"At dinner one night, some years ago, someone asked us to name, in order of importance, our Most Favorite Subjects In All The History Of The World! "Dinosaurs!" I cried. Followed quickly by " Egypt! Tutankhamen! Mummies!" ....

.... Still, this late in time, my opinion remains: Dinosaurs and Tut. I haven't as yet figured out what should be in third place. Could be the Moon. Or Mars. They almost make it. BUT STEGOSAURUS MAKES IT FIRST."

~ Ray Bradbury, August 12th, 1982

In Boulder, Colorado today Stegosaurus held a joint press conference with his friend Rhedosaurus so that they could express to the public their feelings about the transition of author Ray Bradbury to a realm beyond this mortal coil. These are the statements that were made:

"The mammals of the world have today lost an imaginative and creative genius from among their species, and dinosaurs everywhere have lost a passionate and loyal ambassador," said Stegosaurus, with a tear in his eye. "Mr. Bradbury's ability to see the world each day with eyes of wonder and fascination is becoming increasingly rare in this world, and though his words will have gained him as much immortality as any mammal might hope for his physical presence will ever be sorely missed. All dinosaurs everywhere mourn the loss of one of their biggest advocates, and we share in the sorrow of Ray Bradbury's friends and family, to whom we send the most sincere and heartfelt condolences."

Rhedosaurus stepped up to the podium, and was at first silent, the press waiting expectantly. Then, abruptly he wailed, a long, lonesome, mournful cry; it drowned out all other sounds, and shook the mountains with vibrations of grief. At any other time, hearing such a sound would have caused fear. People would have been afraid .... but they understood, kept their places and wept with him.

After semester finals in California, ( and a nice visit from Lexovissaurus,) I returned home to celebrate my 140 million and 6th birthday. Here's a picture from last Friday of me enjoying a Colorado sized slice of cake with my afternoon tea. Where has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday that I left my shell.

I am so lucky to have lived so long and experienced so much. I truly miss the days when the earth was one continuous land mass; that made travel so much simpler! That said, my goodness! How amazing technology has become! Why,the other day I stomped forthrightly to my local coffee shop for a nice meal of coffee plants and learned that they grind and brew coffee beans now! I still prefer the traditional method of eating the whole plant; after more than 140 million years one tends to get set in their ways... but a lot of mammals really enjoy drinking it.

How amazing things are today. What amazing things will happen in the next 140 million years? Stick with me; we'll find out together!

Bonjour, je m’appelle Loricatosaurus!

Je suis toujours à Oxford et j’étudie la paléontologie et je m’amuse bien. J’ai reçu un mot de mon cher époux Lexovissaurus qui a piétiné à travers le Mexique parce que tous les mammifères qui luttent sur la frontière l’avaient rendu nerveux. Il a été invité par son cousin Stegosaurus de venir passer du temps en Amérique avec la classe de Stegosaurus durant leurs dernières semaines de classe. La classe est en Californie essayant de renverser encore le Sequoiadendron Gigantum.

Et me voici ici en Angleterre où j’ai reçu une visite de Kentrosaurus! Ou plus proprement dit j’ai rencontré Kentrosaurus à l’Londres quand il avait piétiné sans détours jusque dans la Nigéria pour le sermon du Wooly Mammoth à propos de Joshua et les Hittites.

Je ne pouvais pas assister au sermon parce que j’étais trop occupé avec mes études. J’ai trouvé que c’est beaucoup de travail sur la curiosité de comment l’on devient disparu. Je l’ai rencontré plus tard pour un agréable déjeuner au Syon Park Gardens.

J’ai été très surprise lorsque Kentrosaurus m’a dit que le Wooly Mammoth l’avait convaincu que l’évolution était absurde et que je devrais arrêter de me faire des soucis à propos de l’extinction! Pour un bref instant, je me demandais ce qui était arrivé à Kentrosaurus à propos de sa tentative de trouver une vraie job, mais j’ai décidé de demeurer sur le présent sujet. D’habitude je ne me donnerais pas de soucis sur la discussion entre la science et la foi. Je suis d’habitude trop occupé pour prendre de mon temps pour parler en round avec des personnes qui ne veulent rien sur la discussion à l’exception de valider leurs convictions. Cependant, parce que Kentrosaurus est le cousin de mon mari, je devais au moins essayé de lui parler et lui faire comprendre ses erreurs.

