It's that time of year again. The Theatre Communications Group and its partners are sponsoring Free Night of Theater 2009.  Each reservation includes two complimentary tickets to attend a participating theater across the U.S. from October 15th-31st.  I'm sure I don't have to tell you what a value that is.  75,000 tickets are up for grabs, so hurry and get yours before it's too late.  These go fast. 

More freebies after the jump.

Evernote

Over the years, I have accumulated a huge amount of notes, recipes, crafts, tips, and ideas. It’s getting to the point of ridiculousness, as it’s getting difficult to keep up with my collections. This disorganized chaos is all about to change, because of Evernote. For those of you who haven’t used this time-saving tool, Evernote is free service that lets you sync all your ideas, web clippings, notes, scanned documents and stickies (and whatever else you want to keep and remember), on their server. Once captured, your notes are instantly search-able, even your handwritten scribbles. To keep all your notes synced, there are several options for a wide range of devices.

If you’re anything like me, cookbooks are a necessity in your home library. Perhaps, like me, your imagination draws a blank when it comes to cooking. Or, maybe you occasionally need a little inspiration in the kitchen. This inspiration, however, does not come without a price tag. The cost of all those cookbooks, adds up over the years. Until now.

This may come as a shock to some of you, but it’s possible to eliminate your phone bill - forever. A couple of months ago, I was searching for some new ways to save on my monthly costs, and I found a device that promised to save me hundreds of dollars a year on my phone bill, if not eliminate it all together. I was naturally skeptical at first, but after doing some homework, I decided to give it a try.

Buy.com is selling a Targus Optical mouse for laptops, regularly priced at $39, for $10.00 with free shipping. If you use Google Checkout for the first time, you’ll get a $10 instant credit, bringing your total to $0.00. Trust me this works. I used this method last week to "buy" a 1 GB micro SD card (which came with a mini SD and SD card adapters, and micro SD card reader), and it came on Saturday. When I went back to check if they had anymore, they were sold out, and the price was hiked back up to the original price! If this is something you’ve been holding out to buy, now is the time to get it free, while supplies last.

Targus Notebook Optical Wireless Mouse USB -NEW OEM

Can’t decide whether to buy a laptop or a PDA? Well, now you don’t have to compromise your productivity to maintain mobility.

Goozex is offering a free video game for joining their website. With signup, you get 100 points to apply to the Playstation, XBox, or PC game of your choice.

If you have an iPhone, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, or Symbian enabled phone with internet access, you can now download and use an all-in-one instant messaging and VOIP program called Fring for free. With Fring, you’ll be able to chat with all your Yahoo, Skype, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, ICQ, and AIM friends.

Need to hop on the internet, but don’t have access? Well, if you have a WiFi enabled laptop or handheld, there a listing of free WiFi spots in the U.S. at

Need a word processor, but don’t want to pay $$$ for Micro$oft Office? Well, you don’t have to, now that you can download an alternative to Microsoft, which is a complete office suite, free of charge from OpenOffice.org. They have all the office applications you will need with complete Microsoft compatibility. That means you can save and open Microsoft documents right from your PC. That’s right: you will have programs compatible with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. You can even save to .pdf with the word processing application. So, download your free office suite and start being more productive today.