Yes!  I just learned about the hamburger button too.  I could see myself suffering from that as well.  Not joking either.


I wonder if that's what made Facebook take off so much, seems like people are dependent on it.


We like to call those people sheeple at work because they follow the flock and are like zombies doing and believing what they're told.  I will stick to enjoying my internet for working and watching videos.


For sure, I do the same, no social media here. Anyways, I gotta go to sleep, good chatting and remember, don't kick the robots as Elon Musk said, AI never forgets.\


Ok.  Funny.  Nice chatting with you too.


Hopefully it's just a joke haha. Take care now.


He did, that was a good movie for sure. Did you ever watch him in the wire?


I can't say that I have.  Is that a tv show or movie?


It's a TV show, he played a character named Wallace, it's the best show ever, he did a pretty good job as Kilmonger in Black Panther though. You know who Maya Angelou is?


I've heard that name a lot through the years.  But again, I'm not too familiar with her other than the name.


She was an incredible civil rights leader and poet, she just turned 90. Do you know who Sam Barsky is?


She's still alive then?  Good for her for hitting 90.  I must be behind the times.  I've never heard of him.


There's a lot of news out there to keep up with. Did you see Black Panther? Did you know he is the richest super hero? He has an estimated worth of 500 billion dollars.


I watched it on netflix.  Isn't he the richest superhero?


I think so too. Did you know Hugh Laurie makes $700,000 per episode in House?


That is wild!  That show was very popular though.  Aside from the money, I like the Michael Caine approach.  He became an actor because all the pretty girls were in drama!


Haha, yup.  Speaking of women have you seen the NBC Good Girls?  It is about three moms robbing a grocery store with ski masks and toy guns!


I have not. Sounds funny! There is a website where you can listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free.


Wow, that would be entertaining.  I love listening to the radio in the car.  Better to have a radio than flame throwers, which are somehow legal to have on your car in South Africa!


Me too. That's a good deterrent to carjacking lol.


Haha yup.  The technology in cars has become so advanced.  The trunk is called that because back in the day, cars used to have big wooden trunks in the  back!


That's funny. I would like to see an older car with a wooden trunk.


Now, you do not even need gas on some cars!  Thank you Elon!


Hey!  I love it!  It seems to be a pretty closed off industry though.  No woman has ever been nominated for the best cinematography academy award.


That's crazy I would have never guessed that.


It is crazy, and you get guys like Roger Deakins who have been nominated 13 times, but never won!


That's crazy. Gavin Free worked on the slow motion of Hot Fuzz, Sherlock Holmes, and some others.


That is a good selection of movies!  What type of movies do you prefer?  I like comedies and thrillers.


Nice, I was a big Jim Carey fan growing up.  I am glad to hear he is getting away from making dramas.


It says he doesn't do them because of his belief system. Do you know what his beliefs are?


He claims he doesn't want to do movies that do not project positivity, but I can think of plenty of positive dramas.


Good afternoon!! How do you feel about watching drama films on tv or in the movie theater?


Not right off as it has been a while since I have listened to it, I would just maybe google free classic radio dramas.


I'll take a look. The writer of rocky horror pictures is the voice of the dad on Phineas and Ferb.


That is funny and can really put two and two together with that information. Did you know that Micheal Caine became an actor because in his opinion all the pretty girls in his school were in drama class.


I didn't know that, but I bet lots of guys joined drama class because of the girls.


Funny, I feel the same and totally agree.Something else I found interesting is a law in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein is that the little like button of facebook is illegal.


That's odd. I wonder why it is illegal lol?


I have wondered the same thing whereas those in Iceland are allowing Facebook users to help rewrite their constitution.


That's interesting. A third of divorce filings in the US back in 2011 contained Facebook.


That goes to show me that Facebook; depending on the nature of the user can be a great thing or bring about total destruction.


I agree. There are more people on Facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago.


Hello. I like watching drama, but I like horror better. What about you?


I myself do not endorse the use of the book for personal reasons as sadly I have seen too many people and families torn apart from it's use.


I like to watch mostly comedy and drama as I am not one to pay to have something or someone scare the wits out of me. LOL  I have heard though that by watching horror over and other one can burn more calories, maybe I should give it a shot.


That's a good way to burn calories lol. Christopher Nolan meant for Inception to be a horror film and it ended up being a heist film.


Well that is interesting. Just like Danny; the boy from the movie shining, he did not know he was acting in a horror film until years later.


That's pretty crazy he didn't find out until years later.


Something I feel brings about one's perception is that of the movie by Disney of Bambi, many find it heart warming whereas other such as Stephen King thought it was the first horror movie he saw. He was terrified and now as an adult I can see why he thought that.


That's pretty odd he thought that. Did you know E.T. was originally scripted to be a horror movie?


Yes, I did know about E. T.; I loved that movie as a kid and felt it was more of a drama than a horror film. Something I find interesting is that a website plays thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free. It really help one use one's imagination.


That would be cool to listen to those dramas for free. Do you know what the site is?


I love watching the Presidents speak, Do you ever watch any politics?


I bet a good amount. I heard that the white house is old school and still uses floppy disks to store info. You would think they would use the internet, right?


Yes, that's pretty funny.  I didn't realize floppy disks still existed. Lol It might be some kind of security measure, because nobody nowadays, knows what they are!


It is still smarter to store the info on the internet in case the white house gets burned down like the library of Alexandria. I think the current Library has a copy stored on the internet.


Wow, that's cool!  I've hearing alot lately about how addicting the internet can be.  Have you heard about that?


Yea, I heard it can even be measured by brain activity. People need internet whereever they go. I hear even at the top of Mt Everest they have internet.


Mt. Everest has service, that's amazing! I even hear it has 3G cell service, as well.  That's better than some places in the US.


That is crazy! Have you ever seen a president speak in person before?


I actually did see Obama when he came to Florida campaigning, one time.  Very aggravating with all the security measures and precautions that have to be taken, even for a 15 minute visit.  I guess, it's needed but it sure is aggravating to have to sit in traffic for hours just because of his motorcade.


It crazy how popular these people are and how many people go see them. The president of Indonesia is popular too, he also has 3 pop albums.


It makes you wonder how that came about, but he must be a really good singer?


Good morning, yes I watch politics from time to time.  What about you?


Yea I bet he is. That is probably why he won. I think a president won in Zimbabwe because he had a cool name, He was called President Banana


That's just bananas!  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, friend.


Yes I try to stay updated as much as possible. Do you like Donald trump? I hear he has lots of money.


Yeah, he's an ok president.  Do you like him?


I think he is a good leader. Did you know that the top 3 richest presidents in american history were JFK, Washington and Jefferson. All guys who were liked alot


Yeah, I would have thought Trump would have made that list with all his money?


That is what I would have thought. I have heard other weird things like the fact that the white house has duplicate buildings in Ireland and France. Have you ever been to the white house?


Yes, I have been to the White House as a child.  I went on a school trip.  I didn't know about the buildings in Ireland and France, though.


The white house has loads of interesting facts. Did you know that George W Bush had solar panels put on the white house, How crazy is that!


That sounds like a very green thing to do.  I wonder how much money he saved by installing them?


Before Trump, had you ever heard of Breitbart News?


I thing that makes sense.  The white house has thick walls, and it was built long ago.  I wonder what the other wealthy presidents listed on their taxes.  JFK and Jefferson.


Were taxes collected back when Washington was president?  I'm not sure when the IRS started doing it's thing... It's unbelievable that Washington, Jefferson, and JFK were wealthier than some of our more modern-day presidents.  Well, I know JFK came from money, but I wasn't aware that the other two were so wealthy!


The purpose of the government in Washington's day was to raise an army.  It needed income to do so.  It would be neat if JFK has put out a pop song album.


LOL, like the president of Indonesia?  I wonder if he has a large fan base to release three albums?!?


Indonesian president must be popular, or own the record label.   Three albums.  I like to hear my self talk and sing.


I would think that a guy named Top Banana had a huge ego when elected president of Zimbabwe.


You mean Zimbabwe's President Banana?  I think that is just so funny!  That to me says the guy has a sense of humor, and is maybe humble - since he doesn't insist on his name being used.


I bet he is a nice guy.  Do you know who Steve Martin is?


The comedian?  Yeah - and I'm a fan of his musical albums!


No, I hadn't, I'm guessing you hadn't either?  It sounds like a news site devoted to politics?


He can play the banjo.  Which is whack.  Whats funnier is Bill Nye the science guy got into entertainment by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest.  Hey time to go.


What the????  THAT'S house Bill Nye got into entertainment!  I have to go look this up - thanks for the info.  Have a wonderful day!


I think today it is highly political.  It was started by Andrew Breitbart to fight media bias.  It got hijacked by Bannon.  Apparently.


I never heard of Bannon before all the drama, but I know a lot of the old editors are happy he left.  I wonder how he managed to stay working there so long?


Yes, people are coming out of the wood work saying Bannons gone, "A good day".  So this news outlet had fame from Bannon, now what.


It sort of looks like Trump was the reason they fired Bannon, it's amazing how much pull a president has!  He thought Brannon had lost his mind.


Yes, the influence exerted by Trump on the media is a concern. But, I will not loose any sleep of Bannon disappearing from the world stage.


Yes, me neither.  It came as a surprise to me when I learned that Trump wasn't one of the three wealthiest presidents in American history!


I believe Trump makes claims. When its tax time he claims poor.  When needing a loan or investors he claims wealth.  I would rather listen to a list of George Washington's assets.


I agree that he does do that.  Did you know that the president's guest house is larger than the White House?


There was, he tried really hard though to fix it on stage. Did you know Zimbabwe had a 'president banana"?


I did not know that. Presidents from other countries are just as unique as ours, you know the president of Indonisia released 3 pop albums while he was in office.


I wish I had that much time at work! Did you know the three wealthiest presidents were JFK, washingtno, and Jefferson? I assume this was written befoe Trump


Yeah it would seem that way as Trump is a billionare, I think he is actually on top of that list.


