There's been a few Koreans who have played in the MLB.  Shin Shoo Choo from the Rangers is from there.


Oh okay, cool.  Do you like watching World Cup soccer?


I heard that more people in the US watched Women's World Cup soccer than the World Series, which I find hard to believe.  The final games of the Women's World Cup are always very exciting though.


I believe it!  Soccer is super popular compared to baseball.  Speaking of the world series...did you know that Babe Ruth was caught stealing to end game 7 of the 1926 series.  I wonder if he was playing for the Yankees then.


Wow!  Well soccer is an easier game to watch than baseball.


It is.  More action.  I wonder if they have hair length rules in soccer?  Don Mattingly of the Yankees once got suspended because he refused to get a haircut.  lol


I don't think so in soccer.  Many of the men have long hair.  Remember Alexi Lalas with the long hair?  Speaking of baseball, did you know a female pitched was once booted from MLB for striking out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig?


Not really.  I find the sport difficult to watch and slow.  What about you?


You're right!  A lot of them tie their hair back.  I didn't know that.  How interesting!  It's been fun chatting with you!


Same here! I didn't know there was a female pitcher to Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.  Have a good evening!


I'm going to have to look that up.  You have a good evening too!


I like it.  I think because it just it's something that always makes me think of warm weather and summer time.  Did you know they call kickball soccer-baseball in Canada?


It is nice to sit outside and watch a baseball game in warm weather. I agree.  I didn't know they call kickball "soccer-baseball" in Canada.  That is funny.


I wonder why they call it that.  I'm always wondered why baseball managers wear uniforms...I guess they can play for their teams if needed.  Interesting.


Do you know who the baseball player Angel Hernandez is?


He is actually an umpire.  He has a bad reputation for blowing calls.


That's what I heard.  And he tried to accuse the Yankees and Joe Torre of discrimination against him.  I think being an umpire must be difficult


I wouldn't want to be one.  Especially the ref in the NFL who blew that call against the Saints and cost them a chance of going to the super bowl.  You'll have to google it if you don't know about it.


I heard about that in the news.  Same thing with being a ref in a tennis match or a soccer match.  It's a tough job.  At least there is video playback.  But human error plays a roll always.


Hello - did you know MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for 75 million in 2005?


They make most of their money off of ads


Yea they make a lot off of ads. I saw that Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerburg is red-green blind.


Yeah, that is weird. I know how you can get a free whopper from BK


I am thinking about going back to MySPace and deleting Facebook


I didn't even know MySpace was still around. I would like to do that as well.


I want to read the Icelandic Constituion on there first


Hi, Are you a registered user of Facebook?


Yes. I am thinking of joining the QuitFacebook movement though


I'm not a huge fan of Facebook. I rarely use it.


Did you invest in the company at the IPO in 2012?


No, but it would be worth a lot of money today if you had.


It would be a big investment. Did you know the Facebook like button is illegal in one of the German states?


No I did not. WHy is there not a "dislike" button


How's it going? Did you know Amazon was founded back in 1994? I never knew it has been around that long


I wonder if you could become a pro driver after playing Twisted Metal like Jann Mardenborough did after beating 90,000 people in Gran Turismo


Oh yeah! Was it Twisted Metal or Gran Turismo? Either way, That is one talented individual to be able to skillfully do both racing and video game racing!


I wonder if their are games that will help you to travel to new places Like Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit


Good question! Or even games that take you what it was like in 1975 when McDonald's introduced the drive-thru for soldiers who couldn't get out of their vehicles when wearing fatigues?


It's interesting that Cadilac founded Detroit yet motorized vehicles have been banned on Mackinac Island MI for over 100 years


That is crazy? Do you know why they're banned? I bet Karl Benz wasn't expecting vehicles to be banned when he first introduced the Benz Patent-Motorwagen in 1886!


No clue, apparently Iceland doesn't have much cars or public rail service and domestic flights are used to travel between towns


Wow!  Maybe they'll follow in the footsteps of the Dutch since they're creating a commuter bus that can travel 160 mph!


That would be cool, Japan might want to try that too since travelling across the country by car will cost more than 300 in tolls


Yikes! That's a lot of money! Heck, did you know the first king to travel around the world was Hawaii's King Kalakaua?


Wow! I didn't either! I do know it's the largest internet retailer on the planet, at least measured by revenue and market capitalization but behind Alibaba in total sales.


I had no clue. Well I have to go,nice talking with you


The first amazon customer got a building named after him for spending only 27.95, I wonder what he purchased


Ha! Well, at least we know it wasn't the clock Bezos built into that mountain that apparently will run for 10,000 years - not for $27.95.


I wonder why Bezos built a clock into a mountain that will run for 10,000 years, it seems kinda pointless


Agreed. But with that kind of revenue plus having contract with the US postal service for Sunday deliveries, you can do what you want even if it makes no sense!


Yea I guess so as long as you have the warehouse workers walking 7-15 miles each shift


That's sad. Great exercise though. Maybe he should expand those warehouses to where they can put cars in there to drive the workers around. But if that happened, let's hope the south African employees don't equip their cars with flame throwers as that's perfectly legal there in order to prevent carjacking!


Maybe Bezos can start manufacturing flame-throwing equipped cars in the US, I'd buy one


Ha! No kidding! If we were in older times, we could easily store them in the wooden trunks that cars used to have in the back, which birthed  the name "trunk" for our cars today.


Oh ok thats cool.  Yes,  westworld is confusing.    I really like some of the netflix originals too,  like black mirror and maniac.  have you watched those?


I tried watching black mirror but it was a little too weird for me. Never saw maniac. What's it about?


Maniac is confusing too lol I am not sure right now cuz I havent finished it.  Black mirror is really creepy but I find it entertaining because it has all to do with the bad places technology can take us.  Its trippy.


That stuff is pretty scary. Kinda makes me want to shut down my digital life and write letters again.


Yeah seriously,  but at the same time the show is enlightening,  kinda showing us what we dont want to happen with our future in techonology.


It doesn't help that companies continuously sell or lose our data...


yeah thats definitely upsetting,  they want us to always give info for "security" reasons then they get hacked or whatever,


Someone once told me if you did not buy a product, you are the product. I scoffed at them but now it makes so much sense.


When you buy a product, you get something in return. If you do not buy something, like facebook, youare the product. They are selling you to others through your data or ads.


Yes,  love netflix.  Watching anything good?


I liked the Marvel shows, like luke cage, but they canceled those. You?


I have been watching the Marvel movies recently,  theres a lot on Netfllix right now.  I never watched luke cage though,  any good?  I watched jessica jones,  but didnt really like it too much.  I am currently watching the flash and catching up on the walking dead.


It was pretty good. They recently canceled those shows so I have lost all motivation to watch them. I do watch the flash though. I really like it. Do you also watch the arrow?


i watched like 2 seasons of the arrow,  but I dont like it much,  hes too dark,  he can never be happy.  I only kept watching is cuz felicity smoak is awesome!


Yeah I like her. Last season got of the rails a little and I completely understand your dark comment. It can get really dark. I find it entertaining though. What else do you watch?


I watch a lot of comedy stuff,  How i met your mother,  friends,  the good place,  the santa clarita diet, stuff like that,  easy stuff.  I do like a lot of drama though,  like westworld,  the handmaids tale etc.


Nice. How I met your mother was underrated. I really like westworld but I can get confused watching it. I watch a lot of live sports too.


Oh wow I did not know that. Pretty interesting for sure.


It really is.  Nowadays radio plays a ton of different artists.  If you go back further, say to the 1930s, one of the most popular radio acts was a ventriloquist.


I love country music. George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins.


I had no idea about that!  That's kind of cool!


Very cool. There are only two African Americans in the country music hall of fame.


I know of one I think and he's very good.  Is one Charlie Pride?


Not sure on that. I wonder if Rucker will make it?


I don't know. He's pretty good.  He'll need to be around for a long while I think to get considered.


Hello, yes I do.  I've heard that there's a way to hear the sun's activity on it.  Have you heard about or tried that?


That would be really cool. I did hear that Jupiter has such strong radio storms they can be heard on Earth.


i think i've heard that too.  Is that where you use an am radio receiver of sorts to pick up the storms?


I believe so. In Canada, it is required by law to play at least 40% Canadian music on the radio.


That's so odd. It seems crazy to have to make a law about that. I mean, songs should already be played in the country's language that the station is in.


I agree. Soldiers in WWII made radios using razorblades and pencils.


No idea lol. They used the tools to make a diode that probably received the radio signals.


That is very resourceful of them!  You know back in the 1940s, specifically 1948, radio had a huge star.  Bing Crosby's songs were played more than half the time allotted to music on the radio.


Yes, the bank won't play ball, but endless credit is dangerous and eventually has to been limited. People want the good times to never end.


I see. Strikes me that Trump is like the emperor with no clothes on! Maybe he'll need bulletproof clothing soon.


People say he'll be a one-term president, but I would not count on that. He might be learning on the job, but he has a microphone and a bully pulpit.


Yes, and the capability to shut down our govt. Actually it's been shut down 17 times in the past 37 years. What's the reasoning behind that wasted time, I wonder?


A game of chicken. Who blinks first loses. Citizens are tired of this. People blame the "other" party, but really it's spectacle.


Both parties lay eggs, it  seems. Real birds, or aves, with about 10,000 species worldwide, are beautiful to watch in flight.


Yes, LOL! The human dream is to fly. I guess birds would envy us for something too.


Well, we made it to the moon, and they can't really leave the earth in that way. But you have to admire how a 5 cm manages to "fuel" his existence ever day.


You bet. You have a great understanding of how gov. works. Or not!


There can be many types, but a lot of organized governments have an executive, judiciary and legislative branch.


Remember: "...all in all, we're just bricks in the wall...


I expect that there are checks and balances


One can expect that in a balanced government, yes. Do you think the US has that balance today?


No, not even close. Money is too powerful. The SC has given the power to large corps. I wish there were limits on money.


Like the $$$ JP Morgan had in 1895 when he supposedly bailed out our gov't?


