Head this song in the Hilton Family Connections Commercial for the Beijing Olympic Games. Thought I'd give it shot. I managed to figure out the lyrics. Now gonna try my hand at the chords. Hope you enjoy it.

Michael Tolcher - Speed Feels Better

When I was young you let me drive
You kept it under 55
Back then, I couldn't reach the pedal

You help me find the parachute
To catch the wind to slow the fall
Waiting for the dust to settle

BRIDGE:
And its hard to hold on to the bird who flies
When you know it belogs to the sky
When you have to let it go until

CHORUS:
One day, I'll hear everything you say
I might even try your way
I'm not slowing down I found
Speed feels better
Faster, quicker I can get what I'm after
I'm not afraid of disaster
I like to ride the wilder side
Speed feels better

Boring and a waste of time
Till I take the leap you know it feels sublime
I get the rush then I know I'm living

BRIDGE x 1

CHORUS x 1

It feels better, speed feels better
yeah yeah yeah yeah...

May be you're right
May be you know
I'm on my own

Crash and burn you rise again
Leave the ground to rise and win
I'm gonna try it takes forever

CHODRUS x 1

It feels better, speed feels better, it feels better
yeah yeah yeah yeah...

Well, after an agonizing period of being in exile, since the ruthless invasion of the barbaric chickens, Froggy Land has finally been liberated!! The Frogs are rejoicing at their triumph, for they are finally tasting the fruits of their labor.

As for me.. Well, I am so mortified by my sudden disappearance from Froggy Land. It’s not that I fled the country-side in fear of the chickens, but I was rather distracted by their delicious stew that got me somewhat inebriated!! Whatever that means, now that I'm back.. Let me get this thing running once again..

As for my dear pals whom I did not intend to abandon, I’ve got myCAST up and running as a journal for the time being. Hope you become a regular ceneus guest once again.

Today thousands of Japanese will remember what their fellow countrymen in the southern city of Nagasaki went through 60 years ago when they faced a wartime nuclear attack that turned it into an inferno, instantly killing tens of thousands of people - and hastening the end of World War II.

In Nagasaki, as the bells rang, over 6,000 people gathered at a commemorating ceremony, including hundreds of A-bomb survivors, and silently prayed for the estimated 80,000 who died on that day, and the tens of thousands more who later succumbed to radiation-related diseases. There were mixed feelings of sadness, disappointment, regret and hatred filled among them, with only a few managing to express them openly.

We understand your anger and anxiety over the memories of horror of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Yet, is your security actually enhanced by your government's policies of maintaining 10,000 nuclear weapons, of carrying out repeated sub-critical nuclear tests, and of pursuing the development of new miniature nuclear weapons?
- Itchoh Ito, Mayor of Nagasaki

Nagasaki became the target of the second nuclear bomb dropped by Enola Gay, while the first A-bomb struck Hiroshima 3 days ago (Aug 6) creating utter devastation and ultimately totaling up to approximately 214,000 human lives in the two cities.

The A-bomb dropped in Nagasaki was the second and last nuclear bomb used by humans against humans. It ushered in the nuclear age and its consequences extended from ending the war to destroying hundreds of thousands of lives and also generating a long-term life threat to inhabitants. Those who managed to survive that ordeal are now speaking on behalf of the souls of the victims, demanding that Nagasaki be the world's last site of an atomic bombing. And I'm sure that most of us would wish exactly the same.

Three more needed and Ozies are at the brink of victory. Here comes Harmison, banging a short ball and Kasprowicz tries to get out of the way but just cannot manage. The ball balloons up and Geraint Jones clung on to it like a Barbie! That's it, the story has twisted, look whose rejoicing!

Having our guys playing the tri-nation and even without the Edgbaston coverage it was a must to follow this game, as England slowly but surely showed signs of coming to their peak. My boy wasn't it rewarding! The last time I had such a great feeling was during the last world cup opener when the Windies closed in a thriller.

At one stage when Warnie and Lee were breaking the English attack an Oz win was inevitable. It never seemed to change even with Kasprowicz in the middle. However, one wicket is just one, not anymore. So I was eagerly staring at my Bro's PDA waiting till the score shows up without the 9, and Bligh me it did!

Having leveled the series the Englishmen should be in thrilling mood to face the rest of the games. Hopefully we could see the entire series twisting like this one and have a new test leader for a change.

Today, I finally completed my first local e-commerce experience. It ain't much big here, if not there's no considerable market at all. But the minor ones that are slowly springing up continue to do their job in a decent way. Delivery-wise they have been very diligent with their services; however the technology itself lacks the broad and focused implementations.

We have seen some major developments from the production side that could attract consumers to a certain extent and thereby having a solid platform built in terms of electronic or otherwise virtual mediums. However, it still doesn't appear to be the right period for a peak buyer base. So merchants are forced to use their e-commerce services as just another promotional and widening method rather than a direct sales generation strategy.

It's all about consumer attitude and not reach or affordability. Concerns of indirect sales could span from insecure fund transfer to duplication to privacy violation so on and so forth. Even with the modernization of society and trends many feel trapped in the dark when it comes to be dependent on technology in which trust plays a vital and yet a negative role.

However, beyond borders people have compromised over this uncertainty and are continuing to reap the benefits out of it. So as for the business world it's another opportunity. It's not like they are gonna have a major break through by being innovative in the field, but rather a stepping stone for a future that could be promising even in a country like this.

Amidst of the controversy with the delay and aborting Discovery's launch, NASA had to compromise their restrictions to make way for their return to space flight and they paid the price with having Discovery's orbiter damaged during the lift off.

