Same here, lost the cable about two years back, use both Prime and Netflix and save a bundle every month.  I liked the old Simpsons, not so much the recent ones.


There is only one Episode where Bart isnt seen or even mentioned.


I wonder how they did that, he seems integral.  I tend to watch one drama over a few weeks and then move on to another.


Did you see House, it has been off the air for a while, but I loved that show!


I used to watch it with my wife, I was not that bothered by it.  I think she really liked the main actor.


Hugh Laurie was great!  He is the highest paid actor for a TV drama.


There are quite a few seasons of House, he must have done very well for himself, set for life.


Hey what do you like about the musician Drake? Do you ever listen to his music


Yeah absolutely, and I always wondered if Drake visited Drake University LOL and he actually did! He did in the middle of the night


I heard about that. He is so cool to surprise his fans like that. I guess he has a lot of money and likes to spend obscene amounts on some of his favorite books as he travels on tour.


Well let me ask you this what other rappers do you like? I listened to a lot of Eminem back when I was in high school


I love Eminem too I still listen to him! Lil Wayne is cool too. I think Drake's career really flourished after he signed with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment.


Yeah I think he did. One thing I like about Eminem is his choice and superheroes haha I remember that he really likes Spider-Man as a kid


I wonder which superhero's Drake likes? I don't think his Comeback Season or So Far Gone albums mention superhero's.


Yeah I'm not 100% sure on that, I do also know that Eminem was in a court case and the judge read her verdicts to him as a rap LOL


Wow that's weird. I really prefer Drakes rapping myself. Drake does such a good job turning his poetry into music. He is so on point with the timing on his tracks.


Yeah he has a great beat going. Have you ever thought about suggesting that he do a"compliment battle"that was our apparently All the Rage in Korea


No I haven't but that is a great idea! I hope that one day his music will go into the library of congress like Tupac Shakur's did.


Yes I really like rap music. Drake is one of my favorite rappers.


I could see that happening. What do you think about the 1998 Rugrats movie, I bet no one knows that Busta Rhymes did the voice for Reptar in that LOL


Yeah I never knew that Drake's real name was Aubrey Drake Graham, at least Drake is in his actual name


Me neither. It is kind of an unusual name. I really liked him in the show Degrassi: The Next Generation did you ever watch that?


No I never saw that show. Is it any good? Apparently he finally graduated high school when he was 25


Yes it is a great series you should check it out on Netflix some time. Wow I didn't realize he didn't finish school at 18.  My favorite album by him is Thank Me Later. What's yours?


I don't know any of his albums but I do like his single hotline bling, it actually received a Grammy award.


That is a great song! You should really check out his mixtape  More Life. It is kind of like a playlist.


Ok I'll check it out. What do you think about the fact that hotline bling was sampled from a 1972 song


That is cool I really love old school stuff. He has had produced some really famous songs and albums. The dancehall influenced album was at the top of the Billboards for weeks on end.


I put it on here and there, there is some good stuff but a lot of music I feel is disposable and over produced


My grandfather handed down to me his foxhole radio when he passed away


that is cool, I presume that it still works? I bet it is built like a tank


No, its kind of fragile; Its only made from a pencil and razorblade


Ah interesting, ya Im reading about it now. Weird how canadian law requires all radio to have 40% of the music being played be canadian.


I bet they listen to Justin Bieber songs quite a bit; he is from Canada


ha ya I could see that, a lot of that and alanis morrisette, I want to listen to what Jupiters radio storms sound like, probably better than Justin Bieber's music tbh haha


Have you ever heard the finnish radio broadcast of Nuntil Latini?


no I haven't but I do like teh sound of latin, I would be interested to hear it and a subsequent translation


I am anxious to hear the Democratic Party response to the Presidents speech tonight.


good; did you vote for your governor at midterms


YA we will see how it goes, well it was great talking with you!


yes I did, the other candidate won though, pretty crazy that north dakota's governor declared martial law and seceded in 1934, I wonder what that was about


well they tried to suppress votes this election so it doesn't surprise me at all; some things dont change


ya it is disappointing, I don't know how I feel about Schwarzenegger flying in to CA every day when governor, that is a lot of fossil fuel wasted when he should just be present in the first place


Just like Texas, we got our first female governor during the last election; she just took over today


ah interesting, ya I didn't know that ronald reagan campaigned for democrats, you never hear about that but parties I think were different back then


We could certainly use another rendition of the beatles song in this time of government drama and dsyfunction


ya it's too bad, I think there was something special to the music of that era, I can't compare a current artist to the beatles with a straight face


Did you listen to much music on the radio anymore?


Yes.  For sure.  One single search on google takes more computing power than it took to send astronauts to the moon.


That's crazy, Google's data center uses 0.01% of total worldwide electricity


I believe it.  On Aug. 16th, 2003 it went down for 5 minutes and took 40% of the internet traffic with it.


Wow, that's a lot. Did you that g-mail use to be a free email service offered by Garfield's website?


Wow.  I didn't know that.  Interesting.  Do you like Star Wars?


Yea I like The Empire Strikes back from 1980


That entire franchise is worth over 65 billion dollars!


That's crazy and Lucas got to keep all the licensing and merchandising rights for himself


Smart man!    His wife Marcia was the reason for some major changes in the original film for which she won an academy award for editing the film.


Yea she did a great job. Apparently James Cameron quit his trucking job and entered the movie business after seeing Star Wars


A little but I'm not too good, all I can do is the funky chicken and robot like Emilla Clarke did for her audition of Daenerys Targaryen


Good move!  I'm sure he is set for life!  It was nice chatting with you today!  Hope you the rest of your day is pleasurable!


LOL  That's hilarious!  Me too I'm not good at all.  Bruce Lee was a great dancer!  That somewhat didn't surprise me since he had some good karate moves.


There was an episode of Mr Rogers where he learned to breakdance, I bet that was hillarious


I bet! haha  Michael Jackson had a patented devide that he used to get the extreme leans in some of his dance moves.


I heard Michael Jackson didn't invent the moonwalk and the first ever recorded version was done by Bill Bailey in 1955


I never knew that.  Tupac once was a ballet dancer in high school  in the Nutcracker.


Interesting. There are ballet slippers than can be used to make drawings from the dancer's movements


I'll have to google that and look it up.  Do you use google alot?


Yea, it's shocking how far Google has come since it was founded in 1998


Hello there. How great is the planet we live on? It was formed 4.5 billion years ago.


Yes I can't believe it. I think it's fascinating that the earth's interior has a solid inner core and the liquid outer core that generate's a magnetic field.


That is interesting.  Do you find it interesting also how the earth and moon interact?


Oh yes definitely. Thanks for that interaction we get our ocean tides. I am sure the surfers are grateful as well!


True!  Isn't it amazing how everything works and such?  Without the moon the planet would rotate a great deal faster too.  Imagine what that would be like.


Yes who knows what it would be like. There definitely wouldn't be a YouTube. Google actually bought youtube back in 2006.


Youtube must have had rapid growth in it's first year because it was just created in 2005 and then like you said, Google buys it the next year.


Yes and for a big sum of 1.65 billion dollars. They really cashed out!


They really did!  Did you know it's the second largest search engine on the net?


I actually didn't realize that. Justin Bieber's Baby is the most disliked video on the site. People must be jealous. Well it was lovely chatting with you this morning.


People are also busy watching.  Youtube combined with Netflix makes up half of peak internet traffic in the country.  It's been nice chatting with you as well!


Good morning!  It is great I agree.  I think it's amazing that over 70% of it is covered in water.


Police also have their own called blutube! Have a good day!


Yes I love water. Most of the water is from oceans but some of it is from lakes, rivers, and other sources.


I do too.  Have you heard about the forests being destroyed?


Yes I can't believe more than 80% of the earth's natural forests have been destroyed.


I know.  I can't help but wonder what that is going to mean for the planet in the long run.  Will it have an effect on the earth's polar regions which are covered in ice?


Yes I think it will and already has. Also, earth will be virtually Helium free by the end of the twenty first Century.


That's an interesting thought. Helium has to be used for more than just blowing up balloons so that will change things I guess.  Also, everything natural with the planet is probably important in some way to it so things will change planet wise too.


Yes I completely agree. And in the big scheme of things the lives of humans is so small relative to the earth.


Very true.  I've heard that if earth's history was viewed as a day we would only be just over a minute of it.


Adidas is good too. Professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of ballet shoes per week.


hmm yah.. 5000 yr old shoe perform better than modern shoes


That's pretty crazy. You would think shoes would have gotten better over time.


My wife likes to shop at Target. I'm not a huge fan. I think they have expensive products.


I agree. I saw Best Buy and Target will price match Amazon.


I think walmart is littlely low price to compare Target


I agree. Well, it was great chatting with you!


I love baseball. Did you know baseball managers wear uniforms because they can technically play if needed?


ohh nice.. A 3 million $ worth of 1900s baseball cards in his baseball games played each yr


Wow that's crazy. Kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada.


Wow that's a lot of shoes. Marbury promoted a line of shoes that retailed at $15.


Hi friend! What do you enjoy doing with your free time these days?


due to a common sur name in south korea. All of their last name is Kim. So all of them nicknamed themselves after their fav things such as pancakes, cookies, etc. so cute! I caught a 2 min video, just waxing the floor to make the "ball" go further, i liked their spirit


Oh ok, that makes sense! That's funny!! Have you heard of this K-pop?  The North Korean played a song, Hit your heart when they sank a South Korean warship in 2010. Good thing they are getting along better now!!


Yes! my older daughter introduced me to them, they are obsessed with K pop and BTS (a boy band in case u havent heard) their songs are catchy


Really, North Korea has a band called Moranbong band, lol it suppose to be the most popular in their country!


Thats an interesting name! Its crazy the feud of these 2 countries north and south korea! in 2010 south korea responded by blasting a k-pop song when north korea sank a southern warship! they are creative at least fighting with songs lol


At least they are in a peaceful mode at this time. How do you feel about robots? do you have any? Like the vacuum cleaner? lol


well... I dont mind having a robot that could help me clean... just the thought that eventually it can be aware of itself and start a war like conspiracies have it lol Im not sure what i believe yet but i could use a helper around the house clean after these twins!


