Oh he is a big fan. He even scored several films including million dollar baby. That is a great movie.


I think he played a few different instruments. There is a woman in Harlem who has held free jazz concerts at her apartment every Sunday or over 20 years.


That's cool. I bet she's pretty good to last that long.


She occasionally has top performers stop by. I wonder if Clint has ever checked it out.


You never know.  He's a top performer if he can do a movie score.


I just figured it would be something that would interest him. Did you know jazz trumpeters grow out their goatees because it provides comfort while playing their instrument.


No lol! I just assumed it was for fashion.


So what do you think about Judge Judy making 123000 dollars per episode. I heard she retired not to long ago.


That surprises me. I mean, i'm shocked she made so much money and that she retired.


Hello, I am good. How are you?  Do you listen to jazz music?


She was the highest paid celebrity behind Lebron James. I cant believe she made that much.


I can't either.  I knew her show was popular but not that popular!  Well, I've got to go for now.  It's been nice chatting with you!  Have a great day!


I like all music. Did you know jazz originated in the African American communities of New Orleans in the late 19th and early 20 century.


i think I did know that.  Seems like I've seen a movie that referenced it.  Didn't they combine jazz with some brass band marches or something?


It has roots in blues and ragtime.  It is now recognized as a major form of musical expression.


I'm glad.  It's world wide now too.  Pakistan has a jazz orchestra!


Cool jazz actually originated in the 1940s. It introduced calmer smoother sounds and long linear melodic lines you hear in todays jazz.


i like that. There's a lot of good music from the 40s.


Were you aware that Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast.


No I wasn't.  i guess going by the characters he plays in movies I just never made the connection.


I should watch more scary movies then! haha, I really enjoyes them when I was younger but now Ive become such a chicken. It's insane because Stephen King was terrified as a child when he saw bambi! he calls it the first horror movie he saw... and then turn around and sell insane best selling books! impressive I must add.


i have heard that, how can you find bambi scary?


Right?!! That was my favorite movie! well besides Beauty and the Beast! He was probably traumatized when they killed Bambi's Mom, I know I was! My 6 year cried when she first saw it, that's when it clicked... Bambi was depressing. Who would of known that the majority of creepy noises in scifi movies are made by an instrument called waterphone! i ddnt.


I have never heard of a waterphone, that is odd. Apparently if you watch a horror movie before viewing at, you will like the art more!


That is an interesting fact! you know another fun fact? well not fun fact for Danny, the boy from the shinning... he didnt know he was acting in a horror movie until years later! What?? How scary would that be? Where is Danny today?


that is really crazy, but I guess a child maybe should not watch a movie like that


Very true, let alone act in one. It's no wonder these Horror movies are so successful with high calorie burning and inspiring tales from literature authors like edgar allen poe, bram stoker and mary shelley making it known that horror films have been around for more than a century!


there are just so many aspects to horror movies, science, supernatural, fantasy, sci fi, it is such an expansive genre


Expensive indeed, Most of the time The Macabre and Supernatural are frequent themes, I can only imagine the cost to make it look and feel real.


for sure, I think a lot of horror is just the tone and atmosphere they set, that is how I see it


Oh for sure, they mess with our senses so every part of our being is involved in the movie like "12 years a slave" amazing screenplay and effects no wonder it was also nominated this movie played with all of my senses as well.


I have never seen that, what is it about?


its directed by Steve McQueen, It basically tells the story of a black man and his tale during the times of the civil war, he was sold and subjected to malevolent cruelty. A masterpiece to say the least.


that sounds terrible, but I am sure it is a riveting story!


Most definately, a must watch. It was nice chatting with you :) take care


I do too! I spend most of my time on Netflix or Youtube, Did you know that Netflix and Youtube together make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America? It's' crazy! Did you watch the movie "Get out"?


I have seen that movie, do you know anything interesting about it?


As a matter a fact, I do. The movie "get out" received a nomination for best picture and Daniel Kaluuya is one of the five actors competing in the leading role. It's funny, because I can imagine the director


I heard the movie also made over 100 million, that is impressive!


yes! and I didn't know it was directed by Jordan Peele! I love his movies! He is so talented! He stated that he let out an "ugly cry" when he found out one of his movies had been nominated for an Oscar... that's amazing, which I could relate haha I Looove watching movies though!


Good, I am proud of him, I am excited to see what he does next!


Me too! I'm sure he won't disappoint!  I really enjoy watching the Oscar's as soon as the celebrities come rolling in, usually to be in awe by the dresses they wear although I was surprised at all the great nominations this year. Along many favorite movies I watched such as "Moonlight" "Lost in translation" "lady Bird" among so many others.


How into horror movies are you? You can burn over 180 calories just by watching one!


Wow! I have been to Mackinac Island. There are no cars. Just horses and bikes.


Most Icelanders without cars use domestic flights to travel between major towns. I can't imagine having to fly everywhere.


That is so isolating. I think it is cool that the dutch are creating a commuter bus to travel at 160 mph! Superfast metro!


That's effective travel! Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations.


Are you a TV person? I love streaming. I used to watch Ringo starr with my sons watch Thomas the Tank. he was mr. conductor.


George Carlin and Alec Baldwin also narrated lots of episodes!


It was very cute but I don't know how PBS got them! I also can't believe that there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon. OMG!


It is also amazing that Bart Simpson is in every episode of the Simpsons except 1!


True! They remade That 70's show in the UK and it was cancelled after 10 episodes.


I am. It's so convenient! I didn't realize that had been around since 1994!


Can you believe that his first customer has a building named after?


I do think it was pretty smart that they mad a deal with the post office to deliver on Sunday


Yes, that's awesome. They started as an online bookstore, only.


I would like to be a worker that walks 7 to 15 miles a day!


That's great exercise. Amazon is the largest internet retailer!


Are you a traveler? I love to travel and just got back from Paris.Can you believe that the first king to travel around the world was from Hawaii?


That's amazing! All of japans highways are tolls, and it costs more than 300$ to travel across the country.


Hi, how are you? Are you a heavy Internet user?


Do you believe that that the library of Alexandria has a copy of the Internet in case the Internet burns down? I wonder why we can't back up cryptocurrency.


I don't believe the Internet will ever burn down.  There are too many redundant and interwoven connections.  It would take a global catastrophe of apocalyptic scale to take down the entire Internet.


Plus it would probably take an entire Internet to back up the Internet. Everest has 3g cell service and Internet at the peak. Could I access my hot wallet from there to settle a bet?


I believe you could!  It is definitely worth a try, though actually attempting that bet is dangerous.


Not for the faint of heart, certainly. Do you use Reddit at all? It's a news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website.


I recently joined Reddit because I needed to find out some information about various interests.


It's funny that less than 0.50% of the people on Reddit vote for content. I guess visitors want information. They visit, get info, then leave.


I did that for a long time before actually joining, but then I realized it would be more useful to actually participate.


There is some page that sums up  the kindest deeds  done on Reddit. I wonder what they are. Are the doers famous now?


I'm not sure.  I haven't heard about that feature.


I like that the first comment on reddit was a complaint about Reddit going downhill! That's the spirit! Well, I enjoyed chatting.


Thank you for the chat.  Maybe we can talk again sometime!


Also, be careful if you're a heavy user! Clicking Internet links can cause addiction measurable in the brain. I know that I sometimes feel compelled to keep clicking on links. Ta!


Yes. Recently my brother has been investing in a cryptocurrency but he doesn't have much currently.


Have you heard of cold storage for cryptocurrency? It is disconnected from the Internet and inaccessible to customers. That way, it is off limits to remote hackers.


I have. I believe cold storage is a good method to store cryptocurrency as it is safe from hackers and cyber criminals.


Hot wallets are still pretty useful. If very time you paid a bill, you had to visit your savings account to get the money It would be inconvenience, and settling your tab would take forever.


I agree.  Hot wallets are useful, inherently at risk to be targeted.


To sell coins in the wallet, reconnect to the Internet. This approach is not without problems, but it is a better option. I've never used cryptocurrency, but I would probably want cold storage and a hot wallet.


I am considering joining my brother in the world of cryptocurrency.  If I do, I will have a system incorporating both cold and hot storage.


I didn't get to watch it. What about you?


I watched a few games. the dodgers lost again. they really have trouble in the series.


I'm a huge Cincinnati Reds fan. Just hoping I can see a World Series one day. Who do you like?


i like the bay area teams. they havent done very well recently. the giants were good a few years back.


That's cool. Did you know Babe Ruth was caught stealing in game 7 in the 1926 World Series?


the babe didnt look like much of a runner. he could hit, but run? im surprised he tried to steal.


Haha I agree. The Ottoman Empire was still in existence the last time the Cubs won the World Series which is just crazy.


that is amazing. the cubs are in the history books. they are history. not much has happened to change their place in the history books


Not particularly. they always have a ton of money and can buy the best players. it is hard on the small market teams.


I do like baseball. dont get much chance to watch. usually watch the WS. you?


For sure. Well, it was good talking to you. Have a good day.


I love baseball as well. Did you know managers can technically play which is the reason they wear uniforms?


I bet that is from the old days. I bet in the old days, one of the players was chosen to be manager.


Haha that would be funny to see. Kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada.


What? Why? is kickball not clear enough? boy those canadians need to have a word for everything LOL


LOL I agree. A man once found $3 million dollars worth in baseball cards.


that is a terrific find. i would probably sell a few, but keep the rest as an investment. what about you?


I agree, I would definitely sell the rest so I could retire early lol.


Yeah, that's true. buy stock and live off the dividends. did you watch the world series last year?


Did you know the taller candidate has won the US Election 75% of the time?


With the current political colors, he'd have to be on the republican side.  Although they have only been using those since 2000


Wow, I didn't know that. There is also a fantasy congress, I suppose that is one boring game.


A fantasy congress?  Is that like fantasy football?  How would you even get points?


I'm not sure, but it sure doesn't sound fun. I suppose some people would be into it.


