THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”

— Albert Einstein

BIRTHDAYS:

1685 Lodovico Giustini, Italian composer, born in Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Sonata number 6

1799 Karl Briullov, a leading Russian painter of the Romantic movement, celebrated for his dramatic history paintings, portraits, and contributions to monumental art that bridged Neoclassicism and Romanticism.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION STARGAZERS. Night sky for tonight and the weekend: See the Geminid meteor shower peak overnight on Dec. 13-14

REMINDER:

In the future, before locking things down again (including free speech and the freedom to assemble), the authorities might want to reacquaint themselves with the following:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration