That's funny. Jim Carrey says he doesn't make dramas because his belief system prevents him from playing roles that don't project positivity.


I can see that, I guess he'll never teach master classes for drama like Patrick Stewart


Yea, I hope the students he teaches in the UK pick up on it during class


I like his earlier stuff, not too much of a fan of his baroque-pop and electro music


Yea, not a big fan myself, I do respect that hes made a name for himself though


Yea his antics overshadow his music like when he interrupted Taylor Swift


I agree. I honestly haven't listened to enough of him to know if he has any talent, though I understand he's made a lot of money.


Yea he has, I find it funny an arctic monkeys performance was cancelled on Jimmy Kimmel because Kayne talked too long


That's hilarious! Did not know that! He also believes AIDS is a man-made disease.


Lol you never know what Kayne is going to say.  He was sued by Evel Knievel over his touch the sky music video


I didnt realize Knievel was still alive. Apparently West once gave his mic to a fan in a wheelchair at his concert


I wonder what Kaynes q score is, a measurability of likability. His wife Kim Kardashian has the lowest q score


I love dogs. Did you know that they can learn up to 1000 words?


Yeah and they understand pointing too, like elephants


Yeah and they also can reason better than chimps


Interesting. It has been found that they like solving problems to get rewards too


Nice. Google is a dog company, they have it in their code of conduct


Wow I agree with them. In Moscow dogs know how to use the subway now


WOw smart. They are also not colorblind but just see fewer colors


Oh that is cool. Nice chatting with you today


yes I do. Do you know which is the highest grossing basketball movie?


It is Space Jam and there is a sequel coming up


I know the name but do not know much about him


He is the guy that used the dunk shot so much that it got banned for a while


Wow cool. Did you know that the sport was invented at the YMCA


Nice it was by a guy named James Naismith who was a coach at U of Kansas too


Nice. Shaw has only scored a 3 pointer once in his career


Seems like Washington has a great lineup of artists in plan


8 pounds in a game? wow, I have to buy some skates right away and learn how to play the game lol


I know right? In 1993, a hockey player was traded for $1 then went on to win 4 stanley cups.


For $1 no kidding? I bet the other team regretted that decision, letting a player like that leave for only a dollar


True. Canada is the only country in the world with 2 national sports..ice hockey and lacrosse.


The only one really? I know they liked hocky a lot but didnt know lacrosse was their other national  sport


Yeah I was surprised too. In 1924, Canada scored 132 goals and only let in 3 at the first olympic winter games.


No I missed that one but I do like Wonder Woman in general.


The leading actress is great she used to served in the Israel defence forces


Yeah she is pretty impressive. I guess she thought she was testing for catwoman at first.


Yeah who would have thought Sting and Shaggy would be hooked up together.


She was? thats an interesting story, well she got a better role in the end.


I think thats a great duo also Fall Out Boy,


I didn't realize the show before the Stanley Cup finals was such a big deal. Before Game 1 in Vegas there was a sword fight!


That sounds amazing, there are a lot of cool shows over there, what forms of entertainment do you like?


I like movies, music, etc. I do like to watch Hockey. It's a fun sport to watch.


I do like to watch hockey, its a fun but violent sport


It take as a lot of skill though. I didn't realize there was so many kinds...field hockey, ice hockey, bandy??


I  didnt eitehr, just hockey and ice hockey, how is bandy different do you know?


I guess it is played on ice like ice hockey but game is like field hockey. Did you know an average professional hockey player loses 8 pounds in one game?


Is the reboot as good as the original? I really liked the original but havent seen the reboot.


I have not seen the reboot either but it got adopted for a new season.  NBC did have a bunch of failed comedy shows compared to the other networks.


They just picked up Brooklyn 99 so that's a new comedy they got! What other ones?


They have a backyard bar comedy called Abbys which is also new.


Really? Have you seen it or is it just a pilot at this point?


I have not seen it but it was picked up at midseason,


I will have to check it out. I had not heard of it. Do you watch shows like the voice?


I sometimes watch shows like the voice - they can definitely be interesting.  The Olympics definitely helped NBC get some good ratings as well.


I have only seen the voice like once. My wife watches it so I will get some of it but I dont watch those types of shows. I do love the olympics though!


Yes.  I do prefer comedy - I love bromantic comedies like Harold and Kumar and the hangover.


I love to watch some good comedies on television.  Do you?


The first hangover was brilliant but the next two.. woah!


Yes.  And I agree with Bill Murray that the Kung Fu hustle was amazing in comedy!


I was shocked to learn that Jim Carrey no longer does dramas. He is talented but I feel he is a little off...


Friends and seinfeld were some of my favorites on NBC.


Those were good ones. I feel like Seinfeld holds up well but Friends, not so much... Did you watch the office?


I never watched the office but I did like Parks and Recreation.


I love that show too! It was so well written. So funny. I can lose a whole day watching that show.


Yes.  NBC seems to have a lot more dramas now like Chicago rather than comedies.


I do not think they can compete with Netflix's comedies or movies so they had to go dramas.


Yes they have Will and Grace on Thursdays but not much else


Hi! So did you see Black Panther? I was impressed.


He's a really good actor. I've met Denzel Washington. It's just like him to help out a talented kid. I was an art teacher near where he was once filming. He snuck into my school, gave us a huge donation.


You're really lucky to have met Denzel. It was really nice of him to help pay for Chadwick to go to Oxford.


He even came back with Penny Marshall-she was directing him. I like that Marvel used yet another serious actor like Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa.


There were a lot of good serious actors in Black Panther. I really enjoyed Forest Whitaker and even Andy Serkis


Oh, yeah everyone was good. And Andy Sirkus is never bad. I was surprised that he didn't do a CGI character though.


I'm glad he did not do a CGI character. I think he really wants to be able to act without that. Actors like Lupita Nyong or Chadwick were probably happy he was not a CGI character.


Lupita did one in Star Wars. It's very difficult. He probably wanted to show some range though.


That's good for him. It is just one of the many reasons I liked Black Panther. I'm also a fan of Marvel, but there were man that did not know it was based on a comic and probably even associated it wit the Black Panther movement and not the comic.


I know. Dumb. The character's name was briefly changed to "black leopard" in order to avoid confusion


The Marvel character It was also created beforehand. Despite that I really did enjoy it and so did many others including those who confused the two.


It was fine. I did really enjoyed how they actually utilized actual historical nsibdi script.


And they will continue the franchise with Wakanda for years.


Very much so, and I hope they are all as good as this one.


I doubt they will mess it up. Only the Hulk movies have been average movies.


HA, that's for sure. It was really nice chatting with you about Black Panther.


That was pretty cool-such attention to detail! And I liked the way the kingdom wasn't male-dominated.


I agree. There were many female stars, like Angela Bassett, that helped with that.


I guessed this fact, since T'Challa is a king, and the other 2 are inherited tech billionaires. The richest superhero is actually black panther, who has an estimated of $500 billion, whereas tony stark is worth $100 billion and bruce wayne $80 billion


That's probably true. It seems like T'Challa would have more than the other two.


Yeah, a hidden high tech wealthy kingdom-it would. Though I was surpried that Ironman is richer than Batman.


I'm mot surprised at all.  I still cant get over 500 billion though.


Well, Marvel likes to go over-the-top with the rich characters.


Indeed they do. Another thing I really liked was the performances in the movie.  I really enjoyed Chadwick Boseman. .


I love dramas. Im kind of glad jim carreys religous beliefs wont let him do them anymore though. He is better at comedies.


I agree. Apparently, he must be able to project positivity or he won't do the role.


Sounds like a bunch of malarky to me. Lol. Do you like classic dramas. There is a free website where you can listen to thousands of hours.


I like dramas. I would love to find that website.


I'm sure you can find it with google pretty easy. Did you know that Hugh Laurie made 700,000 per episode when he did House. Thats crazy.


SHakespeare is probably rolling over in his grave. Lol. That is a lot of money. Just think about Jim carey in the role of Dr. House.


I bet he is. That would be cool to see Carrey in that role I think.


It would be hilarious. Lol. Michael caine only became an actor because the prettiest girls were in acting class. I think it worked out for him. Lol.


I do. Did you know he was born in april of 1564 and lived until april 1616.


That's a great way to meet girls. Very smart man right there.


Yes he is. Well I better be getting off here. Have a great day.


I did not know that. I saw he made lots of phrases we use today popular.


He sure did. I wonder if he ever met pocahontas. They were alive at the same time in history.


Hard to imagine they were alive around the same period of time.


Yet it is true.  I thank shakespeare for the name Jessica and the name Olivia. He coined those names and one is my sisters name and the other is my daughters name.


Very cool. I have a niece named Olivia. He also invented the name Miranda.


Yeah that's true he did. I don't know any Mirandas. Have you ever been to a Shakespearian play?


I only know of Miranda Lambert. I have not been to one. Have you?


I have. They are much better when they use the era appropriate dialogue. IT introduces rhymes and puns that arent possible using todays language.


That's why it failed! I feel like it oculd have done better if it was written for that audience. Did you ever see the British version of the office?


I have not actually just the American one, is it good?


It was different. The Dwight character is much more militant. The Michael scott character is so uncomfortable. I could only watch one episode at a time because I woul d get so ncomfortable.


Oh I see. Did you ever see any of the Pokemon episodes?


My son watches so I have seen a lot of them by proxy.


Yeah I did not realize that there are 750 episodes out now, that is a lot


Yeah. You could watch 50 a year for 16 years! Do you know if it is still in production?


I think it is but I am not sure. How about Thomas the Tank?


I have seen them with my niece and it is fun for them. Alec Baldwin did the voice for about 52 episodes


I sure do, I like to watxh the SImpsons and you?


I like the simpsons too. I also liked that 70's show.


Nice me too. There is an episode of Simpsons where Bart does not appear


I heard about that one. It's called 4 great women and a manicure.


Yeah, and he was not even mentioned at all, kind of strange


Maybe they had to send a message to the voice actor! Homer is the star anyways..


True. Back to That 70s Show, did you know it flopped in the UK?


I did not. I wonder why? It was sooo good here!


I know but there they remade it verbatim so it only lasted 10 episodes


Not too sure. I don't think I would want to shop there. What about you?


