I like all three of them lol, clothing is also one of my favorite subjects and I also like technology


I hear ya, I'm really into clothing too. Switching it up w textiles and materials. Did you know Apple had a clothing line in 1986?


I didnt, I would buy an Apple tshirt for sure, I wonder why they dont have that clothing line anymore


Really? what have you been reading lately?


Yeah same. Also, this was interesting, from 1912 to 1952 architecture, literature, music, painting and sculpture were olympic events. How cool


Really cool indeed, they should be events even now, I wonder why they took them out!


A few different fiction stories, very interesting. One was Tommy Orange's debut novel.


I heard about that one, its the one with the little native american boy right?


Yes! It was quite an emotional read. It made me really think about how life is like for them.


Native Americans suffered for a lot of years, its a story that involves a lot of blood and tears and not an easy story to tell


Definitely! Orange did a great job w how he shared their history... It was quite diff from the 2nd book I read. A Visit From The Goon Squad, familiar?


I heard that book was pretty good as well, kind of dark though,


For sure, there were some powerful tales. I found the sory about the man born with fetal alcohol syndrome the darkest. You?


I felt sorry about him as well, his mother is in jail so what kind of life can he even have, did you hear about the overweight joung man,


wow, good for him. and brian may has a Phd.


He is such a great guitar player!  and he is very creative and he uses coins instead of picks


that is quite something. do you use the computer much?


I do, today they  are very common, everyone has a personal computer or a smartphone!


yeah for sure. the space shuttle has one and it only ran on an mb of ram


1 mb only!! that is crazy, do you know what the russians did?


yeah that is crazy. no, what did they do?


wow that is amazing. if you have an apple computer and smoke near it it voids the warranty


yes I do. do you have a favorite instrument?


That is so interesting!! Well it was so nice talking to you


I love bass and guitar, specially in rock music


nice. did you know van halen once set speakers on fire playing guitar?


I heard that!! I love the guitar performance on that song


that is insane. do you know who matthew bellame is?


Yes, he is the lead singer and guitar player of Muse, a great British band!


yeah, he holds the Guinness record for the most smashed guitars


I think guitar players have the most crazy and at the same time creative ideas like the guitar player from Pink Floyd! Do you know what he did?


I am not sure about that. What did he do?


Are you a big fan of attending music concerts?


Its an experience more then it is an event. Do you know how many concerts the ramones ended up playing in total during their whole career?


After touring almost non stop for 20 years it totaled to about 2,263 concerts. Do you use google alot?


every day all day for anything i want to know about


Do you know which year the company was founded?


Do you know at which University the 2 founders were enrolled at?


Yes I truly believe the changed the world and the way we currently have knowldge always at our finger tips


omg i love concerts , my favorite but for personal reasons was tears for fears


2011 i think the way they sound .... as good as before


Definitely are you a fan of floyd at all or is that a little too old school?


just a little bit too old , not fan of pink floyd, i prefer peter gabriel


Did you ever have the opportunity to go see him live?


I have only been to music festivals where multiple bands play but never a singular artist or bands concert


to me a concert is something magical theres so much energy , it makes u feel energized and alive


Have you ever been to Washington DC?  There is so much to do!


There is also a great Museum of American History.  That would also have some stuff about distillery history too I bet.


Yeah I think all of those old distilleries are really cool and you learn so much about American history by touring them, not just about the booze.


On another topic, what do you like better?  Rap music or country?  I like country music better because I'm from the south.


Country is really good, I really like classic country.  I like rap, but mostly early to mid 90's stuff, I can't get into anything from today.


Yeah, I think Tupac Shakur was the best.  It is too bad that he died too young.


Yeah Tupac is for sure in that 90's group of really good rap.  And yeah I totally agree with that.


Did you know that George Strait is the cousin of Jeff Bezos?  Small world.


No I didn't know that, wow those two make up a ton of money!


Yes!  The sad thing though is that there are only 2 black people in the country music hall of fame.


Yeah that is pretty sad, I think that might change in the coming years but we will see.


Hello there, I have been there twice, but when I was really young.  How about yourself?


There are some great up and coming artists.  I hope that changes.


Yeah same here, well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


I have been there before.  I love whiskey, so I love going to the distilleries such as Petworth's.


Yeah that sounds like such a cool place.  I would love to attend their roaring 20's themed party.


Yes!  On Pi Day (3/14) they also do a lot of great things.  I'm not much of a mathematics person, so I dont think I'd get a lot of free stuff.


