Monday Mailbag on Tuesday: Chickens, Iraconji, and Severed Turkey Feet

Kelsi Greenwood said...

Hey Bridger guess what I learned in my Biology class today. I learned they have found that the T-rex is most closely related to the chicken. Did you know that? I can't wait to see you at Thanksgiving in Texas.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Next time I see a mountain man selling a severed chicken foot I'll definitely buy it. I always knew the birds came from dinosaurs. Now they keep finding that different raptors had feathers. I know these things because I'm the Dinosaur Boy.

Gravelrash said...

Mate, I read your story abut nearly going to be with Jesus. Same thing happened to me in 2000. I don't remember too much now but it made me understand we are always safe with Him around! You take care - and God bless ya!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Dadda says you're writing clear from Australia. I love Australia! That's where the Croc Hunter was from before he went to Jesus. He's probably helping Jesus help animals up there. I know Jesus takes good care of you but almost dying isn't very fun at all. Some day I will sail to Australia. It really wouldn't be hard. I'd just drive down past Mexico, then get in a boat and sail straight over the sea to Australia. But you gotta watch out for iraconji. They may look little and cute, but those jellyfish are very precarious. Have you ever seen any iraconji?

Tiff said...

Bridger, you and Westerman are lucky to have a severed turkey foot. I don't know anyone else who has one and it's not all too often that one gets the chance to purchase such a treasure. Take real good care of it! :)

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I do take good care of my turkey foot. It's in my collection of real dinosaur stuff. I have fish fossils and trilobites and shark teeth, and even a huge tumbleweed from prehistoric Mongolia.

Monday Mailbag: Gigantoraptor and the Eternal Blog

In response to Protostega, Tyler said...
Bridger, I was wondering if you heard about the fearsome gigantoraptor yet? It's one that they just discovered.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Yeah, dadda told me about that new dinosaur when we were picking weeds. That is so cool. It makes me want to make up a story about that raptor.

In response to Happy Birthday thedinosaurboy.com, Tiff said...
Bridger, congratulations on your one-year anniversary! You have posted some great dinosaur information, as well as lots of other fun and interesting tidbits. I look forward to another year from the Dinosaur Boy!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tiff, I will never stop writing my blog. Even when I'm resulected.

Karla emailed...
You have a really great site and it looks like you’re having a lot of fun with your family! Congratulations on your new baby sister. She’ll have no problem learning to like you, most definitely.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I always want to teach Angel what's right, like being nice and not saying bad words. Like I don't want her hanging around naughty people who maybe will teach her to be mean. I want Angel to be a good American.

Monday Mailbag: Daffodils and Hot Air Balloon Rides

Responding to Spring Flowers for Mumma, Grammy said...
Mumma is so lucky.. I love daffodils! Did you know they are the national flower of Wales?

I have a joke for Weston.. could you tell it to him for me? What do frogs drink?
"Croak-a Cola"

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Grammy, those daffodils are very pretty flowers and I knew mumma would like them. Are there lots of whales in Wales? I'll go tell West that joke...

WESTON RESPONDS: (laughs) I wish I could drink some croak! Maybe if those froggies don't like the croak, I can drink it for them!

Responding to Hot Air Balloon Time, Tiff said...
Congratulations, Bridger! I'm very proud of you for working so hard. I got to ride in a hot air balloon when I was in 2nd grade but I don't remember it. I'm sure you'll have fun and I'll be excited to see your pictures.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Dadda took lots of pictures. It was so cool, Tiff. What color was your hot air balloon? Mine was red and white and it said "MAX" on it.

Responding to Hot Air Balloon Time, Tammy said...
I'm so glad you read every night so you could a ride on the balloon. I loved my ride on the balloon. I was surprised at how noisy it was, but it is soooo much fun. You will like it, just like your dada, Dustin, and Tyler.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tam, my hot air balloon was only medium noisy. But it was kind of noisy when the guy blew fire into it. I read 164 pages in those books! I want to go on another hot air balloon ride now.