Makes the most sense. Also, the idea of the runner up for presidential elections becoming via president might be more interesting than our current system, only now there are usually only two options


It would create unity I wonder why this changed in 1805? maybe because opposing candidates hated each other and in the end opposed each other while in office


I think they feel differently about other politicians than they say on campaign.


Theres one thing im sure of, Trump and Clinton would have disagreed too much. Did you know Trumps guest house is bigger than the White House?


It would have been fun indeed! maybe Clinton would have won if the %34 of men baned from voting in Alabama were allowed to vote back when the elections took place.


Hello, I havent last time I was in a concert it was in 2001 and it was  a Linking Park concert, what about you?


Linkin Park is a good choice. Most recently I went to a Foo Fighters concert, though I've seen Mumford and Songs and Snow Patrol live.


Foo Fighters are great, I envy you, that must have been a great concert.


They were pretty good. Dave Grohl also treats the people like me who buy really cheap seats well by playing a couple songs at the far end.


Thats a great thing to do, not everyone has the money to go up front, I went to a Creed concert once in 2002, it was a terrible performance, maybe Dave Grohl can give the band some tips.


Yea, from what I read, they were so bad people tried to sue.


Yeah I wanted to sue them as well, the concert was terrible and 4 concert goers actually sue the band.


The lead guitarist of Snow Patrol broke his guitar during our concert, and not intentionally.


I wonder how he broke his guitar, hopefully there was another one to spare.


Humans have come a long way, am I right?


dang, that is so interesting lol. Next time someone wants to fight I will get goosebumps and scare them away lol


Haha not a bad idea! Unlike other mammals we humans can't breathe and swallow at the same time!


We may explode if that is the case, lol. The best thing I think a human ever did was create google


Yeah no doubt. I would like to thank those founders for creating it back in 1998!


Google is amazing, what would we do without it?


It absolutely is. If you start working for google they call you nooglers lol!


google noogle! that is hilarious. Computers have come a long way, Russia made one in 1936 that ran on water


Whoa very innovative. Wonder if that would work in todays day and age? The first google computer was housed in lego bricks!


That would have been amazing to see, I wonder if it still working! It was great chatting with you!


Yes I would like to know that as well. It happened at Stanford. Nice chatting with you too!


Oh yeah for sure. We became modern in terms of behavior 50,000 years ago!


I am more glad we started losing body hair over 240,000 years ago. I have a lot and can't imagine having more lol!


Haha so funny yes me too. Pretty cool we are all descendants from Africa.


That is crazy to think. I wonder if they have tracked down the exact location where life had started


Good question I also wonder that. Humans are really a miniscule part of earth though.


that is a good fact, to think about how long this earth has been here. I wonder when the sound frequency began where it causes fear in humans if heard


Yeah what does that sound like? Up in space humans can't burp...because there is no gravity!


lol, that would make me so mad not being able to burp if i have gas in my chest. Did you ever hear that humans are adapted for persistence hunting?


Yes me too. I have actually heard that yes. Humans also get goosebumps because it used to make us look larger!


hey did you know that Martha Stewart was originally a model in the 60's?


yes it is more entertaining to think like that I think! what is crazy is that trump wouldn't qualify for the top 3 most wealthy presidents! He wouldn't be in the top three!


Apparently the white house has twin buildings in other countries, that's odd.


ya that is weird, also the white house still used floppy disks to store files, like that seems so outdated


Yeah but its compact and durable in case the we need to move that info. I think the countries were France and Ireland


hmm I wonder what those buildings are used for, obviously they are not their countries' capital buildings haha, did you know the president of indonesia released pop albums? Three of them while he was in office


Some security the Pres. has took the So called SECRETE service 4 days to discover that the white house had been fired upon.


wow that is scary, also crazy that the Guest House is smaller than the actual white house, like how is that possible?


I thought the guess house was larger than the white house...now that makes absolutely no sense.


yup I just don't get it, but I guess, did you know that Trump wouldn't make the list of top 3 richest presidents? this must be controlling for inflation


I don't think he ever released his tax information so how can we know for sure.


Yeah i heard she modeled for Channel. they say the chance of dating a super model are higher than winning the power ball.


ya that is true, I wonder what they are basing his numbers on? Must be something weird becuase you're right


haha well that is good to know! maybe the odds aren't that bad after all, I would personally prefer to win the power ball though haha


I'm incline to agree with you my friend. I think the numbers were something like dating a SM 1 in 88,000 and winning the PB 1 in 175 million, so good luck, ha ha.


haha yes, what do you think of the theory that the Mona Lisa was based on Leonardo Da Vinci's assistant who was a young man?


I wouldn't guess one way or the other who knows. Did you know that the president of Zimbabwe was called by the name of a fruit?


haha I didn't know that, I wonder if he released any pop albums like the president of indonesia did, he released 3!


That's pretty cool, what do you think about the runner up automatically being declared the vice president?


I did hear about that, it was an old rule apparently but doesn't exist anymore, imagine the chaose with Trump as president and Hillary as VP!


That would be hilarious, i'm sorry iv;e already given in to the idea that we are simply reality presidency TV so im all for it!


Oh yes, for sure! I also had no idea that Alec Baldwin narrated The Tank Engine. I love him!


I think I've heard Baldwin, Carlin and Ringo do the narration.  George Carlin just doesn't seem like a good fit for a kids show.


haha no he does not! I think there are quite a few kids shows that don't have very good actors narrating.


Did you know you can get internet at the top of Mount Everest, I guess people need to take selfies when they get to the top.


I did not know that! That's pretty interesting! Only 7% of people read the full terms when buying products on the internet. I never read the entire terms.


I never read them myself.  Who has the time, and who can understand the language.  I might as well listen to my dog.


Seriously though! Did you know there is a saved copy of the internet in case it burns down?! How crazy!


I think the library in Alexandria is more likely to burn down.  It's difficult to think about what the internet actually is, if my kid asked me to describe it.


And how exactly do you save a "copy!" There's just way too much on the internet to copy it all! Its been awesome chatting with you!


It must change every second of the day.  Good to talk to you too.


Exactly! There's new pages being made daily.


I thought that it was but I may be wrong. Normally we just take 10 turns a piece!


I'm doing well, thank you! Did you know that there were over 750 episodes of Pokemon?!


That's a lot, I'd say I've seen exactly zero.  I have seen a lot of Thomas the Tank Engine though.


I have also seen zero episodes of Pokemon! I never got into that craze. I have seen a lot of Pj Masks haha


Do you watch much telly, or do you spend more time on the internet?


I spend more time on the internet. When the TV is on, it's mostly cartoons that my kids are watching. What about you?


That's why I watch all that Thomas, the kids.  I probably see more videos on the internet, such as with Youtube.


Same here. I'm mostly on the internet for entertainment purposes, such as facebook! There's just so much advertiments on both.


I hear all that clicking can be addictive, measurable in fact.


hey which team do youl ike more, the Rockets or the Warriors?


ya its crazy that he won the MVP award and yet only has the 5th highest salary, you'd think they'd pay him more!


Yeah I thought he was the highest paid player in the team, he helped the team return to the NBA finals and won two titles, that is impressive, he should earn a lot more money


ya I agree, did you know that one time he was playing and the other team put two players on him at all times, he couldn't score but his team still won, that shows you how much of a threat he is


That was an epic move. He is the greatest threat the team has. I want to watch that game already!


haha totally! what do you think about lebron james? I think he's great, its wild that he was born in the same city as Curry too!


I think he's one of the greatest players ever, in the history of the game, but I think I like Curry a bit more. Lately he's been playing better


ya thats true, but I will say in the past 20 years only 3 #1 draft picks actually won a championship, and Lebron is one of them


Only 3? thats seems like a curse, Lebron is sponsored by Nike right?


I'm actually not sure, I do know that Michael Jordan was, funny that his shoes were banned by the NBA and Nike just paid the fine so he could keep wearing/advertising them haha


They were? That's funny lol. There is an interesting fact about Nike and Curry--do you want to know about it?


I like the Rockets better, what about you?


ya I definitely do, I'm going to start referring to him as Wardell Curry, though, because that's his actual legal name haha


well I like the warriors because I like Curry, but the Rockets are definitely good this year with 65 postseason wins


Those are great numbers. They also scored 114.6 points per 100 possessions. That's pretty impresive.


ya I agree, plus the Warriors have like a 5 point disadvantage when on the road, so if they play on the road they are favored to lose, not good


Yeah but they are great under situations like this one, one thing is certain, its going to be a great game


ya I agree, do you like any of the players that the warriors have in the Haptons Five?


I sure do, Stephen Curry is one of my favorites


ya he seems like a nice guy, for every 3 point shot he makes in a game, his foundation donates 3 mosquito nets to areas affected by malaria


Hope he scores a lot of 3 point shots then. It's in the best interest of those kids. He won the MVP award back in 2014-2015 season


Hi. Have you ever visited Washington, D.C.?


I agree. It's also strange to think that they all worked where they lived.


i guess it is at that.  Oh! That reminds me, back in the day the presidential runner up became vice president so that makes it really strange to work where you live.


I can't imagine. What's the point of an election if you were going to end up working together anyway?


I guess to see who gets first place- president and who gets second-vice president.  It does seem silly though in a way.  It's like the first president of zimbabwe being called president banana.


I wonder if that was his real name? The Indonesian President has released music albums. I can't imagine Trump doing something like that.


Sounds like he has some time on his hands.  the office of president is different depending on the country and government so Indonesia's president may not have a lot to do.


That's true. Dictators in authoritarian governments are sometimes called President, too.


That's true.  Governments in themselves are usually just a balance between personal freedom and tyranny.


Yes. They are a way to determine and enforce policies for the area they oversee.


Our own government has a bit of a balance when you think about it.  Most of the land in the state of Nevada is owned by the government for example.


No i haven't yet but I'd like to. Have you?  I'd like to see the White house.  It was built back in 1800.


I heard it's something like 96%! That doesn't leave much for private owners


No it doesn't at all.  Then there's our government having a plan to destroy a website called wikileaks.


I haven't either. It would be neat to see. Every President has lived there since John Adams.


I wonder where they lived before that.  I'd also like to know who built and why the twins of the white house in Ireland and France.


