Tuesday, July 22, 2014

More Legos!

Life flows faster at some times, and this is one of those places where mine has reached narrower banks, creating a back pressure and increasing the flow rate because volume hasn't really reduced at all. You know, Bernoulli and all that. I am sure you know what I am talking about. Anyway, an esteemed colleague of mine asked for some help with a narrative to accompany his custom Lego dinosaur collection. He needed an excuse for dinosaurs and humans to interact without either cloning or magic time portals involved. Since I have nothing else to blog about at this time, I am sharing my idea with all of you.
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Deep in the heart of darkness*, cloaked by layered canopies of trees from above, shielded by acres of tangled undergrowth, sleeplessly guarded by billions of disease carrying insects, a race of titanic reptilian creatures have dwelt and thrived for millennia unbeknownst to all but the most indigenous of tribes. Recent changes in temperature and humidity have driven these gargantuan beasts from their ancient home, triggering a frenzy in the fields of paleontology, herpetology, and wildlife photography as experts leap at the opportunity to observe and study what we formerly believed to be extinct creatures.
At the forefront of the venture is the newly formed International Dinosaur Investigation and Observation Team (name subject to change) led by the bold, square jawed, stubbly chinned Conrad Charles. Together they seek to photograph, classify and catalog living dinosaurs, the most exciting and significant biological event since the discovery of dead dinosaurs.
It isn’t long, however, until Charles and Company discover that they, well, they have company, and not the welcome kind, either. Hoping to line their pockets with sales to traditional Chinese medical practitioners and multibillion dollar playboys, poachers are in a dead heat with the Team to find the dinos! Then again, maybe these giant lizards don’t need I.D.I.O.T. to keep them safe…

*In the bicuspid valve to be exact, between the left atria and left ventricle

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