Rush Hour

So, Jack just rescued Tony, who is really not dead after all.  And Bill and Chloe are working a top secret operation outside the government loop, with Tony, who has since returned from the dark side.  And our president must make a decision within the next few hours whether to pull out of an occupied country in Africa where thousands will die at the hands of a dictator, or risk American lives at the hands of terrorists who control a CIP device.

And, who really knows if all of this will turn totally upside down, in, literally, the next hour.

If you followed any of that, then you too must be a fan of 24... the television drama in which an entire season shows "a day in the life" of special agent Jack Bauer.   If it's not thwarting presidential assassinations, disarming chemical warfare, or  preventing nuclear disaster, then it's dealing with the muck of governmental corruption.  It's torture being Jack Bauer.

He makes my life seem really easy.

And if you were able to follow the characters and plot above, then you must also realize that we are a few seasons behind. (Technically this is just one or two days in the life of Jack Bauer).

Well, we actually plan it this way.  Kel and I can't watch tv week to week like most normal folks.  That would require availability on a single weeknight for at least 20 consecutive weeks.  At the same hour each week.  And a memory for details that could span 6 days. 

No, we wait for the whole thing to be over and watch it all on dvd in about 12 days (usually during Christmas break, or the first weeks of summer). 

And before some smartypants starts spouting off simple instructions about TiVo and DVR recorders, I just have one calculation:  Children + Remote Buttons = 85 hours of Dora the Explorer.   

Yes, I know the show 24 has already run its course, that the finale was aired this year, that Jack Bauer may or may not be dead.  DON'T TELL ME.

I'll find out, eventually.