Sofa Yeti – Space, Dinosaurs, and Shit

Dare to be Stupid

Posted on 3 May 2025 (10 May 2025) by Sofa Yeti

Mounted skeleton of Stegosaurus ungulatus in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

I fell in love with dinosaurs early. Awkward and overweight, I was a fan of the giant herbivores who could hold their own against the horrible meat-eaters. Triceratops, popular with friends, was obviously great but never one of my favourites. Stegosaurus though, the oddly-shaped, lumbering dork with a back full of plates and […]

The Space Between

Posted on 4 April 2025 (9 May 2025) by Sofa Yeti

Earth rising over the Moon's horizon, as captured from space during the Apollo 8 mission.

Space captivates me in a way few other things can. I’ll happily fritter away a Sunday learning everything I can about a new cosmic-related subject. Absorbing mind-breaking facts, agreed on by most of Earth’s brightest astrophysicists, that feel like fiction to a mind accustomed to things here on Earth. I always leave wanting to know […]