Monday Mailbag: Dromeosaurs, Grown-Up Work, and the Goodyear Blimp

Responding to Singers, Fiddlers, and People Under Water, Kristen said...
You asked if I liked dinosaurs...and I must say, I do VERY much!! :D My little sister also loves them! And you know, thinking about it now, it would be pretty awesome if Alison sang a song about dinosaurs! Did you know her son, Sam, loves dinosaurs too? What's your favorite dinosaur Bridger?

BRIDGER RESPONDS: No way! I didn't know Alison Krauss had a boy. That's a pretty lucky boy. If he likes dinosaurs, maybe he could come over and we could play. My favorite dinosaur is all the dinosaurs- even crocodiles, snakes, alligators, lizards- every reptile in the whole white world and the whole white space. But right now I'm thinking of a dromeosaur, or raptor. Probably one that has short feathers that is hunting for his prey. Oh I just saw a very pretty picture of Alison Krauss.

Responding to Helping Hilly Give Blood, Steph said...
I would be willing to bet Hillari was grateful for your help with her blood donation. Maybe medical school is in your future.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Stephy, I'm going to do all of the 'ologies' when I grow up- even doctor-ology. Is that one of the ologies? I could be a people doctor and an animal doctor. It would be cool to be a dinosaur doctor in the time of the dinosaurs. I will do all kinds of work when I grow up, like clean my room or play on a 'puter like dadda.

Responding to School Reading Contest, Grammy said...
I sent you some moolah for your contest and I hope you win. If you want to take all those special people and Stein though.. the school might have to get a Texas size balloon.. or the Goodyear Blimp. Ask Dad to look that up for you!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Grammy, here is a picture of a blimp. That's a funny name.

Thank you very much for the money for my read-a-thon! It makes me have special feelings. Oh I hope I win that trip in a hot air balloon.

Responding to Did Jesus Really Live Again, Ammon said...
Thanks for sharing your feelings about the ressurection. You truly shall live again and so will I thanks to a loving Savior. You're awesome. It's so fun to read your blogs.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Ammon, I know who you're named after- that guy who cut off bad guys' arms. I was learning about him one time at church. That guy was true blue.

Tonight's Reading Stats
Reading time: 21 minutes
Total pages: 8
Books/Sections: First Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life- Dromeosaurs; Fantastic Frogs; Amazing Snakes

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Monday Mailbag: Singers, Fiddlers, and People Under Water

Responding to Along Came a Spider, Steph said...
Hey Bridger,I love your cool costume. Momma really did a great job on it. I think using Dadda's socks was really clever.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I love my spider costume! I wore it all day- even to the kids house. But then momma took the socks off so dadda would have something to wear to work.

Responding to Alison Krauss is Not Crazy, Kristen said...
Well it looks as though you and I have something in common! I love Alison Krauss too, and I wish she'd come near me soon!If you think hard, Alison is just a little crazy! She's so fun and out going! Haha! She's one of a kind!Her music is just absolutely beautiful!It's great to see such a young fan like you, express your thoughts with others about this wonderful lady!Have a great day, keep playing little guy!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Weston loves Sara Evans and I love Alison Krauss. I like Sara Evans too, it's just I like Alison Krauss more. Weston has his songs and I have my songs. I really wish she would come to Dinosaur Park with me. Even I wish she would sing a song about dinosaurs. Do you like dinosaurs, Kristen?

Responding to Picture of the Week, Tiff said...
Bridger, that is a cool picture. Where was it taken?

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tiff, we taked that picture at a really cool place. I don't know where it is, but they have very nice sharks and angelfish, and lots of people under the water.

[Dad's Note: Better clarify a little...The location was Bonneville Seabase, an interesting and remote saltwater scuba diving spot littered with old military and nautical relics. Seabase is of course situated in the middle of the Great American Desert.]

