The Bright Side of Life

Let’s face it, the news today can be downright depressing. It’s important to remember that things aren’t all bad — in fact, there are some really great things happening around us all the time. Introducing, The Bright Side of Life!

Happy Friday, folks! Here are a few stories that brightened things up around the OO office this week:

It's not often you get to say this these days, so here goes: big news in the Shakespeare world! Archaeologists in London have discovered remnants of the theater where some of Shakespeare's plays were first performed. The venue is even "immortalized as "this wooden O" in the prologue to Henry V."

What's that? A mathematic problem deemed 'unsolvable' by none other than Sir Isaac Newton? 'I got this,' says 16-year old Shouryya Ray.

Too cute: A six-year old boy heard that his favorite football player, Brandon Jacobs, was transferring teams. After finding out why, he comes up with a simple solution.

A new playground designed specifically for children with disabilities is being built in Portland, "the first in the city's park system to provide disabled access on every play feature."