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Here is summary of "The Vengeance Formulation," the Nov. 23 episode of "The Big Bang Theory": "After he's humiliated on National Public Radio, Sheldon vows to destroy Kripke, while Wolowitz tries not to destroy his new relationship with Bernadette. "Battlestar Galactica" star Katee Sackhoff appears as herself, offering Wolowitz some relationship advice."

And what an intimate setting Wolowitz and Sackhoff have for their conversation! As "Big Bang Theory" co-creator Chuck Lorre told USA Today, "We should all have a conscience that looks like Katee Sackhoff."

CBS does appear to like the "Battlestar" folks. Michael Trucco also appeared on "Big Bang," as did a Cylon toaster recently (check out this post for a funny clip of Sheldon making Cylon toast).

At this rate I'm hoping that Edward James Olmos puts in an appearance at McLaren's, the bar on "How I Met Your Mother." Who's with me?

The sobering new documentary Food, Inc. which opens in Chicago on June 19, shows the enormous hidden costs we all pay for eating cheap, factory-farmed food.

Most of us don't think much about how the food on grocery store shelves is produced, what's in it, or the impact it has on our bodies, the planet or the laborers.

And that's exactly how big agribusiness likes it, according to director Robert Kenner, who set out to "lift the veil" on the industrial food process.

Though the film is admittedly one-sided--Monsanto, Tyson, Perdue and Smithfield all declined the filmmakers access and prevented some of their growers from talking on camera--there's enough shocking undercover camera footage to make viewers start asking some important questions, such as "where does our food come from?"

Interviews with intestigative reporters and authors Eric Schlosser, ("Fast Food Nation") and Michael Pollan ("The Omnivore's Dilemma), independent farmers such as Joel Salatin (pictured above) and others, meanwhile, add context and help connect the dots.

The best part about the riveting new documentary "Food, Inc.," which opens in Chicago on June 19, is that it sends us all home with something important to do: Think about where your food comes from.

Then, the film urges, take small steps to change the food system.

Here's are 10 ways to start, according to the filmmakers:

1. Stop drinking sodas and other sweetened beverages. You can lose 25 pounds in a year by replacing one 20 ounce soda a day with a no calorie beverage (preferably water).

2. Eat at home instead of eating out. Children consume almost twice (1.8 times) as many calories when eating food prepared outside the home.

3. Support the passage of laws requiring chain restaurants to post calorie information on menus and menu boards. Half of the leading chain restaurants provide no nutritional information to their customers.

4. Tell schools to stop selling sodas, junk food, and sports drinks.Over the last two decades, rates of obesity have tripled in children and adolescents aged 6 to 19 years.

5. Meatless Mondays—Go without meat one day a week. An estimated 70 percent of all antibiotics used in the United States are given to farm animals.

6. Buy organic or sustainable food with little or no pesticides. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, over 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used each year in the U.S.

7. Protect family farms; visit your local farmer's market. Farmer's markets allow farmers to keep 80 to 90 cents of each dollar spent by the consumer.

8. Make a point to know where your food comes from—READ LABELS. The average meal travels 1,500 miles from the farm to your dinner plate.

9. Tell Congress that food safety is important to you. Each year, contaminated food causes millions of illnesses and thousands of deaths in the U.S.

10. Demand job protections for farm workers and food processors, ensuring fair wages and other protections. Poverty among farm workers is more than twice that of all wage and salary employees.

Here's a look at the "Film, Inc." movie trailer:

Researchers now say most people need 150 minutes a week of "moderate-intensity" exercise, as reported in a recent issue of New Scientist that looked at what scientists know about fitness.

Not necessarily, say some experts. If you're walking, for example, "moderate intensity" would be about 100 steps per minute, according to research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

If that sounds like a lot, try it. On a LifeFitness treadmill, it's just 2.0 miles per hour.

But steps-per-minute is a general measure, the researchers said. To get the 150 minutes, you need to walk a minimum of 3,000 steps in 30 minutes on 5 days each week.

Or, breaking it into three bouts of 1,000 steps in 10 minutes each day will also work, they said.

But other exercise specialists and groups, including the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association, say "moderate intensity" should cause a noticeable increase in breathing and heart rate. And strength work requires a different framework.

Khanna says the average novice exerciser "should pay closest attention to breathing and heart rate and perceived exertion. Exercise that feels hard usually is."

Sweating, by the way, is not an indication of intensity. "Sweat production is subject to many variables, including environment, conditioning, clothing and hydration status," Khanna said.

For eight other facts about fitness, including the answers to the question "Can I be fat and fit?" and "Can jogging kill you?" read the entire New Scientist article.

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