"My Man" is a song by American singer Tamar Braxton (pictured) for her fifth studio album Bluebird of Happiness (2017). Braxton and Cory Rooney wrote the song, which was produced by Bob Robinson. It was released as the album's lead single on April 27, 2017, through Tamartian Land, an independent record label Braxton created in partnership with eOne Entertainment. An R&B; and soul song, it is about infidelity and was based on Braxton's parents and their divorce after her father's affair. Critics considered it a highlight of Bluebird of Happiness and praised Braxton's vocals. It peaked at number three on Billboard's Adult R&B; Songs chart and number twenty-one on their Hot R&B; Songs chart. Laurieann Gibson directed the music video, portraying Braxton confronting her lover with a mistress in a hotel room. Braxton's performance of the song at the BET Awards 2017 was praised as one of the event's highlights, although some critics believed that she was lip syncing.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1100:
While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II_of_England
1790:
The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1790_United_States_census
1920:
Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makaiko_Kheti
1973:
A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerland_disaster
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roly-poly: 1. (countable) 2. A toy that rights itself when pushed over. 3. (informal) A short, plump person (especially a child). 4. (gymnastics) A forward roll or sideways roll. 5. (Australia) Synonym of tumbleweed (“any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place”); specifically, the prickly Russian thistle (Kali tragus or Salsola tragus). 6. (Britain, also attributively) A baked or steamed pudding made from suet pastry which is spread with fruit or jam (or occasionally other fillings) and then rolled up. 7. (Canada, US) In full roly-poly bug: a small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed, such as a woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea, especially a pill bug (family Armadillidiidae) or a sowbug (family Porcellionidae)) or a pill millipede (superorder Oniscomorpha). 8. (obsolete) A mischievous or worthless person; a scoundrel, a rascal. 9. (uncountable, historical) An activity or game involving rolling. 10. (games) A game involving people (usually children) rolling down a slope. 11. (games) A game in which balls are rolled along the floor to knock down pins, or bowled into holes, or thrown into hats placed on the ground. 12. (gaming) Synonym of roulette (“a game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game”) [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roly-poly
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
The attack on our nation's capital on January 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy. As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. Lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government, the nation's process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election. The men and women of law enforcement who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6 are heroes. They're patriots, and they are the very best of us. They did not just defend a building or the people sheltering in it. They put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and as a people. They defended the very institutions and principles that define the United States. Since the attack on our Capitol, the Department of Justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case is brought consistent with that commitment, and our investigation of other individuals continues. --Jack Smith https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Smith_%28lawyer%29