Tuesday 1 December 2020

Return of the King

Minas Tirith: the City of Kings

Lighting of the beacons of Amon Hen


Guard of the Citadel
Here do I swear fealty and service to Gondor. In peace or war. In living or dying. From this hour henceforth, until my lord release me... or death take me.
And I shall not forget it. Nor fail to reward that which is given. Fealty with love, valor with honour, disloyalty with vengeance.


🎵 Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by!
Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
The world behind and home ahead,
We'll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed! 🎵


Sword of Elendil:
Anduril, the Flame of the West, forged from the shards of Narsil.

The blade that was broken shall return to Minas Tirith.

The man who can wield the power of this sword can summon to him an army more deadly than any that walks this earth.


The Two Towers

In Fangorn forest lives an Ent called Treebeard. 
Ents are tree herders; shepherds of the forest.


Shadowfax the Mearas; lord of all horses.
Belongs to Gandalf the wizard.


Edoras and The Golden Hall of Meduseld.
There dwells Theoden, son of Thengel, King of Rohan.


Helms Deep; the great fortress of Rohan.


Eowyn: Shieldmaiden of Rohan, daughter of Eomund, niece of King Theoden.


Faramir: Captain of the Rangers of Ithilien; second son of Denethor II, younger brother of Boromir.


Denethor II: 26th Steward of Gondor, father of Boromir and Faramir.



Fellowship of the Ring

Frodo Baggins (Hobbit)
Ring bearer; son of Drogo, relative/heir of Bilbo Baggins.


Samwise Gamgee (Hobbit)
Son of Hamfast.
Gardener and later on Mayor of the Shire.


Meriadoc Brandybuck (Hobbit)
Commonly known as Merry; son of Saradoc.
Master of Buckland. Esquire of Rohan.


Peregrin Took (Hobbit)
Commonly known as Pippin; son of Paladin Took II.
Thain of the Shire.


Gandalf the Wizard (Maia)
Sometimes referred to as Olorin, Mithrandir, Tharkun.


Aragorn (Man)
Son of Arathorn; heir of Isildur; King of Gondor.
Sometimes referred to as a Ranger of the North, Strider, Elessar. 
Known as Strider in Bree and known as The Dúnadan (Man of the West / Númenórean) in Rivendell.


Legolas (Sindarin Elf)
Son of King Thranduil.
Of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood


Gimli (Dwarf)
Son of Gloin.
Lord of the Glittering Caves.


Boromir (Man)
Captain of the White Tower. 
Son of Denethor II, 26th Steward of Gondor.


Sunday 1 November 2020

Frivolous September

September is not the time to be winding down your sunscreen use. The Domestic Goblin uses sunscreen throughout the year.

Here are the newer ones that she purchased recently:

~ Sunsense Lip Balm SPF 50
Verdict: Comfortable and non-sticky. Can be used over or under other lip products.


~ Altruist Face Fluid SPF 50
Developed by Dr Andrew Birnie, Consultant Dermatologist based in the United Kingdom. (Recommended by Dr Dray).

Verdict: Light and comfortable to wear (texture is similar to the Australian brand, Sunsense Ultra sunscreen). Would like to see a larger sized bottle offered. 

In addition, DG loves the fact that for every product sold, 10p is donated to charities that support children with albinism in Africa.


Frezyderm Velvet Face Sun Cream with SPF 50
(Recommended by Nigella Lawson and is favourited by Nafsika from Greece).

Verdict: It starts off with a clear gel texture that glides onto the skin like satin and feels lighter than air. Gives a comfortable matte finish. However, this needs to be used sparingly as it caused DG's skin to break out with over zealous application. Will recommend to others but won't repurchase.


Domestic Goblin also decided to ditch the Bio Oil (thank you, Dr Dray) and purchased the:

Tamanu Oil by Life-flo
(Mentioned by Liah Yoo, founder of Krave Beauty)
Verdict: Has a natural nutty scent. Seems to work well on the skin.  
December update: the tamanu oil congeals when the temperatures drop. Have decided to try Acwell's Licorice Toner instead. Will share verdict once order is received.







An Alternative to Deodorants

In September 2020, the Domestic Goblin read an article written by Lab Muffin Beauty Science regarding the use of acid exfoliators as deodorant. 

She decided to test this theory out by alternating between two products she already had to hand: the Pixi Glow Peel Pads (containing glycolic acid and rosewater) and the CeraVe SA Smoothing Cream (containing salicylic acid).

