Thursday, November 9, 2023

kef \keyf\, noun:

1. A state of drowsy contentment

2. Also, keef. a substance, especially a smoking preparation of hemp leaves, used to produce this state.

Kef comes from the Arabic word kaif meaning “well-being or pleasure.”

 

Pillow partition

• A pillow partition is a section of pillows placed between two bedmates, who are not lovers, to avoid any accidental touching while asleep. The bedmates using a pillow partition are typically heterosexual males, who are forced to sleep in the same bed on a trip for logistical reasons. If one male is straight, and the other's sexuality can be considered a bit ambiguous, the pillow partition is a necessity. It can also be used to save face to any other males on the trip who might joke about the two bedmates sleeping together.

Example 1:

"Yikes, I asked for a room with two beds, not one big bed. Luckily, they gave us enough pillows for a pillow partition."

 

Example 2:

Person 1 - "Damn, yall slept together in the same bed? Yall must be gay."

Person 2 - "Nah man, it's cool. We had a pillow partition, so nothing touched."

 

Example 3:

Person 1 - "It sucks that you're going to have to share a bed with Pat. I'm not really sure, but I think he may swing both ways."

Person 2 - "Yeah, I'm going to be enforcing a strict pillow partition rule."

History

• Kristallnacht: Jews were beaten and killed by Nazis, and their homes and shops destroyed, during "the night of the broken glass" (1938)
• Rolling Stone: music and pop culture magazine published its first issue (1967)
• Berlin Wall: East Germany allowed free travel across its border to West Germany for the first time in 28 years (1989)

Birthdays

• Elijah Lovejoy 1802
• Marie Dressler 1868
• Ed Wynn 1886
• Claude Rains 1889
• Clifton Webb 1891
• Hedy Lamarr 1913 (actress, inventor)
  
• Spiro T. Agnew 1918
• Dorothy Dandridge 1922
• Robert Frank 1924
• Charlie Jones 1930
• Carl Sagan 1934
• Bob Gibson 1935
• Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) 1936
• Tom Fogerty (Creedance Clearwater Revival) 1941
• Tom Weiskopf 1942
• Billie August 1948
• Alan Gratzer (REO Speedwagon) 1948
• Dennis Stratton 1954 - Musican (Iron Maiden, Lionheart)
• Lou Ferrigno 1951
• Ike Owensby (Twice) 1968
• Mike Owensby (Twice) 1968
• Scarface (Geto Boys) 1969
• Pepa (Sandy Denton of Salt-N-Pepa) 1969
• Susan Tedeschi 1970
• Nick Lachey (98 Degrees) 1973
• Sisqo (Dru Hill) 1978
• Scottie Thompson 1981