Yes, that was before the Fed came into existence in 1913. Now the Fed bails us out.


Do you mean the Fed. gov't, or the Fed. Reserve Board?


The Fed Reserve Bank. They can change the money supply and bail out the gov't like in2008.


Got it. But our current exec. leader has sharply criticized the Fed. & its chairman. Sometimes wish we could sit Trump down in Beijing, where he'd surely be censored.


Hey! So how knowledgeable are you with cars? Did you know one of the first cars accessible to the population was a  1908 model T?


It brings back memories from when my mom and I were looking at colleges. I initially  wanted to major in physics but it was far too complex. You'd have to be a genius like the guys at Pixar who spent three years stuffing curly hair physics just to master Merida's hair in Brave.


I have heard about that, such a crazy thing to dedicate time to! Kim jong-un has a physics degree, that is pretty interesting!


Wow I didn't know that. He must be a genius! I do know the Wolfram Alpha creator was 20 when he received a PhD in theoretical physics.


that makes sense, you need to be a special type of person to found a successful company


So true! I often wonder if those geniuses have a favorite comic book character.  I would think it would be Superman since he made his film debut in 1941 and has been around a long time!


in sweden, it is illegal to name your kid superman!


Really? Even Superman? I knew it was illegal to name a kid Metallica and Elvis! That is crazy!


Wow! Makes you wonder what isn't illegal. I wonder if Braniac is illegal? You know, that word was actually coined by Superman writers? It was named after the super villain Braniac.


i did not know that, and dracula was part of the series at one point too apparenlty


I have heard that, it is very impressive what they were able to create back then!


True. I heard he once bit Superman and exploded because Superman is fueled by the son! Ha!


So true! They've evolved so much over the years. Used to be the trunks were actual wooden trunks years ago which is why they're called trunks!


Really? that is news to me! i know in south Africa you can have a flamethrower on your car!


That is wild! Is it to cut down on car jacking? Can you imagine hauling a flame thrower around? Lol  Wonder if Karl Benz ever envisioned that when he first invented the modern car?


I doubt he did! I believe it is for carjacking, yes!


That is crazy, isn't it? Cars are so beneficial these days. I don't have kids but when I do, it can help us bond, especially while visiting colleges like the story of Simon and his parent!


I have never heard that one, what is it about?


It's about a 16 year old named Simon. He and his parent were driving to visit a college in Virginia when Simon asked to drive. They swapped places and basically, it was proving that switching seats is easier than the child's next step in life.


that is an interesting concept! i will have to check that out sometime!


Yeah, did you know that robots can debone a chicken with surgical precision?


I didnt know that, I guess robots can be really precise, robots can be scary like Megatron


I think he was the bad guy in Transformers, right?


Yeah he was the bad guy, really scary character, you know that the curiosity robot sent by NASA to Mars actually sings happy birthday to himself every year on its birthday


That's crazy, what type of speaker does he use to sing?


I  have no idea, but I will find out later tonight, did you hear about the robotic arm scientists created?


No, what do they do? What controls them?


Ok so they made this arm and a paralyzed woman can control it with her mind; that's amazing we are close to an incredible breakthrough.


WoW! That is pretty cool stuff. Did you know the earth will be helium free by the 21st century?


It will, I guess helium isnt the most important element on earth I guess we can do ok without it, you know that earth is 4 times denser than the sun!


That can't be true, can it? Well nice chatting with you!


Not anymore, some of the shows got a bit repetitive.


Yeah I agree and they also cancel a lot of series, Voltron is a nice show though, have you watched it?


Yeah, they do. It is hard for me to follow to be honest. I like the show billions.


That is a good show, it has a different plot and that makes it unique, Netflix is an empire now!!


Yeah, it is pretty good, but I wonder how long they can keep the plot going?


Im guessing not long, there are other companies launching a streaming service and if the content is better they will lose a lot of subscribers and eventually disapear


Yeah, the only other one that I am really familiar with is Amazon Prime.


Thats another great streaming service, so yeah the competition is growing, I love to watch documentaries on Netflix though, there is one about the earth and theres just too much learn about our planet


Definitely glad the FBI got involved!  That janitor claimed someone been entering there to steal their internet service!  Lol I don't think E.T would stop there now!


Thankfully that is over and the observatory is back up and running.  And, I hope they have upgraded their internet security!  Do you think there is life out there that we do not yet know about?


I do think how vast the galaxies are, that there has to be life somewhere else!  In the X-Files aliens started to colonize Earth in 2012.  That hasn't happened yet!


I find it interesting that the U.N. already has a contingency plan in the event aliens do make contact.  People have been fantasizing about forever; an ancient Greek wrote about plant like aliens on the moon over 1800 years ago!


Wow that is a long time ago, and where humans were thinking about that!  Tom Cruise believes in aliens, he built an underground bunker to protect himself from E.T.


Tom Cruise may be a popular actor but he also has very unique beliefs!  Perhaps aliens are already here spying on us!  Did you know that humans are a minority  on the internet, being outnumbered by bots? Perhaps some are there collect info for their home world? LOL


Lol!!  I did not know that!  Starting to get me thinking now!  I do know I am one of the 7% that do try my best to read the full terms when buying something on the internet.  lol


I buy from a few online vendors who's terms I have read.  While I may find a cheaper price at an unknown ecommerce site, is it real and what are the terms.  Online, I do occasionally play chess with other players from around the world.  Did you know the president of the world chess federation believes that chess was invented by aliens?


No I did not!  Seems like a lot of people out there believe in alien life!  Well anyways, it was nice talking to you!  Have a great day!!


The internet may have a dark side, but I like the positive things it has done, like facilitating the sharing of knowledge.  I like using the online star charts to help understand the night sky from time to time.  I might do that tonight!  Take care...


I do, but do not follow it closely.  I did have the good fortune of seeing the 2012 annular eclipse when I was on a consulting assignment in Utah.  And you?


I also enjoy it when I can.  A while ago, ancient babylonians understood astronomy so well, they were able to track planets with mathematical precision!


Its amazing that they were able to do that without the modern optics and computers we have today.  It seems the interest in astronomy is so great that even the Vatican has an observatory!


I went to the Vatican a few years ago, and did not know that!  Wi-fi was actually a byproduct of research into improving astronomy imagery.


I doubt the younger generation would know how to live without WiFi.  They seem to live their life on the internet via social media.  Did you know that Finland has made access to the internet a human right?


I did not know it is a right in Finland! I agree with too much reliance now.  I don't know how many will need this, but there is 3g service and internet capabilities at the peak of mount everest.  So you can take the selfie up there before passing out.


LOL.  What amazes me is how people assume they can do anything, even on their employer's internet!  Did you happen to hear about the criminal investigation that shut down the Sunspot Observatory in NM?


I remember when that was going on, didn't hear too much why initially.  I know there were theories of Aliens?


Well, it was not E.T downloading illegal materials; it was the janitor!  I am glad the facility director got the FBI involved.


Hello, did you know that Kristjen Nielsen is the US Homeland Security Secretary.


Really, I would expect no more from China.  I am also a huge tv and movie buff.  I love the Simpsons.  There is only one episode where Bart is neither seen nor mentioned.


I know he is very central to show but I'm surprised that has only happened once when it has been on the air for so long. Speaking of The Simpson, Daniel Radcliffe voiced the cartoon parody of Twilight's Edward Cullen on The Simpsons treehouse of horror xxi.


He did, that is cool.  My son use to love Pokemon.  There are more than 750 episodes.  That is about 50 shows a year for 16 straight years.


WOW! I knew the video games were still popular but I did not realize that the cartoon still was.


It just keeps going and going. My son also was a huge Thomas the Tank Engine Fan.  I know that George Carlin, Alec Baldwin, and Ringo Starr all narrated Thomas the Tank Engine for at least 52 episodes each.  That is pretty neat.


That is a very interesting fact. Speaking of longevity, Weekend Update debuted on the first episode of SNL and is their longest running skit.


I love SNL.  I didn't know that though.  Are you a big internet user.  I know I am.  Google has changed the industry.  I learned that it takes more computing power in a single google search than it did to send Neil Armstrong and 11 other Astronauts to the moon.  That is crazy.


I use the internet constantly. We stream all of our entertainment at this point. I am always shocked by how much data we can fit in smaller and smaller devices now. Like they have SD cards that hold more data than I thought possible at this point.


I am as well.  This is hilarious.  Google once used hundreds of live goats instead of hiring people to mow the lawns around their headquarters.


WOW! That seems like it would be more costly not less.


I was aware of that yes. She has held a lot of press briefings.


Well, thank you for the chat.  I will leave you with this.  Google had their IPO on August 19th, 2004.  That is my birthday.


They were talking about smoking.  The government began there efforts to reduce smoking in 1964.  That is when the US government first acknowledged that smoking was harmful to health.


I know that most people smoked then but it's hard to believe that it was deemed harmful so recently. Apparently the smoking rate was cut in half by 2015.


Well that is good.  Speaking of our Government, did you know that in Nevada, the US government owns 86% of the land.


I was not aware of that. I wonder why. May a lot of protected lands. Nature preserves?


Probably I would guess.  I man in France sold the Eiffel Tower twice by impersonating a Government official.


I actually saw that story on TV once. I can't remember the show. Drunk History maybe. It was fascinating.


Yes it is.  I have a lot of respect for the Norwegian Government.  They donated $1 billion to help save the Amazon Rainforest.


That is amazing. What a great cause. I have a very ironic government fact. The Chinese government has censored the word censorship.


That was a mistake for myspace. It is funny how they both used the same color blue on their site and logo. I guess it was because Mark Zuckerburg is color blind and needs to stick to the primary colors.


Mark ZUckerburg should do research on curing colorblindness. He has enough money.


With Facebook valuing at 104 billion, well that was it's initial public offering in 2012. I am sure he has even more money now.


Is it enough to cure his colorblindness so that FB can finally be more colorful? Let's hope so. Would you make the "like" button illegal where you are?


I would definitely like to remove that from society. The German state of Schleswig-Holstein had the right idea.


