I was 19 years old, a sophomore at William and Mary. I lived in a nice off campus apartment with a great roommate that continues to be one of my best friends. I was doing well in my classes and had even lost the infamous “freshman fifteen.” I had everything at my fingertips which...
T his expression comes from the belief of some cultures that the stars control our futures .Probably the most famous star-crossed loversare William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.Star-crossed lovers never seem to get together . So they are rarely on the rebound . A rebound relationship is ...
Living the Transitions, Cowgirl-Style by Martina Will, PhD “Life is in the transitions.”– William James In their cowboy boots and hats, they look like cowgirls, but the horseback women at the Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch in Colorado include the CEO of a high-end skincare line, a massage ...
“I came to tell you that your house is on fire.( )1. The dentist was starting his evening work.( )2. The man had a toothache, so he came to the dentist.( ) 3. The dentist pulled out all the man's teeth.( ) 4. The man woke up and still said, “Quick!”( )5. The ...
If you have seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and remember the bit where Violet Beauregarde eats the everlasting gobstopper and turns into a blueberry, then you will know how I felt when I woke up groggy from the surgery and looked at my bowling ball stomach which was very sore and ...
— William Lawrence Bragg 20 Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. One never finishes learning about art. There are always new things to discover. Great works of art seem to look different every time one stands before them. They seem to be as ...
or a billionaire in order to win the respect from people. After I woke up, I felt sad again because I was still the ‘old self.’ Being a Christian, I was so sorry to say I didn’t feel there’s a meaning and hope for me to live in this world. Gradually, I had compulsively ...
If you throw low-due-diligence Hail Mary’s everywhere and justify it with “they could be the next Uber!”, you will almost certainly be killed by 1,000 slow-bleeding $25K paper cuts. Despite current euphoria, applying something like Pascal’s Wager to startups is a great way to go ...
William R. from Houston TX wrote to us: I’ll admit it – I’m getting up in years. I’ve noticed that my thinking keeps getting more and more foggy, forgetting people’s name, even my own kids sometimes. I couldn’t make a decision or form an opinion. I use to be quite a deb...
Mary was admiring the rowan tree outside her window when she saw Annie running down the street Well Annie I didn’t know that you could still run so fast:why are you coming here in such a breathless state? Oh it’s my New Year resolution: don’t you know that running is very good...