Tarot

I experienced another French first yesterday night: my first game of "Tarot"!!! I know what many of you Americans may be thinking: has Nate flipped his lid? Has he renounced the ways of science in exchange for black magic and the occult?

Not at all. It turns out there are two types of tarot decks: there is the one most Americans think of which is associated with gypsy fortune tellers who predict the future, and there is an entirely different tarot deck which is a very popular game of cards in France. We played the card game last night with our neighbors Scott and Enrique.

Link of the Day: My sister Susie belting out a tune at a JC Penny's somewhere in upstate New York as part of her new job with the Glimmerglass Opera.

French for the Day: the French word for the Milky Way is "la Voie Lactée".