That's what I was thinking with the twins. I saw a video of a cat riding one of those vacuum cleaners for fun around the house, helps with liter clean up! I have also seen a video of 3 vacuums going round and round with halloween brooms attached for decorations. So funny!!


Lol, I can definitely see robots becoming very useful allies, I just dont trust the people in power and how they could be used. Also it would be cool to see how the giant robot michael jackson wanted to let roam in the dessert would of been a cool sight to see


Can you imagine looking out your hotel window in Las Vegas and seeing that 50ft robot roaming around!! ha, ha ha!!


I am usually resting, working out or on the internet! and you?


He would make history once again! He was amazing. Anyway, it was fun chatting with you! sending you light and love. Take care!


Me too, although its hard to rest for me these days I have twins, they keep going and going haha I spend a lot of time on the internet.


I bet with twins.  I have a boy and girl, but they are 22 months apart and that's a lot of work!!  Having twins must be so exciting though! So adorable!!


Yes, they truly are. I love it! Thank goodness for the internet although did you know that all the clicks and sounds can cause a real addiction!


lol, I have heard that too! Clicking those links.


Yes, although we can find a wealth of information. Im a researcher at heart always looking for something new to learn. Like I just learned about the "garlic girls" have you heard of them?


Yes, I was wondering about that, do you know what Olympic curling is?


Ive seen it a couple times but I dont really understand it. But I watched the "garlic girls" they are amazing! by the way they prefer to be called the "Team Kim" do you know why?


No why? So when you watched it, what were the garlic girls doing?


You don't have cable or satalite? Just netflix?


That's correct. I was never a big TV watcher I guess. I listen to alot of radio. Did you watch MTV at all? I found pop up video from VH1 on youtube.


I did watch MTV when they played videos and some of the early programming but stopped after it was evident it was scripted. What about you?


I never did. I was too busy playing outside! I never really felt I missed anything by not seeing TV. I raised my kids the same way. Not on purpose, but still. I think they have a few shows they watch. I wonder if their kids will watch a lot of TV. Do you have kids? Do you limit their TV time?


I do have 2 and I try to limit their tv time but it's just so easy to just hand them an ipad. I try to limit it to 1 hour a day


Do you think they are missing out on anything? Any cultural things?


I think they are missing out on the outdoors and the fun we had as kids. I am worried they are too reliant on technology to keep them entertained.


I understand that. We are all becoming dependent on technology. Did you watch South Park or the Simpsons?


Not South Park, when it came out my parents wouldn't let me watch. Same with the simpson but being on network TV, I could access it later in my life.


I never let my kids watch South Park either. You can bet as soon as they were adults they watched it though! We did watch the 70's show though. and Thomas the tank engine!


Very good! Yourself? Did you watch Tv as a kid?


I loved that 70s show. I thought it was really well done. And the whole cast seems to be doing well afterwards.


True, except for Laurie. I guess they tried to run it in England an it flopped! Were you a pokemon fan?


My son is so I am by proxy... Nice chatting with you!


I am well, thanks. I did. I watched too much! What about yourself?


I lived in a very rural area and wasn't able to watch to much til we moved to the city. Then I loved it! What did you watch?


Cartoons mostly. I didn't have cable until I was in college. Once I got cable, it was ESPN all the time!


Sports are fun! For me it was horror. I loved watch Elvira. Cheers and Shows like that were pretty boring to me.


I never got into horror. I am too scared. What's your favorite?


I loved The living Dead in Black and white. What about you? What Sports do you watch? Did you have cable or satellite?


I watch it all! My wife hates it though... I can watch european soccer and love it. I have cable. What about you?


nope! I still live out in the sticks. But I have netflix and the internet so I can watch all the horror I want! I hope your wife is understanding of your sports! I used to watch alot of vidoes and dvd's though.


Hello - did you know the Dutch are creating a bus that can go 160 mph?


LOL. I've never been to Hawaii, but I would definitely live there.


I live in the Midwest, pretty cold in the winters, Still, Spring is on the way, I'll have to start doing yard work soon.


I live in the Midwest as well. I live in Cincinnati, Ohio. Did you know there is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans?


I too am in Ohio.  I wonder if we can hear that frequency or if it is beyond our hearing.  That would a scary thing for someone to possess.


That would be scary for sure. I also read that humans will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original within 2-3 months of having it surgically removed.


It's amazing what the body can do.  It's like babies that like to dance when they hear music.


That's crazy for sure. I saw that all animals and plants can synthesize vitamin C but humans because the gene for that enzyme is defective in humans.


Buy plenty of orange juice if you want vitamin C.


Speaking of dance, did who know Bruce Lee was a bit of a dancer, Cha-Cha I hear.


I did not.  It might be able to go that quick but it still can only go as fast as the traffic in front of it.  Some places still have horse drawn carriages, you get behind one of those and you're not going 160.


Lol - that's funny! It was good talking with you.


I saw that it would cost around $300 to travel across Japan due to tolls.


I hear that all highways are tolls, you probably can avoid paying.  Maybe that don't have the same taxes on gas that we do to compensate.


That would be nice if they didn't have the same tax on gas to compensate. I would be fine with that.


In Iceland they do much of their travel by plane, from one city to another.  I can't imagine that is cheap.


That's crazy. I would not want to live in Iceland.


I would not want to live anywhere that far north, too cold.  I don't think humans should live in those conditions.  We've lost too much body hair.


That's way too cold for me as well. I saw that the first king to travel around the world was king Kalakaua from Hawaii which is pretty interesting.


Now Hawaii is a place to live.  If I were their king I'd stay put.  I wonder how humans ended up in Hawaii, doesn't seem an easy place to get to.


Yes, apparently so.  I wonder if anybody bought my pair of size 6 Calvin Klein jeans that was in my luggage and got lost back in 1985. lol Stephon Marbury promoted a line of shoes that retailed for $15.00 and he was not paid to endorse them.  Can you believe that?


Those shoes must have been great. I seen on the news that a Steve Smith a nfl wide receiver leaves his cleats on the field so he can raise awareness to homeless people that don't have shoes.


I saw that, it promotes a good cause.  Kudos to him.  Do you know there are some people that will look for collar gaps on your clothes just to tell if you have your clothes tailored or not?  Isn't that insane with homeless people that have no shoes to wear.


That is strange. Oh! I don't know if you have learned about this in history, but apparently Pilgrims wore colorful clothes and only wore black on special occasions.


Yeah, I had heard about that.  But show me one picture with a Pilgrim wearing something colorful, they must have had nothing but special occasions every day.


Speaking of clothing, did you know that Apple had a clothing line back in 1986?


No, I had no idea, but of course I wasn't alive then. lol


Oh, poor baby, you're telling your age!  It must have did poorly or it would still be around.


Yeah, I wonder what it looked like. Speaking of Apple, if you smoke around their computers it voids the warranty because it's considered a biohazard!


I can totally see that.  Smoking wrecks everything it comes in contact with.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you today, but I need to go walk my dog.  Have a good day.


I'm having a problem with my kid's smelly gym shoes, I've read that putting dry tea bags in the shoes will absorb the odors.  Have you ever tried that?


Cool, I'm going to try it then.  You know you read about some of these remedies and wonder if they really work or not.  Especially if you read it on the internet. Of course I hear that 5000 year old shoes perform better than modern shoes, if you can believe that.lol


Yeah, I know what you mean. Wow, that is crazy! I've heard that ballet dancers go through four pairs of pointe shoes in a week!


That is quite a bit of dancing in a week to go through 4 pairs of shoes.  Wow!


Have you ever heard of the store in Alabama, that only sells clothes, cameras, etc. found in unclaimed baggage at airports?


Yeah the founder had to play a $40 late fee on a VHS and was tired of that


Yeah, smart guy. Did you ever use blockbuster?


I used to yes. Too bad they passed on that opportunity to buy Netflix back in the day


Yeah they could have paid $50 and make billions now easily


Exactly. THey make up 33% of the bandwidth in north america in the morning


No surprise there I guess and together with youtube that make up half of peak internet


Top two I guess. Netflix spends more on postage than on bandwidth


Crazy, what exactly are they still shipping? I mean, 20 times more is insane


Yeah exactly. Do you know much about the Earth?


I know that we have already destroyed over 80% of the forests in it


Yeah that is sad and I do not see it stopping at all actually


Yeah me too. Jackson once planned to build a robot of himself


Yeah and it was supposed to roam the desert of Nevada


Kind of strange but ok. They can be controlled by rat brains


Yeah and can change personality depending on which rat they are hooked to


Yeah pretty amazing. The US military is using an xbox 360 controller to control their robots


Nice, pretty awesome. And now they can debone a chicken with surgery


WOw tech has advanced quite a bit lately. Do you watch netflix?


I do quite a bit. Do you know how netflix came about?


Are you comfortable talking about government?


The congress also have had a lot of interesting people to testify. Well in one case, there was a non-human, elmo, that testified before the congress. I wonder how that worked


I guess Elmo was a special guest to entertain the representatives. I guess Elmo got paid in candy or something from the special candy desk.


I know of fantasy football, but only recently learned about fantasy congress. Would you play?


I would not play because it would be boring. But I guess policy wonks appreciate that sort of nerdy pursuit. Who knows what really goes on in Congress though.


I figure there are a lot of deals made behind closed doors that voters never hear about. Do they represent us or special interests?


Not going to lie, I don't doubt what you say and they do represent their special interests. However, the current government make it so that elected officials like the president can't become an authoritarian tyrant at least


True, but it is harder to trust government when the law allows it to monitor citizens without warrant. I would rather see more restrictions on govt. Rights are very hard to come by.


Well personally I feel that the statement, people want to be protected, but don't want to know how they are being protected is quite true


Yes, unfortunately. People would rather remain ignorant because ignorance is bliss. But they are complicit if their government does it.


Hi, how are you? Sure. I will talk about anything.


That is the sad but true state of things. Although admittedly there have been outliers. In any case, thanks for chatting.


