Welcome to my experimental blog. Enjoy interesting or useful articles, and meet individuals whom I think have helped decrease misery, or added to beauty and happiness in this world.

 

 

Thought for The Day:

 

"Don’t take advice from unhappy people."
 

— Afua Richardson

 

 

 

If you haven't seen this... the Great Barrington Declaration.

 

 

I hope she get's a percentage of the profits. Dolly Parton helped fund Moderna's coronavirus vaccine research

 

 

Again? Why is this the only response allowed? Gov. Newsom Triggers 'Most Restrictive' COVID Tier

 

  

Are our leaders interested? Cost of Lockdowns: A Preliminary Report 

 

 

Chutzpah.  Newsom's cozy ties with top lobbyist showcased by French Laundry dinner party

 

 

Bride of chutzpah. California lawmakers, lobbyists mingle on Maui at getaway, pandemic or no pandemic
 

 

 

Birthdays:

 

 

Luca Cambiaso (1527 – 1585)

 

 

Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent (1688 – c. 1720): Largo aus der Sonata in G-Dur, and Sonata in b minor, Largo, for violin, cello and piano

 

  

Louis-Jacques Daguerre (1787 - 1851)

 

 

Carl Maria von Weber (1786 – 1826): Oberon

 

 

Sojourner Truth (1797 – 1883)

 

  

W. S. Gilbert (1836 – 1911)

 

 

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860 – 1941):  Paderewski plays "Menuet" in G

 

 

 George Wald (1906 - 1997)