Funny Stories: The Eggnog Scoop
March 25, 2023
In honor of all the unsung heroes working at fast-food joints around the country, providing us with quick and cheap food options, I’ll relate a
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Funny Stories: Frank Sinatra and the State of My Brains
March 23, 2023
My Aunt Kay really hated Frank Sinatra. I knew this, but I never knew why. I had always assumed it was because he was supposed
Funny Stories: Now Who’s the Dumb?
March 22, 2023
When my son was in junior high, he had a girl who liked him. While I don’t know all the details, apparently something went wrong
Funny Stories: Dave’s Physics Experiment
March 21, 2023
I was probably 13-14 or so, and I was playing around with the kids on our street. I found a length of metal pipe around 3
The Road to Serfdom: chs 15-16
March 20, 2023
15 The Prospects of International Order One of the lessons we should have learned is that economic planning is bound to be harmful, not only
Funny Stories: Linguistic Confusion
March 20, 2023
So my oldest son had a Japanese girlfriend for a while, whose name was Ai, pronounced like the letter i. She was a fashion student at
Funny Stories: The Catcall
March 19, 2023
Wherein I embarrass my coworkers to my own amusement. So when I was working in construction, we were over in the Cheviot Hills area of
The Road to Serfdom: ch 14
March 19, 2023
14 Material Conditions and Ideal Ends Hayek mentions that his generation likes to flatter itself that it give less weight to economic matters than previous
Funny Stories: Nate and the Ladies
March 18, 2023
I was a youth leader at a little Baptist church up in Monrovia. After about 5 years I moved on. But while I was serving
The Road to Serfdom: ch 12-13
March 18, 2023
12 The Socialist Roots of Nazism The doctrines of National Socialism are the culmination of a long evolution of thought. The men who produced the
“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.