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Today's film was a section of the fifth season of Big Bang Theory.

I like these folks a lot. As an MIT graduate I spent a good part of my life with "them".

On the second floor of Nichols dorm, my freshman year, there were all Physics majors.

All.

As a group they are wonderful companions. They knew the best restaurants, the cheapest places to buy things, how to get along.

The opposite of the mousey introverted stereotype.

And they knew how to laugh. I was scared as hell my first year. And the other ones too. But the companionship of these generous upper classmen earned my appreciation for their craft. And physics, particularly the nuclear is a craft. Be sure of that.

When they show the labs in the show I know that they are the real thing. I have seen the interview with their science advisor. Typical funny physicist. Taking the world and himself lightly.

Today's program had the "tiara scene". I won't explain. Just that the receiver of the gift is a PhD biologist. A different kind of creature. But the same at heart. I knew some of those too.

Labels: Big Bang Theory, jewelry, physics

I cannot remember a day that I did not post a blog entry.

Well, not while I was home with nothing else to do.

But yesterday was the day.

There was nothing notable to report but a lot notable happened.

Just not that writable.

I did watch some more episodes of The Big Bang Theory, a marvelous television show that is now available on discs. Seven seasons. Two discs each.

I am not going to write about these.

I will just say that for me to want to watch every episode of a television series is unprecedented. Well, make that a series comedy show. I have watched a lot of HBO DVDs, mostly documentary.

My contempt for television runs deep, even the Public channels but it took this show to knock me off my "holier than thou" pedestal.

This is episode 1, broken into a series of scenes. They are short bits.

Labels: Big Bang Theory, films, television