Hello!  Do you watch much television?  I tune into some shows on occasion that I like!


Dunno about the weather, but you gotta watch out for the moon dust!  It can cut through kevlar-like material!


So crazy.  I bet NASA has some moon dust.  They should make an exhibit where moon dust is blown into a tunnel and through a Kevlar material. Ha ha.  Imagine a super hero or James Bond sprinkling "moon dust"


that would be pretty interesting!  On a sidenote, I've often wondered how much it would cost to own a moon rock.  Or even if they'd be for sale.  I imagine they'd be hard to come by...


Maybe they are for sale on the black market.  Did you know that there is a moon of Saturn in the solar system which might have methane fed life?


No, I didn't!  That would be pretty amazing!  It'd go against all the principles of life as we know it!  Speaking of moons.. did you know Mars's moon Phobos is 1/3 hollow?


I didn't!  It would be funny if we exported all of our greenhouse gas methane to Saturn's moon.


Yeah, although dunno how practical that would be. unless we find a cheap way to teleport stuff!  :)


True true.  I was just reading today about all the methane off gassing from our trash in landfills.


Well, some landfills have it set up to use that methane to be funneled to nearby power plants.  (Saw an ep of Penn and Teller about that..)


Oh okay.  Did you know that if you poke open the frozen bubbles on lakes, you can light them on fire because they contain methane from decomposing plants?


Every now and then.  I like to watch The Voice.


Oh, wow, that I didn't know.  Although I'd be a bit nervous to try it... hehe!


Oh yeah.  There are videos of it on Youtube.  Just search "methane frozen lake."  I don't recommend doing it.  It's mainly scientists that try it.


Hehe!  Well, listen, it's been great chatting with you!  You have a good night!


I watch some animated shows like South Park.  I used to watch the Simpsons back in the day, but now I mainly just watch the annual Halloween eps.


Cool.  I often prefer streaming tv like Netflix to network TV.  But I do like to watch some of the news on TV


Yeah, I've been wanting to subscribe to Netflix, but I'm a bit strapped for cash right now, so I just stick to regular cable... Speaking of the Simpsons, did you know there's only ONE ep where Bart doesn't not appear and isn't mentioned?


I think I have heard about that.  On another topic, have you ever seen a lunar eclipse?


I don't think I have.  I DID catch that big solar eclipse we had last... summer was it?  That was pretty wild, everything going dark in the middle of the day..


Oh yeah, the solar eclipse was cool.  There is another one in about two years I think. I have seen a partial lunar eclipse.  Pretty cool.


Speaking of the moon, the highest point on that sucker is 1938 meters higher than Mt Everest!  Didn't know it was that big!  Probably be easier to climb though with the lower gravity and all..


I heard that recently.  So crazy!  I bet the weather there is wild!


Do you know the founding story behind Netflix? One of the guys ran up a late fee, and was so disgusted that he started netflix!


Google search has changed the world. Maybe it'll be important for faking the Mars landing! :)


yeah they could probably just CGI the whole thing and no one would ever know lol


The best graphics would be reserved for government conspiracy. They would stream the whole thing live over Netflix.


or YouTube.  They could get a ton of ad revenue from that


Then they could have an IPO for firms on Mars (that weren't really on Mars).


Google calculates traffic by tracking people's phones...that's a little scary


I think phones could be used to stop speeders. I would like there to be more auto-driving cars on the road. Probably safer than most people.


I agree.  People are not good drivers.  Too many looking looking at their phones


I would like to see more people use public transit, but I think people like the privacy and comfort of an individual vehicle.


That's true, plus people could save a ton of money.  It's just more convenient to have your own car.


No, I didn't know that!  Funny that Blockbuster could have bought Netflix and didn't


A self-driving car with parental controls could deliver the kids to school, and pick them up at the end of the day.


I wonder if it could make them lunch too lol


Pick up lunch at the automated drive thru, deliver it to school.


I think you solved it lol.  then it could take them to soccer practice


For the tiny price of $50 million. I guess Blockbuster thought they could recreate Netflix on their own. Now there is no more Blockbuster.


I didn't realize that Netflix and YouTube account for half of the internet traffic in North America


People love their television! I think it's just going to grow with higher resolutions and more shows available.


Yeah, it doesn't seem to have a ceiling.  They could probably stop spending so much on postage lol


I was surprised that they still spend money on postage. Who rents DVDs and Blueray when they can watch online? Maybe people with low bandwidth?


That's what I want to know! I think some things are not available for streaming, too


That would make sense. I wonder what company will come along and replace netflix. Perhaps they'll get acquired.


This makes you think: takes more computing poser to do a google search than it took to send astronauts to the moon


yup that is scary, also scary when Google went out for 5 mins and took out 40% of all internet traffic


That's amazing!  I remember that happening back in 2013, maybe August if I recall correctly.


ya I think you're right, did you hear how Google would mow its lawn?


I know they don't hire people to do it, but not sure how it gets done.


oh they used live goats for a while haha


That's crazy!  Google is an amazing company.  And Apple is pretty awesome as well.  Did you know they even had a clothing line back in 1986?


wow that is impressive! do you think those clothes are worth anything?


Maybe now as collector's items.  Probably hard to find them though.  Maybe in the unclaimed baggage section of airports.  A store in Alabama actually only sells items it gets from there.


ha I would feel bad buying from that store, like those are clothes other people lost and probably still want lol


I suppose.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you.  I've learned some pretty cool things!


I do.  As a matter of fact I just went through a McDonald's drive thru.  Did you know they opened the first one in 1975?


me too, keep a lookout for those apple clothes!


I did, to help out soldiers who couldn't leave their cars, super nice thing to invent!


I'd say.  You know what i wish I had on my truck?  Flamethrowers like they allow in South Africa.


haha I could use a flame thrower right now its so cold in MI haha


Yeah, if we had flamethrowers we might light the trunk on fire.  And in the old days they were made of wood so that wouldn't be good at all.


haha no that would be bad! can you believe that the founder of detroit was Named Cadillac? Thats where the car brand name comes from


I bet you know that because you're from MI.  He was actually a French explorer.


Yup. His name was Antoine de la mothe cadillac, quite a name!


I know!  I'll forget that in about two minutes...  I might have to Google it so that I can remember it.  And that single Google search would require more computing power than it took to send the astronauts to the moon.


oh my goodness. Do you know who jann mardenborough was?


was she someone who used a flame-thrower to fight off car jackers?


No not that one, I know they do that in south africa though


yeah. its legal there. hopefully their trunks aren't still made of wood. so who is this jann?


He is the guy who became a professional car driver by beating 90 000 people in gran turismo


yeah...and i dont even work for google...which officially has declared itself a dog company.


I really like that actually. did you know they have 12 types of blood?


cool. do u like elephants too. because they have something in common.


I love cars. Got a new Merc c3004matic. rocks. I believe Benz made the first car, not Ford.


yeah apparently are both species that understand pointing.


Nice, good one. Did you know how the drive thru was invented?


Something about micky dees and wwii, iirc.


Yeah the soldiers were not allowed to step out of the cars with their uniforms back then


Ahhh.  I wonder if wwii soldiers who were part of d-day had a fondness for Cadillac...given that it has a french origin.


I am not sure actually. do you know who cadillac was named after?


some french guy. they love cars too. i hear even that girl who gouged her eyes out on drugs was trying to make money in order to buy a car.


that sounds so painful. yeah it was antoine de la mothe.


yeah...she was on drugs then she hallucinated.


Greetings! Do you like to travel? I find the individual experiences and the history fascinating.


I did not but I bet that it was a perilous journey. I wonder if they made a television special about him, it would be quite the drama I imagine. Though it certainly wouldn't have as many episodes as 'Pokemon'.


Yeah tell me about it, 750 episodes over 16 years, that s a lot. Do you watch south park?


Not personally but my husband does. Along with Family Guy, The Simpsons and all those other shows in that genre.


Funny my wife watches all those shows as well. I'm told that there is an episode of the Simpsons that bart is not in or talked about.


They've been on the air for so long, it's surprising that there is only one. Unlike in the UK where "Days Like These"( a total verbatim remake of that 70s show)only lasted 10 episodes!


Yeah it's hard to copy the good stuff. Did you watch that show it was hilarious?


I did, though personally if I'm going to watch television(which is not often)I prefer dramas. Although I only took it one semester in school, apparently certain actors only got involved in it because of pretty girls. Isn't that silly?


You must be talking about Michael Caine, lol! Have you ever seen the drama House?


Hugh Laurie is a mad genius. Guess he can afford to be at 700k per episode!


I know making him the highest paid actor for drama tv. Jim carry doesn't subscribe to drama anymore.


I do as well i'm currently visiting Vegas and i love to travel when ever i get the opportunity.


He's an incredibly positive(and hilarious)person and wants to project that into anything he works in. That's really beautiful.


That's one way to look at, lol. Did you know on the finale episode of family guy the Simpsons team sent flowers?


Have you ever traveled to Michigan? They have a tourist island that is very 'retro' in it's modes of travel available/allowed.


Funny enough i am originally from Michigan and am aware but have never visited this particular sight. Have you?


I am also from Michigan and I have visited this location on a couple of trips. I'm not too fond of horses but riding bikes around the island was a lot of fun! Have you been to any other locations that have unique travel methods/conveyances?


Not recently. did you know that Mackinac Island banned motorized vehicles for over 100 years.


I do indeed know that. Which would you find more inconvenient...travelling via car/highway in Japan where all highways are tolls or not having a car in Iceland, where there are no railroads, and having to travel between major cities?


Wow i guess that would make what they did in Dutch more convenient they created a commuter bus that travels at 160mph.


It also seems kind of dangerous, travelling at that speed via bus. What do you do when you travel long distances? I prefer to watch television.


Me too me and the wife watch a lot. Did you know that the first king to travel around the world was a man named Kalakaua of Hawaii?


Are you a fan of football by any chance?


I have not but that's some kind of psychological warfare ha ha. I watch a lot of television even when football is not on. Do you?


