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June 01, 2023

Today was my first day and I was given a tour of the Jurassic National Monument and the Cleveland Lloyd dinosaur quarry. Here are some of the things I saw.

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Thagomizer

September 13, 2023

Just something silly I thought about and wanted to share. One of the most famous species of Dinosaurs is the herbivore Stegosaurus. And probably the most iconic characteristic of this species of Dinosaur is the collection of spikes on the end of its tail. This collection of spikes is called a Thagomizer, which is a pretty cool sounding name for a body part, but whats funny is where this term came from. The word "Thagomizer" was not originally a scientific term. But, instead, came from (of all things) a The Far Side comic strip. Comic author Gary Larson completely made up the word "Thagomizer". But it was used by an actual paleontologist named Kenneth Carpenter when describing a Stegosaurus fossil during the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology conference of 1993. The term stuck, and has since become an informal anatomical term that has been used by museums, monuments, documentaries, and even scientific research papers. The more you know I guess. :)

Check out the view

June 04, 2023

Walked along the Raptor Peak hiking trail at the monument today. Was not disappointing by the view.

MTG Color Philosophy

September 22, 2023

This is just something fun I've had bouncing around in my head for a little while and I thought I might as well share it with you all. Magic the Gathering is a trading card game that I believe has been around since the 90s, and it is still one of the most popular trading card games around. And one of the reasons for MTG's extended popularity is one of its primary gimmicks, the color pie: The cards of MTG all belong to one or several of the "colors" shown as the above pie chart. In the game itself these colors all represent different play styles and strategies that a player can choose to focus on based on what works best for them. Now, I myself have played MTG very little, so the actual play style of each color isn't what interests me. What does interest me however is how these colors also represent different philosophies and ideologies that a player can also choose to favor based on their own personal philosophies. An individual could actually learn something abo...