I'm not too into them. I heard that Ursula K Le Guin who is known for her science fiction and fantasy novels, finshed a collection of poetry before her death.


To say the least! When a cat reaches 15 years old it has usually spent 10 years of it sleeping.


Ah, that is the life! I would love to go to a cat cafe where I could relax with cats and have a drink.


Wow i did not know that. Did you know that Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome poem?


Interesting! Le Guin, in her poem "Normal" talks about not feeling bad to crush others to achieve goals. But the poem wanted to demonstrat that we should not let destructive attitudes prevail


ok. You know how much the famus author Edgar Allen poe received for the publication of the raven?


It was $9. Depressing! Speaking of depressing, there is one  poem that when read normally is depressing but read backwards is inspiring.


Wow that's one i would like to read. Have you ever seen the movie the hobbit?


I think I have. There is a book of poems by Emily Jungmin Yoon that seems quite depressing-it is about Korean comfort women in WWII in Japanese occupied territories.


Wow that most be a heart wrenching read. I asked about the hobbit because almost all the characters are named that were taken from an old Iceland poem Dvergatal.


Nice. Some poetry that i would like to learn more about is the javanese alphabet. It actually forms a poem when recited in order


Sony has made a great platform. Are the games good? Usually that drives the sales of the machine. Are the games on all the platforms now?


Not sure since those consoles can be used for research purposes, like researchers are using them to research black holes, maybe they are not only used for games.


I did hear that the military used the controllers for training troops on equipment. Very intuitive. They learned fast. I don't know why black holes for research though. Why not regular computers?


Probably since it was cheaper like the supercomputer they built out of the consoles. I wonder if I went on YouTube whether or not I could learn how to build a supercomputer as well. Do you use YouTube?


That's true. Cheaper. I sometimes use Youtube, usually for music.


I do the same for those purposes as well and for DIY videos which I think is a large reason why its the second largest search engine on the net!


DIY videos? Sounds interesting. Why is Justin Bieber's "baby" is the most disliked video on youtube? Why the hate? I don't like the guy, but what's the point?


Yeah exactly, like Facebook, they should probably take away that dislike button and spread a little bit more positivity! Unless it's because his die-hard fans are sad that he isn't a "Baby" anymore. fans do get crazy sometimes.


I'm not really up to speed on the new music. I guess I'm getting old. I use Youtube to find my favorites from the old days.


Not only do they have songs, they even have music videos, backstage access, audio recordings, etc. so you can find them all on there, even the oldies but goodies!


Hi, I'm trying to learn what the word "accoutrements" means, do you have any idea?


That's great! Police actually have their own youtube called blutube, where they share law enforcement videos. I wonder if there are any secrets there that would be good to know. "How to get out of a ticket."


I wonder if there were videos whether or not they'd actually work. Great chat, have a nice day!


Well, it's a new tactic that video game companies are tyring to employ to entice gamers.


Oh, you mean you need to buy extra and accessories in order to enjoy the game fully? Pretty sneaky.


I suppose, do you play video games on consoles like the PlayStation?


I used to play video games a lot as a kid. Don't play now. No time. Little interest. Do you like to play?


No, but the US department of defense used over a thousand of those consoles to build a supercomputer because it was cheaper than the alternative! That sounds like massive processing power!


That's a smart way to go. Scale up simple units to get the power. I don't really know the PS. Aren't they up to PS4 or something?


Not sure since I don't play as well either, all I know is that it is created and owned by Sony who launched it in Japan. They were so popular and successful that they've sold at least over 100 million units! Wonder what X-box's numbers are.


Yeah I know. DId you hear how the US is protecting their employees abroad?


Yes they are protected from prosecution by legislation


Yes sometime. Did you know it was supposed to be a teaching tool?


Yes for the injustices of capitalism, how fitting


I know. DO you know what is the longest game?


Yes that was 70 days, must have been exhausting


I know. Do you know how Nicolas Cage convinced Johnny Depp to get into acting?


Yeah. It was really nice chatting with you


SOme stuff. Do you know what wikileaks is?


Yes the website that unveils government secrets


Yes, and once revealed how the government is trying to destroy them


Cool. Did you know the government owns most of the land in NEvada?


Yes 86% of it but there  is much desert there


True. DId you know a guy in france sold the eiffel tower twice?


Yes he was good at impersonating officials it seems


Yeah. Did you hear of the Norwegian government's donation for the Amazon?


Yes they donated $1 billion, that is amazing


I think democracy is the best system, I hate dictators or authotitarian regimes,


Yes, agreed.  Did you know since 1900s the taller candidate has won 75 percent of the time


No I didnt know that, did you know 34% of the  black male population of Alabama, has lost the right to vote


Whoa!  I didnt know that...I will have to google why that is so.