I guess in their own homes? Yes, that's interesting. The guest house is bigger than the White House itself. That would be interesting to see, too.


That would be interesting.  Even though the white house is old it has been modernized some.  President George W. Bush had solar panels put on it.


They have solar panels yet still use floppy disks? Pretty funny


I know!  I've heard they use those too!  That is so odd.  It can't be because they are more secure than any other method out there so why do they do it?


I have no idea! It's definitely not for financial reasons, although the richest 3 presidents included Washington and Jefferson, so none of the modern presidents made the list.


It really surprises me that they are among the richest presidents.  it really seems odd when you think about the white house being smaller than the guest house like you said.  I mean, Washington and Jefferson were filthy rich and yet they made their presidential home smaller.


Hi! Are you into soccer or the FIFA world cup football?


It is so popular, there is a version of the game where three teams square off against each other at the same time! That has got to be a wild game!


Oh wow, that has to be wild! Did you know that Jon Stewart was a skilled soccer player in college and actually represented the U.S. at the Pan Am games in Brazil in 1983?


Nice! I wonder if he ever played against that German athlete that donated his WOrld Cup winnings to pay for surgeries for Brazilian children?


I don't think he did, Mesut Ozil wasn't quiet born then, but that still was a generous act that he did. He helped 23 families, that really is incredible!


Honorable decision. I wonder why Stewart switched to comedy? Maybe he switched for the same reason Michael Caine took up acting...to scope out the babes!


That would be a good reason. Plus he probably had a better career in television. He still doesn't hold a candle to Hugh Laurie. He makes $700,000 per episode of House!


And he doesn't have to make house calls...LOL I like Jim Carrey's view on things: He has decided to only do projects that project positivity!  Stewart could learn something from Carrey on that front...


I agree. I didn't really like Jim Carrey when he wasn't doing funny movies.


Hey, do you like old radio dramas? There isa website where you can listen to thousands of hours of programming for free.


I need to check that out, that seems pretty interesting!


I do like watching the World Cup, Did you know that the city which is set to host the 2022 World Cup in Qatar does not yet exist?


Isn't that crazy? And considereing that hosting the world cup is not considered a net positive economically, it makes you wonder why soomeone would want the WC so badly they were willing to build a whole new city for it?


I know it's crazy, the Olympics are the same way. Maybe there's an increase and tourism afterwards that may help.


Could be.  As an American, I do not think of Association football when I hear the term "football"  It is surprising to me to learn that the US got third place in the first FIFA world cup back in 1930...


I'm the same way. The US team is actually pretty traditionally good. They have never placed below third place in the World Cup since the Women's World Cup started in 1991.


The women's team does better than the men's team, for sure!  Hard to believe that France won the world cup in 2018. A sport as popular globally, and little old France beat everyone!


I know, right! They did good. Did you know that the Hungary national team only had one defeat between 1950 and 1956, and that was the world cup final.


Not bad!  I, like most Americans, call the game soccer. I played soccer as a child. But nobody ever told me that the term soccer was slang for Association Football. Do I sound bitter?


Not at all! Haha! I had never heard of soccer until I got out of high school. It's strange to me that it makes more money than all other sports combined.


Talk about succesful. Did you know that U2 used to open shows for themselves.


You know I had heard that before.  They would disguise themselves in wigs and costumes, playing Country music and introducing themselves as the Dalton Brothers from Galveston, Texas.


What a bunch of characters huh. I can imagine those guys being a fun group to hang out with.


Yeah, me too.I read somewhere that Henry Ford helped finance the popularization of Country Music.


Wonder why someone in his position would do something like that.


It was said he feared the "urban decadence" of Jazz music.


Well that just crazy. Leads me to the thought that there is only two african americans in the country music hall of fame.


I can think of Charley Pride, I wonder who the other African American is?


Im not sure. You would think by this time there woud be more than two though.


I'm good, thanks for asking.  How are you this fine morning?


Hey did you know that the fender stratocaster was intended for country music.


I didn't realize that, how interesting.  Well, It's been nice chatting, I need to shower for work.  I'll talk to you later, friend.


Hey Im alive. Thats all that matters. Lol. So do you listen to music much.


I sure do, I love Country music.  What about you?


I love just about all kinds of music to be honest. Country is probably my favorite though.


Great, you sound like me!  Were you aware that George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins?  Isn't that just wild?


I wasnt aware of that. Who is jeff bezos again.


He's the wealthiest man in the world and Amazon founder.


Yes, it is.  They are a very talented and successful family for sure.


I'm not sure. It upset me when I found out he had shoes that made him do the extreme lean. I tried to imitate his moves when I was a kid and would fall every time I did the lean.


lol. I think a friend tried that as well. I would love to see the computer that the Russians made, it ran on water. In 1936.


That's crazy, I've heard of water cooled computers, but not one that runs on water. It's crazy to think that the Space Shuttle's general purpose computer runs on 1mb of ram.


There is also one built using basic minecraft building blocks. People sure are creative.


Yea they are, I find it weird that Transhumanists want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks. I guess that would be a way to keep their thoughts.


That is so bizarre. I wonder if they would prefer the apple computer?


Just as long as they don't smoke near them. Apple voids the warranty by making it a biohazard.


That is so strange. There is a site where you can listen to classic radio dramas, I'm trying to find it.


One of Jon Hamm's drama students, is Erin, from the Office. I never knew that.


That's pretty neat. Well I have to run, it was nice chatting with you!


That's a good show, have you ever watched House?


Years ago. I love Hugh laurie, I hear he was paid 700K per episode.


Yeah that made him the highest paid actor ever for a TV drama.


Tupac was a ballet dancer in high school. I wonder if he would have ever been paid that much for a show had he lived


I heard that Tupac was the Mouse King in his high school's production of The Nutcracker.


I do like him, it's no surprise that he also was a great dancer. He won the Hong Kong Cha-Cha championship in 1958.


So, he was a dancer too? Interesting. I wonder if he ever had any of Michael Jackson's special shoes?


I really do not care. Once my bears are out, I just root for good games. If I had to choose, it would be the Pats. I do not understand why people hate Brady and belichick so much. They're great and I appreciate them...


The Bears did well this year. People love two hate them. It's gotta be motivating for them. If there wasn't so much negativity coming their way, Brady probably would have retired already.


If they won last year, or this year, I can see him walking away. His wife has been publicly lobbying him to quit. That's gotta be tough to play through knowing your wife doesn't like your job.


Yeah, that was pretty crazy when she implied  in an interview that he's suffering from CTE. It'd gotta make for an awkward situation at home.


I watch a lot of International soccer. I can't really get into MLS...


I understand. I was watching the match this morning on NBC Sports. It was really good!


Not really. I just enjoy the game. I found it while waiting for college and NFL football and just keep watching. I don't want to like Manchester United or a huge team but with relegation, I need to like someone who I can watch on a regular basis. Do you have a favorite?


I root for Benfica. They're a smaller club from Portugal.


Nice! I will check them out. Nice chatting with you!


Very well, thanks. Do you have any kids? i Have 2 and haven't heard of these books.


I have two small boys. Not familiar with any of the children's books. "love" seems like it might be cute though.


Yeah. I am a little interested in seeing it. I wonder if it is picture or drawings? My kids always love the pigeon books.


I haven't heard of the pigeon books, I'll have to check those out. Are you pumped for the superbowl? I always thought it was weird that three different sports with completely different rules are all called football.


Yeah, I find the differences between college and the NFL weird. I look at NFL results and try to extrapolate those to college rules and get angry about the differences, relatively angry...


Me too! It's so frustrating, The NFL is like a giant showpony.


Are you looking forward to the Super Bowl next weekend?


Yes and no. I'm originally from Mass so on one hand it's awesome that The Pats are going again. On the other hand it cause me so much anxiety. Who are you rooting for? No judgements! :)


Do you know about the situation from the Supreme Court?


Thanks!    They were students at the time at some California school, I think.


Thanks!     The company went public a number of years ago, I believe.


Have you ever used google to get clothing information?


Yes.     I was looking for details on the pilgrims for a project once.


Awesome,  were you able to find everything you needed?


Yes.    It is amazing how bright and colorful their everyday clothes were!


yeah they only wore black on special occasions.  Tv has given us false information.


I have read about it.  Do you know much about Google?  I hear google is a dog company!


Too true.      I want to shop at the unclaimed baggage store in Alabama that I saw on TV sometime.


You probably can get some pretty good deals!


I'd hope so!      You also might find some things like Rip Curl clothes that are made in North Korea, but masquerade as being Made in China.


Thats good to know,  if Im in the area I will check it out,  its been a fun chat,  have a great night.


That is not the case.    Google specializes in Internet-related services and products.


I meant they consider themselves a dog friendly company.  I recently learned that google maps calculated traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving.


Oh, that is quite different!    It is amazing how much computing power google has available


Yes a single google search requires more computing power than it took to send people to the moon.


I guess it is good they take a green approach to lawn care!


Yeah Ive seen other places use goats to mow their lawn too,  like parks or waterworld.


Do you remember the names of the guys who founded Google?


Don't go in Iceland, they don't have trains, most people, without cars,  use domestic flights between cities.


i guess its too hard to build rail there? the terrain might be bad.


There are a few volcanoes, so there must be earthquakes.


yes, that's true. probably good roads and airports. small country. not too far to travel from city to city.


But for short distances, plane can be quite uncomfortable. They use small propellers ones. I have been on one, I could see the instrument panel from my seat.


yes, get jounced and bounced is not comfortable. maybe a bus would be better in iceland. LOL


In Holland, they are creating a bus that could go at 160MPH, I wonder if it will be safe.


I wonder too. i bet it has its own lane on the freeway or something. great way to get to work!


Maybe , that is the solution, a reserved lane for speedy buses. Because even on a high way, a 160 MPH won't be agile enough to be safe.


I would think that passengers would be pretty adamant about safety. 160? scary fast. Anyway, great chat!


no i have not. well, ive been to the airport. doesnt really count. LOL


wish you plenty of travels, have a good afternoon.


It seems an interesting city with lots of activities. What do you prefer dancing or travelling ?