Two weeks into the experiment and so far, so good. Even though it was still warm in the UK with temperatures between 20-25°C, there was no excessive sweating or odours detected in the underarm region.

Could this be the end of buying traditional stick deodorants to control underarm odour? Watch this space...

Link to Lab Muffin's article here.



Neanderthals Developed Tools

The Big Bang Theory

Twelve-season sitcom based in Pasadena, California between 2007-2019.

Main Characters

~ Dr Leonard Leakey Hofstadter: Experimental Physicist. 
Ex room mate with Sheldon. Husband of Penny.

~ Dr Sheldon Lee Cooper: Theoretical Physicist. 
Ex room mate with Leonard. Husband of Amy. Nobel Prize winner.

~ Dr Rajesh Ramayan Koothrapalli: Astrophysicist/party planner/small-dog enthusiast.
Best friend of Howard. Godfather of Halley. 

~ Astronaut Howard Joel Wolowitz: Aerospace Engineer. 
Best friend of Rajesh. Husband of Bernadette. Father of Halley and Neil.

~ Dr Amy Farrah Fowler: Neurobiologist. 
Best friend of Penny. Wife of Sheldon. Nobel Prize winner.

~ Dr Bernadette Maryann Rostenkowski: Microbiologist. 
Colleague of Penny. Wife of Howard. Mother of Halley and Neil.

~ Penny: Pharmaceuticals Sales Rep. 
Best friend of Amy. Wife of Leonard. Colleagues with Bernadette.


I'll Be There For You

FRIENDS

Ten-season television sitcom based in Manhatten, New York City between 1994-2004.

Main Characters

~ Monica Geller: Sister of Ross. Childhood friend of Rachel. Wife of Chandler. Adoptive mother of Jack and Erica.
Significant relationships: Dr Richard Burke, Pete Becker, Chandler Bing.
Career history: Head Lunch Chef at Iridium; Sous Chef at Café des Artistes; Waitress at the Moondance Diner; Head Chef at Alessandro's; Head Chef at Javu.

~ Rachel Karen Green: Childhood friend of Monica. Mother of Emma. Married Ross in Vegas and divorced.
Significant relationships: Barry Farber, Ross Geller, Tag Jones.
Career history: Waitress at Central Perk; Assistant at Fortunata Fashions; Assistant and Personal Shopper at Bloomingdales; Merchandising Manager at Ralph Lauren. Offered job at Louis Vuitton.

~ Phoebe Buffay: Has a twin sister called Ursula. Surrogate mother of Frank, Leslie and Chandler. Wife of Mike Hannigan. Ex-wife of Duncan Sullivan.
Significant relationships: David (the scientist guy), Gary, Mike Hannigan.
Career: Massage Therapist and Musician. 
Alter Ego: Regina Phalange.

~ Ross Geller PhD: Brother of Monica. Divorced three times. Father of Ben and Emma.
Significant relationships: Carol Willick, Julie, Rachel Green, Emily Waltham, Mona, Charlie Wheeler.
Career history: Palaeontologist at the New York Museum of Prehistoric History; Professor at New York University.

~ Chandler Muriel Bing: Long term friends with Ross. Ex room mates with Joey. Husband of Monica. Adoptive father of Jack and Erica.
Significant relationships: Janice Hosenstein, Kathy, Monica Geller.
Career history: Specialises in statistical analysis and data reconfigu
ration for large multinational corporations. Junior Copywriter at an advertising agency.

~ Joseph Francis Tribbiani: Ex room mates with Chandler and Rachel. Officiated Monica & Chandlers wedding as well as Phoebe & Mike's wedding.
Significant crush: Janine, Charlie Wheeler, Rachel Green.
Career: Actor. Played Dr Drake Ramoray in Days of Our Lives. 
Alter Ego: Ken Adams.



Fickle mascara tester

~ Lily Lolo Big Lash Mascara
The excess needs to be wiped off first before application due to the formula being wet and gloopy. Despite this, it did not smudge or run in the recent humid weather.
Verdict: Undecided

~ Ilia's Limitless Mascara
Recommended by Youtuber, Isabella, from Effortlessly Chic.
Had high hopes for this. However, I experienced irritation in my eyes which you wouldn't expect to happen with a so-called 'natural' mascara. Lashes also felt uncomfortable all day.
Verdict: Expensive disappointment.

