It’s Friday WSY Fam! TGIF!
Hope you’ve enjoyed Prince this week. Prince is so prolific, that he’s likely to show up in the rotation when WEE least suspect it.
Let’s wrap this week up by getting a little crazy. Here’s the Prince Classic, Let’s Go Crazy!
Let’s go crazy／Prince [...]
As he neared the end of his remarks [in St. Louis] he received his loudest applause when he said, “People are telling me ‘don’t get worn down.” I tell them I don’t get worn down; I wear them down.”
- President Obama – Wednesday (Yesterday Night) March 10, 2010
SOURCES: St. Louis Globe-Democrat and stltoday.com
PREACH MR. PRESIDENT! [...]
Lawdy! One more day! We over the hump….Happy Thursday everyone! Kick it with Bernie Mac!
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), better known by his stage name Bernie Mac, was an American actor and comedian. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He [...]
If this doesn’t bring a smile to your face….you’re dead inside.
Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher of New Bern, N.C., hold the world record for life in wedded bliss: 85 years. He’s 104, and she’s 101.
On their May 13 anniversary, they will join an elite club: the longest marriages on record. One couple got a big head [...]
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From The Seattle Times:
Boy who lost mom takes health-care story to D.C.
By Kyung M. Song
Seattle Times Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Marcelas Owens may be the only health-care lobbyist around here who needs an excused absence from school.
The fifth-grader at Seattle’s Orca K-8 school has been [...]
Prince Sheena Easton U Got the Look
From Wikipedia:
“U Got the Look” is a song by Prince. It opens the second disc of Prince’s 1987 double album Sign “☮” the Times, and became the album’s highest charting single. Musically, the song is standard 12-bar blues number with emphasis on live drumming by Sheila E., and [...]
Where in the world are Shanti & SG2? Never fear, they’re still on the internet!
WEE would like to congratulate Shanti who is a brand new guest contributor at the wonderful 44 Diaries…
Be sure to show her some love!
And what about SouthernGirl2??? WEE were worried about her until we found her safe and sound, [...]
From Wikipedia:
“Raspberry Beret” is a song by Prince and The Revolution. It was the first US (and second UK) single from their 1985 album, Around the World in a Day. The sound was different from any previous Prince track, incorporating Middle Eastern finger cymbals, stringed instruments, and even a harmonica on the extended version. The [...]
Congratulations to Mo’Nique on last night’s historic win!
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Mo’Nique won the best supporting actress Oscar on Sunday for her role as an abusive mother in “Precious,” claiming her first Academy Award.
Mo’Nique accepted her statuette to a standing ovation.
“I would like to thank the Academy for showing that it can be [...]
Here are a few stories from the past week that show the wonderful encouraged youth in our communities. We frequently (daily) read the negative articles on our teens and young adults, but we know there are just as many positive ones out there. Let’s celebrate the hopes and dreams of the future by recognizing these [...]
The Selma-to-Montgomery March for voting rights ended three weeks–and three events–that represented the political and emotional peak of the modern civil rights movement. On “Bloody Sunday,” March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S. Route 80. They got only as far as the Edmund Pettus Bridge six blocks [...]
