#norwood 7

[mpbswiss]

The laser did a great job. What do you think? The almost gray hair was bleached, the stache was also bleached.

[eugenixhairsciences]

[tanjavda]

Alcoa . Norwood . Round 7 . End

And with that we end the Norwood round.

Taxes were: §6700

Notes: the family also got a genie lamp, but didn't do anything with it so far. I imagine they will give it to the kids moving out to give them a nice start.

[anneliesembsims]

So the thing about Aimi, Gustavo, and Alexia is that they are obsessed with each other and often doing things autonomously that lead to pregnancy despite both Aimi and Alexia being on birth control.

Aimi is pregnant! Gustavo is thrilled, but he’s very much a family sim.

[contact-guy]

Part 7, the final comic in my SIGN OF THE FOUR chapter. (Part one), (part two), (part three), (part four), (part five), (part six).

The context for this conversation is: Holmes has had no work from Scotland Yard due to rumors about his and Watson's relationship. He responded to this with excessive cocaine use and then working himself unhealthy on the one case that came along; Mary Morstan's. Meanwhile, Watson befriended Mary, who is also gay, and realized that a lavender marriage with her could make him and Holmes safe, as well as granting her more freedom. Watson has not yet told Holmes of his decision.

(This is part of the Watsons sketchbook series!)

canon scene under the cut, which is achingly poignant in its own right:

“Well, and there is the end of our little drama,” I remarked, after we had set some time smoking in silence. “I fear that it may be the last investigation in which I shall have the chance of studying your methods. Miss Morstan has done me the honour to accept me as a husband in prospective.”

He gave a most dismal groan. “I feared as much,” said he. “I really cannot congratulate you.”

I was a little hurt. “Have you any reason to be dissatisfied with my choice?” I asked.

“Not at all. I think she is one of the most charming young ladies I ever met, and might have been most useful in such work as we have been doing. She had a decided genius that way: witness the way in which she preserved that Agra plan from all the other papers of her father. But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things. I should never marry myself, lest I bias my judgment.”

“I trust,” said I, laughing, “that my judgment may survive the ordeal. But you look weary.”

“Yes, the reaction is already upon me. I shall be as limp as a rag for a week.”

“Strange,” said I, “how terms of what in another man I should call laziness alternate with your fits of splendid energy and vigour.”

“Yes,” he answered, “there are in me the makings of a very fine loafer and also of a pretty spry sort of fellow. I often think of those lines of old Goethe,—

Schade dass die Natur nur einen Mensch aus Dir schuf, Denn zum würdigen Mann war und zum Schelmen der Stoff.

“By the way, à propos of this Norwood business, you see that they had, as I surmised, a confederate in the house, who could be none other than Lal Rao, the butler: so Jones actually has the undivided honour of having caught one fish in his great haul.”

“The division seems rather unfair,” I remarked. “You have done all the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what remains for you?”

“For me,” said Sherlock Holmes, “there still remains the cocaine-bottle.” And he stretched his long white hand up for it.

[sillyteecup]

Nothing is fair in love and war

Roman Reigns x black!o.c

Warnings:

18+

Strong language

Mentioned violence

Angst

A.N: Soooo this based on a post I saw by @msbigredmachine talking about how no one came out to help our boy Roman because of how much of a menace he's been since 2020. I also happened to be listening to Careless by FKA twigs and Daniel Caesar while writing this. Anyway, thank you for reading. Enjoy❤️

Raised in a Christian Household, Leti and her family would always start the day with the Lord's prayer, and then again in the mornings at school with her classmates and teachers, and then again before the end of the day with the same classmates and teachers, and then again at the 7 pm Bible study she would go to to satisfy her mother. She knew "Our Father," word for word and bar for bar. It was etched into her brain, and had become a core memory she would never be rid of.

Her mother would be thrilled to learn that at least that part of her religious teachings survived.

The thing about Leti's relationship is with Our Father was that as she had grown older, life had pushed her into a direction where she found herself agreeing less and less with the prayer. Every proclamation slowly began to contradict her thoughts and opinions. Her character gradually morphed into one that opposed the prayer almost entirely. One line however, stood out the most to Leti.

"And forgive us for our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us," was a proclamation that never resonated with her. Her father knew that. Her mother knew that. Her old friends at school knew that. Sami Zayn knew that. And now Roman was about to find out that forgiveness was not in her lexicon.

