Friday, September 20, 2019

Friday, September 20, 2019

skedaddle \ski-DAD-l\, verb:
1. to run away hurriedly; flee.
noun:
1. a hasty flight.
Skedaddle is an Americanism that arose in the 1860s. It may be related to the Scottish dialect word of the same spelling meaning "to spill, scatter."
 
California no
  • The way rejection tends to be handled by Californians, who are sunny in disposition and less brusque than East Coast residents. Instead of bluntly saying "no," Californians say no by avoiding the question, forgetting to respond to emails, and generally postponing the issue. The best way to give a California no is to do nothing at all, as opposed to saying it outright. This is especially popular in the entertainment industry. For example, Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal is quoted as saying: "To me, postponing a Hollywood lunch meeting is the new passing. They figure they'll postpone you until you go away. This way, they are not saying no. If that happens more than twice -- obviously emergencies come up -- you've got to get the hint."
A: So I emailed that agent a week ago and still no response. What is going on?
B: He's giving you the California no.

History
  • Ferdinand Magellan: explorer set sail from southern Spain to circumnavigate the globe (1519)
  • Victor Emmanuel II: seized the Papal States from the French; later he became the first king of modern Italy (1870)
  • civil rights: Mississippi governor Ross Barnett personally blocked the entrance of African-American James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; Meredith did end up attending (1962)
  • Battle of the Sexes tennis match: Billie Jean King won against Bobby Riggs, who had said women couldn't stand the pressure of the game; 30,000 attended and millions watched on TV (1973)
Birthdays
  • Upton Sinclair 1878
  • Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton 1890
  • Chuck Dressen 1898
  • Elliot Nugent 1899
  • Peg Phillips 1918
  • Gogi Grant 1924
  • James Galanos 1924
  • Rachel Roberts 1927
  • Johnny Dankworth 1927
  • Donald A. Hall 1928
  • Dr. Joyce Brothers 1928
  • Anne Meara 1929
  • Peter Palmer 1931
  • Sophia Loren 1934
  • John (Chuck) Panozzo (Styx) 1947
  • Guy LaFleur 1951
  • imagebam.comCharlene Elizabeth Brinkeman (aka Brinke Stevens) 1954
  • Peter White 1954
  • Betsy Brantley 1955
  • Gary Cole 1957
  • Alannah Currie (Thompson Twins) 1957
  • Crispin Glover 1964
  • Kristen Johnston 1965
  • Gunnar Nelson 1967
  • Matthew Nelson 1967
  • Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden) 1968

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