Friday, 1 September 2023

National Anthems

Abridged version of God Save The King! (1745)

God save our gracious King,
Long live our noble King,
God save the King!
Send him victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the King!

Thy choicest gifts in store,
On he be pleased to pour,
Long may he reign!
May he defend our laws,
And ever give us cause,
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the King!

(The de facto National Anthem of the United Kingdom and 
British Crown Dependencies)



Glory to Hong Kong (English lyrics)

We pledge: No more tears on our land
In wrath, doubts dispell'd we make our stand
Arise! Ye who would not be slaves again
For Hong Kong, may Freedom reign
Though deep is the dread that lies ahead
Yet still with our faith on we tread
Let blood rage afield! Our voice grows evermore
For Hong Kong, may Glory reign
Stars may fade as darkness fills the air
Through the mist a solitary trumpet flares
Now, to arms! For Freedom we fight with all might we strike
With valour, wisdom both, we stride
Break now the dawn, liberate our Hong Kong
In common breath: Revolution of our times
May people reign, proud and free, now and evermore
Glory be to thee Hong Kong.
(This should be the official National Anthem of Hong Kong
 rather than March of the Volunteers which they adopted 
from the People's Republic of China after the handover 
in 1997)



America The Beautiful (1911)

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!


O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!


O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And every gain divine!


O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood.


(In Domestic Goblin's humble opinion, this song should
 be America's National Anthem rather than Star 
Spangled Banner).



Matcha Green Tea Dark Chocolate with French Grey Sea Salt

Food featured on Always Be My Maybe

~ Kimchi-jiggae.

~ Meat course of venison sous vide that plays with the concept of time. It comes with headphones so you can hear the sound of the exact animal you are about to consume, illustrating nature's life to death cycle.

~ Micro greens and lettuces encapsulated and served with dehydrated seaweed and dried fish flakes (what Marcus calls fish food). 

~ The body of the fish is lightly scaled as it swims collecting the particles that sheds into the ocean (what Marcus calls fish dandruff).

~ Clear asparagus soup extracted with a centrifuge.

~ All black monochrome course.

~ The flavour of Caeser salad.

~ Crystallised lavender sugar bubbles prepared by Wallace.


"The only stars that matter are the ones you look at when you dream..."

How an Experimental Physicist asks another Experimental Physicist out

According to Sheldon, Leslie Winkle shaved her legs in winter thus signaling sexual availability.

Leonard proposes an experiment to Leslie:

A bio-social exploration with a neuro-chemical overlay. (In layman's terms: let's study the changes in the brain that occur when a human man and woman interact with each other).

Characterized as the modification of our colleague/friendship paradigm with the addition of a date-like component.

The generally accepted pattern in this area: I pick you up, take you to a restaurant, then we would see a movie. Probably a romantic comedy featuring the talents of Hugh Grant or Sandra Bullock. 

It was agreed that the primary way we would evaluate either the success or failure of the date would be on the biochemical reaction during the goodnight kiss. Heart rate, pheromones etc.

Leslie proposes stipulating that the date goes well and move to the key variable.

Kiss each other now.

Leslie defines the parameters of the kiss: closed mouth but romantic.

Leslie presents her findings: it was a good kiss, reasonable technique, no extraneous spittle. On the other hand, no arousal.

Leonard: we tried kissing but the earth didn't move.

S01:E03



Leslie runs into Leonard and the gang at the Cheesecake Factory and tells him that the Physics Department string quartet needs a new cellist after Elliott Wong switched over to high-energy radiation research, had a little mishap and now the other guys are uncomfortable sitting next to him. After Leonard agrees to join the string quartet, he is informed that they will rehearse on Tuesdays at his place after the Department of Energy said their regular rehearsal spot is kind of a hot zone.

During rehearsal, Leslie sees Leonard handling that beautiful piece of wood between his legs (obvious crude double entendre) and starts flirting with Leonard in an attempt to seduce him:

~ I admire your fingering
~ Maybe sometime you can try that on my instrument

After rehearsal ends and the other two players leave Leonard's apartment, Leslie hangs back and offers to practise that middle section again as a pretext for letting Leonard know that she is sexually available.

Musical foreplay.

After spending a great night together, Leslie doesn't appear to be interested in dating and rather uses men as tools for stress release.

S01:E05



In the Caltech cafeteria, Leslie approaches Leonard after she heard that his relationship with Penny crashed to the ground like blue ice falling out of an airplane lavatory.

Now that Leonard is unattached, Leslie proposes revisiting their previous attachment.

Leslie explains that she is all done with casual sex and is fully committed to the traditional relationship paradigm.

Leslie suggests they proceed by going to Leonard's place; order Chinese takeaway; rent a movie, artsy but accessible then light petting, no coitus. 

Leslie says it's better for Leonard to assume the male role and will leave the details to him.

Whilst eating orange chicken from Chang's, Leslie asks Leonard how many children he thinks they should have and what genetic weaknesses run in his family (shortness, lactose intolerance, male pattern baldness).

They agree to postpone intercourse until their relationship is past the initial viability test.

Leslie reminds Leonard that protocol dictates that he waits a minimum of 18 hours before calling so that she is not repulsed by his cloying eagerness.

During Leonard and Leslie's second date, an argument ensues between Leslie and Sheldon. Leslie strongly believes that only loop quantum gravity calculates the entropy of black holes. Sheldon believes that string theory and that matter clearly consists of tiny strings.

Leslie asks Leonard whether he agrees that loop quantum gravity is the future of physics.

Leonard says he prefers his space stringy, not loopy.

Even though they are talking about untested hypotheses and whilst Leslie could have accepted their kids being genetically unable to eat ice-cream or ever get a good view of a parade, but Leonard not agreeing with her theory is a deal breaker. 

S02:E02



Whilst seeking shelter in the paintball shed, Leslie and Howard Wolowitz start a 'friends with benefits' arrangement whereby Leslie controls Howard with new expensive equipment and research trips in exchange for sex. In other words, Howard is a bought and paid for sex toy and arm candy.

Leslie got grant approval for a rapid prototyper for Howard.

Leslie also got Howard onto the research trip to Geneva to check out the CERN super collider in exchange for Howard accompanying her to her sister's black tie wedding.

S02:E16



Leslie dumps Howard over the phone: "Howard, Mama's a rolling stone."

Howard has an emotional response when he was meant to be in a non-emotional relationship. Howard obviously had feelings for Leslie because he saw her naked.

S02:E21



After a drunken and lonely Penny uses Leonard for a one-off night of sex and walks out on him, Leonard goes to Leslie's apartment (18 months after they stopped dating) and suggests they start having recreational, meaningless sex again for a bit of fun.

Leslie says to let her think about it and slams the door on Leonard.

S03:E23