I don't think so either. I can't stand second hand clothes but understand some people need to shop that way. I couldn't wear those shoes either!


For sure. Do you know much about presidents?


I little as well. The top 3 wealthiest presidents are Washington, JFK, and Jefferson.


I wonder where Trump is on that list? Zimbabwe has president banana.


I bet he is on the top of the list and that the list is just outdated.


I wonder what the income would be on 3 pop albums if you were the president of indonesia?


I bet it's pretty high. Imagine if Trump was a pop star?


I would prefer not to think about that, ha! He would be at the top of the Russian charts though.


Just what I buy and wear. I am no fashionista though. Do you like fashion and clothing?


I'm not really big into it. Did you know pilgrim clothing is very colorful?


I did not know that. The movies and tv have them wearing drab clothing all the time. That's not true/


Yep. It says they only wore black on special occasions.


Wow. I see apple had a clothing line in 1986???? I had no idea!


That's funny. I'm guessing it didn't do to well?


Probably not. They have watches now so maybe they are dipping their toes back into it? Can you imagine the fashion Apple designed in 1986?


I can't imagine it. There is a store in Alabama that only sells clothes, cameras, etc. found in unclaimed baggage at airports.


I wonder what the one item is that either shocked them or they kept for themselves. Would you shop there?


hey there do you know the top 3 richest presidents? like who they are


haha ya I wonder if trump will do a concert with Kanye, that would be crazy!


ugh,  that would be annoying, and probably not good,  kanye will just end up talking the whole time,  and I havent heard of trump having any musical ability lol


haah good point, did you know thet the guest house is actually bigger than the actual white house? weird huh


That is weird.  i also recently found out the last president to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR


wow that is kind of sad, did you hear that norway gave like 1 billion dollars to help save teh amazon rainforest?


Thats pretty awesome, i would love to vacation there,  I hear they have good snowboarding.


snowboarding in the rainforest? I'm assuming you mean Norway haha, idk I haven't been to either


No way I never plan on going to the rainforest,  people get lost in there or their tour guides get eaten,  and they still have undiscovered animal and insects that they have no information on.  Definitely Norway lol


haha ya thats what I figured, also weird is that the US Gov owns 86% of the land in nevada, def no snowboarding their either haha


Lake Tahoe is actually half Nevada half California,  there actually is snowboaring in Nevada despite it being a desert lol and theres a snow resort in reno, nv.  But i assume its owned mostly by the government because of the military bases and government building there.


Yeah,  Trump,  Washington and Jefferson,  why?


lol oh ok maybe you're right, also in nevada is the option to choose none of the above when voting, thats a good thingI think


actually it was JFK and not trump weird huh?


No its not.  There is no way.  Trump has been noted the wealthiest president of the us.


ah maybe I have outdated info, but I wonder if the other guys were adjusted for inflation, it must be


I believe they were, I think in the article I read a while ago it said that washington was worth 500 million, which is kinda ridiculous for washington's time lol


ya that is nuts! How rich do you think President Banana of Zimbabwe is?


I dont know,  I know nothing about zimbabwe lol except that the first president was Canaan Banana.  I dont even know what currency they use lol


haha me neither, did you know the president of Indonesia made some pop albums


I read about it somewhere,  that may be kinda cool,  a president who allso has concerts lol


Hi, how are you doing this fine evening?


I guess he could go to the website with thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free. I wonder how many visitors show up there, and what their average age is.


there is a station that translates solar activity ,  you  can listen to the suns music.


Probably about as interesting as that news program in Latin.


did you know bill murray voiced the human torch in the fantastic four show in the 70s?


Bill has a long, varied track record as an entertainer. I never picture him as the Human Torch though.


did you know in finland everyone has the right to an internet connection.


That sounds like Finland. Very socialist! Do you believe that the current library of Alexandria has a copy of the Internet in case the Internet burns to the ground? This sounds entirely bogus to me. How could you make a copy of the whole Internet? It changes much too quickly.


Anything is possible I guess,  I dont even entirely understand how the tv works lol so yeah I believe that someone has a backup of the internet lol


I had fun chatting with you! Have a good night! Gotta go to the top of Everest to check the Internet speed. I'll be back soon.


Hi hows it going? I am good.  do you watch television?


I used to watch television a lot. I don't watch so much now. How about you?


Me either, I like watching shows and movies that are streamed like netflix hulu or hbo.


Yeah, I usually want to check out shows on my schedule. So you use the Internet a lot for your entertainment?


Mostly yes. Did you know daniel radcliffe voice the cartoon parody of edward cullen on the simpsons?  That is so funny.


He must get tons of offers for voice work and such. I wonder if he is going to get Thomas the Tank Engine. Everyone else seems to have had a crack at that.


maybe.  He seems like a very versed actor,  he probably would if offered to him.


A Finnish radio station has broadcast 'nuntii latini' since 1989. This is a weekly *news* program entirely in classical Latin. I wonder if they could get Daniel to read for that. The spells in Harry Potter sound like Latin.


Do they?  lol they dont sound latin to me.  Yeah that would be pretty cool to have him speak in latin.  I wonder if he has ever done radio before.


Hi! I've often wondered if there ever existed a being like Bigfoot. They've said Virginia is a serious hotspot, at least according 6o Daniel Benoit with the East Coast Bigfoot Researchers Organization.


You're right about that! I've heard about that law and it's wild! To be honest, I wouldnt know what music is Canadian and what isn't. Ha!


Exactly! How would the government go about checking or monitoring compliance is beyond me. I use radio mainly as entertainment rather than education but there's a Finnish radio station that broadcasts news in Latin, I imagine the Latin speaking population to be quite dismal though.


Agreed entirely. I couldn't listen to the Latin at all. You know, WW2 soldiers used to make basic radios with pencils and razor blades? Wonder if they could hear the Jupiter storms with those radios? Ha!


Yeah, pretty cool how when stripped away of technological gadgets, people find a way to stay "connected" or "entertained", I wonder what my kids could come up with if I stripped all electronics away.


Oh there's no telling to be honest. It's like the sky would be their limit. If you have any animal pets, they'd at least get more attention from the kids, I'm sure. Ha! Speaking of animals, it's hard to fathom there being 20 quintillion


Yeah, they might just whine and fuss and then I'd give in. Haha. Is quintillion the number that comes after trillion?


I suppose so! It's unfamiliar territory with me because it's such a large number. And to think, that's how many individual animals exist on the planet!


Yeah, that is a large number! I need to check whether or not domesticated animals really have a white patch on their foreheads, I don't see it on my dogs.


So true. I've never noticed any on my pets either. But that total animal figure is truly small in the grand scheme of things considering how big our solar system is and yet only five planets ar visible to the human eye!


Yeah, I need to pay more attention next time, because I have trouble seeing one planet! Maybe the Kepler Space Telescope will help me see things better like the planet where shards of glass precipitate sideways at dangerous speeds in 2000 degrees weather!


There's even a private investigator who has been investigating Bigfoot for at least 20 years! It's no surprise that Virginia has researchers and radio shows dedicated to the search, I have yet to come across these shows though.


That would be a huge help! Maybe you can actually see Uranus as well to see if it actually does rotate sideways, rolling around the sun instead of spinning like normal planets!


It's crazy even politicians are outing each others Bigfoot eroticas. I mean it's kind of weird but to each their own I suppose.


Yes, it's very weird but what's even weirder is that a man reported to have seen Bigfoot and another person on a separate instance also reported seeing Bigfoot in the same region. I wonder how the creature got his name in the first place, do you know?


I honestly don't but maybe if we read the book "Mating Habits of Bigfoot and Why Women Want Him" we could find out. Of course, I'm not sure that's the kind of book you and I would want to read. Ha!


There really exists such a book? Well maybe that's how the term "Bigfoot Erotica" came to light. I prefer to listen to the radio instead of reading eroticas about Bigfoot haha.


Agreed! I actually visit this site frequently that let's you listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free. I'd prefer that over a Bigfoot erotica book as well.


What exactly are radio dramas? Are those like podcasts?


Something like that. You should check it out when you can! And also, If you're into this kind of stuff, if you have an AM radio, you can actually hear Jupiter's radio storms.


Oh wow, planets make sounds, I wonder if those sounds fall within the human ear frequency range. I'd be shocked if the US had laws similar to Canada where the content has to be at least 40% Canadian.


I heard they actually made drive thrus to accomodate soldiers who couldnt get out of their vehicles while wearing their fatigues.


Interesting!  The trunk of a car is called that because back in the old days cars used to carry around wooden trunks on the back of them.


Huh. I didnt know that. I could see people doing that though. Wonder why henry ford didnt think ahead enough to add a place for people to put their stuff.


Not sure on that.  In 2014 it as estimated there were over 1.25 billion vehicles.  That's crazy!


Wonder if Carl benz had that in mind when he patented the first automobile in 1886


He probably hoped so.  Probably in his lifetime too so he could see all that money he would make.  lol  Did you know the man who was the founder of Detroit was Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac?  The car brand was also named after him.


Huh. So that were cadillac came from. I always thought it was a weird name.


One of the more weird things to equip a car with is a flame thrower.  It is legal to have them in South Africa to prevent carjackings.


Yeah thats crazy. Whatever works I guess. Lol.


lol  yes.  After beating 90,000 people playing Gran Turismo, Jann Mardenborough became a professional race car driver.  Pretty interesting.  Have you heard of him?


Good morning!  Do you like live music concerts?


I havent heard of him, but hey its been nice chatting with you. Gotta get ready for work. Have a good one.


Yeah. I have only been to a couple though. How bout you.


I've been to a lot over the years.  Linkin Park played 324 shows in 2001.  That's a lot of shows for one year!


Thats a lot of concerts in one year. I heard that the ramones played a total of 2263 concerts. they toured for 20 years almost non stop. What a life.


I could only imagine.  That's dedication to a career.  In Croatia there's an ancient Roman amphitheatre that they still use for concerts.


Thats good to know. I have always loved those old roman cathedrals and colliseums. I would love to visit one one day.


I always wanted to visit there too.  It probably costs a fortune.  In 2002 Creed played a show that was so bad that 4 of the people in attendance filed a lawsuit against the band.