I know a little bit about it. It has two houses. A bicameral system.


it is a formal meeting of representatives of all states


There are 100 senators. And 435 representatives. Plus the vice president.


Did you know there is a republican vs democrat annual baseball game since 1909


That's great! I wonder who the best players are. I figure that people bet on it too.


I think the republicans have been leading


That would make sense. They have always been true baseball fans! LOL


I don't know who my favorite female player is though, Serena Williams is one of the best.


Amazing. You watch tennis regularly. Do you like car ?


I don't watch as much as I used to.  I do like cars, how about you?


Cars is make to travel comfortable and safely. Mostly cars came into human use in 20th century.


Yeah they did, do you know when the first car was made?


Its 1886. The internal combustion engine was used and fuel like Gasoline.


Good call, and it was by a German inventor if I'm correct as well.


In some countries using ethanol mix as fuel which reduce the environment pollution.


Yeah that is very true, did you know that the city of Detroit was founded by a French explorer?


Yeah. Electric are available in some countries try to avoid pollution and to protect the green houses.


Yes. It is a racked played sports between single opponent or between doubles.


I hope we see more in the future as well.  Nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day!


Yes it is, I think it is pretty intense to watch and even more so to play.


Tennis is a Olympic sport and it played of all age group of people in the society . The modern tennis originated in England, in late 19th century as Lawn tennis.


That is true, did you know a black player won the 1st US open, but has not won one since?


It is very interesting. Ping pong is the company which supply table tennis equipment whereas table tennis is the name of the sport.


I sure have played a lot of ping pong in my life, less stressful than regular tennis.


I would say Roger Federer, he has had an impressive career, how about you?


i had no idea that soccer is played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries.


Without a doubt, very expensive. Apparently its the same for those who have hosted the Olympics.


The united states got 3rd place in the first fifa world cup in 1930


That's very surprising but considering that an American team has never placed below third place in the world cup since women's world cut started in 1991 I guess it shouldn't be so surprising after all.


Not at all.  The Women's team has done much better than the men's team for sure.


Yes, they always seem to be the better of the two.


Ronald reagan was once rejected for a movie role because an entertainment executive didn't think he had "that presidential look."  That's funny!


Lol that is crazy! Apparently Bill nye the science guy got his break in the entertainment industry by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest.


Now that I've google Steve Martin to see what he looks like me neither.


The nintendo entertainment system was finally discontinued in september of 2003 in japan


neither did I. its the biggest sport in the world


Brings back childhood memories. The system could only display 54 colors.


yeah, it's amazing how far video games have advanced over the years


yes, it is! considering that when Caesar visited Britain around 50bc, people were breading chickens for entertainment, not for food I guess we are lucky to have advanced.


yeah, lucky indeed.  they must have been super bored back then!


must have been! Storytelling, music, drama, dance, and different kinds of performances exist in all cultures. This process has been accelerated in modern times by the entertainment industry and technological advances.


Technology and entertainment have advanced a long way just in the last century.


It also makes more money than football, baseball, basketball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined


I didn't know some of the history of the world cup either.  it's been going since 1930


yes, it has. Apparently the city that will host the 2022 cup has not been named.


Americans call it soccer as a slang for association football.


There exists a variation of soccer where 3 teams face each other at the same time...that would be interesting to watch


yes, it would be. Its hard to believe that the countries that have played host to the world cup have no economic gains to show for it.


that is hard to believe, it must be expensive to host


Do you enjoy reading? I am enjoying a nice relaxing night reading at home.


I did not realize it was so young. Didn't he have a child named Hamnet?


Yes, and he was a twin. His sister was named Judith. He also owned a play company.


Yes. His plays have been translated into every major living language! Pretty impressive!


That is impressive. Have you heard of Tchaikowsky?


The Polish composer?  Isn't he the one that donated his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company?!


Yes, he had hoped it would be used as a prop for the Skull of Yorick.


I believe it was used as recently as 2008 in a series of performances of Hamlet. Wouldn't that be a sight?!


That's crazy they used the real skull of a Polish composer as a prop. But to each their own!


I mean, his plays are performed more often than those of any other playwright, so I guess they want to keep things more interesting than the competition!


I guess so. Well, it's been nice chatting with you!


I do like reading. What do you like to read?


It sure has! Think I'll go read some Shakespeare sonnets for awhile now!  Good bye!


Oh, I mostly enjoy novels. Did you know in the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of people reading novels? What do you like to read?


I like lots of things. William Shakespeare, science fiction, to name a few.


Good ol' Shakespeare! He lived so long ago, yet popularized many phrases we still use today, like "Good riddance"!


I use that on the regular! He's also behind "breaking the ice" and things coming "full circle".


Pretty good ones! He also invented the names Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia. I didn't realize any of those names were so old!


Did you know Shakespeare and Pocahontas were actually alive at the same time?


I recently heard that! And I heard they died only a year apart! I never mentally put the two in the same time period at all.


I never think about it that way, either. Did you know he got married when he was only 18 years old?


Do you like playing hockey? I occasionally watch hockey because my brother likes the sport, but I don't have any interest in playing. What about you?


Yeah, I like The Simpson's! I think it's a really clever show. Did you know there's only one episode of The Simpson's in which Bart isn't present and isn't mentioned? I personally like Family Guy better, so I'd love to watch that South Park episode. Do you like Family Guy?


I was not aware of that. Weird considering he's basically the star of the show! Honestly, I've never watched family guy. I am a fan of Pokemon and have caught all 750+ episodes.


Really? ALL 750+ episodes? That's amazing, true commitment! I regret to admit that I've seen very, very few Pokemon episodes in my lifetime. Which is your favorite Pokemon?


There's so many, truly, It's honestly hard to say. Crazy to think the shoe averages 50 episodes a year, 16 consecutive years! Wow!


The Simpsons has a little over 650 episodes right now! It is one of the longest-running shows, originally airing in 1989. That's thirty years! Definitely less prolific than Pokemon, but a close second!


That is unbelievable! Hard to think a show can last that long! Have you ever watched any Thomas the Tank Engine shows?


I have when I was younger! Thomas and Friends has 516 episodes as of now, so that's not too shabby either! Did you know that Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin all have narrated the show for at least 52 episodes each??


I did not know that. In fact, now I want to go back and watch some of the episodes just to see if I recognize the voices now! Speaking of voices, I do enjoy listening to the radio. There's also a website where I enjoy listening to tons of classic radio dramas and it's all free!


That's so cool! There are so many cool facts about radio. Did you know that soldiers in WWII would make simple radios (called foxhole radios) out of razorblades and pencils? That's so cool. Or did you know that Jupiter has radio storms that can be picked up and heard by our radios?


Wow! I wasn't aware of either of those facts. That is mind blowing. I do know that in Canada, by law, radios must play at least 40% Canadian music but that pales in comparison to the facts you listed! Wow!


To be honest, I've never played it but I do occasionally watch it. In fact, I am a huge fan of Doc Emrick. He's one of the best play by play men in all of sports!


That's so interesting! I didn't know that one. To my knowledge, Canada isn't notorious for its good original music, so I wonder what they play on their radios all day.


Yeah, I heard he's basically the godfather of hockey announcing on tv! He even won an Emmy for "Outstanding Sports Personality - Play-by-Play" in 2011!


Indeed! I love his wit and the fact that he is known as the "man of one thousand phrases". Such a clever tag!


That's very clever. He's been in the business for 45 years, so I guess he's had to come up with many different phrases in his time!


That is so true. You know, Joe Beninati once said his cadence/excitement can be relentless. Truer words have never been spoken, in my opinion!


Did you know that when the NHL was on lock-out in 2012-2013, he went to Troy to call a girls' youth hockey game? He's such a good guy.


I did not know that, actually! I bet those girls were honored to have such a legend call their game! Speaking of hockey facts, did you know the average pro hockey player can lose up to 8 pounds each game?


That's absolutely crazy. Maybe I should pick up hockey! Just kidding, but they must have to eat thousands and thousands of calories a day to keep their weight up!


No kidding! Hey, I should pick it up as well, ha! On a serious note, I think I'm better off just watching it on tv. Speaking of tv, do you like the Simpson's? I'm a fan and appreciated how the crew once set the south park gang flowed after they aired a family guy episode!


Me too! it was so fun, especially being it only had 54 colors in it


Only 54 colors wow, consoles have like thousands if not million of colors now,


for sure, it is crazy in just x amount of years the change. I thought nintendo had great graphics!


It used to back in the day, if we compare the console to current systems then theres no competition there, the NES would lose, still I like the simple things


For sure! Did you konw they just stopped producing them in 2003 in japan


Thats too bad I guess with modern consoles its suprising it made it that far.


For sure, I love the xbox 1, but can't wait for what is next


Do you know when the next Xbox console is launching?


Well I hope the games are as good as the ones of the current system


I do too, I like movies lilke Hangover or Meet the Fockers, great movies,


For sure, I like Bill Murray the most. You like him?


I do like him i aldo liked Kung Fu Hustle that was a great movie,


For sure, I heard that was the supreme achievement in terms of comedy


I have to agree with that comment, did you ever watch Comedy Central¡


Yes I do! My favorite show ever was workaholics, but like 100 other shows I think it was cancelled, you?


I used to like it but I dont watch it anymore, mainly because of what you said, they tend to cancel a lot of shows, and that makes me really angry


For sure, Do you play Nintendo at all, or did you?


I used to play it as a kid, I had the original NES at home I was a popular kid because of it lol,


Well I won't deny I would desire money and success, however, their lives of living under the microscope and being stalked by paparazzi sounds too stressful


Even if you get all the tea's in the world? I guess it's bad for their children who have to be subjected to the awful names and filmed. I can't believe they named their child Chicago.


I don't think that is too bad. I know a family whose last name is trout so the father named his sons red and brown


Were their English limited or do they have some psychological problems...? Do they not understand the damage they can cause the children? These odd baby names, although originated from somewhere is really bad for the kids.


They said that it was terrible when young, but very helpful when they became adults since everyone remembered them positively. I think it's better than hashtag


I guess so. The kid can build character based on these names/nick names.