Would it be better to follow culture, and perhaps include a "hate" button? Then BK and McD's could have hate button campaigns for junk food prizes.


I am sure that is not an advertising campaign they would want to use.However,  I am not sure why they thought it was a good idea to get people to unfriend people to promote the whopper.


Anti-social behavior for caloric mayhem? Sounds good to me! LOL


Yes, it has become a toxic world. In both the food industry and the social media world. Alex Jones is the perfect example of someone I think is harmful to society.


Alex Jones has been banned from many places. Maybe he should take up poetry. He's a sensitive soul.


Poetry is an excellent alternative or as the Greek's say Poiesis meaning "Making". Interesting conversation and lovely chatting with you today.


It is really the best. I watch podcast on my shows and tone of other videos. It seem like it has gotten better since google bought it out in 2006.


Yes, lots of bandwidth. Great shows. Great search engine.


When you get Google Home and Comcast all you have to do is walk into the tv room and ask to have a video play. It is the second largest search engine on the net.


That is really convenient. Do you use the Facebook at all?


I of course made my account in 2004 like all my friends when it was launched but I do not use it for more then keeping in contact with old friends.


I do not use the Facebook because I feel like it wastes my time plus there have been problems with the privacy.


Yes, it is not what is used to be since it became a public company in 2012. Once they monetized the sight it became an overwhelming ad push site.


I do not need more ads in my life. Myspace could have had FB for a song. They turned down an offer to buy facebook for $75 million in early 2005


Hello there, do you know much about Tesla?


Yeah same here, I always miss the good ones like buying Facebook under $30, now its $160 at least just a few years later.


I remember when they had their first IPO and everyone being disappointed at how it wasn't doing well for a while at first


Oh yeah same here I remember that day and the weeks after.  Back to Tesla though, did you know Musk took a $78 mill paycut in 2014?


Did he do that to reinvest in the company?


I am not sure, most likely though, I guess he took home $1 salary that year!


Did you see the tweets about the booty shorts that said Tesla on them?


Lol, no I never did but that sounds absolutely hilarious!


Oh, it was a riot. He said they would be made available in the Tesla merch shop, would be unisex, and paired with thigh-high boots and thigh-high socks "with pockets for lipliner and cards."


Yeah unisex ok Musk lol.  I just know the day he joked about taking it private at $420 a share and him smoking marijuana on that show took the stock down quite a bit.


Crazy rich people who are also extremely smart tend to be eccentric. There was a rumor that he was on acid when he went on that tweeting spree, but I doubt it. He was just being funny. He said they'd be "unis3x" and "s3xy" (these are quotes!).


Hi! I know a little. Mostly because of all the press Elon Musk gets. And I've heard of Space X, a prospective project of his, I think?


Oh I get it haha Musk.  Well its been nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day!


Yeah he sure does get a lot.  Yeah he founded Space X.


But I don't know what exactly it is or what its purpose is. Like, Tesla? Electric cars. Paypal (also him)? Money transfers. Space X - ???


Yeah he is a strange character, I think the space race for making money has already begun.


I guess if Tesla isn't enough to stop the progression of pollution, we'll all need a new planet to live on


Yeah that is a very good point.  Did you know that Toyota owns some of Tesla?


No, I did not. Is Tesla a publicly traded company?


Yeah it sure is, their stock price has done really well the last few years as well.


Dang, maybe I should invest. I always wish I were smart enough to invest in something on the ground floor, like Starbucks back in the 70's and 80's.


Yeah, I heard Spielberg played the clarinet for that one. It haunts me even as I type! One thing about music-only soundtracks, like Jaws and Out of Africa...they do not need to record them in multiple languages!


He did, he is a great director and apparently a good musician as well and yeah at least Jaws is universal,


Phil Collins recorded the Tarzan soundtrack in five different languages!  I can see that working well on something like Tarzan, but not on other ones, like O' Brother, Where Art Thou?


That's impressive in 5 different languages, he must be a really smart man and I heard O'Brother, Where Art Thou is certified 8 times platinum


"I am a man of constant sorrows..."  Love that track!  Did you know that the President of Indonesia release three pop albums while in office? I doubt those will go platinum!


He did? didn't he have a country to run lol,


Apparently he felt their country was suffering from a shortage of pop music.  I wonder if his VP was on the album too?  Did you know that before 1805, in the US, the VP was always just the runner up n the election? If that was true today, VP Clinton could do a duet on Trump's album!


That would be awesome I bet that album would become a best seller, Trump ft Clinton ft Indonesia


Trump could use the money. He is not even one of the top three wealthiest Presidents!  Poor guy...


I bet  he does, there's something shady going on with his finances, so maybe a pop album can put him back on track


I have to say the soundtrack of Batman Begins, what about yours?


Most definitely rap would be the musical styling necessary to capture the essence of his Presidency. Maybe Kanye could do a track on it! LOL  Nice chatting!


Nice! I read the track titles and they seem strange. What do they mean?


I think that the titles are the name of a genus or family of bat, never really noticed them in detail


Makes sense. My favorite is probably Out of Africa. The recorded sound synchronized with the stunning visuals from that movie really capture a mood that is pleasurable to me. No words, just music.


I haven't heard that one or at least I can recall listening to it, do you like the band Daft Punk?


Out of Africa was a Meryl Streep movie, which was favorably reviewed. I am unfamiliar with Deft Punk. What are they like?


They played the soundtrack of Tron Legacy, they always wear robot helmets, not sure if you remember the song Get Lucky with Pharrell Williams


No, but I do remember Tron Legacy. Unique sound as I recall. I like a lot of the Disney soundtracks too, like the Tarzan one with Phil COllins.


Those are great soundtracks as well, what about the movie Jaws? that was a creepy soundtrack


As if Michael weren't making enough money already. But I guess he needed more.


Anything for a little more! I had no idea about this..Fred rogers is credited with the continued funding of pbs after he presented a passionate argument in front of the us senate in may, 1969. this allowed healthy child development shows like 'mr. rogers neighborhood' to be fully funded, along with the rest of pbs programming.


I saw that footage! The guy was amazing in front of the Senate. He was so credible. He could never survive in politics, though. Too honest.


I loved watching him as a kid. I'm sure a lot of us did. I might have to look the footage up.


Yeah, there's a film called Won't You Be My Neighbor. Worth watching. He was an interesting guy during tough social changes in the US


I'll watch that, thank you! Senator strom thurmond holds the record for the longest filibuster by a lone senator. he stayed on the senate floor speaking for 24 hours and 18 minutes nonstop


I guess he prepared very carefully for that filibuster.


Oh my lord! I coldn't even imagine. I wonder what he was fighting for?


Filibusters are to stop something, so he probably wanted to prevent a tax increase or more funding to social security.


Very interesting! The only us president to have a phd is woodrow wilson


Probably not very helpful for the job. A law degree would be useful. Well, I enjoyed chatting!


I heard a few things. I don't know who else should have gotten the job. I think other justices will get replaced during Trump's time.


I think you are right. the whole thing seemed very weird to me.


Politics sure is a funny business. I've heard that they have a candy desk in the Senate.


a desk full of candy? I felt bad for both Kavanaugh and ford.


I don't think there's a good way to handle these conflicts, but that hearing was certainly a bad way. I hope the next candidate isn't as controversial.


me too. Could you imagine having to dredge up what you might have done 36 years ago?


I think it just becomes "he said, she said," and the perception depends so much on the current climate.


True. 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".


Well, I like the Jetsons still!  Other than that no, no cartoons.  I like the Handmaid's Tale, The Resident, New Amsterdam and that new show Manifest is good too.


The jetsons are amazing. I love watching all those classics on the boomerang channel. Did you ever have one of those old time televisions with the wood panels?


We sure did. In fact we had the whole big wood console.


I miss those sometimes, reminds me so much of my childhood. What tv shows did you like to watch as a kid


As you may recall it wasn't on 24/7.  I liked Atom Ant, Romper Room, Kaptain Kangaroo and Rin Tin Tin as a small child.


Yea that national anthem would come on after midnight lol Atom ant is an absolute classic. Did you ever like the scooby doo cartoons?


What about gilligans island did you ever watch that?


Of course as an older child and Hogan's Heroes!  Not to mention Betwitched and My Mother the Car and Dick Van Dyke Show, so many.


The dick van dyke show was one of my favorites along with the honeymooners


Yes I am a big red sox fan what is your favorite team?


My parents watched Jackie Gleason!  Nice chatting with you.


I don't have one.  I used to go to the Padres games.


How long ago was that, I bet it was really fun did you go in the summer?


Yes, and it was HOT, HOT.  It was a long time ago.  Once they had 'Bat Night' and they gave out baseball bats to kids and you can imagine how that turned out!


It must have been like a wild stampede. Were you ever a fan of watching the world series at all?


Nope.  I really was never into the games themselves.  It was a social thing for me.


What about Tv. What do you normally like to watch on television?


I like certain TV shows but I watch them streaming 99% of the time.


Are you a fan of any cartoons like south park or maybe the simpsons?


Do you like Nicki Minaj?  I have not really been following her music.


I did not realize that a musician needs to get over 130,000 plays per day just to earn minimum wage on Spotify. Seems like alot.


Yeah, as a writer, I can believe it. You spend a lot of time on your craft, and then you have to sell a lot just to break even. It seems like writing costs me more than I make.


I admire you for writing. What kind of writing do you do?


I do academic writing, and I recently wrote a children's book. I also wrote my first novel this year. I need to go back and review it....maybe I will....maybe I won't.


That is wonderful! So difficult to break into to getting things published.  I read that Spotify has 4 million songs that have not been played once. That is so odd.


I can believe it. I wonder how many books there are on Amazon that no one has ever bought or even read.


I've heard writers say they are lucky to have sold 10 books. I think that would be kind of discouraging. I wonder how artists get their songs on Spotify?


I was just thinking that! They obviously need some more effective criteria. What do you think about rap music?


I like some rap, but I am definitely not a fan of Tupac. I think he has been glorified by the rap community.