~ Essence Lash Princess Sculpted Volume Mascara
Had to wipe off the excess formula in order to use the wand properly. Although lashes were fanned out initially, they then drooped very quickly and did not hold. Might keep the wand to brush out lashes and brows.
Verdict: Okay but will not repurchase.



* These mascaras were tested in 2019 and at the beginning of 2020 *



More Sniffing

~ Island Rose by Caldey Island
Smells like sweet Parma violets. No rose detected.


~ Tea Rose EDT by Perfumer's Workshop

A rose bush with green undertones.


~ Liquid Sunshine by The Scent Doctor
Headache-inducing nothingness. 


~ Ca Sent Beau EDT by Kenzo
Disappointingly, the reformulated version smells like a combination of hair conditioner and air freshener. Would love to have smelt the original.


~ Rose Gourmande by Zara
Generic dessert in a bottle.



Colour Key:
Red: can't smell what all the fuss is about
Amber: agreeable/okay
Green: love/must buy/already purchased full bottle



After writing this post, the Domestic Goblin decided to take a break from trying to find her holy grail fragrance and to enjoy the perfumes/colognes already in her collection.



Thursday 1 October 2020

Frivolous August

After deliberating about it for a number of years, and recently experiencing mixed results from fleece pillowcases and a fleece fitted sheet, the Domestic Goblin purchased a set of satin pillowcases in the hope that these will protect her hair and face whilst sleeping.

Verdict: The cool satin helped the Domestic Goblin to sleep better during uncomfortable humid nights. Noticeable difference to her hair.



The Domestic Goblin also purchased the following skincare items:

~ iUNIK Centella Calming Gel Cream 
~ iUNIK Tea Tree Relief Serum
(Both recommended by Hyram Yarbro, skincare enthusiast from YouTube).
Verdict: Really helped to prevent further maskne breakouts and helped to calm down heat rashes on face and body. 



~ Beet The Sun SPF 47 PA++++ by Krave Beauty (recommended by Dr Andrea Suarez, dermatologist from YouTube).
Verdict: Comfortable on the skin and no white cast, however, a 50ml bottle will be used up very quickly. Hope that Krave Beauty offers a larger bottle soon.


~ CeraVe Salicylic Acid Smoothing Cleanser
~ CeraVe Salicylic Acid Smoothing Cream
~ CeraVe AM Facial Moisturising Lotion with SPF25
(Took advantage of the Boots 3 for 2 offer).
Verdict: The cleanser disrupted the skin barrier on my face and actually works better and is more effective as a body wash, once a week. The cream works effectively as a chemical exfoliator for the underarms reducing the need to buy deodorant. The moisturising lotion with SPF25 works fine but is rather thick for a lotion.  Won't repurchase the cleanser and the moisturising lotion.




Giant Ants

Sheldon's Mother

A kind, loving, religiously fanatical right-wing Texan with a slightly out of scale head and a mild Dr Pepper addiction.

S3:E17.



Cool Modes of Transportation according to Sheldon Cooper:
  1. Jet pack
  2. Hoverboard
  3. Transporter
  4. Batmobile
  5. Giant ant
Information derived from The Big Bang Theory S3:E18.



The Dogapus:

A hybrid of dog and octopus.  Man's underwater best friend. A dogapus can play fetch with eight balls; no one can hate that.

S4:E2



Cheesecake Factory orders:

Quesadilla with the soy cheese for lactose intolerant Leonard.

Shrimp Caesar salad with no almonds for the highly allergic kosher-only-on-the-High-Holidays Howard.

Suddenly back on the Hindu wagon Raj: meat lover's pizza, no meat.

Sheldon's barbecue bacon cheeseburger: barbecue sauce, bacon and cheese on the side.

S2:E7



Leonard is served food by Sheldon:

Factory Burrito Grande, no cheese, no sour cream.
Black beans, not pinto beans.
Double guacamole.
No cilantro.
Lettuce shredded, not chopped.

S3:E14



Sheldon's favourite systems of transmitting the written word:

Stone tablets
Skywriting
Scrolls


Best tasting jelly:
Grape jelly


Worst tasting jelly:
Petroleum jelly


S6:E11



Star Wars Day:

Admiral Ackbar's Snack Bar serving:
~ R2 Decaf
~ Cafe Au Leia
~ Chai Tea-3PO
~ Attacks of the Scones

S7:E22



Leonard's Tea:

Earl Grey served with honey and unsweetened almond milk.