Yeah I have no idea why, it does seem unfair, restricting peoples opinions like that


voter turnout has not gone over 62.8 percent for 100 years!


the lack of voters can really affect an election specially a close one like the last one


yes.  in 2012 us electoral observers were blocked in 9 states!


That makes me so angry, kind of like the vote Texas Austin had to rename a dump after Fred Durst, seems like they dont take voting seriously


Yes I do, its important to voice my opinion.


I have no idea how, it beats me, seems like a waste of resources! anyway thats to use to figure another day, have a nice night


You too....good informatiion on elections!


Good information indeed, this facts are going to be really usefull, thanks a lot.


I agreem I think its important as well and aparently astronauts do too as they vote from space


Weird that some men in the UK could not until 1918


It is weird, I wonder why, it was usually an issue with woman because of sexism back in the day


In india, there is a booth amongst lions for a single voter


The also appriciate the value of a vote, although a vote will never define an election


If he or she is willing to go through lions to vote, that vote should win!  haha.


I agree lol, or at least count as 100 votes, its a lion!


1000 votes, more than one lion!  Elections have been ongoing since 17th century


I know right, I did play the video game, that one was released in the year 2005 or 2006 and cant recall the exact year


Interesting.  Do you remember the name of the game?


The Incredibles? lol, no not really it was a long time ago but something in those lines,


lol  Did you know that the present day events in the Incredibles are set in the 1960s?


I did know that, its a great setting the architecture of that time is nice


Yes.  I agree.  Were you ever a fan of nintendo?


I used to have system yeah, I can believe it only had 54 colors vs the thousands of colors consoles have  now


yeah..they were pretty basic back then.  They stopped making them in Japan in 2003.  Did you ever watch Bill Nye the science guy>


Yeah that show was really entertaining, there is even a new show on Netflix with Bill Nye


I didn't know that.  I'll have to check it out!  did you know he was discovered by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest!


Yes.  I agree.  They did a movie where called DC Dream Day where they asked their favorite people in the area to how they would like to spend a perfect day in the district.  Have you seen it?  I haven't.


Really? A Steve Martin lookalike contest? that's way to funny,


No not really, but the DC area is full with wonderful places, I really like it over there


I haven't had a chance to visit there yet.  I would like to go to one of the 3 major theaters - Imagination Stage, the Kennedy Center, and the Adventure Theater.  Have you been to any of those places?


No not really I did go to the iPic theatre, that was a nice experience I saw a great movie too


Nice!  Have you ever been to the National Building museum or the National Portrait Gallery?


No not really I hope I can visit them one day, Ive heard great things about them and I love art


Me too!  Switching topics...kind of art related...have you ever seen the Incredibles 2?


Yes I did! great movie, did you watch it as well?


I did!  Hard to believe the first movie came out in 2004.  Seems like such a long time ago already.


How's it going, did you know a Prime Minister is the head of cabinet and leader of ministers in the executive branch?


I like Japan's PM, he sends out silver cups to Japanese citizens when they turn 100


that is a wonderful tradition, but with the ageing population in Japan, it bet they will be giving out a ton every year.


Yea, Japanese people tend to live longer, Japan will have to make cheaper cups, maybe use bronze


bronze, yes, something more affordable but still classy. Or raise the threshold to 200 years old.


yes, and i think it is not impossible. with health care and stem cell therapy, people will live much longer. think of the facebook pages. 200 years old. wow.


I don't think I'd like seeing 200 years old posting photos on facebook, it's bad enough they let 13 year olds on


Yes, they could raise the minimum age. that would help protect kids. Facebook really has grown, though i hear the kids are leaving it for other sites.


I guess that's a good thing, maybe they are unfriended people to get a free whopper from Burger King


I would have made friends just to unfriend them for greasy calories. i have no shame. anyway, great chat!


i have heard that. canada has a prime minister. so does japan. so does the uk.


Yea, Australia does too but their Prime Minister position isn't in the constitution and is done through custom


that is interesting. i guess they decided to use the british system. i wonder how many countries have a PM. it seems to be a good system.


Quite a few. The cool thing about the UK's PM is that their cat has the government title of Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office


that is an excellent position. that privileges pussy is certainly lucky to have gotten that job!


Speaking of pussy did you know in 1995 Queen Elizabeth II was successfully pranked called by a radio station?


that is great! i bet it was those pesky canadians. they like to prank royalty. i am surprised that the queen did not suspect something.


Probably not, I wonder how the station got her number, maybe Helena Bonham Carter gave it to them since she is a descendant of PM Herbert Asquith


oh, those canadians are so cunning! i bet they talked their way right to the queen. they probably used silly accents. I like HBC. she seems like royalty.


I know pretty crazy!! Like when MJ caught his hair on fire! My goodness what's with the fire? I was interested to know about the computer program you mentioned?


