Funny Stories: In which I try to convince a Mexican that his boss hits him every Friday
When I was working in construction, I was surrounded by guys from Mexico that spoke mostly Spanish. So I decided I’d try and learn Spanish
When I was working in construction, I was surrounded by guys from Mexico that spoke mostly Spanish. So I decided I’d try and learn Spanish
7 Economic Control and Totalitarianism Planners who have seriously considered how to make planning work know that it must be under dictatorial conditions. The argument
We had inherited an old 1976 Ford Granada from my in-laws back in the day. Granada means either grenade, or pomegranate in Spanish. I don’t
6 Planning and the Rule of Law The Rule of Law is that the government is bound in all its actions by rules fixed and
In the 2nd year of college is English 101, wherein several speeches are to be given. We are each asked to pick a hot-topic of
5 Planning and Democracy Adam Smith paraphrase: The statesman who would attempt to direct private people in how they should employ their capital, would not
4 The “Inevitability” of Planning The usual tactic of planners is to say, not that planning is desirable, but to say it is necessary since
My wife and I were asked to sing a song for my sister’s wedding. When the time came to sing, we got up in front
These are all true by the way…. When I was but a young man, I moved up to Monrovia, CA to lead a youth group
Change of plans. I had said I’d post two chapters each time, but since I’m writing so much on this, I think I’d better keep
“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.