sabbatical \suh-BAT-i-kuhl\, noun:
- Any extended period of leave from one's customary work, especially for rest, to acquire new skills or training, etc.
- Of or pertaining to or appropriate to the Sabbath.
- Bringing a period of rest.
curb shame
- Embarrassment at waiting on the curb obediently as other pedestrians ignore the "don't walk" signal in the absence of traffic.
I couldn't stand the curb shame any longer so I crossed with everyone else, even though I needed a break from running all around town.
History
- dancing mania: first major outbreak of this phenomenon — wild, uncontrollable dancing, accompanied by hallucinations, to the point of exhaustion — occurred in Aachen, Germany (1374)
- Henry VIII: crowned king of England (1509)
- flying saucer: Kenneth Arnold described UFOs he had seen near Mt. Rainier, Washington, as "saucers skipping across the water" (1947); the Roswell Report closed the case on other alleged sightings of UFOs near Roswell, New Mexico (1997)
- Berlin blockade: Soviet Union prevented delivery of supplies to Berlin; Allied forces began the Berlin airlift in response (1948)
- FTC: required that a message be placed on all cigarette packages to warn consumers that cigarette smoking is dangerous to their health (1964)
Birthdays
- E.I. Du Pont 1771
- Ambrose Bierce 1842
- Irving Kaufman 1910
- Norman Cousins 1912
- John Ciardi 1916
- Al Molinaro 1919
- Manny Albam 1922
- Billy Casper 1931
- Michele Lee 1942
- Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac) 1942
- Georg Stanford Brown 1943
- Arthur Brown 1944
- Jeff Beck (Yardbirds) 1944
- John ‘Charlie’ Whitney (Family) 1944
- Colin Blunstone 1945
- John Illsley (Dire Straits) 1949
- Nancy Allen 1950
- Derrick Simpson (Black Uhuru) 1950
- Astro (UB40) 1957
- Andrew McCluskey (OMD) 1959
- Curt Smith (Tears For Fears) 1961
- Danielle Spencer 1965
- Sherry Stringfield 1967
- Jeff Cease (The Black Crowes) 1967
- Glenn Medeiros 1970
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