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...
rain shade walden-pond
A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten . . .
wings different kind
There are all kinds of friends you make in life... But there's something different about someone who spreads their wings with you.
identity should feels
The dictionary says my identity should be all about being separate or distinct, and yet it feels like it is so wrapped up in others.
rain rivers rushing
Boredom reigns on all levels. The rain is a welcome change. I have seen the pond swell and the creek surge. I press my palm against the glass, imagining the drops on my skin, imagining where they started out, where they will go, feeling them like a river, rushing, combining, becoming something greater than how they started out.
thinking perfection greek
I just think perfection and lasting through the ages is for Greek statues, not us mere humans.
sky way shade
Maybe there was no one way to define it. Maybe there were as many shades of love as the blues of the sky,
white snow icicles
I created an icicle sculpture in the snow. White on white.
needs different closets
Multiple closets for different needs. Overkill.
people
People will notice the beauty of what they usually ignore ~
children destiny wind
But remember, child, we may all have our own story and destiny, and sometimes our seemingly bad fortune, but we're all part of a greater story too. One that transcends the soil, the wind, time even our own tears. Greater stories will have their way.
dream dark who-we-are
Maybe we all have a dark place inside of us, a place where dark thoughts and darker dreams live, but it doesn't have to become who we are.
life breathe surface
Maybe staying on the surface keeps her from returning to a place where she can't breathe.
life giving-up dont-give-up
... Change doesn't happen overnight-it's molded by people who don't give up
two perfect people
You've always been two people. The Jenna who wants to please and the Jenna who secretly resents in. They won't break, you know. Your parents never thought you were perfect. You did.