also remember his appearence in the "Bloom County" comic strip. "Biiillyuns and Biiillyuns"
ReplyDeleteGod bless you, Jim. I had that spelling as the original title of this post but didn't think I should go two jokes deep.
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