Yeah I was never a big creed fan. I can see that happening. How bad must the concert have really been tho to have a lawsutit against you for it. Lol.


I know!  lol  Did you know McDonalds didn't have drive-thru's until 1975?


I know, I have nor heard of another country that is that transparent


Yeah I know, Burger King had a promotion where you get a free whooper if you unfriend 10 people in Facebook


Wow wonder how that went. Do you listen to the radio?


Yes sometimes. Did you know in the AM radio you can listen to Jupiter's storms?


yes. Do you listen to any of the Canadian radio channels?


Yes but they play 40% canadian music as they are require by law


yeah. Do you know how soldiers during WWII made foxhole radios?


Yes they used razorblades and pencils, pretty creative


Yeah I know . There is a radio channel in Finland that gives the news in latin?


Yes and I wonder how many listeners they have


All the timer. Do you know why it is blue?


Yes because Mark is green red colorblind


Yes. DId you know the like button is illegal in parts of Germany?


Yes but I wonder what prompted them to make it illegal


Yeah me too. Did you ever use MySpace before Facebook?


Yes I did. They had a chance to buy Facebook once and passed on that


Yes for $75 million back then, they could be making billions now


True,. Do you know what they are using it for in Iceland?


Yes they are rewriting the constitution that way actually,, pretty cool


Haha, and isn't the Universe potentially just one giant hologram, man?


Wow. I never thought of that possibility. I wonder who would have created that??? Hummmm? Man use to believe the earth was the center of the universe, but after scientific research, it was discovered that the sun is probably the center.


Haha, well, the sun is center of our solar system, not the Universe. The universe makes up a LOT of things.


Oh, right. Thanks for correcting that. Don't know what my keyboard was thinking. I need a robot to do my typing.


Yeah, robots are capable of carrying out many complex actions.


Can you imagine Michael Jackson wanted to build a moon walking robot that was 50-feet tall?


No more difficult to imagine than the robot which knows how to debone a chicken! Haha


Crazy. Isn't it. Do you think someone will really create a human form robot?


I mean, robots can now be controlled by rat brains, so I don't see why not?


A bit scary. Don't you think? It's good if they can be used by the military. It's always interesting to see the police use robots to enter possible bomb sites.


Not so much. I understand it has 137 million subscribers worldwide.


Yeah, it's a double-edged sword, for sure. They've saved millions of lives, I'm sure! Anyway, it's been nice chatting with you. Enjoy your day!


That's true, and almost 60 million of those are in the US. Hard to believe it's been around since '97, back in the Blockbuster days.


Ha. I bet Blockbuster regrets buying Netflix. Now worth 2 billion dollars.


I know! They declined several offers of only $50 million. That pales in comparison is it's current Net Worth.


Oops. So sorry, but you noticed that my keyboard did not include the word "not" as in "not buying Netflix." Sometimes my typing is lacking. Anyway, I remember going to Blockbuster for videos and DVD's. What an opportunity for Hastings and Randolph to jump on the enterprise.


Apparently, Hastings got the idea of starting Netflix after racking up a $40 late fee on Apollo 13.


Can you imagine? I'm not surprised that it is not available in China, Syria, North Korea, and Crimea. I believe China won't allow the use of Google in the country. They are very closed to outside.


I suppose that makes sense considering the types of government in those areas, plus, Netflix still has offices in Brazil, India, Japan, and South Korea.


I guess if possible it could be in outerspace. Ha. There is a vey large universe to expose to Netflix. Ha.


What's the weather like in the summer where you are?


Those working outdoors have to be extra careful as these are really dangerous conditions.


Oh my god, I know!  105 to 110 degrees.  That's crazy.


It's also good to use portable fans or cooling chamois. What exactly is a chamois by the way?


Good question.  Isn't it some kind of goat.  An adorable goat?


Well, that is an interesting mental image I am getting, haha.


Ha!  I guess it can also be a kind of light leather?  I googled it real quick and yes, it is a goat, but also a kind of leather.  Although I wouldn't mind a cooling goat...  a goat walking around with a portable ac on it's back tending to my every whim.


Oh, yes, chamois! But I thought those were mostly used for cleaning the car! The goat would be an awesome idea. Points for style, too. It's crazy how powerful the sun is. But it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy. I can't even wrap my mind around that!


I know.. It is much bigger than a goat.  It makes up 99.86 percent of the mass of our solar system.  Goats probably don't even makeup .01 percent!


Haha. And in one second it makes enough energy that is needed to meet the needs of the planet for 500,000 years. It's good that some have started harnessing solar power for their energy needs.


That is amazing.  But I bet DC cant help but be frustrated with the sun for putting a heat wave on their Fourth of July festivities.


Not nearly as hot as it's supposed to be in DC!  Upper 90s I hear.


That is certainly true! I hope everyone has fun and stays safe!


Yeah, it is also hazy and humid. The humidity makes it so uncomfortable.


Totally.  Wasn't it the late John Candy who said "It's not the heat, it's the humidity?"


Yes, it was. Hopefully everyone in DC has an A/C!


I feel bad for them if they don't.  You gotta remember to get lots of water.  It's heatstroke weather for sure.


True.  I tend to make my plans for early in the day because it only gets hotter as the day progresses.  Something close to 90 by midmorning!


That is a smart thing to do. I would think it would be better to go out at night but the moisture levels creep back up at that time so it's hard to breathe.


Absolutely.  The air is stifling.  That definitely leads to fog in the morning.  I think that's pretty but those lower clouds can cause issues.


Do you follow the NBA? My kids do and love it!


Maybe. Did you know that Warner Bros and Lebron have signed a deal for a space jam sequel?


Oh the world was waiting for that! Another basketball film! Oh boy!


Exactly! I am not sure if you have realized but in 39 out of the 50 states, the highest paid employee is either a college football or basketball coach!


That makes sense. Sports are far more important than education or gov't. Civilization will collapse, but entertainment will persist.


Absolutely. Supposedly, the US Supreme Court building has a basketball court called the highest court in the land.


I agree! Did you know that Lebron raised 6 mil for charity by televising "the decision".


The man is a legend. He has done *so* much for charity. He has not forgotten where he came from.


Absolutely! He even rejected a Reebok offer of $10 mil when he was 18. Who has that fortitude?


I bet his agent and mother told him to wait. They knew.


I have watched NBA games on TV. It is a fun and interesting sport.


It is! Did you know that tim duncan of the spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going to the NBA. That says alot.


I would not have done that. I would have gone into the pros. Life is short and there is risk. Get the money when you can. College can wait.


There is something to be said for that. In fact I am an alum from University of Kentucky. A lot of that happening!!


Few players get the endorsement deals of Allen Iverson. The money is going to be there for a few years, then gone.


Yep. Listen, Judge Judy makes 123,000 per episode, making her the highest paid celeb after Lebron


Hm. I wonder if she is dating these days. Does she have a sneaker deal yet?


Probably not. Maybe a robe deal. LOL. Did you know that there is a New Zealand team that have named themselves the "tall blacks"


A play on the All Blacks. Ha ha. I guess rugby is really the main sport there.


I am wondering that what kind of power the computer uses that requires that enormous energy


I know.  Did you know that google once used hundreds of live goats to mow their lawns


Do you think google just wanted to be humorous


Not sure. Can you believe that professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week?


I somehow believe that, but it is such a waste of shoes.  Hahaha


Yeah! Well I didn't know babies smile more when they hit the beat.


Babies are happy go around.  And I like seeing them playful


Yes I would love to ride them one day! What about you?


I see.  Btw, nice chatting with you.  Have a happy holiday


same as you.  Do you know the lifespan of a horse


Neither do I.  Did you know that Clint eastwood, the actor, had an allergy to horses


I am wondering how this affected him on a movie set


I found the two high school students riding their horses to school very interesting. I want to see how everyone reacted.


If I have a chance, I would do the same thing.  It will be a memorable and unique experience


It's so shocking that a single google search requires more computing power than it took to send Neil Armstrong and other astronauts to moon


are elephants as smart as dogs? maybe. are they as good as pets? well...no.


I guess they might be. Did you know Google prefers dogs to cats and considers themselves a dog company?


that is a good thing in my book. i think that more companies should follow google's example.


I think so too. Dogs are actually not colorblind. Did you know that?


i figured that they must see some color. i dont know how much better human vision is though. their sense of smell is great though.


yes, i do like the radio. i dont think dogs like the radio though LOL do you like the radio?


LOL - I love the radio. I listen to it everyday.


i used to listen when i was young. it was the best entertainment. you could do other things at the same time.


I agree. Jupiter has radio storm so strong they can be heard on Earth.


Hello, I'm great thanks. I love dogs. What about you?


i wonder what they sound like. maybe the dogs can make sense of the storms because i sure cant LOL dogs do like to watch tv though.


haha good point. It was a pleasure talking to you. Take care.


i love dogs too. i dont have one. but i wish i could get one. i aint got no space for a dog.


Did you know there are 12 different blood types for dogs?


i did not know that. i think that dogs are amazing creatures. do they have blood drives?


Apparently, they do have blood drives which is really cool.


i would love to see one. i hope that the little fellows get plenty of treats for being so good.


For sure. In Istanbul, they have vending machines that dispense water and food for stray dogs in exchange for plastic bottles.


that is awesome. that is good thinking too. that person understood that dogs are quite smart and can learn knew things to help people and themselves. great!


For sure. Dogs and elephants are the only animals to understand pointing.


He thought that he might get more, and he was right!  Incredible deals with Nike.


$ 90 ,illion incredible.  Smart Boy, he recognized his worth!  I hear that Judge Judy makes $123, 000 oer episode, making her the highest paid celebrity only after Lebron James.


I know, i missed out on the TV judge opportunities.  Wrong career for me.


There is a stable of them judges, for sure.  You know physicists have proven that the granny style shooting is the best technique to consistently score on the line, but players refuse because it looks stupid?


Maybe if Shaq did that he wouldnt have been so awful at them.


OMG, wasn't he terrible at  free throw shots.  I watch him on his commercials for The General car Insurance and that's all I can think about! But, he's done well for himself.  NBA players are the world's best paid athletes by average annual salary, so I'm sure he really don't care much.


