Ckes of basket ball court

I was at a tournament, for one of the matches it got to the last set (the 3rd set playing best of 3) and the score was at team A with 14 and team B with 13, for the final point the ball landed on to the border line of team A court which was opposite of the ref stand so the ref was not able to see if the ball was in or not, but the line judge called the ball out and the ref gave the point to Team A, keep in mind that the line judges for this match was players that was not playing from the teams lining their own side of the court, than Team B starting yelling to team A line judge that the ball was In. At the end the ref kept their decision and gave the point to team A trusting the line judge call, do you think they made the right call?

Sooooo I've been seeing a few people putting posts up about coming back to the game and wanted to chime in as a 40 year old playing competitively again aftter pretty much quitting in 2000. I played a lot as a kid to connect with my Pops while he was in town since he was in the Navy so I'm not going to lie it was a lot fun for a while. I learned a lot and it took it as far until my Pops started deploying and those gaps without him I didn't know what to do except hit the wall, cause on the real, that ball is always coming back. I'm a big Pistol Pete and Agassi fan but as I got older I just lost interest. So after 11th grade in high school I decided to call it quits and never really followed the sport, lived my 20s and 30s without the sport when it was so close to me from 5 to 17 years old...
So now I'm 40 now and started playing again and I don't have any regrets being away, when I was younger I was so overwhelmed with what had to deal with outside the game and forgot how to have fun. I didn't really care if I played again but made sure to keep my strokes and ball tracking to hit with my Pops, and I'm glad I did. He can still beat me to this day at the age of 71... But after my wife took interest and decided she wanted to learn the game and it woke the competitive spirit up. If I was to teach her the fundamentals I should play again, I needed to experience the pressure again, the game isn't to give the ball to your opponent. Not going to lie, I was served bagels my first flex league in pretty much all my matches but I told myself I'll learn as I play matches and it's been the time of my life!
So if you're coming back to game and miss the excitement, what's stopping you? If your healthy or want to get healthier, why not?Losing still sucks but how is anyone going to test the skills they have without competitive play? The way I see it is "I want you to give your best so I can give you my best and we can really play..." Learning this again changed everything.
So to you 40 plus players, let's get on those courts!!!

(At least just one board member does)
We have a park in our townhome community with a nice lawn, enclosed tennis courts, and a thirty year old janky swing set. The park is secluded, fenced off, with access only by one staircase. Since I’ve lived here (30+ years) residents have walked down the stairs to the park and let there dogs loose to play, no problems. In fact, one of the retired board members did it daily before he moved. Besides dogs having a ball, this park is dismal. I grew up here and it has always been a lame playground and families and children seldom visit. If people play tennis, they’re enclosed in a fence.
Two weeks ago I see an HOA board member starring at me playing with my dog. Next day, a “ Dogs must be Leashed” sign is up. I and everyone else (about twenty dog owners or more) ignored it. Well, today I got a letter about how that park isn’t a dog park.
What should we do to change the rules? Have a gate installed? Without the dogs it is an unused lonely park. Signatures? Petition? Why all the sudden this a problem? The great majority of people using this park are dog owners. (I live right in front of the park and this has been true for years)
Also. I’m thinking about reporting that swing-set? It was installed before 1992 and never inspected or updated since. Can I use this a leverage? Lmao. I’m in California btw.
Advice wanted. That park needs to be appreciated by those who actually use it.

We have a park in our townhome community with a nice lawn, enclosed tennis courts, and a thirty year old janky swing set. The park is secluded, fenced off, with access only by one staircase. Since I’ve lived here (30+ years) residents have walked down the stairs to the park and let there dogs loose to play, no problems. In fact, one of the retired board members did it daily before he moved. Besides dogs having a ball, this park is dismal. I grew up here and it has always been a lame playground and families and children seldom visit. If people play tennis, they’re enclosed in a fence.
Two weeks ago I see an HOA board member starring at me playing with my dog. Next day, a “ Dogs must be Leashed” sign is up. I and everyone else (about twenty dog owners or more) ignored it. Well, today I got a letter about how that park isn’t a dog park.
What should we do to change the rules? Have a gate installed? Without the dogs it is an unused lonely park. Signatures? Petition? Why all the sudden this a problem? The great majority of people using this park are dog owners. (I live right in front of the park and this has been true for years)
Also. I’m thinking about reporting that swing-set? It was installed before 1992 and never inspected or updated since. Can I use this a leverage? Lmao. I’m in California btw.
Advice wanted. That park needs to be appreciated by those who actually use it.

