Hey! Want to go on a "virtual date"?

Technology never ceases to amaze me. At least what you can do with it sometimes.

For example, online dating services are huge. Whatever demographic, race, religion, age, or whatever else you belong to, I'm sure you can find a dating service on the Internet just for you.

But here's something different I ran across today...

Want to know how the "first date" might go with someone? Well, go on a "virtual date" with them to find out!

That may soon become a reality, as major dating services are working on your ability to have an "online fling" with someone before going out with them. And this involves much more than just a chat line, where you can get the "preliminaries" out of the way first, before deciding to actually go out with each other.

In fact, a virtual dating web site named OmniDate lets users create online "representations of themselves" and then "meet" their date in a virtual bar or cafe to see how things might go.

I don't know about you, but sometimes the "old-fashioned way" of doing things is much more fun!

As far as the stock market goes, we seem to be still mired in an "old-fashion" bear market. We've seen several rally attempts since last November's (for now) bottom, but each time they've been thwarted.

 

Gold stocks are still going ballistic in this environment, as the price of the precious metal escalates almost daily because of the enormous investor flight to safe havens.

And I found a small metals stock today that popped over 40% in a decent Baffle Play setup. Based on its long-term chart, I think it has plenty of upside ahead. I'll name it for my Premium Members.