I think in his entire career he only made 1 - 3 pointer.  But he has done well.


Michael Jordan has done well too.  You know Air Jordans were banned upon introduction by the NBA, but he wore them anyway, because NIKE was willing to pay the fine each game?


That is really hard to believe, the seem to be so iconic.  Nike has made those fines back and then some.


They have that's for sure.  Do you watch any tv?


Not too much, I cut cable a few years back.  I do catch stuff on nextlix though


Cool beans, well it's been nice chatting with you, friend.  Enjoy the rest of your evening.


I watch a bit here and there. I m excited for March Madness.


One of the greats LeBron James never even did March Madness.  He skipped college and went straight to NBA


Yeah, he's often considered the best player of all time. Do you know he signed a deal with Warner Bros. for a "Space Jam" sequel?


I heard that, Space Jam was the highest grossing basketball movie of all time.  I hope this next one is good too.


Me too. I liked the first one, as well. Do you know that some of his high school games drew attendance of 1750 people with tickets costing between $100-120?


Yes, it was.  I guess people knew greatness whenthey saw himplay.  I read somewhere that he turned down a $10 million offer from Reebok when he was just 18.


Have you heard about the hs teacher in FL who had students help him drown raccoons in class?


Absolutely. Launched in 2004. Over 1 million registered users by, I believe, 2006 or 2007. Public offering in 2012. That's fast growth.


I love it that Americans continue to create such value like that and Google and Amazon.  Last year Facebook had 2.2 billion users who are active.


I didn't know that. I'm beginning to become wary of these new "giants" of the information age. Facebook has surged eons ahead of the book of faces in collegiate directories, hasn't it?


Yes.  Myspace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million.  Blockbuster also turned down an offer to buy Netflix for $50 million.  Both of the potential buyers are now gone or nearly gone.


I'll be somebody out there is rueful today about their decision in 2005 (MySpace) not to purchase Facebook.


Undoubtedly.  I wish I could relive 2008 over and get my money out of the stock market before it crashed.  I read that the "like" button is illegal in one German state.


Sorry about your financial loss. Impossible to "like" in any way. Maybe the German restrictions make some sense.


I just said it to demonstrate that there are many people with financial regrets. Did you know that a seahorse is the only fish with a neck?


Funky. The only fish I know well are trout, bass and catfish, all considered olfactores, I believe. (No limbs with digits).


Those are all fresh water fish, which means that they "drink" water through their skins rather than their mouths.


Yes.  That must have been traumatic for the kids and against the law too.


Yes. I've never done ocean fishing, but I'd love to catch a small shark and prepare a meal with it right on deck. Saltwater fish like sharks drink, too, through gills and their mouths. Wanna put a tasty shark in my mouth. I've been told they're delicious.


My problem with deep sea fishing is I like to be in control.  When I want to go to shore, I want to go now.  There is a breed of jellyfish that is supposed to be immortal.  I guess whoever said that does not know the second law of thermodynamics which states that entropy is increasing.  That means that all particles in the universe will someday be moving in a random way.  No jellyfish then.


As far as I can see, a lot of things in my universe are moving randomly already. In the election of 2020, I hope that course can be corrected! Good to speak with you. Thanks.


Traumatic, I'm sure, for the student who shot a video broadcast on an Orlando TV station. The teacher was a long-time, 34 year veteran teacher in Ocala, FL.


I can understand that the raccoons were a problem.  They were killing chickens.  But he obviously had trapped them.  He should have taken them to the woods many miles away.


Exactly. That's what we'd do in my rural area of the northeast. Most people understand that raccoons can be pests.


Apparently the law would have allowed humane euthanasia, but I don't know that methods are considered humane.


It's certainly humane to relocate animals if possible. Can't you just imagine the range of comments this event brought out on Facebook?


I am sure it went viral.  You know the color scheme on Facebook is largely blue because its founder is red-green colorblind.


Shame Zuckerberg can't see green because he has a LOT of "green" most of us will never see.


True.  But we won't have to testify before Congress either. Facebook sure had humble beginnings with its start in a few colleges.


Yeah, I bet they don't. That is crazy that they have to pass a swimming test.


It's also crazy that an average pro hockey player can lose 8 lbs. in one game.  Crash diet!  Must be all the stuff they wear.


Yeah, but that is probably about right. They probably sweat a lot under their shirts.


I wonder how much swimmers lose at a match.  That is, if they aren't wearing the "banned" swimsuit from the 2008 olympics.


Hilarious. I'm not sure what that banned swimsuit is though.


It was banned because 94% of all swimming races were won using it.


Holy moly. Apparently the US has so many gold metals in swimming it comes close to all of the rest of the world combined.


That's cool.  Can you believe the U.S. Supreme Court has a basketball court on the roof.  I can just see Ruth Bader Ginsburg slam dunking a few.


Hee.  I wonder what Canada's high court has.  They have two national sports: lacrosse and ice hockey.


I did in middle school. I wasn't very tall so I moved on to football in HS.  Did you go out for track and field?


Interesting, I wonder which one everyone up there prefers?


Actually no. I always wished our school had a swim team though.


Some of these track kids are amazing. This kid Ethan Fogle did 500 meters in 1:05.31.


WOW! That is fast. Did you know a hockey player was traded for $1 in 1993?


Sound like what I would be worth.  Another track kid, Donovan Louis did 55 meters in 6.43 seconds and a long jump of 24-3.25. What an athlete.


Well apparently that player went on to win 4 Stanely Cups.


That showed 'em.  It's kinda sad that in 39 of 50 states, the highest paid state employee are college football or basketball coaches.  Education seems to be of secondary importance.


I can believe it. Likely at some of the state sponsored universities.


Yep.  I bet swimming coaches don't get paid much.  I can't believe at Cornell, students have to pass a basic swimming test.  Are they expecting a flood?


Did you know that every US president with a beard has been a republican?


Yeah, I don't know if I would consider any of those places the best in the world to be honest. They are responsible for the last two world wars over there.


That's a long time ago under different systems.  Every country has skeletons in its closet. But the multi party thing can be a hindrance, look at Britain right now


Yes, with Brexit. I think multi-party systems make it much harder to build a final consensus on policy and thus end up in no progress in either direction.


At least the two party system can agree on one thing, the need for a candy desk in the Senate!


Did you know that in 1957 Truman visited Disneyland?


If I were president I's go to all the fun places, maybe arrange summits in the best resorts.


Yeah, I would go all over. But it probably sucks to have all of that attention following you everywhere.


I used to work in retail in DC.  We'd get important politician in, once Dick Chaney.  Before they come in the secret service would scope the place out looking for emergency exits and such.  Then the person would come in surrounded by security, no privacy at all.


Interesting, I worked in DC too. You see the politicians all the time if you go to certain places like the Hawk and Dove. For example, ted Cruz hangs out at Tortilla Coast, it's pretty funny. But I'm not into politics.


I'd always see them at the Palm restaurant on 19th street.  Senators and congressmen.


Must be something in their philosophy.  Hopefully if they have a female candidate one day it not a requirement.


Yeah, hilarious. Well, nice chatting with you.


Interesting, they are also the only party to have 2 tv stars end up winning the presidency.


Maybe the democrats need to find a TV personality?  Any suggestions?  A pop star like the Indonesian one?


I'm not sure, they seem to have an awful lot of celebrities who "claim" to be democrats, though I don't know if that is just for TV.


There's been a few Senators, Al Franken comes to mind.  Who was Sonny Bono for?


Yeah, I remember that. Sonny was a republican but he wasn't president.


I wonder if there will ever be a president other than a Democrat or Republican?


Probably not in my lifetime. The multiple party system doesn't work that well I think. Look at some of the Euro countries.


It depends on the country.  When you think of the best places in the world, they have multi party systems, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Germany.


I think it's interesting that in basketball, the teams will try to neutralize one best player, which is sometimes LeBron James, the Boston Celtics are actually researching it right now


But if I were paid $800,000 a year like Allen Iverson, I would shoot however is the best way LOL even if it looks stupid


I totally agree with you.  Tim Duncan decided to finish college instead of going directly to the NBA after high school.


Yeah that's interesting, he definitely lost money by doing that, interesting too that originally Air Jordans were banned by the NBA


About Tim,  I would be afraid that the offer would not be available after graduation.  Also, I heard about Air Jordans and the ban.


Yeah it's shocking that they were fining Michael Jordan, and so Michael Jordan asks Nike and Nike just paid the fine so he could keep wearing the shoes LOL


I'm sure Nike did not lose money by doing that - it might be the contrary.


I don't know they probably need money because of the Genius Bar LOL. What do you think about LeBron James? he's probably going to make a lot of money for being in the new Space Jam movie


Is that a sequel?  If it is, who was the main actor on the original one?


Yes it is a sequel. The original actor was Michael Jordan, I bet he will have a cameo in it though


I see.  Thank you for the infor.  Lebron James is a good person.  He raised 6 M dollars for charity.


I heard about "Defending LeBron James 101", do you know what it is?


Yeah he seems like a nice guy. He also rejected an offer from Reebok for 10 million dollars, only to one year later accept an offer from Nike for 90 million, he's apparently a business genius


I don't know what it is exactly, but I know they're trying to make sure that he is not a big part of a game when he plays, it makes sense though and I wish them luck but I think he's just too good


Well I like to watch NBA games on TV actually, I've never been to one in real life, what about you?


I watch them on tv with my adult son.  He likes them more than I do.  I understand that the league has 30 teams.


If they do, 29 in the United States and only one in Canada, the one in Canada is the Toronto Raptors I believe


That was interesting that there was one team in Canada.  I thought that all were within the US.


Yep just one team in Canada, what do you think about shooting granny style by the way? Apparently scientists say it's the best and most consistent way to shoot a basketball


Apparently NBA players avoid doing it because, according to them, it looks stupid.


No. I have never seen that one either. I am more of a mystery or sci-fi fan.


That show has some bad marketing. It might be to blame why no one watches it. Counterpart, is a good show if you like sci-fi


I have watched counterpart before, a few times. But I lost track of it.


If you are into sci-fi, are you also interested in the universe?


