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River Frog (Lithobates heckscheri), tadpole, family Ranidae, found in the SE United States
- The tadpoles of this species are capable of over-wintering through up to 2 winters, and overwintering tadpole get rather large, growing up to 97 mm (3.8 in).
- This individual was handled under permit for a scientific study, and was released after capture.
photograph by Steve Atkins
It has been way over a decade since this happened, so some details are a little blurry, but I still have to tell this story here too:
So, my dad's colleague was on a trip with their friends, who were a couple. Now, the wife of this couple was a huge U2 fan, and the highlight of this trip was going to a U2 concert. Later that night, after the concert, they went to a restaurant, and who do they see there at another table? Bono. The wife wants so badly to go and ask for an autograph, but in a typical Finnish fashion, she doesn't want to be a bother because surely Bono just wants to enjoy his night and not be surrounded by fans all the time, so she doesn't go.
Then, she notices that someone from Bono's table gets up and goes to the men's restroom, so she also gets up and goes to wait outside the men's room, until the guy comes out. She then stops him and goes excuse me, I saw that you were at the same table as Bono, would it be in any way possible that you could ask for an autograph from him for me? (because apparently it is much less mortifying to bother someone else you don't know than to bother the guy directly, I guess).
The man apparently kinda stands there for a moment, just looking at her, before he asks, sounding just a tad bit confused, if he heard her right. You want me to go and ask Bono for an autograph for you?
Yes, she says. She's being very polite about it. If you would be so kind. That would be great.
The man says yes, sure, I'll see what I can do about it.
They then part ways and go back to their own tables and continue the night, and some time later, they notice that Bono and the rest of the people who had been at that table have left.
Oh well, the wife thinks. No can do, maybe he just forgot or something or just didn't want to do it. It's okay.
They finish up their meal and ask for the bill. The waiter tells them that their meal has already been paid for, and then tells that they were left with two notes.
The waiter gives them the notes. They are both autographs. One of them says Bono.
And the other says Bruce Springsteen.
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Rest in Peace, Mr. Turner
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the aquarium cafe had a thing they called "garden eel dog"
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"Vampire Weekend?" Yeah, doesn't sound like much of a weekend. For a vampire hunter, that is. Yeah. Sounds like overtime for them.
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i hate making a post like this Yet Again, but job hunting has been turning up nothing (as per usual it seems), and my funds are looking uh...not great. We have a few bills coming up + we need money for groceries for a week or two, so anything would be uh...appreciated right now.
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to anyone in the areas impacted by the wildfire smoke, my #1 biggest piece of advice as someone whos been dealing with wildfire smoke in the NW united states for years, is build yourself a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube
they perform as well as expensive HEPA air cleaners, and are comparatively VERY inexpensive. all you need is a box fan, 4 air filters, a piece of cardboard, and some duct tape!!!!
i think it took us maybe a half hour to put ours together, if that, and we replace the filters every 3 months. it's really made a HUGE difference, both when the air quality is bad, but also with our allergies
Saw these easy to read instructions on Twitter. Stay safe 💚
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perfect headline. no notes
LEAVE HIM ALONE!!!
They left the best one off
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The problem with bluesky is that I already didn't like twitter before all that stuff happened