It must be, it definetely makes you think twice, and I do as well I love TV mostly cartoons or animated series though.


I like adult animated series like Archer and South Park. Apparently when South Park did their Family Guy episode the Simpsons crew sent them flowers which is hilarious.


That is hilarious and I love both shows I also like Pokemon, but mostly the 150 original Pokemons.


I can't believe there were so many. How many years was it on?


It's like 750 Pokemon episodes and its been around 16 years since it first aired so quite a long time and its still successfull.


Wow, it does not seem like that long. Since I mentioned The Simpsons earlier, there is only one episode where Bart does not appear and is not mentioned. With as long as that has been on that's so shocking.


I havent seen that episode, I might google it later, and yeah The Simpsons has over 600 episodes.


I don't think I have either. That's an insane amount of episodes. Did you ever see Thomas the Tank Engine?


I did, my little brother used to love Thomas the Tank Engine, I remember it had great narrators.


Yes I actually am, I am a fan of the Patriots, what about you?


It did. Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin have all narrated for them.


I am. Bears fan here. Were you aware that the Patriots had a player that never fumbled the ball his entire career?


I am aware I became a fan because of him, Benjarvus Green Ellis, what a great player.


That is such a shocking statistic. He was a running back right?


Yeah he was a running back that is correct, did you hear about the team that lost by 222 points, that was a serious defeat!!


I did. It was Cumberland that lost. I do not know how it is possible to score that many points in a game.


I know! the other team's coach really underperformed or the whole team was underslept


Apparently. In the 60's bowlers made more than football players. I can't imagine that bowling was ever that popular.


Or maybe football players didnt earn that much to begin with, have you ever been to the University of Iowa? turns out the visiting team locker room is completely pink.


hi how are you? what do you think of our species?


I do like fish. never had a pet. i do like to eat them too.


Me too, never for a pet, but to put in my belly. I would stay away from jellyfish, there is one that is immortal


the jellyfish must have a long dull life. i cant imagine living forever. people would do nothing. why do something today? always got tomorrow.


Right, it sounds awesome, but in reality it would get boring. I think there has to be something that can kill it lol


I guess the jellyfish would get very patient about things. learn to accept things happening at their own pace in their own time. that is very zen.


Very Zen is a great way to put it. Do you own a car?


i do not own a car. i would like one, but at the moment, it isnt possible. do you?


I own one, i want a cadillac eventually. Do you know they were named after the founder of detroit?


The caddie. a beautiful ride. love those cars. never owned one. I did not know where the name came from. Anyway, great chat!


It was a great chat, enjoy your weekend!


I feel humans have come such a long way, what do you think about humans


I think we are hairless, for the most part, which is a good thing. i seem to get hairier with age though LOL


I am thinking the same time, I am glad we lost a lot of body hair over the years lol


Yeah, i really dont need to stink more. I figure that the other advantage we have is language.it probably helped with hunting.


I wonder when the sound frequency started to cause us fear when we heard it


I guess that has something to do with rumbling of herds of animals or earthquakes.


wow that is crazy, we have come along way. Like evolving to being able to be long distance runners because of hunting


yeah, we are so good as moving over distances. i figure that is a key advantage. we are not fast, big, or strong. but we can keep going.


For sure, that is awesome! Do you like fish?


Netflix is really popular, in the evening it is the biggest internet consumer.


Yeah probably explained by the fact that Netflix has 137 million total subscribers worldwide.


They still send DVD via mail, do you still use that service ?


Nope definitely not I only use a streaming service now. They even have a video of a fireplace, pretty funny.


I did use it, when I wanted soothing music and not be distracted by the picture.


Oh nice that is really cool. In some European markets, Netflix monitors illegal downloads to decide which shows the purchase. That is pretty smart.


Netflix listen a lot about what tits clients are saying, it started when the founder had a 40$ late fee on a DVD.


Very interesting. Interestingly enough Blockbuster thought Netflix was a joke. Whose laughing now?


Only Netflix now, when was the last time you rented a DVD ?


So long ago I don't even remember. I would want to work for Netflix. It would be so awesome to be paid to watch Netflix.


I enjoy watching dramas on TV. I think Patrick Stewart is a great actor and I would love to attend one of his master classes.


Are you sure ? I am think about cutting down the time I spend on Netflix.


Yeah well you're right it's so easy to binge watch. Although I still enjoy tv like Shark Tank even though it's fake!


Does any of your favorites dramas won an Emmy this year ?


I'm not actually sure I didn't watch the Emmys this year. What about you? What of my favorite shows is the office. The actress who plays Erin was taught drama by John Hamm.


My favorite show is South Park, they are not afraid of making fun of other shows like Family Guy.


Yeah that show is hilarious. Did you know there was a drama show shot completely in an IKEA store?


No it was a drama called IKEA Heights and it was shot in Burbank California. The Ikea store didn't even know.


Oh, that is special, do you think it was good ?


Not sure maybe it will be on Netflix someday. Netflix has almost 150 movies available with a 100% rating on rotten tomatoes.


I haven't seen it. It was directed by a woman right? The title might not do much.


It was, her name is Jennifer Lee and she is the 1st female director of a Disney animation studios film  and it earned more than $1B in box office revenue.


She must have a great touch. I wish her the best of luck! I guess it has a bunch of great songs too.


Yes the song "Let it Go"  was super popular. I heard it all the time the year the film was released. It won 2 Academy Awards  for best feature and best song.


That's great! I bet this movie will get a couple of sequels too, and maybe a live action version. I don't know whether they'll be as good though.


They never are. The cowriter of the song Let It Go also cocreated the Book of Mormon and guest wrote an episode of South Park.


Oh, yes, that guy! He is quite talented. I can't remember his name, but he really knows his tunes.


Robert Lopez! Off topic but a fun fact: did you know that McDonalds added the drive through to accommodate soldiers who weren't allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues?


I guess the soldiers were eating there quite a bit. I would too if I had to eat military chow! Anyway, great chat!


Hey I'm great! Yes I do use Facebook, but first I had MySpace. Did you know that MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75M in 2005? They missed out!


They sure did. $75 million is chump change for the Internet. I guess they thought they could do it on their own. Oops.


Haha agreed. It's worth billions now, and I don't think MySpace is really anything anymore. Facebook is mostly blue because Zuck suffers from red green colorblindness.


I think Myspace is out there somewhere. I wonder what would have happened if Myspace had taken over. Maybe the privacy issues would not be a problem.


Maybe! Burger King had a promotion where if you unfriended 10 people from FB you got a free Whopper.


I wonder if that worked! I would friend people just to unfriend them. I would get those free calories!


I love Whoppers so I would too haha. And the like button is illegal in Schleswigholstein, a German state. I wonder why.


Why indeed. Is it bad to like things in Germany? Would a hate button be better there?


It might be. Have you ever seen the movie Frozen? I haven't but did you know that Disney renamed it to Frozen instead of Snow Queen because they blamed feminine titles for poor box offices.


That is funny, how babies  just start dancing to the music, they seem to love music and love dancing, they are just so cute


Tupac danced ballet in high school. Which is crazy and cool at the same time.


He did? wow, didnt viewed him as a dancer at all, he must had spent a fortune on shoes


Yeah, professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of shoes in a week. Those are a lot more expensive than the guitar strings I have to replace monthly on my guitars.


Thats a lot of shoes for only one week lol, and they must be, maybe they get a big discount for buying a lot of them at once


Probably just get a huge box shipped out once a month when they buy in bulk.


Yeah could be, so do you like birds? I find them really interesting


They are cool. Their skeletons weigh less than the feathers.


I guess thats why many of them can fly easily did you hear about birds in Australia? they sure have identity issues lol


THey mimic everything! Yeah, pick a sound and stick with it!


Yeah lol, I think thats really funny, anyway its been fun chatting with you, nice conversation, nice facts have a nice one


I like to dance, one of the best dancers was Bruce Lee, the martial artist.


Yeah I had heard he was a great dancer. He won a championship once or something.


He did, it was a cha-cha championship and that happened in the year 1958, a long time ago


Have you heard of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater?


No, havent heard of that theater, is it nice?


They perform at the Kennedy Center in DC. They had a really great performance recently.


Oh now I remember, its a nice theatre it just has like this positive vive of spiritual righteousness, nice venue for an event


It was quite transcendent. We all have the innate desire to dance. Babies do it instinctively.


Probably Chris Brown but I wont look anything about him up. The whole hitting a woman thing...


Some guys just don't know how to deal with conflict. He probably should have sued her for $67 million. That would have been easier.


Old navy markets jeans with a 41" waist as 36". I wear a 36 and am now thinking I wear a 41. What the?


People want the illusion of skinny. Good marketing for when you go to the club and people are drunk. What size does she wear? Oh, 36? She wear  a smaller size than I thought


Funny... Here I am trying to lose weight and I just need to change my tags... who knew!


That's the surest, fastest way for America to deal with the obesity crisis. The jeans companies need to help!


Im cancelling my gym membership right now! You have made a believer out of me!


It's funny that the small pocket on jeans were designed for pocket watches. Not much call for that for decades. Kids use them for something else now.


I have been wondering about that pocket for years. Mystery solved. I tried my pocket knife in there but it was too big.


I'm doing great! It's a great day for a chat!


Ewww! Although I can see my 5 & 7 year olds doing that. Nice chatting with you!


It is. Nothing like race to bring 2 complete strangers together in a chat!


Well, most people put on their trousers one leg at a time, regardless of race. I think that it's odd that a judge sued a dry cleaners for $67 mill. What was he thinking?


"Where's my pants?" Just a guess... How special do your pants have to be though??? Seems like overkill.


I think he was trying to scare the dry cleaners. Maybe it was his favorite pair of saggy pants. All the justices are wearing those nowadays.


HA! Nice! The defendants have to ask him to pull up his pants and act appropriately... The romans saw wearing pants as a sign of barbarism.


I suppose they would. They probably thought most people were barbaric. MC Hammer couldn't do the same wearing Roman robes though.