What do you think of the theory of the universe being a giant hologram?


I am pretty much open to listening to most theories, just not crazy about the superhologram  idea


Im really interested in stars that are cold enough to be touched.


Good thanks. Watch any good shows lately?


That is amazing i would like to read more about that


Yes. I just started watching Sherlock on Netflix. Its not bad


Did you know that the creator of netflix had a $40 late fee thats how he was inspired to create netflix


Blockbuster declined to buy netflix for $50 mil. It is now worth $2 billion


Its funny how memes go viral and then everyone talks about them


He has controversial opinions that is a sure fact, there was a time he was all over Facebook


He sure does. Apparently there is a 3g service that on everest. Can listen to Kayne up there!


That is crazy, I wonder who would ever use a 3g service up there lol, hands would freeze before I could post a pic.


I'm not sure if it was intentional, do you think it is true?


I dont understand the question, but it would be true, my hands would freeze if I decided to take a pic from the top of MT. Everest.


Do you think it was intentional that they have 3g service on Mt Everest?


Oh I see, and no I  think it has to do with the signal waves, the frequency and all, you know only 7% of people read the full service terms when they buy somethng on the internet!


Crazy, apparently kayne west once gave his mic to a fan in a wheelchair at a concert....


Yeah I wonder why he did that, most of his songs are in a mayor key though, of his top 10 songs only one is in a minor key


That's crazy, most rock songs are in a minor key.


They are? thats new to me, anyway West was born in the year 1977 so he appears younger than he really is.


what about the #WalkAway hashtag? ive seen that one in a lot of memes.


I'm not entirely sure. It seems like it is some sort of political thing.


Yeah its something political, actually used to mock Trump, I think its really funny, many people are talking about it now and of course using the hashtag in memes.


Interesting, I've never heard of it. So it must not be that viral, I'm pretty linkedin to things.


Yeah probably not as popular as I though, Im guessing you know who Kanye West is?


Yeah he's pretty good, but he hasn't released anything in a long time.


Yeah, his been dedicated to creating drama in the last years, it was funny when he interrupted shows thouhg


That's crazy. Apparently he believes AIDS is a man made disease.


I didn't know that google purchased the site for 1.65 billion dollars in 2006.


Seems like a whole lot of money, but I would say they came out ahead on that one.


Yeah like you said you can find anything on there. Like movies or documentaries.


It sure does help with working on the cars.


Yeah that's a good one, or computers. I did not know that their headquarters was in California and that three former pay-pal employee's created it.


Did you know that in 2007 youtube consumed as much bandwith as the rest of the internet.


No I did not that's a lot of bandwidth. Did you know that the drive thru was not invented until the 70's, I was certain it was the 50's.


I heard that. They made it to accommodate soldiers who couldn't get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


Yeah i got to give to Micky D's on that one. what a great invention.


It sure changed the game for fast food restaurants.


Right! Did you know that the inventor of the Cadillac was a french explorer?


Yeah I'm the same. They're the second largest search engine on the internet.


I believe it. I know every time I need to learn how to do something, thats where I go to.


Right anything you want to learn is on youtube. Police actually have their own youtube called bluetube.


I havnt checked that out yet. Bet its like cops for the new age.


Right! Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak hour traffic in north america.


I believe that as well. I go through spurts with netflix. Ill watch it for awhile and then get rid of it for awhile.


Yeah i got rid of cable so Netflix and hulu are my go to's.


The first YouTube video ever uploaded was of a man talking about an elephant. It has sure come a long way.


Hey how are you doing, ever use the internet for stuff besides turkin it?


Trust busters as in the anti-monopoly people? I would not mind seeing them around now a days.


Yeah, they've been lazy lately.  Funny, the 1st Amazon customer got a building named after him! I would rather have money...


Me too, but getting a building named after you for $27.95 is a pretty good deal too. I feel bad for those warehouse workers though, 7-15 miles a day and crappy pay and no insurance until recently.


Even the USPS makes deals with him to deliver on Sunday!  They would snub little ol' me for sure.


For sure, Ali Baba Group isn't too far behind them, ever order from them?


No but I've seen their stuff (I think).  Do you like country music? I can take it in small doses.


Not really a huge fan of it to be honest. Never knew George Strait and Bezos are cousins though, that's crazy.


I do like him.  I thought it was hilarious that Henry Ford helped bolster country music because he thought it was decadent. Something tells me he wouldn't be a fan of rap.


Haha, he would not have been. U2 was a huge country music fan too, they used to open for themselves playing country music.


I didn't know that.  I also didn't know the Fender Stratocaster (Strat) was intended for country music.  It's a rock icon now...


Oh yeah.  I look up stuff all the time like what is that 3 horizontal line icon called.  It's called a "hamburger".  Makes me hungry now.


That is pretty crazy, I wonder what that would have sounded like in the 1970s with country music haha.


Maybe that's where rock really got it's kick?  Thanks for the great chat!


Great chatting with you too, have a great rest of the night!


Me too, I never knew the internet was a contraction of interconnected network, makes sense.


I just learned that recently too.  Did you know that there is a 3G cell service on the top of Mt. Everest?


I did not know, closer to the satelites right? haha


Or to order a pizza delivered after the climb? Do you read the full terms when you buy something off of internet?  Only 7% do...


I never have, that's a surprisingly high number, I wonder who is all reading them? Do you?


I wouldn't know.  I don't either.  I just keep making Bezos rich, unquestioned.  Wow, I didn't know IMDB was owned my Amazon.


Bezos is so rich he built a clock on a mountain that will run for 10,000 years, I wonder how accurate it will be then with the shifting daylight hours. That's pretty crazy about IMDB.


I know.  Trustbusters to the rescue!  His poor workers walk 7-15 miles each day on one shift.


Good Morning! Do you have a facebook account?


Interesting! Or move to France and act as a government official and sell the eiffel tower that a guy did before, twice!


That's super ballsy of him! speaking of the French government, did you hear that Monaco actually eliminated their income tax back in 1869? They get most of their revenue from gambling


I feel like the United States should do that too. Where are you located? They could just make 86 percent of Nevada into casinos since the US owns it.


Well I live in Michigan, so luckily I don't think the government owns 86% of the land here haha. But I have been to Nevada and I'm going there in March, we're going to Las Vegas actually


Have you been before? I like Las Vegas. I'm sure you can search for things there with the button called the hamburger button on your cell phone.


Yes I was there once a long time ago and it was really fun haha. And yes that's my plan to press the hamburger button and also to eat some hamburgers haha. Do you know what a neopet is by the way?


It was a famous small pet that was all the rage back in 2001, apparently it was involved in the top 8 searches on Google


Oh that's right! I can't believe 7 percent of people read the full terms when buying a product. I figured it would be 1 percent!


Yep I know that I never read that! What's scary to is that most users online are actually just Bots and not even real people


Yes I do have a Facebook account. I mostly just use it for remembering birthdays though haha what about you


Same here and for the same reason haha. I can't believe Myspace turned down the offer to buy it for 75 million dollars in 2005.


That seems really dumb, also dumb is that a third of divorce filings actually contain the word Facebook, so I wonder what that is all about


Yes me too. It's sad we've come to that haha. I thought it was funny when Burger King had the promotion where you could get a free whopper if you unfriended 10 friends. I would be eating so good haha.


Yep I wish they still had that haha I would be eating some burgers right now. What is sad though is that 30% of adults use Facebook as their source of news


And we all know how the news on Facebook is.... too sad! Crazy how far internet has come. Did you know you can get cell service on top of Mt. Everest?


That's good to know if I ever climb it though! Do you ever go ego surfing? It's just the act of searching for yourself online


I've done it once or twice how about you? The clicking of too many links can cause addiction in the brain so I stay away from that too much .


Yeah I'll try to do that, but I am probably addicted to the internet haha. Maybe I should move to Finland because in that country everyone has a guaranteed right to internet access


Hey what's up. How do you feel about Trump? Despite everything he has done he has done no wrong in terms of the GOP support.


Interesting. Another kind of odd fact is that every US president with a beard has been a Republican. Better be clean shaven if you wanna be a Dem!


That is funny as is the fact that only 5 presidents have been elected while losing the popular vote.


Yeah that is surprising. Definitely not a perfect system but it works. I am also looking forward to more summits with trump and Kim Jong Un. Summits have been going on a while, even back in the FDR and Churchill days!


I'm surprised with N. Korea.  I'm also surprised that Nixon proposed a minimum income.


Yeah I am too. Now a lot of liberal places are making minimum wage even higher like $15 in Seattle. Putin is kind of been at conflict with Trump too. Apparently when Putin shook hands with the PM of Canada he told him to get out of Ukraine. He is very to the point.


Yes. So much for Russian collusion... I can't believe $330B was pledged at a summit in Russia in 2010 to save tigers.


Wow that is a lot of money. Good for the tigers! Russia also gave delegates and heads of state thumb drives containing a trojan virus capable of picking up information. Very tricky Putin!


Happy for the tigers, disgusted with the Russians... Did you know Lincoln was the 1st president to be photographed for his inauguration?  If he could see us now with our cell phones!


Yeah can't imagine how surprised he would be seeing how things are now, probably not what he imagined. Well it will be interesting to see what the rest of trump presidency will bring. The president of indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office. Luckily Trump hasn't done anything like that!


Yeah, can't see him singing well.  Anything can happen like Ayn Rand being on SS and medicare.


I think the real statistics on job growth, the GDP, more jobs for minorities and other things show he is doing a good job unlike what 95% of the democrat led press is saying.


Yes very true. Well it was nice talking with you, have a great day!


Yes I agree with you. Facts are facts. The Democrats often get very emotional. Some would say that the party of Trump has existed for years and has just been waiting for trump to arrive.


That's true I think.  The press is suddenly concerned about the separation of families at the border although that was the standard practice during all of Obama's 8 years.


Yes true. There is a lot of fake news and propaganda going around that's for sure. Republicans and Democrats have always been divided. There hasn't been a president apart from the above 2 parties since 1853!


I'm not a GOP person.  I'm (I) but I can't believe how wacky the dem's have become.  Abortion for full term babies?  Sick.  Now is the first time in my political awareness that the GOP hasn't just bent over and is fighting back.