I prefer traveling. dancing is hard and i suck. people pay me not to dance.


Have you tried martial arts ? Bruce Lee won a cha  cha  championship, maybe that is what is missing with you.


i tried a bit when I was a kid. i sucked. bruce lee was a great martial artist. i did not know about the dancing.


Martial arts are like dances, but with more pain. What kind of travel do you do ?


i like to get on a plane and go to other countries. when i have the time and money, that is. LOL


What is preferred mode of transportation ? Cars, trains, airplanes ?


I prefer trains for comfort and planes for speed.


Yea I wouldn't like to travel there either. Iceland has no public rail service so most travel by air.


Ah that is very similar to alaska. There is only one way streets so if there is construction, you are stuck for hours. I highly recommend traveling by air between major cities


I like the government compared to others as a whole, but I won't say it is perfect


I agree. Wikileaks published the governments plans to destroy Wikileaks one time.


Me too. Did you know 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government?


I guess it would be for bases and secret government sites?


I'm guessing that too. A man in France one time impersonated a government official and managed to sell the Eiffel Tower on two separate occasions.


But I mean the government isn't all bad. The norwegian government donated 1billion to help the amazon rainforest


It was great talking to you - take care!


Did you know the Dutch a creating a bus that can go 160mph?


Wow. Personally, I would be more comfortable with faster railways than buses since accidents are less frequent


I think so too. All of Japan's highways are tolls and it cost $300 to travel across the country.


Yes, it sure was expensive traveling across japan a few years ago


Sounds like it. The first king to travel around the world was king Kalaukauau of Hawaii.


One travel destination I probably won't go to is Mackinac island. Thay have banned motorized vehicles for over a century


No I have not but I heard if two of them get stuck together, you cannot separate them


WOw I want to try that actually. Unicef donated clean water when you don not use your hpone


Wow that is amazing. iPhones have more computing power than the US nuclear icbm deterrent


That is a lot but they do need a lot of it to get so many things done at once


I do . I heard they have a secret room where only celebrities are allowed


That is kind of unfair. Do you know who makes the most money among celebrities?


I know that Judge Judy makes a ton of money, over $123000 per episode


Yeah that is a lot but LeBron makes more than her so I wonder how much more that is


Yeah, the guy is everywhere now. Do you know who Carol Burnett is?


Hi yeah I did, I liked it too. The guy who did the voice in the movie is also chip in Beauty and the Beast


yeah she is the first celebrity that actually appeared in Sesame Street


Nice that is pretty cute. TIm Curry does the voice of Slick in the cartoon version


Oh awesome. The movie paid The Rock 20$ million, that is a lot of money


Wow that is and the total budget was $91 so he got a good chunk


Yeah that is true. Do you use your phone much?


All the time. Did you ever use a rotary phone?


No I did not but I guess it took forever just to place a call with those phones


Yeah and that is the reason why the NY area code is 212, quick to call


Yeah exactly Did you ever use a phone book too?


Did you know Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10000 years?


I did not know that, I wonder what the reasoning was behind that?


He's the richest man ever maybe? I have no clue!


Haha, I hope it had some scientific purpose besides him having way too much money. Do you watch any of the shows on Amazon Prime?


Mostly movies that I cant find on Netflix! What about you?


I watched a couple HBO shows through Prime. I have been watching more Netflix programming lately because they have had some interesting documentaries.


They really do. I bet blockbuster is kicking itself now for not buying them!


I wonder if they would have let Netflix grow into the company that they are now. I don't know if Blockbuster would have encouraged the streaming and original programming over DVD rentals.


I bet you are right. What documentary would you recommend on Netflix?


I recently watched the series about Ted Bundy, I was not alive for that story and it was very interesting to see the court proceedings and just how crazy he was. I would definitely recommend that.


Good morning, are you a big fan of going to the movies?


I'll have to look it up. I watch youtube too, how about you?


Sometimes i do to learn about things I want to do around the house or for movie trailers.


I was watching what is coming out on Netflix this month on youtube yesterday!


I hope you enjoy the Bundy documentary, it was nice chatting with you!


I haven't enjoyed it as much lately! I find that there are too many distractions and it bothers me.


Thats true. Do you use Movie pass to go?


No but I have a friend who did. He lives right by a movie theater and he would go about 3 times a week. He got a lot of value from his membership.


wow! That would be so much fun to live by a theater! Ours doesn't take movie pass. I think they have saved a lot of theaters though.


I read that the company is not doing so well. They offered a lot of passes at a deep discount and now theaters are not letting them be used as frequently.


Oh no! thats not really fair. I use Amazon a lot at home to watch movies. How bout you?


I use Netflix mostly but have started to use Amazon a lot more.


oh I'm not sure, I would hate to be the loser of that match though? It does seem like you know a lot about tennis players


I watch way too much sports. If it is a big moment in sports, I know about it. I wish I watched less tv though but I love sports so much.


ya I agree, do you know the origin of the polo shirt? like who invented it and such?


well it was created by a tennis player named Rene lacoste actually, and his nickname was the crocodile


I think I did know that, or at least now that you explain it to me it make sense. Lacoste is popluar attire for tennis.


ya you're right, do you know any soccer facts? thats one sport I never watch haha


European soccer is on before college football and the nfl so I watch it on saturday and sunday mornings. I also watch the MLS. I do not know a ton of trivia though. Do you?


well I do know the city that will host the 2022 world cup doesn't exist yet, they have to build the whole city


Hi I'm good, did you know that only one black man has ever won the us open tennis tournament?


Qatar. Im going to quit while I am ahead. Nice chatting with you!


Arthur Ash? I did not know that though. Thanks for sharing?


it might be, I'm not 100% sure, do you like tennis though? I do and I play actually


I like it and used to play. I do not play any more though. how often do you play?


I play in the summers we play a couple times a week, we play this game called pickleball a lot too its similar to tennis, did you hear that in 1969 they used helicopters to dry off the grass tennis courts, thats funny


I had no idea. I am in parks and recreation and pickleball is a huge sport for us. At least compared to some other sports.


ah nice have you ever played? its more action packed and easier than tennis I think


I have not but it does look fun. I am usually working when they are playing and would feel like too much of a slacker if I played instead of worked.


haha ya you have to work so thats fair, can you believe the longest tennis match ever lasted 11 hours spread over 3 days, I would be so tired


Can you believe the first president of Zimbabwe was called "President Banana"? That's pretty crazy


Yeah, it's mostly along the US border, and it's actually smaller than depicted on most of the maps because of the Mercator projection.


In 2000 40 percent of alabamans voted to keep the state's unenforceable ban on interracial marriage


Also, 34% of their black male population have permanently lost the right to vote.


oh right I read that.  I wonder why though


I think most of it has to do with being a convicted felon, but I could be wrong


That makes sense.  5 presidents have been elected while still losing the popular vote. greatest margin 10%


Yeah, and in 6 out of the last 7 elections Republicans have lost the popular vote. I think the only one that won it was Bush in 2004


Yeah, it's crazy to think that majority doesn't always win


I know right.  Like the previous election.


hahaha thats wierd.  1988 a chimpanzee received 400.000 votes in a mayoral election in rio de janeiro, coming in third place.


Yeah, I think Trump lost by a couple million votes, but that's what gerrymandering does to elections


I mean, politicians, apes, there isn't much of a difference haha


haha true.The only us president to have a phd is woodrow wilson


Yeah, I think a bunch of them got honorary PHDs too, but he's the only one that earned it.


what is that Honorary Phd,  they just give that to you?


Yeah, it's pretty meaningless, just sort of a University's way to honor success and service


haIf all of canada was one state in the us, it would have 50 electoral votes , fewer than california.


Yeah, Canada isn't that big at all. California is huge, it's got like 40 million people


Canada seems huge on the map though.  I guess the population is just more spread out.


They did? that is really funny can you imagine the reaction of visiting teams they must be really surprised once in the locker rooms


I agree haha. Did you know Alex Smith took so many AP classes in high school that he was a junior when he started college?


He did? that's awesome he must be a really smart person, he is one of the most famous QB right?


He must be very smart. He's very famous. Who's your favorite QB?


Those are pretty good QBs as well, interesting fact about Brady but his coach didnt like him back in high school


Did you know Kellan Moore is the only left handed QB in the league right now?


No I didn't know about him, is he a good QB?


I haven't heard of him either so I'm not too sure who he even plays for.


I see, well its been great chatting about football with you hope we can do this again.


I love it was well, the game has become a lot more popular now. In the 60s pro bowlers made more money than pro football players


That's crazy they made more. Bowling has definitely gone downhill since then.


I bet it has, the highest score in football history happened back in 1916, 222-0, one team definitely got confused and played another game in the field.


Wow - that's very high! What a boring game.


I know, really boring and hard to watch I mean even who would keep on playing after loosing by 100 points.


Did you know Green-Ellis never fumbled the football in his NFL career?


He was a really talented player. I liked him a lot I never knew he hold such an impressive record.


Yea he was very talented. I find it funny Iowa painted the opposing team locker room pink.


How's it going, do you like soundtracks, they are released with movies, books, and tv shows


I'm sure, Swift has been a singer since she was 14


Yeah she was the youngest person to single handedly write and perform a number one on the Hot Country Songs chart. She has a lot of talent.


Yes, and her second Album Fearless was the best selling album in 2009


It's crazy that she moved to Nashvill at age 14 to pursue a career in country music.


She became so successful, she's able to top itunes just by accidentally releasing 8 seconds of white noise


That is hilarious. I remember her debut album. I think it was adorable. It spent most weekson the chart in the 2000s. I think it's interesting how she has evolved from being a country singer to mostly a pop singer.


Yea, It's unfortunate Swift removed all her music from Spotify though


Swift said she does not thing "music should not be free", kinda disrespectful to her fans


She doesn't like her photo being taken either so she walks backwards. Wonder if this is just to paparazzi or also fans.


I like some soundtracks but only whe they are catchy songs. Alicia Keys was on the Men in Black soundtrack and wrote her own song for it, at age 16


That's kinda rude. Well I gotta go, nice chatting with you


Nice, Alicia Keys is real talented. I never knew Spielberg actually played the clarinet on the jaws soundtrack


Have you played Sonic 3? Michael Jackson helped on that soundtrack.


