fossil fuels

"Dino DNA!" One of my favorite lines from a movie that, believe it or not, world premiered just this year. Jurassic Park was wildly successful. People dig dinosaurs; I loved them as a kid. One of the biggest treats of my small life was going to the dinosaur McDonald's in town. It was incredible!!! Why do we love these giant extinct reptilian behemoths? Is it the mystery? Or our inability to fathom their shear size and power? Does glimpsing their bones make us come face to face with our own mortality? I'm really not sure. In recent pop culture, I'd say they're losing some of their lofty status. I personally use dinosaur as a term of derision. I mean they're big, dumb, and prehistoric. "Freaking brontosaurus!", is definitely not going to be in response to a brilliant statement or act. Think about the term "fossil fuels". Dinosaurs now run our cars and our weed eaters, that's pathetic. Remember the show "Dinosaurs"? "Not the mama!" Those were the days when dinosaurs had respect.  


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