After I posted my last blog post, a charming dinosaur on Twitter gave me props for the blog and my Twitter background. I told him that he was on my top 5 favorite dinosaurs list to which he demanded to know who the other four were. I had to think about it a bit, but here’s my response to Giggy A. Dinosaur.
1) Mister Rogers
There was a time in the world when cities did special painted animals or objects that represented said city. Richmond, VA had fish. Atlanta had cows. Pittsburgh (my hometown) had dinosaurs. Various dinosaurs were painted–one was painted like a Heinz Ketchup bottle. Another took on George Washington in the French and Indian War. One was dressed up like a surgeon. Another…appears later on this list. But the one that’s my absolute, no holds barred favorite is the Mister Rogers dino.
Mister Rogers was a ridiculously awesome man who had a children’s TV show that millions of kids (and gorillas) grew up watching. He saved public television, advocated for the VCR, and, for clarification, was NOT a Marine sniper. One of my favorite stories about the man I learned from a mental_floss article:
According to a TV Guide profile, Fred Rogers drove a plain old Impala for years. One day, however, the car was stolen from the street near the TV station. When Rogers filed a police report, the story was picked up by every newspaper, radio and media outlet around town. Amazingly, within 48 hours the car was left in the exact spot where it was taken from, with an apology on the dashboard. It read, “If we’d known it was yours, we never would have taken it.”
This dinosaur, holding Henrietta Pussycat and King Friday the 13th, is the best dinosaur. EVER.
2) Yoshi
I mean, look at him. Mario’s buddy is just too cute. And he eats eggs! And can jump far with all his might! And if you let him stand there a while, he marches in place and hums a little tune! Too. Cute.
3) Giggy A. Dino
The dino that started this list. A bad influence, Giggy is a voracious Twitterer who works at the Fernbank Museum here in Atlanta. For a dinosaur, he knows how to work a Twitter account. My question is, when does the Facebook fan page show up?
4) Creation Rex
Creation Rex is another Pittsburgh dinosaur who dresses up on a regular basis. He used to have a blog that he wrote regularly but, like me, hasn’t seemed to be able to keep it up. In previous posts, he’s appreciated the Irish, gotten in snowball fights, blown over refrigerators AND taken Justin Bieber out. And I don’t mean on a date.
5) Dinosaur Comics (T-Rex)
This T-Rex is like most T-rexes I know–they think they know a lot. He’s got a couple of friends and, every day, a new comic about their misadventures comes out. The guy behind the comic has been doing this for years and it’s easy to get lost in the archives.
As silly as this was to do, I enjoyed it. I’ll be back to regularly scheduled posting tomorrow.