Yea, I never knew MJ did that soundtrack. Have you ever listened to the O brother, Where art Thou? soundtrack? It went platinum 8 times


I have not. Seems like I shoudl check it out! People need to be careful not to put plot spoilers in soundtracks. There were big plot spoilers in Phanton Menace from the soundtrack weeks before the movie was released.


Lol that's unfortunate. The Batman Begins soundtrack doesn't have any, all the songs are named after bats


How about rebellious soundtracks? Race Against The Machine's contribution in the Godzilla soundtrack actually criticized the film itself


Lol I can't blame them, it was a bad film. I heard Daft Punk did a good job doing the Tron Legacy soundtrack


Has Taylor Swift been in any soundtracks, I wonder?


Hello!  Have any thoughts on Kim Jong Un the current leader of North Korea?


i guess, Venus is interesting in the fact it rotates clock-wise, they only planet to do so.


That is interesting.  Planet Uranus rotates sideways and "rolls" around the sun rather than spinning like the other planets.


Venus also does not tilt which means it has no seasons which is interesting.


Wow.  That is interesting.  Could you imagine being on there?  lol


I wonder what the temperature is like, there are building block of life on a planet 455 light years away


Not sure what it would be.  Hopefully it wouldn't be like the one planets that has shards of glass percipitating sideways at 4500 mph in 2000 degree heat!


There are 5 planets in the solar system that we can see with our naked eye.


Interesting.  Do they still consider Pluto a planet?


No, Pluto and Pallas to name a few were considered planets once, but not anymore


many thoughts, he has edited pictures to change how history is shown just like other communist leaders have done


Interesting!  It was nice chatting with you.  Have a good one!


Interesting.  He learned to drive a the age of 3!  Crazy.


interesting, it is not known actually how old he is either though


The country is so secluded and secretative that not knowing that does't come as surprise.  He was voted sexiest man alive by the Onion.  That's hilarious.


Interesting to learn that they have theme parks in the country also


I agree.  Never hear about things like that.  I wonder if he ever will visit the US.  If he did I wonder if he would stay in the US President's guest house, which is larger than the White House?


yes lets talk about the president next, the president of Indonesia has put out 3 albums


Makes you wonder how he would find the time for that?


and I wonder if they were good, lets talk about the planet next. One of Jupiter's moons would be considered a planet if it went around the sun


Hello, do you watch horror films at all?


I do not watch too much although Netflix takes up 33% of North America's bandwidth from 9 pm to 12 am.


I can see that. Just imagine blockbuster didn't bet on Netflix and today is one of the most rental movies resources


they passed up an offer of 50 million dollars and Netflix is now worth 2 billion. I bet that they regret that!


For sure. I would but also they have 21.8 billion dollars on debit because their own movies


True, netflix was created after its owner had to pay 40$ in late fees.


True. It's interesting how the availability of movies depend on your location


Yep. Netflix spends 20x more on its postage than on its bandwidth.


Yep, but it might be a good job for employs  get paid to watch the Netflix content


Haha, agreed. Anyways,  thank you for your time!


Same here. Did you know that watching horror films can burn up to 180 calories? That is one lazy way to lose weight!


I love dogs, my family has 2 but I don't own one. Do you?


I do not own one as my dad was allergic to them when I was a child. Now, I am slightly afraid to get a dog as I have no clue how to take care of them.


Dogs are usually pretty good and smart. They drink water the underside of their tongue. Even they can learn a thousand words. Just need to make sure to get a right breed


Ah ok, thanks for the advice. Did you know that dogs are not colorblind?


That's interesting. I didn't know about it. Do you watch a lots of series on Netflix?


Disney Land & World released officlal Mickey Mouse ears - rainbow colors - for Pride Month recently. Disney??? When did they wake upd & get tolerant??


Haven't seen. Wonder what that computer looks like - Apple makes a lot of computers used by artists & filmmakers.


Yep you're right about that. Back to Kanye West though, what do you think about him giving a mic to one of his fans in a wheelchair at a concert? That was nice of him


Agree, but calling Trump a "brother" went too far. Trump is no bro! Kanye is big music celeb, though.


Yeah, he's definitely an interesting guy, his ideas are not always good though, for instance he thinks that aids is a man-made disease


Heard that. Since when did people create viruses like HIV? West has made a lot of big $$$ producing records, fwith influences from soul, to electro to gospel.


Yes that's a really crazy thing. Kind of like when he mocked himself on SNL for interrupting someone at an awards show, and then did it in real life to Taylor Swift, definitely the guy has some issues


Think so. His main genre, Rap, is huge, though. Has lots of components, like what is said, rhythm or flow, and tone. Are you a fan of Rap?


Yes I do like rap. I mostly like Tupac Shakur stuff, apparently some of his music is in the Library of Congress actually


'bout time. Some folks say Rap/hip-hop definitely has West African roots - and is based on religious worship.


Yeah I can see that. I would like to see a compliment battle actually, those are really popular in Korea, I think it's a much more positive thing than a diss battle that I usually see


Yeah that is interesting. I guess they started that in 2018, it sounds like a lot of people on Twitter were upset too


Great idea. Some rap lyrics don't seem to have anything to do w/praise, do they?


Yes, mostly they are meant to make fun of other people LOL but I think a compliment battle is actually a very smart thing and would promote positivity


I think they were mad that one of the rapper's was supporting president Trump, and they were very happy to hear that Disney was making the LGBT ears or something like that, I don't pay attention to Twitter so I'm not a hundred percent sure


Got it. Yeah, the rapper is Kanye West. Another singer, John Legend, asked West to "reconsider"


Speaking of Disney, what are you like about their movies? Did you know that for instance Minnie Mouse's real name is Minerva LOL


Nope. Glad they used the nickname, Minnie. What's your favorite Disney film?


I really like The Little Mermaid and I also like The Lion King, what about you? I don't really like Wall-e myself


Lion King was a fav of mine. Loved James Earl Jones, who voiced the father lion character. Little Mermaid had some great music like "Under the Sea". Disney is a huge studio today


Yes I agree with you! I also like the movie Big Hero 6, have you seen it? Apparently it was rendered using a 55000 core supercomputer


Hello.   What do you think of Pluto-planet or not?


Yes we would.  For something odd closer to home we've got Venus with it's no seasons.


Do you play video games? I play probably way more than I should haha.


I do play some. I play more on my phone nowadays though.  It's said that we play three billion hours of video games a week.


I mainly play on pc and I play a ton of a game called League of Legends, I have over 4k hours, pretty crazy how addicting games can be.


That's for sure.  I have to say though that I don't agree with some people that games are an art form.


it really depends on the game, for it to be art it really needs to stand out, but really games are not more art than a movie is.


Did you know that video games were initially used by the military?


Yeah I can see that, they are good training for certain things, like hand eye coordination. Video games also make more money annually than all Hollywood films.


Even still, South Korea has a law that it's illegal for kids under 16 to play video games past midnight.


Well Korea is huge for pro game players, so it's not a surprise they have more regulations on it. I also think chuck e cheese is horrible for children and I think it promotes gambling at a very early age.


If it were up to me it would be a planet. Seems silly to deem it otherwise.


Speaking of early ages, Toy Story video games actually have Tom Hanks brother as Woody and not him.


I agree.  I don't like how the parameters for what is a planet and what isn't is determined by where and what they orbit.


Yeah but humans are a weird species, they have laws and rules for everything


True.  Look at Jupiter's moon Ganymede.  If it orbited the sun it would be a planet by definition.


Yeah and there is also a planet that orbits 4 stars, that's crazy.


I wonder how that works. I guess the stars are close together?


Maybe, but they would have to be far enough apart so they are not affected by each others gravity fields yet be able to influence the planet that is orbiting them.


That's true.  So that would mean a very large galaxy.  What do you think of the planet where shards of glass precipitate sidewys at 4500 mph in 2000 degree fahrenheit weather?


Man that would be scary, imagine is it started raining glass on earth, we would be screwed.


Too bad for Blockbuster who declined to buy netflix for 50 million and now they are gone all together


Their loss, I guess. Reed Hastings was inspired to start netflix after a $40 fee on a late vhs copy.


It was of Apollo 13 I believe.  Well, he certainly made all that money back, and a few bucks more.


For sure. Speaking of Apollo and Science, Bill Nye became famous by winning a Steve martin lookalike contest.


I didn't know that.  I do remember him as the "science guy" though.  Some of those shows were quite interesting.


Yeah that is true. Did you ever play Nintendo?


I did as a kid.  I bought my first Nintendo with rolled change.  It cost me about $70 if I recall correctly.  Nintendo discontinued it in 2003, but some people still play it.


Yeah I think we all did play with it. How funny to think it could only display 54 colors.


I loved those games though.  They were a lot of fun to play.


Sure, I suppose.  I like Drama's like House.  Hugh Laurie earned $700,000 per episode for that show.


So true. It was really nice chatting with you. have a wonderful day.


Not suprised, it was a great show. Jim Carrey apparently does not do dramas because they do not spread positivity


I used to really like his stuff, but not so much anymore.  I wonder why he started acting.  Michael Caine did it because all the pretty girls at his school were in drama class.


Also to think that Jon Hamm taught drama t his old high school. He is so funny. have you seen his Skipthe Dishes commercial?


I don't think so.  Or if I have I didn't pay attention.  I'll have to keep an eye out for it.  I bet the production value is pretty good.  Better than the old Nintendo that only could display 54 colors.


He is funny in that one. Did you know there is a website where you can listen to classic radio dramas for free


That doesn't surprise me.  Not sure if I'll check that out though.  I might just check out something on Netflix instead.  Did you know that Netflix takes up 33% of all bandwidth in North America?


That is just crazy and mind blowing. together with youtube they make up half of peak internet traffic too in North America


And even with all of that bandwidth Netflix uses, they still spend 20 times more on postage.  That's insane!