***Lily*** “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have run off when I did. I should’ve known you would have my best interests at heart,” I whisper.
“I… I don’t have a heart…” He chuckles meekly.
I chuckle too and respond, “Still, you’re as generous as you are funny. Strong as you are quick. And clever as you are funny. As annoying as it can be sometimes.”
I laugh again. After a moment, I can feel the awkwardness lift as he chuckled then started to move his arms. Suddenly he hugs me back, tightly. Something wet ran down my cheek and I hear him murmur something and ask, “Did you say something?”
“What? No.” He says. He then pushes me back as he says, “Oh crap! We forgot to get you leather armor!”
“Now, now dearie. Believe it or not, we actually took care of it while you were running around looking for her.” Silkie says coming up towards us down the stairs.
“Oh. How did you…” he starts to say as he looks towards me. He then stops and stares at me for a minute. “What happened to your hair?” He asks.
“Oh! This? Believe it or not, this is my original hair color. Do you… do you like it?” I ask back.
“I do. It really is captivating.” He says, putting his hat back on.
I smile. Afterwards, we turn towards the voice that yells, “Yargh! All done. Let’s see how it fits now, yargh.”
It’s Mr. Doe holding the leather armor from before. “That was fast.” Silkie says.
“Yargh. I’ve done me fair share of tanning. This be nothing to a mighty man of the sea, yargh.” He says.
I get up and go over to try them on again.
“Hey John. You got here fast. Did you lock up shop already?” Wabbajack asks him.
“Lock? Why would I lock up me shop, yargh.” He answers.
There is a moment of silence at that statement.
“You’re joking. Right?” Wabbajack asks.
After I am done putting on the leather gloves, shin-guards, and breastplate, I notice that the gloves and shin-guards fit better, and the breastplate conforms a lot better to my shape than before too. “Wow, this is a lot better!” I announce.
“Wow, that is an impressive refit.” Silkie adds.
“Refit? From who?” Wabbajack asks.
“That was Iris’s old assassin armor.” Silkie answers.
Wabbajack looks back at the armor for a minute. Afterwards, he just says, “Impressive refit.”
I then to puff my face in annoyance.
Silkie looks back at Mr. John Doe and asks, “I gotta say, your skills with leather is astonishing but, I don’t think that you quite have what it takes to run your Own business. What do you say you come work for us? Open up your shop here? That way, you can focus on your leatherworks and we can handle your business side of things.”
He takes a puff of his corn-cob pipe and says, “Yargh, well. That would be a lot more fun for me too, yargh. Mayhaps…” He then shakes his head as he says, “Yargh, I can’t. I already have a shop. I can’t abandon it, yargh.”
At that point, a ball of eyeballs with a funny hat float towards him. It then says, “Observer 2-5-6-9 reporting. You are Mr. John Doe, correct?”
“Yargh, that be I. Who’s asking?” Mr. Doe responds.
“Observer 2-5-6-9. I regret to inform you that your store, “The Blubbering Walrus”, has been ransacked and looted. All items, including the boards that made the structure, were taken. We apologize for your loss. Would you like to make a report?” it answers in an almost robotic tone.
“Yargh! What! Me entire store is gone!” Mr. Doe exclaims.
What did you expect? You left the store unsupervised and unlocked. Still, it Is kinda surprising to hear that they took the Structure as well.
“Yes. Unfortunately, none of your items, or building, were insured by the Dimensional Union of Multiplying Basic Opportunities, so you will not be compensated for the loss of any of your stock. We wish you luck in your future endeavors.” It says as it floats towards me.
“Observer 2-5-6-9, reporting. Are you Lily Extravagund?” it then asks me.
“Um, yes?” I answer.
“I regret to inform you that your picnic basket was stolen in the recent raid on the “Blubbering Walrus”. Unfortunately, none of your items were insured by the Dimensional Union of Multiplying Basic Opportunities, so you will not be compensated for the loss. We apologize and wish you luck in your future endeavers.” It then floats away.
“Okay… that was interesting.” I say.
“You might want to reconsider her offer.” Wabbajack says.
“Yargh, business is hard. Very well madame. If you really think me works are worthy, I’ll reopen the Blubbering Walrus here. Although, I will need me own tools, yargh.” He says, offering his hand.
“That’s all well and good but, unfortunately, I am not the person to decide that. That would be up to Iris.” Silkie says, crossing two of her arms and putting one against her cheek and the other on her hip.
“Who? Yargh.” He asks.
“My sis.” Wabbajack says.
“Yargh! That be a surprise. Any advice?” Mr. Doe asks Wabbajack.
As helpful as ever, Wabbajack just shrugs. He then goes, “OH! Buffalo wings! She loves those.”
Silence.
“Don’t worry dear, I’ll put in a good word for you.” Silkie says. “Go ahead and wait down here while I go talk to her.” She says as she goes back up the stairs.
“Looks like you’re on the fast track to being part of the family John.” Wabbajack mentions, offering his hand.
Mr. Doe takes a puff and takes it. They then perform a vigorous shake. He then takes another puff and goes back to the cafeteria.
Wabbajack looks back towards me and asks, “Well. Take two, are you ready to try getting a familiar?”
I adjust all my new gear. From my mask and emblem to my still-empty quiver, all the way to my new shin-guards. Making sure that it’s comfortable. I then let out a chuckle. Wabbajack asks, “What’s so funny?”
“Nothing. I’m just starting to feel like a Real adventurer.” I answer.
He laughs. I then let out a laugh as well.
I then skip towards the door. As I am skipping, I look over my shoulder and say, “Come on! We still got to head to Mogsten’s!”
He adjusts his hat and says, “Coming!” He then starts walking behind me and says, “Hey! Shouldn’t You be following Me?”
I chuckle as I say, “Well then, move faster!”
I hear him chuckle as he immediately catches up to me.
We open the door and head on out back to Mogsten’s. I stay close to Wabbajack so not to get lost again. I eventually look back up to the sky, between the clouds and the flying creatures with and without cities on their back. It’s all so crazy. I feel more alive than I have felt in, well, ever. A month ago, I would have laughed someone out of town if they had told me a place like this existed. Now, I can’t help but imagine what else is out there. There must be So much if Wabbajack, with how much he has seen and done, if he still gets surprised every now and again. Magic is real, and it is Improved with science. A thought occurs however so I ask, “Hey, is there more than what’s here or is there other countries or whatever they might be called?”
