Freebies and free stuff

EDIT: Looks like they’ve run out of subscriptions.

If you happen to know the secret code (psst, it’s YSON), then you can get a free Maxim magazine subscription. I actually have two Maxim subscriptions already, so I doubt I need a third copy of each month’s issue. There are only so many paper airplanes and pirate hats a man can make before it just starts getting weird.

EDIT: This is no longer available.

I’m not much of an Oprah fan, but I do like the fact that she’s giving away four free O magazine issues. I also like how her production company, Harpo, is simply her name spelled backwards. When I discovered that fact as a kid, it almost blew my mind. Kids are easily amused like that. Speaking of easily amused, my cat’s been playing with the same ball of dust for the past 20 minutes. I should probably vacuum this place. But it’s such a nice day outside! Maybe I’ll go to the park. Why don’t people walk cats like they walk their dogs? Why don’t dogs use a litter box like cats?

Wait, where was I? Oh yeah, free magazines!

EDIT: They sneakily put the “out of supply” message after you submit all your info.

I keep meaning to talk to our apartment complex’s postal person. You see, my box is east facing, and during hard rains, water seems to seep into it. Yesterday, it was a Harry & David catalog it ruined, but thankfully not a birthday card that arrived for my wife.

Maybe I should just sign up for this free Kiplinger magazine subscription. Its not like I read any of the magazines that come to my apartment anyways, so I could just leave it at the bottom to soak up any water that might leak through…

I feel like I’ve taken the survey for this free Forbes magazine subscription a million times already. What is up with RewardsGold and wanting to know what MP3 device we have? If I’ve told them I use an iPod once, I’ve told them a million times. And yes, the top 3 played artists on it are The Jonas Brothers, Nickelback, and Oingo Boingo!

Oh crap, where’s the delete key? Ah, here it is. *Publish*

EDIT: Unfortunately they’ve run out of subscriptions.

I’m already a subscriber, so I guess I shouldn’t register for this free Popular Science magazine subscription. Instead, I’ll sign up my brother under the same bogus name we always use when secretly communicating with each other: Kaiser Shyzer. It’s like our version of Art Vandelay.

Although it’s dawning on me now that the name probably isn’t so secret anymore. Do me a favor and pretend you didn’t read any of this. Phew, that’s was close. Crises: Averted.

EDIT: They’ve run out of supplies.

Rewards Gold has two free fitness magazines available for men and women right now. We already wrote about this free Muscle & Fitness magazine subscription, but the offer recently came back to life and I happened to get my first two issues on Tuesday. I haven’t read any them yet, but judging from their covers, they’re perfect for anybody with road rage. June’s issue has a picture of a shirtless man screaming while flexing and holding a slab of raw meat. YEEEEEEAH! RWWAAAR!

Call me crazy, but appealing to my animalistic side and then asking me to read more on page 72 seems like two desires a bit at odds with each other. M&F could learn a thing or two from this free Shape magazine subscription. It looks far more tame while having a much higher bikinis to pages ratio. It’s what I like to call win-win.

I take it that this free CBS Watch magazine subscription is like TV Guide but limited to CBS shows only? At this rate, each show will have its own magazine by Autumn. Half the Amazon will have to be cut down just to produce all of the CSI editions alone.

[via Trish - thanks!]

EDIT: Looks like this is no longer available.

I signed up for this free Cycle World magazine subscription only so I could get the address to the editor. I’ve already begun crafting a letter explaining why me and my slick, pink Huffy with a wicked cool basket on the handlebars should be on the cover of their next edition. I’m pretty confident it could be their biggest selling issue to date.

I’m not much of an outdoors type: the sun’s too bright, all that fresh air is stifling, and who in the world thought it was a good idea to let bugs just roam free in the wild?! That said, there are some decent new magazines available for anybody who enjoys exercise and social contact.

• free Diving & Resort magazine subscription
• free Wake Boarding magazine subscription
• free Wind Surfing magazine subscription
• free Tennis magazine subscription

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to hop in my giant bubble and get back to becoming the palest human ever.

EDIT: They’re now out of subscriptions.

I wasn’t sure if this free Ode magazine subscription was worth signing up for, so I went to their website to see what type of articles they usually publish. That’s when I saw their tagline was “For Intelligent Optimists.” Whatever. I doubt this magazine will even come. I’ll sign up for it and then the magic faeries who deliver my mail will steal it or the dragon who lives in my mailbox will eat it.

RewardsGold has a new free Golf Digest magazine subscription offer up, which is just in time for all the summer games I’m sure to embarrass myself at. Do you think an upcoming issue will have an article on the top ways to make sure your kart doesn’t end up at the bottom of a pond? Because that’s easily one of my biggest weaknesses.

I come bearing the gift of dead trees! Actually, that doesn’t sound too appealing. Let’s try that again.

Who wants some free magazines? Ah, much better. Today we’ve got a free Foreign Policy magazine subscription and a free Macworld magazine subscription to anybody who qualifies for them. If you’re still not sure how that works, here’s a little hint: you need to work in a field related to the magazine. That’s it. It’s really not that hard. Unlike those darn sleep masks.

Oh boy, I feel another nonsensical rant coming soon!

EDIT: Barnacles, this offer died late tonight. Fingers crossed all of you fitness buffs signed up in time!

Are weaklings like myself eligible for this free Muscle & Fitness magazine subscription? My daily workouts usually consist of walking down the driveway, getting in a few reps of opening and closing the mailbox, and then thumbing a ride back to my front door. I’d walk if I had the strength, but 50 feet is really far when you’re winded.

Tradepub, the company that gives away hundreds of free magazines (my favorite being Website Magazine – a must for any website/blog owner), is now giving away free summaries of the book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. These are like Cliff Notes so that you don’t actually have to read the entire book I just signed up, immediately got an e-mail where I could download the 5-page file, and read through it while eating a late lunch.

I’m clearly not as productive as I could be and I think it’s because I’m violating Rule #4 – Think Win/Win. The only things I really think about are baseball and women and I clearly win at neither.

EDIT: This is no longer available.

If you take a quick survey on bottled water, you can get a free two year subscription to Parents magazine. I’m not sure which company owns Parents, but I’d like to take this time to official offer them my services as a writer. I may not be a parent, but I think being an older sibling certainly gives me an angle that warrants my own column. Heck, I could easily pound out a few thousand words on the Top Twelve Ways To Scare Your Sister or Eight Surefire Methods To Tie Up Your Brother by this time next week!