There are also a lot of people trying to name their children after celebrities or characters in films like rocky


I wish i had Celebrity income. Judge judy makes $123,000 per episode.


True. I mean Kim Kardashian had earnings of 53 million to date


I would also get special access, did you know pixar studio has a secret room visited often by celebrities?


Yes. I love Jazz music but I also have a love for Kanye West songs.


That's cool I wonder what is inside. In any case, thank you for the amazing chat.


Jazz is amazing. I love how it maintained its core essence, yet amalgamated with local musical culture to generate countless distinct styles


Yes. I listen to it every night when I eat dinner. I have really gotten into Modal jazz. Most people like Jazz-rock, but I'm more of a 1950's guy.


I think all you mentioned are great, but personally I enjoy how cool jazz has developed


Are there any particular cool jazz groups you like?


Not in particular, but I do enjoy the calmer smoother sounds and linear melodic lines. Looking at jazz overall, my favorite probably would be frank sinatra


Kanye West often compares himself as the modern day Frank Sinatra.


I will admit both made their mark on music, but I like Sinatra more


Do you see yourself jealous of Kanye's success? I sometimes do. He has Kim Kardashian, hot and a money maker.


Interesting. Who was the first king to travel around the world?


his name was King kalakaua and he was from Hawaii. Did you know Jupiters moon Ganymede would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun?


WOW! Way cool, no I'm surprised about that. Do you know a lot about planets?


I like to keep up with NASA news, I am just hoping people walk on mars in my lifetime, would be cool. I also think once people do get to mars we are going to find signs of extinct life.


I watch a lot of those shows. I like the show the Universe. It is pretty good. I don't know if they still make new episodes though.


I like to watch the Blue Planet, also the Planet Earth series, and frozen planet 2 is coming out soonish.


Interesting, is it purely a science show?


Not really, it is more just animals and landscapes of earth, with some information about global warming and its effects thrown in.


Interesting, well it sounds better than some other shows. What channel is it on?


It is on the channel BBC America. They have a lot of planet/animal type of shows on there.


Who doesn't? My family just got back from a vacation recently. It is always fun to go out and just be away from normal life, even for just a little bit.


I'll have to check it out. Well, nice chatting with you.


Interesting. I like to travel too, but I'm not so much of a flier. I don't like to fly.


Yeah I don't like to fly all that much, I have done it but if driving is possible I will definitely do it that way.


I'm in agreement with you. Would you take a bus if it drove 160 mph though?


For sure, I mean planes and trains both travel much faster, so if a bus could be on some sort of rail system and do the same, I say why not.


Yeah, I agree. Did you know in Japan all of the highways are tolls?


Yeah that is just crazy, i am really glad the US does not work that way. Also living in Iceland and having to go by plane everywhere would really suck.


Me too. Is that true that you have to fly everywhere?


yeah Iceland has no public rail system so they have to use domestic flights to go between any major towns.


Yowzers, absolutely.  The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office


The way things are going in the US, I could easily see that happening in the next 20 years.


That would be terrible.  The president is a common title for the head of state in most republics


I suppose its a universal way to identify who the people voted to lead them.  Can you believe the white house still has floppy disks in storage?


Really?  That's nuts.The us senate used the same gavel for 165 years until richard nixon cracked it


Must have been a powerful blow.  Wonder how long the current gavel has been used...


Haha exactly.  Michael jordan was once asked why he wouldn't endorse black democratic candidate harvey gantt in a north carolina senate race, to which michael jordan responded, "republicans buy shoes too".


He's sold a lot of shoes, best to stay netural when it comes to politics when running a business.


Yes, that's right.The white house has twin buildings in ireland and france.


Wonder who lives in them?  Does the president stay there when he visits?


Did you know that the top three wealthiest presidents in american history were jfk, washington, and jefferson


I was surprised by that.  I would assume that is based on the era in which they lived.


Probably so.  I would think it's Trump now.


I would be curious to know if Trump is the wealthiest.  I wouldn't be surprised if Bush was also pretty wealthy given his family history.


Yes, they are definitely wealthy also.  The first president of zimbabwe was called president banana


In this day and age, that would certainly be taken out of context and cause issues.


Haha, yes it would.Until 1805 in the us, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president.


Can you imagine Hillary as Vice President to Trump...the world would explode.


I do not think so but there is no rule that prevents them from playing


Cool. Did you hear they are placing chips on the players now?


Yes they are collecting velocity and speed and a bunch of other stuff


Nice I wonder if they can use that data to make the game safer


Good point. Did you know Matt Patricia used to be a rocket scientist before becoming a coach?


That is such a career jump but good for him


Yeah.  Did you know the first play off game was played in 1932?


WOw that was a long time ago, that is amazing


i am not too familiar with him. Do you like Brady?


I do, Kellan Moore is the only left handed QB


WOw cool. Brady was a back up QB in high school


I guess he started early. DO you know who Brad Johnson is?


I have heard of him. Yeah and they did not start him even when they were doing really bad


That is their loss though as he is a great player


Exactly. Did you know women can play in the NFL?


Did not know that, has any ever played before?


hello do you like chewbacca from star wars?


Oh I see,  I guess i never seen those. Have you seen the newer star wars movies?  what do you think?


My favorite of the new ones, is Rogue One. I love that movie. I'm glad it's finally on Netflix, I'm getting tired of watching the fireplace when I can't sleep.


I really liked that one Rogue one,  so I have a Nissan Rogue,  and I named it Jyn lol Netflix is great,  watching anything good ?


lol. I really don't watch much of it, my kids are fond of their original program, The Santa Clarita Diet.


Oh I actually like that too,  its really funny.  I love the relationship between the parents,  they are so supportive lol


I'm not a fan of Drew Barrymoore, but she is great in that. I've always wondered how you get a job as a tagger for the company. I can watch t.v. all day long, if I have too.


People who are paid to watch Netflix, and tag content. Kinda like they do on Instagram. Have you seen Lilyhammer? I heard it was good.


No I never knew that,  that is awesome!  I also want that job lol


I also want the job of monitoring illegal downloads in Europe, so I can tell Netflix which shows to purchase.


Hello. I love Chewie!! I think it's awesome that MTV gave him a lifetime achievement award.


hahaha nice!  Its been great chatting with you.


Thats awesome!  Well deserved too,  he has done a lot for the galaxy!  lol I recently learned theres a species of bat called chebacca lol


Is there really? That is so cool. We were at the Krewe of Chewbacchus parade last year. They really nailed his voice, I don't know if they used recordings of wild animals or not, but they were awesome.


Thats awesome!  Some star wars fans think chewie and r2d2 are rebel agents lol


lol.  Of course, that makes a lot of sense, since Chewie and Han are so close.


I never knew that chewie has a wife and 2 sons!  Hes a family man lol


I didn't know that either. Peter Mayhew is an amazing actor, and it was a long time before I realized he played Chewie.


I never knew him until star wars,  what else has he been in?


He was in Dark Towers, back in the 80's and he also voices an animated series, I forget which one.


Good morning, are you a dog lover? I am, and think K-9's are adorable when their handlers dress them up.


Maybe it was for hunting? Species do evlove all the time, maybe that's why we are the best distance runners.


Maybe it was! Could you imagine chasing a lion for 10 miles and finally catching up because it ran out of breath?


No more than I could imagine wearing anything from the Apple clothing line. That had to have been interesting.


Yes, wasn't that in 1986? I wonder if those clothes are worth anything these days? I should check at that Alabama store that resells unclaimed clothes and cameras from luggage.


I've been there, it is a fun store to go through. I haven't found anything by Rip Curl, though.


oh cool! I think you should look for them with made in china tags and not north korea!


You don't look at clothes based on their country of origin labels, though. Unlike how you can look at a collar gap to tell if the shirt has been tailored or not.


You're so right! I wonder how you can tell Pilgrim clothing since it wasn't always black like we were taught.


Through their text they left behind. I wonder if they have any in the store in Alabama?


I wouldn't doubt that! I might have to go down there sometime!


Good Morning! I am! I have a border collie! She is really good at understanding pointing.


You really should. It's a great drive. Speaking of drives, I've got to get to work. Have a wonderful day.


How sweet. My Husky understands, but he doesn't listen.He's a blood donor at our vet's office.


That is so cool! I think it's natural to love dogs, even Google prefers dogs over cats lol.


I think anyone sane would prefer a dog over a cat. I know many think dogs are color blind, they aren't though.


I agree, they just don't see as many colors as us humans do. Speaking of humans, did you know there is a sound frequency that causes fear in us?


I did not. That's interesting. What is the frequency?


I'm sure it is super low and depressing, but I could be totally wrong! I think it's cool how unique everybody is, we can even grow a new rib in 2-3 months after having it shortened!


That is weird, and I cannot imagine why anyone would want to do that, unless it's for a graft for another part of the body. It's weird that we cannot produce our own vitamin C, unlike most animal and plant species.


That is very surprising to me! It's all about evolution I think, given we've lost our body hair as early as 240,000 years ago.


I could never watch Family guy. I thought the title was a misnomer. Nba player allen iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800,000 a year until he reaches age 55 to where he would then receive a final lump sum payment of $32,000,000.


It was such a great episode. The creators of The Simpson's sent them flowers after it aired.


huh. Physicists proved that shooting "granny style" is the absolute best technique to consistently score points on the line, but nba players refuse to do it because it looks stupid.


Seems like they would adopt it. If its that much more accurate.


you would think! Tim duncan of the san antonio spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the nba.


That's really great. I love the fact that Air Jordan's were banned but Micheal Jordan wore them anyway.


thats fun! Ringo starr, george carlin, and alec baldwin have all narrated thomas the tank engine for at least 52 episodes each


I love George Carlin. He is one of my favorite comedians. I may have to go watch an episode he narrates just to see what it's like.


He was always so funny! There is only one episode of "the simpsons" where bart neither appears, nor is mentioned


I never seen that episode. Or, maybe I have, and just never noticed the lack of Bart. I can't believe they made a whole episode like that.


