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here’s the plan

Hypothetically speaking, say you have a really nice neighbor that lives downstairs. You’ve talked to him a few times and realized that he’s a really pleasant dude. You know he smokes weed every now and again, but you don’t really care, because he does it outside and it doesn’t bother anyone. But then all of a sudden, you come up and there’s a note on the front door that you share with said downstairs neighbor. The note says something along the lines of:

First Name:

You better have my money, [expletive]. I’ll be back at 7:30 to get it.

And then a few days later, the note-writer appears at the front door knocking for a good half hour, despite being told that your downstairs neighbor wasn’t at home.

Now you’re torn between the following options: call some rental trucks to haul his stuff out without him knowing it, call the cops next time the note-writing, door-knocking money-collecting guy comes to visit, call the landlord and just give him a heads up, or just confront the guy.

But first, you write a blog post about it, because you want some advice on what the most appropriate thing is to do. Any ideas? Suggestions? Experience yelling at neighbors that don’t pay their drug dealers?

way to shake it up, wnba

Marion Jones is 34 years old, spent time in prison, used performance-enhancing drugs, had five gold medals stripped from her and had three kids. She was just signed to a one-year contract by the newly-relocated-from-Detroit Tulsa Shock to play basketball this year.

Her bid for a new career comes a decade after she starred at the Sydney Olympics, winning gold in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 1,600-meter relay, and bronze in the long jump and 400-meter relay. She was stripped of all five medals after admitting in 2007 that she was using performance-enhancing drugs — a designer steroid called the “clear” — at the time of the games. (via ESPN)

The Shock’s coach is Nolan Richardson, who previously coached the Arkansas Razorbacks to an NCAA title several years ago, so if anyone can reign her, it’s probably going to be him.

It’s a pretty smart business decision for the WNBA, if you think about it. The Shock just moved from Detroit and Oklahoma isn’t really what I’d call a prime location for WNBA fans, so they’re going to need some kind of a draw. Someone like Marion Jones could definitely do that.

If she ends up making the team and lasting through training camp, the Minnesota Lynx will be opening up the season in Tulsa on May 15th. Jones is 5’10, so she’s going to have to run the point and, holy balls, she’s going to be one hell of a person to catch on a fast break.

My boss mentioned this earlier today and I’d forgotten that I wanted to write about it. I didn’t read about it first on ESPN or see it on the news somewhere. I found out about this new acquisition via the few WNBA players that I follow on Twitter. And they’re excited about it, which makes me excited about it, too!