Monday Mailbag: Baby Names, Spiders, and Fiddlers

Responding to the last week's Monday Mailbag, Dawnie said...
Angel Star Crystal is a very interesting name. When I was little I loved the name Crystal Star and that was what I named one of my cabbage patch dolls.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Dawnie, do you know why I want to name my baby Angel Star Crystal? A angel is a girl with white clothes that can fly and they live with Jesus in the stars. And a crystal is shiny and beautiful. Angel is in the stars with Jesus now and I can't wait until momma's belly gets really fat because that means she will come soon!

Responding to A Very Nice Spider With 164 Eyes, Tammy said...
How many eyes does your sneaker have. Two, or if she wears glasses maybe four.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tam, a spider wouldn't need glasses! Do you know what? We are doing nursery rhymes in school and McCall is Little Miss Muffet and I am the spider that sat down beside her. I wanted to be the sneaker spider but that isn't really a spider that people are normally afraid of. Then I thought about being a tarantula, but a tarantula really isn't a spider. McCall isn't afraid of any spiders anyway. She just stamps them.

Responding to Alison Krauss is Not Crazy, Tiff said...
Bridger, I love listening to fiddle players. Alison Krauss is a great fiddler. Bridger, I love listening to fiddle players. Alison Krauss is a great fiddler. Here's a link to a picture of one of my favorite fiddle players...Eileen Ivers plays a really cool blue electric fiddle!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tiff, that is a cool fiddle because it's blue and that's my favorite color. I think you should listen to Alison Krauss with me and I will listen to Ellen Ives with you!

Monday Mailbag on Tuesday: Angel Star Crystal

Responding to Ella Smella Cinderella, Steph said...
Angel Marven, Hmmm. That is quite an interesting name. I think I like Ella better. Whatever you name her, we will love her.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Actually Stephy, now I changed what I want to name her. Now we will name her Angel Star Crystal. That's the best name ever, but I'm sad because people don't like my names. I think Angel Star Crystal is really beautiful.

Responding to Fire in the Hole, Tiff said...
Bridger, that sounds like a very cold game. Why do you play it if you don't think it's very fun? :)

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Because McCall makes me play it, Tiff. she thinks she's in charge of me.

Deb Goodrich of the Mason-Dixon Wild West blog posts...
My Goodness! The competition gets younger and younger! Dinosaur Boy, the photo below is for you.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Oh that is so cool! I think those cowboys are doctors and they came to help that poor triceratops.

Monday Mailbag: McDonalds, Wal-Mart, and a Two-Headed Turtle

Tiff said...
I hate commercials, too. The ones I hate the most are the ones for Albertsons with Patricia Heaton, and all of the Low Book Sales and Welch's Grape Juice commercials. Do you think you could bust those commercials right out of the TV?

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I would love to bust those commercials right out of the TV but then I would bust the TV. TV's are expensive and I would have to go Wal-Mart to buy another one. Do you know what I was thinking? McDonalds is like Wal-Mart. It never ever closes and that's why I like it so much. Tiff, did you know there are sometimes McDonalds's in Wal-Mart? How cool is that?

Katie said...
I wanted to tell you about a turtle. It is a two headed red eared slider turtle. There is only one in the whole big world. You can have your dada help you find it on the computer. There is a video that you can watch with David Letterman and Jack Hanna. When I saw this I thought of you. I hope you like this turtle. I love your blog and you.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I love you too, Katie. We looked up that video and here it is!



I do love that two-headed turtle! I bet if turtles could talk, one head on that turtle would talk to the other one and they would be friends. If I had to have another head on my body I would choose Silas' head, because we're best of friends.

Monday Mailbag: Two Babies in One Belly

Ammon said...
I heard you guys had lots of fun Sat. night. I wish I could have been there to play, too. Someday you'll have to come down here and see the dinosaur track museum and we can play in my backyard and catch lizards.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Yeah, why did you not come? I can't wait to come catch lizards at your house. I need another lizard because one of my lizards died. Maybe when your boy babies come out of your momma's belly. How can you have two babies in your belly at the same time? That's bizarre!