Yeah it is a crazy time right now for sure. I always wondered why the colors red and blue were chosen to represent the parties. Apparently it only started in 2000.


The bias in the article I just read keeps mentioning Trump's bad behavior. I don't remember him faking a racist attack, going on lavish vacations on the backs of taxpayers during the shut down, advocating violence , etc. That is common among De's.


Yeah that doesn't sound very accurate to me. They should be ashamed of Hilary Clinton. The Republican party would never accept Clinton's antics. in 1957 Truman visited Disneyland and refused to be pictured on the Dumbo ride because he didn't want to be associated with Republicans. Seems a bit extreme.


That's pretty weird of him.  I didn't realize that there's only been one president with a PhD.  It was Wilson.


Hey did you hear about the Uber crash recently that killed a pedestrian


Well that's nice. I can't walk everywhere unfortunately, but I'm just glad McDonald's created the drive-thru back in 1975 to accommodate my laziness haha


It's nice, but you offset that with higher rent, it comes out about the same if you owned a car but had to drive everywhere.


Yeah I could see that. I'm just glad that we don't have cars with flamethrowers like in South Africa, that definitely seems dangerous to me


I don't know, South Africa is pretty crazy so it wouldn't surprise me haha. Have you ever played the game gran Turismo before?


No, is it good? What system can you play it on?


You could play it on the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, and even the PlayStation 4 LOL apparently someone beat 90,000 people at that game and then became a professional race car driver which is awesome


WOW! That is pretty cool, do you know who it was?


Yes his name was Jann mardenborough and I wish I had the skills that he has LOL


Interesting, did you know that Google's self driving cars have an aggressive mode?


No, what happened? I was thinking about doing uber or lyft in addition to my day job for money to buy another car.


No I didn't know that. That kind of scares me though haha. Not as bad as flamethrowers on cars but close, do you know where they got the term trunk from?


People are worried that this industry is to unregulated and they're trying to pass a law, the passenger that was hit by the Uber was 49 years old and this occurred in Tempe Arizona


Interesting, this is too bad. However, I think it is more reliable than the cab system.


Yes I like Uber's lot more than cabs. I just think they have to work out all the technology and the government regulations first.


Exactly, I tend to use Lyft a bit more, but that is just me.


Well I like the Uber myself but I have used left, I guess Elaine Herzberg was the one who was killed by the way, that's very sad


That sucks, I suppose that people get hit by cabs too though, right?


Yes I think so. Speaking of cars though, did you ever go to a drive-thru before?


Of course, but it has been a long time. I only recently bought a car. I live in an area where I can walk everywhere.


Hey how is it going? Are you a big fan of LeBron James?


I did not know that, he's had Snoop Dogg, Draymond Green, Candace Park and OBJ on the show too. He's such a great guy.


He is, his also the highest paid celebrity, that came as a suprise to me


True, I heard he is almost a billionaire, I'm sure that drives Trump nuts. LeBron is a self made billionaire, so impressive. Would you rather start a team with LeBron or Jordan?


That is impressive, and thats a hard choice, I would have to say Jordan, his just my favorite not the best but my favorite for sure


That would be a hard pick to have. Reggie Miller was so good too, he never missed a three it seemed. His sister Cheryl was arguably better though, she scored 108 points in a game.


Tbats impressive I would want her in my team, Reggie Miller is a hall of famer and seems like his sister was way better than him


They are both really good. Do you know much about the granny shot? It gets a lot of flack but its been proven that it is the best technique to consistently score points on the free throw line.\


Actually I know the reason behind the shot and why it doesnt get used, its because players think its stupid but its actually the best way to take a shot


It does look quite ridiculous, maybe some players would have a better FT shooting percentage if they did it that way though.


I know I wouldnt mind looking stupid with all the money they get I would just focus on being a great player, the best player if possible


I am, LeBron is the best, what about you? do you like him as a player?


If I could make millions I would definitely shoot granny style haha. I am going to take off though, it was great to chat with you, I hope you have a great rest of the night.


I know right getting a deal for $800,000 a year like Iverson doesnt sounds bad at all, I hope you can have a great rest as well, goodbye and thanks for the chat.


He is so good, I think he is the best player of all time. I could see why he regrets giving his oldest son the same name, too much to live up to.


I agree with you maybe with Michael Jordan but I do think LeBron is better, do you think he will be around untill his oldest son is able to play in the NBA?


I hope he does, that would be really cool to see a father son duo


It would be althout I think LeBron will be too old by then, still really interesting to watch that


For sure, he's only 34 or so which is crazy to think about. That's a lot of miles he's put on his feet. Do you watch The Shop on HBO?


No havent watched that one, whats it about?


It's where they have spirited, free-flowing discussions, it's pretty neat to hear. Even though it is 2018, we all know racism still exists and people of color are constantly getting put down or told to shut up, glad he is able to host the show.


Oh so Lebron is the host of the show, I think thats great, I think he was in the Daily Show with Jon Stewart as well


I'm worried that there is actually something wrong with Kanye West. He seems a  bit unstable lately.


He does seem very sweet at times like when he is with his kids. I hope that he can get the help he needs.


Me too! This sounds like something out a sci-fi time-travel novel but 2 years before the infamous Taylor Swift incident, he was on SNL and did a skit mocking himself for interrupting award shows! How is that even possible?


It makes you wonder if the whole thing was just a publicity stunt.


Absolutely! But then again, seeing as how he is likely bipolar, I recall him interrupting award shows after the Taylor swift incident as well! And then when he basically interupted TMZ, I am starting to wonder why he gets invited to events. Unless they know he's likely going to misbehave and they are using him for hopefully what they would like to be a publicity stunt. Haha. Kanye baffles me but he is interesting to watch.


Honestly I think his meeting with Trump was a big publicity stunt too. Sad that the office of the president is now a popularity contest.


Yes, it's turned into a circus, in my opinion. I can no longer even take the presidency seriously! So sad. Oh yeah, Kanye's Gold Digger song, is one of the 10 most successful songs of all time! Wow, what a neat record to hold! Good for him!


I think it is the only one to be in a minor key too. It is hard to sing in minor key so that shows how talented he really is.


Yet another record he holds then! I agree he is very talented. He's made some great music, I just wish he would lay off the auto-tune or robotic synthesized voice thing, and just use his regular voice, I'm sure it's got to be "good enough".


I think he is probably pushed to do bigger and better things considering how many genres of music he is influencing.


Oh yeah. He has a lot of versatility and definitely a lot of influence. It speaks volumes of his talents. Which is interesting, how such a wild-character can make so much great music! Overall, I like him, even though he is always doing things that make me cringe. Haha


He has always been quite the interesting character. That's for sure. He has some great songs. Do you like any of his music?


I think a lot of great artists are that way though. They personally might be so strange but the things they create are just amazing.


I don't know much of his music besides Gold Digger. Do you listen to much?


I like a few of his songs, like Coldest Winter and other not-so-well-known songs, I guess. Did you see him on TMZ?


No I didn't. Did he do something sensational?


Oh yes! He was extremely odd, and it was like watching a train wreck! He took over TMZ, nearly for the entire episode and just spewed mostly babble so quickly! I felt so badly for him, but the media didn't seem to even pick up on that as a story.


Wow that is so strange. I know that he has talked about bipolar before. I wonder if that is what is going on.


Oh yeah, I'd say so. The mania part of bi-polar fits a lot of his behavior perfectly. It was crazy seeing him meet President Trump. That entire meeting was uncomfortable for me to watch!


I don't understand why they would have a sit down in the first place. I can't imagine they thought much was going ot be accomplished.


I agree! He has his moments though. Once Kanye gave his mic to a fan who was in a wheelchair at one of his concerts. That seems like a very nice thing to do!


did you know that Jupiter's storms can be picked up on our AM radio, crazy!


no I didn't know that, I do like amazon stufff, I guess african americans only make up 2 of the people in the country music hall of fame


Perhaps those two guys have enough cash to convince U2 to go country full time!


haha I think they should, that's crazy they wore a disguise to put on that show, I wonder if they are secretly amazing at country music


I wonder if there is a real Dalton Brothers from Galveston Texas - the name they used, or if it was just a completely made up name.


haha good question, do you follow politics at all? apparently trump wouldn't be one of the top 3 most wealthy presidents in a list


I read that.   JFK, Washington and Jefferson are the wealthiest, although probably not on an absolute basis.


right, I think it must be adjusted for inflation, trump should release a pop album like the president of Indonesia did haha


Well, I would like to visit the guest house, which is larger than the White House!


ya that is crazy, like why wouldn't the president always stay in the guest house then, do you know why the president of zimbabwe was nicknamed president banana?


I would guess it was probably just a nickname.    Did you know that in the early days the runner up for president became VP!


That is crazy!   I would like to hear some Jupter after some Dixie Chicks!


I did know that, what is wild is if we still had that rule, president trump and VP hillary, talk about drama!


haha sure! I'd probably rather listen to that than the finnish radio station that plays news in classic latin, sounds boring!


Perhaps so.     Do you remember the names of any of the members of the Dixie Chicks?


no I don't I don't know anything about them, what about you?


I know they are Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire and one other.


do I take it you like country music? I guess the fender stratocaster was invented for country music apparently


I enjoy country music, and other styles from working class Americans.


well you can thank Henry Ford, apparently he financed country music to stop jazz music from becoming popular


That is funny.    Did you know Jeff Bezos of Amazon is cousins with country music hall of famer George Strait!


I don't much like winter, but at least there are no snakes outside.  Carnivorous reptiles can be dangerous if they are poisonous.


Yeah, lots of cute videos of babies dancing.  They usually aren't wearing pointe shoes in those videos.  Professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of those in a week.


Have you seen Disney's new Nutcracker movie?  I didn't get a chance.  But Tupac danced ballet in high school and played the mouse king in a production of nutcracker in high school.


I have not.  I'm more of a fan of Michael Jackson and his style of dancing.  He actually has a patent on a device to allow him to do that extreme lean.


Did you ever have a Michael Jackson shirt or glove?  I prefer polo shirts, though. They originally were invented for tennis by Rene "crocodile" lacoste and later adopted by polo players.


