Extreme Makeover idea

I don't watch much TV. Want proof? I didn't know the Emmys happened until I read it in the LA Times. Okay? But I am not here to to malign TV, I want to throw out an idea that I think would make non-habitual TV watchers like me into more regular watchers.

The mister and I love Discovery Science and especially "Through the Wormhole" with Morgan Freeman. The scientists who comment for this program have illustrious careers, enviable pedigrees from top-flight academic institutions and publish seriously thought-provoking research on things like the string theory, black holes and my favorite, time-travel. Back to the Future be damned.

Here is my beef, though.

Could these scientific visionaries make the effort to wear contacts? I'm serious. Pretty much any scientist you have seen on a science program dons super-ugly, outdated glasses. Initially I thought it was so they could wiggle the frames while they spoke, or appear more erudite. Now I don't think so. I think they can't be bothered, or perhaps they have never heard of that fabled institution that is Lens Crafters. Think about how awesome it be would to be a world-class scientist with three Ph.D.s, research labs across the globe AND look cool? I honestly would TiVo their commentary, maybe even watch it twice.

I proposed this idea to the mister who considered it vain and irrelevant to the pursuit of science. Whatever. Science is about opening frontiers. I propose that with a little effort, these presently unattractive, outdated looking think tanks could capture a wider audience, endear science to more people and make us a better civilization overall. That's opening some goddamn frontiers.

You know I am right.