Quick Tip: Flipping a video on windows media player so that it's not on it's side

I recently took a video of my two year old dancing with his Mickey Mouse toy, but I had the camera to the side and had to figure out how to flip it.  Here's what I found from Yahoo Answers:

Using Windows Movie Maker...

1. Import the video.

2. Drag it into the timeline

3. Right-click on the clip and select Video Effects...

4. Select either Rotate 90 or Rotate 270 and Add it to the Displayed Effects list

5. Save the Movie File under a new name.

I was able to fix the above video to this:

Quick Tip: Use Nail Polish to get (most of) Sharpie off Wood

I knew my 2 year old son was being too quiet, when I came into the computer room I saw this:

The culprit:  

A quick google search told me that nail polish remover or Mr. Clean Magic Eraser should do the trick.  This is the desk after the nail polish remover. 

Still not great, but better.  I used the Magic Eraser after the nail polish remover, but it wasn't able to help much more. I'm thinking I might be spray painting this desk eventually.