I don't really follow her that much. Her music is pretty good, but I don't like her image.


I agree. I certainly do not think it can be classified as 'culturally significant'.


No. I don't like it. My spouse's family members act like that.


No kidding. We need to be careful who we idolize in this country. Dangerous stuff.


Yes, I think people need to be held more accountable for their behavior not be allowed to make so many excuses for their actions. It isn't okay to harass people.


Absolutly right!  Hey, it was great chatting with you. Good luck with your writing.


Thank you! I hope you have a great rest of your weekend!


Yes. I was reading about her tour and delay in getting her latest album out.


Kylie Jenner may have misled her though. You know that Kanye West was actually behind that.


Yes, I don't like that industry, especially with the Kardashians and their group.


Yes. Did you know they actually got their money from Bruce Jenner and not from the Kardashian father. I always thought it was the other way around. Sorry, I mean Caitlyn Jenner.


well, Bruce was a big money maker WAY before he became Caitlyn, so it is really not too much of a surprise. Do you know that Linkin Park has the best selling album in the 21st century?  That's a surprise.


I am surprised at that, too. I don't really care for Linkin Park, either. They are a little too edgy for me. It's like the same chords at the same level of loud all the time.


I completely agree. I am so much more old school.  I am still getting used to having to stream songs instead of the old ways! LOL!


I stream music, but I don't use Spotify. To me, that is news from five yars ago. I use Pandora or Apple Music.


Hi, how do you feel about Amazon?  Personally I couldnt live without them.


I didn't, but that is good to know.  I am always looking for ways to find the cheapest things.


Me too. The arrow in Amazon's logo means they have everything from a to z.


I saw that recently on a hidden meanings and objects in logos thing.  They really do have everything you could ever want.  That is why their warehouse workers walk 7-15 miles each day.


That's a lot of walking! Do you listen to the radio?


From time to time, mostly into podcasts now.


I love the radio. There is a radio station that translates solar activity into sound and you can listen live to the sun's music.


I have heard that, I am interested to see what that actually sounds like.


Me too. Bill Murray voiced the human torch in the 1970's Fantastic Four show.


That is neat.  Did you know in Canada that 40% of the music must be Canadian on the radio?


I think I have heard that before. I guess it makes sense.


Hello, I love Amazon. I'm a prime member. What about you?


Then there is that one station in Finland that I am sure almost no one listens to, you know, the one in Classical Latin


That's interesting. Well it was a good chatting with you.


Me too!  I love that I can even get packages on Sundays!


Me too! I saw that Amazon holds a patent on the 1-click buying.


Really?  That is genius.  It is said the more clicks you have to make the less likely you are to go through with the process.


I agree. Amazon has a website that sells returned and like-new items with discounts.


It is crazy to thinkk that Bezos developed all of that from a simple online book store.


I agree. Jeff Bezos is one of the richest men in the world.


So rich he could afford to build a clock in a mountain that rill run for 10,000 years.


That's pretty crazy! Did you know that Best Buy and Target will price match Amazon?


Hey there! Are you interested in poetry at all?


I'm not sure- language is really fascinating! Or really communication in general, there are so many different types and ways of going about it! Did you know that there are 20 quintillion individual animals on our planet? Random, but thinking of different types of communication brought that to mind.


that is a ton of animals, holy moly, i know we have over 1.5 million species though


I didn't know that! Did you know one of the signs of a domesticated animal are white patches on its forehead? I haven't noticed that consistently, but I'm going to look for it more often now!


I'm not sure! I was wondering the same thing. And I wonder if its only newly domesticated animals versus species like dogs or cats that have been domesticated over time?


I am not too sure either, I know animals have dominant appendages, like we do for our right or left hand


I've never heard that before- how do you tell which is dominant? And do they have dominant appendages in both the front and back or just one?


that much I do not know, they also have different dialects or languages based on geography


Really? So a dog from Europe would bark differently than a dog from the US? Did yo know that germany was the first country to give animals legal rights?


I think that is what it means! I did not know that, that is awesome of them though!


Not too much, but I know a bit, what about you?


Same- I think its really amazing that it has such an extensive history though. I was reading a few interesting things about it. Did you know Edgar Allan Poe only made $9 when The Raven was published?


That is not very much at all, how much is that 9 dollars in todays value?


I'm not sure, but I can't imagine its very much, especially considering how well-known that poem is now!


That is true, did you know poetry was once an olympic sport?


Really? Was it a sport to write the poetry or to read it out loud?


I am not sure, Art and music were also sports as well


That's pretty cool! I would love to find out more about how that worked. Did you know that the javanese alphabet forms a poem when recited in order? I haven't heard it, but I wonder what it sounds like!


that is really interesting, languages intrigue me, how big is their alphabet?


Hey buddy guess what? I just started getting into rap post grammy show! Crazy right?


SNES mainly. Man, I remember those nights of playing all night


I played SNES and Genesis. Madden football. lots of fun.


I remember back in 2014 when pink floyd's dark side of the moon was one of the best selling albums. We used to stay up playing to that soundtrack. Now my entertainment interests have evolved to RPG lol


Yeah, i wish i had time to play games. they have changed so much in the interim. Dark Side remains a favorite though.


That was around the time Dr Dre was big into his producing. The following year he actually had a lawsuit with a gynoclogist over his name XD


What? LOL that is great. He lost to an OBGYN? i guess he dont got no more street cred.


yeah, Dr Drai who wrote "20 things you may not know about the vagina" and thought ppl would associate him with Dr Dre and cause "confusion"


Yes, Dre knows the vagina like no other rapper, but still he cannot write a book, so theres that. LOL


What?? I dont know rap. I am more interested in melody and harmony


Yeah haha, we can definitely agree on that. His arguement was he "earned the right to become a doctor" unlike Dre


Hmm, I like that too. rap is more about the rhythm and delivery. It has a pretty large history in culture.


it does have cultural significance. it is just not my genre. who do you like?


I like Tupac, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem..basically those with cultural significance. Tupac's music is actually in the library of congress for it.


Tupac deserves the distinction. he was an artist in many ways. I never really knew his music though.


I see, since people's attention is held by different thing - what else do you like for entertainment nowadays?


I used to play video games. I dont play now. Used to love them, but I ran out of time. too much online chatting to do LOL


Same here, Nintendo? You prob played back when it was only 54 colors XD


I played NES a bit. the tech was not so good, but the games were great! Great design, challenging levels.


I dont know they would have to be able to kick better than at least 32 kickers in the world.


Women have alot more lower body strength than men, though.


Maybe your right I guess time will tell. I hope to see it one day.


Me too, the NFL has gotten somewhat boring to me, lately. That last Superbowl I watched seemed like it lasted three hours.


Yeah and what 11 minutes worth of action.


I still like to watch it though. The commercials are always good. Lol.


That is always the best part, that and the chicken wings and beer!


Cant beat the chicken wings while watching the big game on a big tv with a beer in your hands.


It's a shame most of  those boys don't make more money than what they do.  I read in the paper that an engineer can expect to make more in their lifetime than the average player does.


I think they are paid pretty well. Even if they are only there one year. They stilll make more than the average joe does.


True, well it's been nice chatting with you this afternoon.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.


Yes, I do.  My favorite team is the New England Patriots.  What's your favorite team?


Coo, I have mad respect for Big Ben and Pittsburg!


Yeah he is pretty good. He has his off days though.


Don't everybody?  Hey, wonder why the NFL hasn't had a female player, yet?


I dont know if there has been many try to be honest.


I haven't even heard of one, myself.  But, I would have thought maybe a kicker would have at least tried.  Quite a few females play Soccer and that's a natural transition.


Hi! Do you like animals?  Did you know there are around 20 quintillion on the planet?


No I didn't know that.  What are they a holdover trait from?


From land animals that had both gills and lungs,


Interesting.  On a different note, have you been to any concerts recently?


No not really, I do love concerts by the last time I attentded one was in the year 2001, it was a Linkin Park concert, what about you?


It's been a while for me too.  I like Linkin Park but never saw them live. I heard that year you went they did 324 concerts.


Yeah 324 concerts in just a year, that is a lot of concerts, I bet it was really demanding


I bet it was.  The Ramones have done 2,263 of them basically touring non stop for over 20 years.


That must also be really demanding thats 113 concerts a year for 20 years straight, a lot of money though,


True. Unless the band is Creed. They got sued for a bad concert.


Yeah I heard about that, 4 concert goers actually sued the band, I guess it was a really terrible concert


I do lilke animals and find them fascinating, 20 quintillion is a big number wow


I've never even thought about suing a band before for how they perform. Those people most have been highly upset.


It really is.  On top of that there are over 7 million different species.


Thats a lot of animals, did you know animals actually have constitutional rights in Germany


I've heard something about that before!  I think that's great so long as it is not taken to far.


I agree with you, domesticated animals develope white patches on their foreheads


Do they really?  I wonder if that is on the fur or on the brain.  Have you heard of the loch ness monster before?  It's never been discovered but Scotland has it listed as a protected species.


I have and its a good thing old nessie is protected, Nessi must be a marvelous beast hope we can see one, one day, if its even real


i hope we can too.  They protected it way back in 1912 for some reason.  Maybe they knew something then that we don't now.


Yeah maybe they do, did you know that hiccips are a holdover evoloutionary trait


Hello! Have you ever been to the white house?


I honestly dont know! Do you watch the simpsons?


Did you know that in the first 400 episodes, Homer had 188 different jobs!


I would like to see his resume after all of that,


I know! And shark tank deals hardly ever go thru!


Did you know bart doesn't appear in only one episode?


all of shakespeares plays have been adapted in to film except one!


I recently have visited. Did you know the white house has a twin building in ireland and france?


I think I read that somewhere. Did you get to see the solar panels?


I did not look for them. I think George Bush put those on.


Did you know the Woodrow Wilson is the only president to have a PHD?


I find that hard to believe. I would think most presidents would have had higher education.


me too! And the last president to speak a foreign language was FDR


I bet it will be a requirement to speak spanish eventually.