He puts a finger to his chin and answers, “Well, it goes on forever. It’s all Spiritopia but there are different cultures depending how far out you go. Up is typically for the people who enjoy flying as opposed to walking and down is for the people who prefer something overhead at all times, like molemen, certain kinds of vampires, and some reptile people. The list goes on.” He then points to the right and says, “If I’m not turned around again, that should be towards the oceanic district, for the ones who enjoy or need to be moisturized at all times. The other way is the forest district where people who enjoy that kind of place. Personally, I have thought about a treehouse myself. Each kind of district offers unique kinds of goods but, the city district, the place that we are at now, offers goods from all of them but it’s more generalized. The forest district offers some unique fruits and poisons that aren’t sold here for example. But, unless you are looking for something incredibly specific, you should be able to find it here.”
“Wow… this place goes on forever huh?” I say amazed. I then ask, “What about sandy areas? Are there species who need that kind of environment?”
He shrugs and says, “Well, before you get to the oceanic district, there is quite a bit of sand. Not to mention, sand bathing is surprisingly popular so there are businesses here that offer that service. But, not exactly popular material to build on. Some people like to go camping there however.”
It’s like a veritable playground. I ask another question, “Now that I think about it, was this place always like this or were there people who cultivated it like this?”
He tilts his head as he answers, “Well, that’s the thing with certain dimensions. Some just are. This is a perfect example of that kind of place. There is no history, no records, or no previous involvement. This place was just paved and ready for the first group of people who came by. Although, what was weird, even by my standards, was that there were Detailed instructions on how to cultivate All this. That is the only time that had Ever happened AND people following it.”
“Wait. Instructions? So… Someone left it?” I ask.
“Well, yes. Someone had to. The problem is, there was no traces on it whatsoever. It’s like it came with the dimension.” He answers, pointing a finger in the air.
“And that doesn’t happen often?” I ask as well.
“Well, the instructions part is actually pretty common. But it was discovered by a group of people with the diversity and skill that were willing to follow it. That. That takes planning of an extraordinary scale. Most people, even with the instructions, just ignore it and start doing their own thing. Which usually causes problems down the road. Hubs like this are rare admittedly. Especially as free as it is.” He answers again, this time scratching his head.
“So, is Spiritopia one of a kind?” I ask.
“As far as I know but, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was another similar to it however.” He says, as he walks normally again.
I look forward to try and process all this stuff but, as I do, I see Mogsten’s sign over his tent.
Before we walk in, I stop Wabbajack.
“Hmm? Don’t tell me your having doubts now, are you?” he asks.
I shake my head and say, “I Have to know something.”
“What’s up?” he asks.
“Is chewed gum really an ingredient in certain things?” I ask.
He lets out a laugh as he answers, “Surprisingly. The fact that they are pre-chewed make it easier to get samples from certain creatures. For example, would you rather get venom directly from a snake or trick it with some gum and extract it that way?”
“I guess that is a possibility…” I say.
“Don’t get me wrong, it’s Definitely not as concentrated as pure extract but, it’s usually good enough for moderate level stuff.” He explains.
We stand there for a minute. He then asks, “Was that all?”
I snap out of it and say, “Oh! Yes. Let’s do this!” I then march right through the flap towards the surprisingly large inside.
As we enter, we see Mogsten, in full on bit mode, with a customer. Looks like a fishman.
“Yes. It is quite a rare piece. I don’t see how I could sell it for anything less than, say, a thousand currency?” I hear him say.
“A thousand! Forget that! I would buy it for twenty currency.” The fishman says.
“But sir, giant’s horns are indeed rare. Not to mention to find one willing to give it up is even More difficult. I don’t know when I would ever get another one! Nine hundred fifty.” Mogsten states.
“Ha! Nine hundred fifty? Dude, this shop is terrible! If you don’t want me to spread the word around that you rip off your customers with absurd prices Gnome!” He pauses and grabs the horn. He then says, “Then I guess the price on this is free. Ha!”
“Actually, nine hundred fifty is a pretty fair price for a giant’s horn.” Wabbajack points out.
“And who asked…” he starts to say as he turns around. He then sees Wabbajack and panics “A-a-a-a. You! Crap! Look, don’t kill me man! Look, I’ll give you the horn! Just, don’t hurt me!”
“Umm, that horn isn’t yours though. You haven’t paid Mr. Mogsten for it yet.” I point out.
“Shut up you brat! I ain’t talking to you! Besides, he’s a Gnome. What’s he gonna do? Throw rocks at me?” the fishman says.
Wabbajack steps towards him and he just falls backwards. Before the fishman can even mouth whatever he wants to say, Wabbajack says, “One, this “brat” is a very good friend of mine. Two, gnome or not, you don’t just take whatever products you want just because you feel like it. Three, that gnome could easily kill you in any number of ways. And four, you won’t make any friends if you continue being as rude as you have been.”
I see a puddle appear on the floor and some gasping. He then just falls flat. He looks like he is still breathing.
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I was driving home when I saw this guy with a yellow duck shirt (yellow shirt covered in yellow rubber ducks) cycling on a cool yellow retro-cruiser type bike, that had an antenna with a little yellow ball at the tip (i don't remember if he actually had the antenna, but i'm pretty sure). He also had a basket on the back with some white flowers. I wanna see if he has a page or something where I can find out what type of bike he has. I saw him about a week ago around near Midcity IIRC. Any info would help

