A Grown-Up Love Of The Terrible Lizard

“Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you love something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating” – Simon Pegg

Unveiling my love and excitement for dinosaurs is often followed by a form of apologetic confession along the lines of - “Yeah… I’m a bit of a dinosaur geek,” - usually triggered by the bemused look I’m given after uncontrollably providing someone with a lot more information about a dinosaur than they ever wished to know. It’s a subject I feel passionately about and even recently found myself deploring the inaccuracies of a small plastic toy that was claiming to be a Spinosaurus. Although in all fairness, it didn’t look anything like one.