24: I like the first lady, but I'm not sure exactly what she hopes to accomplish, other than proving that she's not insane. CTU, at this point, has already made the connection between Palmer's assassination and the terrorist attack, and it didn't sound like she had any information beyond that.

But she doesn't know that. Her actions seem perfectly reasonable--I wonder what the writers are trying to accomplish. Probably to put her in jeopardy. I like her, though. She rocks. Her assistant seems familiar--where's she from?

I wonder what the writers are trying to accomplish.

Yes, that's what I meant -- her storyline feels like a dead end right now.

Like last year, I feel like the whole thing is moving way too fast to sustain an entire season, but last year surprised me (in a good way), so I'm enjoying it so far.

I wonder what the writers are trying to accomplish.

And how messed up is she that she can't remember the relevant details from talking to Palmer AND reading the transcript?

on conference call - I am only tangentially involved with the issues being discussed. Is very hard to pay enough attention and yet every so often they call on me for an opinion.

This is my cousin.

Cool. The CDC is only a couple of miles from me, which is something I would occasionally ponder when they were running articles about the old Level 4 lab, which was in a building that was falling apart.

This is cool - except for the restrictions:

Free limited access to the Oxford English Dictionary for Britons
Tom sez, "In conjunction with a six-part series showing on the BBC at the moment, the Oxford English Dictionary is allowing free access to the full dictionary with all the fascinating citations and etymologies." While this is deeply cool, there are two genuinely sucky caveats: one, this will vanish when the show finishes its first season and two, the OED is using whacky IP-address filtering to try to limit this to Britain. Cos, you know, people outside of Britain aren't interested in speaking English.

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So, how would one get one's browsing appear to come from Britain?

you know, people outside of Britain aren't interested in speaking English

That's how it looks! You drop the good Us, move around the Rs. You don't deserve the OED.

Except I do. Hmm.

something I would occasionally ponder when they were running articles about the old Level 4 lab

Heh. I work just up the road from the former EPA building. It's built in an early '80s prison style, with a few narrow little windows in ugly brick walls. Occasionally we speculate on just what got left behind the in the labs. Most of our scenarios resemble something out of Doom.

It's had a "For Rent" sign on it for about two years now.

Wasn't there a wacky movie comedy about a runaway First Lady and the Secret Service guy assigned to protect her? I can't help but wish 24 would inject some humor, aside from the occasional cougar and or amnesia attack....