Regardless of your political affiliation, the presidential debates gave us a great platform for observing what body language and speaking styles can do to create impressions.

FORBES: How Your Body Language Chooses a President

If you need some tips (or want to subtly share them with a friend), etiquette expert Diane Gottsman has a great post with ways to make great firsts impressions, and do well at a lot of other firsts.

FORBES: Anonymity Isn't An Invitation To Be Rude

Do you get that my first impressions were nominal at best?

FORBES: Denizen: Rum From Within

Do you think that that means that impressions of the economy are now secondary in this election and that the changing perception of Romney after the last debate is having a greater impact on voters?

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Creating and investing in a new line of products is a very expensive form of advertising, and I think both the retailer and brand do want to measure success in sales dollars, not media impressions.

FORBES: Retailer/Designer Collaborations -- The Missing Link

Suffice to say the projects are finished or largely so, and I can now commit to doing what I really want to do, which is on a daily or several time weekly basis, analysis and impressions of what is going on in Japan.

FORBES: Konnichiwa! We are live.