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The Game Without Rules: Magic the Gathering
that's essentially the feeling of playing the game "Magic: the Gathering," where you are barely in control of your own moves, and have absolutely no idea what rules your opponents will be playing by.


The Oddest Plant in the Garden: the Ginkgo Tree (Ginkgo biloba)
Evolution? I'm a huge fan. Otherwise I'd be floating around in the ocean, bored out of my mind (to the extent that a single-celled organism would have a mind), waiting for something to do. Instead, I can write a blog post, or go eat oyakodon , or watch the next episode of The Traitors , or pat my dog, all of which brings me joy. And because I adore classification (no, really), I appreciate that thoughtful people before me have organized the plant and animal kingdoms, and rath
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