No, was a fan but not that much of a fan.  And certainly wouldn't have been a fan of layering as many shirts as you could like they did in china.


If you are a fan of khakis, you could fit in at Billy May's funeral as the pallbearers wore blue shirts and khaki's.


I like Billy mays.  He always cracked me up in his infomericals.  I could see him wearing aloha shirts to work too like they typically do in hawaii instead of suit and ite.


Yes, while most in American business are wearing dress shirts like suits and ties, Hawaiians can sport the aloha shirt.  How cool that is!


Very cool!  Well, it's been nice chatting with you today.


Yes, hope to make it to Hawaii some day so I can sport the Hawaiian fashion and take in the beauty there.


Or you can go to New Zealand where there are no snakes.  I wonder how that happened and none got there accidentally like on plane rides.


Me too.  no popped collars like they used to wear in China there.


Nice talking with you.  Time to get out my polo shirt for work!


Yeah, you would think over time some would have gotten there.  Even stranger are that there are actually flying snakes that can launch themselves at prey.


I wonder where those are?  I hope not to see those!  The fear of snakes certainly is hard-wired into not only monkey brains but my brain too!


I never really knew monkeys were afraid of snakes, but I guess it makes sense.  I wonder if they are also afraid of the legless lizards that aren't snakes.  Sounds similar to me.


Could be! Did you know that crocodiles are more closely related to birds than snakes and lizards?  I'm not sure how when they look so much like a lizard.


Agreed, but I remember actually reading that somewhere before.  What I didn't realize though was that their organs were lined up one in front of the other instead of side by side.


What kind of dancing do you like?  Perhaps the cha-cha like Bruce Lee?


I'm not much of a fan of dancing.  Went back in college to a nightclub adjoining a liquor store somewhere on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.  The name escapes me though.


There are lots of dance clubs in the cities.  Babies spontaneously dance when they hear music and smile more when they hit the beat.  How cute to see a baby dance!


There are a lot of Democratic candidates running for President - they want to be the head of state in the US


Wonder if they do that in Indonesia too - they did manage to elect a president who recorded 3 pop albums while in office!


Yes, I wouldn't think they would have the time, But if they sound good would be interesting!


It is important in a democracy to maximize who can vote.  It was crazy that all men in the UK did not even have the vote until 1918.  And even later for women!


I agree, It was a good idea in 1805 to change the idea that the runner up to president automatically became vice president!


I do not know - I think that a Trump/Hillary combo would have been absolutely hilarious!


I don't think it could survive! Ha, ha, ha Since 1853 there hasn't been a president that wasn't a republican or democrat,


Yes we do need a good third party in this country.  People need some alternative to the Dems and the GOP


Very true. Harry Truman road the Dumbo ride at Disneyland, but would let them photograph him.lol


Teddy Roosevelt formed the Bull moose party after being rejected by the Reps.  He did not win but some of his ideas did get elected.


Really, interesting. I assumed they always used red and blue colors consistently, not since 2000! Good chat!!


I definitely follow it a lot these days - especially with our current president.  I wonder if he knows President Banana of Zimbabwe?


lol That name is crazy! Every president that has had a beard was a Republican!


For sure.  I guess Dems just prefer being clean-shaven.    I had never been aware that George Washington was loaded.


Yeah, I am pretty sure he owned alot of land!!


Jefferson too.  I wonder why they made the guest house larger than the White House?


I don't know! Its great the astronauts can vote while in space!


Yes - in India there was actually a voting booth in a forest filled with tigers!  That is pretty crazy.


Lions too! I don't think I'd take the chance and do that!! Too dangerous!!


Did you know that Blockbuster declined several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million but they turned it down?


If you deleted 10 friends you get a free whopper. I wish I would have known about that, I would have deleted 100


I would have deleted them all! lol When did that happen?


Lol I am not sure, I hope it comes out again soon because I have some people in mind!


For sure. I remember hearing about some guy, also named Justin Bieber, who got kicked off facebook for having the same name as a celeb. It's not his fault he was named that!


That would have been terrible, it isn't his fault he shares his name with a celebrity lol. Speaking of celebrities, do you have any favoritres?


I love Jenna Marbles. She has a popular youtube channel. How about you?


I like jack black, I heard he just got a youtube channel too. I will have to check out jenna marbles


She makes more than 300,000 per year off her page. Her first video was called "How to trick people into thinking you're good looking" or something along those lines.


ha lol, that sounds really interesting. I wonder how much psy made from gangnam style


I bet he made so much money! Did you know that the first youtube video made was of some dude talking about an elephant? Not much has changed!


Lol, you're right, not much has changed! It was so nice chatting with you, have a great night!


Me too, I have had facebook since it began basically. maybe a year after in 2005


I first signed up in 2007. It has been a good experience but it breaks up a lot of relationships. Did you know that a third of divorce filings since 2011 have had facebook as part of the reason?


for sure lol! I bet there are so many divorces from it, people need to not send stuff on facebook!


Definitely. People rely way too much on it for social connections and other things. Almost a third of adults say facebook is their main source of news!


Yikes, that is scary knowing all the fake news on it. Did you hear myspace turned facebook down for 75 million, I wonder how myspace is doing, lol


That's crazy, considering there are more people on facebook than there were on Earth 200 years ago! That's a fun fact though, I didn't know that. I am pretty sure myspace has all but disappeared.


wow lol! Did you ever participate in the Burger KIng promotion?


Oh yeah, the breakaway. That sucks. On the high court, I know, I've been there.


Neat!  Here's an interesting stat...the only losing coach in the history of the University of Kansas wass the guy who invented basketball James Naismith.  How ironic.


Interesting, I suppose he wasn't good at the game. Hilarious!


Funny!  lol  Warner Brothers and LeBron James signed a deal to make a Space Jam sequel.  Wonder how it will do compared to the first one?


Interesting, I didn't see the first one so I don't know. But I do know that Michael Jordan is better than lebron.


Yes.  I agree.  LeBron rejected a 10 million dollar offer from Reebok when he was just 18.  I couldn't even imagine being offered that amount.  I would have been like "sign me up!"


I'm not a LeBron fan, more of an MJ, what about you.


I'm an MJ fan.  I live not far from where LeBron is from so all I've heard for years now is all about LeBron.  Air Jordan's were banned by the NBA but Jordan wore them anyhow as Nike was willing to pay the fine for each game.


I know, that was one of the greatest marketing ploys ever.


Right?  Do you know about the big endorsement deal that Allen Iverson signed with Reebok?


Yeah, it was for like $32 million, ridiculous. Well nice chatting with you.


hahaha I do!  Do you remember Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?


Of course, he used to do the hook shot, right?


Yes!  He should have had a patent on that!  He also was known for dunking the ball in his college days and he used it so much that the dunk was banned in college basketball for over a decade.


Yeah, I know. That was a stupid rule, that wouldn't last long nowadays.


No.  When I was younger I remember guys shattering the backboard with the dunk.  In 39 out of 50 states either a college basketball or football coach is the highest paid state employee.


Yeah, do they not do that anymore? Why not?


They still dunk.  They just changed the rims so they breakaway when they dunk to prevent it from shattering the backboard.  The US Supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor known as the "highest court in the land".  I need one of those where I work to shoot some hoops.  lol


The cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.


I didn't know that, wow. Are you a big reader?


I read a little. I am assamed I do not read more. Are you?


Yeah I should read more than I do, I just find I don't have enough time most days.


Me neither. I do get really bugged when I waste a Saturday or Sunday. I look back on Monday and am sad when I lose a day.


Yeah I understand. Did you know someone can actually read 4700 words a minute?  That is crazy!


I would comprehend 6 words . New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone


Yeah I can do maybe a few hundred at best.  That is interesting, it makes sense though.


The cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor. I hope there's a lot of fish food!


I never knew that wow, those are some long cables!


Hello, I am well thank you.  How are you doing so far today?


Right!It is impossible to separate two phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together!


I wonder how many people have tried though lol.  Well it was nice talking with you today.


Really well. I found the article to be really powerful as a female protagonist.


Yeah it was very interesting.  I think Americans should learn to speak more than just english.


I do too. I wish I knew a lot of languages...


I agree, I really wish I could speak spanish fluently, and I should be able to by now.


New york's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone


Interesting, I didn't know that. I guess for every minute you don't use your cell phone Unicef is donating a day of clean water to a child in need.


Wow, I would throw away my phone if it would help. For nothing other than I hate my phone...


Yeah sometimes it is so annoying how much time people spend on their phones.


That would help for sure! It would help melt the snow quicker than the sun can. It might be better than a lighting bolt hitting it, which is 5x hotter than the surface of the sun.


Wow!  The diameter of the sun is 109 times than that of Earth.


That's wild, what's even wilder is that it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy!


Crazy when you think of it.  Because of atmopsheric scattering the sun is actually white and not yellow.  Interesting!


That is really interesting. The sun actually produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.


That's pretty incredible!  On July 11, 2011 Neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun since it was discovered in 1846.  I never know that.


I didn't know that either. That's really interesting. The sun does take up 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System.


Wow.  That's a good chunk!  I believe the sun is made up of hot plasma.


Yep, it's a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma.


It's also the most important source of energy for life on Earth!  lol


I missed them this year.  Aren't they also called the Oscars?


Yes it is, we wouldn't be here without it. It was nice chatting with you!


Yes they are. Did you know that Daniel Day-Lewis is the only actor to win best actor at the Oscars 3 times?


Wow.  I didn't know that.  Walt Disney holds the record for most oscars won by a man with 22!


Oh wow, that's alot. Eminem actually has more Oscars than Leonardo Decaprio, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas, and Bill Murray combined!


That's surprising!  On a different note....McDonald's didn't have drive thrus until 1975 when they added them to accommodate soldiers who weren't allowed to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


That's pretty interesting, it's kind of like how your trunk is called your trunk. Old cars used to actually have wooden trunks on the back.


Interesting!  The car brand Cadillac was named after the man who founded Detroit - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.


That's pretty cool. I'd like to have a Cadillac with a flame thrower equipped to it. That's actually legal in South Africa to prevent carjacking.


