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Unique Golf Gifts For The Holiday Golfer

Article by Chris A Smith

If you have a golfer on your gift list, make this the year you give him or her an unique golf gift. Actually, it’s more a perfect golf gift than unique. Do you know what it is?

Ask any golfer what they would like as a gift for the holidays. They may come back with a dozen different answers but at the heart of it, they all want the same thing. The golfer who absolutely needs a new driver to cure his slice, wants the same thing as the golfer who needs to start making those three foot putts and believes he has to have a new putter.

What they both want is a better golf game.

There’s an old adage about amateur golf that says all bad shots can be blamed on the equipment. The logical follow up to that is the fastest way to improve your game is to buy new equipment. Now that’s great news for club manufacturers, but in reality, it does nothing for the golfer.

If your golfer friend has a bad swing, or doesn’t know the fundamentals, he or she is doomed to continue to play badly regardless of what piece of equipment you give them.

Do you know what would turn that around?

Lessons. Another old adage that I am personally way to familiar with is “When all else fails, read the instructions”. Most amateur golfers had never had a lesson. They picked up the club and tried to copy what they saw on TV or their buddy or on the range or whatever. The net result is that there are some really unique, if not effective, golf swings out there.

You could be their saving grace. You could be the person that finally allows them to win a bet or two. Your gift will not be forgotten.

So where do you get these golf lessons. Almost every golf course has a teaching pro or two. Typically you can get gift certificates and then let your golfer work out the time that suits him or her best. Lessons from a pro are the best way to go but they are pricey and will typically run to 0 an hour for individual lessons.

The alternative can work just as well if your golfer puts their mind to it. The internet is full of DVDs and e books that will effectively walk him through all the different swings and strategies. These products are significantly more affordable and are obviously more convenient.

So this holiday forget the new golf towel or 12 piece divot repair tool and give your golfer something that will make their game truly better. Give him lessons.

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TV Shows for Holiday Viewing

Article by Bobby Buys

Did not see the original run? Missed a few episodes? Overtaken by nostalgia when faced by the fact that there is noting worth watching on TV? You may want to fill your festive season days with these popular TV shows:

Scrubs

If you thought medical sitcoms have been done to death, Scrubs should change your mind. This sharp, inventive and delightfully insane comedy is inhabited by a bunch of wacky, but endearing characters who are positively addictive. Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke lead the ensemble cast, each of whom vies for acting honours.

Sex and the City

SATC’s intensely feminine perspective raised the bar for chick-flicks to a level that has yet to be crossed. Its four designer-clad heroines, garnered a huge fan following with Carrie Bradshaw’s character, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, becoming a household name. Based on Candace Bushnell’s novel of the same name, it’s a funny, warm and ironic look at the love lives of four New Yorkers.

Ugly Betty

This comedy drama is an adaptation of a popular Colombian telenovela that chronicles the life of a toothy, bespectacled fashion journalist. A cast of colourful, if one dimensional characters and loads of screwball comedy livens the show. Watch it for America Ferrara’s consistently good performance as the endearingly plain Betty.

The Big Bang Theory

Critics panned this sitcom, but plenty of viewers gave The Big Bang Theory thumbs- up for its wacky look into the world of geek culture. It’s funny, smart and you don’t really need the laugh track to get chuckling. Jim Parsons, who plays Sheldon, holds this one together with his comic brilliance.

Las Vegas

This five season drama from NBC that aired from 2003-2008 is a fun watch thanks to a racy script and action-packed sequences. Hollywood icon James Caan is Ed Deline, and the show boast of a slew of celeb guests which includes Paris Hilton, Criss Angel, Alec Baldwin, Dennis Hopper, Sylvester Stallone and more, up the glamour quotient.

Friends

Is there anyone in the civilized world who hasn’t heard of Friends? When the series finally wound up after ten seasons, millions of TV viewers went into serious withdrawal. Such was the impact of this delightful series about a group of close-knit buddies who frequently meet up at their homes or at Central Perk, a Greenwich Village coffee bar.

Desperate Housewives

Nothing is quite what it seems in the picture-perfect suburb of Wisteria Lane, Fairview. Susan, Lynette, Bree and Gabrielle are the housewives whose lives, secrets, love and, yes, crimes have attracted viewers worldwide, ever since the show hit TV screens in 2004.

Dexter

Plenty of dark doings here for viewers who like chills and thrills. Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) is an expert in bloodstain pattern analysis. When he’s not working for the Miami Metro Police, Dexter is…uh…a serial killer. Only, he goes after other killers and not innocent folks.

Gossip Girl

Cecily von Ziegasar’s book series provided the inspiration for this teenage drama series bearing the same name. “Gossip Girl” is an invisible blogger who draws you into the elite world of five young women from Upper East Side, Manhattan. Love, scheming and scandals galore.

The Vampire Diaries

What is it about vampires and bad boys that draws women? Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) falls in love with Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) who’s a vampire, but a good guy. Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) is his older brother, a malevolent personality who also desires Elena.

True Blood

Another vampire tale, this time from HBO. The very curvaceous Anna Paquin plays Sookie Stackhouse, the telepathic heroine, while her 173-year-old, hot vampire lover is Bill Compton (Steven Moyer). Lots of steamy love scenes (some nudity too) and violence could hook viewers who aren’t otherwise into vampires.

How I Met Your Mother

Funny, warm and touching, CBS’s sitcom How I Met Your Mother is set in 2030 with Ted Mosby (voiced by Bob Saget) narrating to his grown children a tale of how he met their mother. It’s déjà vu time for fans of Friends, while watching Ted (Josh Radnor) and his five buddies. Great acting makes this worth a watch.

Two and a Half Men

Charlie (Charlie Sheen) is a high-living, happy-go-lucky jingle writer whose life is turned upside down when his brother Alan (Jon Cryer) gets divorced and moves into his beach front home, along with teenage son Jake (Angus T. Jones). Plenty of chuckles in this top-ranked CBS comedy series that has seen seven good seasons.

30 Rock

This 2006 comedy, written by Tina Fey, is partly based on her real life work experiences. 30 Rock is about the behind-the-scenes action that takes place during the making of a live comedy series being aired on NBC. Watch it for Alec Baldwin’s impeccable comic timing.

Smallville

America’s love affair with Superman never ends. Ten seasons on, Smallville holds the record for the longest running series based on a comic-book. Smallville is the birth/place of Clark Kent, Superman’s gawky alter ego. Each season of the show takes you through Clark’s high school years.

Lost

A plane crashes on an unknown island. The survivors must constantly battle The Others, the island’s hostile residents. This simple plot wove itself into a television series filled with twists and turns that have hooked viewers for six years and generated endless discussions on its symbolism and adrenalin-pumping sequences.

Jersey Shore

Jersey Shore comes from MTV, which pioneered reality shows. The action is set in Seaside Heights, a rather downmarket resort town some distance from New Jersey. Here, the housemates are a group of young Italian-Americans who seek to entertain you in various ways, from whooping it up on the boardwalk to engaging in energetic, if aimless arguments, punctuated with colourful language.

Prison Break

This jail series drama has a complex, if logic-defying plot. Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) holds up a bank so he can get into jail and bust out his sibling Lincoln (Dominic Purcell), who’s on death row for killing the Vice-President’s brother. Michael, you see, is the structural engineer who designed the prison! Good performances and well shot sequences make for an entertaining watch.

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