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Cranky Prognathodon

@sdrekkar.bsky.social
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A large bitey carnivore living in the Niobraran Sea The Prognathodon can be found at Yarn to Dye For, in Chrisman, IL, an hour southeast of Champaign-Urbana.

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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Had cornmeal mush with butter, brown sugar, (lactose-free) milk, and a bit of maple syrup for supper. So yummy. Also easy. And I watched 2 episodes of “Secrets of the Dead” on PBS (streaming). Such wild hedonism when I’m left without adult supervision!
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
AAAAAAÀAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Biting off ‘eads commencing NOW! (bureaucracy)
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Speaking from experience, laser + leather = horrible smell. I‘ll stick to my head knife or the Universal Mangler*, thanks! * oscillating multi-tool, scissor-type blade for garment leather
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Got some better pictures of Butchy during this afternoon’s visit. (Thursday evening, Saturday morning, Sunday mid-late afternoon for those keeping score) Pictures: A big black & dark blue spotty hound, with some brown bits. Big hound ears.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Butchy seems like a sweety, so if this becomes a regular I'm gonna be tempted to dog-nap him. 3/3
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Gimi is grumbly in a "not another fecking big dog" way. Butchy is an intact male, so Dracos figures he's out looking for luuuurve, like the beagle his family had as a kid. :) Anyway, Butchy's dad came and picked him up again. Not sure if Dracos got his address so we can offer dropoff service. 2/3
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This is Butchy, a very nice boy who is apparently an escape artist. He let Dracos catch him Thursday evening, and this morning he came right up to the door. He wants to be friends with our boys. Thord says he's just the right size to play bitey-face with. Loki's not sure. 1/?
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Yes, my sense of humour has already snuck in. Yes, time passes between panel 1 and panel 2. Adobe says the image in panel 4 is not AI-generated, but I'm pretty sure somebody amped up the lighting effect. Regardless, it caaallled to me. Episode 2:
A group of Adelie penguins waddling across an ice sheet, with the caption "The messenger corps set off for the interior."An Adelie penguin on an ice flow looks down at a leopard seal in the water. Seal is swimming away from the ice/toward the viewer. 
Penguin: "Report for HQ: 1st contingent of Emperors sighted."
Seal: "Roger."A group of five Emperor penguins are belly-sliding across an ice field. The rear-most penguin is saying (to someone outside the shot) "The rest are on the way, we're the forward scouts."A group of Emperor penguins poised on the edge of an icy cliff, with dramatic backlight. Some member of the mob says:
"We're not filming 'March of the Penguins' here, either you got the shot or you didn't!
(damn kids and their drone shots, mutter mutter mutter...
Oh for Cod's sake, Bob, you do this every time! Just GO, dammit!"
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The local National Gaur platoon approves. (From an alternate reality where the world's military forces are mostly run by antelope and other bovids).
A photo of a gaur (large brown bovine) on a white background, surrounded by a broad dark brown ring. In the ring are the words "National Gaurs" and a very curvy sword. Above the gaur, following the curve of the ring is the motto "Always Ready, Always There".
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I’d been assuming “horfs”, but I follow the linguistic logic to horves. 🙃
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
No AI slop here. Images licensed, and then messed around with in some combination of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I had An Idea a couple-few days ago. Realized it's going to take a while to carry out. So, here we have a thread that'll be updated ?daily-ish? If you've seen my Cantaloupe Project, this is very probably going to tie in . . . Episode 1:
Orca, nose out of the water, mouth open, saying "Guys. GUYS! It's time!"Two Orcas (adult and calf?) spyhopping in an patch of open water in an ice pack. The larger one is saying "Yo, Leopard Seal! He's at it again . . ."Face shot of a leopard seal, showing us its toothy not-grin. Leopard seal is on ice, just above water. Leopard seal says "*Again*?!? Ok, on it."A leopard seal coming up a snowy slope from a beach, head up, mouth open. Up-slope are a small flock of Adelie penguins. A rocky & snowy hill rises behind. Leopard seal says "Plan is a GO. Spread the word."
