Maybe I'm not as clever as I think buying two identical pairs of shoes. A friend tells me he had the same idea, but came unstuck when he went on a business trip and unpacked at his destination to find he'd packed two left shoes.

I've either wasted some time this afternoon or I will be on Extra sometime between 5.30 and 6o'clock tonight on Brisbane's Channel 9 talking about the new ticket scalping laws.

Dean Martin may have died in 1995, but his fame lives on. According to the the BBC, EMI Music has signed a deal which will allow it to market his name, likeness and image. EMI already markets Martin's back catalogue, which includes hits such as That's Amore, Ain't that a Kick in the Head and Everybody Loves Somebody.