Not much, but I used to play basketball a lot.


me either! 70's show was remade verbatim in the uk. 'days like these' was cancelled after 10 episodes.


Me and my wife still watch That 70's show. It's one of our favorite TV shows.


It is alot of fun! There are over 750 episodes of "pokemon." that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight.


I don't really either, apparently this is a big deal though. The last thing TV viewers want to see is James Harden sitting on the bench at the end of an NBA playoff blowout.


I can't believe that dunking got banned in college basketball for ten years. It's such an iconic thing of basketball.


Why did it get banned? apparently there is a huge point span when it comes to basketball games either.


Kareem abdul-jabbar used it and dominated basketball for a while. So they banned it. Apparently, that got over turned at some point.


I had no idea! Three of the five games between the Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers were decided by at least 19 points, and the average margin of victory was 15.2 points.


Yeah the points can get crazy. I don't watch it much. But, I do watch a lot of South Park.


Is that still on? Reggie miller, nba hall of famer, couldn't escape his older sister cheryl's shadow while in high school. on january 26, 1982, he scored a career high 40 points. he tried bragging about it on the car ride home, only to find out cheryl scored 105 points and broken 8 national records!


Yeah it is. I enjoyed watching the episode where they made fun of family guy.


I have yes, Robin williams did a great job and started the trend of celebrity voice actors in disney movies!


He is really talented. I had no idea until I saw his biopic on HBO. So good.


ok I'll have to check that out, I wonder if he ever go to go to the Pixar secret celeb room/


Probably not, he's dead. He did not voice thomas the tank either.


no thats too bad, but I didn't know george carlin did a voice on there, I wonder if he did any dirty jokes? haha


Thomas going blue! Have you ever seen pokemon?


I have, I watched it as a kid, what about you?


No but my son watches it all the time so I feel like I have seen every episode, one walk by the TV at a time.


haha well do you ever watch the show That 70's Show?


hey I'm good, can you guess how much Judge Judy makes per episode?


well she makes like 120k per episode, thats insane! But she is good at her job haha


That is a lot! I am shocked that it was that much. Is she still on TV?


haha yes she is, and she is the second highest paid celebrity next to Lebron James


I have to think that people like Tom Hanks make more. I wonder if it is day time...


ya I think it is, did you ever watch sesame Street? I guess Carol Burnett was the first celebrity on that show to appear


I do watch it! I have young children and HBO so it gets DVRed and watched multiple times. Did you ever watch the Carol Burnett Show?


nope never seen it I just know she was famous, have you seen the Movie Aladdin?


Washington seems to be a hot spot to visit in mid-June.


Not so much, but the origins of the word comedy comes from Ancient Greece.  Comic poets at theaters used to influence voters


3rd rock from the sun beat out seinfeld, friends and frasier. That is surprising to me. I used to watch 3rd rock from the sun but never thought it was so funny.


On another note, in music "the Dark side of the moon" was released 40 years ago, but still is a best seller in 2014


Speaking of comedy and music, two identical Japanese twins released a rap album when they turned 100 years old.


i'd like to hear that!  Do you like dogs?   They have doggy blood drives just like people :)  There are 12 doggy blood types.


I feel kind of bad though, as dogs wouldn't have a choice in the matter.


Yeah sometimes I feel bad for cows pumping all that milk too for us.  Dogs and elephants are the only animals to understand pointing.


An elephant never forgets!  Istanbul helps out dogs by having a vending machine that gives food and water for dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.


That seems very productive! I wonder who started the rumor that dogs were color blind? They can see as many colors as we can.


Yes, it seems like there are lots of things to do. Have you heard of Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Black Cat? I haven't, but apparently they are popular. Their show is sold out.


Good question.  Google prefers dogs to cats, but I'm not sure what that practically means.


No, I haven't heard of them.  Hunter S. Thompson's books and more go on display and Andrew Schulz comedy is at DC Improv.


Stand up comedy is fun. It seems like there is a lot of that in DC. A comedian who has appeared on Conan and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon will be performing at Drafthouse Comedy.


Great bands are there as well such as DC based band of Tomorrow blending different styles of rock, funk, reggae, hip-hop, soul and more


Those are a lot of different genres in one. But I hear the sound is quite cohesive.


Geoff Browning opened for TAUK at 9:30 Club and will play Fort Totten's summer concert series


There are lots of choices for music. But if it's art you're into, you can see "trippy" art in a retrospective exhibit.


Speaking of the arts, did you know that the Green Lantern film was going to originally be a comedy with Jack Black


No, I didn't know that. Did you ever watch 3rd Rock From the Sun? It won a Golden Globe for best comedy.


Fiction works comes from the imagination.


Yes, some of them have eyelids and ears!


That's creepy. Makes me want to listen to music. Do you like rap?


Yes, Tupac's music is in the library of congress.


Wow. You know, Korean rappers invented "compliment battle"?


Interesting, rap is normally delivered over a beat.


Yes. It's original meaning was "to lightly strike".  Now it describes quick speech.


Yes, eminem wanted to be a comic book artist.


Intriguing. Did you hear about the judge in Michigan who delivered a ruling againt him? She delivered it by rapping when she ruled.


Funny, the earliest rap was in the west african tradiation.


Oh. Seems reasonable I guess. Did you know that flow is a component of rap?


Yes. I like fiction. There is a wiki that ranks fictional characters according to their powers.


Fun, Julius caesar actually wrote fan fiction of hercules.


That is intriguing. Edgar Allen Poe wrote the oldest known example of a cyborg in fiction. Did you hear that?


Great, George rr martin doesn't like fan fiction at all.


I heard that. He thinks it's copyright infingement.


Yes he does, Snakes are legless and carnivores.


Ah. Yeah, There is a genus of flying snakes that can launch themselves at prey.


Scary, New zealand doesn't have any snakes.


That sounds great. There are legless lizards... almost as frightening as snakes.


Yes, seems crazy but it must be a tough job. I wouldn't want it lol .


Me too, definitely. If I was as tall as Kareem abdul-jabbar I would love it!


Yea, dude got the slam dunk banned for over 10 years when he played in college


So was Michael Jordan, Kim jong-un use to draw pictures of him in school


Oh wow, didn't know that. I love Michael Jordan....funny how he was about to ditch Nike when that newbie ended up creating Jordan's dream shoe lol


Wow, I heard his son cost his college a 3 million contract with adidas


Yeah, I heard that too, wow that's crazy but who doesn't love Nikes


Hi, Just finished watching basketball game, do you watch the Warriors?


I'd wear reeboks too if I got paid 32,000,000


ummm yes me too! It has been nice chatting! Hope you have a great New Year!


No I don't, I don't have any favorite teams at the moment but one of my all time favorites is Michael Jordan. I got to meet him once. How was the game?


It was alright. I was just reading LaVar Ball called Steve Kerr Milli Vanilli


Hahahaa, guess you could get offended by that lol


That's good. I read his facial expression said it all....


Yea, I guess Ball thought the previous coach did all the work but Ball doesn't know much about being a good coach


That's what I hear. It's too bad. And coaches are the highest paid state employees...college football or basketball.


The shooting in the Orlando night clup Pluse was just devastating.  Do you think the shooters wife had anything to do with it?


That is a great point to bring up, but with 12 people looking at the evidence and also hearing victim statements there is no way to tell what the verdict will be.


True. If she knew though, she is responsible to admit that which she did. What makes it confusing is theyre saying shes not responsible because she could die from her husband. Which is also true, like who would risk that in a system that is broken. I come to the conclusion that we are a part of a broken system and there needs to be a deeper solution.


Yes, when people are in those types of relationships its hard for them to admit the truth because you cannot trust the justice system will protect you and provide justice for all.  I'm glad though that they were deterred from Disney world, have you been to Disney world?


I agree. I am glad too. I have never been! I wanted to go. I love the vision and drive of walt disney. Its kind of opposite to ISIS . But honestly Idk. Have you been?


I have, I went twice as a kid.  I love Walk Disney Pictures I think we owned like all of the animated ones as kids.  I cannot believe that Frozen was the first one directed by a woman as pioneering as the studios are.


I canʻt believe that either. Frozen was great! I think itʻs cool that they dubbed lion king. I know that for Moana they also dubbed it in Hawaiian. Women have not led much but itʻs exciting to see them step up and start doing things they love and believe in.


Its crazy that Wreck It Ralph started in the 80s, but I can see it in the style.  It has that nostalgia in the way it flows.  I'm surprised though that Walt Disney Studios is considered one of the "Big Six" studios, I would've thought it would be in the top 3.


Yeah! I never played that game have you? I know that they have teamed up with pixar which was started by steve jobs the guy who created apple. I know that Disney teams up with a lot of people. They are good at creating bridges of communication.


I have never played the game but i loved the feeling of being at an arcade, reminded me of being a kid.  Speaking of Steve Jobs and apple making the jump to computers did you know the space shuttle's general purpose computer runs on 1mb of ram?


That seems small. I barely have any memory on this computer to update my IOS. We have really come a long way in technology and communication. Itʻs crazy to think that there are cords on the bottom of the ocean floor. I always thought everything traveled through satellite and the air.


I mean she did say that she went online and scouted the club, but there is no evidence of her doing this. Theyʻre saying that the idea was planted but how do you just admit something like that if it isnʻt true?


Yeah it is and apple has gone so far to say that smoking near their computers voids the warranty by making it a bio-hazard.


I thought she said initially that she thought it was Disney world?  I hear all the time that people admit to things they didn't do because of the pressures and she was according to her lawyer being manipulated by her husband.


Yeah, Itʻs strange that there was receipts from Turkey and Afghanistan and that she said he was in a terrorist organization. I wonder if their financial situation had anything to do for motive as well. Yeah I think him being at disney world was an excuse. Which is a fricken weird excuse.


Yes that is quite odd, not the first excuse that i would've thought of.  I see that she said she knew he was planning on an ISIS attack but knowing how dangerous he is i'm not sure that we can really blame her nor not going to the authorities. I'm sure she probably feared for her life.