The man in question had been pacing in frustration, chugging down a bottle of water to cool his high temperature. It was his third night back on Smackdown and he had already been jumped by Solo and his little merryband of evildoers, or the Bloodline as they refer themselves to. As much as Leti held no current respect for Roman, she still held the sentiment that Solo and Solettes were unworthy of the privilege of being a part of the Bloodline, let alone spear heading it. They didn't deserve the luxury of representing the family. Not after everything they had done to disregard everything Leti, Roman, and the twins had built while Solo mostly stood there like an overgrown cinderblock that got tossed around every now and again in every solo match. Still, with that very sentiment, Leti held not a single shred of sympathy for Roman. He got what he had deserved.

"You're just gonna sit there and say nothing?" he demanded gruffly, glaring at Leti who was sitting on the couch and scrolling through twitter. In a fashion true to her nature, she rolled her eyes and remained silent. She was no longer on his time and would speak when she felt like it.

"Leti, I'm talking to you," Roman said, irritation growing at the silence.

A silence that never wavered as Leti still refused to budge.

"Leleti Reigns-" Roman had begun to yell causing Leti to put her phone down.

"Norwood. Leleti Norwood," she corrected coldly, glaring daggers at him. The hurt in his eyes was gone as quickly as it had come, as it had been replaced with rage.

"So that's how you wanna act huh?" he asked, disbelief mixing into his low tone.

Leti clicked her tongue and rolled her eyes. Roman never seemed to understand the concept of consequences. His brain always just zoomed into victim mode. It truly was a shame that she had even managed to be able to see past that flaw four whole years ago.

"You brought it onto yourself," she stated, hazel eyes narrowing to slits. It was about time someone finally humbled him from the little power trip he thought he was gonna be taking since he had been back.

Roman's jaw ticked at her words. The truth always dealt a brutal blow when you hated hearing it. "And I plan on fixing it," he told her as he began pacing again. This time he was likely plotting his game plan.

Leti's left eyebrow arched at the statement, "How? With a superman punch? Or will it be a spear?" she inquired. The venom in her tone did not go unnoticed by Roman.

"I don't know, but maybe if you made yourself useful instead of sitting over there and acting like a fucking child, I could come up with something feasible," Roman hissed as he stalked towards her.

Leti rolled her eyes at the man towering above her, not feeling intimidated in the slightest. She had become all too familiar with his little scare-tactics and had become impervious to them. "And why the hell would I want to do that?" she questioned evenly.

"Loyalty. Loyalty to the Bloodline; your loyalty to me-" he had begun to explain before being cut-off by a bitter chuckle from Leti.

"Surely it must be drugs or some shit because while my loyalties lie with the Bloodline, I have none left for you. Not after that cowardly shit you pulled at Mania," she said bitterly. Leti was observant. She knew Roman almost as well as she knew that prayer. The quick parting and closing of his lips and the flicker of his eyes from the ceiling to the ground as a means of hiding what could possibly be tears, meant that his facade was on the verge of shattering.

All the cracks from the twins betrayal, his loss at Mania, his cousins' betrayal of his legacy, Leti's change in demeanor since he had returned, his cousins using his own numbers game against him, and now this very moment, had finally caught up to him

"It hurts doesn't it?" Leti asked, features fixed in anger. "Being alone? That shit stings no?"

Roman's jaw ticked again as he licked his lips, eyes still everywhere but on hers.

Leti rose from her place on the couch and proceeded to glare right into Roman's skull. Despite the glaring height difference, her gaze still burned through his mind.

"You don't get to run away for four whole fucking months then come back and expect everybody to treat you like some martyr for cleaning up the mess that you fucking made. Just because the fans are buying into it, doesn't mean I or anybody in this damn locker room is, " Leti snarled as she poked him in the chest with the long nail on her index finger.

"This isn't some fucking fairytale or superhero movie where you're suddenly absolved from your bullshit because you're 'doing the work'! This is real life, and in real life, there are consequences. And you haven't even cracked the tip of the iceberg," she said, chuckling at the last statement.

With a quick exhale, she bent to grab her phone and quickly moved to leave the dressing room. Right as she turned though, she felt a calloused hand grab her bicep, stopping her from leaving. The familiar feel of his palm sent her into an emotional frenzy on it's own with all the memories it brought back. The pleasure they once held, was now replaced with pain.

"Don't turn your back on me. Please," she heard him plead softly. Her snapped to face him. His eyes held nothing but remorse for his actions, and fear that he was about to lose her on top of everything else he had lost. Unfortunately for him, he was four months too late.