HA! Or at least have the same effect. Michael Jackson owned a patent on the thing that allowed him to do the extreme lean.


Oh, the special shoes? Yeah, he really had a gift for dance. I wonder if anyone else has done the same routine.


For sure. There was once a man in France who impersonated a government official and was able to sell the Eiffel Tower twice.


I wonder who they buyer was, and how much money he made. There should be a movie about that.


It doesn't say but I find that very hard to believe they got away with it twice.


He must have been a good con man. Did you know that the US Government publishes the full names of anybody who chooses to renounce their citizenship?


Oh wow I didn't know that. Do you know where that list resides?


I wouldn't be surprised if they do. The Norwegian government once donated $1 billion to help save the Amazon rainforest.


That's very considerate of them. I wish our government would do something like that. I've also heard that Monaco eliminated income tax in 1969 because the revenue of the casino was sufficient to sustain the principality's government. That would be another nice thing if our government did that.


I wish they would do things like that too more often. I feel like the world would be a much better place.


I think it would be too. We need that in this day and age.


I do somewhat. Did you know that the government has shut down 17 times over the past 37 years?


I agree. Good talking to you. Have a good day!


Oh wow I did not know that. I heard the last shutdown was the longest one yet.


I'm not too sure about that, but they did shut down 3 times in 1977.


That's not good. Did you know Wikileaks once published the government's plan to shutdown Wikileaks?


I've heard that. They wanted to destroy Wikileaks. I guess that plan didn't work out so well.


Lol I guess not. I saw 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government.


That's pretty interesting. I guess that's all the test sites and Area 51.


I guess so. The US passed legislation back in 2006 that protects government employees from violating the Geneva Conventions.


That's pretty fishy. Almost as fishy as J.P. Morgan bailing out the government in 1895.


Hello, did you know that Kareem abdul-jabbar's dominant use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade?


With millions of dollars, you can go to college too


This is true.  NBA player allen iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800,000 a year until the age of 55.


Then once he reached 55 years of age he would then get a final lump sum of 32,000,000.


That's crazy.  NBA players are the world's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player.


Did you know that physicists proved that shooting granny style is the absolute best technique to consistently score points.


Shooting Granny?  What on earth?  The game?


Granny still is where you throw the ball from between your legs.  But NBA players typically refuse to do it because it looks stupid.


The NBA adopted the league's name on August 3, 1949.


I didn't that is very interesting.   James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, is the only losing coach in the university of kansas's history.


Thanks for the information.  Merry Christmas!


The teams offices are located in the Olympic Tower.


I didn't realize that.  It's a team sport.


It is but that's where they put the offices at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York NY.


NBA entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, New Jersey.


Haha, that's interesting as well.  The us supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor known as "the highest court in the land"


The new zealand basketball team are nicknamed the "tall blacks"


I'm not sure I know basketball is very important to people. In fact in 39 out of 50 states it's actually the highest paid state employee is a college football or basketball coach.  People like there sports.


Air jordan's were banned upon introduction by the nba. however, jordan wore them anyways, as nike was willing to pay the fine each game.


That is interesting that Nike would pay the fine.  I know Tim Duncan of the san antonio spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the NBA.


Yeah, I believe he was smart for that....Kinda???


I think so because basketball careers can end a college degree stays with you forever.


Hi there. Do you enjoy reading? It can be used for so much like language acquisition, communication, and sharing information and ideas.


Yes very true. Not so much anymore but they are a great concept. I love that there are more libraries than there are McDonalds.


Really? there's a McDonalds in every corner lol, hard to imagine that, writers get a lot of support in Norway.


Yes you are right. The government will buy 1000 copies of your book and distribute them to libraries throughout the country. Very cool idea.


Yeah and if you write a children's book then they will buy 1500 copies of that book


That is such a neat idea. Almost as good of an idea as the Sacramento library starting a library of things.


Did you hear about the man that was falsely imprisoned for 10 years? he then learned law at the prisons library and freed himself


Another great use of libraries! He is now a lawyer helping people like himself!


I think thats great, helping others in the same position he was years ago, really noble of him


Very noble indeed. I love people who create libraries. Like that UK Prime Minister in 1895...donating so much of his collection is such a great gesture. Great chatting with you I hope you have a good one.


That is really nobel I heard he carried the books himself, the humility on that guy. It was great chatting with you as well have a nice day bye.


I do, I feel like it makes me smarter and you can learn a lot of cool things by just reading


Yeah no doubt about that. It also requires continuous practice, development, and refinement.


It is a complex cognitive process, sounds easy once you know how to read but only species with high intellect can read books.


Yes exactly. And I like that they're no concrete laws in reading but it provides an escape for readers to produce their own products introspectively.


I agree, it does provide with an escape do you have any favorite novels?


Not really I like everything. I want to read starship troopers because it is recommended by the military. However I did see the movie.


I heard that book was pretty good and also Ender's Game, thats another military recommendation


Yes Enders game was suggested by the Marine Corps. In the 18th century there was a moral panic because of the spread of the reading of novels.


I guess books can be dangerous in the wrong hands, do you go to libraries much?


I'm not sure, but that's interesting! I didn't know Facebook is blue because Zuckerburg is colorblind! Interesting


All the little bullet points are so interesting. I wonder why Burger King would want you to unfriend people. How would that benefit them in anyway?


I think it was just a catchy promo to get people talking about BK. Facebook makes most of its revenue from advertisements so BK probably made them a lot of money!


Very true. I don't remember that promotion, but I can definitely see how it would get people talking.


Iceland are rewriting their constitution via facebook; allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations. Imagine if America did that!


I thought that was an interesting way to do it. On one hand it makes sense since everyone seems to be on Facebook anyways so its a good place to talk. On the other hand EVERYONE is on facebook and likes to make suggestions. I can't imagine being in charge of going through and sorting all the suggestions.


Maybe they don't have a lot of citizens? Still a huge task! I didn't realize Facebook was only for Harvard students at first


That's true. I knew it was started at a college for the students there, but for some reason thought it was started at Yale, not Harvard.


I learned lots of interesting things about Facebook today!


So did I, the facts section was very interesting!


Not really. I didn't realize you only have to be 13 to join! Seems very young!


I was just reading that, and found it odd as well. Although I have seen younger kids join (they just use a fake birthday).


Scary! I didn't know Facebook only started in 2004. Seems like it's been around a lot longer!


It seriously feels like it has been around forever! I remember creating my facebook account, back when myspace was still a big deal. lol


Haha. They could have bought facebook for $75 million in 2005 but they missed out!


I know they are regretting that decision BI


Yup! In 2012, Facebook was worth $104 Billion!


Sorry, hit the send message before I meant to in the last round. I wonder why it is illegal to use the 'like' button in Schleswin-Holstein. I might have to google the answer later.


That's awesome! I love reading, but can't read as fast as Anne Jones. She can read 4,700 words per minute!


Yeah reading is probably one of my favorite past times, I just finished rereading the lord of the rings trilogy.


I never got into that trilogy, but would love to read some of the terrible poetry CS Lewis and Tolkien used for their "you laugh you lose" competition.


If you have ever seen the show the Expanse you should check out the books because they are very good, Enders game is a decent book also, but i did not like the movie.


I've never heard of that show. I heard the Marines are suppose to read Ender's Game.


It is pretty crazy how scared people were of reading in the 18th century.


Yes, that's why they burned books I guess.  I didn't know the military had reading lists...Starship troopers is the 1st sci-fi novel on it.


They should be required to read Sun Tzu book The Art of War.


Good suggestion!  It was nice talking with you...off to read lol!


Did you know that the visiting locker room for the University of Iowa is pink?


Man that must be a punch to the masculinity haha! Also in the 60s pro bowlers made twice as much as the top football stars!


That's crazy!  Maybe that's because football players didn't earn their money in the past because in 1916 Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222-0!


man Cumberland must have been a terrible team! ESPN won an Emmy for creating the yellow line that represent the first down.


I love the yellow line, but don't think it's Emmy worthy.  Benjarvus Green-Ellis should've won an award for never fumbling in his career!


Well I think this past Super bowl should win an award for most boring! How do you feel about the musician Drake?


He's ok, but not my favorite! I'm glad to see he graduated high school, even if he was 25!


Yeah and he must love to read since he spent so much money on the first editions of Charlottes web and Winnie the pooh.


Yes.  The biblical tower of Babel was likely based on a real building, the Etemenanki in modern day Iraq.


I did not now that, but it is certainly possible.  William Shakespeare wrote an incredible amount of material even though he died at 49 years old.


Yes he did!  he is regarded ad the greatest writer in the English language!


I think I read the cliff notes to one of his plays, but I could never stay interested in his works!


I read the cliff notes of some of his things in college.  He coined a lot of popular phrases that we still use today like "good riddance" and "wild goose chase".


Yes those sayings certainly seemed to have stuck into modern language


Pocahontas and Shakespeare were alive at the same time and died only a year apart.  Interesting facts.


I guess that would mean Lewis and Clark were exploring the Western United States while Shakespeare was performing plays in England!


Yes!  lol  Shakespeare invented the names Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia.  I never knew that.


Yes, true.  His works can be found in a library, which in Greek language means "book+shelf".


I love going to libraries!  I'm a heavy user of them.  It's been fun chatting with you!


Did you know that has sold over an estimated 5 billion copies?  Wow.


I knew it was perhaps the most sold and published book of all time


Yes. Prior to 1963 it was not uncommon for students in the US to be required to read from the bible as part of their elementary eduction!


Yes I lived in the Southern US for a while and they still use that at times


Nice.  Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the Bible.  He used a razor to cut out the supernatural parts, such as the miracles and the resurrection.


I was fascinated to hear about that.  That would mean he did not accept the divinity of Jesus Christ, but that He was only a human man.


Yes!  Teddy Roosevelt and John Quincy Adams are the only 2 US presidents that did not use a bible when they were sworn in.


