Update…

OK, I received a message both at home & at work from a Time Warner Cable CSR, complete WITH a direct, local phone number, to return the call & discuss my aggregious billing situation. Only downside is that said CSR agent stopped working at 2 today, and I didn’t get the message in time to resolve things today. So I am leaving it until Monday, and have set down my ashcan of white hot coals. (I will not throw out the lighter fluid yet, though.)

Oh, man. I started my day with Kiefer Sutherland on NPR, and looky here, here he is on Letterman. Pitter-pat. Oh, but a very strange suit, Kief. Huh. You make me want to adjust the vert alignment on my screen. (Gah, remember doing that?)  Anyway, Jack Bauer’s about to embark on yet another Very Bad Day, and gotta love Fox, they’re really kicking this season off – two hours on Sunday, two hours on Monday, before settling into the regular Monday 8p (CST) timeslot.  It’s fascinating how the show has actually influenced … our world. They touched on that in the interview this morning, that West Point was consulting with the show, out of concern for how their soldiers were behaving due to what they’d seen on “24”….which makes you think perhaps the ol’ idiot box has gotten too influential? Though a couple years ago, I read something about how the show paved the way in Americans’ minds to accept the notion of a black president. Whatever the parallels to other happenings in our world, I do know that the show does require a LOT of reality jumps, but Kiefer is a great central figure, and he’s a great, gritty hero who doesn’t back down from a fight. I firmly believe he could kick Chuck Norris’ ass at this point.

And, if things don’t go well on Monday with TWC? I may be drawing upon my own inner Jack Bauer.

bip    BIIIP  bip.