Water Cooler Talk

• John McCain and Barack Obama have agreed to three debates, with the first on September 26.
• If you're keeping score at home, Barack Obama has been on the cover of Time 7 times this year. John McCain, just twice.
• The 2009 edition of the Farmer's Almanac, which goes on sale tomorrow, says at least two-thirds of the country can expect colder than average temperatures. Only the Far West and Southeast will get a near-normal winter.
• Here's the unofficial list of who will be on the next season of "Dancing with the Stars": Kim Kardashian, Lance Bass, Toni Braxton, Brooke Burke, Maurice Greene, Cody Linley, Susan Lucci, Warren Sapp, Ted McGinley, Mark McGrath, Cloris Leachman and Jeff Ross.
• Want to celebrate Miley Cyrus' birthday with her October 5th at a party at Disneyland? Just $250 a ticket for fans. They'll go on sale this Saturday morning at 9am PDT at www.disneyparks.com/miley
• Jerry Seinfeld picked up $10 million to hang with Bill Gates and film some Microsoft commercials, which will show up on TV starting September 4th.
• Cher made a surprise appearance at President Clinton's birthday bash last Monday in Las Vegas. That's all we know.
• Burger King's quarterly profits were up 42%. Did I miss something? When did everyone start going there?
• Milwaukee art lovers raised more than $85,000 in private donations to erect a statue of the Fonz on the city's Riverwalk. You did know "Happy Days" was set in Milwaukee?
• Classmates.com reports that 20% of people said they met their true love before graduating from high school.
• Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps will write a book telling the story behind his historic eight gold medal swims.