Feel Good Friday

“As parliamentarians scrambled to get inside the National Assembly building to reverse the emergency measure, a woman in a leather coat confronted one of the soldiers who was trying to stop the lawmakers, grabbed his automatic rifle and tried to tug it away while yelling ‘Aren’t you ashamed?'” In the 6-hour mayhem of South Korea’s martial law, a woman’s act of resistance was a defining moment.

+ Dave Eggers just opened a library of books written entirely by children.

+ The 2024 Outsiders of the Year. Thirteen adventurers, athletes, and renegades who pushed boundaries, toppled barriers, and shook up the outdoors.

+ US added a strong 227,000 jobs in November. (That terrible economy strikes again…)

+ Dick Van Dyke stars in Coldplay video as he turns 99.

+ For his wife’s 40th birthday, he paid for 40 shelter dog adoptions.

+ Looking for something unique to buy this holiday season. Enjoy the 2024 Kottke Holiday Gift Guide.

+ Manischewitz to sponsor first Jewish quarterback in BYU history. (I’ll drink to that! Not Manischewitz, but I’ll drink to it…)