S10:E13



The order Sheldon would eat his friends in the event of an apocalypse:

Entree - Penny
Cheese course - Leonard
Dessert - Amy

S10:E18



Sheldon's Perfect Dessert:

Yellow cake shaped like a dinosaur with chocolate frosting, scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side, not touching.

S11:E3



A worthy chair according to Sheldon Cooper:

~ Alligns the lumbar
~ Cradles the coccyx
~ Balances the buttocks

S5:E2



What younger Sheldon and present-day Sheldon is thinking of:

~ Robot monkey butler



Sheldon re-evaluating stuff:

Sheldon following the example of 17th century philosopher René Descartes who subjected all his beliefs to radical doubt so that he could build a bedrock belief and build his cognitive life back up on firm principles.

~ Tea is nothing but leaf soup
~ Flags are strippers of the emblem world

S12:E10



Champagne with splenda

Also called a Dr Cooper because he is also sweet and bubbly. PhDelicious.

S12:E11



Sheldon's attitude towards online dating

The algorithms used by matchmaking sites are complete hokum.

Upon his first meeting with Amy Farrah Fowler: You have been taken in by unsupportable mathematics designed to prey on the gullible and the lonely.

S3:E23



A clowder or glaring of cats

Sheldon thinks that cats make wonderful companions as they don't argue or question your intellectual authority.

Sheldon's cat names: 
  • Robert Oppenheimer
  • Enrico Fermi
  • Richard Feynman
  • Edward Teller
  • Otto Frisch
  • Zazzles (originally called Hermon von Hermholtz but he was so zazzy)
  • Wolfgang Panofsky
  • Victor Weisskopf
Amy likes cats because they are the epitome of indifference.

S4:E3



Overheard at the Cheesecake Factory

According to Sheldon, if we lived in a world where slow-moving xenon produced light then Raj would be correct. Also pigs would fly; his derriere would produce cotton candy and The Phantom Menace would be a timeless classic.

According to Raj, if Sheldon were a superhero, his name would be Captain Arrogant and his superpower would be arrogance. Sheldon retorts by saying that if his superpower were arrogance then his name would be Dr Arroganto.

According to Leonard, watching Raj and Sheldon work together is like if Alien and predator decided to go partners in a Jamba Juice.

According to Penny, she is not going to bother asking the guys if they wanted dessert because she knows that:
  • Sheldon doesn't eat dessert on Tuesdays
  • Even if Raj wanted something he couldn't tell her
  • Howard won't order anything but will come up with some sort of skeevy comment involving the words pie or cheesecake
  • Leonard's lactose intolerant and can't eat anything here without his intestines blowing up like a balloon animal
S4:E4



Train Day

Sheldon always tell people that if they have only one day in Los Angeles to make it a train day:
  • The fun starts with brunch at Carney's in Studio City (a hot dog stand in a converted railroad dining car)
  • Next stop, Travel Town (an outdoor museum featuring 43 railroad engines, cars and other rolling stock from the 1880s to the 1930s
  • Finally, off to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for dinner at the Hollywood Carney's (a hot dog stand in a different converted railroad dining car

S4:E6



Sheldon's Lotion and Unguent Collection

Sheldon is no stranger to the crimson scourge that is dermatitis.

Topical steroids categorized into:
  • Ointment or cream
  • With or without a numbing agent
  • Prescription or non prescription strength
Leonard chose a cream with a numbing agent. 

Sheldon offers Leonard a 2009 AnaMantle HC (usually indicated for acutely inflamed hemorrhoids but it also goes with non-mucosal body parts).

S4:E6



Sheldon devises an ironclad alibi for Leonard

Leonard couldn't have spent last night with Priya because he was with another woman. The fun-loving and morally loose Miss Maggie McGarry. Leonard met her at Pasadena's most popular Irish watering hole, Lucky Baldwins where Maggie spends her nights tending bar with a head full of curls and a heart full of dreams.

Prop 1: a napkin with Maggie's telephone number on it.

Any if anyone were to actually call her number, they will hear this: Top of the morning to you. You've reached Maggie McGarry. Leave a message after the wee little beep. 

Prop 2: a lock of Maggie's flaming auburn hair (taken from an orangutan in the primate lab).

S4:E6



Mary Cooper's Born Again Boat Ride - a Christian themed cruise

Christian Quarterly gave it their highest rating: five thorny crowns.

Jonah and the Whale watching.

All you can eat Last Supper Buffet.

Gunning with God (you write your sins on a clay pigeon, they fire them up in the air and you pulverize them with a 12-gauge shot gun full of our Lord's forgiveness.

