24's Day 6 starts Today

In honor of tonight being day 6 of season 6, I give you some Jack Bauer thoughts found at various searches on Google and the internet:

• In high school Jack Bauer was voted "Most Likely to Kill the Foreign Kid"

• The city of Los Angeles once named a street after Jack Bauer in gratitude for his saving the city several times. They had to rename it after people kept dying when they tried to cross the street. No one crosses Jack Bauer and lives.

• If you’re holding a gun to Jack Bauer’s head, don’t count to three before you shoot. Count to 10. That way, you get to live 7 seconds longer.

• Jack Bauer’s calendar goes from March 31st to April 2nd, no one fools Jack Bauer.

• 1.6 billion Chinese are angry with Jack Bauer. Sounds like a fair fight.

• Jack Bauer once called the Vice President "Mr. President", but realized his mistake and shot the President. Jack Bauer is never wrong.

• Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.

• If you wake up in the morning, it's because Jack Bauer spared your life.

• If it tastes like chicken, looks like chicken, and feels like chicken, but Jack Bauer says its beef. Then it's freakin' beef.

• When someone asks him how his day is going, Jack replies, "Previously, on 24..."

• When life gave Jack Bauer lemons, he used them to kill terrorists. Jack Bauer hates lemonade.

• Jack Bauer is the leading cause of death in Middle Eastern men.

• Superman's only weakness is Kryptonite. Jack Bauer laughs at Superman for having a weakness.

• Killing Jack Bauer doesn't make him dead. It just makes him angry.

• When the boogie man goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Jack Bauer.

• Jack Bauer doesn't miss. If he didn't hit you it's because he was shooting at another terrorist twelve miles away.

• If everyone on 24 followed Jack's instructions, it would be called 12.

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7 days until 24!

Tonight’s blog is a tribute to the countdown…(beep, beep, beep) 7 days until 24. Jack Bauer and the cast (well, some of them) are back. It’s that time of year again. You can smell it in the air. Suspense, adventure, explosions, and daring rescues. Adrenaline will be flowing. My wife will be shielding her eyes behind me for approximately 18 of the 24 hours. 7 days away.

One article I read stated that everyone on the show is expendable, except Jack of course. This is one reason the acting is so strong. Each actor and actress only knows the script for that one day, errr episode. Thus, they are challenged to perform their best in hopes that the writers will not tire of them and find some way to kill them off.

My friend Brandt and I were talking last season about how frequently someone extremely important to the storyline is killed. I think it was March then, so the spirit of NCAA basketball bracket pools was all around. You know, where everyone picks the teams they think have the best shot to make it to the Final Four. We thought: What if there was a 24 pool at the beginning of next season? Each player in the pool would pick the characters they thought would make it through the whole season, and the characters they thought would not.

So I want your thoughts. Kim Bauer, Chloe O’Brien, Curtis Manning, Audrey Raines, Martha Logan, Charles Logan, and Bill Buchanan. Who will make it and who will not? Leave your predictions by commenting below. And a bonus question...is Tony Almeida still alive? Be sure to tell why. Then we’ll watch the season together.

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i know a man...

I know a man who, to me, is a normal man. He possesses an incredible heart and I would love to one day acquire his passion for life. He is human to me. I have stayed at his house and eaten at his table. His wife cooked for and served me. I met his kids and spent time laughing with them as a family. We watched Jack Bauer save the world together on Fox’s 24. I am proud to call this man my friend.

I just discovered tonight that my friend is a marked man in some countries throughout the world. Certain groups of people would gladly kill him because of the threat he poses. He is not in the military, nor is he a spy. He preaches the name of Jesus; he trains and equips other pastors to do so. To those who want to exterminate him, he is dangerous. I think it is awesome. Not only because he offers Jesus to others and risks his life constantly for a kingdom to come, but because he calls me his brother and invites me into his house to serve me. I also think it is awesome that you don’t know his name, probably never will, and that he doesn’t care if you do or don’t; he lives to see another name glorified above his.

When I watch 24, I want to be Jack Bauer. But, in reality, I have eaten at the same table with the spiritual equivalent, and that is way better.