The Kid comes home

It has finally happened. Seattle sports has finally made a complete revolution. One of the most popular Mariners (if not THE most popular) is coming back. That's right Ken Griffey Jr. and the M's have agreed to a 1-year deal that sends the 39-year-old batter back to where his career started.

Now this move makes a lot of sense from a PR standpoint for the Mariners. Last season the team lost over 100 games, yet still had the 7th best attendance record. With Griffey back in the lineup, more and more fans will want to go to the games just to see him in his final year.

But, from a win games standpoint I just can't make sense of this. Maybe I'm missing something, but I think the Mariners have much larger problems than just putting butts in the seats. How about some pitching, or some hitting, or some catching. Heck, how about just winning some games.

Last season was absolutely terrible. And while the signing of Jr. doesn't seem like a fix, it certainly helps to block that bad season with memories of the good ol' days. Because what Seattle fan can forget Griffey rounding third to slide into home and beat the dreaded Yankees in the 1995 Playoffs? And then seeing the team pile onto Griffey, his patented smile beaming. Welcome back 24.

Now Mariners, let's bring back the "Refuse To Loose" mentality from 1995 too.

In case you missed 24...

... which I did, but I'm pretty sure Jack Bauer kicked some pretty serious terrorist butt last night at 8 p.m. Pacific Time. Not exactly sure what he did in the Central and Eastern Time Zones but would venture to guess that he did the same.

For those of you that are total piles, like myself, here's a handy-dandy 24 News Feed that should give you all the happenings in a day of Jack Bauer.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go torture some terrorists in the name of national security.

It could be worse, Harry Potter could be involved somehow

If you haven't heard about the vampire drama "Twilight" set in the logging town of Forks, Wash. than consider yourself one of those rare lucky people who know as much about pop culture as the Unabomber. Based on a book, it's really caught the attention of teenagers around the country, giving every goth kid something to really dream about...

Namely supernatural powers and a hot girlfriend, who will help wipe off that eyeliner.

Wonderful right? I remember when Lord of the Rings was the huge "thing." Spiderman also had that same effect and ushered in a lot more superhero movies. And don't forget the Matrix. That gave us computer geeks an urge to learn kung-fu.

Now we have movies about teenage vampires in Forks, Wash.

Since I would consider a majority of our readers college student age, the fact that you may actually like "Twilight" is disturbing. Other than the occasional dramatic treatment of the literary classic "Dracula" and the horribly campy but popcorn enjoyable "Van Hellsing" ... other vampire movies seem to really just aimed for that whole "vampire-obsessed crowd."

You know, that group that walked across the street to smoke cigarettes and be outsiders to the whole school environment. The ones who wrote pentagrams on their desk and arms. The ones who wore all-black and chains.

Wonderful.

But hey, luckily we'll have a bunch of incoming freshman in college that think they can fly from tree to tree and are afraid of sunlight. Although the latter statement is probably true of the people that played Halo a lot.

And Forks is a logging town comparable to my hometown, Chewelah, although as far as I know, we don't have a vampire problem.

Knowing plenty of people from Forks, I can tell you that they're less than thrilled that their town has become a tourist hotspot for fans of "Twilight" which is understandable. I wouldn't want those vampire fan freaks walking around my town.

Luckily, my town hasn't been included in a book or movie yet, although I can only imagine what fantastic pop culture items could come out of the place. Lets get Jack Bauer to come out here and fight some terrorists or something.