I was driving home when I saw this guy with a yellow duck shirt (yellow shirt covered in yellow rubber ducks) cycling on a cool yellow retro-cruiser type bike, that had an antenna with a little yellow ball at the tip (i don't remember if he actually had the antenna, but i'm pretty sure). He also had a basket on the back with some white flowers. I wanna see if he has a page or something where I can find out what type of bike he has. I saw him about a week ago around near Midcity IIRC. Any info would help

Hi,
If this is the wrong sub, I apologize. Not sure where to post this type of stuff.
The statute of limitations for my slip and fall personal injury incident is approaching on the 22nd of this month. We are at the end of the process trying to reach an agreement which is good, but we're cutting short on time. My Attorney only got contact from the insurance adjuster back in February and they drug the process on for quite some time because they apparently got the demand letter but not my medical records. From there, they needed 60 days to investigate to see what they could find to deny liability, which was nothing.
However, my case is a very tricky one and my Attorney said that from the beginning, yet, he still decided to take my case. It was a slip and fall in a drinking establishment where I slipped and fell into a drink on the floor that was not cleaned up resulting in me breaking my wrist and getting plates and screws. I wasn't aware that I broke it until the next morning as at the time of the incident, it felt like a sprain.
The first offer we received was last week on the 8th which was $44K, the cost of only my medical bills before insurance. When my Attorney presented the offer, he kept saying how pleased he was with that offer considering the difficulty of my case. My argument was while the offer is great, it's the first low ball offer they're giving and his initial demand was $150K. He immediately goes into how that's an inflated number for him to be able to negotiate and that I'll never see that number (which is BS in my eyes because why ask me if $150K is a good number to shoot for in the demand)? I said, well.. okay... hearing both sides, how about halfway at $75K? He said he doubts I'll see double my medical bills and that I need to think about how this would look in court in front of a judge and 6 jurors if we had to file a lawsuit. Their argument is they have no surveillance footage, no employee recalls the incident, and that I didn't report it when it happened. He then said he'd go back and negotiate by coming down from the $150K by like $40K to see what they'd offer.
Am I wrong for turning down the $44K offer? He said that once all fees and their winning is taken out (35% + whatever other fees due to being a contingency case), I'd have $22K in my pocket. Sure, that's $22K extra I never had but I always read to not settle for the first offer. Now, I'm afraid since they know my deadline is in 2 weeks that they will drag their feet and continue to lowball backing me into the corner of either accepting their offer or filing a lawsuit.
What are your thoughts and weigh in here?

