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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.” — Alan Kay BIRTHDAYS: 1749 Edward Jenner, English physician and scientist who pioneered vaccination. 1866 Erik Satie, French composer and pianist…

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…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.” — Mikhail Bulgakov BIRTHDAYS: 1565 Henrick de Keyser, Dutch architect and sculptor (master builder of Amsterdam). 1567 Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer and pioneer in opera (e.g., L’Orfeo). L`Orfeo (1:35) 1856 L. Frank Baum, American author (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz). 1891 Bulgakov, Russian playwright…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.” — Epicurus BIRTHDAYS: 1727 Thomas Gainsborough, English portrait and landscape painter (The Blue Boy).…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Belief gets in the way of learning.” — Robert A. Heinlein BIRTHDAYS: 1756 Wojciech Żywny, Polish pianist, composer, and teacher (Chopin’s first piano instructor). Polonez 1842 Arthur Sullivan, British composer (known for comic operas with W.S. Gilbert, e.g., The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado; also Onward, Christian Soldiers). The Long Day…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.” — Ambrose Bierce BIRTHDAYS: 1803 Justus von Liebig, German agricultural and biological chemist (founder of organic chemistry). 1812 Edward Lear, English landscape painter and poet (known for Complete Nonsense). 1820 Florence Nightingale, pioneering nurse and statistician (often associated with scientific/medical…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.” — Richard Feynman BIRTHDAYS: 1772 Henri-Jean Rigel, French composer, music director. Symphony no.14 mov. 2&3 1791 Jan Václav Voříšek, Czech pianist, organist, and composer. Symphony in D major op. 23 1823 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter. 1824…