I was thinking you should name your other boy baby Carlos, but then I thought maybe it would be good to name one Bear Grylls and one Nigel Marven. Those are some great names. Here is a picture of that girl who'se your momma that has those two babies in her belly.

[Dad's Note: Bridger recently discovered the word 'bizarre.' Now everything is just bizarre.]

Monday Mailbag: Eating Snakes and Working with Mickey

Tiff said...
Bridger, I'm glad you had a good time on your trip but I'm also glad that you're back. Sounds like you had a good time in the perilous jungles of Florida!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tiff, those jungles totally dangerous. That's why I have my alligator claw I got there. That way I can use it to scratch things if they try to get me.

Dawnie said...
It sounds like you had a very fun trip. I've been excited to read your blog again! Guess what - Eric and I finally saw Man vs. Wild. I've been curious about it since you talked about Bear and his adventures and we finally got to watch it. We thought it was pretty cool, except when Bear ate a snake. Yuck!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I thought it was cool when Bear ate that snake! He did it to survive. If he didn't eat it he would die. If it was me I would try to eat a fish instead. And I would cook it. I could get some water from some tentacles, but I would have dadda squeeze the water out of them for me.

If I had to choose to eat a snake or a black-eyed pea, I'd choose the black-eyed pea. That's because a snake would have more germs than a black-eyed pea. Snakes live on the ground and there's lots of germs on the ground. Black-eyed peas grow on black-eyed pea trees.

Emily said...
Hey Bridger, my name is Emily and I work at Animal Kingdom at Disney World. Your dad told me about your blog and I checked it after work the day you were here. I think I know what it is you found in the jungle, but I won't tell anybody so it can still be a surprise.

p.s. I don't like those smart toilets either!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I love Animal Kingdom! Especially I love Dino Land. My favorite ride is Dinosaur. We went on that ride again and again and again. Hey, if you work at Disney Word that means you work with Mickey Mouse and Stitch. Next time you see them can you tell them I love them?

Monday Mailbag: England, Dreams, and the Pledge

Marcia from England said...
Bridger, I do go on adventures, but England is a very small island. Maybe one day you will come here on an adventure!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Does England have fun stuff there? I would go on an adventure anywhere that is fun. I watched a show about England called Robin Hood. I learned from my round map that England is a country in Europe. It is very far away from Utah- even farther than Texas. But momma says I can't go to England if I don't clean my room.

[Dad's Note: He'll have to do a lot more than clean his room to afford a trip to England. "Round map" = "globe."]

Tiff said...
Bridger, that's not a nice dream at all. But you know it's just a dream so you don't have to worry about it. I see in that picture that you have the sleeping essentials; a t-rex and a bag of Fruity Dino-Bites!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tiff, I hate having bad dreams. That's why I stay up as late as I can. Like I just watched Lilo & Stitch. Now I'm watching the Grinch Stole Christmas. Then I'll watch Jack Hanna's Animal Bloopers. Then when I'm done watching shows I say a special prayer to not have bad dreams. Then momma and dadda tell me happy things to think about, like dinosaurs, animals, Jesus, special stuff and everybody that's good guys. Even stone fish make me happy. Even sea snakes. All that stuff makes me happy.

[Dad's Note: And he wonders why he crashes every Wednesday after school!]

Steph said...
I listened to you recite the Pledge on the radio this morning. The man said that Bridger, the Dinosuar Boy, was going to give the Pledge. You did a great job. I am so proud of you for knowing the Pledge and for loving your country and the soldiers that protect us.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: We said the Pledge Allegiance the other night at Brandan's graduation. There was a guy in scout clothes and he brought the flag. Everybody standed up and we put our hands on our heart and said the Pledge. I'm going to be in scouts when I grow up. Dadda goes to scouts. They wear these clothes that's kind of like Crocodile Hunter clothes. Scouts is where you learn to make fire. But I already know how to make fire. You rub sticks together like the giraffe does on Madagascar. It takes a long, long time.

[Dad's Note: Bridger is talking about his cousin Brandan's Eagle Scout court of honor. Speaking of the Pledge, I will be posting an audio clip of his radio appearance sometime in the next couple days. Stay tuned!]