S5:E6



Sheldon's proposed weekend itinerary with his mother (Mary Cooper) when she came to visit 

~ Sheldon expected his mother to make him fried chicken.
What actually happened: Leonard took them both out for for sushi.
Comment from Mary: The sushi was good. The only thing that would have made it better if it was cooked and if it was beef.

~ Sheldon expected his mother to make him pecan pie.
What actually happened: His mum instructed him to make coffee for Raj who was hurting and drunk as a skunk.

~ Doing laundry together.
This was interrupted by Penny coming into the laundry room and needing some clothing/dating advice.

~ See Saul Perlmutter give a lecture about his Nobel Prize-winning work in cosmology and at the Q&A afterwards, Sheldon had worked up a couple of Qs that will stump his sorry A.

What actually happened: Mary did some sightseeing with Sheldon's friends (the Hollywood sign, the Wax Museum, the Walk of Fame; Rodeo Drive, Hollywood churches) whilst Sheldon attended the lecture with Amy.

What happened next: Sheldon catches a cold and is unwell. Mary takes care of her baby and agrees to make him tea with honey, and toast with the crust cut off; put VapoRub on his chest; and sing 'Soft Kitty'.

S5:E6



Star Wars questions posed to Mark Hamill before the start of Sheldon and Amy's wedding:

~ Rajesh asks: When you were on the Wookie home planet, how did you even understand what they were saying?

Mark answers: I don't remember ever being on a Wookie home planet.
Stuart says: Actually Luke was on the Wookie home planet Kashyyyk in the holiday special when he helped Chewie get home to his wife. Her name's Malla.

~ George asks: Why aren't there tyres on any of the Star Wars vehicles?

Mark answers: I'm sure some of them had tyres.
Stuart says: Actually they don't. The HAVw A5 turbo tank has metal gripping wheels but I wouldn't call them tyres.

S11:E24



Amy likes:
Harps
Little House on the Prairie
Medieval poetry
Medieval literature

Amy's opinion on Howard's musical choices:
Beatles - boring
Eminem - scary
Weird Al - how old are you?
Neil Diamond - loves

S7:E3



The Big Three Social Skills that Sheldon thinks he has mastered:

The coy smile
The friendly chuckle
The vocalisation of sympathy 

S7:E7



Sheldon's attempt at telling a joke:

A joke is a brief oral narrative with a climactic humourous twist. For example, Wolowitz's mother is so fat that she decided to go on a diet or exercise or both. The twist is that people don't normally change.

S7:E12



Item 28 - Sheldon's notarised list of pet names for Amy:

~ Gollum
~ Flaky
~ Princess Corncob
~ Fester

S7:E15



Sheldon and Leonard's address:

Apartment 4A, 2311 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, California.

S6:E2



Coitus with Amy is frequent, intense and whimsically inventive:

For a whimsically inventive time, call Leonard Hofstadter.

S6:E14



Cinnamon's sleepover party with uncle Howard:

For breakfast she has an egg white frittata with a choice of home fries or English muffin; but not both.

For dinner, veal chop or scampi.

S6:E22



Reasons for Sheldon Cooper to move out suddenly at short notice:
  • Change the contrast or brightness settings on the television
  • Take a band-aid off in front of him
  • Buy generic ketchup
  • Forget to rinse the sink
  • Talk to him through the bathroom door
  • Adjust the thermostat
  • Cook with cilantro
  • Pronounce the T in 'often'
  • Make fun of trains
S2:E1



Howard's case of travel colognes:

Top row: musks.
Second row: woods, leathers and botanicals.
Third row: assorted pheromones. Tread lightly.

S2:E21



Dinner at the North Pole 

Reconstituted Thai food with:
  • Dehydrated low sodium soy sauce
  • Freeze dried spicy mustard
  • Flash frozen brown rice, not white
S2:E23



Mary Cooper's pre-dinner prayer

By His hand we are all fed
Give us Lord our daily bread
Please know that we are truly grateful
For every cup and every plateful
Amen

S3:E1



Mrs Wolowitz's Thanksgiving tur-briska-fil

Turkey stuffed with a brisket stuffed with a gefilte fish.

S3:E4



Mystic Warlords of Ka-ah

Warlord beats troll, troll beats elf, elf beats water-sprite and basically everything beats enchanted bunny. Unless you have the Carrot of Power.

