Ecclesiastes and Finding Joy in Life
May 18, 2021
I am a person who is content and happy in life. Today I read in Ecclesiastes 1:18 “With much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more
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TheTLDRplace
May 18, 2021
Made the changes I had wanted…. the name (and consequently the URL) is changed to TheTLDRplace.
Name change coming up (probably)
May 18, 2021
I originally had used tumblr as another illustration portfolio, but now that I’m not trying to sell my services as an artist anymore, I’m considering
Satire and Utopia
May 17, 2021
I just finished reading Thomas More’s 1516 book- Utopia. The book describes an interaction between More and some others in Antwerp, Belgium, where he meets
Being there for people
May 13, 2021
I hit Proverbs on Monday in my read through the bible. While I love the book, it always kicks my butt. I too often recognize
Sir Thomas More
May 11, 2021
Been reading through a brief biography of Sir Thomas More, famous for his book Utopia. He lived from 1478 to 1535 and served under Henry
Social media thoughts
May 10, 2021
I commonly refer to twitter as an online insane asylum. To be fair, I follow politics on twitter, and political twitter is undoubtedly the worst
Archaic English in Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur
May 6, 2021
I had mentioned in an Instagram post that I had just finished one of the Harvard classic volumes containing a section of Thomas Malory’s Le
W.E. Channing and the Elevation of the Laboring Classes
January 16, 2021
William Ellery Channing, in his 1840 lecture on the Elevation of the Laboring Classes, discusses the objections of the day to his program to elevate
Age and Wisdom applied to Generations
December 30, 2020
I was reading Sydney Smith’s essay: Fallacies of Anti-Reformers. He names “Our Wise Ancestors” as a “mischievous and absurd fallacy springing from the grossest perversion
“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.”
The domain name is a play on my name: David Laurance. David is of Hebrew origin and means something like “beloved”, and my middle name “Laurance” is derived from the name of a great aunt “Laura” back somewhere in the ancestry. The male equivalent is Lawrence, or Larry…. so… “beloved Larry” > everyone loves Larry.