THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

”The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”

— H.L. Mencken

BIRTHDAYS:

1611 Pablo Bruna, Spanish composer and organist. Tiento de 1.er tono, and Tiento de Falsas del Segundo Tono

1613 Lambert Pietkin, Flemish baroque composer, born in Liège, Holy Roman Empire. Alma redemptoris mater

1684 Francesco Manfredini, Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and maestro di cappella (St. Phillip’s Cathedral, 1727-65), born in Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Concerto für 2 Trompeten in D-Dur, and Sinfonia da chiesa Op. 2 nº 12

1741 Luigi Tomasini, Italian violinist and composer (head of Prince Esterházy’s court orchestra), born in Pesaro, Papal States. Duo Concertant, Nr. 1, Allegro + Andante

1856 Henry Rider Haggard, British author.

1859 Frank Damrosch, German-American author and music teacher (founded NY Musical Institute of Musical Art, later Julliard), born in Breslau, Silesia.

1876 Gwen John, Welsh painter

MISCELLANEOUS:

IF YOU ARE NEW TO AI – FIND A FREE VERSION AND PLAY WITH IT. MEANWHILE… 18-30 Months from the Start of Worldchanging Superintelligence.

THE COVID 19 INJECTIONS AND LOCKDOWNS BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2020. THE TRAGEDY THAT ENSUED WAS ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE. TO ANYONE CONSIDERING DOING THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE – HERE IS YOUR HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENT:

Nuremberg Code (1947)

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza (2006)

Great Barrington declaration (2020)