So, I’m on my way back to North Carolina after spending the last six weeks in the Midwest to work on my master’s project about Asian carp. After checking in at the front desk, I got up to the third floor of the hotel and realized that a different stock photograph adorns each door. Evidently, a deer crossing sign was best suited for my room. I think it’s an interesting use of stock photography–I wish that they had come calling to me, though! I can’t imagine what a contract like that, for a major chain, must have been worth…