Did you remember that play in the NBA finals when J.R. Smith got the rebound with almost no time left and the score tied and he just dribbled out the clock?


They are both incredible male players but the greatest woman's player might be Cheryl Miller.  Did you know she scored 105 points in a game?


No, didn't know that one. Did you know that Space Jam was the highest-grossing basketball movie of all time? I saw that back in the day, it was funny!


That was a great movie.  I hear LeBron might make Space Jam 2.


That would be incredible. Did you know that basketball was invented at the YMCA?


No, I didn't.  Can you tell me more about it?


Apparently, the YMCA invented both basketball and volleyball but that's all I know about it.


Nice, that makes sense since both basketball and volleyball can be played on the same court.  Did you know there is a basketball court on the top floor of the Supreme Court known as the highest court in the land?


No, very funny, lol. But did you know that about two years after their retirement, approximately 78% of all NFL players go bankrupt or have financial stresses?  And, add to that, after about five years after retirement, 60% of NBA players are broke? How sad is that?


To be given so much money when you are so young is sometimes a bad thing.  Perhaps athletes should be required to take finance or money management classes while in college.


Yes, then maybe they wouldn't blow it all right away and would think of their futures after basketball.  What were they thinking?  They make bad decisions sometimes. did you hear that Spencer Haywood took $100K upfront rather than a 10% stake in Nike? Wow, what a mistake that was!


Yes, wasn't that something? Well, we all make mistakes.


True, big mistake.  Hey, nice chatting with you


True, but in that situation all you had to know was the score was tied so if i get the ball i got to shot it.  I don't think many others would have made that mistake in that situation.


Well, what if he would miss the shot? Then the situation would have been the same!


But he didn't even try!  You have to be aware in that situation.  Its forgivable if you miss,but to not even try?


Did you know Kareem's dunks were so dominant that dunks were banned for a decade?


Sorry, I hit the keyboard wrong on the last one. Sorry.  No, I didn't know that about Kareem's dunks. I know that LeBron is supposed to be the best basketball player of all time though. I also heard that the people of the city of Cleveland thought he was a traitor for leaving.


You can make a case for LeBron being the greatest but in my opinion Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time.


LeBron says he's the greatest of all time and is the NBA'S MOST VALUABLE PLAYER four times already.


How's it going, did you know GOP stands for Grand Ole Party?


It would also be nice if there were no more Nixons and Bushs running on the Republican ticket


I think we're safe from those two families for a while, I haven't heard of any other family members who have a shot at the White House. Jeb Bush tried but he did not get the nomination.


Speaking of Presidents, did you know JFK, Washington, and Jefferson were the 3 wealthiest?


I wonder if that takes inflation into consideration, I also wonder where our current president ranks.


Who knows. It's interesting that the President's guest house is actually larger than the white house


It is, I wonder if it is because dignitaries have to travel with so much support staff whereas the President's all probably lives close by the area.


Probably. I wonder if President Banana from Zimbabwe has ever visited the guess house


President Banana is a fun name, I wish we would have a President with a name like that.


Or a President who could  release 3 pop albums like the president of Indonesia


Trump should drop a couple pop albums, maybe it would help his rating!


I did know that, do you follow politics?


Maybe, well it was nice chatting with you


Yea, it's interesting that the Republican party was founded in 1854


It's also interesting that President Truman would not be photographed with Dumbo because he's an elephant.


It's pretty funny the politicians were so petty even in 1957


I think it is safe to say that they were petty well before 1957 as well. \


Yea but it's pretty odd that red and blue have only been used for rebulicans and democracts since 200


Yeah I thought that they were always associated with those parties.


It's strange that there hasn't been a non democrat or republican president since 1853


Yes I wish there was more than just the two parties to choose from it would help our system to not have lifelong politicians.


Yeah that is very unique, and it sounds like a very unique clock that will run for 10,000 years!


Yes, as long as it's not vandalized, I guess. I didn't know until recently that Amazon in actually the largest internet retailer.


Yeah they are the largest and right behind Alibaba in terms of overall revenue.


That's huge. I once lived near an Amazon warehouse and wanted to work there because I heard the staff gets in miles and miles of walking each day.


Yeah that is very true, they say anywhere between 7 and 15 miles a day as part of their shift.


Isn't that a lot? It's much more than if you were stuck inside reading. I wonder if the delivery drivers get in much walking, too?


Yeah I think that is quite a bit for working inside of a warehouse.


I wonder how many warehouses Amazon has in total? Maybe someday they'll make a drive through one.


That's an interesting thought, I know they just cancelled one they were planning in NYC, a headquarters.


I haven't read about that. I hear some people can read over four thousand words a minute. Wish I could.


Yes, I love Amazon, although I am still wondering what the whole Amazon Prime thing is about. Do you use it much?


Yeah same here, I could be a lot more productive.  It was nice talking with you, hope you have a good night.


Yeah I do for sure, it is very helpful around the holidays.


How does it work? I haven't done any reading up on it yet.


Well prime is just a monthly membership fee where most items qualify for free shipping, and then you get to use their video streaming service as well.


That sounds pretty cool! I know Amazon has been involved with movies for awhile. They've been owner of IMDB for awhile, I think.


Yeah they have been, since 1998 actually.  Do you know how much the first ever amazon purchase was for?


No...I don't even know if it was high or low. It would be funny if it was for a car or something.


Actually it was pretty low, only $27.95 and it was for the naming rights to a building.


That's really cool! Did you know the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, built a clock into a mountain? That sounds like a unique idea!


He must have quite a leg on him to kick the butts of an entire nation!  Another noteworthy player is German Mezut Ozil, who donated winning from the Olympics to help Brazilian children.


That's very admirable!  Speaking of sports.. how about basketball?  Do you follow it much?  I find it neat that basketball and volleyball were both invented by the YMCA.


Nice!  Basketball is a highly regarded sport. So high, in fact, that the Supreme Court has a basketball court on top of their building.


Yeah, I heard that people even take time off from work during March Madness just so they can catch all the games.


What other reason is there?  LOL  Have you heard of the New Zealand Basketball team named the Tall Blacks?


Can't say I've heard of that one!  Did you know Shaq has only ONE record 3pt score throughout his entire basketball career?  I find that surprising!


In B-ball, it's about what you can do that matters.  James Naismith, the inventor of basketball learned that lesson. He was the only coach in the history of the University of Kansas to ever have a losing record!


Yeah, that's true!  Speaking of losing... they say the Washington General has played the Harlem Globetrotters over 13,000 times but only won SIX of the game.  SIX.  Course, it IS the Harlem Globetrotters they were going against....


Another one of league's surprising facts. Like, did you know that actor Clint Eastwood, king of the spaghetti western, developed an allergy to horses?


That would suck!  Bet it would limit the amount of roles he took in the future!


Not the biggest one TBH, but I do find some of the facts and details behind certain sports to be fascinating.  What about yourself?


Yeah!  Well, I'll leave you with this factoid: On "no vehicles to school day" two students rode their horses and were suspended. Since when is a horse considered a vehicle?  Nice chatting with you!


Hey, it was great chatting with you as well.  You have a good afternoon!


Same here.  I have a friend who is a fan of Associate football. Have you heard of it?


Yeah, I think they refer to it by it's slang term "soccer" over here, but they call it "football" everywhere else in the world.


Yeah, Americans use the slang term, soccer. I wonder where it came from?


I have no clue.  I'm told it's really popular though.  It makes more money than football, baseball, basketball, hockey and golf COMBINED.  That's a LOT of dough!


Yeah. Most soccer is played with two teams, but there is a version played with three that I would love to see!


Yeah, I dunno how that would work.  I tell ya, you gotta be in GOOD shape to play soccer, they say a player runs an average of 7 miles per game!  I get tired just thinking about it.  HAHA!


Really!  I am winded from adjusting my seat cushion... I hear Jon Stewart was an accomplished player.


Yeah, I think he represented US in a big game.  Can't recall which one though.  Even more awesome player to me though is Didier Drogba.  He singlehanded stopped a civil war in his home country!


I did watch it.  Do you think that the Saints would have been in it if that call had gone differently in the nfc championship game?


I think the right teams were there. But I didn't like Maroon 5's performance.  I think they should have gotten a celebrity that would  garner more fame and attention from the crowd.


I agree with that. I didn't even watch the halftime show.  Speaking of the saints, did you know that their cheerleaders have to leave a restaurant if a player comes in?


I think that is a good strategy for keeping everyone focused on the game. They can play video games in their spare time instead! The 3d images of today are impressive and quite an art form!


Yes they are.  I've been thinking about South Korea's law lately.  It's illegal there for kids under 16 to play video games past midnight.  That seems like a good idea.


That should keep planetary average down to the 3 billion hours we are at now!


On a weekly basis! Pretty wild to spend that much time interacting with an interface on a computer screen.


True.  Video games were initially used by the military.  Somewhere and somehow they got into the general public.


My favorite game is toy story. Woody is voiced by the brother of tom hanks.


I do! Which of the 32 teams is your favorite to root for?


I didn't know that. I thought Tom  did it.


I don't have a favorite actually. I like some teams from both the nfc and afc.  Do you have a favorite?


I root for the Dolphins because I am from Florida. I would love to see some women play, given that they can play if they meet eligibility requirements.


It would be different.  I've heard there aren't any rules against them playing so you never know, it could happen some day soon.


I would like to see the shoulder pad chip reports from men versus women to see how differently they play.


I wonder who all gets to see those reports. They have chips in shoulder pads of players and the footballs.  Does each team get reports of their and everyone else's performance?


I would assume that it's equal opportunity. There can't be too much to watch, given there is only 11 minutes of gameplay.


It seems like so much longer.  Even though it's just 11 minutes it is still fun to watch. I wish the season was longer than just 17 weeks for regular season.


I know! I wait all year for the NFC and AFC to play the first sunday of February for the superbowl! Did you watch this year?


I am not sure anyone can take Trump down at this point, with all the rumored election rigging and ties to Russia, I personally think he will just cheat to win again and no one will do anything about it, just like these last 4 years.


Right, I figured the same thing! I don't think he's good and if he wins I think we know for sure it was rigged.


