Virtue
Since the first thing Peter told us to add to our faith in 2 Peter 1 was virtue, I thought I’d look at what exactly
Since the first thing Peter told us to add to our faith in 2 Peter 1 was virtue, I thought I’d look at what exactly
This is a recap of the Oxford History of Italy book on this particular age, from 476, the fall of the western Roman empire, to
“5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance,
This is a recap of a video I watched that I found kind of amusing.I put my own comments in indented sections. Modern society is
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 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.