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Where to gamble for Christmas?

Let's face it. Christmas time is supposed to be a joyous time of the year but it is probably the most stressful time of the year. When we should be taken care of ourselves we tend to do the opposite, go to our vices and then try to make up for it with new years on promises that we never keep.

Well lets cut the crap out and talk about what you can expect when it comes to gambling for Christmas. We don't mean to say to gamble on christmas day but rather to take advantage of promotions both online and in land based.

For Las Vegas according to Las Vegas Direct the best discounts happen from Christmas to New Years. So why not spend both there and save a ton! Surely this is one of the best kept secrets around but most people don't plan to spend their Christmas in Las Vegas. If you want to live like a king for a week just splurge and treat yourself right.

For those that don't plan to go anywhere you might want to consider online casinos as a means for getting away. Not only that if you don't want to make a deposit at all, expect no deposit bonuses to come your way as casinos have nothing better else to do than to fight for your attention. Even if you do make a deposit you can expect match bonuses anywhere from 50% up to 500%.

What about slots? Try Christmas slots where you can find christmas themed slot games to play and get custom bonuses along the way. Just watch out for their blog or join their rss feed.

Ho Ho Ho!!!

Information for landlords and tennants

After hearing of a friend where their tennant was trying to screw him over out of overdue rent, I decided to do some research when it comes to contracts between landlords and tennants. 

Tennants certainly need to protect themselves but if you are a landlord there is no excuse for dropping the ball on anything and you must hold your end of the deal up. Also if you have a deliquant tennant then you'll want to make sure you are following all the necessary steps and procedures for eviction and debt collection.

So what information do you need? 

It depends on your state in that all laws are different where some states have more protection for the tennant while other states have more protection for the landlord. Either way you need a propoer contract in place and you need basic and standard forms to get the job done.

http://www.diylandlordforms.com/

You can find enough information about the types of forms available but basically they are the same thing. Now if you need landlord and tennant rental agreements, there is no need to make these overly complicated or having to get something completely out of date. 

You can get it by clicking around the diylandlordforms website or just click on this link here:

http://www.diylandlordforms.com/rental-agreements/rental-agreement.php

What you don't want is a situation where nobody signed any contract which you would be surprised how often this happens. Get everything signed and dated properly and always keep good records.

 

Our favorite blackberry apps

Christmas is around the corner and you can bet that on my Christmas wishlish is a new blackberry phone, cough cough if you are reading this. For those stuck in the bubble of the iphone world or brainwashed by the folks at google and android there is another alternative that for blackberry lovers are happy that the blackberry apps are starting to rise. 

That is thankfully developers are working overtime to produce apps for blackberry in addition to android and iphone/ios. One place we like to check for news on blackberry apps is topblackberryapps.net. 

Now here is our short list of favourite apps in blackberry apps:

Shazam - This app is a must have for listening to the radio and if you want to know what song is playing, just turn on this app and 'Ta Daa'

Drivesafe.ly - This app is a must have since blackberry users are notorious for driving and texting. This app converts text to voice and vice versa. Many countries and states are making driving and texting or phoning illegal so this app will not only save your life but save you some money.

WhatsApp Messenger - this is a better alternative to Viber. Viber is a good app but you cannot trust the people behind it to not steal and sell your data which forums are flooded with these accusations that this company exists only for that reason. WhatsApp might do the same but so far they haven't been called out by the ethical police yet. Save money when you are texting. Most mobile service providers love to rip you off, use WhatsApp to tell them where to go!

Hillarious animated gifs

Start your day right with a good laugh. Laughing is good for you and research shows people who laugh more live longer and also don't suck. So if you are looking for a good laugh here are our top 5 hillarious LOL animated gifs.

First up is the hillarious bad brother. These 2 girls think they are being all cute and getting all the attention in front of the camera. Clearly bad brother doesn't agree and takes matters into his own hands.

This next gif is either too hillarious or too disgusting. Either way the girl wishes he hadn't have touched or startled her dog, which now probably feels embarrassed as to what the dog just did to master. Yes, squirting liquid poop.