Definitely not people in Nevada, they actually have a none of these candidates options on the ballot.  I would have loved that one in the past.


Yeah. Well voter turnout hasn't breached 62.8% in 100 years.


I wonder why that is?  I mean when people are dissatisfied you would think they would be more inclined to vote, unless they feel like their vote doesnt matter due to the Electoral College


I'm not sure. Probably because a lot of people realize their vote won't sway a particular state.


True.  I live in the state that is notorious for messing up elections and counting, Florida.


I had heard that.  It is an interesting metric to think about when it comes to elections.  I wonder if that accounts for popular vote, or just the election.


Yeah, they are always in the news about that. Well nice chatting with you!


I'm not sure, good question. There are 3 subways lines exclusively for congressmen though!


That is kind of crazy.  Did you know Elmo testified before congress?


Im not totally sure, but I know he is the only non-human to do so.  Maybe Oscar the grouch was causing some problems down in the hood or something.  lol


I dont know, I always just imagine a stuffed toy or something.  The Congress always plays a Rep vs Dem game of baseball each year.


Yeah, that is fairly common. It must be a very boring game to watch though.


I agree.  I imagine they can't be any good, which could make it funny, but in a very sad sense.


Good call, you know your finance stuff.  Yes, it has gone up, I remember when it was only $600 just a year or two ago.


Do you think President Trump is affecting the Amazon stock price?


I think he does affect the market in general, and I did see what he said about them hurting the postal service, which is not true in my opinion.


I didn't know the US presidents guest house is larger than the White House.


Wow! I did not know that either, very interesting fact.


Did you know the Washington was one of the top 3 wealthiest presidents in American history?  I would never have guessed that.


No, I did not know that.  I like that the first president of Zimbabwe was called banana.


And the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office...Wow!  He's pretty talented.


What! That is the wildest fact of them all i think!


Can you believe when Earth was first formed a day was only 5.5 hours long!!


I've used it a lot this past month.  How about you?


I can't believe it, must have been a wild scene.


Oh yeah, I used it a lot for my christmas shopping.  Do you have a prime membership?


I do have prime.  I really like that I get my items in 2 days.


I have prime as well, and yes that is nice.  Did you know about Jeff Bezos's giant clock?


No I didn't know that.  What a great little tidbit I learned today.  It's amazing that the warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day as part of their daily shift.  Did you know that Amazon has a contract with the USPS?


Yes, I heard that before about the contract, but not about all the walking, that is a lot!


Do you have any of their electronic lines like a Kindle or Fire tablet?


I do not, but do think that they are very useful. Do you know how much Amazon stock is worth?


I believe it's about $1500 a share.  I'm sure it's down since the market has been down a lot lately.


Hello! Did you know the highest point on the moon is 1938 meters higher than Mt Everest!


I heard that somewhere. Have you thought about solar panels?


I have thought about solar panels but i can't afford them.  I am hoping that the powers that be will start marketing them for everyone.  Have you thought about them?  It makes sense to use solar energy.  Our sun is only 1 billionth the size of the largest star in our galaxy so if you think about it, solar energy use can be endless.


I have a couple trees thaht might make it difficult.


I don't know. I 've seen solar equipment from companies that doesn't have to be on roofs.  It's expensive but possible.  Our moon and other moons however don't have energy as far as I know.  Oh, I do know though that titan, one of Saturn's moons produces methane and even has shown evidence of methane based life.


I certainly wouldn't mind powering my house especailly in the summer. I'm not counting on winter in the upper midwest. Pluto also has possible methane ice.


I wonder if it has methane life on it.  Have you heard about the earth's moon moving away?  I've heard that it is getting farther away every year.


I had not heard that. Interesting since it controls the movement of water on earth


I was thinking the very same thing. I wonder what will happen with the ocean tides and currents as it moves away.  Better yet, I would like to know why it is moving away.


It doesn;t like us, it is moving in orbit. I would imagine just directional changes in how the oceans move.


It really amazes me what all scientists know.  I mean, they are able to detect that Mar's largest moon, Phobos, is partially hollow!


Hello!  No I didn't know that.  For some reason I think of the moon flat with craters but i guess if the crater is deep enough then there would be high points.  It seems so odd to think of something smaller than our planet having something bigger though doesn't it?


Nice chatting with you .Have a great day


We probably dont even know how deep some of our oceans are! Apparently the UN has an ambassador in case aliens contact us


I do know that! I think I would love to be that ambassador!  Who knows someday maybe he or she will actually have a job to do!  Did you know that moon dust can cut through kevlar?


That's a bit scary. Soon we will see a moon dust saw.


We just might at that.  The only problem is that moon dust is harmful to people. It can cause a disease called moon hay fever.  It doesn't sound too serious by the name but you never know I suppose.


Sounds like summer and spring allergies, with a bit of moon mixed in. Wow. When the earth was first formed days were 5.5 hours long


That seems so bizarre to have days that short.  i'm assuming the planet was close to the sun otherwise how would the trees and other plant life get enough sun?


I'm not a scientist - dunno! Apparently the sun produces enough energy in one second to fuel our entire planet for a half million years.


We really should all be using solar energy considering that fact.  Did you know that a lightening bolt on earth is hotter than the surface of the sun?


hey did you watch the State of the Union address?


oh interesting, so jfk, washington and jefferson aren't the top 3 richest presidents of all time?


Nope, although they were until 2016 when Trump stepped into office


ah that makes sense, do you think we should go back to the rules for vice presidents that existed before 1805?


Where the runner up became VP? No, because then Trump and Hillary would disagree on anything and everything.


haha yup, and yes that would be a mess, speaking of elections  were you aware that Nevada has an option to choose none of the candidates when you vote?


Really? Then what would be the point of showing up to the election at all?


haha ya I agree, what is sad to me is that only 63% of voters at most have showed up to a presidential election, so many do not feel like there is a point to showing up


Do you think that only the younger generation should be allowed to vote? Because it is their future?


personally I don't, they are young and don't always have a good grasp on the world yet, what about you? Maybe we should do like ancient athens and use a lottery system to avoid an oligarchy


If that was the case then the leader may not be competent, and just lucky


No I have not. Did anything interesting happen that I should know?


haha that is true, what do you think about Jay-z by the way, crazy that he went to the same high school as Notorious BIG and DMX


well It just seems like a lot of people thought Trump did a good job and he sounded presidential


Maybe the speech that Trump said was written by someone else. It often seems Trump never sounds presidential. Especially when he wants to build that wall.


speaking of tall things like the wall, did you know that 75% of presidential candidates who have won have been taller than their competition


Wow, that is fascinating. The US president's guest house is actually even larger than the entire white house!


I wonder why they built it that way, also I wonder why they call the president of zimbabwe president banana haha


Haha. The president of Indonesia released three pop albums while in office. Talk about multitasking!


ya that is crazy I wonder if theyre good or not, do you think he made enough money to become richer than the top 3 richest us presidents?


Definitely, Trump has a net worth of 3.1 billion dollars, which is much higher than the other three US presidents.


Did you know myspace turned down $75 million dollars to buy facebook?


Take a look at his episode of the joe rogan podcast when you have a chance the man has a vast knowledge of music and he's hilarious


Will do. Henry for help make country music popular by financing it because he was scared of jazz music


Since when has country music been around?


In the early 1920s. In 2009 it was the most listened to rush hour radio genre


What is your favorite country music artist?


The dalton brothers from galveston tx. They opened for U2 in 1982


I am unsure but i know hes getting up there in age. I know he did a song recently that had a lot of controversy


Well I guess we can see who easily won that social media battle


Just like the 2 african americans in the country music hall of fame


As of 2012 Facebook was valued at 104 billion!


Have you ever seen the videos of Mark Zuckerberg at a bbq behaving like a robot?


He is a little socially awkward. I watch some of his hearing with congress


I feel like people like mark and elon musk their mind operates on a different level


Mark Zuckerberg does suffer from red-green colorblindness. Thats why facebook is primarily blue


Well he chose a color that is very visually pleasing, He definitely has an eye for aesthetics


Yes but only because of one artist that went on joe rogans show his name is Wheeler walker Jr do you know who he is


Jeff Bezos is surely a genius, Amazon is a great company I just love it


Those workers must be really fit, that seems healthy but also really tiring, walking 15 miles in a day, thats a lot


No, I didn't know that, do you use their Amazon basics line of products?


Depends on what it is. They have an agreement with the US postal service to deliver on Sundays.


That must be a multi million dollar contract, do you like to travel?


When i can i love to travel, i'm in Vegas now. How about you?


Im at home wishing to be at Vegas now lol, I love to travel as well but dont have the resources now to do it


You got to just do it! i would love to visit Japan, everything except those tolls.


I would love to visit Japan as well, but those $300 tolls do seem excesive,


Do you know who the first king to travel around the world was?


Me too i think he should run for president.


No, maybe the king of Spain? am I right?


Well it was actually the king of Hawaii but that was an Excellent guess my friend. Nice chatting with you.


Oh the king of Hawaii, thats so great, he is a lucky or was a lucky guy,


He should, I think he would transform the country, the worlds walthiest person and the owner of the washington post


Indeed he already has his own jet. I hear they're looking for there second headquarters and are going to add 50,000 new jobs.


Sounds great, 50000 new jobs, thats a great way to provide, to think the company started back in 1994 and now its a giant


Yeah it already provides 563.000 jobs currently.


Well Amazon sells, books, tablets, tech, groceries and just about anything so yeah that requires a lot of labor


The first amazon customer had a building named after him.


Sounds like he got a great bargain, imagine having a building named after after a $28 purchase, just crazy


Right, I hear that working in the warehouse you can walk between 7-15 miles a day or per shift.


Have you seen that new Wonder Woman movie yet?


too look for that now, especially as I have a daughter, I like her to see these films.  The kids watched Wonder Woman a little while back, they both enjoyed it.


That is good to hear.  Women can be superheros too, and they need to know that!


If you ever get out from under your rock do you get to watch much television?


Lots of Netflix.  So I can catch some of these movies there too!