Yeah that sounds like it would be fun as well.  I would take home a $100 gift card if I could!


Do you like ballet?  Washington DC has a great ballet.  Alvin Ailey is my favorite


I am not a big fan, but would still attend if I had the chance.  Do you know they make ballet slippers that make drawings from the dancer's movements?


I didn't know that!  That is such a great idea -- do you know how much they cost?


No I don't but think that the finished product would be really cool to compare to the different music they were dancing to.


hi how are you? what do you think of Lebron james?


i think he will do a better job than MJ, who was a pretty wooden actor. is bill murray going to be in there?


I have no clue.  I dont think it will be coming out for a few years though.


I hope so. Lebron is 34, will turn 35 in december. i think he needs to plan his post-basketball life.


He will probably vacation the rest of his life,  as long as he doesnt blow all his money lol


Yeah, he could kick back. or he could buy part of a sports franchise.


Yeah, he can set up his family for life. i know that he has donated money to many kids to go to college.


I figure that he understands how hard kids have it. he wants to show that he is not just some greedy celebrity. Anyway, great chat!


Been great talking to you, have a good one.


hello,  hes cool.  I dont know too much about him.  Apparently,  he and Curry grew up in the same town in Ohio.


Really? that is amazing. there must be something in the water in that town. LOL


lol yeah maybe!  I guess up to 1700 attendees would come watch lebron play in high school.


And the money they would charge for tickets. I wonder who got that money. did it help buy books for students? Hm.


Yeah I dont know anyone who would pay that much for a high school game,  when I was in high school it was like $6


I guess everyone know lebron was headed for the pros. they wanted to see him early on. i understand. i wish he had gotten some of that money.


I think hes ok,  he turned down a 10 mill offer because he knew he could get more,  Nike offered 90 mill


I bet he had some good advisers and agents around him. he could have waited another year and made more


Maybe.  I hear he is also going to be in the next space jam.


Wow, I did not know that. Seems like a weird thing to award someone for. The senate saved money by using the same gavel for 165 years.


Yeah, ironically by Nixon. He likes to crack government I guess.


I have 2. Both mutts. Did you know they are a subspecies of wolf?


I did not. How strange. What are their names?


Nice... That must just roll off your tongue when you call them for dinner.


:) Russia memorializes dogs that have been research subjects.


That's really kind of them, kind of shocking too! Nice chatting with you!


Ford is swearing that she told the truth.


I heard a podcast that has a lie detector that detects lies based on what people are saying. They are going to run his testimony through it. I can't wait!


That should be interesting! I guess Kavanaugh is propagating it too.


There's so many valid choices out there. Why choose someone with that background?


no idea. Did you know that Fred Rogers testified in front of the senate for PBS?


Did you see the documentary on him? I heard it was good.


I haven't, though I have heard the same. Did you know Harry Truman got vice president because he saved the gov so much money?


I have heard of the festival, but Ive never been.


I don't know if it is a physical place or a place within the Minecraft game.  I guess I would have to do some reading to find out.  Do you enjoy reading?


I do.  It is my favorite way to pass the time.  Im really into non-fiction.


They say that only the best readers in the middle ages were capable of reading silently.


That is really neat, I never thought about that.


So, we would be really good readers if we lived 500 years ago.


It is on a military reading list.  It is about a boy fighting an alien race in what he thinks is a game, but turns out to be a real war.


That is an interesting set-up.  Did you know that Louis Braille invented his system of reading and writing for the blind when he was only 15?


Well, I have heard that it is the third best selling game of all time.


Wow.  That is awesome!  Well Ive got to go, Nice chat!


Supposedly the minecraft world is bigger than Neptune.


That is incredible.  Is it a memory hog because of that?


It might be.  I know a lot of young kids are very into the game.


It seems to have a lot of options like exploration, resource gathering, crafting and compat.


They get to build a lot of things and have their own world.  Very creative.


It is 3D also.  I wonder if there is music.


I heard something about a music festival called Coachella that actually had 2600 people attend.


I am fearful to say what he will be remembered for. I think it will be a blip on the historical radar... like, we got through those 4 years...


He got elected even though he lost the popular vote. Five presidents have been elected that way.


5? Wow, I did not know it was that many, I would have guessed 2, maybe 3.


Politics is a funny thing. Did you know that close relatives of the president in Guatemala cannot run for president? I guess they have a problem with nepotism?


Wow, I did not know that. What about wives? I think Michelle Obama will run.