MARCH 25th: Prelude Raid
• P diddy’s houses (Cali/Fla/NY) get raided by the FEDS.. all I remember is his neighbor said it be so bad.. that when I play basketball the ball go over the fence I don’t go over there, I let the ball B. (Referring to diddy house being crazy weird)
MARCH 26th: The Diss (Intro)
• Kendrick sends a diss in like that verse.
APRIL 5th: Sorry, plead the 5th situation.
• J Cole, drops a good little warm up the beef album. Got everyone enticed like what’s poppin? What’s going on? Then sorry I’m not playing video games with y’all no more going outside to ride my bike in the city. Ye droppin soon….
• Kanye tries to make a diss record but gets ignored by everyone - says F it - randomly opens up a porno company… telling us this is what y’all about to be watching a rapPorn-reporting beef battle.
APRIL 19th - MAY 5th: BEEF
• Drakes replies to Kendrick a month later with push ups. Then Kendrick droppin diss hits. Then Drake droppin diss hits. These two start PANDEMIC LEVEL beefing’ 100%.
MAY 5th - MAY 13th: WEIRD SHIT TURNOUT
• Someone shoots at Drake crib & bReachin’
• No more beef or disses, everyone no longer spoiled.
• TDE says beef is over then the riddler Pops up with all this crazy stuff say he gonna end careers
• Labels, Estates & Studios start doing smear campaigns, lawsuiting & BOT attacking
• Randomly the riddler (don’t even wanna say his name anymore) keeps showing up with fraud antics, extorting attempts, and spiraling rabbit hole gimmicks all this, care about why I got fired from my hotel job.
• AK (music influencer) all over the place, can’t figure out the riddler or crack the case. Also catching cases couple allegations deletes his Instagram.
• Bunch of a people affiliated with either side start deleting their Instagram & twitters accounts.
OUTCOMES: Bottomline
• Not like us billboard #1, followed by euphoria & then Drake with Family Matters all in top 10.
• KDOT caught twofer off the billboard.
• Tons of PGlang Promo for KDOT no more TDE
• People still left with NO information either these beef’s lying or rappin about. Theres no solid paperwork style verification or validation. Still all just word of mouth, hearsay, I know he did but I don’t know.
• Kanye not droppin album or is he?
• Drakes on vacation summer vibes.
• KDOT become a mute vanished.
• Diddy aka Mr. FreakOff trying desperately to avoid courts & lawsuits meaning this dude is in some serious HEAT. This whole time diddy been in flames someone need to go check on him make sure he show up to court like trump when the time comes.
That’s my understanding of all this from 10,000ft view like.. that’s all I know fam, is there anything else?

I might be stupid, but this is my first time playing 2k consistently since 2k15. I been running into a lot of players who spam "cut to basket" with random players and keep getting easy layups. I tried having my guys sag off of his guys when off ball, but it didn't work.

Here I have the 2018 Kyrie Low 1 I found at a local thrift store for $65. I plan on doing a review for them. But honestly if I made a review channel on YouTube would you watch? I would do sneaker reviews for the latest shoes, versus videos for shoes I pick or you guys pick and even reviews for shoes that already came out. I also would go over where to find deals for shoes and if they’re worth it. Let me buy your guys test dummy and sensei. I also will go over and review YouTube basket ball on the side like The next chapter, ballislife, off the dribble and etc. Let me know, I can’t do this without sneaker heads like you and I really want to push content for you guys!!!
Also I’ll post me actually using the shoes instead of just talking about them, indoor mostly but outdoor per request.

Hey, I'm new to writing stories and I'm looking for persons interested in reading/drawing a comic about a young man who in his final year of secondary school whose forced to join his school's Road Tennis team.
Road Tennis is Barbadian sport(Rihanna land). It's a variant of table tennis, where a court is painted on the road and persons play with wooden racquets and a skinned lawn tennis ball. Below is a YouTube link for the sport.
https://youtu.be/yoENfDENOOk?si=rX-Gtf7uRz6z3f3u
If interested you can comment below.