I love having Netflix for my television option, I can pick what I want to watch and when.  I don't have to wait weekly for the next broadcast.


It is great.  Plus, no commercials!  I dont watch Pokemon though, even though there are 750 episodes.


That just seem to be a few too many.  I think they could have stopped at about 100.  We like documentaries about animals, Planet Earth and that kind of thing.  We're watching bird documentaries at the moment.


I love animals.  But my favorite bird is the dodo bird!


I think you missed out on that one, long gone.  I like Hummingbirds, we get them at certain times of teh year as they r migrating through.


The pigeon is a descendant, that kinda explains a lot about them. Hummingbirds are elegant though


I havent!  I feel like I have been living under a rock when it comes to all the super hero movies!


Well it was good chatting to you, I'm going o fire up Netflix and find a good movie, Lady Bird maybe.


If you were a super hero you would have been able to life that rock.  How about a more realistic film like Lady Bird?


The last thing I saw was Deadpool 2, I did love that one.  Lady Bird, is that about Lyndon Johnsons wife?


I could be a biopic of Ladybird Johnson, but no, it's kind of a mother daughter drama, probably adapted from someones life.  I have not seen it, just heard talk.


Ahh.  I havent heard much, no cable, so I often miss previews of things.


So these were two big movies recently that had a strong female cast, but I guess, despite this, women had fewer roles than in previous years.


I think there were a few movies that come around like Hunger games, and things like that that really feature strong women.


The recent Star Wars moves have also had a strong female presence, especially that Rogue One one.


I love when there are strong women for girls to look up to, Gal Gadot really did that!


Now people look back and dream of the privacy and data protection that Myspace had. Burger King had a promotion for unfriending people on Facebook. I wonder whether that worked at all.


I know, I participated in it for a free whopper!


Really? Did you refriend those people afterward? I expect people would make friends just to unfriend them.


No, I never use facebook. Half of them I didn't even know anyways. LOL


Iceland is rewriting its constitution via Facebook. I expect things to go wrong there somehow.


I know, I've read that. Facebook's like button is illegal in some German states.


That's an odd fact. I guess it's meant to stop addiction or something? Who cares if you like something? Can it hurt someone?


I think it probably is, it is pretty crazy.


I don't use Facebook, but I do use the Internet. I want to get information, but I don't want my life out there for everyone to see.


I don't use it that much either to be honest. In 2012 they were worth $104 billion.


Pretty good, did you happen to see Black Panther the film?


I did not see the film. I was surprised to learn that the character is not named after the political party.


Interesting, I think it was a comedy. I didn't see it either, but it could be good. I saw deadpool and thought that was pretty good.


Black Panther is actually the richest superhero at half a trillion. Not sure how he got his money. Software? Video games?


I don't know, good question. I always thought it was Tony Stark.


Stark's rich, but I guess Black Panther got bucks! Speaking of rich, do you know much about Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook?


I saw the movie about him, the Social Network, i thought it was ok. But other than that, I don't know much.


Way back in 2005, Myspace had a chance to buy Facebook for $75 million. Hm. They missed their chance!


I've heard that, that was a mistake, but then again Myspace failed.


That's crazy! I also didn't know that there's a song that is used to stress test pianos. It's called the circus galop


Yeah, I've read about that... it's not playable by any human. Pretty crazy.


What do you think about the president? Also do you know who the top three most rich presidents were?


You don't even want to get me started on 45. JFK, Washington and Jefferson? The first president of Zimbabwe was named President Banana. Wonder if that was his given name or he chose it to be funny.


Haha that's a good question. Another good question is why is the guest house bigger than the White House itself. That seems so stupid


Agreed. Except I guess if you have so many guests at once they would all need a room. It used to be that the runner up for president became the VP. Um, I pretty sure that would be a DISASTER today!


LOL that would be a disaster today! Also a disaster would be if the president released three pop albums like the president of Indonesia did LOL


Haha. I'm honestly surprised he hasn't released an album.


Haha that's true. I am shocked he was not one of the top three most wealthy presidents. you would think that he was


Yeah, but I guess when adjusted to inflation, the others were richer. Plus, they never had bankruptcies and probably had no debt. Who knows.


Lots! Lucky to have come from a family that was very into music. Did you know Linkin Park played 324 concert in 2001? That seems like a crazy schedule.


Yep that's probably true. president banana is such a weird name. I wonder if he will make a pop album haha maybe he can hang out with Trump and do that LOL


No I didn't know that. That is very impressive! The Ramones played like 2200 shows in about 20 years. That's also impressive!


Yeah, and most of those shows were probably at little club, unlike Linkin Park. In 1972 Pink Floyd recorded one of their concerts at the Roman Amphitheater in Pompeii, and there was no audience.


That's really weird. I hope that they recorded it so I can see it haha. Did you know that there was a Creed concert so bad that they got sued?


I'd imagine all the Creed concerts were probably that bad. In 1930, the BBC couldn't find anything to report on for the news, so they broadcast piano music instead. Can't imagine that happening today!


Know that would never happen! The piano was created in the year 1700. I actually play the piano, what about you


I took piano lessons for several years. I wouldn't say i can play though. More like tinker around on it. The Hindenburg had an aluminum grand piano that weighed only 356 pounds.


That's pretty cool. I would like to play that actually haha. Do you like Queen? Freddie Mercury used the piano that Paul McCartney had previously used to record Hey Jude


That's cool. I do like Queen. In 2006 climbers reached one of Britain's highest mountain tops and found a piano! Wonder if it was dropped out of a plane or something.


That is right!  did you know what University of Iowa did to the locker room used by the visitor's team?


Yeah I heard that they painted the locker room pink!  That is pretty funny!


That is really funny, I think so too! did you know in the 60's bowlers made way more money than football players!?


Isn't the wild, I think it goes to show just how big the NFL has become since then.


It is so different since then!! I do not even know who is a professional bowler!


No, I don't think I could give you the name of even one professional bowler.


You know a football team that has been succesful is the Green Bay packers, they have sold out every game since 1960!


Good call! That is actually my favorite team and the only team I have ever followed.


That is cool, good for you! the team exists for 100 years!


Yeah and we are the only franchise that is essentially owned by the fans, so that is really cool.


Hello there, I do enjoy football of both kinds, how about you?


Well it was a nice chat! have a good one


Me too, mainly football and soccer. I have never watched Gaelic football. I am curious!


Hey same here, and same here again!  Do you follow any NFL team?


I love the Broncos, that is my favorite.. but i admire others, like college football Georgia Tech!


The Broncos had some really good years in the late 90's and right!  That sounds like a really lame game!


Yes, for Georgia take winning 222 to 0 sounds crazy!


Yeah that sure does, I wonder how many people from the original crowd was still there at the end.


Who knows? that was more than 100 years ago, in 1916 I do not think anything even close has ocurred!


No I don't there's been anything close to that, I'm not even sure if a team has scored over 100 pts. since then.


Hello, have you ever made a  car rental mistake?


I know right, thats something you shouldnt save money in, it can also get stolen and then what will you do?


What sucks is insurance companies will wait months before charging you a fee


then interests pile up, sometimes they will charge you for damages previously done in vehicles, like Enterprise charged to Kristin Budinich


So much hassle. I wonder in South Africa if you can rent a car equipped with a flame thrower


Wow for real? equipped with a flame thrower!! that sounds dangerous and could rise the insurance rate


Yea but I don't know if it is more dangerous than a 160 mph commuter bus the Dutch are building


That seems like a fast way to travel, do you like to travel?


Yea, I'd like to visit Japan but the $300 in tolls to drive through the country is expensive


That sounds expensive, still, it might be worth it, Japan must have beautiful landscapes all around


Iceland does, but you have to take airplanes to travel from major cities


Not yet, I don't want to get charge a $150 cancellation fee or something else stupid


I guess thats ok I like to travel by air. or maybe I can rent a car, ill be careful not to make those mistakes mentioned above.


That sounds like a terrible mistake, also having prepaid raids or booking a non refundable rate


Yea, plus people have to deal with Insurance challenges too if there is a claim


That can be a pain, insurance a road hazard, not planing for insurance can be a big mistake


Also filling a diesel tank with regular fuel like Norma Hopcraft did


That can really screw an engine up, seems like thats the worse mistake of them all


Yea and the people at Hertz didn't even tell her the fan ran on diesel either


I guess the company is to blame for that but I  can tell if a car has Diessel engine or not, the sound is more than enough usually


Dealing with rental companies is so frustrating, if you don't buy the most expensive insurance rate you're basically screwed if anything happens


Hello there, do you know much about robots?


Yeah if we could all just have robot chefs in our kitchen that would make life so much easier!


How true.  Did you know the US military uses an Xbox controller to control one of its eod robots?


No, but that is pretty cool.  I wonder how connected some of the major businesses like Microsoft are to the US military and others around the world.


Probably alot more than we know about for sure.  All these games for kids are just practice for future warfare, I think.


Yeah I think you may be right about that.  On a different subject, did you know that 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the US government?


Makes you wonder what's going on in Nevada?  Do you know that Wikileaks published the government's plans to destroy Wikileaks?


Yeah I have read that, I think that is pretty bold and funny.


Me too, Wikileaks makes alot of governments nervous about what they'll release next, for sure.  Have you heard about the Norwegian government donating a billion dollars to save the Amazon rainforest?


Yeah I think that is super cool, and they probably contribute so little to it's destruction compared to other countries.


Exactly!  I'm glad we share the same viewpoint on that.  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


Just a little bit.  Did you know about Michael Jackson's robot he planned?


I had heard about that.  A 50 foot tall moon walking robot to roam the desert sands of Las Vegas.  How bizarre, but he was a little eccentric, anyway.


Yeah that would have been pretty scary to be honest, but pretty cool too if he ever would have done it.


Did you know robots can be controlled by using rat brains?


No I have never heard of that.  But I guess the robot changes personality depending on which brain is used.


So freaky, I am curious to see what other advancements in roboting will take place in the next ten years.


