Seafood chain Long John Silver’s is giving away one baja fish taco per customer today, Tuesday, July 14, from the time each restaurant opens until 2:30 p.m. More details here.
Fifty bucks. It could get you a single steak at a fine dining establishment. Or it could feed you—and feed you pretty darn well—for an entire week. A trio of writers from around the country is proving just that with the recent launch of their experiment and blog Fifty Bucks a Week.
A bunch of stay-at-home moms in the Dallas area have banded together and organized what seems like a simple, easy, and inexpensive way to enjoy the summer: Instead of sending their kids off to pricey summer camps, the moms have created something of a camp themselves. They take turns arranging themed arts and crafts days based on books or science experiments, they go on outings to free playgrounds with splash parks, or they just head to someone’s backyard and let the kids run around in the sprinkler for a while.
Budget battles can make people believe like, well, animals. A zoo in the Boston area recently warned that unless the state allocated it more funding, the zoo wouldn’t be able to care for as many as 200 animals, which would have to be euthanized or disposed of in some other way.
Apparently, even if you have never spoken out of turn to your boss, you’re willing to work 24 hours a day without complaint, and you don’t require so much as a penny in salary, you still can’t keep your job.
In the future, as depicted in the likes of “The Jetsons” and Woody Allen’s “Sleeper,” each person wears one outfit over and over again. Basically, predictors are saying that one day, fashion will be gone, and we’ll all wear uniforms. (Jerry Seinfeld had a joke along these lines, in which he can’t wait for the day when he doesn’t have to waste time figuring out what to wear). Rob Walker’s “Consumed” column, from the Sunday Times magazine, points out that, based on recent experiments in which artists wear the same outfit for months, perhaps a “uniform” future is arriving—and perhaps more importantly, we can all start saving money by buying less clothing.
McDonalds is giving away free McCafe Mochas today and for the next three Mondays (July 13, 20, and 27, and August 3). The promotion is valid from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for one 8 oz. mocha or 7 oz. iced mocha per person. More details here.
To promote its new sandwich, Arby’s will give away a free bbq bacon cheddar roast burger to anyone who buys a soft drink. A coupon is required (print it here), and the offer is good through Sunday, July 12.
“The half-carat is the new three-carat.”
At a secret meeting of the Justice League 3.0, Michael Moore, Pope Benedict XVI, the Dalai Lama, Bill Gates, Optimus Prime, Nelson Mandela, and the ghost of Che Guevera gathered to solve the global financial crisis.