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Added corn and/or hominy - not particularly weird, IMO, but yummy.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I need more information on these sniffle bits! 😁
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Our flock is so excited! Brenda and Heather Yarns is coming to Yarn to Dye For in just a week! Saturday February 21st! They specialize in self-striping and gradient yarns. SQUEE! (image: rows of sheep and words pretty much as above)
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Ok, thanks. I’ll keep thinking and support whistle production. 🙂
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I’m a weird nerd with a laser and 3mm plywood; do you know if there’s a Useful Thing being crowdsourced by laser nerds?
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A Turkish Van-patterned shorthair cat coming out to be worshipped.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Cefalexin/Keflex
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
There is one antibiotic that I have on my list as “not unless absolutely necessary” because the impact on my digestive system was catastrophic. Thank Cod it was in a WFH time.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
St. Joseph River, SW lower Michigan (mouth at the city of St. Joseph, Berrien Co.), but I spent a lot more time in my formative years on/in/around Lake Michigan.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Got my desk cleaned up, yay! I have *space* again! (left-hand monitor is for my iFruit, right for work laptop, center one flip-flops between them).
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
As it says on the tin . . .
Picture of a Wildebeest in snow, motivational poster style.
Main caption: "Happy New Year!"
Subtext: "What? You were expecting a Wildebeest Pun?"
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Mamma gibed me SEEBS! (steel-cut oats, mixed types of rice, pearl barley, and cracked wheat) Many happy chuck-chucks
A smol green parrot with a red tail, hanging from her door eating SEEBS and chuck-chuckingSame birb, now head-down in the bowl of treats
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Somebody's all tired out, but the reindeer are on the job. I licensed and did some gentle modification to this image (painted in some more sky, gave it the canvas texture) years ago, still one of my favorites. Got the border a couple months ago, they go together pretty well, I think.
Image of a pair of reindeer, one all white, laying down. A small child dressed in a blue robe with dark hair and red cheeks is sound asleep, using the white reindeer as a backrest/pillow. In the background are other relaxed reindeer and a conical tent. The image is bordered top and bottom with blue geometric patterns that I associate with the Komi people.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
On the plus side, Thord followed me up to our library room, which is also a cat-safe space, and was very polite to Luthien. I believe he got head-butted as a reward. 4/4
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Hunting for my color books I dug through boxes from the room where they should have been, & where my other graphic design & typography books were. If I had the gumption there *might* be one in one of several boxes of computer-desk junk. Grumble grumble snarl bite off heads grumph 3/4
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The search for books was made after discovering that the Visibone2 swatch collection is in a file format InDesign doesn't read, Illustrator can't/won't export it, and Photoshop can't/won't open it to try to export it. 2/?
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I am VEXED. I have lost track of a group of graphic design reference book (color swatches/palettes with CMYK codes). And of course, we're in the holiday shopping/shipping season, which means I can't get any new ones here to TinyTown quickly. I have gritted my teeth and bought an e-book. 1/?
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Loki had not been at the shelter long, and had obviously had some socialization/house time. He will still bark excitedly, and wants to be friends with everybody. I don't think Thord is unfriendly, but he missed out on early socialization lessons with new humans. 5/5
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
...yay for FedEx guy, who was willing to give Thord a scritch, despite the growls and woofs. Anyhoo, Thord grumbles, growls, and woofs, but also does not actually seem aggressive. Thord had been the shelter most of his life, so I think that's a lot to do with it. 4/
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Loki is Suspicious of strangers. On Thanksgiving he spent the day being concerned about the MYV (despite MYV promptly sitting on the floor on arrival and getting a lapful of Loki) and my brother, both of whom like dogs. ...interruption for FedEx delivery, delivered inside... 3/?
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Loki and Dracos went on their way to Rural King. The idea was to take Thord out for some socialization, but we'll have to work on car issues first. Gimli was very unhappy the first ride home with us, but has since been fine, was kind of assuming Thord would be similar. Guess not. 2/?
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
In other news, Thord did not get to go shopping with Dracos. Shaking, drooling, very unhappy about riding in the car. Dracos called me to meet them at the curb. I took Loki out with me, as the easiest way to get out and back in the door. Loki hopped in the car. Thord bailed out. 1/2
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I am S-M-R-T-smart. Checked the designer's Ravelry store, and there's a hat to go with the mittens. Have purchased! There are also socks and a cowl. May consider one or the other depending on yarn levels after making the hat. Or eventually get both, because COLLECT THE WHOLE SET!
