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Remember The Time

Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 30, 2009

In: Michael Jackson
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Here’s another favorite Michael Jackson song. Remember The Time is from Michael’s Dangerous cd.

Tags: Dangerous, Michael Jackson, music, Remember The Time

Miracle on the metro

Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 30, 2009

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I witnessed a miracle on the metro subway. One day last week on my way home from work I was listening to my mp3 player. Of course when this happens there’s always at least one person who decides to blast their music on the train despite their being a metro rule that if [...]

Tags: loud music, Metro, subway

Lookin’ Through The Windows

Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 29, 2009

In: Michael Jackson
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I had a Michael Jackson/Jackson 5/The Jacksons flashback weekend. And today while at work too. I brought some of my Michael Jackson cds to work today. One of my favorite Jackson 5 songs came on my mp3 player this afternoon while on my way home from work. Lookin’ Through The Windows is from [...]

Tags: 1972, Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Motown, music, The Jacksons

RIP Michael Jackson

Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 28, 2009

In: Michael Jackson
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I’m late in posting this but as everyone around the world knows Michael Jackson passed away on Thursday June 25.

Object of Acclaim, Curiosity, The ‘King of Pop’ Dies in L.A.
By Hank Stuever and Matt Schudel
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, June 26, 2009
Michael Jackson, 50, died yesterday in Los Angeles as sensationally as he lived, as famous [...]

Tags: 1970's, 1980's, family, Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Motown, music, The Jacksons

Metro riders describe train crash

Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 22, 2009

In: Metro| Washington D.C.
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The WaPo has another article about the red line metro crash that occurred during today’s evening rush hour.

Riders Offer One Another Tourniquets, Tenderness
By Rosalind S. Helderman and David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
In the first car of the six-car Red Line train, on a sunny-day evening commute, passengers heard a message familiar [...]

Tags: Fort Totten, Metro, red line, subway, Takoma Park, Washington D.C.

Deadly crash on metro’s red line

Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 22, 2009

In: Metro| Washington D.C.
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I got home today from work, turned on the tv to watch the news and saw that metro’s red line had a deadly crash around 5:00pm this afternoon. I was on the blue line during that time.
According to the local news reports, which have been on all evening, both red line trains were headed [...]

Tags: Fort Totten, Metro, red line, subway, Takoma Park, Washington D.C.

How years of friendship turned into marriage

Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 21, 2009

In: Melody Barnes| marriage| weddings
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The Washington Post has launched a new weekly Sunday feature called OnLove which focuses on couples and weddings. This week features four couples including White House Chief Domestic Policy Adviser Melody Barnes who recently wed Marland Buckner Jr. Melody and Marland were married on June 13 at the Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ in [...]

Tags: Betty and Edgar Glick, family, love, Marland Buckner Jr., marriage, Melody Barnes, The Washington Post, weddings

President Barack Obama and fatherhood

Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 21, 2009

In: Father's Day| President Barack Obama
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President Barack Obama graces the cover of today’s edition of Parade Magazine with his daughters Malia and Sasha.

President Obama talks about how much fatherhood is important to him when it comes to his two daughters and how many fathers need to step up to the plate and spend more time in their childrens lives.

‘We Need [...]

Tags: family, Father's Day, life, Malia and Sasha Obama, President Barack Obama

Happy Father’s Day

Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 21, 2009

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Good morning and Happy Father’s Day to all the dads, granddads and other father like folks out there. Hope you all have a great day.

Father’s Day doesn’t receive all the hype and hoopla that Mother’s Day receives but fatherhood is still important in our society. According to the History Channel the first known celebration [...]

Tags: Father's Day, mentors, President Barack Obama, society

PETA, President Obama and the fly

Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 18, 2009

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PETA is at it again. President Barack Obama had an interview on CNBC at the White House on Tuesday. A fly was buzzing around the president, he swatted the pesky fly and killed it. Well PETA was a little upset over the president’s fly killing skills.
PETA bugged by President Obama’s fly swatting
BY Michael [...]

Tags: bugs, PETA, President Barack Obama, The White House

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