"Or what? You'll leave again? Run away like a little bitch after a loss so you can sip margaritas and fuck all kinds of bitches on rotation at some private resort on a cute little island? Huh? Not call or text to let me know you're okay or at least fucking alive while everything goes to shit? Answer me Roman! Fucking answer me!" she had begun to yell, having yanked her arm from his grip. He remained quiet, lips pursuing into a thin line as he understood that anything he could say now would only add to her rightful anger.

"You gonna leave me here to watch Jimmy and Paul get decimated huh? You gonna leave me here to get powerbombed through a table by Solo and his fucking goons all because I stayed loyal to you, huh? Loyal even after you abandoned us! Abandoned me! The woman you claimed to love, the only fuckin person that stuck by you through everything Roman!" she cried, shoving him with every statement.

Roman however did not fight back. At least he knew he deserved it. He closed his eyes to try and fight back tears while he took deep breaths to stop himself from breaking down right there and then. The truth always dealt a brutal blow, but Leti knew how to make that shit cut into one's flesh.

"I'm sorry," he whispered in an attempt to control his voice.

Leti's features morphed into an expression of pure hatred. "That's too fucking bad, because you're four months late," she hissed. With one last glare, she turned to leave. This time Roman allowed her to storm out of his dressing room for what he knew would be the last time.

Out of the many things he had come to learn about Leleti, one of his favourite things was that forgiveness just wasn't a part of her lexicon.

If only he had known that there were no exceptions to the rule.

[darkmaga-retard]

Dolton Mayor Tiffany Aiesha Henyard, who has been dubbed "America's Worst Mayor"

By Tyler Durden

Dolton Mayor Tiffany Aiesha Henyard, who has been dubbed "America's Worst Mayor", has disappeared after an investigation into the village's spending revealed more than $3.5 million in debt, "out of control" credit card spending and $40,000 spend on Amazon purchases in one day. 

Believe it or not, former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was hired to lead the investigation into the Dolton, Il mayor. 

Village trustees hired Lightfoot to address concerns about excessive spending, including taxpayer-funded billboards, ads, lavish dinners, and trips, according to CBS. Earlier this year it was reported Henyard spent $7,650 on hair and makeup after taking office and billed the city for it. 

Dolton Trustee Brittney Norwood told CBS News in February that trustees were denied access to bank statements. Lightfoot uncovered further questionable spending, including out-of-control credit card use with few receipts provided.

"These are somebody using one of the credit cards," Lightfoot said to CBS. "The village has been unable to pay all of its monthly expenditures with its available cash balance." Riveting analysis, Lori. 

Dolton Trustee Brittney Norwood said: "The last time I received the bank statement was in September of last year, and we were $7 million in debt at that time. So at this current moment, we're saying, 'Hey, where are the bank statements? So we can know where we are.'"

[holmesillustrations]

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Paget Eliminations

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Full captions and details for each illustration below the cut:

All Sidney Paget illustrations are for the Strand Jul 1891 - Dec 1904

"Then he stood before the fire." Scandal in Bohemia Characters: Watson, Holmes

“Lestrade shrugged his shoulders.” Boscombe Valley Characters: Lestrade, Alice Turner, Watson, Holmes

“She went straight to her uncle.” Beryl Coronet Characters: Mr Holder, Mary Holder, Watson

"He burst into convulsive sobbing." Blue Carbuncle Characters: Ryder, Holmes, Watson

"I got one in with my stick." Cardboard Box Characters: Alec Fairbairn, Jim Browner, Mary Browner

"Good heavens! What is the matter?" Reigate Squires Characters: Cunninghams, Watson, Col Hayter, Insp Forrester, Holmes

"Fast asleep in his box." Naval Treaty Characters: Percy Phelps, Commissionaire Tangey

"He scribbled the appointment on his shirt cuff." Hound of the Baskervilles Characters: Dr Mortimer, Holmes, Watson

"Really, sir, this is a very extraordinary question." Hound of the Baskervilles Characters: Watson, Laura Lyons

"My first movement, Watson," said he, "must be in the direction of Blackheath." Norwood Builder Characters: Holmes, Watson

"Holmes examined it in his minute way." Black Peter Characters: Hopkins, Holmes, Watson

"Holmes picked up the key and looked at it for an instant." Golden Pince-Nez Characters: Watson, Hopkins, Holmes, Prof. Coram

[lilabella12]

1321 - Day 1

The snow has melted and Daniel can now sow the new seeds for spring season. He's out and about in the fields early in the morning when he hears someone approaching quickly.

Ian: "Daniel!"