Yes that would indicate to me that they were agnostics or aherents to another form of religion


Do you watch any television dramas?  I recently learned that Hugh laurie is the highest paid actor ever for a tv drama.


How's it going, did you know the president's guest house is larger than the White House?


If not there is always extra room in the guest house


True! Did you know the white house still uses floppy disks! At least they are 3.5 ones not the really old 5.25 ones.


No, that's pretty sad the White House still wastes money on floppy disks


I think they just can't take the system offline to upgrade. They are somewhat progressive. George Bush had solar panels put on the white house. Although maybe Trump has since removed them.


I'm surprised Al Gore didn't force Clinton to put the Solar Panels back on the White House


Did you know there are twin white houses in ireland and france? The exact same buildings.


I heard so but I'm sure the twin White Houses in Ireland and France stopped using floppy disks


For sure! Although I doubt they have the same level of security there. Mind you it took the secret service 4 days to realize there were bullet holes in the white house!


Maybe the Secret Service were notified through floppy disk transfers


LOL. You'd think those disks would give out sooner or later. I wonder where they are even getting new ones these days.


Hi, Yes I did. I learned that on a trip to DC where I toured the White House. They didn't let us in the guest house though.


I think the upgrade will have to wait. Well it was nice chatting with you


No I guess that is reserved for the people like the President of Indonesia who released 3 pop albums


Yea, hopefully Trump never finds out about the Indonesian President, he would probably release 4 pop albums to outdo him


LOL. You know I am really surprised Trump is not one of the 3 wealthiest presidents in US history. He must be cash poor. Of course with no tax return who knows how much he really has.


Yea and I'm sure JFK, Washington, and Jefferson made their wealth from legit sources


Probably. Did you know up until 1805 the runner up in the election became vice president? I guess Washington didn't have a problem with whoever ran against him.


If the runner up became Vice President today it would make one entertaining reality show


Trump would find a way to market it and make money off it too. Maybe they could live together in the white house too.


Yeah isn't it weird how many fantasy leagues there are? I think you can even do the same for members of congress, with Fantasy congress!


Yes there're so many fantasy leagues. Fantasy Congress sounds boring though LOL. The most legislative success wins!


Ahah definitely seems boring, maybe it's actually a simulation and Fantasy congress is real Congress! After all just a single fold in the brain makes the difference between reality and fantasy.


Yes that's a very good point. I feel like some people have those lines blurred. Terry Pratchett was knighted for his services to literature.


That's interesting! People go to incredible lengths for fantasy. A janitor once took six years to write a 15,145 page fantasy script, and it wasn't even discovered till after his death.


That is amazing. Didn't that also include 300 watercolor illustrations?


I think it did! On another subject, are you a big TV person?


Not so much anymore I am more Netflix now. I always wonder what it would be like to watch movies in monochrome a.k.a. black-and-white.


Me too, it's a good thing we have color TV now, one of my favorite shows to enjoy is South Park, it wouldn't be the same in monochrome.


Oh yes you're totally right. I think it's cool the Simpson's crew gave the South Park crew flowers. It was lovely being able to chat with you today.


Yes I love to travel. What about you? I want to try that Dutch commuter bus that can travel at 160 mph.


Yes they did! And it was nice talking to you as well, have a good day!


I do too! I can't imagine traveling at slower rates at this point, like imagine being King Kalakaua of Hawaii and being the first king to travel around the world.


Yeah that is a big accomplishment. In Japan it costs $300 travel across the country.


I would never want to travel the whole country then I think, it's mostly just from highway tolls rights?


Yes exactly right. Must be cheaper to fly. Just like in Iceland there's no public real service so most people fly.


It's shocking how many areas of the world still have old school transportation. I think in Mackinac Island, Michigan, they've banned motorized vehicles for over 100 years, can you imagine?


Yeah I think that is such a step back in time. They only have horse drawn carriages and bikes.


It seems like something out of fantasy honestly. On that note, are you a big fan of the fantasy genre?


You're exactly right.  Love fantasy. There's fantasy everything. People even fantasy draft the national spelling bee.


Thats something im not afraid off, im not a good dancer but I try, do you like to dance.


Yes, but I did not kow Bruce Lee was a great dancer!!


He was? wasnt he also famous for his martial arts skills


Yes, and he won in 1958 a cha cha championship in Hong Kong


Oh so he won a chacha championship, that must require a lot of dancing skills.


That is right!! Maybe he started since he was a baby! They love when they hear the beat and they even smile!


Thats really nice, watching a baby dance, did you like Michael Jackson as a dancer?


I think he is great!! he has great dance moves and I always remember the way he leaned in smooth criminal


I agree with you, he had great moves, do you remember the device he used to lean? he has that one patented


I do not know the name, but I would like to find out!.. Did you know Tupac danced in school in the Nutcracker? as the King Mouse?


Hi, I am a little! but I was surprised there are none in New Zealand!


I didnt, thats a fun fact, thanks for the chat, its been nice having a conversation about dancind, not so much about snakes  but great dance talk, thanks, have a nice day


Sounds like a perfect place for me lol, Im terrified of them


Wow! I can understand , I am more terrified of crocodiles  but it seems they are closer to birds than to snakes!


Some snakes can even fly to catch their prey so thats scary


Wow, I would like to see that!  And did you know its head is designed to swallow prays larger than them


Yeah I did know that, thats actually a bit disgusting, watching them eat prey


It looks like monkeys are terrified of snakes too!


They are? monkey are smart, they should stay as far as they can of snakes, dangerous animals


Maybe you are terrified of snakes! But do you like dancing?


I wonder how much of that news is actually really.... Did you see iceland is rewriting their constitution using facebook


I did not, the like button was originally going to be called the awesome button if the engineers got their way.


ha those darn engineers! I would be liking more things if that was the case. The like button is actually illegal in one german state


Lets talk about the Government next, in 1895 J.P. Morgan bailed out the us government.


Government shutdowns are nothing new, they have occurred 17 times over the last 37 years


Wow, that is pretty sad to hear that. Why can't we do good things like donate 1 billion dollars to save the rainforests like the norwegian government


The word censorship is censored by the Chinese government.


lol that is kind of funny to think about that one! Good chatting with you!


You too, Monaco does not have an income tax because the casino makes so much money


Hello, yes I use Facebook which was started by Mark Zuckerburg back in 2004


Nice me too, can you believe that myspace passed down buying facebook for 75 million


interesting, I wonder why a third of divorce filings contain Facebook in them.


I bet one third of people cheat using Facebook, even though it would be so easy to catch them with, what do you think?


maybe, more people are using Facebook today then there were people 200 years ago


wow, that is an amazing number. I once deleted 10 people to get a free whopper from burger king


interesting, there are a total of 58 gender options on Facebook, that is a lot of choices


That is a lot of choices, I am used to just the few back when it started in 2004. I wonder why it is blue


I don't know, Facebook is big at delivering new also, more then 30% of american adults use it for news


I respect that a lot. He pursued what he wanted in both , school and the NBA and made a great thing our of both


Yep that is something worthy to be respected. What do you think about LeBron James? I think he's should be respected. Especially for donating six million dollars to charity


I love that part about him. And he is even involved in the sequel of space jam


Yep that's exciting! I hope that Michael Jordan gets a cameo in there somewhere haha. I also didn't know that celebrities are paid and ranked by how much they make. Apparently LeBron James is the highest paid celebrity, followed by Judge Judy


Yeah the guy sure makes a lot of money. And even in High School he attracted a lot of people to see his games


Yeah they would pay up to $100 per ticket LOL that's insane especially for just high school basketball games, which are meaningless LOL. What kind of Television do you watch by the way? You ever watch South Park


Yeah from tiem to time. Heard they got flowers from the cres over at the Simpsons when they aired the finale of family guy


Yeah did you see that episode. It was pretty funny, also did you see the Simpsons episode where Bart does not appear?


Not I did not see that but I also heard he is not even mentioned at all in that episode


I know that seems really crazy. What if they just forgot about him LOL have you ever seen the show Pokemon by the way? I used to watch it a lot back in the day


I watched from time to time. The teams I like aren't very good though so it's depressing haha. What about you?


Yeah I have seen a few episodes but definitely not all 750 of them. Nice chatting with you


Yeah I guess that can be that way. I watch it too sometimes. Do you know Reggie Miller?


I have heard of him. Didn't he have a sister who would play basketball and was really good?


Yeah the woman was such a talent scored 105 points once and broke 8 national records


Yep that is a real talent! Must run in the family haha. What do you think about Allen Iverson? You know he makes 800,000 a year just from Reebok


Yeah he is a talented guy and a businessman. And then he gets $32 illion after 55


Yep he's definitely set for life. Would you ever shoot the ball granny style? If you paid me 32 million dollars I would definitely haha


Hahhaah me too so I do not get why the players refuse to do it, Who care is it looks funny


Yep I agree. What do you think about Tim Duncan staying in school before joining the NBA? He got his degree and then finally was drafted, I would have jumped into the NBA immediately


I heard that too. That would be rough, but at least you would get in shape on vacation lol. Or ride horses.


Very true, you would need a horse-drawn carriage or even a bike to get around.


That would be interesting. It would be more relaxing I think in my opinion. Maybe they will bring the bus from the Dutch that goes 160 mph!


I wonder if people get dizzy looking out of the window.


I bet, or fear for their lives as they are traveling in a bus going that fast


True. Have you heard about the tolls in japan?


I have, there worse than Chicago's and I never thought that was possible. I don't know how bad they are though


I heard it costs more than $300 to travel across the country.


That is expensive, wow! Probably worth it, but still! It was so nice chatting with you!


It was nice talking to you too. I am going to go look into some new places to travel too.


Me too, I am planning a trip right now for Brazil! I can't wait. Have you traveled out of the country?


Yes, I have traveled a lot! I even went to iceland last summer.


Nice, that is my future plan, I love the looks of that place. Is it true about their rail system not being there?


I think it is! I heard without cars, they use domestic flights to travel.


