What's that sound?

... I think it's a string quartet playing "Nearer My God to Thee"... as the Good Ship Liberal goes down, apparently with the captain onboard...

There's obviously some excited Labor supporters around here because there are fireworks going off all around my street. God knows how they got their hands on them. Sparkler bombs, probably.

I've been skipping around Seven, Nine and the ABC to watch their various election coverages. How funny is Kerry O'Brien, getting the shits with all the Seven lackeys yelling and cheering at every opportunity. He gave the other TV stations a serve for putting showbiz ahead of serious analytical coverage. Then he got shouted down again, because apparently the Chaser boys showed up and had the crowd going great guns. Wasn't that upset about that one. Onya, Kerry!

I love Channel Seven's "Tower of Power". Election coverage really is just all about the graphics, isn't it? I'm also loving the looks on the Libs/Nats faces as they admit, "Well, we're in trouble here". A surprising understatement of the year from the parties predisposed to hyperbole.

And good to see Channel Ten just saying, "Ah, f*** it, just run with The Empire Strikes Back". Although, could that be a metaphor? I always though Phillip Ruddock was Emperor Palpatine...

So despite the excitement I think I'm going to have to chuff off to bed as I have another 4am start and it's going to be a busy day... welcome to the Brave New World, Australia. It's going to be one hell of a ride!