Probably so. in Guatemala if you are president, your close family members cannot run.


hey did you know a robot can now be programmed to debone a chicken?


no I haven't, do you know anything about it it sounds awesome! all I know is amazon actually owns imdb, you know that movie site


Oh, interesting! They are into all types of niches. This project has been many years in the making and it's called the Vesta. We might be able to get it next year, but the robot will likely become a roving Alexa. Unfortunately, it probably won't be a housekeeper.


ah thats too bad because thats what I need! Would you work at an Amazon warehouse? I guess a worker can walk up the 15 miles a day from their shift work


I would love to work at an Amazon warehouse. I think it might get me into shape! In the future that job will probably be done by robots but for now, it's even hard to train a robot to pick up a coffee mug, a task that is incredibly easy for humans.


haha thats what I think too, and I do wish I were the first person to order on amazon, only $28 and you could have had a building named after you!


Nice! I think we will see Amazon come out with a factory floor robot sooner than one that has to adapt to a landscape that changes constantly because of dirty laundry and kids clothes.


haha that would be awesome! humans are always evolving though, maybe robots are the next thing, I mean only 200,000 years ago we still had body hair


And a lot of people do still have an awful lot of body hair. Haha. We supposedly get goosebumps because of an evolutionary trait that was used to make fur stand up and make an animal look bigger


haha that is funny, it's weird that humans lost the ability to synthesize vitamin c, our gene is defective


And we are the only mammals that cannot breathe and swallow at the same time. Bummer.


Interesting. There is even a robotic arm that a paralyzed woman controls with her thoughts.


haha imagine how cool that would be, that sucks and also sucks to be a human because there is a sound frequency that causes fear in us


And our history only represents one minute and 17 seconds if earth's entire history was viewed as a 24 hour period. it is sad we are destroying this earth.


wow that is cool, do you Like Michael Jackson? He wanted to build a 50 foot robot haha


That sounds pretty wild. I think the mars robots are cute. The Curiosity sings happy birthday to itself on its birthday.


haha they are cute! did you ever watch Mythbusters? I guess they created a robot sidekick on that show


I do watch that sometimes but have not seen that episode. I guess the idea of chess playing robots have been around for awhile. Napoleon and Benjamin Franklin lost chess games to a robot, but it wasn't really a robot. A person was hidden inside.


haha I remember hearing about that, one thing I'm glad is the US military uses xbox 360 controllers for the eod robots, thats probably cost savings


Do you worry about robots getting minds of their own? Megatron, a fictional character, was the leader of a civil rights group on Cybertron that wanted equal rights for all robots.


haha yes I would worry about that, especially now they are putting rat brains into robots, that is scary!


Really? That is strangely awesome. Have you heard of the home robot Amazon is building? I need one.


Did you know that Tom Brady was a backup quarterback for his high school team and the team lost every game and did not play him at all?


I guess entertainment is different to every person. Some people might like to watch a slow football game, or others would prefer an opera, or dancing.


Give me a nintendo though and I'm set.   To bad they discontinued them in September of 2003


Yes to bad. It could only display 54 colors. But it was a big hit.


sure was.   I remember playing it everyday after school when I was a kid.


Did you know that Baker Mayfield, a quarterback, almost didn't play professional football. He wanted to be a full-time competitive gamer.


HA!   No way.    But he played Halo 3.  No thanks


Ha Ha Ha. I know some people that play the Halo series. Like I said before entertainment to one person is not entertainment to another person. Like in Britian in 50 bc they bred chickens for entertainment


to each their own I suppose.  I have chickens here but they're not for entertainment.    They're for egg production and food.


Really? I did not know that.  What a cool fact knowing what he has accomplished now.


LOL I would of made chicken nuggets with them if I was back in that time.


absolutely!    That would have been a much better use.


Maybe they could of had a big banquet with the chickens. Some for eating and some for entertainment.


Yes that is amazing what he has accomplished. It would be a great teaching tool for you athletes.


Absolutely.    Too many kids these days do not want to put in the hard work and effort that it takes to get to the levels of professional athletes.   They think it will just happen over night.


I did not know that the NFL uses tracking technology in the shoulder pads of football players to record every move on the field. That is pretty amazing.


hmmm another tid bit of information that I was not aware of.  You are full of useful trivia knowledge.


Lol...there is also tracking chips in the footballs to track ball speed, rotation, velocity and location.


Maybe they could spend some more funding on making the game more lively.   there is only 11 minutes of live gameplay in a game.  One of the many reasons I can't stand football.


Yes I agree. Maybe it should be like American soccer. They should just play the game and not have so many clock stops.


Are you a big football fan? It's my favorite sport to watch.


Yes he does and it doesn't hurt to have Tom Brady. He may not always have the best stats but he shows up during the big games.


Well Brady is considered the greatest steal in nfl history and has many impressive accomplishments under his belt as a QB


I think he got himself in the perfect situation to sit behind Bledsoe and under Belicheck for a season before he took over.


I kind of don't get why at the end of superbowl 46, the new england patriots were trying to let the NY giants score, while giants avoided scoring


They were both worrying about the time remaining. The Patriots situation did not change too much if NY scored. The Giants were worried about giving the ball to New England with too much time remaining. You don't want Brady in control of the game!


Ah that makes sense. Thanks for explaining. Do you think of the patriots as the lannisters of nfl?


I think that any team that achieves that much success is going to draw the ire and jealousy of everyone else. Once you add in a few rules being bent, the comparison really fits.


True. They are the most successful team in nfl history


It's definitely more impressive than some of the other dynasties because the business side of forming a team has become much more complicated these days.


In any case, it is amazing how much dedication, money, publicity, and resources that go into football considering an average game only has 11 minutes of real gameplay


I have a passing knowledge of football. I only saw part of the superbowl and the initial show wasn't that great


I wonder the average time on commercials during the game? I bet it's at least three times as long.


This year's Super Bowl certainly lacked the excitement of the past two year's games.


I mean I like Maroon 5 as much as the next, but it wasn't spectacular so to speak like when michael jackson did


It seems like the musical performers have gotten lower in quality over the years.


I think people are still good, just not as great if that makes any sense. In any case, do you follow any teams or players?


I am a big fan of the Philadelphia Eagles, do you follow any teams?


The last few seasons have certainly been fun for you, 3 straight Super Bowl appearances is a big deal.


I mean they have Bill Belichick which has an impressive success record in nfl


Hello, are you a superhero fan? There are over 300 registered in the US.


I would like to read some from that time. Did you know there are stars you can touch with your hand, as they are cool to the touch?


No, I did not know that.  I always thought all stars are very hot, just like our sun.


I did too. There are some astronomers who think the universe is a giant superhologram. Thats wild.


It sounds wild.  Also, they think that there is a region of space that may be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe.  That sounds scary to me.


That is scary. so is the theory of their only being one electron in the universe.


I don't know if the theory (about one electron) is reliable though.


I wouldn't think so, but I haven't read Tycho Brahe & Johannes Kepler in years.


It seems to me that people from ancient Greek were very smart and were interested in science.  They came up with a lot of theories about our universe that are accepted by current scientists.


i agree. Caesar was amazed that the Brits bred chickens for entertainment.


I heard about it.  I wonder what Caesar thought about this type of entertainment.


Did you say there were only 300 people registered in the US?  I do not like or dislike superheroes.  My grand kids like superheroes though.


He probably wondered what was wrong with them, lol. I think it is cool that Bill Nye got his break by winning a Steve Martin look-alike contest.


Bill Nye, the science guy?  It was an interesting fact.  I have to get going.  It was nice chatting with you.


I adore Stan Lee. He wrote 15 comics for DC, reimagining Batman and SPiderman


He must be very talented and has good imagination.


Yes, he did. There was even a Garfield comic, Pet Force


Do you know that there is a superhero called normalman?  That's a weird name.


I think it's cute, it's because he didn't have powers. The only one on a planet of superheroes.


Is there a movie about Normalman?  It would be hard to live surrounded by superheroes.


I'm not sure. Some people call female superheros a "superheroine", that is so weird.


I know, right?  I would people to call them superheros.  I understand that these superhero fictional characters have been around since 1930s.


I just don't understand the fascination with the bachelor. Do you watch it?


So true. But honestly when they let the contestants say stuff like that they are insulting the audience. They are basically saying yeah the average person is dumb enough to believe this and be entertained by it.


Apparently they are because the show has been on for a while now which is very unfortunate.  I've heard that a single fold in the brain tells the difference between fantasy and reality.  Perhaps a lot of people are missing that fold.


Isn't that the truth. It amazes me how some people can get so much attention and fame for trivial things like this and then people who make amazing works of art are an unknown custodian.


I know exactly what you mean.  It's really sad how society is now.  Maybe we need to be like the people of the 18th century.  They had a moral panic because people were reading novels.  Maybe we need a moral panic due to the spread of shows like the bachelor.


Sadly I think moral panics are definitely a thing of the past. We could really use a few lately. I'm honestly struggling to name a novelist today that is as influential as someone like CS Lewis or Tolkien.


I don't know of one.  Some books are good as the military has some on their suggested reading but those books may not be widely known.


I wonder if the art of war is on that list. I think it used to be. They seem to be branching out with that list though since it now includes fiction.


Yeah, I mean I saw the movie, Ender's Game and then learned it is on the reading list for the military.  I never read the book so I don't know what was left out of the movie. It was a good movie but it was about aliens.


Hmm aliens huh? I wonder if like everything else in the military it is a contest to see who can complete the reading list the best and fastest.


You never know.  Society is so weird. i mean, a guy who writes funny fantasy books was knighted for his service to literature.


No I don't and I agree, I don't understand it either.  The show is crazy. I think I heard that in one episode the women were allowed to crash cars into each other.


I think that is an excellent reason to knight someone. I wonder what books he wrote.


I have no idea.  Did you know that there is a fantasy congress just like fantasy football?


It is truly cringe-worthy. I don't know how people get so invested. As the seasons go on they seem bent on picking women purely for shock value.


I agree with you.  Some of the women cry way too much and they all seem to be seeking attention at an extreme level.