Monday Mailbag: Black Eyed Peas, Needles, and the British

Grammy Darla said...
Happy New Year Bridger boy! Here in Texas, they eat black eyed peas for good luck. They are peas who got punched in the eyes, and they taste like it too.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Do they have eyeballs in them? If they do I would never like to eat them. I don't eat peas because they are green food, and I don't eat green food. Dadda tries to make me eat broccoli. He says it's what dinosaurs eat, but I know dinosaurs didn't eat broccoli. I never saw that in any of my books, so I can see right through that.

Tiff said...
Bridger, that's a cool coloring book! I'm sure Jack Hanna would love to answer your questions. You know what? I bet when you are a man and can go on adventures like Jack Hanna and Bear you won't be scared of needles. I like to give blood and I don't think it's scary. Plus you get treats when you're all done and sometimes you get a shirt :)

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Dadda is a man and he's scared of needles. He passes out when he gets poked with needles. Do they give dinosaur treats when you give blood? Dadda says he doesn't know if they give dinosaur treats or not, and that makes me think he really hasn't gived blood. If he really gived blood he would know something like that.

Marcia from England said...
Bridger, I live in the UK and I found your blog while helping my son research for a paper about reptiles. I am sorry you lost your aunt. You are a very thoughtful child. Thank you for your daily thoughts.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: England?! Bear Grylls is from England and so is Nigel Marven! That's why they talk like that. Do you ever go on adventures?

New Years Monday Mailbag

Grammy said...
Bridger, No Way! Santa brought you a Roboreptile? You are so lucky! I read that he has biomorphic movement and stereo sonic sensors! And he can whip his tail and jump??? I can't even do that! I think you are 164 lucky!!!
Merry Christmas!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: That's true, Grammy! Me and Kaden are going to have a battle. He has a 'mote control spider and I'll have my robo-reptile. The battle will be in January. Or maybe after August. My robo-reptile will fight his spider and win because mine has biomorphic movement.

Grammy also said...
I read that parasaurolophus means Similiar Crested Lizard, and that his crest could be six feet long! How did he keep from falling over backwards? You look just like a paleontologist in your picture, and Weston looks like your assistant. Oh Yeah..

BRIDGER RESPONDS: He didn't fall over backwards because of how strong his body is. His body is strong enough to hold the crest up. The crest looks like a horn but it's not really a horn. But they use their crest like a horn to make sounds to warn other dinosaurs like if they saw a metriacanthosaur.

Ammon said...
Merry Christmas, Bridger. I hope Santa brings you exactly what you asked for, and what your sneaker spider asked for. I can't believe you don't like Pedra. Oh, well. Ella is cute, too.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Ammon, Santa did come to the sneaker spider! He brought him a bug park. It even has a teacups ride in it that looks like a little miracle-round. When the sneaker spider wakes up I will set him free inside there. I don't not like Pedra, it's just that I like Ella better. Maybe we could have Pedra be her middle name- Ella Pedra- that sounds good.

[Dad's Note: "miracle-round" = "merry go-round." Pictures of the sneaker spider's bug park coming soon!]

Monday Mailbag: Where Babies Come From

Ammon said...
Bridger, That is so exciting. What are you going to do with a baby sister? Wow! I think you should name her Pedra. What do you think? :) Congratulations!!!
Love,
Ammon

BRIDGER RESPONDS: No way! I already named her Ella. Ella Grace- like sweet Grace at church.

Lindy said...
My baby is going to be a girl. Do you have any good ideas for names for her?

BRIDGER RESPONDS: How about Pedra? Or maybe Lupita.

Kylie said...
Bridger, I am glad you found me too. I had fun at the christmas party. I hope santa brings you lots of toys.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I wish I could see you again, Kylie. You are a true friend. I'm getting you a present for Christmas but I can't tell you what it is because it is a secret. What is your favorite dinosaur?

