Personally I’m not quite sure why you would want to visit Starbucks but that’s my opinion. Some people obviously do like the brand but other people like this man might be bordering on the obsessive. He has made it his mission to visit every Starbucks around the world. He has managed an impressive 9,100 and is now in England to visit the 400 outlets over here. After the UK he will move onto a tour of Europe, visiting Spain, Portugal, Germany and Romania. At every outlet he orders a regular cup of coffee and takes a picture and puts it on his website. So far he has spent around $100,000 on his project over a course of 12 years. He estimates that he still has 3,000 outlets worldwide still to visit.

If you are a landlord and are currently struggling to manage your rental properties yourself then you might want to look into using a property management company like Real Property Management. They specialise in the management of single family homes, apartment buildings and homeowners associations. They offer services such as tenant placement, credit and criminal background screening, accounting, project management, collections, evictions and maintenance services so they can basically do all of the hard work for you. In addition all of their property maintenance is done by their own people so you don’t have to pay overinflated charges and they have a 24 hour emergency service which is available seven days a week. If you want to see how they help you, you can contact a representative through the website. 

A TV advert for Tetley tea has been banned after the advertising watchdog decided it could mislead viewers. The advert for green tea shows a woman who decides to drink a cup of green tea rather than go out jogging with the voiceover saying 'For an easy way to help look after yourself, pick up Tetley Green Tea. It's full of antioxidants.' The advertising watchdog has ruled that this claim is misleading as there are no proven health benefits to drinking green tea. Four viewers had complained that the adverts suggested drinking green tea would have the same benefits as exercising. The advert will not be broadcast again in its current form. Tetley have said that the tea was promoted as part of a healthy lifestyle.

According to this article exports of Champagne have dropped by a third. The news comes as people cut back on luxury products during the recession. Some of the biggest Champagne houses such as Laurent-Perrier have seen a drop of 27 per cent in the 2008/2009 financial year with net profits down by 45 per cent. It’s not just Champagne exports that are suffering it appears that people are buying less high end wines and moving towards more lower priced bottles as they try to save money.

Stinking Bishop has been voted Britain’s smelliest cheese. The cheese which is made by Charles Martell and Son in Gloucestershire has been described as smelling like a rugby club changing room. It was voted as the winner at the Britain’s Smelliest Cheese Championships beating Driftwood by Whitelake Cheeses which came second and St Oswald by Gorsehill Abbey which took third place. I haven't tried Stinking Bishop but I might have to get some to see what its like. Watch this space for the review.

I came across this website the other day that offers Online poker. Called Titan Poker it has been developed by one of the leading online gaming software companies Playtech. The Titan Poker website has in depth guides on how to play poker including the rules and strategies of how to play the game, so if you haven’t played before its well worth checking these out.  The website also offers a variety of games aimed at players of all abilities. For new players there are games with a low risk factor where you can stake as little $5 and more experienced players can play for much larger prizes. Once you have downloaded the software you can join a table and try your luck. The software offers a real gaming experience and allows you to play up to 16 tables at a time. The website seems to have quite a number of players online at any one time. I visited quite early in the morning UK time and was surprised to find there were 7146 players online with 1191 active tables. With these sorts of numbers playing it’s no surprise that they have given away over $1,000,000 in jackpot prizes since the launch of the site in 2005.

According to this article the recession has seen the number of millionaires in Britain halve. The decline has been put down to a number of factors but mainly the collapse in the property market, the fall in the value of shares and cuts in city bonuses. The number of millionaires in 2007 was estimated at 489,000 but this has now fallen to around 242,000. The rise in the number of millionaires from 2003 to 2007 was mainly attributed to a rise in house prices during that period. With property prices starting to level out I’m sure there will be people waiting to cash in and make their millions once the market improves.

PC maker Dell has seen a decline of 63% in its profits. The decline of almost two-thirds means that they made a net profit of $290m in the three months to 1 May down 63% from $784m a year ago. Although revenues at the firm fell 23% to $12.3bn the results were better than analysts had expected during the current recession. Dell has already cut costs because of falling sales by reducing its global workforce by more than 9,000 people over the past year. Although no further cuts have been announced Dell have said they are continuing cost reduction efforts. The results come a week after Hewlett Packard announced a quarterly profit decline of 17% and that it was cutting 2% per cent of its workforce, a total of 6,000 jobs.

This article is interesting it suggests that eating soup can help you lose weight. Apparently if you were to eat a meal of chicken of vegetables with a glass of water you would only feel full for a couple of hours but if you have the same meal blending the water with the food to make soup it fills you up for much longer. According to the article this is down to the fact that after you have eaten a meal the pyloric sphincter in your stomach holds back food so that digestive juices can work. Water passed through the sphincter to your intestines and therefore does not fill you up. However, when the water is mixed with food the mixture stays in the stomach making you feel fuller for longer. I quite like soup but I also like bread to dip in it which I think adds any extra calories that you might save by not snacking.

I was looking around at bedroom furniture and found some nice Bedroom Sets at spacify.com. In particular I quite liked this Sterling Park Regents bedroom suite (pictured left). It includes the bed, headboard and a one drawer nightstand and you can also purchase a 7 drawer dresser and mirror to match as an optional extra. The website offers free shipping to the US and also a quick ship option on items that are in stock. They also have a 100% price match guarantee so that if you find the same product somewhere else at a cheaper price they will refund the difference.