I would take a good book over watching that drivel any day of the week.


So would I.  I usually just watch practically anything I can on another channel, even the weather over that show!  I don't understand why all of these women would want to compete for a man like they do.  I think there have even been fights on the show.


There seem to be some decent people that go on this show but this year's guy just seems smarmy to me. Like he fancies himself a bit too much.


All the men on the show probably do. I mean, how could they not with all of those girls clamoring after them all the time?  What gets me is that some of these women should be older and mature. They had a woman on that was a 30 year old executive assistant.  She should act way better than she did on the show.


Right!? But then you get the ones who are truly only there for their 15 minutes of fame. I mean come on..Bumper car trauma in your youth? Unless you were pinned under one suck it up and stop whinging.


I know what you mean.  A lot of them are on there just to suck up to "the bachelor" for fame and glory, possibly there own show- the bachelorette.  I'm not sure bumper car trauma is a real disorder doctors should study. To me it just sounds like a toddler tantrum or a teen tantrum.


I think he always was a dancer. He danced for Digital Underground too.


Did you know bruce lee was also a great dancer?


Yup, technically I think those kung fu movies are all choreographed.


I mean any martial artists probably have great control over their body and flexibility


This is true. Did you know only 7% of people read the terms of service for internet services?


There  is also 3g service at the Peak of Mt. Everest.


That is definitely one place I would want internet


There are a lot of things to do in D.C. What about albums, do you listen to them?


Really what is there to do in D.C? I just saw all the historical monuments and government buildings


I do, not that I am any good at it though


I like to, but I'm not good. Did you know Tupac was a dancer?


We dont even know how expansive either is.  Kind of scary at some point that all that is out there and people chose to worry about what made up characters do.


people have too much time to worry. if we kept them busy, they would not have time to worry. what do you think of this universe of ours? it is huge.


It is.  I was listening to a podcast about it on the way to work this morning.  About the Fermi Complex.


the fermi complex? isnt fermi some sort of science guy? probably knew the secrets of the universe.


Yeah.  It has to do with the fact we might be alone in the universe, and what those ramifications are if that is true.


i think that we are not alone but the aliens really dont need to contact us. they have their own problems. plus the whole ernie and bert controversy bothers the aliens.


Who knows, that might be the reason they dont.  LOL


the universe keeps an eye on us and makes us feel like we're alone until we work out our issues. i figure we have a lot to do to prove our worth.


Its been good chatting have a great day!


You too! great chat! enjoy the universe! say hi to fermi for me!


hello, how are you? Ernie and bert have a unique reputation.


I have heard that rumor as well.  LGBTQ people say it matters to them


The onion says that ernie and bert are pansexual perverts. i wonder who to believe these days. CTW says they are just puppets.


The Onion is a satirical news website.  I personally dont care either way.


i guess for LGBTQIA it is representation that matter. the lessons taught to children about tolerance and awareness are important. i think it might be better to create a new character for that.


Very true.  They created an autistic character to teach about those differences.  Sometimes adults need to learn those lessons too.


yes adults are always worried that something is going to screw up the kids. if the character is not just right, then the kids will go ape. i think that the kids will do just fine. i grew up with comic books and sesame street and i have never broken parole. LOL


That is the truth.  Plus with the internet these days everything is accessible.


i figure that the internet and rule 34 are a bigger threat than some character in S S. the universe is vast. the internet is even bigger.


Hi! Guess what prompted YouTube to upgrade their view count integer to 64 bits?


No, PayPal has been around for a while. YouTube was started in 2005.


2005 ? This is fairly young... I didn't realize that, sorry.


Yes, and Google bought it in 2006 for $1.65 billion. So they got rich fast!


Yes, they've owned it for 12 years now. They bought it in November of 2006.


Jesus... it's like one giant money making machine... incredible, I can't wait what will they come up with next...


Yes, it is interesting to watch. Did you know that there is a version of YouTube for police and it's called BluTube?


naah, what is that ? why does it have to be a separate thing ? why can't they just put it on regular YouTube ?


It's for police videos so it needs to be private - for their use only.


Wait, so regular viewer like You and me, won't have access ?


I didn't even knew that happened... what prompted it ?


Yes, exactly. It's been good talking to you. Have a great day!


Wow! That's not my favorite kind of music, I'm into different genres :)


Well, Justin Bieber's "Baby" is the most disliked video on YouTube.


I'm not a fan of his.. do you like him ?


I've never paid attention to him, but I think he got famous by making YouTube videos. Did you know that half of peak internet traffic in the US comes from YouTube and Hulu?


I believe that... internet streaming got insane big, and now Youtube and Hulu ( and Amazon ) are copying netflix success and start to produce tv shows and movies...


Yes. Did you know that YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees?


ok, now that's interesting.  ....but somehow I thought paypal was newer that Youtube... are You sure it's right ?


Makes you wonder what they are doing with so much land in Nevada?  It's basically all dry desert out there.


The Norwegian government cares about the amazon rain forest, donating 1bn in 2008


That was very nice of them to do that.  I wish there were more people like that in this world. I love the Amazon rainforest, it's beautiful.


there is a law that passed in 2006 that protects governments employees who violate the Geneva convention.


I haven't heard about that law, yet.  Did you know that Wikileaks published the government's plans to destroy It?


no, lets talk about the president next. I wonder how much time the president spends in the guest house, its bigger then the white house


Probably not a lot, I think he's always traveling.  Do you know who the top 3 wealthiest US presidents were?


I know Washington was one of the top three in history so far.


JFK and Jefferson were the other two of the top 3.


that might need to be updated because Trump is the wealthiest we have ever had.


I am good, you? Lets talk about congress, there has been only 1 non human to testify in front of congress and that is Elmo


I agree with you about that! Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.


Wow, I wonder what Elmo had to testify to congress about?


I dont know, the first women was elected to congress in 1916


Yeah, I heard that happened even before she had the right to vote in a national election.


just like fantasy football, there is a fantasy congress also


That's interesting.  I hear players draft member of congress and get points for their successes with legislation.


There is also a baseball game that both sides play each year, so far the republicans are leading by 3 wins


Cool, I'm a Republican,go team!  Not to change the subject or anything, but did you hear about the man in France that sold the Eiffel tower not once but twice?


i have not, the government owns a lot of land in Nevada, 86% of it.


It is about how they will govern with principles and philosophy


That's right my friend so tell me what happened, lol! A man in France successfully sold the Eiffel tower not once but twice.


That is one heck of a con man.  The government should of hired him to wok for them.


Right, that is how it's done these days. However the Wikileaks founder would have nothing to do with them.


Nope, I love how they leaked the governments plans to shut them down.


Right and then got the heck out of dodge. There have been a total of 19 republican presidents.


I wonder how many were neither republican or democrat


I'm told that hasn't happened since 1853, that's a long time.


That is a long time, and it shows how long the two party system has been in power.


Right perfect way of looking at it! Yeah and by the 2000's the republican party was aligned with Christian conservatism.


A little the Republican party is also called the GOP.


It is.  DId you know the red and blue colors for parties only happens in 2000?


Really seems like it's been around forever. The GOP subscribes to classical liberalism with ideology stands that were anti-slavery and pro-economic reform.


How has it gotten so twisted then?  I t just seems that the parties are as divided as ever.


I know tell me about it, it's like we don't really have parties anymore cause they are all over the place. Interesting fact; every president that has been a republican has had a beard except trump i guess.


I think that is the other way around, each president that had a beard was republican.


Oh my bad, lol! You know Truman wouldn't be photographed with Dumbo?


Yeah, I heard that he didnt want to be associated with the republicans.  LOL  I wonder if Trump would take a pic with Eeyore.


To Funny, that was a good one! Each government has a kind of constitution (statement) do you know what it stands for?


Yes he is so funny. He used to be a drama teacher in a high school once


Yes and one of his students was Ellie Kemper


Yes all the time. It is the second largest search engine anyways


Yeah. Do you know which is the most disliked video in there?


I know. Do you know why they increased the view count?


Because Gangnam Style song became so popular


Yes that is the police youtube pretty cool. Nice chat


Yes , Laurie made $700 000 per episode in there


I do. Did you know he does not do dramas anymore?


Yes because he thinks that they do no portray positivity


I do sometimes. There is a website where you can listen to them for free


Yeah. Do you know why Michael Caine became an actor?


Yes he was chasing the pretty girls and they were in drama class


Hey! How are you? Do you listen country music?


People in Texas will add "cowboy songs too" lol... Really nice mix!


True and don't forget Texas swing.  I love the subgenre, well.  On a side note, did you know the Fender Stratocaster was originally intended for Country music.  Isn't that hard to believe?


Yes, it's hard to believe. Just want to change topic if you don't mind... Do you watch TV?


No problem, I watch a little tv, as well.


I honestly even don't have TV home. All comes from laptop for me. Btw, I didn't know that Fox News is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


No tv, that's kind of unusual, don't hear of that much.  Most people have at least 5 at home. Lol Yes, I can believe Fox News is very big, alot of people are sick of the anti Trump message that CNN and MSNBC spew continually.


True. My best friend has exactly 5 TV home as you said... I also didn't know that President Nixon had something to do with creation of Fox News. I didn't know that.


I din't realize that Tricky Dick had anything to do with the creation of Fox News, how interesting!


That's interesting. Well, it was to chat with you here. Have a good day!


I've enjoyed chatting with you, as well, friend.


I'm good thanks for asking.  As a matter of fact I do listen to Country music.


I didn't know that there are only 2 African Americans in the hall of fame. But yes, it could be true.


Yes, I can think of Charley Pride, I'm not sure who the other person is.  Do you?


I was thinking about Charley Pride as well. It's quite obvious for me. But I have no idea who the second is. Btw, I've read opinion that country music needs more politics, not less. Do you agree with it?


No, I don't agree.  I just want to hear good music, not somebody's political views whether I agree with them or not.  JUST SING!


lol True! I agree with you. I always was thinking is country music is the best in terms of reflecting the United States. It's something special. Rock, pop, etc. are everywhere. But country music is trully American.


