North and South- Elizabeth Gaskell (1855)
I saw a review of this novel a while back and added it to my list of books to read. Interestingly enough, it coming on
I saw a review of this novel a while back and added it to my list of books to read. Interestingly enough, it coming on
3. Seeing other people cry can easily make you feel like want to cry too Uh, no. It takes a lot to get me to
I recently put up a post about something I’ve come across called Human Design, wondering if it was essentially a new-age version of the personality
This was first published in Socialist Appeal in Sept 1937 This is the fifth of five writings included in the Classics of Marxism vol II,
This is the text of a speech Trotsky delivered in 1932, defending the October 1917 Russian Revolution. This is the fourth of five texts included
I’ve recently come across something called Human Design. I’m reluctant to say too much about it, despite a sort of internal distrust, because I don’t
Last year I made a promotional video for work about Valentine’s Day, which you can watch here: Valentine’s Day Video – Fish IP Law While
Continuing through the Commie Classics, this is a review of “Left Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder, by Lenin, who wrote this book in 1920. Bolsheviks
This is the second portion of the Classics of Marxism Vol 2- Value, Price, and Profit by Karl Marx. I’ve taken extensive notes on the
I’m continuing posting my notes as I’m reading through what I’ve termed the Commie Classics. This is from the first book of Vol II; Wage,
“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.