Suffering
Was listening to a youtube video of one Orion Taraban where he discusses a prayer he used to pray every morning: ‘May all beings be free of suffering’. He
Was listening to a youtube video of one Orion Taraban where he discusses a prayer he used to pray every morning: ‘May all beings be free of suffering’. He
Rome and the Mediterranean- Livy (27-9 BC) This book contains books 31-45 from Livy’s collection of histories. They cover the years 201 BC to 167 BC.
There is a lot of turmoil at work right now. An attorney and a law clerk were let go, and then our accountant. I was going
Listening to some podcasts featuring a trauma psychologist named Sadia Khan, and she mentioned that one of the main things women ought to be looking
So back on April 24, I decided I was going to lose weight. My ideal weight is about 150, and I hadn’t weighed that little
Going to Rome this year has me interested in getting a better grip on Italian history. Since my heritage on my mom’s side is Sicilian,
I was contacted by a friend the other day who is really going through a tough time right now. I won’t go into any details,
Interesting conversation about the developments in AI here: The Gray Area with Sean Illing: Should we press pause on AI? on Apple Podcasts Some of
Reading through Luke in my Bible time and I’m noticing a theme jumping out at me. Luke 13 Fig tree that doesn’t produce fruit- give it
This is the political compass test. The description below is from the website. “Please note that this isn’t a survey, and these aren’t questions. They’re
“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.“
This website was formerly “the TL;DR place” on tumblr. But I occasionally posted things that I wanted others to see, and they were unable to access the content without tumblr accounts. I called the blog the TL;DR place because the writing I do here is essentially a place for me to process through my thoughts. Most of my friend group isn’t all that interested in the same things, so I write rather than talk through it.
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.