Did you know Country music was originally inspired and derived from Celtic music?


I knew that Celtic is part of it, but I had no idea about things like English ballads, for example. I even cannot imagine how it sounds.


The origins of Country music are the folk songs of working class Americans, who blended various different tunes, ballads,songs, and various musical traditions from European immigrants.


hi how are you? would you kidnap a goat?


Bill is stoic though. it is hard to get a goat's goat. Do you like dogs? I like dogs. more than goats.


Im definitely a dog person, so yeah, they have 12 different blood types Im guessing thats more than goats


dogs are great! i have heard that there are blood drives for dogs too. what about cats? can they do that?


I dont think so, stupid cats, they never do good for others lol, thats why Im a dog person.


LOL. yeah, im with you on the cats. dogs are friendly. cats are snooty. they think they are terrifying predators. not so much now.


Tigers seem really dangerous, doggies were not friendly either but they have evolved and now they are the best friend of man.


I think that we are so lucky to have dogs. they have helped us survive on this planet.


They have and they do, they assist the police, the military, fireman, people and they also cheer many up.


They dont complain, they are good listeners, and they love kids! Anyway, great chat!


They will be by your side no matter what! thats what I call loyalty, and its been great to chat with you, have a nice day.


No, I dont think so lol, maybe if it was a famous goat like Bill the Goat


I have learned cool facts thanks to you today, I appreciate it, bye.


is that famous goat the GOAT of goats? is it worth money? or just bragging rights?


I bet he is worth a lot of money, he does live in a top secret farm


top secret? yes, that makes sense. the army loves its goats. a top secret farm? I wonder who cares for the goat.


I have no idea, but there must be a qualified person taking care of it, students like to make pranks with the mascot, thats mean


i guess they have a rivalry that goes back centuries. I hope no one gets hurt, especially the animals.


Its good that things ended in a positive way for Bill, he was returned safely


Bill is a legend and deserves peace and quiet. he has no idea what is going on. it is above his pay grade.


I agree, no one should mess with Bill, it seems like his been the victim of many pranks over the years, he deserves to rest already


Hi, how are you? Do you follow sports at all?


I think the viewers would have been bored, unless they had money riding on the game. I don't know what the GT coach was thinking.


yup yep I agree, do you like the Patriots by the way? They have a player who's never fumbled the ball before


They are usually the favorites, and I like to root for the underdog. That player should get a bonus for that achievement.


Haha I agree with you. I would just be so scared if I were him. Think about it. Every time you go on the field you could ruin that record LOL


People would be coming for you JUST to get you to fumble. Do you watch TV much these days?


I watch it sometimes. I don't have cable but I can catch Network TV sometimes. I also watch YouTube. What about you?


I don't watch TV much. Sometimes in the gym when I exercise. I try to catch up on the news.


Yeah I personally think the news is kind of depressing haha. But I can get it if you do watch that from time to time. Especially if you're at the gym. Did you ever watch the show Thomas the Tank?


Thomas the Tank Engine is an animated show for kids. I never saw it really, but I know that it's popular.


I think I saw some as a kid. It's almost like stop motion, or something like that. I know they have a lot of famous stars that did the voices though. Do you know who Geroge Carlin is?


I don't follow sports that much. I did watch the Superbowl this year, what about you?


Carlin was a stand up comedian. Also did TV work in the 60s. Funny guy.


Haha I agree with you. I wish he was still around, he would have a lot of good things to say I think. I guess Alec Baldwin and also Ringo Starr did some boys down there too, I need to check that out haha.


Football is pretty good toward the end of the season. I like the playoffs. Didn't get a chance to watch the SB.


you didn't really miss anything haha, do you ever watch college football though? Apparently Iowa University painted the opposing team's locker room pink


I think the folks in Iowa overestimated the effect of color on the team. Has the win-loss record improved? Any other teams doing this? No.


Haha I agree with you. Personally I think I would play harder if I went into a locker room and it were pink haha. I would be surprised and interested to check out the win-loss ratio after they did that haha


Can't imagine it works THAT well. Bowlers in the 1960's  made twice as much as top football stars. Probably had fewer injuries as well.


Haha you're probably right. Do you ever watch sports on ESPN? Apparently they won an Emmy for inventing the yellow line that they use to show  the first down


I guess computer technology improved the viewer's experience. Don't know that it deserved an award.


No I don't think they did haha. I wish that they would broadcast the highest scoring football game of all time, it was 222 to 0, although it was in 1916 so definitely TV was not around back then haha


great movie, I do not have a particular show but south park was very funny


Yeah I love south park, i still watch it every now and then on Netflix, I can't wait for the last season of Game of Thrones to start though.


I have never seen a single episode of the Game of Thrones and everybody keep talking about it. I will have to take some time a watch it


I read the books its based off of called A Song of Ice and Fire and I loved them, but the show is quite a bit different than the books, but still very very good if you like fantasy stuff.


I will have to give it a try, I like the fantasy stuff


I wonder why no one has made Shakespeares play "two noble kinsmen" into a film, it is the only one of his plays that has not been made into film.


Probably is not that popular now a days. do you know that there are 750episodes of "pokemon"


Yeah they have done 50 episodes a year for the last 16 years, pretty crazy.


I wonder if there is people that keep watching them, great conversation!


I know my nephews still watch it, they love that stuff and its all on Netflix.


I am good, did you the Hubble telescope discovered a galaxy so big it should not exist?


that is right kids still like pokemon they have been keeping up


well it was nice talking to you, have a nice day!


There is a theory that there is only 1 electron in the universe


There is also a theory that the universe may exist inside of a black hole, that is kind of scary.


actually is very interesting and marvelous at the same time kind of sad that humans can see beyond that


We might one day be able to see it but I highly doubt that happen for hundreds of years, that's if the earth doesn't die first.


Are you into Pixar movies? I like that they like to add the egg hunt on all of the movies


I love pixar movies, A bugs life and Toy Story are some of my favorite movies, I can't wait for toy story 4. I love the old guy playing checkers at the beginning of A Bugs Life .


They are great and the amount of effort and technology that they put into all of the movies is unbelievable, for just Merida's hair in Brave they spent 3 years studying the physics of curly hair


I liked that movie Brave, my nephews watch it all the time. What is your favorite tv show?


He's a bodybuilder and arm wrestling champion, which is aided by the fact that his hands are the largest and most densely muscled in the world


Nice.  Did you know that the university of Iowa's vistors locker room was painted pink?


That's either got to be a result of psychology or that's the color that was on sale


LOL  Former Patriots running back Benjarvus Green Ellis never fumbled the ball once during his NFL career.  Impressive indeed.


That's an impressive feat for just a season, let alone a whole career!


I agree!  In the 1960's top bowlers made twice as much as the top football stars of the day.


That was before ESPN came up with the nifty yellow first down line though. That's worth an Emmy, if you ask me


I agree!  It comes in handy when we're watching the actual 11 minutes of live gameplay per game.


The embedded chips in the footballs and shoulder pads also help with that


I'm not a huge fan of it, but part of it is due to that I don't understand all the logistics. What about you?


Yes.  We'll be seeing some kind of graphic following around the chips.  lol It's been fun chatting.


I used to watch it back before it exploded in poplularity in the 90s.  Did you know that Plato lead a professional wrestling career before becoming a famous pholospher?


Maybe something about wrestling made him philosophical. Abe Lincoln was also well-known for wrestling


I never knew that about Abe.  I'm going to have to look that up.


He's actually in the wrestling hall of fame because he only lost 1 in 300 matches


I never ever heard that about him.  He was pretty tall though so he probably had some good leverage.  The Turkish national sport is oil wrestling where men douse themselves in olive oil and wrestle.  That's kind of different...and odd at the same time.  lol


That also sounds dangerous, which might be why it's not super popular


Yes.  The man who designed Macho Man's wrestling gear was also the same guy who designed clothes for a lot rock stars like Jimi Hendrix and Aerosmith.


He must have known what material to use. Do you know who Denis Cyplenkov is?


Agreed, Jay Z sings about running from the "lights", both the cops and the paparazzi


Jay-Z is also a great writer, he wrote a song for Bugs Bunny in Space Jam.


I remember that, but it is a bit easier to understand Beyonce's lyrics for the average listener


She is a great singer, "Hear about US " is her best recent song.


Jay Z started his career in the mid-90s with an album called Reasonable Doubt


The Black Album is a classic, I have even heard of it and I don't normally listen to rap music.


Two of the worst rappers in my opinion are Kanye West and Tupac, they are just thugs and criminals


Hip-Hop music and crime are often marketed together, like heavy metal and satanism in the 70s.


Rap is also aligned with R&B and beatboxing


Rap is older than we think, but now it is quite mainstream, a judge even delivered a ruling in form of a rap.


No, I can't even list a song from Beyonce, I know that her husband is Jay-Z.


I am going to go listen to Beyonce's song Lemonade now


good for you, did you buy "everything is love"  ?


I was surprised that Jay-Z could even think of cheating on her, she is extremely talented and beautiful


Jay-Z has multiples professions so he does not have much free time, time is a factor for successful relationships.


I was glad to see that they were able to repair their relationship.


I am happy to see, that, even they created an album out of it.


I believe that their friends, including Oprah, helped them to get through the difficult time.


Friends are important, but they took time together in tropical getaways too, it must have helped too.


Performing together has helped too, like the current tour going on in Glasgow.


Their songs reflects their lifestyle too, being rich and famous can be stressful.


Not so much. As I have gotten older, I have found a greater appreciation for the classics.


This is very true, even though film technology keeps getting better they will never be able to recreate the same magic from the classics


I think Empire Strikes Back was the best one of all time


George Lucas made history and has influenced many film makers


The Force Awakens gave the series a new identity in 2015 I think


Solo: a star wars story didnt receive as much promotion last year as many of the other releases


Yeah, it was seen as a flop in comparison to other Star Wars films among some of the critics.


Do you know what the total value of the franchise was estimated at in 2018?


I would think it would be in the billions?