Im 16 Years Old and have been playing basketball all my life, Barely started to actually take it serious in summer 8th->9th grade (In Tenth now) I have good game Id consider myself a Point forward, good shot, athletic around the rim, can handle the rock and see the floor, im 6’3 165 slim but built. In practice, open runs and when playing around, it comes easy, to put it simple im cooking everyone and performing with close to no mistakes, but for some reason when it comes to a real game either AAU Or HS Ball (Although I feel played better during the HS season) I cant perform as well. I make dumb mistakes like bad passes that lead to TO, Or losing my dribble, smoking layups im used to making. Etc. And as of recently its been getting worse, this past weekend i had two AAU Games and i have a small team (6 players) so i didnt see the bench for a single second but still only managed 6 pts and 4 pts, we barely lost both of these games and i know if i was preforming how I know I can we would win. It gets frustrating knowing how good I can be but for some reason I just cant show it when it matters. Its been making me contemplate quitting but i just love this sport way to much to up and quit. Please give me some tips or if you need to know more ask me questions (i could go on and on but i feel like im yapping).
Also i feel Its starting to affect me mentally even off the court because of how much i love the sport, the bad performances making me feel like im just not good enough and with my family coming to watch me put on a 💩 show, if i couldnt care less about the sport it probably wouldn’t bother me, i would just go on with my day, but after a bad performance my day is almost ruined just thinking about it.

I’m a 5”7 high schooler who doesn’t have a lot of money to buy basketball shoes but I heard that the Nike precision 6s are on the cheaper side of things. I play mostly outdoors but occasionally inside. I like to use my speed and athleticism to my advantage and run to the basket a lot and just run around the court to get open. I would love to hear what you guys think of the show and if you don’t think it’s a good show please feel free to recommend me some other shoes.

It is entirely in the way he looks at her, all before their kiss where he has his "OH I AM IN LOVE WITH MY CLOSE FRIEND" moment lmao.
I mean exhibit A, Episode 1 Pen has just arrived at the first ball with her fancy new dress and new hairdo!:
https://preview.redd.it/h5cnrhuut90d1.png?width=585&format=png&auto=webp&s=4295118c80041197b3a8bb8c34c85c42e1a2604b
https://preview.redd.it/h17ve0vut90d1.png?width=553&format=png&auto=webp&s=3acf19187fc78279c3d53baf8c2066848f480bce
https://preview.redd.it/zrirlznxt90d1.png?width=679&format=png&auto=webp&s=4e23832b533b8fff8ea2761d93ab903fd5c4d424
This is episode 1. Penelope has not spoken to him all summer. She comes out in a different colour and a fresh hairstyle and he is ENCHANTED. This man is glancing up as he drinks to keep his eyes on her. Literally is so hyperfixated on her that he can't look away to take a sip of his drink? Now let's see what the other reactions are from the men of the marriage mart:
https://preview.redd.it/aseukw70v90d1.png?width=702&format=png&auto=webp&s=e68beea41abe6ec590256b36ad84ea1e736f0b5d
First of all, very lack luster and I must say these men are so wrong for this. How are you not absolutely enchanted by Pen, she is stunning. This man could not cae less, he is glancing because everyone else is. The other man beside him is literally glancing at Colin because his reaction is SO OBVIOUS LMAO!!! He looks baffled that this is the same man that uttered the words "I would not court Penelope Featherington in your wildest dreams".
Now exhibit B, Colin want to see how much rizz Pen has Ep 2, before they share their first kiss (most likely):
https://preview.redd.it/fr2ie7hov90d1.png?width=1206&format=png&auto=webp&s=ee99c08049a5377b8881cdc90035f20d8721bdae
Pen has 0 rizz it seems, she is nervous and awkward and can barely string together a sentence in front of the suitors. But here, Colin is smiling softly at her. He is endeared by her. Now let's see the other suitors:
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Let's just start by saying these men are dumn. They're absolutely NOT VALID TO BE LOOKING AT HER THIS WAY because Pen is so cute and endearing even tho she is awkward but like they are so put off by the way she is acting. There is no endearment here. She is just some weird woman who is trying and failing to speak to them with Colin just watching and... smiling like a dork? lmao
I think there will be much more of this in the first 2 episodes, but it is just so clear how much he feels for her. He is always the one staring at her in happiness and wonder when everyone else is either uninterested, put off, or ignoring her outright. Colin has always seen her. I cannot WAIT to see him after their kiss absolutely going batshit crazy with longing and yearning for Pen while she is courting Lord Debling. We've already seen some of his stares and I am so here for it!