That is interesting, it certainly helps people getting over their fear of flying lol. I wonder if it is because of the terrain


I am not sure. But I do know it is very cheap to travel.


That is awesome, at least they make it cheap. Have you been to mackinac island in MI?


No, I have not. I heard they don;t have vehicles.


What do you think about these new age summer camps?


I wonder if Bruce Lee ever wrote poetry?


Interesting.    Tupac also danced ballet in high school.    A Renaissance guy!


He also studied Jazz.  I never realized he was so all around talented.


I wonder if he could try his hand at a palindrome poem like the one Demetri Martin wrote.


That is crazy, it must be hard to make something make sense and fit that requirement,


True.    Another crazy poem is the depressing one when read forward that becomes inspiring in reverse.


I have seen a few of those.  That is pretty inventive.  TO think of the language and creative word choices.


Then there is the other end, where the Japanese alphabet, recited in order is a poem!


I wonder if it is like out alphabet song, or if it is a poem that makes sense?


I think practicing mindfulness can certainly help people.  I dont know about the whole camp though.


Probably a bit of both.    Nothing like the Epic of Gilgamesh, I'm sure.


Too true.    Even babies dance and smile when music and rhymes are pleasing to them.


True, I wonder if they like the Moonwalk?  I am surprised the first person to moonwalk was Bill Bailey!


True, although I would guess one of the 20 quintillion individual animals on the earth once had those moves before humans.


Maybe, maybe they are the ones that taught Mr. Rogers to breakdance!


I wonder if Mr. Rogers would've agreed with Germany to give legal rights to animals.


Probably, hes Mr. Rogers!  Anyway, I must get going!  Have a great day!


You too!    I need to go cure my hiccups!


Try drinking some water, even though that is just a myth it might help!  Bye


Perhaps so.   I guess yoga and meditation might be less threatening than dodgeball.


I think both are very important, with the constant bombardment of notifications, and social pressures it is important to be able to center oneself and remove yourself from that world for a while.


True.    I do think a name like Inward Bound Mindfulness Education is a little bit over the top!


Id be inclined to agree with that.  I would say I am equal parts meditate and go punch and kick something fitness like,  oriented.


I think dance can also be a way to experience mindfulness.


It can, I do martial arts, sometimes just practicing my forms is the best therapy and places where my mind is the clearest.


Bruce Lee was an expert at both forms!    He won the Hong Kong Cha-cha championship in 1958.


I used to love watch that show, Thomas was amazing, did you like it?


I did. I didn't know that Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin narrated a lot of episodes. I liked to watch Mr. Rogers too. I'm glad toknow that he really was a nice guy but also was a radical.


No way! I have to go back and watch my favorites to see who voiced them lol. Mr. Rogers was radical?


Through television he did groundbreaking work in child psychology. He helped kids work through their insecurities and fears.


for sure, a great guy. Did you ever watch that 70s show?


Mr. Rogers also helped kids work through tough issues that were occurring like what assassination meant after Robert F Kennedy died. I liked that 70s show!


Wow, I wish he was alive still. I think there is a movie about him coming out. I loved that 70s show, apparently it didn't fare too well in the UK, their remake only lasted like 10 shows


But oddly, he asked a gay colleague to stay in the closet or risk getting fired.


dang, times were different back then, maybe he was looking out for this colleague? It was so nice chatting with you!


Yeah, hopefully. There's a movie about it and I'd like to go check it out now. Nice chatting with you.


I watch a little before bed.I like the Simpsons. You?


I do too, I like watching family guy and south park at night. Did you hear about the south park family guy episode?


I heard that the producers got flowers from the Simpsons Crew on the finale.


yea that was awesome to hear. I respect that lol! Do you ever watch pokemon?


I used to. There are over 750 episodes of it!


I wonder if they ever caught them all with all those episodes lol! I used to watch it religiously


I used to watch the Simpsons religiously. I don't remember the one episode where Bart was not there and wasn't mentioned though.


I don't either, I had heard that. I need to go back and see which one and why he wasn't.


When I was small I also used to watch Thomas. Did you ever watch this?


It is curious to think that so many companies are offering streaming services, it might be overwhelming and costly for consumers if content is locked to a single service.


I found it interested that Netflix pays 20 times more in postage than bandwith. Makes me wonder what the postage is for, is it mail offers or the dvd rental service they offer.


Yeah it seems like people still like to watch movies the old fashion way but do they offer video game rental too?


I don't think they offer video game rentals, other companies might but Netflix at the moment does not. It would be a good endeavor for them to invest in however.


I would agree too. All it takes it some bad blood and a $40 late fee to start a $2 billion dollar idea.


Yeah if only hindsight was a given for some investments. Given how Blockbuster could have bought Netflix, I wonder if they would have been as successful as Netflix is currently.


I doubt it. but then again the world will never know.


Another thing I am curious about is regarding the internet cables installed along the ocean floor. How long did it take, and how would they go about repairs/etc.


yeah and how small in diameter they are. I think it would be pretty easy to have disruptions or even breaks with them being as small as they are.


I would have imagined they would be reinforced a bit more, but it was probably installed a while back and that was no doubt the more practical solution.


also found it interesting that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone. Are they desperate for us to stop using technology that much?


I agree, but I also think it is nice to pick which streaming services you want and do not want instead of buying a cable package of channels I never watch.


I wonder how that would work, would you register for that program, and would your phone company provide validation that you succeeded in not using your phone.


I am not sure. Interested to find out more for sure.


That's true, I just hope that certain services aren't too restrictive on what content you are allowed to watch. Disney entering streaming services would be a great thing for fans, to watch classics or new movies, if Disney offers it.


It would also be crappy if you had to pay per movie still.


That would definitly defeat the purpose of cutting cable and choosing a streaming plan. Although I think companies have a greater incentive to charge more if people are willing to pay the price.


I find some of the random facts really interesting too. LIke that fact it takes more computing power for one google search than it took to send neil armstrong to the moon


It just shows how much technology has advanced in such a little time span. Given that much of a technological gap, it makes me wonder if the future will also show such technological feats.


or also how lazy we have gotten as humans. Letting computers and machines do everything for us.


Good point. It is problematic to become too dependent on technology, more so if that technology can be taken away or compromised.


What other facts did you like? I think it is crazy how they track phones and traffic.


Gaming. Lots of money in that, if you can find the hamburger buttons. You know, those that symbol with those three vertical lines?


Oh, the vegans must hate that name! Probably they want it to be called the veggie burger! Do you think you're addicted to the Internet yet?


Yeah, I'm addicted. If they opened up my brain, they would see a room full of little nerds, wear black glasses and white shirts, all sitting at laptops--facing away from one another of course.


Even if you go to the top of Everest, you cannot escape! There is 3g cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of Everest. But you can take a selfie of yourself.


Sebatian Maniscalco calls it "Taking a lonely" because how alone do yo have to be to not be able to find one person willing to click a snapshot for you? So true. But as a nerd, socialization is not my thing. I am one of the 7% that gets pleasure of of reading terms of my product service agreement...


You're taking one for the team! I thought that the number would be lower than 7%. Maybe 1 %. Do you believe that the current library of Alexandria has a  copy of the Internet in case the Internet burns down?


Sure. I find it comforting knowing that civilization will not grind to a halt if the internet goes down. How else would we be able to binge watch the Simpsons reruns?


It sounds improbably because it would take an Internet to back up the Internet, plus it's so dynamic, how would they keep it current? I bet Jeff Bezos has a backup of the Simpsons somewhere in his secret bunker.


Yeah, but I bet nobody has a backup of the UK remake of the 70s Show...thank goodness!


If the Internet must die to destroy that, so be it!


Hi, how are you? I like many different kinds of cars. You?


I have always been partial to the Cadillac brand, named after the French explorer Antoine Brand...Just kidding. His last name was Cadillac.


Never knew that! It's funny that McDonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 for soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing  fatigues. I thought the drive thru was older than that, since we have a car culture in the US.


Yeah. I wondered why none of the old 1950's movies had drive thru windows at their car hops. Now I know why. And it makes sense that McDs was the inovator.


It is legal in South Africa to equip your car with flame-throwers to prevent carjacking. I wonder how often McD's in SA sees cars like that in the drive thru


Flame-broiling is a Burger King thing. Now you can do it after you buy the burger!  I wonder what else is legal in South Africa?


Probably a whole array of James Bond stuff. Machine guns. Oil slicks. Jann Mardenborough became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in the video game Gran Turismo. But why 90,000 and not more? Or less?


Clearly an underachiever...LOL  You know, the year 1886 is considered the year the car was born. Imagine the look on the face of the proud papa the first time he changes the baby's oil.


Cars certainly have come a long way. I've heard predictions that in the next decade, driveless vehicles will take over large parts of the transportation industry. Not sure what the truck drivers will do for work.


I love Barcelona, what team are you a fan of?


I havent heard about that variation, it sure be interesting to watch, can you  tell me more about it?


I guess the teams are on the field. I don't know whether there are three goals. I don't really have the details.


Oh I see, do you follow Mesut Ozil? he has a big heart, he made a big donation for 23 children in Brazil.


He has played for several teams but he plays for the German national team.


I guess he helped the children in Brazil because the World Cup was there?


Yeah, the one Germany won was in Brazil and he donated his bonus for winning the final.


That was kind of him. I guess he felt that the people of Brazil deserved some help. I wonder whether NFL players do the same thing for kids in the US


I think some of them might, the one thing I know about NFL is that players have tracking chips to record their movements on field.


I guess that makes it easier to understand injuries and strategy. I think that the NFL makes a lot of money and probably should do like Mesut Ozil.


I don't pay much attention to soccer. I do like to watch the World Cup.


Yeah, salaries are pretty high specially if you are a top earner.


I watch the world cup as well, I like it. What do you think about that idea of playing a league match as the US?


I guess it could work. I know that the US isn't really big on soccer. Many have tried to establish leagues in the past. I don't know why it doesn't catch on.


Its a growing community, there are more fans now that there used to, I think its a good idea.