Well one problem is the election is based on the electoral college more than actual peoples votes. If we could get rid of the electoral college and get back to the popular vote, like it should be, he wouldn't even have won the first time.


For sure. They should do it like athens did back in the day. Use a lottery system to prevent oligarchy! I think he is cheating the system


Yep and nothing is being done about it. Bill Clinton cheated on his wife and every one through a fit and started impeachment proceedings, but Trump supposedly gets away with treason and it really grinds my gears.


For sure, and cheating on his wife a bunch of times!


yeah Clinton was not a good husband but he was a pretty darn good president, I will never understand why his personal life mattered to so many people, and then when it looks like we have an actual traitor in the seat no one seems to care.


for sure, people made good money and the economy was great! Good chatting with you!


No I am not, I am a Libertarian. Maybe one of us will win soon, it hasn't happened since 1853.


Well I am just hoping Trump doesn't win a second term next year, but with how corrupt everything is now it is looking like a very likely outcome.


I do too, I don't particularly like him. Did you vote last election


I did, I voted Hillary even though I didn't really care for her either, but she was a much better choice than what we ended up with.


For sure, I voted third party. I was part of the problem, I wanted a 3rd party to win because it has been years!


Well Bernie Sanders just announced his 2020 run, so if he actually makes it onto the ballot this year I will vote for him.


Yea, he got taken out of the running in 2016 by hillary. I am voting BIDEN!


If Biden decided to run in 2020 i would probably choose him over Bernie, I always liked him when he was VP.


I wonder if they can tell the difference between snakes and legless lizards.


i bet they dont care. they fear anything that is close. i know i would! by the way, do you go to concerts much?


I used to go quite a bit when i was younger. now i dont really go. no time or money.


I do not like the crowds any more. I like smaller venues and local music.


i dont like crowds either. not very intimate. i do like sitting near the stage and seeing the musicians up close.


I am more of a bar guy at the bar, just listening and relaxing.


yeah, i hear you. music to unwind. not dealing with crowds and hassles. would you ever sue a band for a bad performance? i wonder how mad i would have to be.


Are you talking about Creed? I remember that on the news and I laughed out loud because that is something I can see scott stapp doing.


they must have sucked incredibly to drive people to a lawsuit. they probably should have practiced a bit before touring.


im great! how are you? do you like snakes?


He got stupid drunk before the show, passed out after 15 minutes, and then the show ended. Once he was sued, he called it performance art. Such a waste...


thats terrible. the guy has a drinking problem and needs help. Anyway, great chat!


Not really. I could move to new zealand and never see them again. What about you?


i dont like snakes but i dont hate. they are to be respected. they are part of nature


There is a genus of flying snakes! Nope!


That would be a hard no for me too. dang nature why you so scary LOL Crocodiles are more closely related to birds than they are to snakes and lizards. i guess i could move to australia


Australia's got crazy too! I remember a story of huge birds dropping dead out of the sky. Or maybe they were bats. Anyways, huge flying things falling from the sky!


yeah, lots of scary things there. crocodiles are pretty scary, but they are not related snakes LOL


Humans are not the only ones afraid of snakes. Monekys are too!


monkeys are smart, they know what is dangerous! i bet a lot of creatures are afraid  of snakes.


I don't know. I don't remember her. I was surprised to learn that a pro hockey player can lose 8 pounds in a game. That seems dangerous.


I am not from the east so I hadn't skated till relatively later in my life and wow I burn calories struggles to just stand on ice. Can't imaging how much you burn playing hockey


I wonder how much you burn playing lacrosse? I'm surprised we don't have a national league, like Canada does.


I am not to familiar with lacrosse. Could you tell me more about it?


I don't understand it at all. It's not popular in my area. We do have an ice hockey rink with a basketball floor that covers it.


Is the basketball floor on top of the ice?


It's a cover for the ice rink. Like a sub floor. They are common with stadiums that don't have a lot of room, and both sports are played.


Really? I never knew that. That is fascinating. I wonder if the basketball court feels cold when playing


I doubt it. In 1993, a hockey player was traded for $1. He went on to win four Stanley Cups.


It depends on the sport, I used to be a gymnast, and think it's cool that the ancient Greeks practiced it for war.


That was a steal for whichever team got him for a buck. In any case, thanks for chatting.


I feel that despite its image, it is a very difficult sport


Despite it's image? it's not know for being a lazy sport. Even the pommel horse was originally developed for soldiers.


I mean I understand it is an intense sport that requires endurance, strength, coordination, and flexibility to say the least, but it isn't one of the sports that come to mind as being dangerous or I guess tough like rugby or football


Tough? I guess it's how you look at it. Ballers have it easier than gymnasts There was even a gymnast with a wooden leg, he even won six medals in one day.


It is amazing how nadia comaneci scored the first 10 in history


She was only 14, and the scoreboard only went to 9.8.


I wonder why it only went up to 9.8. Seems odd


That was the highest score at the time. There was a N.Korean gymnast who may have been 10 at the Barcelona Olympics, even though they said she was 17


How's it going? Do you listen to rap? I listen to Jay-z sometimes, I really like The Blueprint released in 2001


Yea Busta Rhymes is very talented, he even did the voice of the reptar wagon in the Rugrats movie


That was a great movie! I used to love the Rugrats, great show, I watched them as a kid


I like Rugrats too, I guess a lot of rappers have unique interests, like Eminem, he wanted to become a comic book artist as a kid


He did? tha would have been funny to watch lol


Yea Eminem is a huge comic book fan, his favorite hero is Spider-man


Spiderman is a great hero so that makes sense, seems like you know a lot about Eminem? are you a fan of his music?


Some of his earlier stuff, funny thing is in 2001 a judge delivered her ruling in a rap in a suit filed against Eminem


That seems unprofessional lol, did you know that korean rappers invented a new style? seems kind of lame


Yea, compliment battle, I'm glad I don't know Korean lol


I would like to understand Korean just to make fun of that lol, compliment battles, people just dont know what to make up these days


I think Jay-Z  is a great performer, his had contributioins with other great artists like Bustha Rhymes and also with Linking Park


lol, well I got to go. Nice talking with you.


Yea, it's interesting that Jay z, dmx, busta rhymes, and notorious big went to the same high school


I heard they used to have rap battles back then, a lot of talent in that school,


Yea, I would love to listen to rap battles between Jay z, big, dmx, and Busta Rhymes, it's a shame they haven't released a song together


Maybe they will someday, that would be an interesting colaboration, Jay Z pulled one of his albums from Itunes


Yea I remember he didn't put american gangster on itunes, I wonder how much money he lost from that decision


I bet he lost a lot of moeny because of that, Tupac was another great rapper


Yea, he's my favorite rapper, glad to see his music is in the library of congress


Its part of american culture now!  Busta Rhymes is also really skilled,


Do you like to watch tv and movies?  If so, you might find the subject of cinematography to be interesting.  I like to understand the science behind things myself, so I find it all so fascinating.


Oh yeah, remember the 2 masks that are always seen that represent drama?  It it to represent the divide between comedy and tragedy.


yes. I found it pretty funny that Michael Caine became an actor because the prettiest girls at school went for drama class


It's a good thing for us since he is such a great actor.  Speaking of great actors, did you know Jon Hamm actually taught drama at his old school?


Yes i just learned , and Ellie Kemper was one of his students!!


Wow, what a small world.  I actually enjoy TV dramas quite a bit.  I think my favorite was House with Hugh Laurie.  That guy got paid $700,000 per episode.  Can you imagine?


Per episode, amazing. and going back to cinematography. did you ever hear about James Wong Howe?


A chinese american cinematographer, he was and oscar winner


Oh yeah, didn't he begin the use of the wide angle lens?


yes, and he suffered discrimination, because of this his marriage was considered illegal


I love cinematography and is interesting the word comes from the greek word kinema which means movement


That is so sad.  I am glad that isn't the case now days.


Wow, that wasn't even that long ago.  I do think it is amazing that he won an Oscar for his work.  Now we just need to encourage more women to pursue it and hopefully someday we won't have to say they have never won and Academy award for Cinematography.


That is right they need to be persistent like Roger Deakins


He has won a bunch of awards, didn't he?


Nominations but no awards. well you have a nice day!


Interesting, I didn't know that.  I think it is funny that people can describe it as science and art.  Though I suppose that makes sense since it is a little of both.


Motion picture photography, it is amazing that these are individual images that are projected and we view them as moving


Hard to imagine how someone invented it.  IThe image can be transferred onto the film either with chemicals or by electronic means.


It is kind of sad that no woman has been nominated for best cinematographer for the academy awards


That is strange.  I wonder if there are less women that do it?  I am not sure but I always think about the cinematogrophy taking place when I watch my favorite dramas.  Do you enjoy drama?


Not much but I did like Jim Carey's performance in some drama movies like Truman's show. But he will not do drama anymore


Yeah, I had heard that which is too bad because he is a pretty good serious actor.  I know we always think of dramas as sad, but the word actually is derived from a word meaning action.  I suppose drama kind of has more than one meaning.  It can be a type of film, but also can refer to a class being taught for learning to act.


And drama is pretty old, it comes from Ancient greece. It comes from a greek word that means action


hey my friend do you like the company Amazon?


ya my parents have one, it seems pretty useful, I don't think I'll get one though what about you?


Got one for Christmas.  Mixed on it.  Don't like the "big brother watching" cliche, but I listen to a lot of music and it is way easy to ask on a whim.


ya that is whats nice about it, do you wish you were the first person to order on amazon? I guess the guy got a building named after him


He should have had that building given to him.  HAHA


haha ya I agree, do you ever go swimming?


I do actually.  Was looking into places with indoor pools for recreational exercise.


ya I know here in michigan that swimming lessons are compulsory, like you literally have to pass the swimming test


That's a great idea actually.  Read that it is mandatory at cornell for graduation.


yup it is, I don't like watching swimming in the summer olympics though, what about you? Its boring to watch


Yes it is boring.  That's probably why I wasn't aware the US has won so many medals.


haha yup, I guess there is a super powerful swimsuit too, it had to be banned becasue it was too good


Maybe it had little microscopic fins.  I hadn't heard that before.


lol that could be! I wonder how fast I could be in that suit, maybe it had a propellar too


ya I like that they deliver on sundays that has saved me lots of times!


