Christine Bleakley

It's about time we had a few pictures of Christine Bleakley. She's moved from the evening TV show on BBC to an early morning one on ITV, which means I'll never get to see her. She's good looking but she ain't that good looking for me to set an alarm.

And maybe she's not that good looking but if you sit near Adrian Chiles you start to look good by comparison.

















More to come...

Golden Idea

You can buy gold bullion on-line these days. From places like the United States Gold Bureau you can buy metal such as silver, gold or other precious metals, as an investment.

Back in the times of the ancient Egyptians, people of wealth would buy gold. It showed their status to others but also it acted as an investment. Their wealth looked nice but could be redeemed if need be. You can always sell gold.

The same principals work today. If you invest in gold you can sell at a later date and get the value out of it. And the interesting this is that, because people tend to invest more in gold during times of economic instability, the price you can get for gold has been increasing.

If you want to find out more click the link in the first paragraph.

Kate Moss, To Be Married?

Kate Moss headed to Radio 1's Maida Vale studios on Thursday for a night of programmes dedicated to DJ Annie Nightingale. The supermodel was still wearing a ring on her wedding finger - fuelling rumours she is engaged to Jamie Hince.

Or, fuelling rumours that she had fat fingers and couldn't get the ring off. Actually, she's Kate Moss. That's not very likely. It's more likely she'll use that wrong as a garter for her wedding.

The Russian Spy Who Sh**ged Me

Anna Chapman, the Russian spy, is getting her own website. Yep, she's famous now. She's the one who married a British guy and pretended to be a good little wife while all the time she was actually working towards her own secret goals... you know, like a wife.

MI5 have been worried that the temptress recruited sub-agents. Well, she's on Facebook, so there's probably some sort of app. Anna Chapman has installed sodium pentathol...

Here's a picture of her...



But let's be honest, there's only one way to see if the cold war has thawed, and that's to see if she looks cold in these topless pictures...

Picture 1 and Picture 2

Bullion

After the recent financial troubles it must be tempting to think that we never should've dumped the gold standard.

In the old days gold was the standard by which all monies were measured. After the Second World War America dropped the gold standard and make the dollar the standard. And the dollar hasn't been that healthy of late.

Some people have said the Euro could be the standard of the future but after Greece needed to be bailed out by the rest of the Euro zone it showed the weaknesses in the pan-European currency.

For all that people say the gold standard should not have been dropped we have to realise there are physical limitations. Look at it this way, all the gold that has ever been mined has been estimated at around 142,000 metric tons. At US$1,000 per ounce the total value of all the gold ever mined would be around $4.5 trillion. That's less than the value of circulating money in the U.S. so you see that problem. And quantitative easing isn't possible under those restrictions.

However, the limitation on the amount of gold is a plus point if you think about gold as an investment. While supply is restricted and demand if free to grow the price will tend to increase. A quick look at the gold price shows is has been on the up for the last two weeks without a break.

With all this in mind it may be time to buy gold bullion. If you want to see more have a look at the www.usgoldbureau.com website.

Self-Tie Shoes

Sports giant Nike has taken out a patent of the self-lacing sneakers worn by Marty McFly in Back to the Future 2.

They would've been better off taking out a patent on a time machine. That's the thing with Nike, they don't see the big picture.

If you patent the time travelling machine, when someone invents it you get to make money from it, buy one, go back in time and patent the self-lacing shoe. It's win-win.

There's hope the self-lacing Nike could really be in stores by 2015 after Nike took out a patent for the technology involved in making them.

Really? Shoes that tie themselves? Aren't we obese enough yet? For some people putting on shoes is the most exercise they get.

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Lap Dancing In The News

A study of lap dancers has found that one in four has a university degree.

That's a bit pointless. It's always nice to be the cleverest person in a room but if they can walk and not dribble they'd be smarter than all the blokes they work with.

The majority of women in the industry were attracted by the money after finishing school and gaining qualifications, according to the research. Most said flexibility was the main attraction of the job.

Hmm. Flexibility is the main attraction of the women too.

But the academics called for better regulation to improve dancers' safety, including the banning of private booths in clubs.

Dancers are also open to exploitation by the clubs, which can impose "unfair" charges or fines on them.

They'll be used to unfair charges because they have to deal with tuition fees these days.

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If you don't know what we're talking about here is some research from the web...