Hi Trina,

Always enjoy your commentary and your discipline of writing every day.

Wondering today after reading your comments if you believe that the character Sheldon Cooper is playing a boy with autism, specifically Asperger Syndrome? Personally I thought the role of Sheldon is to help generate public awareness for Asperger Syndrome. In real life the actor playing Sheldon is “normal” and that is simply his stage name and part as a Hollywood actor. Your comments of Big Bang Theory doesn’t exactly explain that the kids with Asperger are truly people whom we used to call nerds who are also the next inventors and in their own quirky way often advance the world technologically as most with a social conscience wouldn’t dream of doing. Clearly he can be annoying that that is the point that compassion is required with Asperger Syndrome people as it is a mental illness, yet can be overcome as the kids are geniuses and often very brilliant while socially behind others.

In Silicon Valley there are many Sheldon type characters. Lots of Raj’s as well; Indian families really laugh at Raj as so so very stereotypical of their culture.

Personally I know a little boy at 6th grade that was so fascinated with pie (you know 3.14159…..) that he continued to calculated digits beyond where any of us had interest and left much else of his life to be less important. I really smiled when the middle school wood shop teacher made a group activity of going out 100 digits for pie around the exterior of the wood shop classroom. This boy was over the top excited about this project and certainly wasn’t laughed at for his innocent and harmless obsession and that makes me smile. All the other kids learned about wood shop techniques and carefully carved the numbers.

Thanks again for sharing your daily thoughts. Today you hit a nerve as I like the show and do believe Sheldon is trying to teach us compassion and understanding.

Best, Judy