Big Bang Theory ... The inner geek part 2

Since my first article had such an impact on the world I decided to write part 2 but where to start is the question a lot has changed since then.  Big Bang Theory has advanced to new levels in the past 3 years as well as my own life.

My Little guy is almost 3 and I see characteristics of Sheldon even in him he has own spot on the couch.  It is not the perfect wind to air ratio to positioning in the room.  My little dude is the positioning of the particular angle to the TV so he can watch his favourite TV shows or movie's.

I have began to wonder as I watch my little guy grow if Sheldon is the extreme in us all.  Is he what could happen to us all if things went to the extreme.  Then there is Raj the extreme on the dating scale where he needs a drink before he can even say hi to a girl.  Then there is Amy who I have yet to figure out she is the extreme on one hand and then on the other she is normal, or is she.

There is Penny and Bernadette the perfect yet not so perfect companion  for their boyfriends.  You then have the extreme Mother of Howard, who we can all see pieces of our own mother in caring and wanting to help but not to the extreme like her.

Back to the parallels I have been seen in life since the last 1.

People have the ability to be intelligent yet in the same breath they can be as dumb as a stump.  They do things that baffle common sense just like Sheldon, Raj, Leonard and the rest.

I saw a guy the other week that was the epitome of this he was riding a moped in shorts and sandals with a Third Reich style military helmet.  He looked so out of place it was a laugh.  Then there was the driver that missed the Tim Horton's drive through and ended up in the fence behind a tow truck.

I know the inner geek seems to be in us all even we think not it hides somewhere in us all.

I remember Ogre from revenge of the nerds who changed is ways after getting stuck on the island with the nerds and felt comfortable with them as they accepted him the way he was even though he teased them in the past.

If one can change can we all change and become a geek to some extent.  If our high-school self was to look at most of us now.  I am sure they would think we are geeks.  With the technology around us the computer the cell phone that is attached to our every being.  The little piece of technology that we cannot live without.

Just remember to some extent the characters of Big Bang make us not only laugh at them but help us to laugh at ourselves.

A fun little Dice Game

Here is a fun Little Dice Game called farkel

Farkel

The dice game you need 6 dice.

       In order to start counting you must roll 750.

          You must roll a 1 or  a 5 on the dice to stay in the game or 3 of a kind.

           

            1’s count as 100

            5’s count as 50

            all other dice count for zero unless they fall in categories below.

            A pair or a double pair of any others count for 0.

3 pair = 500 & rolling,

if you use all the dice you can keep rolling on and on until you choose to stop or you farkel.

If you FARKEL at any time what you rolled is lost and it you get 0.

First 1 to 15,000 Wins

A straight of  1-2-3-4-5-6  = 1,500 pts.

3 of a kind

                        1 = 1,000

                        2 = 200

                        3 = 300

                        4 = 400

                        5 = 500

                        6 = 600

4 of a kind

                        1 = 2,000

                        2 = 400

                        3 = 600

                        4 = 800

                        5 = 1,000

                        6 = 1,200

5 of a kind

                        1 = 4,000

                        2 = 800

                        3 = 1,200

                        4 = 1,600

                        5 = 2,000

                        6 = 2,400

6 of a kind

                        1 = 8,000

                        2 = 1,600

                        3 = 2,400

                        4 = 3,200

                        5 = 4,000

6 = 4,800

My own Creations for train and Vehicles

I have created some of my own designs for my Model Train and I decided I would post them here for people to see.  It is a Maritime influence honoring where my Mum's family came from to give it a unique flavor in my railroad landscape.

Irving Station

Irving Gas Station Pumps

Irving Tanker Car and Gas Truck

I have an engine as Well I have designed will need to take a picture of that and add it to another post it will be in one called favorite engines.

The Best Whiskey

I had 12 of the best whiskey bottles in my cellar and was told by my wife to empty the contents of each and every bottle down the sink or else !!!  So I said I would and proceeded with the unpleasant task

I withdrew the cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down the sink with the exception of one glass, which I drank.  I extracted the cork from the second bottle and did likewise with the exception of one glass, which I drank

I withdrew the cork from the third bottle and poured the whisky down the sink which I drank.  I pulled the cork from the fourth bottle down the sink and poured the bottle down the glass which I drank.

I pulled the cork from the next and drank one sink out of it, and threw the rest down the glass.  I pulled the sink out of the next glass and pulled the cork down the bottle.

Then I corked the sink with the glass, bottled the sink and drank the pour.  When I emptied everything, I studied the house with one hand counted the glasses, corks, bottles, and sinks with the other which were 29 and as the house came by I counted them again and finally had all the houses in one battle which I drank.

          I'm not under the affluence of incohol, but some thinkle peep I am.  I'm not half as drank as you might drink.  I fool so feelish I don't know who is me.  The drunker I stand here the longer I get.

The old Model Train track

When I was out at Mum's last weekend I decided to show Mattis my model train set that I was working on at my mum's when I was younger.  In time I will need to take it a part and bring it in will likely re do it though in parts as there are a few things I want to change.

I placed him on a stool and he took in all that I had designed the only thing is that the wiring underneath had been ripped out 4 years ago when my mum had a flood in the basement and I needed to rip out the carpet. underneath.

Here are a few pictures

Mr Mattis looking at the farm

The town square it still needs work

 

The local watering hole

In time I will bring it in when little buddy is older and we will create the scenes like my dad and I did with my first creations with his help and guidance.

I will pass my wisdom on to him and my passion so he can enjoy it as I did.  The majority of the techniques I taught myself over the years.  When you want to create something that looks realistic you notice the colors in more detail in the the world around you.

As I was packing up some of the items I forgot how many buildings I hate built that were not apart of things in the new layout.  I bought buildings and assembled them and didn't like how  they fit in to the scenes.  I did change things over time as well I had a vision that never got fulfilled.  It got left behind when I first moved since there was not enough space in my first apartment.

In time I will be reunite with my passion that kept up to the wee hours redesigning and revamping over the years.

Planes, Trains, Automobiles and Star Wars

I forgot how the mind of a young boy works.  It is a joy to see things through his eyes and listen to him as he learns about the world around him.

He loves Trains, Planes, and Cars.  Every night I have to play cars with him or Star Wars.  He tells me who I will be or gives me the car or the character and says "you pay (play) with him".

I have been a landing pad and  a road;  I guess it is all apart of parent hood.  Melanie has had the some luxury as well.

He can spot planes in the sky and loves to watch them fly over head.  I was hoping to take him to the Brantford air show but I guess I won't this year as it was cancelled.  When we go for walks and he hears cars or trucks that are loud he will say " That car loud".  He loves to point out the big trucks and all the cars we drive past or walk past

He knows the names of our cars plus Nana's car and Mel's Parents and sisters car.  He just loves cars he would rather play with them or watch a movie with a car.  He loves Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Back to the Future as well as Cars.

Mattis Driving the Escape

The other day after we went to get groceries he wanted to go see the trains since we used to go before when we went to No-Fills in Brantford and now it is in Paris we don't go near the station but I told him I would take him this coming weekend.  I can't wait until he wants to help re-build my model train set that was a part of my child hood I will likely start re-building it soon just need to bring it in from my Mum's

Then there is Star Wars he loves Star Wars and asks to watch it all the time,  He has figures that go with him in his diaper bag and the odd time one seems to end up in a shoe or in bed.  Every-time we go downstairs to the basement he wants to get out another figure to bring upstairs.

Yes he is after daddy's own heart.