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Musings from Me...Seizing family time one dinner...movie...game night at a time

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After ELEVEN YEARS of work, today I finally submitted my 205-page monograph on the diamond frogs of Madagascar, genus Rhombophryne.

We are describing several new species, and re-describing almost all others, or dramatically improving knowledge of their distribution, ecology, etc., including this beautiful chap, Rhombophryne testudo, the type species of the genus. It feels so good to finally have this paper submitted. It was a huge project and it has dragged and dragged. Now I can't wait to share the new species with you all! But it will probably be many months, maybe even a year, until it sees the light of day. When it does, I will of course share it here.

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Well done!!

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Two days ago I wore a light jacket. Yesterday...ice storms and 3-hour early school closing. Today no school and 7-plus inches of snow. Tomorrow...another snow day. #Crazy #MarylandWeather (at Howard County, Maryland)

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Checking in...Day 1...Session 2. Camera crew outside pool...for #UMBC basketball...not Maryland Swimming. #FoxSwimClub #BChamps (at The RAC - UMBC)

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Day 2...Session 4. No TV crews on #UMBC campus this afternoon. Ready for great day of watching @james.berry21 swim! #FoxSwimClub #MarylandSwimming (at The RAC - UMBC)

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Feeling very "Country Mouse Goes to the Big City." (at Penn Station, Manhattan, New York)

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My second favorite Presidential historian. What you don't have a favorite? My favorite: Michael Beschloss.

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There was a time when gift shops at museums and castles sold exactly 3 items...postcards, watercolor prints, and food products (jam, honey, sticks of rock candy). #travel #the70s #the80s #vacation #loirevalley #montmartre #paris #france

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Porn star...arbitration...NDA...meeting in Seychelles...Russian agent injured in nerve gas attack...witness tampering. It's a "tub of ice cream" news night. Tub is mostly empty. :-(

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Our 80s weekend continues. Last night: Crocodile Dundee...the movie @dadknowsbetter and I saw at the movies on our first date in October 1986. Tonight: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure...the movie released the year Jim started teaching...1988.

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Day 4. Brought the troops...@dadknowsbetter and @james.berry2021. #PSACs #GoMarauders (at Graham Aquatic Center)

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2 days. 8 hours driving. 12 hours on the pool deck. 6 hours hanging out in hotel lobby. $24 in admissions. $1 for program. 2 lunches out. 2 fast food meals on the road. Worth it to see my @ville_swim #Marauder swim at #PSACs! (at Graham Aquatic Center)

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My spot for the next 3 hours waiting for finals. Charging, reading, watching, and eating. #PSACs Swim Champs #millersville #millersvilleswimming (at La Quinta inn & Suites York)

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Day 3. PSAC Swim Championships. Time drops! Made finals! Great meet! One more day to go for my @ville_swim @jessicalberryy!! Go @villemarauders #swimmeet #swimming #FoxSwimClub (at Graham Aquatic Center)

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Day 2. PSAC Championships. Cheering on @jessicalberryy and the @villemarauders @ville_swim team! (at Graham Aquatic Center)

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The end of an era. From 1996 onwards, I used Pampers boxes to store everything from books to clothes to files to toys. Today I'm retiring...recycling...the lost Pampers box.

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Civic duty for the day complete...alerted Ski Liberty about snow tubing employee body tackling another tubing employee WHILE both were at top of snow tubing hill. What?!

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Better late than never. #photos #christmas #decorations