Hi, folks. It's been a hot minute, but here's a PSA.
If you're being denied disability accommodation, particularly related to RTO:

• File a Civil Rights Department complaint ASAP.
  
• Get in touch with your union. Specifically, there's an attorney with SEIU who's putting together all these cases to demonstrate a pattern.
  

Hit me up via PM if you want his direct contact info; I have permission to pass it on, though I'd rather do it via PM just so he doesn't get too slammed. (MRC may be able to point you in the right direction too, if you ask for the attorney working on civil rights / disability cases. His name's Alan, and he's great.)
Ditto, if you filed for accommodation over a month ago and still haven't gotten a final answer, or if the accommodation offered was clearly insufficient - file with CRD and talk to your union.
Ditto, if you left your job because you were denied accommodation or your Hmanager dragged their feet for months - file with CRD and talk to your union.
And especially, if your issue is specifically with DGS... your complaint might be particularly useful.
It's taken a while to get the ball rolling, but the Civil Rights Department is very actively looking into this, and they can prosecute agencies if they deem it necessary. This is the time to speak up if we want them to act.
(And obviously, please, only do so if you actually have a disability which isn't being accommodated, or another issue related to membership in a protected class. I know we all hate RTO, but narrow focus on illegal discrimination is most likely to get results through this particular route.)
I have some inside information, and everything I have says that CRD is taking this quite seriously. No guarantees, but there's some movement happening behind the scenes.
If CRD declines to act, I'm planning to sue; I've got an attorney lined up and I've spoken to several lawyers specializing in disability rights who concur that I have a solid case for illegal discrimination and a hostile work environment. That's likely to take even longer, but hey, we do what we can.
(And if you happen to know a renowned expert in dysautonomia who's up for testifying in court, definitely hit me up, lol.)
Background info: Yes, I'm the guy who had the Sac Bee article in March written about him. I'm doing ok. Feeling way better physically after a couple months at home in the A/C, and I'm starting a new job Monday - outside state service, related to public health, and actually fully remote.
Best of luck to all of you still dealing with RTO.

Source.
I keep seeing this narrative that the Nuggets have just been hitting ungodly shots over great contested defensive as the reason they’re shooting so well. And it would be a discredit to Jokic, Murray, and Gordon to say they aren’t hitting ANY tough shots at all.
But it looks like right now the Nuggets have completely figured out how to pick apart the current defensive coverage.
They’re just spreading this defense to its absolute limit on the perimeter, getting a mismatch through whoever guards Gordon when he brings the ball up (or Murray just sprinting up the court and beating NAW/Jaden), and then attacking the open space and either swinging the ball for an open look, or letting Murray and Jokic go to work with Jokic on a shallow roll, getting Gobert to commit way further out than he’s comfortable with.
They’re getting easy looks by forcing hard rotations (which the Timberwolves defense is over-aggressively jumping on) and then just passing it once or twice and suddenly there’s a wide open shooter on the perimeter or someone wide open in the dunker spot.
People are looking at the box score team shooting splits and just assume that the Nuggets are draining a ton of contested shots. And they have definitely hit some tough shots over good defense, but more than that, they’re just getting a lot of extremely easy looks. The reason guys like Braun, Holiday, and Gordon are lights out right now is because they’re basically just taking practice shots on the edge with nobody giving a quality contest.
Some massive structural changes to the defensive scheme have to be coming tomorrow and Thursday night, or I don’t see how how they win another one.

My roomate got into a relationship a couple of months ago. He lives in a different state so he has been visiting our place and staying over for weeks at a time. After talking to my roommate, it seems like he has no clear timeline of when he's leaving (he's been here for 2.5 weeks at a time over the past couple months) or what his future plans are. He's between jobs, super unself aware, and definitely has some kind of mental challenges which makes it kind of more important to be straightforward.
I talked to my roomate and brought up my concern and expressed that I don't want him to be living here because right now it feels like we have a third roommate and that's not what I signed up for. I also mentioned that if he stays another week we are going to need to talk about him paying rent. However, I wasn't really thinking when I said this I was just kind of put on the spot. My concern with the rent thing is that I don't want him to think he can just stay here as long as he pays. Him staying over this much makes me uncomfortable and I feel like I can't fully relax and it doesn't feel like a home anymore. It feels like I am awkwardly living in a couple's apartment constantly having to avoid them when they are hanging out (you know how the honeymoon stage is).
Anyway, my roommate brought up my concern to her partner and the partner confronted me and apologized or not paying and that he will. I awkwardly smiled and said thank you because I hadn't really thought more about what boundary to set.
I talked to my roommate again today about this. She asked me what I think is fair amount of time he can spend at our place and that the ball is essentially in my court to communicate what I want.
The frustrating part of him with living in another state is that he stays for long periods of a time instead of for example a few nights a week (which would still be annoying). The thought of him even staying one week a month for the rest of the year makes me wanna cry lol.
What is a fair amount of time to say I am comfortable with letting him stay over? I want to be reasonable but not be a pushover. At what point do you think he would have to start paying rent? Any specific or general advice about this situation? Thanks so much!

