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Okay. of course ive had a couple of these or maybe one. [laughter] the point is, i do think you have to be open to ideas. you want to try and save your marriage, yes, sit down, talk about it, go away for the weekend, spice spice it up. get back into what brought you together to begin with. >> yeah. >> dont ever stop dating your husband, that type of thing. thats very good. but if youre having problems, before you file for separation and all of that, why not do one of these little sabbaticals? an...

Ghana. germany is a tough test. once we get out of our group. >> we have to take down christiano. one of the big controversies is that landon donovan didnt make the team. he is the highest scoring american player in world cup history. why is that? >> want to say it is due to his ability. like former mens national team coach said if there are 23 players better than donovan on the team then we should win the world cup. i think it is something personal. he did take a sabbatical. >> he may have anno...

Nbcs jenna bush hager has reached out. >> blake gets shoes, he gets business, he gets big ideas. we first met blake a couple of years after he founded toms, a company dedicated to giving back. for every pair of shoes sold, a child in need receives a pair. the company later expanded into eye wear, once again a model that blake termed one for one. while its survived he did something that few ceos ever do. he took a break from the business. >> you had a sabbatical but you couldnt stay away? >> yes....

New market. >> blake gets shoes. he gets business. he gets big ideas. we first met blake a couple of years after he founded toms. a company dedicated to giving back. for every pair of shoes sold, a child in need receives a pair. the company later expanded in eye wear. once again aiming to help people through a model blake termed one for one. but while toms thrived blake did something that few successful ceos would ever do. he took a break from the business. >> so you had the sabbatical. >> yes. ...

>> and then -- and then -- i wanted to add and came up with nothing. >> the other part is oh, i got an e-mail from monical company in jaw may cal. jamaica. they will fly me out there for a week. >> what is with the monicle shaming? >> i hate people with one eye. i am telling you how this is. this is how publishing and media works. it is people not with real jobs pretending to be jobs. thats not enough and they have sabbaticals. thats [bleep]. people who put things together and make stuff should ...

>> what would a welders sabbatical look like to you? >> that is an elitist point of view. you say they need a break from the physical labor. would they go for a spa? >> they would work in a magazine. that would be easier. they would show up for work and say what do i do. they would hear we are going to lunch and we are going to expense it. a magazine editor comes in at 10:00 and then at noon you read the "new york times" until 12:45. >> i need 150 words on money -- monicli. >> not until next mon...

There. >> it is because it is all marketing. >> i think it is a smart idea. if you get laid off from your job and you are not going to do anything, instead of saying you are a loser you say you went on sabbatical. you need to say you were doing something, ichs plorring, researching -- exploring and researching. and then you can say you did something for the year. it is marketing. >> i was thinking i am okay if you say sabbatical if it is code for rehab. you have to explain you will be gone for 3...

Writers. they should be the one thes on sabbatical jie. when is it typical for people in the media to take sabbatical? when i grew up the only one taking a sabbatical is a teacher. they would take a year off to do research and write their thesis. >> according to the article we saw everybody in media is taking a sabbatical. >> the reason it is real is as somebody who works with books and stuff, you dont though how many times you come across the sabbatical. you send out an e-mail and it comes back...

>> thanks. just wanted to make you feel better. >> andy, after your sabbatical to long island did you feel more or less refreshed? >> probably less. after you have had a job a couple years you deserve a year off. working is hard. i believe sabbatical comes from saab -- sabath. i believe it should come after the seventh year. coinscoincidentally this is the seventh year of "red eye." i may not be in tomorrow. >> i would be okay for sabbatical if it were attached to jobs like welding or people who...

Negative affect. >> would you let one of your employees go on a sabbatical? >> would i let them? i wouldnt pay them while they are away. i am not sure. probably not. i need -- i manage and run a small law official. law firm. >> very bossy. and bitchy. >> i think this sort of started with that whole eat, pray, love book and then the movie. >> that is the anti-bible. >> self-awareness. everybody was going to go find themselves and write a novel and get it published and it would be turned into a bl...