I would like to see more people involved with soccer. I think it's a sport that playable by many people, unlike basketball and football.


Yeah, because all the world plays it, I would like to see new players arise, did you now its called soccer by Americans because it was a slang.


Yeah. Association football --> Assoc --> soccer. I think the word football makes more sense.


I agree it does, soccer makes more money than all the other sports combined, or at least the main sports played in America.


Soccer is a sport that can be played by anyone anywhere. Very little special equipment. I wonder how the variation with three teams playing at once works. Who's the winner?


Good morning, how are you? Did you know that one of the founders of Netflix, Reed Hastings, decided to start the company after a $40 late fee?


Did you know that more than 80% of the earth's natural forests have already been destroyed? I find that really sad.


that is terrible, considering how beautiful is the earth and how much abundance of water it has, about 71% of the earth is covered with water.


And with only 29% being land-- it's kind of crazy to know that humans live on such a small part of the Earth's surface.


And is beautifully made, continents and Islands which I love to visit. I also enjoy the variety of lakes rivers and even the ice.


I can do without the ice, personally. But I understand that it all makes up an important part of the Earth and obviously provides a habitat to species that were made for it-- like polar bears. I'm glad that the days have gotten longer since earth was first formed-- I can't imagine a 5.5 hour long day!


But if you think about it, lots of water are stored on the poles, artic and antartic. It is so wise. Also did you know about how the earth's interior is so active?


I somewhat remember from earth science in high school. I've always found it interesting that Earth has it's own magnetic field though.


Beautiful design consisting of a solid iron core surrounded by a liquid outer core.


Did you know the dinosaur ancestors of the chicken had teeth? I didn't know that all birds today came from dinosaurs either!


I like dinosaurs, I found it impressive fossils are in the 50 states, they are everywhere.


Yes, that is a neat story. something good coming from something bad. It was for a VHS rental of apollo 13


Yeah, while Apollo 13 is a really good movie, I don't know that it's worth $40 (to me, at least). I found it interesting too that Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix-- and now Blockbuster no longer exists. I wonder if they're regretting that decision?


Of course!! they were offered that for $50 million, now it is worth two million! ouch


I also didn't realize that Netflix was pretty much global and available almost everywhere. And it's crazy to me that about a third of bandwidth usage in from 9pm to midnight is just in Netflix accounts!


extremely popular! Imagine 137 million subscribers worldwide!


I also wasn't aware that the first series Netflix produced was Lilyhammer-- I don't think I'd ever even heard of that show until probably the past year. I think the first one I was interested in or remember was Orange is the New Black.


And I did not know Netflix existed in 1997 and that they mailed the DVD's.


I remember them mailing the DVDs but didn't remember when they started. I don't think they were a really popular service until they started streaming services-- that's when pretty much everyone started subscribing to their services.


And are as popular as youtube , they make up to 50% of the internet traffic at peak times in North america. Everyone is on them.


it must be, huh? its crazy that someone figured out you can do that


I wonder if the russians who made a computer run on water ever heard of a potato clock.  Maybe those russians also made mincraft water computer.


its wild a computer can run on water, you would normally assume water would BREAK a computer, not make it work


It was 1936 and the russians were having a vodka shortage.  I suppose a bit is a 1 or a 0.  So the glass is full or empty.


thats funny. I wonder if any of those Russians are Transhumanists and want to upload their mnds to computer memory sticks


If a human was uploaded to a computer, could you be programmed to be happy or drunk.  No russian would do it.  There is no vodka in cyber space.


hey there could be! they could be programmed to always have a bottle of vodka on hand


They could also be programmed to be a sensor inside a football.  They would have to track velocity, rotation and the number of cheerleaders.


maybe theyll get to walk on the moon someday like the scientist Harrison Schmitt


I wounder if Harrison was a geologist.  I understand why it is said that Aristotle is a philosopher.  But how is Harrison any diffrent.


your guess is as good as mine! im going to go look into that. Nice chatting with you!


oh yea, im sipping my morning coffee reading some news on my computer, do you have a computer?


I have an Apple computer, but it broke.  Makes me need a cigarette.


an Apple? im a pc guy myself. did you know a space shuttles computer runs on only 1mb of ram?


1 mb of RAM. Well if I had a memory, it would be forget only access, or 1 mb of FOA.  Apple tells me that my warranty is void because of a bio hazard.


Apparently they believe their computers need an appropriate working environment.  So, smoking voids the warranty.


thats pretty high and mighty of them i say. The computer people build on Minecraft dont have whacky rules like that!


I wonder if that would be called a virtual computer, given that minecraft blocks are not real.


True. Did you know that in Scotland there is protection act and loch ness monster is a protected species.


Fishes living in fresh water drink only fresh water through their skin via osmosis, while the saltwater fish drink water through mouth.


Yes, and a seahorse is the only fish to have a neck. I completely didn't know it. What else do you know? Share with me, please.


I see in the fish exhibition in my childhood. Its very nice time.


Really? I'm sure it is beautiful. There is something interesting about humans. For example, there is sound frequency that causes fear in humans.


All animals and plants synthesize their own vitamin C but human cannot do it due to defect of gene.


True. It's part of us. Actually humans are among best running animals and this is because of hunting. I'm not surprised. In order to have good result in hunting you have to run very well.


In the early stage, human want to hunt for their food, so only he domesticated dog for hunting.


True. Human always try to adopt all animals for their need.


Humans use tools to a much higher degrees than any other animals


Yes, The study of non-humans is called zoology. Animals are multicellular.


True. It was nice chat. Thanks and have a good day!


True. By the way, do you have any pets home?


Yes, I have some fishes and dogs. what about you ?


No, I don't. Fish is cool. I'd love to have fish. Is it difficult to take care of?


Yes, The animal plays a important role in food web. They categories into three group according to the way of consume foods. They are carnivores, omnivores, herbivores.


Can you believe there 20 quintillion individual animals on our planet? It's huge number!!!!


Due to deforestation, we lost so many features. It is very difficult to preserve the forest and save the animals from hunter. Elephant is mainly hunted for its ivory.


Anyway people make effort to protect animals. Germany is the first country to give animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights. It's so cool.


It is very interesting. We must save and protect them. We expanding you area and occupy their living space.


Hey how are you doing? Did you watch the White House Correspondents' dinner this year?


The people that pretend that they don't have bias really mess it up too, willfully uninformed people are no help. Watching SNL and they're talking about the owner of the day spa that had the illegal sex trafficking was friends with Trump and that he is signing bibles, it's pretty messed up.


Ever watch the movie, Idiocrasy?  We are moving in that direction.  The Fox News channel considered suing the Simpsons. I would have loved to hear Homer's rebuttal...


I have, it truly feels that way. Probably has to do with Fox News being watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


I think what is worse is that if you add up everyone that watches the news, it only amounts to a fraction of the bigger majority that spend all their time on Facebook, Netflix and video games.


For sure, I'm surprised Bush put those solar panels on the back of the white house. Wish that would be subsidized for the rest of the USA too.


I wonder if solar panels were also put on the twin White House buildings in Ireland and France?


Yah, that is interesting. I wonder if President Banana from Zimbabwe does that too?


LOL  The White House still uses floppy disks.  I wonder if those solar panels were the same ones used by Jimmy Carter, or if they updated the tech?


I wonder if that is because floppy disks are pretty secure? I'm not really sure, Teddy Roosevelt banned christmas trees from the white house, I can get behind that haha.


He was quite the conservationist!  It was a principled stance.  We could use more of that in Washington...


I did not. I have lost interest in hearing WH correspondents grandstanding. In this partisan environment, I think this tradition should be canceled.


Most definitely, great chatting with you though. I'm going to take off and go to bed, have a good one!


I think so as well. It used to be fun it seems but not so sure anymore. I think Trump is hosting a rally on April 28th for it?


Smart move. There is a not-to-merry a war between Trump and the press corp, and by holding a rally, Trump wiil be seen as in touch with voters, while the press corp will look out of touch in their ties-and-tails outfits.


Pretty much how it goes unfortunately. Journalists do not give false stories but it seems like there is an attack on journalism.


The President of Zimbabwe is called President Banana. That is far better coverage than what the press corp has given Trump. Some deserved, some not.


For sure, do you watch Fox News or a different channel?


I watch many different sources. I find it fascinating how differently they will cover the same story. I saw this as a child years ago, how mainstream coverage is often sensationalist, while if you find a better source, where the whole issue is discussed instead of just a editor-selected segment, then the impression given is much different. Almost looks dishonest at times,, but it seems to stem from intrinsic bias.


For sure, it's a pretty significant phenomenon that the US is going through right now with the media. People should be able to trust the media but there's such an attack on it that people are not sure what to believe and what not to believe. I'm sure we've seen this a bunch of times before in history don't you think?\


We are in a diferent era, where Presidents find it useful to release pop music albums while in office to help their causes. Where Presidents end-round the Press corp and go straight to the people on Twitter. These are new feature of an old problem, Bias has been around forever. It is just more blatant now.


I wonder if that janitor's fantasy novel was any good.


I'm surprised that dogs aren't descended from the species of wolves that are around today. I wonder what the dog's ancestors looked like.


I'm not sure. Dogs were the first animals to be domesticated.


Yeah. And interacting with them probably helped shape our society too. I like cats because they're mostly unchanged from their wild ancestors -- a lot less than dogs.


Yeah, with all the selective breeding, who knows how alike dogs are to their ancestors


At least they can still cross-breed with wolves.


True. There are dog blood drives where dogs can donate blood to eachother. That's pretty neat.


It must really make things complicated having to store that many blood types.


Yeah, I think there are 12 different ones!


Must be really traumatic for a dog to donate blood.


I'm not sure how that works. Dogs are super smart. They are one of the only animals that understands pointing.


I'm not sure which novel you mean. I don't read a lot of fantasy, do you?


I'm more into sci-fi. But supposedly a janitor in Chicago left a 15000 pp manuscript that was found after he died.


Wow, that's pretty neat! I wonder what it was about?