In the last article section they describe her as cold and callous. Iʻm sure he threatened her and she lied about helping him because there was no data from the internet searches she said they did together. I know that witnesses forget and can create things in their minds that arent there that they truly believed happened.


Yes, I don't want to down play her role as it is a substancial role I am just stating a reason as to why she probably didn't tell the authorities.  I can only imagine what the families were going through to have to listen to testimony about the attack and also the victims to relive the attack through testimony that lasted several weeks.  That sounds like a form of touture.


Yeah, this case is super confusing. She definitely is in shock. It is said that they were going to shoot up a disney location at first but then sidetracked and ended up at pulse when they saw police officers. I wonder why they wanted to first go to disney? Also the connection the FBI father is also interesting.


Right the FBI father had me thinking did that provide him an unnecessary advantage?  I actually hold the father much more accountable then the wife.  The father should be locked up for not fulfilling the bargain of telling terrorist information.


Thatʻs a good point. I wonder what the relationship between the father and son was like. If the father saw signs of terrorist behavior he should of acted on it. Unless he was so manipulative that no one could sense it. This case is crazy. If theres no hard evidence they canʻt lock her up.


Hello, how are you today? What types of movies do you like to watch? Do you like comedies at all?


I've only seen a few episodes of that. I saw that it won some golden globes though for best comedy series. I could never really get into it. Did you ever watch it?


I used to love it back in the days, but I haven't seen it since I have been an adult. I didn't really know other people liked it as much as I did. I was surprised to see it beat out so many big hitter's when it comes to comedy. Were you a House fan?


One of my friends loved that show so i would watch it with them sometimes. It's crazy that Hugh lLaurie made $700,000 an episode. that is a crazy amount of money.


It really is. I watched it but I wouldn't say I was a huge fan of it. It's weird seeing Jon Hamm in a drama when I remember him being on 30 Rock from the sun. He's a funny guy. Have you ever seen that show?


I have sen it a few times. I never could really get into that show very much. I did see that it was a Golden Globe for best comedy series though.


Great show but it wasn't for everyone as it was kind of weird. Have you ever seen Mad Men? I knew it was a huge hit when it was out, but I have never seen it but I have heard good things about it.


I only saw like the first two episodes. It was okay but a little boring for my taste. I guess I have trouble following through on watching shows regularly. Haha. I feel like it's hard to find shows that I really like a lot.


That's why I love comedies because since they are shorter they are easier to get into. You should try Brooklyn nine nine, great show and really funny. Have you ever seen the hangover movies?


Yeah. I did like the Hangover movies. They were real funny. I will try Brooklyn nine nine. I have heard it's a pretty funny show. I do like American Housewife right now. It's on ABC and it's a pretty good show.


I love American Housewife! I was a fan of Katy Mixon from Mike and Molly and am glad she has her own show now. Brooklyn nine nine is a show you really should give a try.


Hello. I am fine and you? I love comedies because I love a good laugh. How about you comedies or dramas?


Okay. i definitely will look for it. Well I have to head out here. It was a pleasure chatting with you.


I prefer comedies. I mean I don't mind dramas but I also like a good laugh as well.


Me too. Have you ever seen the movie Kung fu hustle. Since Bill Murray thinks so highly of it, it kind of has me curious.


I've actually never seen it. I would be curious to see it too since he says it's the best comedy ever. Have you ever heard of Demetri Martin.


I have years ago. I remembered he had a show on comedy central and was everywhere once upon a time and then suddenly he was gone. I wonder whatever happened to him.


Yeah. I used to watch his specials all the time and then he disappeared. I always thought he was pretty funny.


I was really shocked to find out that Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas because of his belief system. I knew he didn't want to be typecast as the funny guy anymore, so that was interesting to learn. Are you a fan of his?


I kind of like Jim Carrey. Some of his movies are pretty funny but some of them are a little over the top. I didn't know about the whole drama thing or belief system either. I know he's real into making art right now. i feel like he does paintings a lot now instead of the whole show business thing.


Yeah I have seen his art. I like it. I know he is in a new show I think on Showtime but it didn't really look like a comedy to me. Maybe more of a black comedy so maybe that isn't really a drama to him. Did you watch 3rd rock from the sun?


I have no idea.  I've read some cs lewis and tolkien.  These authors apparently had "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry.


Can you imagine being the author of the poetry they're laughing at while you're in the room with them. I would be so humiliated. Then make fun of their shoes‚Ä¶


I wonder who they laughed at?  In the 18th century "moral panic" spread because of the widespread reading of novels.


Can you imagine the joy of widespread reading now? The space shuttle's general purpose computer runs on 1mb of ram.


Doesn't seem like a lot.  I know some kids who wished there was moral panic over reading to get out of reading.


In 1936, the russians made a computer that ran on water.


How does that work?  Can I make one too?  Smoking near an Apple computer voids the warranty.


Huh... Sure, it would be a great invention in Water World. Kevin Costner would be so happy!


Was that a good movie?  Someone built a 16 bit computer just using basic minecraft building blocks.  Wonder how that works?


Good, how are you?  Keeping Helen Keller in the curriculum seems like a must!  Her story needs to be shared with communities and children.


It was passable...Transhumanists want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks


I wonder if the brain processes Braille different than regular reading?


I am not sure. I do know that there is slang sign language. A friend signs and walks away from conversations saying "That's a ghetto bitch" (sorry for the language!)


Reading is so complicated but can provide an escape.


Agreed! I remember studying her when I was younger and she seemed really inspirational, especially at a time when youth need that...


It's true that people need to learn more about disability not less.  More than 57 million Americans have a disability


Wow, that's a more than I wouldve guessed. The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.


Also, the library in Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case it burns down!  Whew!


Haha. That's funny... 7% of people read the full terms when buying a product or service on the internet.


Speaking of reading, the world record for speed reading is 4,700 words per minute by Anne Jones.  I wonder how they figure that out?


There is 3g cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of mt. everest. Those sherpas can finally connect with their families! Good for them....


Starship troopers is on the sci-fi reading list of three us military branches.  Did you ever read that?


The voter turnout for us presidential elections hasn't breached 62.8% in the last 100 years! That's actually more than I would guess.


Well, we'll see how voting will be done twenty years from now, if they make it easier, the numbers will probably rise.


That's true. Not all men in the uk had the right to vote until 1918.


I wonder how much fraud there was in voting back in 1918.


I'm sure a lot. Elections are fairly new. rom 1789 until 1913, Senators were appointed by legislatures of the states they represented; following the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, they are now popularly elected.


That is a very interesting fact.  Do you remember the first time you voted?


I don't. it was a long time ago! Women were not allowed to wear pants on the u.s. senate floor until 1993.


I think that is the strangest fact of the day.  I think it's wild when observers have to be blocked from polls during elections.


Strange and freaky! dian government sets up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for a single voter.


I think I've read that before! Wild to think about.


Just the basics mostly.  Do you know what the 'candy desk' tradition is about?


I've heard one of the Senators keeps candy in their desk. Pretty cool! Did you know that Since 1900, the taller candidate has won the us presidential election 75% of the time?


What! No, I did not know that, that is very interesting.


Also, Astronauts vote from space, so the rest of us have no excuse not to make it to an election.


That is crazy, but understandable.  And you are right, gives us no excuse.  Did you know about Jordan's political dealings?


He was asked why he would endorse a Democrat, and he said because republicans buy shoes too.  I thought it was funny.


Haha, that is funny! Nevada is the only state to have a "none of these candidates" voting option for presidential elections.


Yeah I think the Nevada voting laws are quite odd.


Did you know that Soccer makes more than all the big US sports (NFL, MLB) does combined?


Monty Python. They are hilarious. Bill Murry may be wrong about the whole Kung Fu thing


Yes. In comedy movie is always have happy ending.


Yeah..definitely shouldn't end with the fact that 80% of the earth's natural forests have been destroyed.


Destroying the forests can cause climate change, global warming. Deforestation also cause large change in the eco-system. Several species animals are lost due to it.


Yeah. And to think that humans have been here for only 1 minute and 17 seconds, if history were a 24 hour period


The 71% of earth surface is covered with water and remaining parts are land but only 3% of fresh water is available for drinking.


Yeah...clean water technology is going to be as profitable as Association Football one day soon


Yeah. The majority of the Earth's polar region is covered with snow. It is very difficult to live in this place.


I guess you can't play soccer there. Maybe if Mesut Ozil donates money to shovel it up, but until then...


Yes. Earth is the only planet has natural satellite which is Moon. Earth has two important function rotation on its own axis and revolution around the sun.


Yes. Soccer makes more money than other sports. It was played in over 200 countries.


Interesting Factoid. Well, I must rotate out of here now. Nice chatting.


Still. The US is the usually where the money is. But i guess there are not enough skilled players here, Jon Stewart non withstanding


Practice makes them perfect. We are working hard to achieve the excellence. It happens.


Yeah. But right now we are not playing very well.


There are various comedy performance like stand-up comedy, television, film, comedy shows in theatre. Which is your favourite ?


I think Kung Fu Hustle is hilarious. Where does that fit in?


Yes. In ancient Greece comedy shows are used to explain the current political situation to the people. Greece comedy can be described as a dramatic performance.


3rd rock from the sun was quite a dramtic performance. It beat Friends and Frazier for best comedy in 1997


The python programming language is named after the British comedy group to make it honour.


I am sure he dances but I have not seen him do it. Have you?


I have not. I was surprised to find out rapper Tupac was a ballet dancer. I guess rappers have more than one talent. Do you know any fun dance facts?


That's weird... Mcdonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues.


I wonder if that is accurate. I feel like they were invented because of the car hops and people sitting in their car and having food delivered


My guess is to keep the soldiers safe post vietnam protests.


That is a good guess. I never knew that information. Could you imagine having a flame thrower on your car?


Jann mardenborough became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in the video game gran turismo.


Weird that a game could be so lifelike. Would you want to be a race car driver?


No, I do not have the need for speed... You?


I do not think I would ever want to be a race car driver. I would rather just play the video game


Good. I just read a lot of information about the rapper Drake. Do you know of him? Any fun facts about him?


