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Mary Pilon

American Journalist

Born: May 16, 1986

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My parents wielded disposal cameras and Polaroids with the best of them, occasionally begging for at least one decent photo of my brother and me at the state fair, in front of the Golden Gate bridge, or smiling half-heartedly next to a mascot. Mary Pilon

The phenomena of taking photos and sharing them isn't new, but with Instagram being mobile, both have become cheaper and faster, producing the instant gratification of knowing how our shots look in our palms. Mary Pilon

As the 19th century teetered into the 20th, the clank of typewriter keys went from solo to symphony. They were the weapon of choice for professional writers, the business elite, people with things to say and the need to say them quickly. Mary Pilon

Business People Symphony Keys Typewriter Say Solo Weapon Writers Were Quickly Them Century Choice Professional Things Elite Need

Using a typewriter, at times, feels more like playing piano than jotting down notes, a percussive exercise in expressing thought that is both tortuous and rewarding. Mary Pilon

Thought Down Typewriter Tortuous More Both Piano Feels Like Exercise Times Than Rewarding Notes Using Expressing Playing

Generations of thinkers have made typewriters their frenemies, and long before there were Gmail inboxes, print correspondence stacked up, some hastily written and impulsive on the steel gadgets. Mary Pilon

Gadgets Made Long Before Correspondence Some Steel Written Generations Print Were Up Stacked Impulsive Thinkers

Trucking is the backbone of U.S. commerce. Consumers rely on the industry to move the parts for their cars, the food for their dinner tables, and, increasingly, the goods they order online. Mary Pilon

Food Car Dinner Increasingly Backbone Tables Online Rely Consumers Goods Industry Parts Commerce Move Order

To drive a semi-truck, a driver needs a commercial driver's license. While formal training isn't required, most drivers enroll in a program to help prepare them for the written and practical exams in their states. Mary Pilon

While the U.S. government is unlikely to ever limit the number of football games, plenty of parents are refusing to let their children play the sport due to the risk of head injuries. Mary Pilon

Government Parents Unlikely Plenty Risk Football Head Football Games Sport Limit Due Refusing Children While Games Injuries Ever Play Number

So who or what is to blame for baseball games that go on forever? Two oft-cited culprits are constant replay calls and batters who leave the box in between every pitch to adjust their gloves and helmet and shin guards and elbow pads and then knock the dirt off their cleats before working up their stride for the next at-bat. Mary Pilon

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Individual participation in the stock market through 401(k)s helped fuel the go-go days of Wall Street in the 1980s and birthed asset management juggernauts like Fidelity, Vanguard, Pimco, BlackRock, and dozens of others. Mary Pilon

In the 1880s, women were decades away from earning the right to vote. Few owned property - if they were even permitted to do so. In addition to childcare obligations, many toiled in work that was either underpaid or not paid at all. Essentially, the gears of progress for women were moving slowly in just about every arena of life. Mary Pilon

Life Work Property Vote Obligations Women Progress Few Every Addition Earning Gears Slowly About Arena Underpaid Permitted Were Decades Owned Childcare Essentially Just Either Moving Paid Many Even Away Right

Typically, if a politician makes immigration an issue, it's because of the belief that immigrants are taking jobs from Americans. Mary Pilon

Immigration Politician Immigrants Jobs Taking Because Makes Issue American Belief

I think that when you talk to people about Monopoly, they love talking about their memories associated with it. And for me, I'm the same way. I mean, when I think about Monopoly, I think of my family playing at the holidays. Mary Pilon

Love Family Me You Memories People Think Monopoly Way About Talk Talking Same Holidays Mean Playing Associated

In a culture obsessed with happiness, Americans may not be allowing for acceptance that it's OK to sometimes not be perky. Mary Pilon

Happiness Acceptance Culture Sometimes OK Allowing Obsessed Perky American May

Without federal assistance, most elderly Americans would be unable to afford long-term care - and most nursing homes would be unable to keep the doors open. Mary Pilon

Care Doors Nursing Unable Would Would-Be Federal Open Long-Term Most Without Afford American The Doors Elderly Keep Homes Assistance

When most people think of Tae Kwon Do - which, in the United States, is not all that often - they think of sparring, a form of competition that both men and women perform at the Olympics. Mary Pilon

Women People Competition Men Men And Women Think States Both Both Men And Women Perform Most Often Form Which Sparring United United States Olympics

It's not uncommon for some Khmer boxers to fight with dangerous frequency, sometimes as often as weekly or bi-weekly, getting up to three hundred or more fights in a career, with the length of a career varying from fighter to fighter, some engaging in bouts far past their prime. Mary Pilon

The fitness industry has long thrived off the well-intended coming through their doors and signing up with dreams of self-improvement, only to fade into their couches. Those who stick with it often feel like hamsters on treadmills. Mary Pilon

We spend millions on fitness each year, yet we seem to get fatter. Mary Pilon

Fitness Year Spend Fatter Seem Get Each Each Year Millions

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