My roomate got into a relationship a couple of months ago. He lives in a different state so he has been visiting our place and staying over for weeks at a time. After talking to my roommate, it seems like he has no clear timeline of when he's leaving (he's been here for 2.5 weeks at a time over the past couple months) or what his future plans are. He's between jobs, super unself aware, and definitely has some kind of mental challenges which makes it kind of more important to be straightforward.
I talked to my roomate and brought up my concern and expressed that I don't want him to be living here because right now it feels like we have a third roommate and that's not what I signed up for. I also mentioned that if he stays another week we are going to need to talk about him paying rent. However, I wasn't really thinking when I said this I was just kind of put on the spot. My concern with the rent thing is that I don't want him to think he can just stay here as long as he pays. Him staying over this much makes me uncomfortable and I feel like I can't fully relax and it doesn't feel like a home anymore. It feels like I am awkwardly living in a couple's apartment constantly having to avoid them when they are hanging out (you know how the honeymoon stage is).
Anyway, my roommate brought up my concern to her partner and the partner confronted me and apologized or not paying and that he will. I awkwardly smiled and said thank you because I hadn't really thought more about what boundary to set.
I talked to my roommate again today about this. She asked me what I think is fair and that the ball is essentially in my court to communicate what I want.
The frustrating part of him with living in another state is that he stays for long periods of a time instead of for example a few nights a week (which would still be annoying). The thought of him even staying one week a month for the rest of the year makes me wanna cry lol.
What is a fair amount of time to say I am comfortable with letting him stay over? I want to be reasonable but not be a pushover. At what point do you think he would have to start paying rent? Any specific or general advice about this situation? Thanks so much!

Nicholas Mattison bumped his shoulder as he stretched his arms over his head, pulled back the soft pink curtain that draped over his bed like a canopy, and rubbed the sleep out of his green eyes as his bare feet met the plush carpeting of his bedroom.
If Nicholas was any more alert than his still-sleepy, bedheaded current self, he might have astutely recognized that the bed was a little too small for his lanky frame, or recalled that the bed in his freshman dorm definitely didn't have lacy, rose-hued canopy curtains.
The unlikely array of unfamiliar accoutrements in Nicholas' room only properly crystallized once he squinted and pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, glancing around a space that resolutely wasn't his. Gone were the haphazard textbooks splayed across his desk, the guitar that had been propped against the mirror hanging on his closet door, and the laundry basket he promised himself he'd get to on Saturday morning, first thing.
Instead, Nicholas' field of view was met with walls painted a garish shade of bubblegum pink, a neat row of posters advertising pop stars he'd never heard of before, and an ornate door with a sign that read "Nick's Room" in bubble-letter script.
With a surge of panic, he pulled open the closet door, biting his lower lip with a brow-furrowing frown when he saw a walk-in selection of elegant ball gowns and starchy-frilled ballerina tutus.
Where WAS he?
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Hello! Thanks for reading a silly prompt. I wanted to leave it mysterious so we can fill in some blanks together, but the gist of the prompt is this: Our protagonist discovers that, one way or another, he's found himself living in (read: trapped) a dollhouse. Like the post's title says, a daring escape ensues!
And that brings us to your character: Who is she? A fellow college student who found herself plucked from her normal life and brought to the dollhouse? Is she a brought-to-life doll who already lives there? Is she the supervillainess/mad scientist/crazy gal who owns the dollhouse and is gleeful to have a new plaything in Nicholas? It's your call!
If you're interested, please send a message my way! I ask that you be at least 20 as well, with a knack for descriptive, detailed posts that are at least 200 words or so long. (I break Discord's character limit like it's my job, so there's no shame there!) Let me know what you think of the idea, any concepts you might have, and who you may write as a character opposite Nicholas. See you in the dollhouse soon!