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Alt-text is good and I'm trying to do better about it, AND AT THE SAME TIME you are not obligated to do this thing that causes you distress. This rude person particularly annoys me because I think your words are wonderful on their own, and the images are a bonus treat.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I'v been convinced I need to make a coordinating hat, so to be safe I'll order another skein of each. On the hat I'll probably change up the background and accent colors. So, off to order more yarn, find a hat pattern, or adapt the mitten pattern. 2/2
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Finished these mittens yesterday, made with Passion Yarns Shaniko fingering, held double. Background color is Vanilla Cream, accent is with Brick on the cuffs. I hadn't planned to use the brick on these, but it demanded I do so. 🙂 Pattern is "West of the Moon Mittens" by Inger Berg. 1/2
A pair of Norwegian-style mittens (it's the thumb gusset), in cream, brick, and salmon colors. The overall background and textured braid on the hem and between the cuff and palm are cream. The cuff patterning of diamond-ish bands is in brick, and the hand patterning is in salmon. The back of the hands are a traditional rose/snowflake pattern, the palm is diamonds, with a pattern of link diamonds up the thumb.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
So toofy! 🥰
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I suspect kiddo would not appreciate hugs from an internet stranger, so here’s a goofy dog picture instead.
A red-brown dog with a white chin/chest/tummy and toesies flopped on his back in patchy grass. He is being dead to protest the EVIL HORRIBLE TORTURE DEVICE known as a Gentle Leader that is AFFLICTING HIS FACE WITH EXTREME CRUELTY until there is an interesting distraction.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Sleepies have caught me.
The view down my lap nose-firdt, of a sleepy red-brown dog on a red & black plaid blanket. A fawn& white spotted dog is curled up asleep on a blanket in the background.A smol green parrot with a reddish tum looking around her heater and quietly saying “bob-bob bob-bob”. She’s in a blue crate with lots of toys & perches. She’s also sleepy.A red & white beagle asleep on a white chair with a blue blanket.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Me too
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
EEEEK! Giant Greeble in my bed! And it ate Thord!!!
A brown dog on a bed, next to a large lump under the fitted sheet. The tip of a fawn & white tail sticks out from under the blankets, the only sign of the missing Thord.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
YAY!
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
And picked, with Dracos' input, our Hello Fresh meals for next week's delivery. Did I look to see what we're getting today? No, no I did not. Because they sounded good at the time, and we've liked everything we've chosen so far.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I have thrown together a thing for mid-day dinner: multi-bean soup mix, frozen smoked sausage hacked into chunks, an onion, pork soup/hotpot base, and ras-al-hanout seasoning. 30 minutes on high in the instant pot, and then it'll auto keep-warm until we eat. May add green beans and/or corn.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Indeed! I ordered a copy and realized it would be a good Christmas gift. I can always get another copy for myself. 🙂
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Round 2, with Loki playing cat-dog on the treadle sewing machine table in the enclosed porch (our house is an old funeral home which we've converted to a yarn shop, with living space upstairs). 2/2
Loki watching Thord trotting past, as Gimli moves toward the front doors. Thord is contemplating Loki on the table, but apparently isn't willing to start something with Loki up there. Loki is watching Thord. Gimli is in the foreground, watching something interesting outside through business-style double glass doors.Zoomed in, Thord is walking away, Loki is looking kinda toward me, Gimli continues looking outside.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Bitey-Face with Zoomies with all three dogs this morning. Gimli is an elderly red & white beagle Hims are Big Babies: Loki, the fairly generic red-brown boy (I think he looks like a boxer/yellow lab cross), and Thord, the big fawn & white spotty houndy boy 1/2
Loki on his back while Thord attacks and Gimli borks. My knees in the foregroundLoki zooming bouncily toward me with Gimli in pursuit, with Thord on an intercept course from the doorway on the right. Thord and Loki dramatically up on their back legs, Loki biting at Thord's face, while Gimli goes in to maybe chomp . . . somebody? from underneath. Thord is looking surprised, and showing off his fabulous eyeliner.Loki is fully on his back, all four paws (with white toesies) up in the air, teeth bared in a scary danger snarl. Thord is at his head, eyes closed, actually looking intimidated. Gimli is standing over Loki's tum.
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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Finnish pasties (from Michigan’s Copper Country) enter the ring . . .
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