It was estimated at right around 65 billion


Yes, I am He has a great Tv show called Atlanta have you ever heard of it?


No but I recently saw one of his videos and immeidately became a fan


He's a pretty good rapper, He definitely knows how to make a stage performance fun.


Yes I definitely am what about you. Whats your favorite film in the serious


Me too empire strikes back is most definitely my favorite its an absolute masterpiece.


Eight of the movies in the Star Wars series have been nominated for Academy Awards


Are you a fan of any of the newer ones that have recently been released?


Do you like soccer? its one of my favorite sports


That would be interesting to watch, do you know who Ozil is?


Yes, he is a German player who is very charitable.


I think he has a great heart, donating his whole bonus so that children can have surgeries, that is very nobel


Yea, he is very charitable.  It is good for the sport


I guess its positive for his image I agree, do you who Jon Stewart is?


He is the former Daily Show host.  He was a talented soccer player in his younger days


Yeah thats correct, apparently he used to be a skilled player back in the day,


He played in college and at the Pan American games


Oh I see I bet he is a  big fan of the sport, strange how the World Cup doesnt bring economic gains to the hosting countries, it promotes a lot of tourism so thats weird


I would imagine it helps promote the country and adds prestige to the area


I do like soccer, otherwise known as association Football.


Yeah right? I would imagine many economical benefits not only for the country but for the citizens of each city, more sales more money,


Its a nice sport right, I can believe its played by more than 250 million players, that is a big number, speaks of the popularity of the game


It is so popular that it actually makes more than hockey, football, baseball, and basketball combined


It makes sense, soccer is played in more that 200 countries, did you watch the World Cup last year?


I did.  I saw France when it all last year.  One day USA will win hopefully


That would be nice, the World Cup will be in the US by the year 2026 so maybe thats our chance to win


THe USA women seem to do better in the World Cup overall.  They have finished third or higher for the last several years


Yeah since the year 1991 I think, I hope the mens team can reach that level of success one day


I think it is interesting that there is a version of soccer that 3 teams play each other


How do you feel about Fleetwood Mac?  A little dysfunctional but a great band...


Nah, I would get antsy doing that.  I need something more to occupy my mind, like watching Game of Thrones.  Are you a fan?


I like to put on music and then do more mindless chores like folding laundry.  It gets it done and you still get the benefit of the music.  Never seen it.  What do you like about it?


I do that too so I like the background music thing.  I put my  thousands of songs on random and let it fly.


Good times. I think a show like Game of Thrones would be too involved to really be relaxing anyways.


Oh it's not relaxing and one has to pay attention.  I'm talking music like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon...


I don't think I've spent enough time with Pink Floyd to appreciate them.


They bring back college memories for me.  I actually prefer newer alternative stuff.  The stuff not found on albums...


shorter releases that don't make up a full album?


I really meant to say "vinyl".  Most alternative I like was released on CDs and MP3s.  Nothing lasts forever... Surprised that GoT is finishing in Season 8.  Bummer.


Not every show can be the simpsons. I do like how such a popular show has effects on other parts of life ... like promoting Arya as a new baby name.


I've never been impressed with them musically, but I can appreciate their longevity despite the drama.


Yeah.  I think Big Bang Theory has longevity... Like the 40+ year-old Dark Side of the Moon that's still selling well as of 2014...


Agreed.  There are some things that just last, just like that.


Buckingham is a great guitarist and song writer but too willing to quit the band.  Big ego... Mixes intimacy with business which never works...


Yes, love and money don't mix well.  How on earth did their album "Rumours" get finished with all of the relationship roller-coaster going on?


It was a drama a bet and not the kind that's fiction represented in performance.


I think there's good drama, that people will pay to see, and then there's drama that just infects everything.  Do you think there is any of the good drama in the band's history?


I'm not sure.  Christ McVie commented on the drama in an interview with Rolling Stone and it didn't sound good.


"We played through the hurt".  I've had bad days at work where a sour relationship just colors everything black.  I can't imagine having to play music with any sort of genuine emotion.


True.  I'm not sure I could pull that off.  I don't know what happened to all my albums.  I once owned "Rumors". I don't even have a turntable now.


Are the type of person who can spend a whole afternoon with an album, just listening and not doing anything else?


yeah I went to visit the white house. didn't know till then that the guest house is bigger than the white house


wow, that's really nice. i love the structure


yeah it is pretty nice and has a great garden


did you know hillary clinton was the president of young republicans when in university?


yeah and now she is such a strong democrat


yea, its hard to believe but look how it turned out. nice


not at all. wow, i will check it up online.


do you know who three of the welathiest US ones are?


wow, that's nice. so can i ask a question


what is the name of the first president of the united states


george washington. have you ever been to washington?


nice, correct. yea, my cousin stays there..and you?


Linkin Park. Dark Side of the moon by Pink Floyd is good too, it was still a best selling album in 2014


Interesting.    I prefer NWA's straight outta compton.


Yea, I use to have Straight Outta Compton, it's the only album to go platinum with no radio airplay or major tour


I believe acts formed naturally are better than those from bootcamps such as most KPOP groups


Yea, I'd imagine North Koreas K-pop band Moranbong went through some crazy bootcamps


Had he gone through such rigor, Tupac Shakur probably never could've reached cultural significance in the library of congress.


Probably not. Did you know Eminem is a huge comic book fan, his favorite is spiderman


True.    Eminem actually wanted to become a comic artist.    Makes more sense than Busta Rhymes in the Rugrats movie.


I'm just glad none of them dabble in Compliment Battle freestyles


Lol, I've never heard of BTS, what are they s K-pop group?


Well, since that was invented by Korean Rappers, we are back where we started!    Thanks for the chat!


Yes, they are a Korean group that debuted with the top Billboard album.


I'm not much into boy bands, let alone Korean ones. I'm surprised Bangtan Boys hit number 1 on billboard


Well, things have changed.     It only takes 135000 equivalent albums to reach the top of the album charts.


Yea it's not hard to reach the top of Billboard now, you don't even have to sell physical albums, which they sold 100,000 in the first week


I wonder if the fact they won top social artist helped album sales?


Maybe, they have a lot of fans known a"s the ARMY" on social media


So, you are not a big fan of BTS, what albums do you like?


Hybrid Theory is a pretty good album, and the best selling one of this century


Yeah. I guess that would be a simple supply and demand curve. It would kepe prices high but demand low!


People usually take the train. Safe, faster, smoother.


Yeah. I do like to take the train. Except I can get cramped in there.


The trains in Japan are pretty spacious. Better than planes. Did you know that instead of fetching baggage faster, airports just make travelers walk farther - and it still stops the complaints?


Really? I did not know that but I can imagine that people think it is qicker as long as they are moving.


I think people are just irritable during travel. Airports really are irritating. Would you sleep on someone's couch though?


Depends on what it looks like. My parents, yes. My college couch, HELL NO!


Would you let someone else sleep on that couch though? For money?


I think so... But I would feel real guilty about it. What about you?


I guess if they want some place cheap, yeah, but I don't want strangers in my place. They might steal my garden gnome! People steal garden gnomes, take them traveling, and then return the gnome, with photos, back to the owner.


I am well, thanks. Do you like to travel?


I do like to travel. I travel when I can. I need time and money though.


Me too! The dutch have a way to save time.... a 160 mph bus!!!!


I think that's the best way to commute. No driving, get there fast in comfort. I wonder how much it costs.


I am not sure but I hope it doesn't turn into the next speed! That movie was good!


Speed was a great film. I think it would be tough at 160 mph. Air travel is up to 10% slower than it was in the 1960s in order to save on fuel costs. I'm disappointed. I thought planes were more efficient no.w


At least japan doesn't have air tolls. That would add up to millions I think!


Probably. The highways are pretty quick though. Little traffic. You get what you pay for.


Where do you source your news? Fox, Cnn, other?


I mean usually its kind of funny how they threatened to sue the Simpsons over a fact which is true. I guess their perspective is a given since they were created by Richard ailes and president Richard nixon.


I agree. They would never win because of parody laws anyway. Did you know that every US president with a beard has been a Republican?! How odd.


Ha ha. Maybe. Unsurprisingly, there has not been a president that was not a democrat or republican since 1853.


Well I believe either Roosevelt or JFK came very close as a uncorrelated 3rd party.


You may be correct. I was floored to learn that the last time until very recently that a Republican president was elected without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket was 1928!


Wow! I didn't know the extent to which the Nixons and Bushs were so influential. I also recently found out that the colors of red and blue associated with republicans and democrats was a recent change, only starting in 2000. I wonder if they used any other colors before then?


That is a good question. I would have thought it had been that way for a longer time period than that. Did you know that Truman visited Disneyland and would not be photographed on the Dumbo ride so he wasn't associated with Republicans.


Well for politicians image is everything. At least at some level of politics, the US has been quite progressive. For instance, Texas' first elected female governor came into office even before some states ratified the 19th amendment


Wow, I would not have thought that, especially with it being such a conservative state. I was sad when I learned that only one governor was against the internment of Japanese citizens during WWII.


I understand the difficulties of a country given it is a melting pot and it can't let spies cause problems in WWII due to conflicting loyalties, but they didn't execute this process well and treated Americans of Japanese heritage unfairly. It is too bad only 1 governor was against their imprisonment.


I agree. What a horrible blight on our history.


Did you know that CNN recently raised concern about Fox & Friends?


I had heard something about it. Weren't they concerned about their interviews with Republicans?


Yes you are correct. Despite the students mourning due to a mass shooting a day earlier, Republicans appeared only a fox where they wouldn't be pressed about gun control


That's terrible. All of our press should be able to question our representatives. I think some of the people they interviewed were Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz if I remember correctly.


All they mentioned was that it was a truly heart breaking horror and that evil is sadly always present.


We should have known it's bias since it was created by a Republican media strategist and Richard Nixon.


I feel that most news are bias in some way or another. Too bad fox is watched more than cnn and msnbc combined.


That's sad. Apparently they even threatened to sue the Simpsons for making fun of them for their anti-democratic agenda. They wanted to stop them from continuing that.