I'm just glad robots can debone a chicken with surgical precision.  My cooking just got alot easier. Lol


Maybe it's the camera? Microsoft had a funeral for the iPhone when it launched. Who's laughing now?


It's funny Microsoft was trying to mock Apple with that ad but only made themselves look stupid


That is too funny. Do you like sharks at all?


Yea they are fascinating creatures and I'd love to find old fossils from when they evolved which are older than dinosaurs


I went snorkeling with them last month it was crazy! Can you believe they can be trained to bark like dogs?


I'm sure Snarknado will start adding those to their movies haha. They have been known to help sailors as well.


That's pretty cool, I guess sharks are more complicated thinkers if they help sailors out


They really are! They seem bipolar haha. I wouldn't want to find myself in the White Shark Cafe.


No, the White Shark Cafe sounds like something Steve-O from Jackass would visit


Good, getting a kick off the cop who stole a vacuum and oatmeal from his 2nd job at Walmart


I'm sure he would and probably has! Luckily I don't live near the Pacific ocean to find out!


It's disappointing the officer didn't get jail time, he should be held to a higher standard instead of getting a break


I agree with you on that one! Do you own an iPhone?


I use to when the iPhone 3G added 3G network support but I always kept breaking them so I didn't want to spend so much money replacing them all the time


Well said! I still am going strong with my iPhone 5 but it's on its last leg I think haha. I can't believe there are over 2 million apps for it.


Yea I was looking at the newer ones but it's so confusing with all the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X.


They are all the same in my eyes these days. I didn't know women are more likely to own one than men!


Me neither, I'd assume men and women would own iPhones in equal numbers


I wonder what it was like to be married to Michael Jackson. I guess if you grow up the daughter of Elvis, it's not so strange.


I can't imagine trying to navigate marriage as a famous person.  It's sad that it seems they hookup and breakup just for the tabloids.


Probably a lot of lawyers involved before and after the marriage. I guess that why famous people marry other famous people. Dolly Parton married a regular guy though.


I'm glad to hear that.  I once thought that all rich and famous people should marry poor people so they could share their wealth.  But now I think it's the rich who best understand the rich and have a greater hope for a good marriage.


All of the weirdos and stalkers that try to get into their lives. It must be irritating. I'd love to have the money that Elvis had, but not the fame. Nobody ever leaves you alone!


It's gotta be hard.  And to grow up as a child star like Michael Jackson ... even harder.


His childhood must have made him want to do things like build a giant robot of himself in the Nevada desert. What purpose does that serve?


Sounds like a silly daydream idea.  Maybe it would help to improve the environment too with every step.  That would be cool.


I think that would be a cool aspect of fame. You could promote important causes.


It would.  But then again, it seems you would have to stick to a fairly non-controversial cause like hunger.


Well, thank you. Do you like Michael Jackson or Elvis?


LOL. "I'm against bad things in the world!" "Which ones?" "The ones that everyone hates so that they'll like me for opposing them!"


Yep, exactly.  If you're edgy as an artist, you should be allowed to be edgy as a philanthropist.


Money and fame should give you the chance to challenge the status quo.


Exactly, otherwise, what's the point of having the money and power?  I fear they get scared of losing it all, so they don't speak out.  Fame can go away easily.  What cause would you champion if you could?


Something pretty basic like public transportation. I think it's not rocket science and would help the average Joe.


Yeah, I can't see a celebrity talking about that. What would you do?  Free transit for the homeless?


Free transit would be good. Just more of it. High speed rail. STuff like that.


Now you're getting to Elon Musk territory.  I'd hope it would be self-sustaining without continued need for cash.  But cash to start it up is important too.


Gas taxes could help. Higher bridge tolls could, too. I enjoyed chatting with you!


I like both of them. I didn't know that Elvis dyed his hair. I just assumed it was natural.


I didn't know that.  I wonder if he did it prior to his fame, or after.  I don't remember seeing any blond pictures of him.


I didn't know that Freddie Mercury wrote a song for Elvis. I didn't get an Elvis vibe from the beat.


I like it when artists do art for each other.  It's a flash of genuine.  Do you think it should have been in Elvis style or Freddie Mercury style?


Should be Freddie. He had his style, and Elvis had his own. I like the fact that Elvis failed music. That says a lot about school and life.


For someone who broke barriers with his music, it doesn't surprise me that he'd fail a class likely devoted to convention and history of the field.


Exactly. His conception of music just didn't fit.


"Just didn't fit" describes a lot of innovators.  Michael Jackson too, and likely many others.


Hi, how are you? What do you think of this planet of ours?


I like Wonder Woman. I did not see the recent film. I heard it was good.


I didn't either, Gal Gadot was unaware she was auditioning for wonder woman, she thought it was for cat woman!


That's great! She looks like Wonder Woman. She is in great shape and has the look.


I think so. She's perfect for the part! I do like cat woman though too!


She would do well in that too. When wonder woman first appeared as a member of the justice society in 1941, the group made her their secretary. That is pretty sexist! But typical for the day.


I was thinking the same thing! In 1953 Winston Churchill won a Nobel prize in literature.


I guess he was good at telling stories. I never knew that. He was quite a leader. I guess I should check out his works.


Yes, he was half American and half British!


Yes, I believe he got honorary citizenship or something. I dont remember. Anyway, great chat!


Hello, Great! Its very interesting!! Its upsetting about our natural forests being destroyed!


Ithink that we will destroy them all within the next 100 years. We cannot slow down. We want more and more


Soon we will run out of helium. Earth will be virtually helium-free by the end of the 21st century. Where will it all go?


I know, where? Interesting when the earth was formed a day was only 5.5 hours long!


Now it's longer and getting even longer. Soon the workday will be 20 hours. I will retire then.


lol, good idea!! We have a time change on the 10th of March!


I totally forgot. I guess that I will lose an hour of sleep. Doh.


Yeah, spring forward.  Do you like superhero's like Wonder woman?


Hi how are you today? Are you registered to vote?


Aww yes I guess if I had to pick it would be Snow White. Theres karma in a cartoon. lol


Absolutely . I have to small nieces and I can sing all the songs just like them . Hey do u think you will vote in the next election?


I am going to let the GOP know I am not happy one bit and vote on the other side of the aisle


Yep. Its crazy but since 1928  The last time a republican was elected president without a nixon or bush on the ticket was 1928


I don't like the head of the party...lol


Absolutely, I don't agree with the job Trump is doing.


Very true. It has been good talking to ya.


Yes I am too. Did you know that Not all men in the uk had the right to vote until 1918.


I didn't know that but I do know that  this country still engages is voter suppression; not much has changed over the years with the GOP


Here is a crazy fact. 34% of the black male population in alabama has permanently lost the right to vote.


Yeah because they are all convicted felons; time to change that law for sure


Yes lol How about we change the subject. Do you like disney movies? I love them.


I do...I watch them with the kids; Which is your favorite?


I cant say. I like more than 1 the most. What about you?


I love Lion King; I try to watch it once a year with the family


Hey there do you live in the DC area? Apparently the roads are going to be icy and slick


I use Amazon from time to time. I can't believe that they were founded back in 1994, I remember that LOL that makes me old


I hear you there!  Amazon ceo Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.


That is really crazy! I wonder why he did it, I also wonder why he named a building after the first amazon.com customer, even though they only spent about $28 LOL


Good publicity! lol The U.S postal service has a contract with Amazon to deliver packages on Sundays.  I like that.


Yep that's one of my favorite things about Amazon. I love that they can deliver on Sundays. I also would consider a job working for them only because a worker can walk up to 15 miles a day and I could use the exercise lol


Me too! Imdb has been owned by Amazon since 1998. Neat.


That is interesting, use that site almost every day, on a separate note though do you ever read books? I know that I tried to read the book Starship Troopers but it was really boring


I do read.  But, not never read it.  Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of 3 of the 5 US military branches.


And also there is a book called Ender's Game which is recommended by the military, I don't know why that is because I think both of those movies were anti-military myself


I'm not sure.  Maybe the books are different?  lol  In the 18th century there was a moral panic because of the spread of the reading of novels.  It's been fun chatting!


I'm not from there.  I'm from Western PA.  I hope they don't get too slick there.


Yes it was very fun! And next time you read a book try to speed read! Apparently the record is about 5000 words per minute


Yeah we will have to see. Speaking of cold weather, have you ever seen the Disney movie Frozen? Came out in 2013


I have seen it!  In Jan. of 2015 Frozen had become the all time best selling blu-ray disc in the U.S.


Yeah that is impressive. I never knew that it was actually based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale called The Snow Queen, I'll have to check that out


I didn't know that either.  Alan Tudyk has had a role in every Disney animated film since Wreck it Ralph, including the Duke of Weselton in Frozen.


That is cool I bet he's making a lot of money haha. Did you know that Jennifer Lee was the first director of a Disney animated movie? She also directed Frozen


I didn't know that.  Before "Let it go" was written Elsa was the main villain in Frozen, however the song was so uplifting her character was changed instead of the song.


That is crazy, the movie would be completely different if she were bad LOL. It's also interesting that they changed the name from Snow Queen to Frozen because feminine titles are thought to perform worse at the box office


Baseball managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play for their teams if the need arises. This is funny since some of the managers are in their 70's. I'd pay to see that game.


I wonder if Jack Daniels and Jim Beam played on that team? And what is/are "schlitz"?


I have no idea, have to ask someone from Milwaukee to find that out


Dont you find it a little scary that an  iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


Yea that's freighting. I also get creeped out thinking about the phone and internet cable at the bottom of the ocean floor


all it takes is one crab with violent tendencies to ruin the internet for all of us. lol


lol. Just drop a phone book on it and that should stop them


I think it is awesome that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone. I sometimes wish I could pay someone to not have to use my cell phone. It never stops at work.


Yea that is great Unicef does that. It funny how telephones are always going off now. New Yorks area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone and now you can just dial it touching a screen


I remember rotary phones. You would hate to dial anyone with multiple zeros in their number.


Yea, I find it fascinating they were able to transfer sound from a voice into electronic signals


lol, I never knew that. Did you know Japanese baseball fans don't associate baseball as America's pastime?


I have never tried this but after reading that it is  impossible to separate two phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together, i really want to test it out


Good luck with that! If you're unable to do it just go to a gym and challenge others to try it!


That is strange since they often come here and play american teams


I know. I never see any Japanese people play Softball


me either. It is crazy the difference in salaries between baseball players and softball players. As of 2014, the average salary for a professional softball player is between $5,000 and $6,000.


Damn, cashiers at the supermarket make more than that


haha. "would you like fries with that" is starting to sound like a lucrative phrase


What's crazy is people get scholarships for softball, there was one college softball game that lasted 31 innings


That is a crazy long time and a lot of expensive, poorly tasting beer, just to watch that


Speaking of beer there was a softball team called the Kentucky Bourbons who played on espn


True. Star Wars will earn money forever.


Definitely, with all the merchandise as well, Star wars holds the Guinness world record for the most successful film merchandising franchise!


There is a force behind Star Wars, if you will. Do you use a car? Cars are popular. You could say there is a Car Wars.


I do have a car, I am a big fan lol. Cars used to have wooden trunks on the back...interesting...


I don't think that system of nomenclature would work in the UK. They call it the boot. The boot? Ain't no shoe back there.


Haha, Are you a big fan of the telephone? I still have a landline as well as a smartphone.


It's a good idea. You never know what will happen to the cell towers. You gotta be careful!


Exactly, cell phones can get lost or broken. I don't have any phone books anymore though lol


Phone books? They are so 2001! I would like to see a system that didn't require phones! I want to talk to people directly, without technology!


Well, having a landline....if my cell phone breaks I need a phone book to look up a number, no internet on a landline lol, I like to bypass the telephone too but not always possible.


Tru dat. Anyway, thanks for the chat! Talk to you yo!


Thanks! I am going to go watch Star Wars now lol....nice chat!


Hahahaa, you are funny! I have to jump into my car and go get a copy...or use my phone to watch it online :)


I am awesome. Are you a fan of Star Wars, cars or telephones?


I am a fan of Star Wars, cars and telephones!


That's great! I think that we can find a connection among all three, if we try!  Did you know that Marcia Lucas won an Oscar, but George Lucas did not? He must have been bitter! Until he had $4 billion.


Wow, really? He probably was ! Did you know James Earl Jones only spent over 2 hours doing the recordings of Darth Vaders lines! Wow


The man did not get enough for that role! But he probably got more on the next film!


I hope so, he only made over 7,000 bucks!


Hey, that was pretty good money back then for an actor! Plus, what does Darth Vader need with money? He has the force! I wonder whether he did the Navajo version.


Haha, ya a lot of money but the Star wars movie is the 2nd highest grossing film series! Of all time!


I enjoyed Patrick Stewart in the role of Captain Picard.


Only occasionally, and it has been a very long time. I think it is a pretty interesting show though.


Yeah I guess most of the deals that are made on that show are never actually enacted.  I thought that was interesting.


Yeah same here, did you know that the 'weekend update' skit on SNL is their longest running?


I did not know that. I do know that when I was in school, many kids tried to reenact many of the skits. That is how I was introduced to SNL. It was normally on too late for me.


That is funny, I had older siblings who liked it so I got to stay up to watch it.


I remember as a kid, sneaking to stay awake to watch shows. like The Love Boat or Fantasy Island.


That is awesome, that is a little bit ahead of my time, but I have seen them both.


Long gone days. One more recent show my wife and I liked is Raising Hope. It was kind of a silly show.


Yeah I have seen some of that one, it is pretty good.


Yeah I did as well, I thought that was a good show when I was growing up.


We like all the characters, but especially Maw Maw.


As to his acting abilities I thought he did a fine job, though at first, I was doughtful if anyone could be like Kirk.


Yeah I would have to agree, did you see any of the films?


Most of them, yes. I think I missed the last one.


I have seen the first 3 I think, but not too sure it has been quite a while since I did.


As a kid, I got a toy communicator and phaser for Christmas. I really liked those.


That is awesome.  Did you know that the first interracial kiss to be aired on tv was on Star Trek?


Yes, The show was very forward thinking. They had a crew made up of many different races and everyong, for the most part were portrayed as good and competent people.


Yeah I agree with you on that.  Speaking of television, do you watch the show Shark Tank?


It definitely is. I don't know how they do that. Did you know that Amazon owns IMDB. I go on there all of the time and was not aware of that until recently.


I don't use it that much, but I have been on there a few times. I did not know that either. How long have they owned it for?


Since 1998! You'd think I would have known that sooner but there is no indication of that on the website.


Wow! Oh, I never noticed this before, but apparently Amazon has a contract with the US postal service to deliver packages on Sundays?


I had heard that but maybe it's just in big cities because I always have to wait until Monday. I'm online far too much. How about you?


I believe I had a package come on a Sunday, but I always thought I got lucky. haha


Ha ha, you are lucky. Did you know that when buying products online only 7% of people read the terms of service? I am fully guilty of not reading them.


I am guilty too, I don't have time to read all of that!


They make them unnecessarily long. I'm sure so that you don't have time to read them. You can get 3G service on Mt Everest. I wonder how that is possible?


Wait what? You just threw me for a loop! How is that possible? ha


I do too, I purchase just about everything from Amazon except for groceries.


I have no idea. I wonder that myself and will have to look into it more.


I'm shocked that it was first established in 1994. You would think that such a huge company would have a longer history.


I know! I had no idea it has been around that long. I seen somewhere that the first person to make a purchase got a building named after him. I believe the total was $27.95.


I had heard that as well. Lucky for them. I forget that the company began as an online bookstore. They've come so crazy far since then.


Yeah, and they surpassed Walmart as the most valued retailer in the US.


The competition is good. I just wish both would pay their employees to reflect their wealth. Bezos is so rich that he had a clock built into a mountain.


I heard about that too! Something about it should run for 10,000 years.


Yes, that's the one. Apparently warehouse workers for Amazon are so busy that they walk between 7 and 15 miles each day per shift!


Hi, Do you remember Dennis Rodman from the Bulls?  He visited Singapore for the Summit between Trump and Kim.


I don't think youtube was around in 1986.    He was born in 1983 as the second child of Kim Jong-il and Ko Yong-hui.  Seems to have come from a line of leaders including the first leader of North Korea Kim II-sung


That wasn't really the point(ref Youtube) lol Yes,  his father and grandfather before him were Prime Ministers as well.


Kim Jong un must be a handsome guy because he was voted most sexiest man alive by the onion and china believes it.


lol I thought that was funny,  who is the onion?  I think its funny that I read no one knows how old kim jong un is.  Thats cuz Korean way of deciding age is different thatn america.


It says he was born January 8, 1983 making him 36 this week


Not really.  In Korea,  when you are born you are already 1 year old.  also if you are born in dec or jan,  before korean new year,  on Korean New Year you turn 2.  So its weird.  They don't calculate it like America.


Interesting.  I guess they are correct.  I wonder if that is because they view life as starting at conception.


oops sorry I made a mistake.  Yes everyone is 1 year old when they are born and all babies turn 2 on their next korean new years.  not just babies born in dec or jan.  So a baby can be less than a week old and be 2 years old.


Oh, that's a little confusing to me.  Do you like basketball?  Did you know that the highest paid state employee is either a basketball or football coach in 39 of the 50 states?  Good use of tax dollars.


Right,  that is a little weird.  But good for them!  They making good money!


Hello,  Yes I remember him,  he had different colored hair all the time!  Awesome.


Yes, they are!  I wonder if they work more hours than most in government that their pay is so high.  The inventor of basketball was a coach, but was the only losing coach in University of Kansas' history. Nice talking to you!


It seems like he was helping to bring peace between the countries.  He helped bring some awareness of issues.  He's been there multiple times since 2013.


It looks like Spain is a guest at every g20 summit!


Wow!  Can you picture it with Rodman leaving North Korea last year wearing a t-shirt that said "Ambassador Rodman!"  I wonder if he still dyes his hair or if he has to follow a different dress code.


He can probably do whatever he wants since he was once a popular name. Speaking of North Korea,  it says Kim Jong un learned to drive at age 3,  wow Koreans must be pretty lax on driving laws lol


That sounds pretty scary.  Why do they do that?


Why did they teach Kim Jong to drive at age 3?


I do not know.  I don't even know if anyone actually taught him.  I read recently that he LEARNED to drive at age 3.  He could've taught himself or stolen a car and learned by trial and error,  he could've watched youtube and followed instructions on driving. Not really sure,  there could be a lot of possibilities.


I've been looking into a wild court case about a gang member named Siale Angilau. Have you heard of this?


The video really was a strange situation. I sympathies with the family, disagree with their wrongful death claims, but I think they have a point about the secrecy.


I totally agree with that. I wonder what was/could have been redacted from the video. Also, the family was in the court room that day, so it seems like if they felt something was removed from or covered up with regards to the video, they would have a specific grievance.


I take they must have felt a bit powerless in the situation, wanting to share the video with news outlets and the public to show what they felt was a miscarriage of justice. I'm not sure why the video would need to be kept so private after the event. They could have blurred the face and modified the voice of the Marshal if identity was the issue.


That is true. I wonder what protocol is for things like this and whether the actions of the judge in this case were not standard procedure. It would be helpful to know to be able to form an opinion on this situation.


That's true. It seems like more often than not, government and legal institutions operate on policies 20 years behind the tech, like you mentioned with the court video. The same thing was echoed in the US Congress recently with the questioning of the Google and Facebook CEOs.


Oh, I absolutely agree. It's pretty scary how behind-the-times and tech-illiterate the people dictating our laws, institutions...virtually everything are. It definitely makes it that much harder to have any faith at all in these institutions, which you see evidence of everywhere, including in this story—from Angilau and his family to the AP and beyond.


That's true, and not the only way this story makes me question my faith in the institution. I suppose I'd just assumed we had more of a right to know what's going on behind the doors of the systems we the people fund.


Government transparency is a laughable concept at this point. Always has been, but I think now people have more means to voice their frustrations and find platforms to draw attention to obstruction. What do you think about the fact that the FBI wouldn't identify the marshal? Right thing to do?


If Angilau's actions were solely on his own part, it may have been alright to release the identity, but so long as it was legal, I understand the necessity to protect the Marshal from the retaliation of Angilau's gang. Even then, that should probably become public record at some point.


I completely agree. I think there are probably multiple special considerations to be made when dealing with anything to do with gangs. For example, both Angilau and the witness should have been shackled, and each with at least one marshal close by. The family says there were multiple layers of security in the courtroom, but we don't really know what that means.


I haven't heard of it before. Articles like this really bother me. They are clearly trying to drum up sympathy for Angilau, but when he has attempted to murder people multiple times and clearly showed no signs of remorse or renouncing of his criminal behavior. What do you think?


You're right, and I believe that brings it full-circle back to the discussion of how this whole situation was handled, with all of the knows and unknowns of the security.


I'm not sure. He was in trouble for robbing stores, shooting a clerk, and shooting at officers, but I think in the controlled situation of the court, his past doesn't justify the response.


But the situation was not controlled because he was able to jump across a court room and attempt to maim or potentially kill a witness. It's clearly a pattern of behavior. Should someone's history of violence not be taken into account when a person is clearly more than willing to commit violent acts whenever they can, EVEN at trial with the court/law enforcement watching?


But four shots were fired three of which were in the back. It's easy to make judgement from the armchair, granted, but that response is deadly force, which regardless of his past, I'm not sure is justified in the situation.


I understand what you're saying. What, in your opinion, would have been a suitable and appropriate alternative? The witness was also shackled and had no way to defend himself or run.


I have to wonder if the authorities in the room weren't able to physically restrain him if they could make it to the struggle quickly enough, and even if not, could a single shot on target have been enough to stop the attack from happening? Of course, the judge who reviewed the video didn't think so.


It would be helpful to know a number of things, like if the US marshal had any non-lethal means (taser, pepper spray, etc) on her. I agree with you, four shots at close range seems gratuitous, but does the overzealous nature of the response invalidate the response entirely? I don't know, I personally don't think so; if it was one lethal shot versus four, it would have been the same result. Also, what on earth is the judge talking about with the "no pants?" Who had no pants?


That was a thought I had too, but I'm not sure if tasers are carried in the court, at least at this time in 2014. I would be surprised if not. Then again, if the taser had missed or been ineffective and he had managed to harm the other inmate, we'd be hearing a different kind of story, with it's own lawsuits.


True. Also, was Angilau not shackled, but the witness was? A lot of things going on in this courtroom that don't make sense to me. It's also strange to me that they take issue with the quality of the video, but what's even stranger to me is that of a lot of courtroom/interrogation video/audio I've seen in my life, they are all of terrible quality. Seems like something that would be more than easy to upgrade by now, given how important the contents are.


It would have been a terrible movie with Jack Black in it, I dont even like how he acts, he just overdoes it


Hey, get this. I heard recently that the reason python programming language is called python is to honor monty python.


I would have thought it was over the python snake, funny its named after a comedy group


I always thought that too but yeah, the creator of the language wanted to honor the comedy group from britain.


Did you like the channel Comedy Central? some of my favorite shows got cancelled


I've watched it a few times.  I hear they cancel a lot of shows though.


Yeah like 100 shows since the channel got created, seems like a lot of them


yes it does.  I imagine some of them were good shows too.  Sometimes good things get cancelled.  take the Nintendo Entertainment System. It got discontinued in 2003.


That was a great system, did you ever had one or play with one? I am a Nintendo fan


I did.  i've always loved Nintendo.  They say the original could only display 54 colors but i never noticed.


I do like comedy. I like different forms of comedy from political satire to parody.  Do you like comedy?


Only 54 colors! that seems a bit primitive, still the games were great.


Yeah I like it, did you know the origins of the term comedy dates back to ancient Greece!!


No I didn't!  It seems so odd to think of them as being funny!


Apparently they created the genre lol, comedy is a dramatic performance that pits two groups against each other in an amusing conflict, thats how it got born


Cool.  I wonder if they did any political satire back then.  I think Ancient Greece was a democracy.


Yeah I thik they were one of the first nations to have a democratic system, did you ever watch the movie Green Lantern the one with Reynolds in it?


I did. I thought it was okay, could have been better. You?


I actually liked it a lot, too bad there was no second part, they wanted to cast Jack Black for the role at the beginning, wanted to make the movie a comedy


I'm glad they didn't do that.  It deserved to be treated the same as the other superhero movies in my opinion.


I think it may be coming out on DVD soon, but I think they went a little overboard with Freddie Mercury's overbite. There's even a piano at the top of Britain's highest mountain, I wonder if he had anything to do with that.


Yeah I saw that with the teeth, but you know how they do everything in hollywood.


You mean go a little overboard and emphasize the dramatic effects! Apparently Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas any more because his belief system prevents him from making movies that doesn't project positivity. I can't picture him as a drama actor though.


Yeah I think I read that recently.  And I am the same, he is like Will Ferrel, don't think they would work doing dramatic scenes.


Exactly! Surprising that Jon Hamm also taught drama at his old high school and that one of his students was Ellie Kemper and Erin from the office. I like Ellie Kemper, I like her skits that she does on the Ellen Show, have you seen it?


No, I have never heard of her actually.  I do know the Office though, what character was she?


She played Erin Hannon on the office, she displays so much positivity and her bubbly personality can sure turn a frown upside down!


Oh ok I know who you are talking about now.  I used to love watching that show every thursday night back in college.


Yeah, it's a great show! I read somewhere that it is one of the most streamed shows on Netflix. Interesting to read how some of these actors got into acting, like Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls were in drama class. I think it really paid off then.


I think that is so rad, isn't it funny when you look back and small decisions based on something totally different change the rest of your life?


Hello there, no not really, I am into music, but not so much the musicals I would say.  How about you?


Yeah true, like Queen's guitarist, Brian May who had a pHD in astrophysics, but decided to follow his dreams and passion and became a celebrity! I wonder if he were asked the ultimate question of whether or not he would pursue music, what he'd say.


Right, I bet yes still.  Anyways, it was nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day.


I am the same way, however, I do like the music of Sara Bareilles, so it may be because of that that I would want to see the musical "Waitress" that she performs in.


Yeah I heard that is a pretty good show.  I guess it is a kooky, quirky, comedy type show.


Yeah, except tickets to those shows always seem so expensive, they range from $50 to $200 but still cheaper than some of those concerts by big celebrities, I suppose.


Wow! Yeah I don't think I can see myself spending $200, but maybe if my date really wanted to go then yes.


That's sweet, you mentioned earlier you were into music, is there a genre or instrument that you like? I really enjoy the piano personally, wish I played though.


Yeah I think the piano is one of the most versatile instruments there are.  I really like 50's and 60's music.  How about you?


It is very versatile and I enjoyed watching the Freddie Mercury movie that was released since I really enjoyed the Bohemian Rhapsody record.


Yes, I heard that was excellent and they really focused on the music.  I really want to see that soon.


Yeah, they have owned it since 1998 or something like that.


I use the app a lot,  its really good,  so much info on movies,  actors/actresses and shows.


It is crazy to think amazon started as a simple online bookstore.


yeah and now they sell everything basically.  Even create a bunch of jobs,  with amazon flex, amazon seller,  mturk etc.


Im definitely thankful for them, especially mturk.


Same here,  its been a great opportunity.


Their warehouse workers walk 7-15 miles per day!


Wow thats amazing,  at least they are getting a lot of exercise while they work!


Yeah.  For sure.  I know I dont get that much exercise in a day.


Yeah me either,  so they get exercise and they get paid to do it lol


Hello,  yes I do like reading.  How about yourself?


I do, it is one of my favorite things to do.


Awesome,  what kind of books do you like to read?  Do you speed read?  I hear anne jones can read 4700 words per minute!


I am not a fast reader like that.  4,700 WPM is crazy.  I mainly read non-fiction.


Cool!  Did you know in the 18th century there was a moral panic because people were reading novels?  lol


I heard that.  Crazy.  Closed Mindedness for sure.


I do!  I love how I can even get things on Sundays!


yeah super convenient!  Did you know IMDB is owned by amazon?


hey there what are your thoughts on the us senate?


no that is crazy, also crazy is how ancient athens would decide their leaders: using the lottery ahha


A cat named hank placed third in the virginia senate election. Hank should have won.


haha I would have voted for him, sad that american voter participation has topped out at 63% though


And 5 presidents were elected while still losing the popular vote.


yup screwy, do you think the dems should run a basketball player in 2020? I guess the taller candidate would win 75% of the time


I'm curious why international election oberservers were blocked from polling places in 2012, they werent allowed in 9 states, that is scary to me


Agreed. And all elections in Oregon are by mail. That is interesting.


ya that would help raise voter turnout, I also like how nevada has a none of the above option when voting


What is the point! I would probably pick that just to say I voted.


I think it is a fascinating part of the us government


haha yup exactly, I like how long elections have been held, I guess that is the way most countries have been run since the 17th century, its a great time we live in


ya I agree, did you hear that richard nixon actually cracked a gavel that was almost 200 yeras old


No! I also did not know that the only us president to have a phd was Woodrow Wilson.


that is kind of scary, did you know the guest house is actually bigger than the white house itself


That is amazing. I would love to be that guest.


ya, I know that Trump has Kanye over, maybe he could stay in the guest house and they could make a pop album? Like the pres. of indonesia did


Agreed. I think Kanye should definitely run for president next election.


ya I wonder what would happen, did you know the runner up used to become the VP, maybe it will be president Kanye and VP Trump!


Did you know the last president to speak a foreign language was FDR?


Yes. Do you know what the NZ basketball team are called?


Yes the website that published government secrets


Yes and once published documents that showed how the government is trying to destroy them


Yeah Did you know the government owns most of the land in Nevada?


Yes about 86% of it but most of it is desert anyways


True. Did you know a guy sold the Eiffel Tower twice ?


Yes he was good at impersonating state officials


Yes smart guy . It was nice chatting with you


Yes I do. DO you know who Kareem Jabbar is?


Yes the guy that used the dunk shot way too much


Yes so much that it got banned for over a decade


Yeah. Do you know who invented the sport?


Yes a coach at U of Kansas, James Naismith


Yes and he was also the only losing coach there


Ironically yes. Coaches are the highest paid employees in many states though


That us true. Have you heard of the highest court in the land?


Yes that is on the top floor of the US Supreme Court Building


I knew dalmatians were a traditional firehouse dog, but I never realized that it was because they calmed horses.


I'm not even sure what's meant by color-blind. Even in humans, it just means people see red and green as the same color, not that they don't see color at all.


Makes sense. Surprisingly dogs and ELEPHANTS are the only animals that seem to understand pointing. I'm not sure I believe that.


I didn't realize even dogs understood that. I thought they just looked at your finger.


Yeah I never even paid much attention to that. I've only had a dog once and for a short time. Did you know dogs can donate blood?


I figured they must, since sometimes vets have to give transfusions. I didn't realize they had so many blood types though.


Yeah 12 seems like a lot. Course I'm not sure how many blood types humans have.


Just fewer than that, apparently. It must make things pretty complicated tracking and storing so many.


Humans started domesticating horses in 4000BC. I wonder if that was before they started domesticating dogs.


I think dogs have been domesticated for tens of thousands of years.


I think wild horses are beautiful. Apparently the endangered Przewalski is the only remaining true wild horse.


They are great dogs and very pretty. Dogs were the first species to be domesticated.


I should google an image of it. Nice chatting with you.


Yeah. I always just assumed that existing wolf species were their ancestors, but apparently their ancestors are extinct now.


Dogs are my favorite animal. Maybe it is because they can perform many roles for us humans.


I like dogs, but cats are my favorites. I did consider getting some kind of earth dog breed at one time, to keep down the groundhogs and other critters that eat my garden.


Cats are ok too but dogs are "man's best friend."


Well they've been domesticated a lot longer, so that's probably why.


True, it seems Google prefers dogs to cats. They say that specifically in their code of conduct. I was not aware of that!


Same! Really weird to include that in a code of conduct.


Yeah I agree. Though dogs can do a lot for humans, they can't see as many colors as humans but they are not color blind.


I agree its a good way to settle an argument, just beat the other team, they should learn how to shoot granny style lol


Yeah I think that since that is the best way to play, they should use it even if it does look stupid, did you hear the story behind Air Jordans?


ya apparently they were banned initially, but Nike just kept paying the fine so Michael could keep wearing them


I see, I guess Nike has the financial power to do that and more, I used to own a pair, they were really comfortable.


ya I never wore those I heard good things though, did you know the sun is actually white?


Its white!!! So my highschool teacher tricked me all this time!


haha they did, and yes its just that our atmosphere makes it appear yellow to us


I see that makes sense, Im going to have a talk with her lol, you know that the sun produces a lot of energy in a second, like enough to keep the planet alive for 500000 years


ya thats crazy, and our sun is only about 1 billionth the size of teh biggest star in our galaxy, imagine how much energy that thing has


I do like basketball, have you ever played? I used to play back in high school


It must be a lot and it must leave a nasty burn behind lol.


Me too, I played a bit while I was in high school, did you know the dunk shot got banned in college for some years


oh yes, Kareem abdul-jabbar used it so much it got banned, seems dumb to ban such a classic move though


I agree, its one of my favorite moves and it gives the sport a special flavor so it seems kind of dumb to ban it, its a good thing it isnt banned anymore


Yeah I agree, pretty funny that the inventor of basketball is the only losing coach in his teams history though


Thats crazy, I mean he invented the game so he can also bend the rules lol, a suprising fact is that basketball coaches are actually the highes paid state employees.


Yeah that is shocking, also shocking is the New Zealand basketball team is nick named the "tall blacks" definitely a name that wouldn't fly here.


I agree lol, that would certainly create racial tension. Basketball is a great game with a lot of fans, there are courts everywhere even on the supreme court building


ya I love the name of that place, the "highest court in the land" they should settle tied votes with a basketball game!


Hi! Are you a fan of cats, by chance? I think it's hilarious that by the time a cat hits 15 years old, its spent nearly 10 years sleeping!


Indeed! Communication is certainly key! So have you heard of that Finnish station that broadcasts Nuntii Latini which is a weekly news programme conducted in Latin?


Pretty funny if you ask me, especially so long-lasting as having started in 1989. Radio taps in to the emotion with music. Sound frequencies affect humans. One sound frequency causes fear.


I'd almost like to hear it but i don't want to be scared. Ha! But the human body is so fascinating. Like, we can regrow ribs that are as equally strong after 2 or 3 months after the original rib being surgically shortened!


That is so crazy. It makes me wonder how they found that out. We also don't synthesize our own vitamin C. I guess humans have a defective enzyme, but animals and plants can do that.


That is wild, isn't it? Like something else I find bizarre, we humans could have possibly lost our body hair only 240k years ago! Can you believe that?


Crazy if you ask me. Makes for colder winters, LOL. Humans are also supposed to be the best distance runners among animals.


Now that's honestly hard to believe! I figured cheetahs would be. Ha! Although I do know we use tools to a much higher degree than any other animal. But that should be obvious to anyone. Ha!


I agree, some evolutionist must believe  it has to do with our primitive needs for hunting.


Indeed! Plus evolutionary success that includes larger, very well developed brains that enable high levels of abstract reasoning, problem solving and language, etc.!


I'm not sure I agree with all of the scientists conclusions, but we have certainly learned a lot from genetic mitochondrial DNA studies.


I'm not a big cat fan myself, but I believe that about sleeping. I find it pretty funny how crazy some people can be about cats. Did you know that there are cat cafe's in Japan and Taiwan where people pay by the hour to play with cats?


Indeed we have! Such as all extant animal populations could be a result of population expansion that began 1-2000 years ago. That is amazing! Well I enjoyed chatting with you tonight! Hope you have a great weekend, friend!


I do enjoy visiting. Enjoy some good radio and if you are so inclined watch a cat sleep. LOL.


And you do the same! I may even try to learn all 70+ breeds of cat that are recognized by many cat registries. Ha! Take care and have a nice evening!


I wonder what that's like? I'm surprised it's even legal. Ha! Something else that surprises me is the cat seen in the opening scene of Godfather 1 was actually a stray cat they found on the set. It's cool he got a cameo! Ha!


Nothing like a cat walk to draw attention to himself, LOL. There is even a cat mayor in Talkeetna, Alaska.


That's hilarious! Imagine explaining that one to visitors. Ha!  Did you ever hear about the physicist who published his cat as coauthor just so he could write in first person plural without getting criticized for it?


People really reach for unique methods to solve problems. Take Radio for instance. Using radio waves to carry information was definitely a unique idea to explore.


You are right about that. Speaking of radios, I like to break out the old AM radio and listen to those Jupiter radio storms every now and again! It is truly fascinating!


It is cool. Even radios bring out the unique. Did you know Canadian law requires 40% of music on the channels to be in canadian?


That's crazy! Like how would they even know if a song is Canadian or not! Oh well, there's actually a website that has thousands of classic radio dramas for no charge I enjoy listening to from time. I'll just stick to that rather than Canadian radio. Ha!


I agree with you, that whole process would be crazy to sensor. We all have a need to communicate though, even in WWII soldiers made radios to connect with the outside world with just a razorblade and pencil as the diode.


Hello. How do you feel about the foreign policies of our current administration?


More education can't be a bad thing. Look at Teddy Roosevelt and George W Bush and their conservation efforts because of their knowledge about alternative energy and forest conservation.


Jimmy Carter was good too. He had the solar panels installed. Reagan had them removed. Glad W brought them back


Me too. I think if we are going to advance as a country we need to really make some strides in renewable energy and working together across party lines.


Very true. Some people are just too stubborn. Jimmy Carter also turned down the thermostats in the winter time!


Very energy minded. I wonder what he would have thought about the idea of having his opponent become his VP. I think that is something we should totally bring back.


Im not sure that would have worked with this last election. It might have cause civil war 2


It might have. I think it would force them to work together and maybe we could dig our way out of the mess of foreign relations that we have currently.


Kim jong un cuts his own hair. That explains a lot


I imagine given the paranoia and propeganda surrounding his regime he needs to maintain a certain image at all times. He even edits the pictures to show his people a different history.


North Korea is renovation theme parks under his order. Thats pretty cool


He is quite the contridiction that is for sure. He is a terrible person but seems to have moments of rationality. Well it has been nice chatting with you. Have a great day!


There really is. I was hoping that when North Korea came to the table to dicuss things that maybe we could take a step forward but it just seems like more and more fighting.


The administration itself cannot agree about anything let alone foreign affairs


They can't even agree amongst themselves. It is so frustrating how far we have fallen from presidents like JFK and Washington.


Maybe they should be required to speak a foreign language. FDR was the last guy to do so fluently


I think it would really go a long way to promoting a sense of being part of the world. Of course it could be worse. Trump could release a pop album like the indonesian president.


It might actually help him. He was known as a reality tv host prior. Might even boost his popularity


I'm not sure about that. It would give the comics something to rib him for besides his cheeto nickname though.


Woodrow wilson is the only president with a PHD maybe a requirement for more education to become president should be a thing


Hi, are you a dog owner or lover?  Dogs are unique in that they have12 different blood types.


Yeah, there's no public rail service and few cars.  I'd get a horse...


lol, yes. I didn't know the small pocket in the larger pocket in jeans was made for a pocket watch.


Nobody has those anymore... Levi once made a denim tux for Bing Crosby after he was turned away from a hotel for wearing jeans.


I have never seen a jean tuxedo, can't imagine what that would look like.


Seems kind of tacky... The same company owns many jeans makers like Vans, North Face, Lee and Wrangler.  What is the company?


Levi, I wouldn't think the very first King to travel around the world would be from Hawaii!


He must have one helluva canoe.  Hawaii has a king?


King Kalakaua, I love having dog vending machines for food and water for plastic bottles, like in Istanbul.


Yes, the US should do that.  Maybe Google should do that since they are partial to dogs over cats?


Yes, So glad dogs have blood drives. Great chat!!


I love them too. Funny, dogs and elephants are the only animals that instinctively understand pointing.


I didn't know that, now when I see elephants, I will think of that.


Another myth is that dogs are color blind.  They aren't they just can't see as many colors as humans.


I wondered about that, I was thinking it was black and white and some color. I that's so good!


Do you travel much?  I've heard that the Dutch are building a 160 mph bus!


Wow, that's fast! Omg, skinny jeans can cause nerve damage!


I can believe it, they aren't comfortable either.  Can you believe that all of Japan's tolls add up to more than $300 when crossing the country.


I know, that's interesting.Iceland uses domestic flights to travel between towns.


Hi there do you know much about politics?


That would be Jefferson, Washington and JFK


Yes Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


Nice one, THe president of Indonesia is a pop star


Yeah and the guy has already released 3 albums, wow


I know. Do you know how the VP used to be elected?


Yes that would be the runner up that moved into that position


Yeah and I think that is fair because they work towards that a lot too


True. Did you know congressman have separate subway lines in washington?


Yeah that is how they move between the capitol and the house and senate offices


Yeah. Did you now republicans and democrats plat a baseball game each year?


I know some stuff about the senate, like the gavel that Nixon cracked


Yeah and the republicans are leading the way by 3 points


Yeah and it was old over 165 years, not too good for him


I know and they have a candy desk in there filled with various candy


Yeah they have candy from Pennsylvania only there though


Yeah all the good stuff like Mars, Milky Way and jellybeans, yumm


Yeah I know. Women were not allowed to wear pants in the senate until recently


Yes until those two senators rebelled by doing just that in sign of protest in 1993


Nice good for them to do so and open the door for other women as well to wear what they want


Exactly. Do you know who the wealthiest us presidents are?


I read that and want to know who actually dragged a piano up there. You have to be dedicated to climbing and the piano!


Yes you do.  Even if you used the piano built for the hindenburg it would still be heavy. It was 356 pounds.


That's one great sherpa! There's a piano that freddie mercury used to write bohemian rhapsody and paul mccartney used for hey jude! Now thats a good piano!


Agreed!  Say, back in 1930 the bbc decided there was no news worth reporting so they broadcast piano music instead. Don't you think they should do that in this day and time?


That's too much piano for my desire... I get irritated with the news but must be a glutton for punishment because I still watch it. Although I would like to hear the stress test song...


Yeah. I guess it is not playable by humans...


Yes. Unlike other forms of art, like poetry, which is done by humans.


Poetry dates way back to prehistoric times.  Interesting when you think about it.


Hi, yes I do although I have not been to a concert recently.  I have to say I never even saw the Ramones even though they toured almost non stop for over 20 years.


Agreed. There is a 224 word Palindrome! Nice chatting with you.


Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone! That's a lot of shows!


Yes it is!  I'd like to go to a concert in an ancient roman amphitheater.  I understand Croatia has one still in use..


I wonder if Creed has ever played there. I am sure they would be sued for their performance there too.


Lol! I've heard about that. Didn't they get sued back in 2002 for a bad concert?


Yes! I remember that issue. He played for 10 minutes passed out and then called it art... The concert lasted 10 minutes and had him passed out on stage. Light weight!


He passed out after 10 minutes! No wonder four people sued!


Not like a Pink Floyd show. In 1972 they recorded a live concert in the amphitheater with no audience!


That's one way to keep from getting sued!  They could do anything and no one would know.  Speaking of no audience, I heard that a group of climbers reached the top of britain's highest mountain in 2006 and found a piano.


Hi and good evening. You like to watch tv? I think it's come a long wat, from black and white to vibrant color.


That would be interesting! Speaking of the president, the guest house at the white house is larger than the white house itself.


That must irk him, considering his background is real estate. Did you know he's not even one of the three wealthiest Presidents? Those were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


Yes accounting for inflation I may believe that but I also think that list may not include Trump.I wonder how wealthy banana was? He was the first president in Zimbabwe!


Well, he's also never released his tax returns. Maybe he'll release some pop albums like the president of Indonesia has.


Yeah that might increase his popularity. It is good it's not 1805 because Clinton would be Trumps vice lol!


Well, she probably knows the West Wing better than him since she already spent 8 years there. I wonder why she never got around to re-installing solar panels while she was there--it took until George W. Bush for it to happen after Reagan had removed them in the 80s.


Yeah I think they are a good idea. I think it's odd the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France.


That is a bit strange, although not as bad as some parts of the White House still using floppy disks for storage. I guess it's for security?


Haha no idea very old school and outdated. Wonder what files they store on them?


They can't be very large, but you only need a simple program for passwords haha. Speaking of security, did you know it took the Secret Service 4 days to figure out that bullets had struck the White House in November 2011?


Oh, I love TV. It's like having a friend you can see whenever you want, especially in the age of streaming. You can watch anything from South Park to the news.


That is very scary and I bet someone lost their job over that lol. It was nice talking with you today! Bye!


True so much variety. Speaking of South Park when it aired it's family guy episode finale, the producers got flowers from the simpson's crew.


That's a nice gift for making fun of how silly Family Guy is. Did you know that there's only one episode of The Simpson where Bart neither appears nor is mentioned? Seems very deliberate.


Very deliberate indeed but why? Also there are over 700 episodes of Pokemon!


That;s so many! Far more than the attempt to remake That 70's Show verbatim in the UK; it only lasted 10 episodes before cancellation.


Yeah they shouldn't have done that! The UK audience must not have been receptive. Are you familiar with Thomas the Tank Engine?


I feel like I only saw it a few times on PBS as a child, back when Ringo Starr was the conductor.


Oh yeah cool. Looks like Alec Baldwin and George Carlin also narrated the show!


That's cool, especially considering that they all come from different parts of show business. Maybe they can have a reality star like the President narrate if it gets rebooted haha


Have you ever had a seizure? I can't believe that someone had a seizure at Ken Jeong's comedy show!


Personally it feels like it because so many people are so sensitive now.


I agree with that I think people are way too sensitive now.. I liked all the shows that used to be on like 3rd Rock form the Sun it won the golden globe for best comedy series in 1997


I loved 3rd rock!  Are you into comics at all? I am not but my boys are.


I am a huge super hero nerd lol... I love the avengers marvel or dc comics idc I like it all lol


I don't know know that much about it. Have you heard about the generic comic book?


Yeah Marvel published it in order to trademark the names of the heroes and villians


I had no idea what dc comics stands for?


Oh! I get that. Did you know that the Michigan State U library has the largest publicly available comic book collection!?


I did not know that... I know that there are some that sell for a pretty penny


I have never had one but i have seen people have them and yeah he thought it was a heckler thats pretty insane


I know! Crazy! I would have probably though the same. They said he ran right over to the person!


Yeah he was an internal medicine practitioner before he turned to comedy so he attended to the woman until medics arrived


That is great. I heard that the audience members didn't even record this. Amazing!


That is suprising considering how glued people are to their phones


I agree. I just hope most people are happy with how he reacted. That can be crazy!


I agree the audience met him with a round of applause when he returned to the stage.


So, Did you even realize that Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since 1989??


no I did not realize that why are they cancelling so many shows?


Well...howdy! What about baseball and the World Series?


That sounds an awful like the Indians. I'm 61 years old and have never seen them in a World Series. I'm beginning to think I never will.


Crazy. Well, they were in the movie Major League.


LOL....yep...and with Charlie Sheen playing for them in that. Sheesh. Hey maybe the Nationals and the Tribe will play in the world series this year....ya never know?


That would be cool. Did you know that up until 2005 a married couple scheduled all of the games for the year?


I've never heard that before! I wondered what happened after 2005? Did that married couple get divorced for arguing baseball games...lol


I'm not sure, they probably moved to some sort of automated system.


Well, that would explain why the Indians play so many silly early baseball games in wintery Cleveland in the early season. Computers must not know weather.


Very true. Did you know somebody found $3 million dollars worth of 1900s baseball cards in his grandfathers attic?


I read that! Wonder what they did with the money? Oh....and I do watch Game Of Thrones sometimes, I'm up to Season 5.


I used to, I stopped at Series 4. I hear they get a subsidy from Ireland.


That's news to me...I'm not a huge fan of Game of Thrones, can't understand them when they talk.


Yeah, it is ok. Well nice chatting with you.


Well, I'm not an Astros fan, I'm a Cleveland Indians fan. How about you? What baseball city you like?


I'm a Nationals fan. It seems like the Astros made a splashy move by not having to commit tens of millions of dollars in annual salary well into the next decade.


I hear ya....do you think Gerrit Cole is worth all the effort to get him?


I'm not sure, probably not, but let's see. Did you know that the managers wear uniforms because they technically are allowed to play?


I never new the managers could also play. Can't remember that happening in ages. I always sort of liked Justin Verlander when he was with the Tigers. The Indians always kicked his butt.


Yeah. The Nationals have Bryce Harper, he had a bad year last year, but he is still very highly paid.


Very true. I was rooting for the Nationals last year, but man they hit the wall late in the baseball season. What happened?


It happens all the time. Crazy, they just can't close the deal.


I love listening to the radio. What about you?


Makes sense though. When you are down in the trenches you do what you have to to get by.


Did you know that each title on the batman begins track is named after a genus of bats?


That is kind of neat. I love when soundtracks have meanings like that. Soundtracks are so crucial to entertainment.