Everyone Loves Larry

Florida Vacation: Miami

February 16, 2022

The main point of this vacation was to spend Valentine’s in Miami. We drove from Orlando to Miami on Sunday morning, which gave us a chance

Florida Vacation: Epcot

February 16, 2022

So in my mission to see all the states (except maybe Hawaii), we went to Florida for Valentine’s Day. We flew to Orlando on Friday

Why would you want a society where people are left out?

February 8, 2022

I had a conversation a few days ago on the nature of how we ought to structure society. It was driven by a podcast over

Ultime Lettere di Jacopo Ortis by Ugo Foscolo (1816)

January 31, 2022

This Italian book was written as a series of letters from Jacopo to his friend Lorenzo. Jacopo is a young patriot who flees his hometown

Limited Perspectives

January 22, 2022

Job is, as the book tells us, a righteous man, who God allows Satan to torment. Job is in a miserable state and can’t figure

Poverty and Crime

January 13, 2022

Was listening to a British podcast discussing crime and it brought to mind some thoughts. In general, the left tends to think of crime as

Viewpoint affects Outlook

January 10, 2022

I’ve been thinking a lot about why people hold different positions on issues. Everyone has a view of something, some better than others, but

So you want to pass someone on an LA freeway….

January 6, 2022

I live in the LA metro area and do a lot of driving. My work is about 26 miles from my house so I’m on

Spinoza on Democracy and its Limitations

January 4, 2022

The Story of Philosophy, by Will Durant, contains a section on Baruch Spinoza, including a bit on his Tractatus Politicus, wherein he speaks about democracy.

Orlando furioso: Rodomonte and Pride

January 1, 2022

Reading through a modern Italian version of Orlando furioso right now. There is a wild scenario in Canto 27, where Discord and Pride, embodied as

“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.

EVERYONE LOVES LARRY

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