(Or, “Are We Underestimating the Dino Brain?”) “Max, be honest,” Sam said, flipping through one of my dino books. “Were dinosaurs actually smart, or were they just big, scaly potatoes…

(Or, “The Ultimate Prehistoric Showdown”) It started as a late-night argument in the garage. Jake, as usual, was stirring the pot. “Okay, Max, hear me out. T-Rex versus a dragon.…

(Or, “Who Wins the Title of Best Tree-Eater?”) “Max,” Sam said one afternoon, pointing at one of my sketches, “what’s the difference between Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus? They both have long…

*(Or, “The Last Dino Standing”) “Max,” Jake asked one day, sprawled on the garage couch, “what was the last dinosaur? Like, right before the big asteroid wiped them out?” Sam,…

*(Or, “The Time Jake Tried to Glue Feathers on a T-Rex Toy”) “Max,” Jake said, holding up his T-Rex action figure and a bag of craft feathers. “What if we…

(Or, “Max’s Dino Fact-Checking Marathon”) “Max, how do you know Walking With Dinosaurs wasn’t just making stuff up?” Jake was halfway through the series and had decided he was an…

*(Or, “Why Velociraptors Didn’t Look Like That”) Jake and I were rewatching Jurassic Park for the hundredth time—because obviously, it’s a classic. Sam wandered in during the T-Rex breakout scene…

*(Or, “The Names Jake Keeps Butchering”) It started with Jake trying to impress Sam with his dinosaur trivia. “Max, I’ve got this,” he said, holding up a notebook where he’d…

The first time Sam called me a "walking dinosaur encyclopedia," I thought she was making fun of me. But when I explained to her that dinosaurs aren’t completely extinct, she…