http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice Thinking Outside the Box to Make Your Life Easier. We write what other people are afraid to say out loud! Support us and buy our Gifts! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:01:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Natalee Holloway disappeared on May 30, 2005 and her family still has not received closure for which the Aruban Government in my opinion has contributed. As little as I and most people think of the main suspect, Joran van der Sloot, I truly don't think he or her friends murdered ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/natalee-holloway-aruba-might-solve-what-happened-to-her-by-giving-joran-van-der-sloot-and-father-immunity-if-she-wasnt-murdered/ The thing I hate about renting DVDs is, at least 25% of the time I get a screwed up one that some cretin has messed up and dumped on to the next renter. I'm sure that has happened to most people reading this and here are some tips to help ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/how-to-fix-a-dvd-easily-that-doesnt-play-right-or-a-cd-as-well/ Calvin Hill, One of the Best Ivy League Football Players to Play in the NFL The NFL does not draft many Ivy League Football Players, in fact last year there were none. Yale has had the most players drafted, 22, during this period. There have been only 2 Ivy League players ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/ivy-league-football-players-drafted-in-the-nfl-1967-2008-by-school-with-year-round-nfl-team/ I just saw and heard an amazing performance of Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" by a singer/actress/model named Elena Satine on CBS's Cold Case and to my utter disappointment it apparently is not available commercially. Before I go on, props to Elena Satine who I admit I never heard of ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/props-to-elena-satine-please-release-free-fallin-your-version-on-cold-case-was-better-than-tom-petty/ The NFL does not draft many punters because like field goal kickers many teams seem to feel they can get a good punter from free agent punters recently released from their NFL team or undrafted rookies. Here is a list of punters drafted in the NFL from 1970 onwards, listied ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/punters-drafted-in-the-nfl-1970-2008-by-year-team-round-college/ I thought "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was one of the best movies I ever saw but I admit I haven't seen it in 27 years. My memories of the other Indiana Jones movies are basically forgotten but I know I thought they weren't bad. I watched the South Park ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/south-park-was-right-indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull-sucks/ The NFL does not draft many place kickers because many teams seem to feel they can get a good kicker from free agent kickers recently released from their NFL team or undrafted rookies. Here is a list of field goal kickers drafted in the NFL from 1970 onwards, listiedby year, ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/field-goal-kickers-drafted-in-the-nfl-1970-2008-by-year-team-round-college/ Wow field goal kicking in the NFL sure has changed a lot in the last 40 years. Nowadays it seems if a kicker isn't hitting 85% of his field goal attempts they're history but not so in the NFL past. Take the case of the 1965 New York Giants. I ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/new-york-giants-1965-nfl-worst-field-goal-kicking-team-ever/ Here are four great inexpensive accessories that I'd recommend for your Laptop or Notebook that I have myself: a cordless mouse, screen cleaner, laptop cooling pad and portable speakers. Please don't take this blog as an Infomercial as these are the only accessories I own for my laptop. Logitech V200 Cordless ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/four-great-inexpensive-accessories-recommended-for-your-laptop-or-notebook/ I thought the Ghost Whisperer on CBS couldn't get more moronic and idiotic after last weeks show where they killed off the second lead character, Jim Clancy (David Conrad) by having a cop fire blindly at 2 silhouettes in a window on a darkened night. I was wrong. The ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/ghost-whisperer-ultimate-jump-the-shark-funeral-this-show-is-like-a-bad-acid-trip/ If you're a computer beginner, I thought I would alert you to the fact if you're not aware that every time you install a new program or there is a Windows Update to your computer or your Internet Browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) updates, the registry on your computer changes. ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/computer-beginners-your-computer-problems-are-probably-caused-by-the-computers-registry-changing-everytime-a-new-program-is-installed-every-windows-update-and-every-browser-upgrade-heres-what-to/ I don't know if you noticed this but Heroes on NBC kills off more minorities then any TV show around! I'm a non-political oblivious white man and even I noticed this. If you're read my blog, you know I'm not PC, but this is ridiculous. I know at least 4 ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/heroes-kills-off-more-minorities-then-any-other-tv-show/ I've blogged before about CBS's Cold Case TV drama which in my opinion has become the most Fascist Show in the History of television advocating the denial of a persons civil rights and violating due process. CBS should fire all the writers of this show and do an investigation as ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/cbs-cold-case-promotes-denial-of-civil-rights-once-more-this-fascist-show-violated-due-process/ Just a quick post to save people time and frustration if they blog using Wordpress 2.51 and suddenly can't upload. After wasting about 3 hours trying to get Wordpress 2.51 to upload, I found out that apparently when I updated my Adobe Flash Player 9 to Adobe Flash Player 10, ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/adobe-flash-player-10-problem-with-wordpress-251/ For anyone who's new to online dating or to people who have tried online dating before to mixed results, here are some tips to make your online dating experience as easy and successful as possible based on my own successes and failures. Before You Make Arrangements to Meet for a Date 1. ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/the-best-way-to-make-an-online-date-and-where-to-go-on-your-date/ C diff (Clostridium Difficile) is a Healthcare associated infection acquired during a stay in a hospital or longterm care facility. I am not a Doctor and this post is just a quick summary of the symptoms of C. diff which is very dangerous as its a drug resistant bacteria. Hospitals ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/symptoms-of-c-diff-clostridium-difficile-drug-resistant-bacteria-infection-that-one-catches-in-hospitals/ The thing I hate most about the NBA isn't the fact that its referees allow NBA Superstars to play by a different set of rules then the rest of the players, its that NBA Commissioner David Stern seems to deny this goes on. Check out the latest example of special ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/howthe-nba-lets-superstars-play-by-different-rules-boston-celtics-kevin-garnett-versus-toronto-raptors-jose-calderon/ I majored in English in College and its a great major if you enjoy reading, like writing and hate taking tests! That's right, hate taking tests. Other than a Shakespeare class, I can't recall any other English course I that I had to take an "in class" test. I was ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/english-is-a-great-college-major-and-great-for-getting-a-job-and-succeeding-in-the-work-place/ These are Before and After Unprofessional unlighted Unretouched Pictures of Me (Some of the photos were taken by cell phone camera, sorry) Just my natural hair with no concealer, nothing. I value my privacy so I cropped the front photos by my eyes. I always had fine hair but my hair ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/how-to-regrow-hair-and-fix-your-thinning-hair-loss-like-i-did/ A word that spells the same backward as well as forward such as "did' is called a Palindrome. Chances are you or your friends might be able to come up with less than 5 Palindromes off the top of your head. The following is a list of 59 single dictionary ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/59-words-that-spell-the-same-backwards-and-forwards-palindromes/ To all these people who are moaning the death of Jim Clancy (David Conrad) by moronic means (See my blog here) on The Ghost Whisperer on CBS leaving an already mediocre show even worse, cheer up, there is a chance Jim Clancy is alive and well living in Argentina. No, ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/the-ghost-whisperer-jim-may-be-alive-and-well-spoiler/ As someone who's rented an Apartment most of my adult life, I've made my share of mistakes when deciding to rent in different buildings and this blog is a list of things you should check on before renting your apartment that might not have occurred to you. The list is ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/renting-an-apartment-20-mistakes-to-avoid-before-you-sign-a-lease/ In the history of Television I don't think there has ever been a series regular killed off in a stupider, more moronic way than the character of Jim Clancy, TV husband of the Ghost Whisperer Jennifer Love Hewitt, who was murdered by Cop. Specifically, Jim and another dude were struggling ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/ghost-whisperer-murder-by-cop-this-is-the-stupidist-show-on-tv/ Here is a list I put together off the top of my head in alphabetical order of the 20 Greatest inventions of the 20th Century that without them would make our everyday lives difficult. I classified health items like Aspirin as an invention amd if an invention had offshoots or ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/the-20-greatest-inventions-of-the-20th-century-we-couldnt-live-without/ This alphabetical list contains a lot of hard to find business phone numbers of Computer and Internet Related companies. Use it as a rough guide which I'll try to update periodically. It's not perfect as I'm sure I left companies out and all the phone numbers are US phone numbers ... http://www.giftsandfreeadvice.com/free_advice/hard-to-find-business-phone-numbers-computer-and-internet-retailer-repost/