That would come in handy for sure.  I would use it to also clear snow.  lol


You have to stand behind them that's for sure. My son is gay but he never got bullied because he came out after high school. I have always stood behind him anyway. In high school the other kids were scared of him because he was a fighter.


Well that's one way to deal with bullying. Haha. I think it is very important to stand behind your kids and let them know you love them no matter what.


Kids need family support. As long as they are being themselves, they will learn to stand up to bullying. Most bullies are cowards, anyway.


That's true. I was looking at some interesting facts here. I didn't realize that the three wealthiest Presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson. But I guess the two oldest owned massive amounts of land I'm sure.


There was plenty of land to go around in those days. And the Kennedys got rich on Irish whiskey. I am from Massachusetts. lol


I guess you would know then. Haha. I just went to a Museum in Virginia not too long ago about the early settlers and they pretty much just gave away land for free back then to anyone who would come and settle there. Those were the days.


Yes. I wish I was there. That was a great enticement for people to come from Europe. But it was hard living in those days. Not so easy to settle a new country.


No. It was very hard. We got to walk around the old settlements and they definitely had to work very hard and pretty much everything they had was from the land they lived off of.


No grocery stores or Macys. haha Still, it must have been worth it because a lot of people came. They didn't have any entertainment either. No television and no Simpsons.


Yeah, What did they do with all their free time. Haha. They definitely had a strong work ethic. They had to or they wouldn't survive.


Good morning. How are you? So did you get a chance to watch the winter olympics at all last year?


They probably didn't have free time. Sunday mornings-but they all went to church. You couldn't be lazy or you wouldn't eat.


Well, I am going to head out here. It was very nice chatting with you today.


Thank you-have a great day. Don't work too hard!


Yes I watched some of it. My favorite is the ice skating. I like the singles and the couples equally. I like Adam Rippon!


I didn't get a chance to watch a ton of it. I have small kids so I watch a lot of cartoons most nights but I did get to watch some. I'm not a huge skating fan but I don't mind it whenever the Olympics come on. Yeah Adam Rippon did pretty amazing.


You would never guess that these amazing people are so nervous. They look so polished-like they never got scared.


Yeah it's true. They do look real calm. I feel like I would be freaking out if I were in that position.


I would fall flat on my face. I did not know that he was gay. That must put him in a position to help other people who are gay to be cool with it.


Yeah. It seems like he used his sports platform to talk about the difficulties of being gay and the difficulties that a lot of younger people face.


Yes, there is so much bullying that kids go through if they are different.


Yeah. I always worry about bullying when my kids get older. I know you can't protect your  kids forever but it's hard to see others treated badly because they may look or act different.


Its crazy to think how the moon of Jupiter, ganymede would be considered a planet if it would rotate in the suns orbit.


Do you think Venus was at some point of universe histoy a planet with life? Ive read that about two billion year ago this might have been possible.


It kind of looks like earth if you look at all the simulations, and also a hypothesis is that it could have had oceans about 700 millions years ago.


Yes.  And the atmosphere has many chemicals that we can identify.  Some life on earth survives is harsh circumstances such as on the ocean floor with tremendous pressures.


This planet, universe, has a lot of intriguing aspects, to think that there is much to learn yet.


I know, It is too bad that our lives are so short.


Yeah, there is too much to explore and not enough time to do so. I would like to visit the moon, other planets, but I guess someday the human race will do it easily.


I think so.  There is a theoretical "warp speed" which might allow humans to visit places light years away


I didnt know about that! guess we wont be able to see that


Probably not.  I have enjoyed talking with you.


I know.  Jupiter is so huge that its gravity would crush a human if one were on its surface.


Yeah, besides all the storms and problems, I used to want to live there someday but it seems impossible for any life to exist there.


How about the shards of glass raining sideways?  I would think at that temperature it would be liquid instead of shards.


It is an extremely high temperature, I wonder why these shards precipitate in this planet.


It must be due to "storms" where pressure differences cause motion.  Yet 4500 MPH seems incredible.


Yeah it seems unreal and would be actually nice to see that, what do you think about the orbit of Venus?


I have always thought that the atmosphere on Venus was so thick that we cannot figure out what the surface is like.  Therefore, not having seasons wouldn't matter much.


Yeah, I see your point, the climate must be pretty much the same,  hopefully someday we can explore it.


Of course, the temperature might still be different at the equator than at the poles, so there must be some variation at different locations.


Hey there have you ever seen a movie based on a Doctor Seuss book before?


Yes I agree! It's amazing that he's sold over 600 million copies of all of his books, and that they  have been translated into 20 languages


That is great! More people get to read the amazing books of Dr Seuss!


Absolutely! I saw one of his movies on Netflix actually, do you have Netflix


I do have netflix, although I do not use it a lot. Blockbuster actually declined several offers of purchasing netflix at 50 million. Now they are worth 2 billion!


Yeah that was a bad move! Also a bad move to charge Reed Hastings a $40 late fee for Apollo 13, that led to the creation of netflix!


I am not surprised that that led to the creation of netflix, I would also be pretty angry at that.


Yep exactly. It's amazing to that people still order Netflix DVDs, Netflix actually spends about 20 times more on the postage for delivering DVDs then just to stream them on the internet


Wow! As of October, Netflix had 137 million subscribers. Now thats a lot!


That is a lot! And 60 million of them are in the United States! thats about 1/5 people here


I am assuming that many of them will share accounts with their families so I think that  solid half of American families own a netflix account


The only one I have seen is the Lorax. What about you>


Yep you're right that actually makes more sense. What doesn't make sense is that Netflix takes up 33% of all bandwidth on the internet, that's crazy!


I saw the Michael Myers one, I think it was Cat in the Hat, that movie is horrible though haha. Apparently they made a Grinch movie too


Did you know that Dr Seuss's classmates voted him to be the least likely to succeed. Talk about ironic!


Amazing that he turned out very successful! also hilarious that he was actually afraid of children in real life lol


The first use of the word nerd came from the book "If I ran the zoo" I guess a lot of the words we use these days comes from Dr Seuss


That is really impressive! I use that word all the time haha. Also interesting that dr. Seuss was technically a doctor


And his classmates still deemed him the least likely to succeed. I am glad that they have removed those votes since.


Yes that is good. It's interesting that his last book that he wrote was green eggs and ham, I think that was his best


I read that book multiple times as a kid. Now that I think about it, Dr Seuss has played a large part in my childhood!


Elephants are quite clever, and love to play, but I think they would make difficult pets, unless we could get them the same size as dogs.


I agree probably not good pets and they would cost a fortune to feed, you know Google is a dog company, they state it clearly in their codes of conduct


Better than being an elephant company, that's for sure. I think people like dogs in an office. Cats might be harder to control. They don't get along with each other.


Cats are trouble makers that a sure thing, fish on the other hand are a boring pet to have


I suppose fish are pretty to look at, but they do not show affection like dogs and cats.  Plus fish have short lives.


Not all of them, there is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal, boring life though


Not much to do except float around and sting people. I guess jellyfish get pretty bitter about life.


I guess so, we should really study them more, just like a zebrafish they have counterparts for almost every disease that we have in our genes.


Nature has secrets that we can unlock if we give ourselves time.


We will, science has advaced a lot over the years and soon we will have more answers and also more questions do you like to dance?


I do, I consider myself a dog person, do you like them?


I do like to dance, bellet dancers go through a lot of shows in just a week.


Dogs are great! Loyal, plus they don't talk back. They just listen. And they read your moods.


Did you know that even dogs have different blood types!


I expected that there were differences because of all the breeds, but 12 types! I wonder if there are universal donors.


I bet there are, Im  going to take my dog to a blood drive and find out soon enough, there are blood drives for dogs as well!


I hope that the dogs get a reward for donating. Aren't they scared of needles? They must enjoy being with other dogs.


I bet they get a treat, plus the an save the lifes of other doggies, dogs are really smart.


They can learn better than chimps, I've heard. They have a keen sense of smell, and aren't colorblind, as many people think.


Yeah they can also understand poiting making dogs and elephants the only animals to do so


Good afternoon!! How often do you watch Netflix?


I have watched a few here and there. My favorite that I watched a full season in one day is a show called Frankie & Grace.


I started watching that, it is funny! Are you a hugh laurie fan at all?


I am one of the highest paid actors for tv drama earning $700,000 per episode. I can't fathom earning that much per show.


I wouldn't need to work any other job ever again after this successful show. It was a great show for sure!


I totally agree!! Are you a fan of dancing?


Only when I have had a few drinks in me, lol. I then become Michael Jackson! You?


I just laughed out loud! I too require some liquid motivation to really bust a move. Did you know babies dance spontaneously when they hear music? They even smile more when they hit the beat. I wonder how they know they hit the beat?


I have a baby and I love to see her dance, it is so natural, she is 9 months old!


I have a grandson that just turned a year old on the 24th and loves music!


She is big into Elmo, I will tell her Tupac was a great ballet dancer before she finds out who he is. He did ballet in high school.


I watch it so much! Every night before bedtime,how about you?


I was aware of that as I love the Nutcracker and go ever year to see it during the holidays.


I am about the same! Do you know that from 9 in the evening until midnight Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America?


As am I, LOL!! Funny to think the Blockbuster declined many offers to buy Netflix and now Netflix is worth over $2billion.


They could have bought it for 50 million dollars. The guy started netflix because of blockbuster making him a little mad over late fees, and now he took them down!


Yes, that is the case indeed. $40 worth of late charges now worth so much. Netflix as well as youtube make up half of peak internet traffic.


That is crazy. Also, it is interesting that Netflix pays more in postage than they due for bandwidth. I wonder how many people still get dvds delivered


Well as of October of last year, just in the United States subscribers totaled 58.46 million as well as 137 million world wide so I would say a pretty good amount still get DVD's sent to them.


That is a good point, do you watch any Drama shows on Netflix?


Oh wow that is terrible. I can't believe that people used to think of their fellow man like that. Someone's worth should be based on their merits and talents not on skin color.


I agree with you, did you know no woman has been nominated for best cinematography academy award!


Really!? That seems strange given the age we live in. I wonder why that is. Of course I'd almost rather not be nominated than be nominated a bunch and never win.


That is sad and that happened to a man named Roger Deakins!