Home again, home again, jiggity jig

We got home safe and sound, and Rob and I are back at work today. The girls start school next week.

The house is a mess. I tried to work on it some yesterday. We have to get the girls to unpack and put away their clothes after several weeks of camp, we have to go through their clothes to see what they need for school. I want to try to figure out what we can eliminate from their room so that we can rearrange the furniture. *sigh*

Back to real life.

I am sure there must be a good explanation for this

I took my usual walk across the Stone Arch Bridge for exercise today. About 1/3 of the way across, I came across about a half a dozen young men, probably college age or so. They were gathered around a blue flowered couch. A couch. On the Stone Arch Bridge. I ask you. That in itself was quite an undertaking to get it there, as the Stone Arch Bridge is rather long. Each was dressed in nice slacks and an oxford shirt, and they were wearing identical striped silver and maroon ties.

One man was sitting on the couch holding a large plastic penguin (the penguin was also sporting the same silver-maroon tie). They took a picture of him, and as I walked by, they seemed to be taking turns: each took a turn sitting on the couch, holding the penguin, as a picture was taken.

I suppose if I had stopped to ask they would have given me an explanation, but perhaps it is more fun to speculate. A fraternity thing, maybe. What else would prompt them to do such a thing?

(For North America): Free Starbuck's coffee

Found this at poor_skills:

Get a free Grande Iced Cap from Starbucks!
1 per person, per day, until September 30th, 2006!
This is one weird promotion, but it works, a bunch of my coworkers have already got their coffee’s. The best part is, you can print it off as many times as you want and get 1 free coffee everyday until September 30th, 2006!
Get your Starbucks Free Grande Iced Cap Coupon!
Don’t forget to use Google Maps to find a Starbucks near you!

According to Snopes, this does seem to be legit, although it seems to be limited to corporate stores only, not franchises. Enjoy.

Edited to add: thedaytheystop reports that Snopes has updated their page, saying that Starbucks has now cancelled the promotion. Sorry, everyone.