Sherry said...
Hey, that is really great news, Bridger! Wonder if boy dinosaurs got excited when their moms were expecting a baby girl dinosaur? 'Course, there wasn't any way to check it out back then. Guess we'll just have to use our imagination! SHERRY

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Do you know how we found out momma's baby was a girl? They put this stuff on momma's belly that looks like soap but it isn't soap. Then they put this big microphone on her belly and we see it on a TV show.

They didn't have those things in the time of the dinosaurs. Only troodons were smart enough to know what kind of baby they were having. The rest of them had to wait until the eggs cracked. But first momma dinosaurs had this sack thing. The eggs grow in that sack and then she makes a nest, then she opens her sack and lays her eggs in it.

Monday Mailbag: Nordic Plesiosaurs and Germs

[Dad's Note: Please stay tuned in the next couple days for a very special post Bridger has in the works...]

Martin said...
I came over your blog today searching for plesiosauruses. I live in oslo, norway and norwegian paleontologists just found a lot of plesiosaurus-skeletons on Svalbard. Svalbard is an icy island above Norway. Maybe you can find it. I share your fascination of dinosaurs, but you seem to know more than me, because I am always so busy working. But Ill com back to your site for more!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: My dadda showed me where Spalvard is- that's by the North Pole! You live by the North Pole? Do you ever see Santa? Now that you told me about these plesiosaur bones, now I want to go to Smarvark, but that is way far away- farther than Texas! If I was on a hike on that island I would take dadda's army flashlight, warm clothes, my toy plesiosaur, and definately some macaroni and cheese. I wouldn't need to take water because I could get that from the ice and snow. I could just melt it in my cup and drink it. Maybe they can call that island Plesiosaur Island. Me and dadda looked that up on the 'puter and here's a picture.

Brady said...
Bridger, I haven't left a comment for a while but my mom still reads your blog to me all the time. I hope you are feeling better from having your germ bug.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Brady, I'm better but my dadda got my germ bug. He said it was really bad and I told him if he wants he can get by me so I will get that bug back and he won't have it any more. But then dadda got better. People get sick when germs get in their body. Did you know there are good germs too? Yep. They are in your tummy and when bad things come in your tummy the good germs destroy them. Jesus created all germs. It's just that the bad ones chose to be bad.

Monday Mailbag: Bug Park, Snakes, and Baby Pedro

Bob asked...
Does the sneaker spider have food to eat and water? Where is his family? Is he lonely without his friends?

BRIDGER RESPONDS: The sneaker spider is lonely because Weston killed his mom and dad with a stick. I wanted to kill the sneaker spider but now we're best of friends. He has grass for food and I never thought about giving him water. I really want to make him a big bug park for him to live with lots of other bugs for friends.

Ammon said...
Hey guess what? I'm going to get a new baby brother or sister. I don't know which one, yet, because it's too soon to tell, but I will let you know.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: That is neat! Something's telling me it will be a boy and I think you should name him Pedro. I think his favorite dinosaur will be a baby iguanodon. I wish I was getting a new baby brother.

Tiff said...
Bridger, that's a good clip. I like snakes. I think it would be cool to touch that really big one! Maybe you can get one of those for Christmas. Better ask Santa . . .

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tiff- that's a great idea! Momma won't buy me a snake. She says they're creepy crawly. (whispering) So maybe Santa can bring one and we just won't let momma know. Maybe he could live in the garage!

Monday Mailbag: Dino Books, Chapstick, and Diplodocus

Steph said...

Bridger,
You continue to amaze me with all the dinosaurs you know about. I don't know anyone who is as intrigued with dinosaurs as you are. I'm glad you have a blog to share all this information on. Keep learning!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: I'm glad you read my blog. Did you know I have lots of books about dinosaurs? You even gave me one. Grace gave me one too. I have so many books that I can't even count them all right now. I think I have 164 of them. They have pictures and charts in them. Momma doesn't know how to read so dadda reads them to me. I read them all- even the Cat in the Hat dinosaur book. So I need more now.