Daniel stands up, concerned. His brother sounds terrified.

Ian: "Daniel you have to come quick! Eve is... she's... we have to hurry!"

He leaves everything as it is and runs after him. Eve's health had been declining rapidly over the last few days. He was there yesterday evening - she didn't even wake.

When he arrives, Evan is waiting for him at the front door.

Evan: "I'm sorry, Daniel... the physician was here this morning... he couldn't do anything. She mus have gone during the night."

Daniel: "What do you mean?"

Evan: "She's gone, Daniel. I'm so sorry."

Eve Norwood did not make it to her 13th birthday. She during the night, the physicians suspect tuberculosis. Daniel cannot wrap his mind around it. She was still so young, had so much to look forward to.

Evan tries to console him.

Evan: "There was nothing we could have done, Daniel. Nothing you could have done."

Daniel: "I can't believe it... I felt so lucky... we would have been togetehr again."

Evan: "I know. It's hard. For me as well. And for Ian."

Daniel: "Yes, Ian.... he need me now."

Evan: "He does. So you need to chin up. Take him with you to the church, talk to the priests.... she needs to be layed to rest."

So that's exactly what he does. Eve is buried by her parents side at the graveyard of the church of the Watcher.

Ian doesn't really talk about it - he still seems to be in shock. After the burial when they are back at Evan's house, Daniel tries to talk to him about it.

Daniel: "I know this is hard for you. I feel it, too. I need to know what it is you want to do, Ian. Would you be more comfortable if you stayed at uncle Evan's for a while longer?"

Ian: "NO! Do you want to leave me, too?"

Daniel: "Of course not! I was just trying to... nevermind. I want you with me as well. We'll get through this. I promise."

So Daniel takes Ian with him when he returns home that night. The empty bed is a stark reminder that Eve is not coming back, but Daniel is determined to make it work.

Tragedy strikes in Henford-on-Bagley as well. Leah woke this morning to find Jacob unresponsive in his crib. She doesn't understand why...there was nothing wrong with him, but the Watcher took her baby away.

Afterwards she fears for Elaine's life, as well, but she remains healthy, if a bit unsure... she doesn't understand where her brother as gone.

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I'm crying, for real. Eve was probably my favourite sim in this savefile and she had to roll a stupid 7 for her age-up-roll. Any other number would have been fine, but no. I tried to plead for her, but grim wanted none of it.... She would have been soooooo pretty... just look at her!

[beardedmrbean]

Embattled “Dolton Dictator” Mayor Tiffany Henyard and other officials lost their power to swipe freely on the Illinois village’s credit cards when the board voted Monday to freeze the municipal plastic after a spending frenzy.

Dolton’s director of administrative services will only be allowed to use the village credit card after the board approves of the purchases, trustees said, according to reports — in a blow to Henyard’s control.

“This village has so many people with so many credit cards, they’re swiping like crazy and that’s why it had to come to a complete halt,” said lawyer Michael McGrath, who is representing Dolton’s trustees, according to WGNTV.

“There’s thousands and thousands of dollars for Amazon purchases, for PayPal, for Target, for Walgreens, for Jewel-[Osco] in the hundreds and thousands of dollars,” he added. The latter is a regional supermarket chain.

Another lawyer for the trustees, Burt Odelson, said the main goal was to “cut off her access and other operators in the municipality,” the station reported.

Henyard has faced accusations of misappropriating taxpayer money to cover personal expenses, including lavish travel and security that wasn’t necessary.

The self-proclaimed “super mayor” is in the midst of a federal probe that started months ago.

The feds have requested a trove of documents from the village, as well as a restaurant Henyard owns and other ventures, according to reports.  

The controversial leader has angered colleagues and residents, including on Monday night.

“Watching as this village is being run into the ground by this woman is pissing me off,” one longtime resident said at the meeting, according to Fox 32.

“We deserve a mayor that truly cares about our village and not a mayor who sees our village as her personal playground,” another resident said, per ABC 7 Chicago.

Before the meeting started, attendees already seated were forced to get back up and go through the metal detectors that weren’t initially working.

During the meeting, a handful of village jobs were slashed following a 4-1 vote, but Henyard, who has described herself as Dolton’s “Super Mayor,” argued the layoffs were “political retaliation” by the trustees, according to the Chicago Tribune.

She said the workers who were supposedly cut would “still be employed in the village of Dolton.”

Trustees claimed the employment decisions were strictly business.

“The village is bleeding,” Trustee Brittney Norwood said, per the newspaper. “If residents knew the truth, they’d hit the roof.”

