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...
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The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war.
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Mental Floss is what it is. It's about people learning information they always thought they should know.
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But I know that the despair that these young people ? and older people, too ? face is so huge, and the extreme response is suicide. Their self-destructive, self-loathing is so strong that they just can't live with themselves, and that is just untenable.
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Like all people of good conscience, the state's hunters and sportsmen are sickened by the murders of innocent children. It's disturbing to think that there are people out there who will pepper a home full of children with bullets for the sake of securing a corner drug outlet. But those people are out there.
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There's definitely a time loss. There is less dedication and people stop going that extra mile... employees tend to take out their frustration on the organization, not the instigator.
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At the moment you choose which clothes you want to wear and you look the same to everyone. But there's some people out there for whom you would like them to see you in a different way. You will be able present yourself in different ways to different people using this digital fashion concept.
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It's got a very, very low-key family atmosphere. It's not very corporate and that's why people enjoy it so much.
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And it's different than the tsunami in Asia, where the disaster was half a world away. This time it's so close to home. It's affecting a place that many of us have visited and are familiar with. Some of us know people who live there or have relatives in the region. It's much harder to separate ourselves from this.
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At Willard Bay they have Christmas lights throughout the park and people circle through. More visitors means more money. We need destination visitors, we probably aren't going to get much more out of the locals, we need more tourism. We need to break down the barriers.
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People do get sick on these days, but when this behavior repeats, that's when it starts looking suspicious.
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Davey was one of the few people who knew Howard Hughes and had a relationship with him at one time.
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I've been a very blessed guy. I've been given a lot of opportunities in my life. A lot of people have helped me along the way.
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It's good training for a writer, ... entertaining people, telling them about your life, listening as they tell you about theirs.
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There's so much in there. ... I'm thrilled to see the final product.