Jane's Mom said...
Bridger, Jane says thank you (for dedicating his blog post to her).

BRIDGER RESPONDS: You're welcome Jane-Jane. You have lipstick that looks like candy. I have chapstick because lipstick is for girls. I have a lot of chapstick. I can't wait to play with you at school tomorrow!

Tiff said...
It may be a long, long time before your sneaker spider comes out of hibernation. Good luck with that.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Guess what, Tiffy? That sneaker spider waked up yesterday and he's hibernating again today. I just keep him warm and cozy. You know what else, Tiff? I just watched a show called Mini Monsters that had a diplodocus in it. I call him "backfeet" because his feet look like komodo dragon feet.

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Monday Mailbag: Jack Hanna, Komodo Dragons, and Becoming a Man

Grammy said...
I bet there are places unexplored, just waiting for you to grow up and go find them! I think you will be famous someday like Jack Hanna or the Crocodile Hunter. Then I will tell all my friends I know you, get your autograph, and make you take me out to dinner.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Heck yeah! We could go to Dinosaur McDonalds. Jack Hanna is in Africa. I know because he sent me a letter a couple days ago. He reads my blog, but I don't know how he does that in the jungle because there not a lot of computers in the jungle. He goes there when he's not at SeaWorld. I sure miss the Crocodile Hunter. I don't know what it's like to be with Jesus because I never been there- only when I was being made- and I don't remember that.

Sami said...
Is that real, Bridger? Is a Komodo Dragon really real? Scary!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Yes, Sami, they are real. They are huge and gigantic. They aren't so fast, but they can still get their prey. They live on an island in Asia. They could kill a person but they could not kill dinosaurs, because dinosaurs are the most powerful creatures in the whole wide world. Sami, did you have fun at Disneyland? Did you go on girly rides?

Grammy said...
Yeah... I think I was about 43 when I started making my own food. You don't have to worry about getting to old to play. I bet dadda plays a lot during the day. I go outside at night with my boys on the trampoline and tell ghost stories and sing along to their underarm toots. We laugh so hard. So see.. you are never to old to play and have fun!

BRIDGER RESPONDS: 43? A four and a three? I can't believe that. Stein the dolphin is 43 and he doesn't even make his own food. Little kids feed him his food when they go to SeaWorld. When you're a man you always have to do work. You're an old man when you turn 94 and you get lines down your face. Then you die.

[Dad's Note: Bridger did indeed get a letter from Jack Hanna's assistant, Amy Feller, at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Jack was indeed in Africa. And he does indeed read Bridger's blog.]

The Dinosaur Boy Responds to Reader Comments

[Dad's Note: Bridger would like to introduce a new 'mailbag' feature on his blog, where he will take a few recent reader comments and respond to them.]

Bob said...

You and your cousin Kelsey both only like to look at green food, but not to eat.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Green food is beautiful but I don't like to eat it. Do you know why? Because I never tried it. Does your girl baby like green food?

Grammy said...

Wow... Weston must have a turbo tummy to swallow a penny and not get sick. He might be like a Great White shark. I wonder if he ever ate a license plate when mama wasn't looking.

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Maybe Weston really is sick but he doesn't want to tell mom so he can start drinking Coke again. The only way we can tell is by an exalator. That's where you stand behind it and it shows your bones. Then maybe we can find momma's wedding ring too. I don't think he could eat a license plate because his mouth is not like a dinosaur mouth. Dinosaurs' mouths can open very wide.

Tiff said...

That musical thing with the bag of air I play are called
uilleann pipes (pronounced ill-uhn).

BRIDGER RESPONDS: Tiff- there's a lot of things I need to learn, like how to roller skate and play my ukulele and how to walk with my cane. And I want to learn how to play those airbladder pipes. But I need to get some. Maybe next time we go to Wal-Mart. Here's what else I was going to tell you- I have two snakes that I don't know what kind they are. One is yellow with red spots. The other one is black with white spots. Snakes can eat whole eggs. They open their mouth about a hundred years wide and eat those eggs.