I do! The rapper drake graduated high school on october 2012 at the age of 25.


I never knew that. I wonder what made him graduate so late, he seems pretty smart. Do you know why?


I am not sure. The rapper drake visited drake university in the middle of the night after students gave up trying to get him to visit during a tour stop.


That's a fun fact. Do you know any music by him? I only know of one or two songs


I do not know any of his songs. I have listened to him but could not list any songs.


Did you know Drake's real name? Would you have a different name if you were famous?


I would have, my last name is not entertainment friendly... You?


I think I would too, just so I could remain anonymous. Do you see Drake dance a lot or does he just rap?


Exactly. Did you know that only 7% of people read the ToS for internet services?


Surprised its higher than 1%! Do you read them?


Depends on what the service, sometimes I do though.


I'm not, but I do read the posts fairly often, what about you?


I am. I find reddit to be a good news source with awesome, mostly anonymous discussions. They had 542 million monthly visitors in 2018.


Yeah, it has some pretty good stuff on it. The first complaint was that it was going downhill. LOL


Ironic! People do some seriously cool things for each other on there - there is a page that sums up the 25 kindest things done by Redditors.


WOW, that is pretty cool. Apparently only 0.53% of the visitors comment.


I do comment and sometimes make posts. Dang, they had a 1.8 billion dollar evaluation in 2017. Lotsa money for a website!


Not a big fan, but I can tolerate. How about you?


Wow, that is pretty cool, but they do have a lot of content.


Some of them I do, at least when I was younger. Now, not so much.


Would scare the kids. Apparently the kid from Shining didnt know he was in a horror film.


Interesting, I didn't know that. Is that the film with Jack N?


I don't think I have to be honest, is it any good?


It's more scary from a psychological standpoint than a attempts to scary you perspective. Apparently Stephen King (the author of the shining) thinks Bambi is a horror film.


Hmm, I could see that, Bambi does die at the end.


Yea, I might not want to know that as a kid!


I had no idea. Nevada is the only state to have a "none of these candidates" as an option.


I like that. More states should adopt that.  Then again, up until 1805, the runner up in the presidential election automatically became vice president.  Maybe we should go back to that.


HA! No... Can you imagine try to get work done in Washington with Hilary and Trump in office? The highest level of voter turn out in the last 100 years has only been 62.8%


So that can't be blamed on millennials.  It's been going on for 100 years.


Good point! That's a nice comeback. International observers were blocked form polls in 2012.


I wonder why.  That was before Trump and his drama.  Did you know that votes usually pick the taller candidate?


As a 6'6" male, I can tell you it does not apply for the ladies... They never chose me. I did fool my wife though.


Well, according to those that study elections, since 1900 the taller candidate has won the us presidential election 75% of the time.


Wow. Astronauts vote from space! Seems tough but they do it. How would you like to be a poll worker there.


I would love it!  I think it's great that they get to vote from I am assuming, the space station.


Ha! I find it interesting to see how millenials are blamed for a lot. If I saw the greatest depression since the great one, I might be a little jaded too.


Although some seem seem shallow, that could be the problem as a whole.  There have been interviews conducted over voting where excuses ranged from, "hates maling stuff" to "doesn't want to spend four hours of vacation doing something I don't quite want to do."


Yes, voting seems to be a speedbump but I also know others who take it serious to be counterculture. I think a lot of millenials see it as a way to be heard.


I thought they did until I saw the statistics and heard those quotes. Now I am not so sure.


do you think the current president will make more millenials hit the voting booth in 2020?


Hmm, I don't know.  The economy is growing, jobs are becoming abundant, and they say that millennials might endorse 1990's apathy along with fashion from that era.  What do you think?


I think everyone will be at the polls in 2020. Democrats are sick of trump while republicans need to stick by him as he is the only one with real power.


That's an interesting way to look at it.  Did you know that even though democracy came from Ancient Athens, they didn't like elections?  They say it as an oligarchic institution.


Good evening? Catch anything good on the radio today?


I couldn't remember if he was American or Canadian, but I can definitely remember his voice! He'd definitely go viral on Facebook if he was around today, don't you think


Oh, I'm not so sure anymore. His Christmas music is still regularly posted on Facebook.


Well I hope nobody in the German state of Schlesweigholstein is "liking" them, because the facebook "like" button is illegal there! I never would have guess that could be a law!


Originally, the engineers wanted to call it the "awesome" button, so I wonder if they would've been okay with that?


Haha! The "awesome" button?! It's crazy to think how common facebook feedback has become. Iceland is rewriting their constitution via Facebook! The public can make suggestions and alterations, right through facebook!


There are now more people on FB than there were people 200 years ago.


Wow! I guess that is why at it's IPO in February 2012 it was valued at $104 billion!


Apparently, a little over a quarter of American adults get their news from Facebook.


That is so many people! It's hard to believe that when it started, it was just limited to Harvard students!


When I first had Facebook, you had to have a school email and be over 18 years old.


No, I haven't listened to the radio today. When I do, I'm usually an NPR person. How about you?


I know! Since 2006, they've allowed anyone who claims to be 13 years old to register. Seems a little bit young to me. Especially since there are so many advertisements.


Definitely. Well, it's been nice chatting with you. Have a good night!


Oh, I'll listen to almost anything! Except maybe this station in Finland that has a weekly program conducted entirely in classical Latin. That might be over my head!


Did you know there was a Hanson song that become one of the most requested tracks in Chicago because the DJs didn't mention the name of the band?


Ha! Tricky! You can really listen to anything on the radio. Classical latin news, Hanson, or even radio storms on Jupiter. Did you know that ? Jupiter has radio storms so strong you could hear them on AM radio!


There's also a radio station that can translate solar activity into sounds so you can listen to the sun's music.


Wow. You know, soldiers in WWII made radios using a razorblade and a pencil. I wonder what
 kinda stuff they picked up?


The odds were likely Bing Crosby. He filled more than half of the radio time dedicated to music in 1948.


Wow! Is he Canadian? According to Canadian law,  radios are required to have at least 40% of the music played be Canadian.


Haha. Bing Crosby? No, he was an amazing singer from the US.


The president is a common title for the head of state or government.


Germany became the first country in world to give Constitutionally guaranteed legal rights. This shows how they affection towards animals and Dog was the first domesticated animal by man.


Many of the animals species are lost  by hunters, they hunt the animal for skin, nails and valuable things.


Well, then I am glad dogs are domesticated. Did you know domesticated animals have white patches on their foreheads?


Yes, now I have to look at my dog! Early land animals had both gills and lungs and hiccups are a holdover from this early evolution.


But today water animals only have gills and lungs, In land animals have only lungs. Some of the different can live in both land and water. It's our duty to preserve it.


That is interesting. Around 1 million living animal species are insects.


Totally 7 millions animal species all over the world.


Yes, and the can be as big as 110 ft long to as small as 8.5 millionths of a meter. I imagine there are ones we never even notice.


Good morning! Yes, it seems to be a universal term. Even in Zimbabwe although they referred to their first president as President Banana.


Yes, it was nice chatting with you as well.


The US president guest house is larger than the white house. President is the executive head of the nation.


Wow. I wonder how the President feels about that? Do you know who the wealthiest three Presidents of the US were?


JFK, Washington and Jefferson. They are played important role in the improvement of the nation.


Yes, you are right, that was who I was thinking of. I agree they were very important in history. In the US the runner up won the tile of VP automatically until 1805! I'm glad it is no longer that way.


If it happens in current years it very difficult to handle the situation and the nation also suffers.


Yes, I agree. I wish it were more easygoing like Indonesia. There the President released 3 pop albums while in office.


It very interesting. The study of animals called zoology. Animals are help to maintain the balance the eco-system.


Oh I love animals. On earth there are about 20 quintillion  on Earth.


Did you hear about the news from Canada?


Austin Texas voted to rename their garbage dump after Fred Durst.


Probably so.    I wonder if any of the astronauts voted for that measure from space?


I heard it was possible for them to vote from space, now.  So, maybe they did.


I wonder if it is harder to vote from space or from the polling booth in a forest full of lions.


I would put my money on the forest of lions is harder!


I would certainly want to have a radio in that situation!


Amen, me too! Have you lisened to that radio station that translates solar activity into sound?


That would be cool.    I have heard some of Jupiter's radio storms on AM radio.


That's awesome, I'll have to check that out!


You should try it!    Perhaps right after listening to the news in classical latin!


I think I'll pass on that Classical Latin news.  I get enough sleep already, that would sure knock me right out! It's been fun chatting with you this afternoon.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.


They have changed the words of their national anthem to be gender neutral!


That figures, they are so politically correct up there!


They debuted the new version at the South Korea winter Olympics


Well, I hate to see it happen.  To tell you the truth, I hope it doesn't catch on here in America!


Ultimately, it is not expected to have much effect on the average citizen.


Well, that's good, it's just the fact of the matter in the first place.  They should have just left it alone!


Perhaps, but voting results in any number of odd situations.


I never did, were there ones that i would have recognized?


Yeah Alec  Baldwin, Ringo Starr, George Carlin, all big names of the industry


WHAT!? I never knew that. I will have to go back and watch some and get my mind blown! Did you ever watch Pokemon?


I did, I  used to love that show very much, 150 Pokemons and more to catch, I guess there a lot more by now


I think there was like 750 episodes of Pokemon. They must have caught them all!


Thats a lot of Pokemon then, its been almost 16 years by now so yeah, catching them all seems bit hard


lol, that is true. I loved that show. Did you like that 70s show too?


Me too, the UK remake didn't do too hot, only lasted 10 episodes. It was so nice chatting with you, check out the remake if you have time!


I bet that wasnt a good show, being cancelled after 10 episode can ruin some carreers so thats kind of sad, I hope you have a great day as well, its been good chatting.


I love watching TV. I like watching south park, do you watch that show?


I do watch the show I like how Kenny dies every single episode, thats just a classic lol


That is so classic lol. Did you ever watch the family guy one?


They made so much fun out of family guy stealing simpsons stories, after they did it, the simpsons crew sent flowers to south park as a thank you!


