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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Wed, May 22, 2013 at 1:00 PM

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I'm super-stoked because Brian Switek (aka @Laelaps) is appearing at Town Hall tomorrow night! Switek is a dinosaur fanatic and freelance science writer specializing in evolution, paleontology, and natural history who I've quoted numerous times here at Today's Dinosaur News.

I'm currently reading his new book, My Beloved Brontosaurus, and it's delightful! Switek's enthusiasm is irrepressible as he explores our collective relationship with dinosaurs and the disparity between actual science and public perception. He writes about his own life-long obsession and notes important discoveries and shifts in understanding. It's a fun read from a kindred spirit.

You can get tickets for his Town Hall appearance here! See you there!

Monday, May 6, 2013

I Shouldn't Do This...

Posted by on Mon, May 6, 2013 at 1:32 PM

...but sometimes I can't help myself. An ongoing email exchange:

Hope you get AIDS Fagget

It's "faggot."—Dan

LOL commie

LOL illiteratie.—Dan

Best illiterate than a cock sucker with AID. Hope you get AID fag.

Let me help you with that: "Better illiterate than a cocksucker [one word!] with AIDS. Hope you get AIDS, fag."—Dan

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:48 AM

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What kind of dinosaur are you? Thanks to Slog-tipper Matt who sent this quiz, now you can find the answer... I'm an iguanodon!

What's Your Dinosaur Personality?

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:39 AM

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YOU GUYS. There are not one but TWO dinosaur-related events at Town Hall in the coming months!!

Brian Switek, who I've quoted many times here at Today's Dinosaur News, is speaking on Thursday, May 23. He's written for National Geographic, the Smithsonian's blog Dinosaur Tracking, and plenty of other places. Check out his new book, My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs, and get your tickets to see him speak HERE!

And then Monday, June 24, rock star paleontologist Jack freakin' Horner will be speaking!! Yes, Jack Horner, the guy who discovered the Maiasaura, the guy who's making a chickenosaurus, the paleontologic advisor for Jurassic Park, THAT Jack Horner. Awesome.Get your tickets HERE!

Friday, March 29, 2013

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 3:24 PM

Next Friday, April 5, Jurassic Park is being re-released in 3D at theaters across the country. Between this and Jurassic Park 4 on the horizon, there's been quite a bit of discussion about the merits of the original movie and whether there should be feathers on the theropods in JP4. Some of my favorite commentary has come from David Orr over at Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs. In a recent post he articulates why many of us dinophiles love that movie:

Jurassic Park, it has been widely pointed out, is revolutionary not just for its special effects but from the way the dinosaurs were depicted as real animals. Huge, yes, perhaps monstrous in form, but with the body language and presence of living creatures. When I think of Jurassic Park, my first thought isn't necessarily of raptors in the kitchen. It's of the cocked head and curiously dainty step of the Tyrannosaur as it climbs over the rim of its enclosure. It's of a panicked flock of Gallimimus arcing over a grassy field toward the camera. It's of the closing moment of the The Lost World, where we glimpse a primeval world without humans, where the carnivores don't always roar and the herbivores can go about their business.

Go read the whole thing.

Meanwhile, Vulture has this post ranking all the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, with the velociraptors coming out on top. I think we can do better, Sloggers. Please vote in this binding poll:

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:45 PM

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Have you heard about Daisy Morris?

Daisy was just 4 when she stumbled upon the fossilized remains of an unknown animal during a family walk on the beach in 2009. The family lives near the coast of England's Isle of Wight — also known as the "dinosaur capital of Great Britain."

...Over the past several years, the bones Daisy discovered have been thoroughly analyzed by paleontologists. The findings were finally published this Monday. The fossilized remains belong to a previously unknown genus and species of a small flying reptile called the pterosaur*.

Daisy, now 9, has accomplished something I only dream of: the new species was named for her, Vectidraco daisymorrisae. Hit the link for more details and to see the world's most ADORABLE amateur paleontologist. More here and here. (Thanks to everyone who sent this tip!)

More dinosaur news after the jump!

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:34 PM

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Disappointing news from Jurassic Park 4 director Colin Trevorrow:

Among the many worries from fans for Universal's Jurassic Park 4 was the possibility that we could see dinosaurs covered in feathers, as opposed to dinos in their classic form. The last installment in the series, 2001's Jurassic Park III, featured velociraptors with feathers. However, Safety Not Guaranteed director Colin Trevorrow, who was recently hired to helm Jurassic Park 4, has taken to his Twitter account to confirm that there will be "no feathers" in the sequel.

