Earlier this week, Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek declared Thursday, February 25 to be “‘Big Bang Theory’ Day” to commemorate the 200th episode of the long-running series, which is set in the city and references many local landmarks. I’ve created a Google Map showing the relative locations of these places.
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Lego announced the fan-designed ‘Big Bang Theory’ set will be released on August 1st.
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The design for the set of the LEGO Ideas ‘The Big Bang Theory’ release, which was announced last year, has been revealed.
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GeekMom Sarah took the plunge on a mammoth craft project, and winds up on the couch (almost) with Johnny Galecki.
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Who would have thought that the ThinkGeek Soft Kitty Hoodie would be the absolute most loved thing my daughter found under the Christmas tree this year?`
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The Emmy nominations are out, and they’re chock full of good news for TV geeks.
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In a series of interviews with the theorists on how Superman shaves, we sit down and chat with Mayim Bialik about denaturing enzymes, STEM advocacy, and how much she loves comics.
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n this week’s adventures climbing the cliffs of insanity, I’m exploring why I loved Arrow, Season 1, the serious problems with this season’s The Big Bang Theory, and a have a quick note about the new video game for the 3DS that has my twins in fan-squee mode.
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As fantastic as board games are, they can be very long and very complex. During game nights it can be nice to break up the more long-winded games with short, simple ones and dice games fit the bill perfectly. Here are three of my favourite dice games to play quickly between longer rounds of Catan and Magic.
Continue ReadingWelcome to episode eleven of Geek & Sundry’s TableTop, featuring the tenth game in the series, Elder Sign by Fantasy Flight Games. If you’ve not played the game before, it’s a co-op dice game and one that slots in to …
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Mayim Bialik is best known for her child acting career as the title character on Blossom. She currently plays the nerdy Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory and holds a real-life PhD in neuroscience. I really want to adore her, but then she had to go ruin it all by practicing unsafe parenting.
Continue ReadingI am not usually drawn to read advice books by celebrities. But I made an exception for Mayim Bialik’s Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way. First, because the mention of the …
Continue ReadingThe first collectibles I had to have or die trying were the original Star Wars glasses from Burger King. You ordered a soda and it came right in the glass with a plastic lid and a straw so you could enjoy your new found treasure on the spot. I used those glasses every day. We […]
Continue ReadingOne of the traditions that enter your home when you have a baby is that of lullabies. Whether you’re singing them yourself or you have some form of electronic gadget blaring out tinny, beepy versions of “Rock-a-Bye Baby”, chances are that by the time you’re hitting the 12 week mark, you’re getting a little sick […]
Continue ReadingThe day you have kids, you have to change your language. I don’t mean you have to learn a new one, but that you have to start eliminating all the words you don’t want them to use once they’re old enough to talk. This is not an easy task. Once you try to stop saying […]
Continue ReadingThe TV show The Big Bang Theory is one of those topics that seems to engender opinions in the geek community only on the extremes: I know a lot of people who can’t stand it, and a lot of people …
Continue ReadingWe had a huge response to the great Big Bang Theory giveaway we launched last Wednesday. Only one person could win it, though, and, out of more than 1,000 entries, Davida Perkins was the big winner. Congratulations, Davida, and Thank …
Continue ReadingIf you watch The Big Bang Theory regularly, and even if you only tune in now and then, you may recall the first episode in which Wil Wheaton appeared playing an “evil” version of himself. The plot in that episode …
Continue ReadingAccording to a recent article in The Guardian, there has been a significant boom in interest in physics in the past two years. The article discusses a number of possible reasons for the increase in interest, but the most unusual …
Continue ReadingDay Three of Comic-Con: my wife wanted to attend Comic-Con with me and we decided to bring both of our daughters, ages three-and-a-half and six-and-a-half. (Unfortunately, at the time we registered, we didn’t realize that Sunday is Kids’ Day or …
Continue ReadingPretty much all of us at GeekDad love “The Big Bang Theory.” It’s possibly the first show that has ever successfully managed to make fun of and celebrate geeks at the same time. Plus, they have an evil version of …
Continue ReadingImage: CBS.com My daughter started watching The Big Bang Theory with my wife and me last fall, and she got hooked pretty quickly. The show took far longer to reel me in, frankly, because when TBBT kicked off in fall …
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