J’ai cité Charles Darwin, qui lui-même était perplexe par l’animosité du clergé envers sa théorie, donné quelle n’ignore pas l’influence de la divine Providence:


"I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of anyone .... a celebrated author and divine has written to me that he had gradually learnt to see that it is just as noble a conception of the Deity to believe that He created a few original forms, as to believe that He required a fresh act of creation to supply the voids caused by the actions of His laws." *

Pour quelque soit la raison, beaucoup de mammifères, et maintenant Kentrosaurus, refuse de lire le livre en entier et prennent des choses hors de contexte. D’habitude il est impossible que ses personnes comprennent le bon sens des choses. Ils ne veulent pas faire face à la réalité des choses peu importe combien d’exemples de preuves qu’on leurs donnent. Je suis convaincu que Wooly Mammoth pense bien faire pour ses espèces, et pour n’importe qui d’autre qui veut suivre son enseignement, mais dans plusieurs instants il défie toute logique.

Je doute que j’ai réussi, mais j’ai fais de mon mieux. Je suis sûre que ceci ne sera pas la conclusion de ce problème. Assurez-vous de jeter un coup d’œil sur notre progrès, et je serais très heureux de vous racontez nos expériences.


* Darwin quote, Origin of Species 2nd Edition, January 7th, 1860.

"I woke up this morning and found I had no feathers. Not even one," said Stegosaurus glumly. "Obviously the whole thing was a dream, or perhaps I just don't feel like evolving right now. Who knows? Stomping back to the community arboretum made things a whole lot better. I dined on a nice meal of Pinus sylvestris and forgot my troubles. Perhaps one of these millennia I will evolve, but its not going to start today. I suppose Marilyn's right. It doesn't cost a dime to dream, does it?"

"I woke up this morning, and look at the amazing changes! I'm evolving!! I'm so excited to be growing feathers I wonder what is going to happen to me next," said Stegosaurus.



"I can stop being envious of my friends who have feathers now! Isn't this just grand!?

What perfect timing, too. Cousin Wuerhosaurus wrote me last week and told me that even Tyrannosaurus Rex has feathers now and I really started feeling left out. Even though I'm one of the most popular of the dinosaurs I couldn't help feeling like I was late to the evolution party. But not any longer! I'm finally cutting edge!"



"The first thing I did when I found I had feathers was to go out and celebrate! I stomped forthrightly and danced the lindy hop all the way to the town arboretum. I thought the first to share my joy should be the children who love me so, so I went to the Children's garden, thinking, 'This must be where they grow them!' But when I got there there were no children to be found. I consoled my self by sampling some of the fine verdure."



"Just thinking about how this might improve my relationship with the birds I love to watch so much, I climbed to a high place to see if I had gained the ability to fly. Sad to say so far it isn't so. Maybe tomorrow. One note of warning, kids: don't try jumping off of high places at home or anywhere else! It is dangerous and you could hurt yourself very badly or even become extinct so be cautious and careful at all times!"



"After I learned that I could not ( yet ) fly, I decided to dine on some Pinus nigra to see if it improves my knowledge of economics."

"This is really a very interesting development. The summer should be quite exciting to say the least. I think I'll contemplate the significance of my feathers as I plow in my garden in preparation for planting this season's tomato crop. Wait until my friends The Moa birds find out about my feathers! Gee I hope they won't be jealous if I do start flying .... "



This blog post in memory of Seth Williamson. Work without Mr. Seth is like Stegosaurus without a cool, spiky tail. It just ain't right...

"My sister Quagga had a conversation with me about obtaining an honest job the other day," said Kentrosaurus. "At first I was upset,you know. My sister Quagga and I are veterans of the little known 1945 Battle of Humboldt Museum, and I live pretty well on my military pension supplemented by sending emails out from my home computer in Nigeria. I found out its pretty easy to fool mammals into sending things if you just ask politely. You wouldn't expect that from animals with such large brains, but you know I was surprised.

So I've been living pretty well. Pretty well, you know, for an extinct animal. An extinct creature doesn't need many creature comforts, but still ... I hadn't really thought about it and I was upset at first when well meaning Quagga made the suggestion. She admonished me for admiring the sermons of Wooly Mammoth as much as I do, and not living by the example he sets. I got to thinking about it, and Leviticus 19:11 came to mind: Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not deceive one another. as well as Deuteronomy chapter 25, verses 15 and 16. You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. For the LORD your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.

Wise Quagga said to me, "Honestly Kentrosaurus, if you're going to talk the talk, stomp the stomp. Forthrightly."

I saw that she was right, and repented of my ways. I'll now leave the writing of the Nigerian emails to others, and embark upon a quest of my very own for an honest job.
I created a LinkedIn Account on the internet, but really don't know what I'd like to do to make an honest living. Can anyone help me make up my mind? I know I should make my skill set known to potential employers so I'd like to say that I feel one of my strongest points is that I am a plant eater, and so I am not very aggressive. Obviously I can get along well with others, but just in case we are attacked I can without hesitation use my cool, spiky tail to defend myself if I absolutely had to.

Are there any suggestions out there? Give me your opinion by sending an email to Stegosaurus. My cousin will make sure I get the email.