Thats so funny, I guess both crews have a good relatioinship, did you ever watch Thomas the Tank Engine?


I used to love that show as a kid, why do you ask?


Did you ever pay attention to the narrators?


Good morning. Have you watched the Ethiopian celebrity chef? He's awesome.


I think it's awesome that he won't get a tattoo, because he couldn't give blood. Thats impressive.


That is a pretty good thing to do. Did you know that he is named after Ronald Reagan, his fathers favorite actor. Lol.


I did not. I did know about the little boy whose education he paid for, he was a tsunami survivor.


Soccer makes more than football basketball baseball golf tennis and hockey does combined. I think it is a lot more popular in other parts of the world than in the US.


I have never watched a pro game, and was surprised to learn that we call it "soccer"' when it is really football.


Well Im sure you know who jon stewart is from the daily show. He represented the US at the pan american maccabi games in brazil all the way back in 1983.


I do not know who he is. Did they play with three teams on the field at the same time?


I think most games are played with only two teams. Although there is a variation of the games that utilizes three teams in one game.


I still find it hard to believe that it is the world's most popular sport.


Yeah me too a little bit, until you take into account that it is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries around the world. Then it makes sense.


I have. The way he is trying to combat hunger in his country is just awe inspiring.


That's insane. I have to get to work, thanks for chatting with me. have a wonderful day.


It truly is. His Youtube channel is "Grandpa Kitchen". I think they should have him on Sesame Street, like Carol Burnett.


Im sad I missed that episode. She was a very funny lady. Lol. Did you now that Judge Judy makes 123000 per episode.


Yes she was. I saw that. It's crazy. Then again, so is the money LeBron makes.


I bet both she and lebron have got to go to pixars secret room. I just wonder what they keep in there.


I would love to visit that room. I wonder if Robin Williams ever did, aside from Aladdin, he did some work for Pixar as well.


With aladdin, Robin williams began the trend of celebrities voicing characters in animated films. He was a great man. I just love the work he did on the genie in aladdin.


I didn't care for it. I would have loved to have been Cristiano Renaldo's agent, he bought him an island for his wedding.


Wouldnt that be a crazy gift to recieve. He was also expelled from school for throwing a chair at a teacher.


I didn't know bill murray did that. Did you listen to radio often?


Not really everything's digital now, you know? I do remember old radio shows though like the Shadow.


It was a Drama Thriller Radio broadcast later made into a movie played by Alec Baldwin.


That sounds pretty cool. Did you know there is a free website to listen to thousands of classic radio dramas?


No i did not, that sounds pretty cool. Hey Terry Pratchett was Knighted for his Service to Literature, it was for Comedic Fantasy.


That pretty cool. Did you know winston churchill won a nobel prize for literature instead of peace?


Wow, that almost seems like an insult. Back in the day one of the most popular Radio acts was a Ventriloquist act. Now that's funny!


You would even be able to tell if it is ventriloquism at all lol


Right! You know they say that Bing Crosby filled more recording time than the allocated time to record music in 1948.


It's a shame that the nobel prize for literature wasn't awarded in 2018


I know it was awarded for everything else. There was a gold medal won for literature written about sports.


I mean usually they don't if no one deserves it but this time it was due to the MeToo Scandal


That was a cause well worth the reevaluation and well overdue. Romantic kissing is a recent development and not really mentioned in ancient Greek literature.


Do you think their decisions to withhold the reward sometimes is the right thing to do?


I guess it depends on the circumstances but i lean toward not being fair.


Did you know Bill Murray voiced the Human Torch in the 70's radio show.


Yes, whoever gets to the patent office first. LOL


Not sure, he was french and founded detroit!!!


I don't know if I would want to say...I found Detroit! I wouldn't want to find it now. LOL


haha.  you would need flame throwers on the back like in S. Africa


Good chatting with you too. Have a good evening.


It's illegal to warm up your car in Ohio.


Weird rule.  Did you know trunks were made of wood in the old days?


Probably a carry over from horse drawn carriages since it was long ago.


Yes, it would have been what they were use to working with.


It seemed several were working on models at the same time.


Actually I do remember.  I remember Pete Rose was a manager for the Reds in the late 80's and he was also a full time player.


Thats cool. Like I said I dont follow baseball really. The ottoman empire was still in existance the last time the cubs won a world series. Lol.


lol  That's a long time.  Kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada.


I have played my share of soccer baseball for sure. Did you know babe ruth was caught stealing to end the 1926 world series?


I used to love playing kickball in elementary school.  I do know who he is.  The womens world cup had higher tv ratings than the world series in the US.


Thats just crazy. Another crazy fact is that the us marines color guard carried the canada flag into the stadium upside down in 1992.


Wow unbelievable. lol  Did you ever use a rotary phone?  I did when I was a kid.


I did a couple times at my great grandmas house before she died. I heard new yorks area code is 212 because it is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.


That's interesting!  It's impossible to separate 2 phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together. I'll have to try it.  It's been fun chatting!


I would like to try that to actually. Maybe Ill put the video on youtube. Lol. Have a wonderful day though.


not really to be completely honest with you.


lol Hmm...I'll throw some facts at you and then we'll go on to talk about phones.  Sound good?


Sure. sounds good. I heard about a guy who found  3 million dollars worth of old baseball cards in his grandpas attic. wouldnt that be awesome?


That would be like hitting the lottery!  Would you keep them or sell them?  I would have to sell them.


I would sell them for sure. I need the money. Lol.


Same here.  lol  Up until 2005 a married couple, for 24 years, scheduled all 2430 major league baseball games played each year.  Sounds like that would be a pain, but at the same time sure beats working in a factory.


Yeah I would say they were paid pretty well for it. Did you know that the cubs were the first team to win back to back world series and they havnt won one since.


I never knew that!  Baseball managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play for their teams if needed.


I have never heard of that happening. Have you?


Hi good morning. What do you like to do for entertainment?


Yeah he did. I also love playing video games. Did you have the original nintendo? It was only able to show 54 colors on screen!


I did, it was my favorite gaming system ever!


Nice. I feel like the games got way better but it is still a timeless classic for sure. Have you ever been to Washington DC before? Seems like they often have good plays to watch there!


I have, but didnt get to watch any plays there.  Have you?


Never been there. But I would like to visit the National Building Museum, I hear it is awesome!


The National Portrait Gallery is also pretty cool.


Oh good to know. Sounds like there are a lot of little coffee shops too like the Port City Java on Capitol Hill.


If I ever go Ill have to check those out, those type of shops are my favorite!


Yeah agreed! really shows the local feel of a place. Glad to know they have an iPic theater there as well, it is such a cool place to watch a movie.


I think I remember seeing a movie about the Galapagos Turtles there once.


I am a fan of comedies!  I love watching some stand up on netflix.  You?


Oh nice! Well it was great talking with you have a nice day!


Awesome me as well. I used to watch comedy central a lot on tv. It cancelled over 100 shows since being created in 1989!


That is crazy, but they must have a method to that madness because they are super successful.


True. One show I want to watch is 3rd rock from the sun. It won the golden globe for best comedy in 1997 beating seinfel, friends, and frasier!


It is kind of crazy.  I always though Friends was funnier.


Yeah it was such a good show. Comedy originated in ancient Greece. Would be cool to see the first ever comedy show!


That would be cool. Did you know caesar raised chickens for entertainment not food?


Didn't know chickens were so entertaining! I always wonder how Bill Nye got famous and he apparently won a Steve Martin look alike contest. They don't even look that similar.


I was surprised to hear that too.  I don't see a resemblance personally, but he sure has made a name for himself.


Hello, are you a Spotify user? They have 4 million songs that have never been played in their catalog


I find the entire situation distasteful. Seems like the publisher should have taken some time to fact check the kid and the father.


I think people love the story and then it takes on a life of it's own, the people originally responsible lose control as it gets bigger and bigger.  I doubt they thought it would become as big as it did.


Probably. I read that people also do a fantasy draft of the national spelling bee. How much of a gambling addict do you have to be, to do a fantasy draft of kids?


Some people will gamble on anything, it has to be an addiction.  I think I'll stick to reading my fantasy novel for entertainment.


I'll stick to daydreaming I live in South Africa, and have a car equipped with flame throwers. I can imagine the chaos if it were legal here.


I live in Ohio, so I daydream of warmer places all the time.  I just learned it's illegal to warm your car here, I guess I'm a criminal.


I'm in Ohio too, and dare a Summit County deputy to tell me I can't, lol. Have you been to Detroit, and Bell Island? The founder of Cadillac's home is there.


I've been to the airport and Ann Arbor, but never Detroit itself.  Soon it will be all self driving cars, I'm looking forward to that, then I can read as I go.


The Tesla has Atari games, I think I would prefer that. McDonalds used to be so innovative, I have to wonder what happened. They invented the drive-thru, to accomodate soldiers who were not permitted out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


It's often funny how something we take for granted came about for an odd reason.  Supposedly the Google self driving car has a aggressive mode.  So we'll still have road rage.


I am, not a premium user though.  I put up with a few adverts.


Have a good day, nice speaking with you.


I don't use it. Though I am a little disgusted that it takes almost 150K plays per day for an artist to earn minimum wage on that platform.


I've heard something similar, very few artists make enough money on it.  That's the problem with the internet, making something so easily available pushes down the prices.


I agree. Did you know that there is something called Fantasy Congress? People draft the members, and earn points  from their success at legislating. How odd.


That's a new one on me.  Do you read fantasy books, I've read a few in my time.


I do every now and then. I guess I don't have that fold in the brain that makes the difference in perceiving fantasy from reality.


That's a little harsh on yourself.  Sounds a little like that kid that claimed he'd been to heaven in  a near death experience.


I've long believed that little kids and animals can see (and experience) things that adults cannot. It's a shame that he felt that he needed to lie like that to get attention. Though I do have to place a lot of the blame on his parents.


Your right, it seem the father was to blame.  Can't really lay blame on a six year old child.


It does.  Did you know that baseball is really popular in Japan too?


Yes I did.  It is popular in South Korea too.