Somehow "small" doesn't do Earth justice. (link)


One Reply to It's a Small World

Amy Austin | January 8, 2007
Or is it Earth that doesn't do "small" justice??? ;-)

Man, I'd hate to try and be a globe-trotter on "MY CEPHEI" or "VV CEPHEI"!!! (Hell, even Betelgeuse or Sirius, for that matter...)


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