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Nostalgia used to be something that obsessed my generation born at the end of baby boomers. But a new generation is discovering a fondness for its youth. It's hip to be so five years ago when you left the NSW Parliament
James Cumes of VOW and Lakatoi fame shares with the blogosphere via Jeffa the Good News
James Cumes is the author of Haverleigh and other great books are filled with grace, style, honesty and wit. Read James’ master pieces for sheer history, beauty and charm. Nothing new even comes close. Austrio-Czech Jelinek is great, yet Austrio-Australian Cumes is greatest of the all... I think life is too short to waste it on mediocre wine, artificial flowers and meaningless books. Obey my orders taste James word and you will never look back!

Tracking Trends Great & Small: Can You Name That Supertitle?
Businesses spend millions to create a catchy tagline for their products. Too bad consumers don't remember most of them ....
Quick -- what's the title of Jozef Imrich’s book? How about Kmart's (KMRT )? And Buick's (GM )? If you don't know, you won't advance in Jeopardy! when the category is advertising. But you won't be alone.
Like Cold River, contemporary catch-phrases just crumble into dust.
• Obey your reading thirst; [Yellow brick road to righteousness: More people gain their philosophy of life and spiritual values through musicals than by going to church, says a new book. So what life lessons can musicals teach us? My Mamka Maria taught Do-Re-Mi while My Tato Jozef taught me Guralu Ci Ci Nezal; ]
• · Good news for men everywhere: the more sex you have, the better your sperm quality Superman 2004
• · · There is, of course, a Sod's Law factor to the equation. If you judge your ratings wrongly, you might become too optimistic - and calamity will strike A new mathematical formula has proved Murphy's Law really does strike at the worst possible time ; [Having the blues lifts the Imrich’s heart It's not always easy feeling blue ]
• · · · Most of the cells in your body are not your own, nor are they even human. They are bacterial
• · · · · More wonderful things on the blog include a comment about how women have much more influence on the Net than people think as they tend to be the emailers and listserv supporters, spreading the stories that need to be spread
• · · Value your life! Superior protection Phil Harvey sells sexual excitement to the rich, then helps the poor
• · · · · · Czechs and Aussies take a sip: A report finds not all beers are created equal; [ Coke versus Pepsi: It's all in the head ]

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Some bloggers may take a different personality on their web logs. Others may simply show their true colors ; via Brilliant Boynton

The Blog, The Press, The Media: Spread the Word Far and Wide, According to Soros Wishes
On Tuesday I delivered a speech at the National Press Club in Washington explaining why I am involved in this election. In the coming weeks, I will be traveling the country to speak with more Americans about why I believe President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests and undermining American values. I have started this website and this blog to hear from you. I am eager to engage in a critical discussion about this election because the stakes are so high, and I welcome your opinions here and on your own blogs. I am looking forward to responding to the many comments that I have already received in the days ahead. Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you.
• Words fail me as I never thought George Soros would ever have the time to blog. On the other hand, I never thought the Iron Curtain would come down in my LIFETIME! George Soros joins the blogosphere ; [Why We Must Not Re-elect President Bush]
• · Tim Porter: What do we need to do to move forward? How do we attract new readers? Editorial Pages: Pizza vs. Finger Bowls
• · · Tim Porter Puts stop to blogger bash thing: Carry My Notebook, Please
• · · · Lawrence Henry: Oh, the blogosphere is crowing, carrying Dan Rather's head around on a pike, as Keith Olbermann complained bitterly a couple of weeks ago What Blogs Can’t Do
• · · · · Today 2 Million People are blogging in Amerika: Before Applying, Check Out the Blogs
• · · · · · Naomi Klein: You Can't Bomb Beliefs

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AP had already put out a report about the debate....in the PAST TENSE (and the debate was due to start in an hour ...)
Slate screams Don't Vote: It makes more sense to play the lottery
CBS News captures the pre-Florida atmosphere rather well Spin has already begun: The Backstory
Jim Wallis editor-in-chief of Sojourners: Tells why the best contribution of religion is precisely not to be a loyal partisan; Brian McLaren argues that You don't need to be partisan to be prophetic

Eye on Florida and More of the Same: Fiction V Reality: Heavens to Bessie, Breca and Beowulf
Google has over 2004 links to the debate and the biggest policy differences of all
For the first time in the television age, the candidates' opening and historically most influential debate was devoted to foreign policy and national security — subjects that have overshadowed the traditional pocketbook issues in this campaign...
Whether John Kerry won the debate with President Bush Thursday night is an open question question that voters will decide, but he almost certainly won a chance for a second look.
And that he quite clearly needed. Some Republicans had said the Bush campaign wanted to switch the issue of foreign affairs from the third debate to the first one to give the president the chance to effectively close out the race by undercutting Kerry on shifting positions on the war in Iraq.
Instead, Kerry painted a contrast with the president over the war and challenged an aspect of Bush's character--a sense of moral certitude--that could be the president's greatest electoral liability, especially among women and independent voters.
It's one thing to be certain, but you can be certain and be wrong. It's another to be certain and be right, or to be certain and be moving in the right direction, or be certain about a principle and then learn new facts and take those new facts and put them to use in order to change and get your policy right...And certainty sometimes can get you in trouble.
• Bush, Kerry debate who can best lead in times of uncertainty: Wartime [Al Gore, The NY Times scoop: How to Debate George Bush; Getting Medieval with the Presidential Debates: Claims and counterclaims: the preliminary exchanges of noble warriors, bent on augmenting their own reputations by stressing the worthiness of their opponent - like Breca and Beowulf]
• · After a deluge of campaign speeches and hostile television ads, President Bush and challenger John Kerry got their chance to face each other directly Thursday night before an audience of over 60 million Americans voters Analysis by ABCNews.Go.Com; [Connie Rice: Top 10 Secrets They Don't Want You to Know About the Debates Letting Amerika squabble over who gets to be the next bad guy; Networks balk at Bush-Kerry debate agreement ]
• · · Florida Betting Factor Kerry using boots as political tool ; [Kerry on orange alert: skin transition on eve of debate]
• · · · Florida O’Reilly Factor Bush Talks to O'Reilly ; [Bush's Top Ten Flip-Flops]
• · · · · UN Secretary General Kofi Annan expressed grave concern at the escalation of the violence, adding he particularly mourned the death and injuries of children. Kofi sounds like the broken record on Google. Kofi Do Something Constructive! Iraq’s Beslan ; Gaza Strip
• · · · · · Joe Lives McCarythyist paranoid impulse The myth — oft-repeated by politicians and journalists; [Bill Hobbs is following vote fraud allegations closely ; The blogosphere is abuzz that there might be an authoritative expert by the name of David E. Hailey, Jr., Ph.D. who might have proven the CBS documents are legit ... Death to all who oppose the blogosphere. You will be assimilated...]