"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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Man_%28Tamar_Braxton_song%29>
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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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Wiktionary's word of the day:
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>
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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>
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