I actually ordered something on a late Friday night and was suprised by an early Sunday delivery


ya isn't that awesome! would you ever work there? It sounds like youd get a workout walking 15 miles a day


Maybe if I were younger.  Kinda amazed at how much they are in the market share across the board.


ya that is crazy, also I don't know why Bezos built that mountain clock, it seems like a waste


Do you know I forgot about that?  Guess my sentiments are the same.  Might google that and get an update.


ya I just don't know why it would need to run for 10000 years myself


i dont read comics much. I sometimes see the movies though. not often.


I see some of the movies too. I think some of them really can suck though too.


yeah, too many explosions and too many battles. i tire of the spectacle. i prefer story


Me too, that is why I am more of a fan of thrillers. What about you?


I prefer dramas and comedies. I figure that superhero films can be good, just too many are geared to kids.


I like dramas. Comedies, only on rare occasions.


comedy is tough, and many bad comedies are made. i like superhero films that are comedies though.


I did like Deadpool. only saw the first one, but i like that humor. less superhero stuff, more story and dialog. anyway, great chat!


I only saw the first one too. Nice chatting with you!


I used to watch. i dont know. i cut the cord. LOL


Interesting. I was thinking about it, but I still use it sometimes.


I used to watch quite a bit and realized i needed to use my time better.


That is a good point. What if you could be a paid tagger though?


I guess that job seems cool, but after a while, you get tired of watching tv and tagging. i would get bored.


Yeah, I hear you. Did you know netflix monitors illegal downloads in Europe?


I guess they want to see what people want to watch. netflix can plan then.


did you know that Trump wouldn't be in the top 3 wealthiest presidents? Like that must be adjusted for inflation


ya that is kind of scary, except I don't think that is stilll true since Trump won


Correct, he was the first in a long time to break the trend. We have a very strong two party system. There hasn't been an elected president who wasn't a democrat or republican since 1853.


ya that is wild, and the use of blue and red for democrats and republicans only began in the year 2000 apparently


I am very surprised by that. I would have thought that it went back much farther. Did you know that when Truman visited Disneyland he refused to be photographed with Dumbo for fear he would be associated with republicans.


haha that is funny, did you know that the white house guest house is bigger than the white house itself, like how is that possible?


That does seem very strange. I wonder how they let that happen. Did you know that Nixon cracked the gavel that had been used in the senate for 165 years?


no that is crazy, did you know that women weren't allowed to wear pants in the senate until 1993?


1993?! That's way too late. That's upsetting. They always have a hard time modernizing it seems.


yes that is true, I guess a bunch of female senators did a protest in 1993 by wearing pantsuits which were supposedly off limits haha


I do not blame them. Did you know that the senate has a candy desk?


I did not. That would be an interesting thing to look into. Speaking of presidents, did you know that the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana?


I didn't know that, what kind of candy is inside? that makes me hungry haha


haha no, I wonder if that was a compliment or not? Like I don't know that I would want to be called president banana if I were president haha


Yes I have to wonder that also. Another weird foreign present fact is that the president of Indonesia released three pop albums while in office.


that is crazy, can you imagine if Trump released pop albums while in office, that woudl be insane!


I can't imagine any American President releasing music while in office. Before or after would be strange. During is unheard of.


haha I agree, can you imagine if we had the old rules where the runner up would become VP, so Hillary would be VP and Trump would be president, just wild!


That would be a nightmare as partisan as things are now. Were you aware that the guest house is bigger than the white house? That seems strange.


I didn't know that and I don't see how that is possible, did you know that every president with a beard has been a member of the republican party


I did not. That is a very interesting fact. I wonder if there is any data about why that is? I know that until our last election every Republican ticket that won since 1928 had a Bush or a Nixon on it.


Kristen Bell's TV show "The Good Place" sounds interesting. I haven't seen it, but I have heard it is very funny.


Cool. I'm a Christian with a well developed sense of humor, but I don't like overtly disparaging commentary. There is enough on TV that is trash without adding to it.


Its made in good taste.  Its a really fun comedy.  Kristen Bell is amazing! Do you watch a lot of tv?  did u know There is only one episode of "the simpsons" where bart neither appears, nor is mentioned


I don't really watch much TV, to be honest. We "cut the cord" a few years ago. That is interesting about the Simpsons! I haven't seen that show in years, but I don't remember one with no Bart. I'll have to try to find that one on YouTube!


Speaking of interesting TV and film trivia, do you remember that in 1997 the show "3rd Rock from the Sun" won the golden globe for best comedy? It beat out "Frasier", "Friends", and "Seinfeld"! I did not remember that!


I dont remember that either,  but that show was so fun! There are over 750 episodes of "pokemon." that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight.


LOL. There is so much TV and movie trivia out there! It is amazing to think that in just a couple of generations, really, TV and film has become such an integral part of our popular culture.


I know right!  And way too many good shows to even keep up with!


Exactly!  Sometimes it takes me 15 minutes or longer to find something to watch when I am searching on Netflix or Amazon. There are so many choices, and I'm only able to see what they actually have in their library!


Right!  I always try n go for recommendations from friends I cant deal with looking for stuff.  An hour will pass and I still wont find anything lol


Ive seen the first season,  it is great!  very funny!


Same here, but I do like the "because you watched X" feature. It helps me find additional programming similar to what I know I like.


nice talkin to u,  have a good one.  Hope u enjoy The Good Life!


What did you think of the plot twist at the end of the season? That seems hilarious.


It definitely something I wasnt expecting!  Its super funny when she is in heaven and heaven censors all her cursing lol "what the shirt" "holy fork"


I think I'll have to watch it, then. That sounds hysterical! Has season 2 come out yet?


Yes it has!  I just started watching it.  its kind of frustrating though.  I guess Ill have to keep watching.


Frustrating in what way? Is it a rehash of the first season?


No.  at the end of season one,  michael resets them.  so season 2 they have no memory and they figure out they know each other and michael finds out they figured it out and resets them again......etc  Its like Im not sure where they are goin with this


Gotcha. Does it seem like a commentary on religion or God? I have heard that it seems like an analogy for heaven / hell.


They definitely touch on God and it is set in heaven /hell.  No mention of religion at all from what I remember.


hello,  do you know much abut the government, president or prime minister?  Did you know when you turn 100 in Japan the prime minister gives you a cup?  lol


I heard about that too,  seems weird. Did you know Helena Bonham carter is related to one of the primes ministers of the uk!  That is so random.  she is amazing.


I love her! She's a great actress. i wonder if she knows the first president of zimbabwe that went by banana.


lol why would she know that? That is weird.  Also,  he didnt go by banana,  his last name was Banana,  Canaan Banana.


such a great name! He sounds like a fun guy that would appreciate the prank call a radio DJ made to queen elizabeth II in 1995.


That is pretty funny,  i wonder how someone was able to do that.  In 1995 caller id was already a thing.


great point! Have you ever been to hungary? They have very few immigrants there.


Maybe because they built a wall around their country.


Hungary forced a US school to close this week. Did you see that in the news?


I did not,  I hardly watch the news! I find it hard to believe that the eiffel tower was sold twice by someone who not allowed to sell it lol


that is some wild negotiating and/or naive buyers!


I learned about the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches in school. It's a great checks and balances system.


Oh I think I learned that too in school,  but not much of that information retained itself lol


The government is powerful. So powerful that they tried to destroy wikileaks.


Right!  I also heard that most of Nevada is owned by the government!


I wonder if one of the president's orchestrated that. The richest presidents were JFK, washington, and jefferson.


I think Trump is the wealthiest President of all time by far.


Probably. He doesn't have musical talents like the Indonesian president though. His pop music is pretty good!


Have you heard it?  That is pretty impressive!  3 albums while in office,  I bet he was the fun president lol had concerts all the time and after parties lol


Some countries have prime ministers. The Australian PM exists only because of custom.


Did you know the pilgrims clothes were full of color.


Yeah, they prefer them. Did you know Istanbul has vending machines releases food and water for stray dogs?


No, that's awesome, I hope there are vending machines that feed dogs somewhere in the US too


Interesting. Did you know that Apple had a clothing line in 1986?


No, I wonder what the apple clothing looks like, I'm sure they are collectible items now


I wonder if they sell nice looking clothes in the store in Alabama that sells items from unclaimed baggage


Yeah, I'm not sure. Rip Curl makes clothes in North Korea, did you know that?


No, I wonder how Rip Curl is able to make clothes in North Korea due to all the sanctions against them


I'm not sure, but they label them as if they are from China.


I know mislabeling the country of manufacture is illegal in the US, I wonder if Rip Curl has gotten in trouble for that


Yea I hear that Pilgrims only wore black for special occasions like thanksgiving I guess


I'm not sure, but they do it. Nice chatting with you.


Yea I love dogs, it's so interested they are descended from domesticated wolves


Yeah, I didn't know that. Did you know that they have 12 blood types too?


No, thats insane dogs have that many blood types, it must be tough for dogs to donate dogs


Yeah, did you know they aren't actually color blind?


Yea, Dogs can see just as many colors as humans


Did you know that google prefers dogs to cats?


Yea, Google must like dogs a lot if they put their preference in their official code of conduct


I heard that and I heard since Nike paid the fines he kept wearing them!  I didn't know until recently that there is one Canadian basketball team in the NBA!


Yes, Toronto. The Cav's played them last week.


The other Canadian teams, what league do they belong to?


I don't follow basketball very closely, only LeBron and the Cav's


I admire Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs getting his college degree before he started playing professionally.


That's awesome. I was surprised to learn the Supreme Court has a basketball court on their top floor.


Yes, it was portrayed in a movie once too.  I forget the title.  Basketball has universal appeal.  It's easy to form a team when you only need 5 people.


It's funny, as the court on the SCOTUS building is truly the highest court in the land.


Haha!  That's right it is!  I wonder if they have a weight room, etc.?   Who's the Ref?  The Supreme Court Supreme Justice?