Friday, September 21, 2018

Friday, September 21, 2018

quail \kweyl\, verb:
  • To lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear.
The verb quail is not related to the more common noun. It comes from the Middle Dutch word quelen meaning "to suffer, be ill." This sense of "to cower" was rare until the late 1800s.
 
grass ceiling
  • The barrier to further promotion in a business defined by a person's inability to play golf.
because i'm rubbish at golf, i've reached the grass ceiling and so will never make it to assistant manager

History
  • French National Convention: voted to abolish the monarchy (1792)
  • Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus: editorial in the New York Sun addressed an eight-year-old's doubts (1897)
  • The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien's classic Middle-earth novel was published (1937)
  • independence: Malta (1964) and Belize (1981) become independent of the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China was proclaimed (1949)
  • NFL Monday Night Football: debuted on ABC, with color commentators Howard Cosell and Don Meredith (1970)
Birthdays
  • H.G. Wells 1866
  • Chuck Jones 1912
  • Rand Brooks 1918
  • Larry Hagman 1931
  • Leonard Cohen 1934
  • Henry Gibson 1935
  • James Woolsey 1941
  • Dickey Lee (Patches) 1941
  • Sam McDowell 1942
  • Fannie Flagg 1944
  • Richard Childress 1945
  • Stephen King 1947
  • Reggie Rucker 1947
  • Don Felder (The Eagles) 1947
  • Marsha Norman 1948
  • Bill Murray 1950
  • Kenny Starr 1953
  • Arie Luyendyk 1953
  • Philthy Animal (Motorhead) 1954
  • Mark Levin 1957
  • Ethan Coen 1958
  • Mark Reed Levin 1958
  • Dave Coulier 1959
  • David James Elliot 1960
  • Nancy Travis 1961
  • Catherine Oxenberg 1961
  • Rob Morrow 1962
  • Faith Hill 1967
  • Tyler Stewart (Barenaked Ladies) 1967
  • Ricki Lake 1968
  • Trugoy the Dove (De La Soul) 1968
  • Alfonso Ribeiro 1971
  • Liam Gallagher (Oasis) 1972
  • Joseph Mazzello 1983
  • Maggie Grace 1983 - Actress ("Lost")

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