You know, it hadn't even occurred to me to worry about this, but now I'm annoyed that there will be "no feathers." Although I guess with all the crap science in the previous Jurassic Park films I shouldn't be surprised. (However we here at Today's Dinosaur News would be lying if we said this would prevent us from seeing Jurassic Park 4. I mean, let's be reasonable. There will still be dinosaurs in it, even if they're naked.)

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The Nation's Premier Anti-Communist Catholic Vlogger Found Her Way To Slog!

Posted by on Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:10 PM






Someone clearly isn't following the news from France, Great Britain, Mexico, and Illinois. If this is what "losing the debate" looks like, Anna, here's hoping we keep losing.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:27 PM

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Today's extremely important dinosaur news is that it is National Draw A Dinosaur Day!

For those of you who are new, Draw A Dinosaur Day is a day that is exactly as simple as it seems. Simply draw a dinosaur, then scan it or take a picture of it and submit it to drawadinosaurday.com, and spend the day looking at the amazing dinosaurs other people have submitted! We're not a super high maintenance holiday, so if you do it a day before or after, that's cool! We get it! Life is busy! The important thing is that you have fun drawing a dinosaur.

This was a holiday created by Todd Page for the joy of drawing and dinosaurs - it was started 7 years ago, and last year it received nearly a thousand dinosaurs. Pee Wee Herman has even contributed in the past. So unless you're too good for fun, spread the word, the love, and the dinosaurs. Get ready to draw!

You can submit your drawing at their Facebook page or at drawadinosaurday.com.

To get you started, here is a tutorial on how to draw a dinosaur... er, dragon... er whatever. [Hint: First you draw an "S". Then you draw a more different "S". Also, the "S" is for "sucks."]

Not satisfied with simply drawing a dinosaur? Perhaps you'd rather help out with actually preparing fossils?! Then check out this entry that Seattle's Burke Museum posted on their Facebook page last week:

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Friday, January 4, 2013

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:37 PM

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Although feathered dinosaurs are pretty much a given now, many people still wonder why flightless dinosaurs would have sported feathers. The answer is probably, "The same reasons avian dinosaurs (aka birds) have feathers." For instance, Scott Persons—a University of Alberta PhD candidate—has determined that some dinosaurs likely used their sexy, sexy tail plumage to attract mates, much like peacocks do today:

Persons studied the tails of oviraptors, a group of dinosaurs that had beaks and feathers. Previous research has shown some feathered dinosaurs used their plumage for insulation and flight. Oviraptors could not fly but Persons said their tail feathers were used in much the same way as a peacock...

Previous research has shown other dinosaurs also possessed display structures, such as the small crests over the eyes of Tyrannosaurus rex, showing the animal had “sex on the brain,” Persons said. In a study published last year, a University of Calgary paleontologist found another group of dinosaurs also may have sprouted feathers as a secondary sexual characteristic.

Persons’ research focused on the tails of oviraptors. He found the vertebrae in the tails were tightly pressed together while the joints between the vertebrae were flexible. The vertebrae also had wide attachment sites for muscles that would allow the dinosaurs to raiseand twist their tails. At the end of the tail was a fusion of vertebrae that formed a ridged, blade-like structure called a pygostyle, which acts as the anchor for a fan of feathers in modern-day birds.

You can read more about dinosaur tail feathers here and here.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Fucking Things

Posted by on Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:16 AM


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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 3:45 PM

Jurassic Prank!

…a few dozen people in Columbus, Ohio got surprised by an animatronic T-Rex set loose by local comedians Roman Atwood and Dennis Roady.

The Sketch Empire duo donned a realistic looking T-Rex costume, which they purchased from KHA Entertainment in New York. "Kojo," as the T-Rex is named, is actually available to rent by KHA.

Atwood and Roady then set up a series of "Jurassic Pranks" to surprise and scare random strangers.

Friday, November 30, 2012

Bonus Dinosaur News: Pat Robertson Challenges Creationism

Posted by on Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:54 PM

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I barely know what to do with this news. Pat Robertson acknowledged that dinosaurs are a thing:

The statement was in response to a question Robertson fielded Tuesday from a viewer on his Christian Broadcasting Network show "The 700 Club.” In a submitted question, the viewer wrote that one of her biggest fears was that her children and husband would not go to heaven “because they question why the Bible could not explain the existence of dinosaurs.”

