This week we learned that Tom Hanks will be starring in a biopic about Mister Rogers. The movie is based on an article by Tom Junod. This seems, for many reasons, like a good time to re-read it. Can You Say…Hero? “The connections we make in the course of a life—maybe that’s what heaven is, Tom. We make so many connections here on earth. Look at us—I’ve just met you, but I’m investing in who you are and who you will be, and I can’t help it.”

+ “For an assignment, I asked some of my terminal pediatric palliative care patients what they had enjoyed in life, and what gave it meaning.”

+ He’s a beloved school bus driver. He loves the Eagles. Yup, they did it.

+ If you like watching The Super Bowl, here are 52 facts for your party. If you don’t like watching sports, you still probably like it when animals wander onto the playing field.

+ A teen delivers hundreds of solar lamps to Puerto Ricans without power. And an 8 year-old boy went to PR to deliver the fruits of his toy drive.

+ Some teens made a Rubik’s Cube tactile for visually impaired users.

+ “I was supposed to eat freeze-dried food as my main energy source, but I had a hard time getting it down, so I lived off of Pringles and candy for a long time.” A 19-year-old American becomes the youngest person to row solo across Atlantic Ocean. (I’ve whined about having to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.)

+ O Canada’s lyrics are now gender neutral.

+ An Italian village is selling homes for $1.25 so it doesn’t become a ghost town. (For that price, it probably doesn’t include avocado toast…)

+ Belle Elementary custodian gifted with surprise first-ever birthday party.