Same. Guess I'll do some Googling. I've read some fantasy that I liked -- Wind in the Willows, Narnia... What do you like to read?


I don't get much time to read a lot these days. Did you know the FDA burned 6 tons of books once in order to censor them?


I'm not sure. I know literature was an olympic event until the 1950's!


I really have trouble wrapping my head around that. Especially considering some of the stuff that's rejected as an olympic sport.


Yeah, it's pretty strange to think about. Music and painting were also events!


William Shakespeare was a master writer; I would argue that the world will never see another like him.


I have heard about this poem before, but I could not tell you the name of said poem.


I don't think most poets make a living at it even today.  Edgar Allen Poe got $9 for The Raven, which is probably like, what, $500 today?


Yeah I believe so. Poets back in the day where starving artists.


I think they still are starving for the most part!  Did you know the Javanese alphabet when recited in order forms a poem?


Why yes I did! Poetry dates back such a long time. It started in Africa by the Nile, Niger and Volta river valley.


I didn't know that!  Do you think rap is our modern poetry?


Wow, I did not know that. That does sound about right though. Did you know that ancient Grecians concentrated on the features of poetry such as repetition and uses of speech.


Yes, they tried to distinguish it from more objectively informative and  prosaic forms of writing.


Yeah, exactly. I would argue that ancient people were much more driven and intellectual than modern civilization.


They had less distractions and fewer forms of entertainment.  The Epic of Gilgamesh was written in Sumerian and is the earliest Western Asian poetry.


I agree with you.  I heard he might have actually been a woman, or,  a group of people.  Did you know he is credited with inventing the names Miranda, Jessica and Olivia?


Yeah. Epics are interesting forms of work. So much writing for such limited meaning. But, its all about how much you love your work.


Or, how much you have to say!  Great chatting with you.


Yeah I actually did know that. He was a very interesting character. He kept his life very private.


Are you a fan of artistic dance like ballet as well as Shakespeare?


I am not really a fan of artistic dance. However, did you know that Tupac danced ballet in highschool? Dance is such a undiscovered art.


No, I didn't know that about Tupac but I know football players talk ballet to learn to be more flexible and nimble.


Huh, that is pretty interesting. I have never heard that about footballers before. Michael Jackson even had a patent on a device that helped him lean that one time.


How about poetry?  Are you a poetry lover since you like Shakespeare?


Not really a poetry fan, but I do appreciate Shakespeare's work. Poetry is an interesting work of art though, so much effort and thought is needed to create such a small amount of work.


I read there is a poem which if read normally is depressing but when read backwards is inspiring.  I'd love to know the title or who wrote it.  Do you know?


Hey there have you ever been to a concert before? I know I go to them all the time


Yeah I play the piano, I start to learn as an adult, I actually like it a lot. I didn't know that back in 1930, there was a day where there was literally no news and so the BBC just played piano music instead haha


Oh cool, I'm glad you enjoy it. I'm surprised there was no news, that is crazy.


I know right. You would never see that today, they're always coming out with news about something, do you like Queen by the way?


I agree with you! Apparently the piano used in Bohemian Rhapsody, is the same one Paul McCartney used for the song Hey Jude, I do like both songs haha what about you


I do too, it's really cool to know the same piano was used. If you ever think about climbing a mountain, maybe try Britain's highest mountain, you can play piano up there!


I should do that! And put it on YouTube haha. I wonder how it got up there too, do you know what the Airship Hindenburg was?


It was that giant blimp thing, remember it like exploded in the air, but apparently they had a piano on it and since it had to float, they used aluminum to create the piano, it only weighed 356 lb., I know that a real piano weighs a lot more than that


Wow, that is so interesting, I really had no idea that happened! I knew about a violin that was made out of stone, and guess what, it's playable!


Unfortunately I've never been to a concert! I would love to go to one soon.


That's cool! I always wanted to play the violin, I just heard it's really hard, it makes sense that Albert Einstein would play both the piano and violin haha


Wow you've never been to a concert? you need to go to one ASAP LOL, maybe go to a The Ramones concert Sunday? Apparently they've been touring for almost 20 years straight, I bet their show is really good


That is crazy! My mom really likes them, maybe I'll be able to take her.


Yes you should! She would love it LOL. I would also go to a Linkin Park concert, although I think they're singer passed away, back in 2001 they did like 324 concerts in only a year, that's like one per day almost


I grew up listening to Linkin Park and it hurt me when I found out Chester died. That is a lot of concerts, wow.


Yep I agree with you. Would you ever watch a concert in an ancient Roman Amphitheater? Apparently Pink Floyd did a concert there, and there is one in Croatia that still does concerts to this day


That is insane, I think I would watch it just to experience it. I don't know if you know who Creed is, but apparently they were sued by four concert goers because their 2002 concert was really bad.


That's pretty funny haha. I would actually be embarrassed if I were them, do you play any instruments by the way? I personally play the piano


I know right! I don't really play any instruments, I use to play on a piano when I was a kid though.


Hello there, are you a fan of the current US president?


Yeah isn't that strange, but who knows.  I wonder what all the guests that stay there think.


It is probably pretty fantastic! I would lol. I still think it is strange that 5 presidents so far have been elected while losing the popular vote, I will never understand our governments voting system


Yeah doesn't that seem stupid.  I don't understand that and our government in general as well.


Me either, probably never will. Just like the replica of the white house in Atlanta someone built for their home...lol


Yeah I will not understand that as well. Do you know who the top three wealthiest presidents in history were?


No, I can't say I do know who they are, but I have heard there were 3 presidents who were the wealthiest out of all the presidents. I do know the only president to have a PHD was Woodrow Wilson.


That is also surprising there has been only one president with a PHD.


Right? I wonder if any foreign presidents have Phd's...Sounds like Kim Jong Un has held some pretty important positions but not sure if he has any degrees.


I am pretty sure the Kim Jong Un has two degrees.  I know one of them is in physics.


Yes, that is correct! 1 in physics and one as an Army officer, he is a pretty powerful man.


hI! I am not actually but that is just my opinion. I do like the fact the president had a good meeting with KimJong Un.


Yeah isn't that wild.  Well it was nice talking to you, I hope you enjoy the rest of your night.


Yeah I am the same, I want to have as good of relations as we can with him.


Yes, we are ll in this together! But the president does have a lot of problems with foreign affairs, hopefully all will work out.


Yeah I hope it does for sure.  Do you know much about other presidents around the world?


I don't really, I have never really followed politics and presidents until now and I just have to check to see what is going on, and a fun fact did you know FDR is the only president who spoke a foreign language?


I didn't and that really surprises me.  I would think that as a president you should be able to speak more than one.


I thought that too! I also didn't think someone like Kim Jong Un would be afraid of barbers....so he cuts his own hair!


That is pretty bad to be afraid lol.  Did you know that the president's guest house is actually bigger than the white house?


Wow, I think that is a bit odd! The White House is huge, I wonder why or which president decided to build a guest house that large!


Are you a big fan of shopping online like on eBay or Amazon?


He was born in New Mexico but he spent his child hood between houston texas and miami Florida.


Oh cool. And then thanks to internet, look at where he is now. I guess internet has revolutionised all our lives, not just his.


It definitely has think about it the mturk platform is thanks to the genius of that kid that was born so many years ago in new mexico.


Most definitely. Did you know that the 3 horizontal line on apps and menus is called a hamburger button. That is so catchy and genius.


That's one of the best things about the people who develop apps they like to throw in little things for people who pay attention to notice. In video games its called easter eggs.


Oh that is cool, I did not know that. I am wondering where that guest house is of the president. I mean, it says it is bigger than the white house


It says that the Blair House is composed of 4 buildings and is located between Pennsylvania ave and jackson place


Cool. TO be honest, the white house was not as big as I thought it would be when I went to visit it. In pic and video it seems so much bigger.


I know and the funniest thing is its not even in a safe part of the city there's alot of crime around that area lol


Do you ever read the terms and conditions when purchasing online? It seems like 7% of people do.


Yes. I shop regularly on Amazon because of their return policy and quick shipping. Crazy to see how much Amazon has grown.


South park an episode about this exact thing lol nobody takes the time to read all that who knows how much damage we have already done by pressing I agree


Definitely amazon prime is a lifesaver when you need something delivered quickly.


For sure. Interesting facts about Jeff, with the clock on the mountain. That is quite something.


He has built an empire he is the steve jobs of online shopping, do you know in which year he started amazon?


According to the article in 1994, so that is not too long ago considering how much it has expanded


Do you know in which year amazon also acquired the movie review site IMDB?


I guess I do now, in 1998, but I actually had no idea that they owned it


Do you know where jeff bezos was born and grew up?


I am not sure, but he is from one of the Eastern states but I do not know which one exactly. Do you?


Hey there do you drive a car? I drive mine to work everyday haha what about you


I wish I could have done that! I also wish that I could become a professional race car driver! That sounds awesome


That sure does. DO you listen to the radio on the car?


I do. I have never listened to a Jupiter radio storm though haha. I guess you can hear that on AM radio


Yeah I want to catch that one too on the radio. DO you listen to Canadian radio?


I don't think fully. I heard that they require 40% of the radio music to be of Canadian origin. I can't think of any good Canadian music honestly haha


Well there are some artists but that is a lot to require the radios to play


Yep I agree. Do you know what a fox hole radio is? I guess they use them in World War II


Yeah those were radios made out of pencils and razorblades, how creative


I agree. I don't even know how that works haha. Do you listen to any pop music by the way?


I do, sometimes. Apparently has grown louder since the 60s


Same here. Do you know why the trunk of the car is called that?


