Kafka was born on this day in 1883.

On a semi-related note, do you know that when Grandpa Coffee Philosopher was young, MTV used to show music videos? It’s true. They also used to do these little PSA type things that promoted reading literature. And not just Dickens, but also Delta of Venus by erotic novelist Anaïs Nin. These PSAs were called ‘Feed Your Head.’

Here’s one of Aidan Quinn reading from Kafka’s The Metamorphosis.