She could run one day. She was part of the White Hosue for many years. I believe she speaks a foreign language. The last US president to do so was FDR.


Really? I had no clue. I think she is also a lawyer. I think she has the disposition for it... But the bar is not too high right now...


The next election should be an interesting one. The balance of politics might change.


Agreed. There will be a lot of Dem in the race. I am not sure if Trump has even declared...


the incumbent usually runs and has a good chance of getting re-elected.


I'm fine. Did you know that Hillary Clinton used to be a republican?


Not sure he has the temperment for another 4 years but we'll see. Nice chatting with you!


I did not know that! I wonder why she switched?


Probably the political landscape of the country changed. The tea party and the Republicans love Ayn Rand, but she received social security and medicare.


Ayn Rand was an author that did not like socialism, but she received money from the government. The Republicans and Democrats in Congress have been playing a baseball game for decades. Probably the only time they can agree on something.


Didn't someone get shot at that game a few years back? Truman wouldn't ride the dumbo ride so no one could associate him with the republicans...


That's funny! I guess Truman knew the importance of image. Richard Nixon proposed a guaranteed minimum income, something that I would not expect of a Republican.


I read that he started Fox News with roger Ailes. I had no idea!


I wonder what Trump will be remembered for. He doesn't have a PhD, like Woodrow Wilson.


Have you been to Key West? The person who transformed it into a tourist destination just died. It used to just be a remote naval outpost


I think he did eventually change his name back. I haven't been there. It's sad though that in Key West and other cities they are starting to bulldoze historic neighborhoods for urban renewal.


That is good to hear he changed it back. That is so sad to hear. Think about all the history there. Maybe I will jump in my car and go try and make some change down there before too much is ruined, what do you think?


That would be amazing. What kind of cars do you like, by the way? I like Cadillacs. They were named after French Explorer Antoined de la Mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit.


I did not know that! I love cadillacs, do you eat at Mcdonalds much, they invented the drive thru


Yeah, I heard they invented it to accomodate soldiers. That is neat. Too bad it has attributed to my laziness, haha.


That is so good and look how far it has come. I can't go inside either ha, even if I am waiting 20 minutes in the line!


Well drive thrus sure are convenient! So are trunks! I heard that they used to actually be wooden trunks on the back of cars.


ha no way! That makes perfect sense. My dog loves riding in the backseat and entering the trunk from there, it is so fun, I love dogs!


Haha, secret passageway! I wonder if wooden trunks got jacked at all? You can equip your car with flamethrowers in South Africa to prevent carjacking.


Ha I would so do that, even if it is not  safe at all! I can't warm my car up in ohio if it is cold out, that kind of sucks too


Dang, that is sad to hear, how old were they?


I wonder if your dog minds the car if it's cold? I don't have a dog but they are smart animals, as they naturally understand pointing.


WOW, that is a wonderful life. He was a good person to let everybody enjoy what Key West has to offer! I want to drive my car down there some day


Yeah it would be worth the drive. He was behind the historic preservation movement for Key West.


That is awesome, I would have named him Mr Key West for doing that!


Yeah and his own family was embedded in that history. His grandfather Abraham was a Jewish immigrant from Russia who got to Key west around 1880.


wow, that is some amazing history, I guess I never knew that kind of stuff about florida. Was he a celebrity down there?


I'm not sure. Sadly when he started rehabilitating houses, he had to change his name to David Williams i order to avoid anti-semitism.


wow, poor guy. That is sad his family name couldn't continue down in Key West. Have you been there?


I have always wondered if the Dear Amy articles are real. They often seem to be overly dramatic situations.


Personally I believe dogs are more sociable animals and therefore a bit more work friendly. Cats seem to be much more independent and solitary.


I agree. I love dogs, but not a huge fan of cats.


I am a big dog lover as well. I do like cats but I am somewhat allergic to them, if I am around them too long it bothers my eyes and sinuses.


My wife is allergic to them as well. Did you know dogs are not color blind, but they can't see as many colors as humans?


The way I have always seen it presented is that their vision is muted when it comes to colors, they don't see them as brightly or as vibrantly as we do.


That's interesting. I saw that Istanbul has vending machines that dispense food and water for their stray dogs in exchange for plastic bottles.


That's a great way to help animals if your area doesn't have the infrastructure to support shelters. It helps a lot of goals simultaneously: feeding strays, helping the environment, and promoting recycling.


I am a big supporter of helping animal welfare groups, how about you?