S3:E5



Sheldon's four napkin system

Lap, hands, face and personal emergency.
Bonus guest napkin.

S3:E5



Sheldon's own board game

Research Lab: The physics is theoretical, but the fun is real.

Great rolls: your Department of Defence research grant is renewed. Now you can demolish your Soviet-style cyclotron and build the large hadron collider.

Other possible rolls: nuclear meltdown; industrial accident; you accidentally stare at a helium-argon laser, lose one turn and a retina.

S3:E7



Sheldon deems the following as the most mind numbing, pedestrian jobs conceivable:
  1. Toll booth attendant
  2. Apple store genius
  3. What Penny does 
S3:E14



The SimCity that Sheldon designed: Sheldonopolis 
  • Sheldon Square
  • Sheldon Towers
  • Sheldon Stadium - home of the fighting Sheldons
  • Shel-Mart
S3:E18



Gossip according to Amy Farrah Fowler

Evolutionary biologist Robin Dunbar has identified gossip as an aid to social bonding in large groups and by not participating in gossip, society breaks down into feral bands of tattooed motorcycle riders fighting to the death over a few cans of tuna fish.

Meme Theory suggests that items of gossip are like living things that seek to reproduce using humans as their host. 

Amy and Sheldon's conducted a social science experiment on human beings by fabricating a tantilising piece of gossip and a second non-tantalising piece to use as a control. Then tracked it's progress through their social group and interpreted the results through the competing academic prisms such as memetic theory, algebraic gossip and epidemiology.

Example one: 
  • Amy says to Penny: Sheldon and I engaged in sexual intercourse. In other news, I'm thinking of starting a herb garden. Mums the word. Gotta go. 
  • Results: The false gossip meme appears to have reached full penetration in less than 24 hours.
Example two:
  • Amy says to Penny: I'm getting orthotics. Also I'm carrying Sheldon's baby. Mums the word.
  • Results: Penny sends Leonard a text message straight away to say that Amy is pregnant. No mention of the orthotics.

S4:E20



Sheldon's haircut records

Number three from the 1946 poster at Mr D'Onofrio's barbershop.

S5:E18



Cooper Coupons
  • One free grammar check (you can use it for emails, letters, tattoos, what have you)
  • An afternoon with Sheldon at the California Science Centre where he points out their mistakes
S5:E19



Things that Spider-Man can't do that a spider can according to Sheldon Cooper
  1. Crawl in your ear and die 
  2. Legally leave Guatemala without a passport
  3. Have sex with a spider
S6:E10



Movies that killed their franchises
  • Jaws 4
  • Indiana Jones 4
  • Daredevil 1
  • Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
S6:E10



Sheldon gives Amy reasons why comic book night is not lame-o

a) Comic books employ storytelling through sequential art, a medium that dates back 17,000 years to the cave paintings of Lascaux.

b) You play the harp, like that's cool.

S5:E10



Reasons why Sheldon thinks he is a bigger deal at Caltech than Howard, thus deserving parking spot 294:

~ He has been solely responsible for this university's six-loop quantum gravity calculations.

~ He has changed the way we think about Bose-Einstein condensates.

~ He is also the one who got Nutter Butters in the cafeteria vending machine.

S6:E9



Sheldon wants to use the new Open Science Grid computer to run some simulations of structure formation in the universe

After making substantial progress in bonding with Kripke, Sheldon considers letting one of his friends go because maintaining five friendships promises to be a Herculean task.

Leonard: You are my room mate, my source of transportation and you help me fold my sheets when they come out if the dryer. You are safe.

Howard: You do not have a PhD your cologne is an assault on the senses and you're not available for video games during the Jewish High Holidays. You too, are safe.

Raj: You're out. While you do provide a certain cultural diversity to an otherwise homogenous group, your responses to the questionnaire were truly disturbing. How could you think for a moment that my favourite amino acid is glutamine?


However, after Sheldon finds out from Kripke that there is an official schedule to use the Open Science Grid computer and that he has no control over it, Sheldon realises his exercise to befriend Kripke was futile and allows Raj back into his friendship circle.

S02:E13



Sheldon's Preferred Table at Bombay Palace:

"That table is closer to the kitchen resulting in the food coming hotter and yet not so close to be distracting.

In the summer, the nearby air vent provides adequate cooling and in the winter it's protected from the outside air.

It's generally in the servers eye line making signalling more efficient.

I could go on but I think I've made my point..."


(Information derived from the un-aired original pilot of The Big Bang Theory).