THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”

— Voltaire

BIRTHDAYS:

1782 John Sell Cotman, English water color artist / painter.

1831 David Edward Hughes, British-American inventor (microphone, teleprinter).

1898 Tamara de Lempicka, Polish Art Deco portrait painter.

1906: Margret Rey, German-American author and illustrator (Curious George).

1997 Yuri Shevchuk, Russian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (DDT).

MISCELLANEOUS:

THANK YOU, KONSTANTIN. Utopia is not the standard. Reality is.