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who was hired to probe Henyard and the village, is scheduled to present her findings Thursday.

[mpbswiss]

The old man.

[atasteofholmes]

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: S2E3 ~ The Norwood Builder

Tagging: @7-percent @groovyqueer

[tanjavda]

Alcoa . Norwood . Round 7

We end the Norwood round the way we started it; with some dog-news.

Yara and Lucky got along pretty well, and welcome little Tommy.

Note: I was a bit sad there was only one puppy but Tommy is cute.

[anneliesembsims]

Gustavo is helping Drusilla with her potty skill

The potty is a great time to socialise, after all.

[dathen]

Letters from Watson: Worst client poll 7

Poll 6 link

This is going to be a rough one since I'd die for most of these, but the polls must go on! Please give your reasons in tags!

[sunskate]

IAMO 2024-25 Schedule

2024 NextGen Competition and Camp (Gatineau, QC July 26-27, 2024)

Veillon/Brandys 2nd place🥈 (2nd RD, 2nd FD)

Lake Placid Ice Dance International (Lake Placid, NY July 30-31, 2024 Madison Hubbell and Adrian Diaz for IAMO)

Hensen/Lickers 12th place (11th RD, 16th FD) Dozzi/Papetti 14th place (13th RD, 15th FD) Robinson/Portz 15th place (16th RD, 12th FD) Ritter/Brykalov 19th place (21st RD, 18th FD Shilling/Baeten 20th place (20th RD, 20th FD) Roberts/Alis 21st place (19th RD, 21st FD)

Corneil/Emery 8th place jr (8th RD, 8th FD)

USFS Champs Camp (Norwood, MA, August 12-16, 2024. Madison Hubbell for IAMO)

Carreira/Ponomarenko

Sectional Series August (Waterloo, ON August 16-18, 2024, Sheri Moir, Cara Moir for IAMO)

Hensen/Lickers 🥇1st place (2nd RD, 2nd FD) Dozzi/Papetti 🥉3rd place (3rd RD, 1st FD) Robinson/Portz 4th place (5th RD, 3rd FD) Ritter/Brykalov 6th place (6th RD, 6th FD) Roberts/Alis 7th place (8th RD, 7th FD) Shilling/Baeten 8th place (7th RD, 8th FD)

Veillon/Brandys 🥇 1st place (1st RD, 1st FD) Corneil/Emery 5th place (5th RD, 6th FD)

Skate Canada High Performance Camp (Mississauga, ON Aug 28-30, 2024)

Hensen/Lickers

ISU Junior Grand Prix Czech Republic (Ostrava, Czech Republic, Sept 4-7, 2024, Adrian Diaz for IAMO)

Veillon/Brandys 🥉3rd place (3rd RD, 2nd FD)

Lombardia Trophy (Bergamo, Italy, Sept 13-16, 2024, Adrian Diaz for IAMO)

Dozzi/Papetti 9th place (9th RD, 9th FD) Ritter/Brykalov 12th place (12th RD, 11th FD) Roberts/Alis 13th place (14th RD, 13th FD)

Nebelhorn Trophy (Oberstdorf, Germany Sept 19-21, 2024)

Carreira/Ponomarenko 🥈2nd place (2nd RD, 2nd FD) Dozzi/Papetti 10th place (11th RD, 11th FD) Ritter/Brykalov 16th place (17th RD, 15th FD) Roberts/Alis 17th place (16th RD, 17th FD)

Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2024 (Astana, Kazakhstan Oct 2-5, 2024)

Hensen/Lickers

JGP Ljubljana Cup 2024 (Ljubljana, Slovenia Oct 2-5, 2024)

Veillon/Brandys

Budapest Trophy 2024 (Budapest, Hungary October 11-13, 2024)

Carreira/Ponomarenko

Skate Ontario October Sectionals (Barrie, ON October 17-20, 2024)

2025 Skate Ontario Junior and Senior Sectional Championships (Oshawa, ON November 7-10)

ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy (Tokyo, Japan Nov 8-10, 2024)

Carreira/Ponomarenko

ISU Grand Prix Cup of China (Chongqing, China Nov 22-24, 2024)

Carreira/Ponomarenko

Skate Canada Challenge (Winnipeg, MB Nov 28-Dec 1, 2024)

Canadian National Figure Skating Championships (Laval, QC Jan 14-19, 2025)

US National Figure Skating Championships (Wichita, KS Jan 20-26, 2025)

Carreira/Ponomarenko