Tag: science-fiction

• January 6, 2025

  THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Never ruin an apology with an excuse.” — Benjamin Franklin BIRTHDAYS: 1745 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor and pioneer balloonist (Montgolfière-style hot air balloon) 1822 Heinrich Schliemann, German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist. 1838 Max Bruch, German composer. Romanze Op. 85 1832 Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor 1872 Alexander Scriabin,…

  Tony Crowell

  January 7, 2025

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  ai, archaeology, classical-music, history, painting, philosophy, robotics, science-fiction

• January 4, 2025

  THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.” — Milton Friedman BIRTHDAYS: 1710 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi [Draghi], Italian Baroque organist, composerborn in Jesi, Papal States. Tre giorni son che Nina, and Stabat Mater Dolorosa 1717 Antonio Maria Mazzoni,…

  Tony Crowell

  January 6, 2025

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  archaeology, classical-music, history, painting, philosophy, poetry, science-fiction, technology

• January 2, 2025

  THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “People think of education as something they can finish.” — Isaac Asimov BIRTHDAYS: 1732 František “Franz” Xaver Brixi, Czech classical composer and kapellmeister, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia. Pastores, and Pastorella in C für Orgel. 1777 Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (Frederick II of Prussia equestrian statue), born in Arolsen,…

  Tony Crowell

  January 2, 2025

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  books, classical-music, fiction, isaac-asimov, sci-fi, science-fiction, sculpture