Nine reasons not to date a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Also check out Zach's post refuting Jack Horner's hypothesis that Tyrannosaurus was an obligate scavenger. The piece was inspired by the new symposium book Tyrannosaurus rex, The Tyrant King; I can't wait to get my claws on a copy of my own (but I should finish Rex Appeal and Tyrannosaurus Sue first).
Now if only that anxiously awaited technical book about "Jane" would come out...
[Hat-tip to Thomas Holtz]
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#7 had me laughing.
That list had me ROFLing so hard, I just had to forward it to half my family.