Next up is bongo kitty that doesn't disappoint as much as squirting liquid poop dog. This kitty bongo gif is one you can watch over and over.

Super volcano scare

BBC had a news article talking about a possible super volcano and that more activity is happening at the yellowstone national park in the united states. If you don't know what a super volcano is then you should visit the wikipedia page that says there are 7 known super volcanoes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano

Well many documentaries have been made in the past 10 years to talk about Yellowstone being the next super volcano and that it occurs once every 650,000 to 700,000 years and it hasn't gone off in 630,000 years. If one does go off it seems it will wipe out most of the animals living in north america. 

Soap price fixing?

Who knew you could rig the price of soap but now that Unilever and Procter & Gamble have been caught and given a massive fine, it makes you wonder if more of this activity is happening around the world. So how large is the fine? About 315 million euros! or at the current exchange rate of $456 million USD!!!

Now the real question is this, if these companies are being fined for causing consumers to pay more for their product will the fine collected go back to the consumer? It sounds like the answer is probably no and who knows if this money will now end up in the pockets of politicians.

So these are just 2 companies who have been caught and it makes you wonder about the price of oil as well. There is no shortage of supply yet these magical crisis events around the world it seems like when Lady Gaga farts that it is another cause for the price of oil. Unrest in the middle east? Yes we have to increase the price of oil there because ... of uncertainty... yes we are very uncertain so we need to increase the price.

Gbagbo arrested in Ivory Coast

It appeared that Ivory Coast was on the verge of a civil war with the former President Laurent Gbagbo looking to walk over their own people to hold onto power over the people. The elections appeared to show that rival Alassane Ouattara had won a fair election but Gbagbo and his people were looking to cover this up and it seemed at one point that Mr. Ouattara might have been in risk of being assassinated as his hotel complex was being attacked. Surely events like this are only going to cripple the people in Ivory Coast and one has to wonder who holds the real power in this country and will the cycle of corruption continue to hold their own people prisoners?

The price of chocolate and cocoa has gone up as a result as a lot of cocoa is produced in the Ivory Coast. Back in December international football star Didier Drogba called for peace saying the unrest was going to cost lives and more.

Either way you look at it, some damage has been done but hopefully for the people of Ivory Coast they can move forward to the future and not a step backwards.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13056546

Thats a wrap, fines in France for veils

It is hard to say if France is moving forward or backwards in their ban of veils. Fines of 150 euros are given out if women are wearing in and can be asked to remove by police. What is more intense is that if people force others to wear the veil they can be jailed for up to 2 years.

Islam is the #2 religion in France and at this rate it could be the #1 religion in the next 20 years. What happens in France may have an effect throughout the rest of the world in non muslum countries where Muslums live their lives as if they were in their homelands.

Nobody knows if there will be any backlashes or significant challenges to this law but the French people don't seem to be complaining. The truth is this religion will divide France and create even more tension and separation from Muslums and the rest of the French population. France wants immigrants to adapt to the country and not the other way around.

contract versus pay as you go

You know what I have about mobile phone contracts? Everything! I am starting to think these mobile companies are just out to bill their customers to death. I mean it is so easy to run up a large bill and let things get out of control especially if you are traveling around the world. Imagine going to another country for a week then coming back with a $500 to $1000 expensive phone bill. Stuff like this happens far too often.

So it is time to do the pay as you go or prepaid test to see if the service is any different and how much money is spent. Of course you can't spend unlimited. It helps when you are traveling to get your phone unlocked which you can usually get from cellunlock.net

Time to cancel your money draining contracts and move to prepaid or pay as you go.

 

Nicky Hilton another dumb broad?

Who knows if Nicky Hilton will follow the footsteps of sister Paris Hilton to become just another dumb broad. So far she has stayed out of the news and doesn't seem to be the attention whore that sister Paris is. The last thing the world needs is not just another dumb broad but another spoiled brat acting like Paris.

If you look up Nicky Hilton you won't find much dirt on her as most hilton searches end up showing not so favorable results.

http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/18/nicky-hilton-driving-cell-phone-ticket-violation-police-paris-hilton/