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“Not chess, Mr. Spock. Poker. Do you know the game?” In one of my all-time favorite Star Trek episodes, The Carbomite Maneuver, Kirk and his crew face down an unknown vessel from a group calling themselves the “First Federation.”  Threats from the crystal-shaped vessel escalate until it seems that the destruction of the Enterprise is imminent. Kirk asks Spock for options, who replies that the Enterprise has been playing a game of chess, and now…

What the heck is an Irukandji, you may ask? Well, before I go and elaborate on my extensive knowledge of this oceanic killer, let’s get the correct pronunciation behind us to honor our Australian Aboriginal brethren on the northwestern coastal strip of Queensland where this creature was first identified. The correct pronunciation is irr-e-kan-jee.  Thank the Australians for getting rid of the “d” in the pronunciation, can you imagine how difficult it would be to…