a small ear of corn with corn holders at either end that look like the front and back end of a stegosaurus in shades of purple at the back plates and gradiating down to light blue on the underbelly and legs.

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OMG, just look at these!! Aren't they cool? I hardly ever eat corn on the cob but if I had dino corn holders that would probably change. If Stegosaurus isn't your fave then they also come in Triceratops, Styracosaurus, Anklyosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Brachiosaurus, T Rex, green Stegosaurus, a different color Parasaurolophus, and the very unusual choice of Amargasaurus, which I hadn't heard of before.

This Thursday I go in for my second hip replacement surgery. This time I'll be getting the right side replaced. I'm hating life a little bit at the moment because I had to go off my NSAIDs prior to surgery. It's not even a very powerful one but it's just enough to keep me going. I had been toddling around pretty well, especially with the new left hip. But, since stopping the NSAID, I've been in a whole lot of pain and have even had to use the cane to hobble around the house, where usually I was getting by with just some occasional wall surfing. I can't wait for surgery day!

Some time last year I posted a link to the 2025 Edward Gorey Envelope Art Contest. There was a recent post on MetaFilter linking to the winners and finalists. Participants ranged in age from 4 to 55 and everyone was so impressively creative! Go check them out, they are awesome. Last year's theme was The Evil Garden. 2026's theme, if you are interested in participating, is The Utter Zoo.

Voting for the Tiny Awards is open until September 25!

Listening

Some podcasts I've listened to this week:

I'm continuing to make my way through the 99% Invisible/BBC podcast, A History of the United States in 100 Objects. I've been doing a lot of postcarding and I've been playing that while I'm writing. I had started with episode 11 and liked it so much I went back and started working my way from the beginning. I've listened through episode 8 and the objects covered so far have been: The Century Safe; 60 Degree Screw; The Pension Files; Lowe's Gas Bag; the Blue Black Speller; Sharpened Screwdriver; The Otis Pamphlet and Billy Possum. These are so interesting! It's not just about the objects but about the history around them.

Reading

I have been in such a reading slump this month! I finally picked up Knight Training again by Jon del Arroz. I had started it and was feeling meh about it and then I didn't read anything on the Kobo (or an actual book) for days. I picked up the Kobo again last night, thinking I'd give that book one more try and something interesting has happened in the story and now I'm invested in it so I think I'll be finishing that.

Watching

I've been watching season 3 of Silo. I'm loving the show but I'm kind of mad because characters the show led me to hate in the previous 2 seasons, I am now being made to feel somewhat sympathetic towards. I just have episodes 8 and 9 left to watch and then I'll have to wait until next week for the finale.

I went out with Best Son this week to see a movie, The End of Oak Street. It was fine. I would give it maybe a 6/10.

I usually prefer watching movies at home but I thought a dinosaur movie warranted being viewed on a big screen. There were at least 3 groups of people in our small theater who decided they were in their own damn living room and chatted with the people they came with and gave an unasked for stream of commentary. They were SO LOUD and I am so salty about that. 🧂🧂🧂 There have always been loud, rude people who attend movies but it seems to have gotten so much more worse. And these weren't kids, they were grown ass adults who should have known better. Going to the movies has gotten too expensive to put up with a crappy viewing experience.

I watched a delightful YouTube video, Full recipe box found in antique shop takes woman on search for owner's kin. A woman bought the box and found that it was full of handwritten recipes, dating back to the 1920s. There was an envelope with an address in there so using that and deducing that, "... with this many recipes, this woman must have been Lutheran," she was able to track down the owner's family and give the recipes back to them. This is such a sweet story.

Link Lagniappe

That's about it for this week!

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