“You go back in time, you've got radiocarbon dating. You got all these things, and you've got the carcasses of dinosaurs frozen in time out in the Dakotas,” Robertson said. “They're out there. So, there was a time when these giant reptiles were on the Earth, and it was before the time of the Bible. So, don't try and cover it up and make like everything was 6,000 years. That's not the Bible.”

Before answering the question, Robertson acknowledged the statement was controversial by saying, “I know that people will probably try to lynch me when I say this.”

Holy shit. You guys, maybe the world is ending on December 21.

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 11:06 AM

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  • David Orr
David Orr, of the blog Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs, wrote a song about Triceratops. It is delightful, and you can hear it here.

Says Orr:

“Triceratops” [is] by BJ Sunfire, one of my musical alter-egos of days of yore. BJ sprang from my days of baking bagels in the late nineties; I’ve always loved lusty, full-throated rock vocalists, and I’d compose little tunes about my coworkers, sung in this fashion. This song is basically a celebration of the unparalleled might of the most famous ceratopsian, turning mournful in the end, as odes to prehistoric beasts must.

Orr is also a designer, and you MUST check out his complete collection of Dinosaur Family Crests, all of which are available to wear as fashionable tee shirts.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:00 AM

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  • Maquette of the raptor suit.
You may already know that the velociraptors in Jurassic Park were dudes in suits, but here is a brand new video about the creation of the velociraptors, narrated by Stan Winston Studio supervisor John Rosengrant who operated one of the suits. (Another of the raptors was Mark "Crash" McCreery, a concept and special effects artist on Jurassic Park and many other films.)

The video is short, just over four minutes, well worth your time, but the link also has stills showing the process. It's just fantastic to watch as they perfected the suit and the movements to make the creatures so believable. The thing that continues to astonish me is that while Jurassic Park is almost 20 years old the special effects largely stand the test of time. (Which, in my opinion, is partly due to the practical effects... digital effects can age poorly in a way that practical effects often do not.)

There is also footage of special effects superstar Stan Winston clowning around with the raptors. You are missed, Stan.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 5:05 PM

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I'm also stranded by Hurricane Sandy, over in Cambridge, MA: home of Harvard, MIT, and the Car Talk guys. We've honestly been pretty lucky here, and I hope everyone else hit by the storm is staying safe.

My boyfriend and I were in Holyoke for my sister's wedding (which was beautiful, congrats Maureen and Zack!!) and decided to hang in Boston for a day before heading home for Halloween. Last night we found out we are stranded here until at least Wednesday night, so it looks like we'll be spending Halloween on a plane. Sad face.

But! Let me share some dinosaur news because that always cheers me up! First, on our way to the rehearsal dinner on Friday we spotted a turn-off for dinosaur tracks, so we trotted down the trail in our dress clothes and checked it out. The area is part of the Connecticut River Valley, which is known for its abundance of dinosaur tracks. (That's my hand in one of the medium-sized prints.) According to the interpretive signage at the site, Yale University professor John Ostram identified three species from the tracks in the early '70s: Eubrontes giganteus, Anchisauripus sillimani, and Grallator cuneatus.

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 10:30 AM

A Pachycephalosaurus skeleton on display at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
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  • A Pachycephalosaurus skeleton on display at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
Pachycephalosaurs are among my favorite dinosaurs, so I was delighted to hear a new study focuses on these "thick-headed lizards." I honestly didn't realize this was news but in all likelihood their crazy dome heads were used to head-butt one another like rams or bison.

I was under the impression that paleontologists were already reasonably confident on the issue, but a presentation at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's 72nd Annual Meeting revealed "some of the most direct evidence for this antagonistic behavior":

Peterson, a professor in the University of Wisconsin geology department, and his colleagues took CT scans of the skulls and compared the distribution of lesions to those on the skulls of birds, crocodilians, and mammals- particularly mammals with horns.

The investigations reveal that "larger domed pachycephalosaurs such as Pachycephalosaurus may have been head-butting like Dall sheep or head-shoving like bison, while smaller, high-domed taxa such as Stegoceras may have been flank-butting like mountain goats," Peterson said.

One time I had a dream I was riding a subway and some pachycephalosaurs were head-butting each other in the train car. (Most of my dreams with dinosaurs have them in urban environments.) Man I wish I was at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's 72nd Annual Meeting...

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:29 PM

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Today is National Fossil Day!!

