THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It’s not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.”

— Milan Kundera

BIRTHDAYS:

1649 Johann Philipp Krieger, German Baroque organist and composer, baptized in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire. An die Einsamkeit, and Herr, auf dich trau ich / Psalm 31

1622 Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter.

1689 Pietro Gnocchi, Italian sacred music composer, choir director Brescia Cathedral, 1723-33 and 1762-75), priest, historian, and geographer, born in Alfianello, Brescia, Republic of Venice. Sonata 9, iv ‘Fuga in Canone’ HD 720p

1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet.

1878 Charles Strite, American inventor known for inventing the pop-up toaster.

1897 Marian Anderson, American contralto singer of African descent, acclaimed for her resonant voice and technical mastery in classical repertoire. Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Bach)

1899 Charles Best, American-Canadian medical scientist and one of the co-discoverers of insulin with Frederick Banting.

MISCELLANEOUS:

HERE IN CALIFORNIA WE’RE WAITING FOR IT. Tesla Robotaxi -the Real Fleet Size is Likely 1000+

BEFORE THE NEXT LOCK DOWN (INCLUDING VIOLATING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE), THE AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO READ THE FOLLOWING: