A few important facts to know:

1. I am a faithful fan of The Office.  I have been watching since the beginning.

2. I loved watching “Niagara”, Jim & Pam’s wedding episode.  It was so well done that it had me crying, both from laughing so hard and being so moved by the poignancy.

3. Birth scenes usually bring me to tears.  Being a mom, it reminds me of that amazing moments when I met my children.

Having shared those facts, I have to state that I didn’t like last night’s back-to-back episodes, “The Delivery 1 & 2″.  Sure, there were a few good moments:  Pam’s fear of not being able to “do this”.  It is a real feeling that many women experience.  Dwight throwing numerous weapons out of his car window as he was being pulled over by a police officer.  Nothing like Dwight to remind us how crazy he is!  Kevin’s excitement to eat extra meals with a friend was fairly amusing.

But the sad truth about last night’s one hour of The Office is that it left me feeling disappointed.  There weren’t many scenes that made me laugh.  The arrival of the baby wasn’t that moving.  And the accidental breastfeeding of another baby was so predictable.  As soon as the baby started crying, I (and the rest of the world) knew it wasn’t Baby Halpert.

So, while I won’t give up on The Office yet, I am fearful that it’s days may be numbered.  I hope that this show hasn’t jumped the shark.

In my opinion, Mythbusters is one of the best shows on TV, and most definitely the best science show available.  The show blends humor and science artfully, making it a very nerdy comedy (or a very funny nerd show, depending on your opinion).

The show is primarily hosted by Jamie Hyneman (the owner of M5 Industries, a special effects workshop) and Adam Savage (an artist/movie maker/designer/magician).  The show has Tony Belleci, Kari Byron, and Grant Imahara  hosting the secondary plot of the show.  The show is filmed in M5 Industries’ workshop/warehouse in San Fransisco.

They have a general habit of just blowing stuff up, as most myths involve death or destruction.  My two favorites were the flaming pilot’s hair myth and the explosive concrete removal myth.  In the pilot myth, a Canadian fighter pilot was flying his jet when a spark from his radio sent his extravagant hair up in flames.  The myth says the pure oxygen environment caused a lethal explosion, but the mythbusters proved that the hair would burn, though it would not explode lethally.  According to the other myth, concrete companies have been using different varieties of explosives to blast hardened concrete out of old cement trucks.  This was busted, as  the amount of explosive needed would damage the trucks.  So, after learning this, they packed the truck full of explosive and blew it apart.  It literally disappeared.

The show is fun because Adam and Jamie like to explain what actually causes the myth to happen… or not to happen.  They explain the factors that go into an experiment. The science is interesting to a science-interested person like me.  At the same time, the humor prevents it from being science class, although we did watch it in science one day.

I think Mythbusters is one of the best science shows on TV, and great for all!