Micah 6:8
Nehemiah 8:1-8
Yes, your life matters.
Some of you are still sheltering in place, but fear not: I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?
On 22 March 1457 Johannes Gutenberg printed what is now called The Gutenberg Bible, the first printed book in human history. What an amazing change that was. Rather than each book being an artisanal creation, suddenly endless copies could be made - much more quickly and much less expensively. At last there was a reason for everyone to become literate and what a change to society that would make.
A wonderful event for all people for all time.
Speaking of Gutenberg, I'd like to put in a plug for the Gutenberg Project. It's a repository of an amazing array of writings which have come out of copyright and have been made available to everyone to download and read and enjoy. You should check it out.
In a wonderful example of calendrical synchronicity, on 22 March 1960 a patent was granted to Charles Hard Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow for the laser. Given that so much printing these days is done by laser printers, it seems really appropriate that both of those milestones happened on the same date (albeit just over five centuries apart).
Keep Calm and Don't Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our insane lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.
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