Sure, you’ll come to realize just how much more expensive things are today. But inflation is hardly the only reason why things cost so much more nowadays.
With AMC’s Summer Movie Camp, admission to family-friendly films—Shrek the Third, Kung Fu Panda, Hotel for Dogs, and more—is just $1 for Tuesday 10 a.m. showings from June 15 to August 10. All admission charges and concession profits go to charity too.
This week marks the one-year anniversary of this blog. And, some 365 days and 1,200-odd posts later, here are a few of the most helpful, most rewarding, and most bizarre lessons I’ve learned.
Read on if you want to fix up your place, sell your place, make some money off of your place, or if you’re not sure if you should rent or own a place.
How does he do it? Among other things, he forages for lemons and blackberries on public lands, gets lucky by finding the occasional unopened beer (of four) left behind by underage drinkers, and he—yes he—buys tampons in order to snag some free peanut butter.
Starting this month, Regal Entertainment Group begins its Free Family Film Festival, with movie theaters around the country welcoming in families for free movies—like Kung Fu Panda, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Coraline, and Wallace and Gromit—on Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the summer.
“50 years ago, no one needed deodorant. Mankind survived for thousands and thousands of years without it. Suddenly in the past 50 years, deodorant is an absolute necessity in polite culture. So how did that happen? Repetition creates reality; and using mass communications, repetition created the ‘deodorant reality’ for millions of people.”
Use the coupon code SUPERDAD for online shopping, or, if you’re heading to the store, print out this coupon (thanks FatWallet) to get $10 off purchases of $25 or more at JC Penney. The discount expires on June 20.
That’s what the average U.S. household spends annually on transportation, the bulk of it in the form of automobiles—purchase price, fuel, insurance, finance charges, repairs and maintenance, but not factoring in depreciation. For a lot of Americans, more than 20% of their take-home income heads right back out of their homes and into their car [...]
To attract students at a time when many families are wondering if they can afford college—and also, if higher education is actually worth the money—colleges are going all Crazy Eddie, offering deals like tuition freezes, 50% off and buy-one-get-one-free summer courses, and free housing.