The National Park Service and the American Geological Institute are partnering to host the third annual National Fossil Day on October 17, 2012 during Earth Science Week. National Fossil Day is a celebration organized to promote public awareness and stewardship of fossils, as well as to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational value.

In celebration I bring you this fossil news: an ancient marine reptile, previously known as Predator X (which sounds like a terrible sequel) has been officially classified as a new species. Now known as Pliosaurus funkei (which makes me think of this), the fossil was initially discovered six years ago.

"They were the top predators of the sea," said study co-author Patrick Druckenmiller, a paleontologist at the University of Alaska Museum. "They had teeth that would have made a T. rex whimper."
Learn more and see artists' renderings here and here... I'm gonna have nightmares.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:17 PM

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Researchers at Oregon State University discovered this EPIC SPIDER ATTACK forever preserved in amber!

“This juvenile spider was going to make a meal out of a tiny parasitic wasp, but never quite got to it,” said George Poinar, Jr., a professor emeritus of zoology at Oregon State University and world expert on insects trapped in amber. He outlined the findings in a new publication in the journal Historical Biology.

“This was a male wasp that suddenly found itself trapped in a spider web,” Poinar said. “This was the wasp’s worst nightmare, and it never ended. The wasp was watching the spider just as it was about to be attacked, when tree resin flowed over and captured both of them.”

Sadly, amber can't provide us with DNA. A recent study shows that:

As it turns out, the so-called half-life of DNA—the span of time it takes for half of the molecular bonds in the genetic material to break—is just 521 years.

Bummer.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 2:10 PM

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A new dinosaur, Pegomastax africanus, is being described as a "bizarre", "cat-sized", "Dracula-like" herbivore with "porcupine-like bristles." AWESOME. Identified by University of Chicago professor and paleontologist Paul Sereno, the remains were originally discovered in South Africa in the 1960s.

From a NYTimes.com article on the subject:

In a report published Wednesday in the online journal ZooKeys, Paul C. Sereno, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago and a dinosaur specialist, described the strange anatomy of the newfound member of the heterodontosaur family and gave the new species the name Pegomastax africanus, or “thick jaw from Africa.” He also apologized in an interview for not getting around sooner to this piece of research.

When he first viewed the specimen at a Harvard laboratory, Dr. Sereno said, “My eyes popped, as it was clear this was a distinct species.”

More on this weird little guy here and here; some photos of a model of Pegomastax africanus (pictured above) by Tyler Keillor, and a video of the making of that model.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:50 AM

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I almost forgot about this, but luckily Slog-tipper Gnarr reminded me! Filmmakers in Ballard are making a movie about a Tyrannosaurus Rex fighting in World War II!!! And you can help them!!!!

A Ballard-based film group is currently trying to fund their new movie, “America’s Fighting Dinosaur,” through Kickstarter. The film is a "short faux-documentary about the military career of Pvt. “Little” Sammy Vogel, a 7 ton, 40 foot long U.S. Army Infantryman and Tyrannosaurus Rex, who fought shoulder to kneecap with the Allied forces in Europe during the Second World War.”

Want to help them meet their goal? Donate here at their Kickstarter campaign... there's only TWO DAYS LEFT!

Monday, September 24, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 5:40 PM

Tough break, kids, I am totally happy hangin out naked!
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Some of you guys are super-bummed about all the evidence piling up that many dinosaurs had feathers. Brian Switek has something to tell you:

If you’re one of those people who loathe dinosaur feathers, there’s a group that will commiserate with you: creationists.

Creationists are on a campaign to “take dinosaurs back.” Earlier this year, the creationist crackpot Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis—the organization that established the fundamentalist funhouse called the Creation Museum—said, “Dinosaurs have been held hostage for decades” by his mortal enemy, the nefarious “secular humanists.” Ham is determined to appropriate dinosaurs for biblical literalists.

That's right, the same people who deny the fossil record want dinosaurs for themselves.

Still prefer your T-Rex naked? Then please enjoy these shoes as seen all over the internet. (thanks Slog-tippers Vic and John!)

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:35 AM

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  • Deinonychus says, "Feathers are as cool as bow ties and fezzes!"
Two of my favorite dino-nerds, Brian Switek of Dinosaur Tracking and Marc Vincent of Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs each have posts up discussing the most recent episode of Doctor Who, "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship". (You might remember that Matt Smith said his dream episode would include dinosaurs.)