After all the fact finding and logical engineering, Astronauts Stephen Robinson and Soichi Noguchi wrapped up the first spacewalk today, testing heat-shield repair techniques, hot wiring one of the space station's gyroscopes and mounting an attachment device that later will hold a large external tool kit and spare parts box. Mission Control didn't fail to acknowledge "You did a great job today!"

This one was the 59th spacewalk devoted to station assembly and maintenance, pushing the cumulative total to 355 hours and five minutes by 40 NASA astronauts, 10 Russian cosmonauts, one Canadian, one Frenchman and now, one Japanese.

The Discovery crew will continue their space walks until a final decision is made on the repair. It may all sounds like the fun stuff in Jetsons, but they could only wish it was that simple!

After delaying its initial launch from May to July 13 and then aborting it due to a faulty fuel sensor, Shuttle Discovery finally made its way to space today for its 31st mission from launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center.

The faulty fuel sensor is a backup for another sensor, which in turn is part of a system that should be necessary only in the event of a fuel leak or a similar emergency. This entire backup system was put in place only after the Colombia Disaster when NASA was forced to toughen their standards. However, now that Discovery has been ejected with minus one external fuel tank sensors, it appears that they have passed the logical engineering test.

With Discovery's bursting into space, NASA is now screaming it out loud : "We're back!"

Having all eyes set on Gleneagles for the G8 Summit and also celebrating the win of the Olympic Bid wasn't all that the Britons had to go through as the peaceful and busy streets of central London was in total chaos today after a series of suicide bombings took place at around 0850 local time.

Four suicide bombers coordinated to strike the transport system in central London, with their attacks resulting with explosions in underground trains just outside Liverpool Street and Edgware Road stations, and on another traveling between King's Cross and Russell Square & finally on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square an hour later. The explosions have so far cost 52 lives with over 700 more casualties.

The most highlighting issue of the attacks were that all four bombers (Two students, a teaching assistant and a Jamaican-born convert) were young Britons who had led apparently ordinary lives. The fact that they were home grown have steered great concern into the British public as it was their own people who had turned against them. Even though most of the blame has been put on Islamic nations, there is a part in which Britain itself has to play in the radicalization of these youngsters. However, still not knowing the exact significance of the attacks it might be quite a task to find the motives behind the masterminds.

Since the outcry of modern world terrorism as craftily headed by the US Government, Britain has always managed to hold a decent position in the affairs, until they wanted to prove their bravery in Iraq. However, things have changed since and the after effects are slowly coming into play. And it doesn't seem to be as pleasent as they said it would be.

It's such a shame to see this kind of human behavior at this modern and civilized age. There is no real explanation for both sides of the story as to their reasoning or justification, cos whatever they do its eventually gonna end up in the heads of the innocenct As much as I blame the bombers and specially the ones who planned the attacks, there's also a part of it directed towards the world leaders who have erupted this state of disorder and yet failed to bring stability in both a moral and political level. My sincere condolence goes to all those families who have lost their loved ones due to the explosions and pray that we all would be lucky enough to live in peaceful times.

Just happen to watch the HBO production of The Girl at the Cafe purely b'cos of its recent propaganda. Didn't like the artistic conception, but the story did manage to send a clear message. I guess I'm still under the effects of its anti-poverty insulation. So what follows is most likely gonna stem from it.

In a couple of hours from now a handful of world leaders will leave their luxury hotel rooms to begin a discussion on how they can bridge the gap of poverty. It's not the first time they have done it, so there is little promise as to their progress in producing a favorable result. However, that little promise is like all the waters of the oceans put together for those humans fighting so hard just to survive another taut agonizing in life.

The African dilemma has opened so many hearts as much as it has shown how hard that organ could get in some humans beings. However, such indifference is not a burden to the compassionate as their will is to pursue good to make it better. So to say an antagonistic view is quite essential to bring results if we are to see a change during our time in this world.

Another side of the summit that is expected to deal with combating global warming is most likely to come undone as we have already seen some interesting resistance to the Kyoto Protocol. If the Industrial giants now fancifully calling themselves with a shorter version could bring this problem upon Mother Nature, then I suppose their so called powerful industrialism could obviously get rid of it too. But then again, they have to 'think' about it so they make sure it doesn't leave any untidy marks. And so we eagerly wait till they burn their fuel and analyze the results of their consumption.

As the humane part of civilization move their attention to Gleneagles, the African nations are yearning for a long waited blessing. It's a decision to those behind close doors, but a matter of life and death for those who are in question. As it has always been, this is just another opportunity. Whether it's gonna be taken or not is left to those who call themselves powerful and wise among our race.

Stolen from Baskstage.

Rock stars who lent their talents to Saturday's "Live 8" concert to fight poverty in Africa reportedly performed for free, but that's only if you don't count the luxurious "goodie bags" that were provided by organizers at one venue.

In Philadelphia, each celebrity performer was treated to a Hugo Boss duffel bag loaded with high-fashion trinkets valued at about $3,000, according to The Associated Press.

And that's not all. The altruistic artists were also feted in a special luxury lounge, where they reportedly chose from an array of expensive parting gifts. Some of the items scarfed up by the compassionate crusaders: Hugo Boss suits, valued between $800 and $1,000 each, XM satellite radios and subscriptions worth $500, Gibson guitars costing $2,000 each, Bertolucci watches, valued between $1,500 and $6,000.

So as a poverty-fighting rock star worth his salt could walk away with as much as $12,000 hunger relief loot, there has been no word yet on whether any of the leftover Hugo Boss suits and Bertolucci watches will be given to starving Africans. Yet another triumph of the modern world!