Hello - I'm not too familiar with the Dear Amy articles.


My family owns a dog daycare so we have had the chance to partner with some great organizations in our area.


That's really cool. It was good talking to you!


I encountered them a lot doing puzzles in the newspaper. They always seemed to be printed next to them, so I couldn't help but read through them. It always seemed like they manufactured a crazy conflict in a family.


That's pretty cool. Did you know there are 12 different blood types that a dog may have?


I did not know that. I do know that a lot of veterinarians keep an office dog or cat to always have an emergency blood donor on hand.


Oh wow I didn't know that either. It says dogs can donate blood at dog blood drives too.


That's interesting. You always think about blood donations in time of emergencies for people, but not for pets. It's an area that could use some publicity.


Yea I've never really thought of that before. Did you know dogs and elephants are thought to be the only animals that understand pointing?


They're a lot smarter than we give them credit for. I wonder if other animals through training can achieve that level of recognition? I know for dogs and elephants it's a built in instinct already.


Yea I bet other animals can be trained to understand it. I saw that Google prefers dogs to cats and in their code of conduct it states they are a dog company.


HI, Did you know that Jupiter has radio storms so strong that you can actually hear them by AM radio?


Oh, I didn't know that!  It's interesting that an imprisoned man spent 10 years in the library studying law to prove his innocence, and it worked!  He is now a lawyer that helps falsely convicted people.


That is why I don't borrow from Library. I am too afraid of going to jail if I return my book late.


Ha, good one!  The guy who started Netflix, had 40 bucks in late fees on a video rental and thought that was insane so he started Netflix !


If I went to jail then I would likely spend all my time in the library too. I would be trying to watch as many DVDs as I could


In 1895 the UK prime minister Gladstone founded a public library at age 85 and wheelbarrowed his personal collection of 32,000 books for 3/4 mile to donate them.


That is so cool, to start your own library. Such a wonderful gift to his community.


Yes, I think so too!  His daughter said...He was bringing together books who had no reader and readers who had no books!


I wonder how he was able to collect so many books back then?


I was just wondering that also, growing up we had a library in our home, well it was the spare room with shelves, but we called it our library and we had hundreds of books but I can't imagine how he amassed that many in the 1800's


I wonder how modern libraries are able to keep up with all the demand for digital media these days.


Yes i was listening to them on my AM radio the other day. Its kinda cool


Yep, everythings streaming and digital these days. I see that Sacramento actually has a "library of things" to rent, like sewing machines, that's pretty neat.


I think I am going to the local library and check out a book now.


Wow, i didn't know that, I wouldn't even know what to listen for, what do they sound like?


A bunch of static really. Much like canadian music.  lol


Ha ha, i think it funny that it's a Canadian law that 40% of their radio music played has to be Canadian.


That must be a ton of Justin Bieber music songs. He is from canada.


True, I forgot he was! I've never been to Canada, have you?


no. I used to live near the border to but had no desire to go


Did you know that there are more libraries than McDonald's in the U.S.?


Really. I did not know that. I know McDonalds built the first drive thru though


Hello,  how are you doing?  Did you know The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.


Rapper busta rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the 1998 rugrats movie


I am an OU football fan and we had a running back named Buster Rhymes a few years before Busta.


haha thats awesome! In 2001 a michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit filed against rapper eminem


That would have been cute.  I also read that there is cell service at the top of Mt Everest.  Lots of fun facts about our world!


I know right! Constant novelty from clicking links on the internet can cause real addiction measurable in the brain


I saw that.  I wonder how addiction is measured.  I know that dopamine is secreted during some activities like distance running


I wonder if they have a support group for it?


I had a friend in Australia who was in tears that his knees would not allow him to run marathons any more.  He could have used a group.


No.  I can see why it would be though.  Have you read about the Chinese cheating in the ratings of music?


Thats good,  it was nice talking to u,  have a good one.


Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle, it's called "compliment battle".


Ha!  That could be amusing.  Kind of the opposite of the old Don Rickles who began our incivility in my opinion.


Before he became a rapper, eminem's true dream was to become a comic


I am not surprised.  I think that comics have to be very smart to be so quick and smart people can accomplish a lot.


Thats true.  I just don't see him as a funny guy I guess.


I have been reading about how the Chinese singer, named Wu, used Bots to outsell Adriana Grande and Lady Gaga.  Mankind is often dishonest.


Wow!  That's crazy,  but he also has talent if he can do that.


They claim that it is auto-tuned, so I am not sure about talent.