Copyright 1998 -- Robert Baer Jr. 

 D.J - Origins



	The following is PURE FICTION, it REALLY DIDN'T HAPPAN only in my mind!
	It is intended for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY and NOT MEANT TO BE
	TAKEN TOO SERIOUSLY.  It represents a struggle of the human mind.
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The Dinosaur Chronicles:

	PROLOGUE

	Once upon a time in cyberspace roamed a  dinosaur, but not any ordinary
dinosaur,
	but a Computer Dinosaur.  A creature who thinks a Commodore should command
	a navy vessel and WIndows look nice with curtains!  How does a ten-ton
dinosaur
	exist in this strange new world, very well, thank you!  Here is another
entry for his
	"journal"

Entry # 140
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This day started out like most any other day, I took my shower, went out
for my morning
graze, checked my e-mail box, etc.  I was taking a walk near the tar pits
when I spotted
Xeren Zzoom and the Computer Gila Monster out on a hike.  "Hello y'all!" I
shouted from a
distance.  They motioned me to come over to their position, so I naturally
started running.
I didn't realize the "ground vibrations" of a dinosaur running at full
trot would cause my
friends to fall down right in front of my eyes!  "I'm sorry guys," I said
very apologeticly.

"That's OK, big guy!" shouted Xeren, while feeling around in the dirt for
his glasses.

"You big klutz!" yelled the Gila Monster,"next time be more careful,
you're going to scare off all the ants, and I'm hungry!"  After he calmed
down, he grumbled "sorry, it's OK C.D."

"Thanks," I said,"So Xeren, what are you doing out here?"

"I'm just helping the Gila with his ant hunt," Xeren explained,"needed
something to do today."

"Can I help?" I offered.

"I don't think so," the Gila Monster snarled,"you make too much noise."

"Well," Xeren asked,"how are you at gathering wild berries and nuts?"

"I can see them well from up here," I said while lifting my head up
high,"but my 'feet' are too
large to pick them."

"Tell you what, big guy,"Xeren said excitedly,"if you can find the stuff,
I'll gather it and we'll
both share it when we're done, how's that sound?"

"Sounds good to me, Xeren," I said,"let's go!"

So Xeren and I spent the entire moring gathering wild nuts and berries. 
It was rather fun,
like "Where's Waldo" with food!  Even the Computer Gila Monster got into
the act, giving up
"the hunt" for the "gathering."  When we finished, we had a huge quantity
of all types of
different "forest goodies!"  As we all sat down to sort out our
"treasure," Xeren started
asking some interesting questions.

"Hey C.D., you have a lot of interesting friends, but who is this Computer
Renegade and
how did you meet him?" he enquired.

"Well, I know that many years ago, this man used to belong to a very
scrict and secretive
'organization.'  He was a member there for over a decade, even had a
lovely wife."

"The Renegade was married?" interrupted the Gila,"wait until I see him
again, I'm really going to have fun teasing ...."

"I wouldn't if I were you," I warned,"He doesn't like to discuss that part
of his life and if
you make him angry, he could use that black box of his and send you
somewhere very
unpleasant."

"You mean like San Francisco?" the Gila Monster joked.

"No, like Antarctica!" I shouted,"Now, back to the story, he served the
leaders of the organization well, until the day the members all turned on
his wife, accusing her of 'crimes' she didn't commit.  He and his wife
left the 'organization,' but not without a struggle.  The 
'false accusations' really hurt his wife deeply, so deeply that she left
him!  Since then
the organization branded him as a rebel.  That's when he donned the black
cape and mask
and became the "Computer Renegade."  He used his electronic skills to
fashion many devices he uses in the name of justice and truth.  He uses
his black box transporting
device to help his friends and to elode the 'organization' whose members
want to take
him back and force him to serve them again.  I met him when I ran into
some 'dinosaur
hunters' last summer.  He made the hunters scatter, and since then we've
been very
good friends."

"Has that organization ever captured the Renegade?" Xeren asked.

"Where's his wife?" the Gila injected.

"No, those people have never cornered him yet and his wife moved away," I
said.

"I have no idea," Xeren said,"the Renegade always seems a bit mysterious
to me"

"He's wierd, period!" the Gila shouted,"but he is a good guy, he sure has
helped all of us
out from time to time."

"How about the Computer Counsellor?" Xeren asked,"she sure seems like a
very nice person."  

"Yeah," the Monster spoke as he reached for some berries,"tell us about
her!"

"Alright," I said calmly,"It all started a week after my wife left me.  I
was feeling really,
really depressed, I wanted to go into my cave and hide for half a year. 
My only contact
with the outside world that I wasn't afraid to use was my old, beat-up
Whisperwriter.
I used it to contact a very ancient part of cyberspace, and began leaving
messages there.
That's when the Computer Counsellor first contacted me.  Over the course
of time, we
exchanged e-mail, letters, pictures and even met a few times face-to-face.
 Turns out she
was divorced also, and her words of wisdom and encouragement helped me a
whole lot.
She inspired me to go on with my life, that divorce isn't the end of the
world.  Thanks to
her I have a new outlook on life!  I truly owe her a huge debt of
gratitude!"

"That's a very interesting story,"Xeren said,"is she the first person you
ever met in cyberspace?"

"Yes," I said happily,"she's a very special person, I've never met anyone
quite like her."

"Have you ever considered asking her out?" Xeren inquired.

"No, I couldn't," I said softly,"we're very good friends, and that's all
we can be."

"Why!" the Gila Monster shouted,"go for it, you wimp!"

"You don't understand," I explained to both of my curious friends,"first
of all, she's a human and I'm a dinosaur.  Secondly, she above anyone else
has made me believe in myself again.
In one sense of the world, she's my mentor and I'm her student.  It's not
fair to have a crush
on the teacher, it's not fair to fall in love with the lifeguard that
rescued you."

"They do it all the time on Baywatch!" the Gila Monster shouted
happily,"oh yeah!  those
babes in their skimpy little bikinis, WOW!  OH YEAH!"

"Will you get your mind out of the gutter?" I said sternly,"I don't think
it's fair to take advantage of someone who reaches out their hand to help
you, that's all.  Besides, like
she once told me,'right now you need a friend, not a lover.'  She's right,
I don't really know
what love is anyway."

"Neither do I," Xeren said sadly.

"I do!, I LOVE BAYWATCH!," screamed the Gila Monster,"WOW!  What a TV
Show!  I could
really have a lot of FUN on THAT beach!  Oh yeah!!  OOooh yeah!!!!"

"You are what you eat," I observed,"the Gila Monster must've eaten too
many nuts!!!"

Xeren said,"I have to agree with you, big guy."

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