Will Pearson
Will Pearson
William E. Pearsonis the co-founder of mental floss, a bi-monthly magazine, which he started with Mangesh Hattikudur when both were students at Duke University. Pearson graduated from Duke in 2001, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Describing himself, Pearson noted his penchant for eating two M&M's at the same time, on different sides of the mouth, "making both sides of the mouth equally happy". Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as freshmen at Duke University and in their...
absolutely eight four missed points top
They absolutely have to play in the competition. It would be heartbreaking if they missed the top eight by four points or two points, wouldn't it?
across almost flew ring room
The ring almost flew across the room when he got it out.
boyfriend including knows telling work
Telling everybody, 'Oh, my boyfriend and I went to ' is a no-no. It's ridiculous. You skipped work and now everybody, including your boss, knows it, because you actually told them.
federal nor prepared state
No state is as prepared as they need to be for a pandemic, nor is the federal government.
call infectious matter rule send work
The old-school rule was, go to work and let them send you home. I disagree. If you have an infectious disease, don't come to work and make everyone else sick. Call in sick, but do it courteously. No matter what.
brought
After all, this is the place that brought us all together.
both flu year
Flu is pretty unpredictable, both year to year and as we're in a flu season.
hence home learn meditate self shall
First, learn from hence to meditate upon your own Mortality, and be now assured, by this neer and home example, that your self shall die.
ball time
Every time we got the ball he was getting it.
happens hope later life successes
There will be many successes in her life because she is so considerate. I hope I can find out what happens to her later in her life.
caused exceeded far wonderful
There were far more transactions than before. We were just flooded. It was terrific. We exceeded our expectations, and it caused us some wonderful problems.
centuries greater lifetime physical progress sciences
During my lifetime greater and more spectacular progress has been made in the physical sciences than in many centuries that preceded it.
beat deep philosophy wrap
Defensively, our philosophy is we can't get beat deep by a long pass, ... and then we've got to wrap up and tackle.
bump impact retirement
The bump up to $5,000 for IRAs is huge, ... It will have a big impact in retirement savings.