5 Things: Art, Rocky, McD's, Stingrays and Motivational Menus

1. Big Day of Serving: In case you missed it, we caught up with Manny Ramirez and Tom Lopez of Positive Street Art who did an impromptu PSA, so to speak, for  a community hug for the Tree Streets. You can watch the video here, and plan to stop by their mural project to add your artistic "voice" for posterity.

2. Rocky, the Musical? Opening next year somewhere in or around Broadway, the Cinderella story of a rough-around-the-edges Philly boxer who makes it, with some help from Adrian - Aaa-Dreee-Nnnn! Rocky: The Musical, which premiered last year in Hamburg, Germany, features a book by Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers,Hairspray), music and lyrics by, respectively, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Once on This Island) and direction by Alex Timbers (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Peter and the Starcatcher.) That sounds like a lot of work to revive a '70s movie. And don't get me started on the inordinate number of movies and Broadway shows that are revivals and remakes. Doesn't anyone have an original idea anymore? Yo. Aaa-Dreee-Nnnn!

3. Do You Want Your Pipe and Slippers With That? OK, I am not sure how to process this: First, McDonald's is seriously considering all-day breakfast. I say maybe, MAYBE, 'til noon, just to appease those of us who have been there at the crack of 10 a.m. just as the breakfast menu flips into oblivion, dashing your McMuffin dreams. But all day? And secondly, McDonald's, which reportedly already delivers in some markets, is considering delivery. Really, America? This is what it comes to? Geez.

4. Car of my Childhood Dreams Just Got Pricier: For no reason other than it looked "boss and cool" I always wanted a Corvette Stingray. It was the '70s, and probably everyone else wanted one, too. Well I just read in the LA Times that the new 2014 Stingray convertibles start at $56,995. Oh well. Dreams deferred for another three decades, I guess.

5. Cheeseburger, Extra Pickles, Side Order of Incentive: A new study out of Texas Christian University suggests that menus that tell you how much activity you need to do to burn off the calories you're about to eat, rather than just telling you the calorie count, would be more effective.  An example of the information on the menu would be: "A woman would need to walk briskly for two hours to burn off the calories in a double cheeseburger." How do you feel about this one?