I also heard that the president of Indonesia has made three pop albums. While he was in office too! That is so insane haha


I know a talent in music and politics. Good for him. Nice chatting with you :)


I think it's because old cars used to have trunks in the back. I guess they were made of wood? That seems super dangerous to me


Yeah and imagine if we still had them in south africa where flme throwers are legal


I know right! Talk about a fire hazard haha. Do you know about the French explorer who founded Detroit? I bet in the winter he wished he had a flamethrower haha


Yeah that was Antione de la Mothe Cadicall and that is how Cadillac got its name


Yep that's really cool. I'm from Michigan and even I never knew that! Did you hear about the reason for the drive-through's founding back in 1975


Yeah all about the soldiers and not being able to leave their cars  in uniform


Yep apparently soldiers couldn't leave their cars I guess. I think that rule has been changed. Have you ever played the video game GranTurismo?


Yeah it has. I have actually but have not been able to beat 90 000 people like that guy did


Oh ok got it. That makes sense. Julius Caesar wrote fan fiction of Hercules in his youth.


Now that is a surprise. Did he write anything else?


It says something about Oedipus as well. I'm guessing that's some sort of God.


You've got me there. I just always think of Caesar as a conquer and nothing else.


Lol...me too. In the 1950's a judge tried to ban science fiction because it featured a black character.


I'm surprised it didn't pass considering the social climate of the 50's. Today that would never fly though.


I would think so too. Do you like costumes?


Well that depends. You mean like costume parties, or comic com or what?


A little bit of both. Panda researchers wear panda costumes to work?


No kidding? If the job pays good enough I'm up for it. You?


I'm doing good.Thanks for asking. Do you like television?


I watch some but it's not my whole life. Do you ever watch the Simpsons.


I don't really watch the Simpsons. I did see that there is only one episode without Bart.


Yeah. Here's one there are over 750 episodes of pokemon and I've never even heard of the show.


That's a lot of episodes. Pokemon is pretty popular with the younger crowd. I haven't ever really watched it.


Yeah I only no it by name. Did you know that Edgar allen poe wrote the oldest known example of a cyborg?


To the best of my knowledge a cyborg is part man and part machine, kind of like Arnold Swartzenhager played but I can't remember the movie.


Hi there!  Do you know that the white house has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800.


I'll have to look that up too!  lol  Did you know that before Trump the 3 wealthiest presidents in American history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?  I believe Trump is the richest.


yea I saw that and feel like the list has to be outdated a luittle bit. he must be the richest of them all


Yes.  I think he is.  The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana!  lol


haha do you think that is his real name or a nickname?


I'm not sure.  I think it's real!  The U.S. presidents guest house is larger than the White House.  I wonder President Banana ever stayed there? lololo


did you know back in the day the runner up in the election ended up beocming the vice president?


hahaha  I didn't know that.  Could you imagine that now?  Hillary and Trump would be in the news daily for fighting.


Definately! lol  Did you know that the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office?


Id love to hear some of his music. Imagine if Trump dropped an album tomorrow


woah! must be an old house! i think it was only rebuilt once too


Hahahahaha  That would be funny.  I remember that little bit he did on SNL where Trump was dancing around.  lol


haha i liked that clip. im going to go watch it right now


I believe so too.  Did you know that the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France?


do you think thats where the president stays when he visits those countries?


I'm wondering.  I'm going to look it up.  Teddy Roosevelt was such a staunch conservationist that he banned Christmas trees from the white house.


thats a little bit overbaord, wheres his holiday spirit?? did you know they still use floppy disks over there too?


That's surprising!  You would think they would have upgraded to flash drives by now.  lol  George W. Bush had solar panels put back on the White House.  I wonder who took them off? lol


I read he put them back on....makes it sounds like they were already there before and taken off.... lol


oh! youre right haha I wonder why someone would do that...and who....


Do you know anything about the dance program at Duke University?


It is funny that they test pianos with Circus Galop, a piece no human could play!


Hahaha, that is odd! I love researching fun facts on the computer and you can find so much! I use my computer for everything, I write some poetry and save it to my computer.....you could probably find a program to teach you piano on the computer lol.


Perhaps so.    It is funny that poetry goes back to prehistorical times, but we still can not teach a computer to compose it well!


Exactly, there will always be a need for human emotion which nothing tech wise could ever do. The Edgar Allan Poe poem, the Raven was fantastic and he was only paid 9 bucks for it. Wow....


Conversely, something as simple as the Japanese Alphabet, when recited in order is also a poem!


I think I read about that while on my computer, and that is amazing actually. I will have to look it up I want to see what it is all about!


Did you know that in 1936, Russians made a computer that ran on water!


Really? That is awesome! something else to research on my computer, I love reading cool facts. Almost all of the Hobbit's character names were taken out of an old poem, how funny!


Indeed!     I wonder if something similar inspired Demetri Martin's 224 word palmindrome poem.


Exactly! I need to read that poem, must be very good. I am wanting to find that poem that is read normally is found to be depressing but reading it backwards is inspiring! Love that!


No, I don't really but they recently celebrated the opening of the new Rubenstein arts center.


I am looking for some of the poetry from the pyramid texts!


Oh wow! Now that would be very interesting! I may do that myself as well haha!  It has been great chatting with you!


You too.     I enjoyed sharing prosaic writing with you too!


Who was Duke's first vice Provost for the arts?


Scott Lindroth I believe. I love how they have these applied arts programs to bring them balance and something different and meaningful to them.


I heard that since his time, Duke has grown to have 98 student arts groups.


That is really amazing, love this idea. they have so many more classes directed at the arts now more than ever which is awesome.


I wonder how many programs are devoted to the acoustic piano?


I love the piano, but not sure how many programs are devoted to it. by aligning art making with research it makes for a much deeper learning experience though.


I am a fan too.    Odd that the modern piano has been around since roughly 1700!


Right! L played years ago, and I also love poetry. Everyone should have a creative side they let out. It is amazing that they found a piano at the top of britains highest mountain....crazy to think how it got up there lol


Hey! Do you know that New York area code 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?


Funny fact I've read. In the 1950s US judge tried to ban a science fiction comic because it featured a black character.


Wow, that's pretty messed up trying to ban a comic just because a character is black


I think so. Sometimes officials over react about such things.


Yea, it's a shame. Did you know Caesar wrote fan fiction of Hercules and Oedipus?


My sister likes it. I remember while ago she was telling me something about it. She likes literature.


Nice. Are any of you Edgar Allen Poe fans? Apparently he wrote about a cyborg in one of his stories!


No and I honestly know some general information. How about you? Are you fan?


I read a few of his stories in high school and enjoyed some, I may get back into it


Cool. I feel I don't have enough time for reading, but I know everyome may find if really wants.


Yea, well at least there's a wiki which ranks fictional characters by powers and abilities


No, I had no idea. I've only used a rotary phone a couple times when I was kid but I wonder why 111 wouldn't be quicker than 212


True. Wiki helps a lot. Take care and have a good day! I'll go to meet a friend.


It's good point. Maybe someone more important takes 111 lol let's say Washington DC... lol... anyway I don't know the asnwer


Yea, maybe it's top secret lol. Did you know an iphone has more computing power than the US nuclear icbm deterrent?


Actually I'm not surprised. Friend of mine told me that this old equipment could be too old, because it does what it supposed to do and it's not easy, expansive to replace it. I would believe.


It's fascinating how all that old stuff works, especially how a telphone is able to convert sound from a human voice and transmit it through cables and reproduce on another telephone


It's magic lol I agree with you. I'm not science person, so I'm also wondering how it works


Yea it's crazy how they are even able to lay 2.7 inch diameter phone cables across the ocean floor!


You know.. it was just two years ago when someome told me about that. I had no idea about cables across the ocean... Btw, do you read any fiction?


When I was a kid I read a bunch of fiction and comics too, since fiction is any narrative derived from the imagination


Yes I do. George Strait is a cousin of Jeff Bezos


Yes. THere are only two african americans that are in their hall of fame though


Yeah. Henry Ford finances it to make sure it sticks around


Yeah he was afraid jazz music would take over


Yeah each genre has its place, I do not get his fear


Yeah I agree. Did you know U2 once opened for themselves?


Yes they did that as the Dalton Brothers from Galveston, Texas


Yes that was back in 1987 and they wore costumes and wigs


Yeah. Do you know what the fender stratocaster was intended for?


Yes I do. Laurie was paid $700 000 per episode in that show


Yes I do. Did you know he does not do drama anymore?


Yes because they do not project positivity


Yes there is free website where you can listen to them too


Yes. Jon Hamm was a drama teacher in a high school and taught ELlie Kemper


Nice, small world. Do you like country music?


Do you like to read? Seems like Woman Who Fly is a great book


Yeah. Did you know romantic kissing is a recent development and it is not found in greek literature.


No, I do like romantic kissing in movies, books, they give the story unique touch, did you know about that annual literature contest of the worst opening sentence?


Yeah, I bet those would be pretty interesting to hear. There's a doctor that teaches heavy metal as a form of literature.


Wow interesting, do you know who Winston Churchill is? well he won a novel prize because of literature.


Yeah, he's very talented. The father of modern olympics won a gold medal in literature for writing a poem about sports.


Thats interesting, literature, music, painting used to be events in the Olympic games.


I can't imagine what olympic painting was like! I wonder why they stopped doing it.


That is hard too imagine I agree, maybe thats why they took them out of the games in 1952


Yeah, maybe. The latin word for literature is derived from the word letter.


I like to read occasionally. I have not heard of that, what is it about?


So much about literature I dont know, interesting chat.


Its about tales of flying woman, mythologies, visions of female freedom and emancipation, seems like a book with a really original plot


That sounds pretty cool and like something I would like. Did you know earth is almost 4x as dense as the sun?


No didnt know that, but I do know that it was formed over 4.5 billion years ago, crazy how we can tell with a carbon 14 test


That is crazy. There is a region in Canada with less gravity than the rest of the earth.


There is? I guess theres a lot more to earth than what meets the eye, im just glad 71% of earth is water, I love water, the sea, rivers


I love water regions too, especially the ocean. You could fit all the planets between the moon and the earth and still have room.


Amazing and it looks so close you raise your arm and try to touch it, days at earth when it first got formed were only 5.5 hours long


Thats pretty short. And I thought they were too short in the winter! Do you like to read?