Says Switek:

A friendly–or, at least, not overly aggressive–Triceratops helps the Doctor and friends out of a few tight spots. Like the ankylosaurs, though, the ceratopsid is a little bit too tubby and doesn’t run quite right. A Triceratops is not a horse.

Vincent points out:
[The creatures] that everyone referred to as 'raptors'... Alas, Doctor Who trotted out the usual silly Jurassic Park-esque bunny-handed monstrosities, virtually devoid of feathers.

Obviously these critiques are meant tongue-in-cheek, although io9 (which quotes Switek's post) notes that the episode "totally wasted its chance to make feathered dinosaurs cool." TOO TRUE.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Barbarians at the Bus Stop

Posted by on Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:34 PM

I'm officially an old man: I look forward to complaining about the litter at the bus stop in front of our house. When I turn the corner from Olive onto 23rd, I have a look and sternly say out loud, "What savages!" when I'm by myself. I no longer say it when my wife is with me in the car, because I'm sure she's tired of hearing it.

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

We Have This Plastic Dinosaur

Posted by on Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:55 PM

He was already living in the house when we moved in, and he's clearly a brontosaurus. We call him Bronto. We also call him "The Centerpiece of Our Home." We have a tradition of taking Bronto on vacation with us. So here he is, starting out with me, on the kitchen table in Seattle before getting on an airplane. Imagine that—a flying Brontosaurus!

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He paused briefly in LA:

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Today in Baseball History and Poetry

Posted by on Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:28 PM

Today in Baseball History: in 1912, the last game the famed Cubs double-play combination of Tinker, Evers and Chance played together. Frank Chance is a bona-fide Hall of Famer as either a player or a manager, but Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers are only in Cooperstown because of this bit of doggerel

Baseball's Sad Lexicon

These are the saddest of possible words
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."
A trio of Bearcubs and fleeter than birds
Tinker and Evers and Chance.

Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble
Turning a Giant hit into a double
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
Tinker to Evers to Chance.


So, who says literature never accomplishes anything?

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:49 PM

You guys have sent me a bunch of tips that I'll be posting soon, but today I'm just going to tell you this: It's official. RIP Terra Nova:

Fox has cancelled prehistoric dino drama Terra Nova after one season, ending months of will-they-or-won’t-they speculation. Studio 20th Century Fox TV, however, says they fight Terra Nova‘s extinction event by shopping the series to other networks.

EW.com also offers six ways to save the show, including "Age up (at least a little)":

You’re more likely to keep kids watching something that feels reasonably smart and sophisticated (like, say, Terra Nova forebears Jurassic Park and Avatar) than you are trying to get adults to endure scenes like little Zoe whining in an air duct while her dad sings the “Go Away Spider Song.”

Friday, February 17, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:43 AM

I think we've all established how we feel about "Terra Nova". Oh, "Terra Nova", I wanted to love you! I kept trying to love you!

And now it seems "Terra Nova" is not long for this world. According to this article, pending the success or failure of "Touch" and "Alcatraz", the dinosaur show might not be renewed. But if you're a fan, star Jason O'Mara has a suggestion:

O'Mara, who plays sheriff Jim Shannon, is encouraging fans of the show to demonstrate their support for "Terra Nova" by sending in plastic toy dinosaurs to the people at Fox.

"If you want to address your package of little plastic dinosaurs to somebody at Fox, send them to the president of the network," O'Mara said, according to SciFi Now. "He's a good guy, so keep it friendly please."

WHO WILL WIN?!
Personally I need my plastic dinosaurs for desk protection. The plastic crustaceans are attempting a coup, and my dinosaurs are the only thing keeping them in check.

AND NOW A POLL!

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Today's Dinosaur News

Posted by on Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:00 AM

One of Myerss pieces from the Sisko Gallery show.
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  • One of Myers's pieces from the Sisko Gallery show.

Thank you to Slog-tipper Rose who turned me onto the artwork of Oregon State University professor Andrew Myers. From his web site:

Andrew Myers' art work is drawing-based with elements of installation and sculpture. This large scale work interacts with the exhibition space and engages the viewer by becoming part of the environment. Integral to Myers' work is the hand-made mark and the physical evidence and visual history of the artist's hand. Printmaking has also become a large part of Myers' studio practice. The technique of monotype printmaking and the size and time restrictions that go along with it, compliment and inform the large scale site-specific drawings.


His prints of dinosaurs and insects are currently being shown at Sisko Gallery in Seattle. I'm in love. Click here to see some of his pieces, and be sure to head to the gallery soon as the show closes March 4.

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