THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

— Epicurus

BIRTHDAYS:

1493 Paracelsus, Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.

1688 Lorenzo Somis, Italian composer and violinist, born in Turin, Duchy of Savoy. Tambourin, dalla Sonata in sol maggiore

1821 Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short-story writer, essayist, journalist, and philosopher whose works profoundly examine the human condition through themes of suffering, morality, faith, and free will.

1858 Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian diarist and painter, born in Gavrontsi, Russian Empire.

1868 Édouard Vuillard, French painter and graphic artist.

1922 Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist and essayist whose works combined satire, science fiction, and black humor to examine themes of war, free will, and technological peril.

MISCELLANEOUS:

IN THE FUTURE, BEFORE LOCKING THINGS DOWN AGAIN (INCLUDING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE), THE AUTHORITIES MIGHT WANT TO THEMSELVES WITH THE FOLLOWING:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration