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2021 Northern States: Day 4

October 1, 2021

Sept 12, Sunday. States seen: Washington, Idaho, Montana (new)  The plan was to drive from Whidbey Island to Billings,Montana, about a 13-hour trip. So, we

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Pascal’s Wager

September 1, 2021

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, philosopher and Catholic theologian, who lived from 1623-1662. He is famous for what became known as Pascal’s wager-

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dave

“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.