Yes, hmmm seems like MJ's songs can cause fires! lol I think it would be pretty interesting to be on Pink Floyd's houseboat called Astroria!  It's a recording studio.


It's funny the sound that using coins as guitar picks lends to a song. Queens' guitarist does that.


Yes, he likes the English sixpence.  Did you know Queen's guitarist has a PHD in astrophysics! Talented and smart.


I would love to have seen the piano made out of aluminum, it was on the Hindenburg.


Really, yes that would be interesting to see. There must be a picture somewhere?


I would think there would be. I thought the piano was an older instrument, it was invented in 1700's, not really that old.


True, I love to hike, I can't imagine climbing to the top of Britain's highest mountain and finding a piano! I wonder how it holds up in the elements? Maybe it was just there for a time?


That is insane. I want to know more about those who hiked up there, carrying it. Why did they do it?


Hi! I do not have much experience with it, and I hope to rememdy that when we go to New Orleans later this year. I hear that is where it originated.


Yes, maybe it had a fantastic sound when recording? Do you play piano? I took some lesson when I was young and sent my daughter for lessons.


I do not. Thanks for chatting with me, have a great day.


Yes, it did!! I have been there! You will love it! Lots of music and energy...It was developed from the blues and ragtime.


I guess Pakistan has a very good jazz orchestra.


Really, I didn't know they like Jazz, that's interesting! Did you know Jazz trumpeters like to wear a goatee? It gives comfort when playing. Makes sense.


I better not tell my son, or he will be trying to play my daughter's sax. Clint Eastwood is a jazz fan, and scored several films.


Yes, I heard he is a lifelong pianist! Very cool..In Harlem, in a woman's apartment for 20 years she holds Jazz concerts. Sometimes top performers stop by!


I would love to live in that neighborhood. There is a computer program that writes in musical compositions, do you know the name of it?


No what? Did you know there is a piano at the top of Britain's highest mountain? I would like to see that!


I would have loved to have been in the studio when Eddie Van Halen set the speakers on fire.


What sort of TV service did you have growing up?


I did not know that.  Considering Netflix has deep pockets, I think they could pull it off if they develop a live streaming news channel.  But, I would have consider MSNBC more their style?


I'd agree Netfilx would be more similar to MSNBC. But I don't think the main problem would lie with Netflix but their user base. Perhaps a turn back to news reels before other programming, as they did in the early days of movies, would work though.


Basically, have an old news TV channel for historical content.  That's an interesting concept.  Have you upgraded to ultra-HD TV yet?


I don't own any TV, actually. I use only online streaming on a laptop. What type of television do you use?


I have a 5 year old Panasonic (and use a laptop as well).  Use to, you could hold on to a TV for 10-years (or till it died).  Now it seems they are obsolete in two years because the new models have better resolution, more apps, and digital assistants (Alexa).  I guess I am a bit of a Luddite and will hand on to my old TV a bit longer.


I think TVs last, there's just an obsession with "the next big thing". So while a TV is still working and high quality if it doesn't have the brand new feature it could be considered worthless.


I agree.  Considering the time-wasting commercials, I watch little live TV.  I let it reach a streaming service to watch w/o commercials.  Did you know the Simpsons has over 600 episodes, but only 1 w/o Bart?


That is impressive. Bart is so important to the show though. Did you know Fox considered a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons?


They do have enough episodes to pull it off.  Fox New's parent is an interesting beast considering they own FX, FOX News, and also IGN gaming.  I wonder how they mediate differences? Supposedly FOX News threatened to sue the Simpsons which was developed by FOX Broadcasting.


I've heard about that. Fox news and Fox entertainment (Such as 21st Century Fox) are quite different companies in values and programming.


I did not have television service as a child. Did you use a television service?


Exactly, if they were a family, I doubt they could have a civil conversation over the dinner table.  Simpsons is more in the style of South Park and Family guy.  Did you know that Simpson crew sent flowers to South Park / Family Guy producers when Family Guy ended.  Do you think it was congratulations or condolences?


Good question! Possibly a little of both! Simpsons definitely has a better and stronger show, but those shows are both very popular.


Are you a PBS watcher?  I do for good British comedy / drama.  Kid's when younger were hooked on "Thomas the Tank Engine".


Quite! I love PBS and the British Dramas. Thomas is a great show for sure, but did you know they tried to remake That 70's Show for British audience? It did not work!


I found it interesting that Ringo Star, George Carlin and Alex Baldwin have narrated at least 52 Thomas episodes each.  How do you think George and Alex were able to keep a "clean mouth" for that many episodes of a children's show?


I think reading from a script definitely helped. That's many many episodes.


Growing up, I lived 40 miles for a major city.  Then, we got over-the-air TV, when weather conditions were good.  Now I have COX cable.


That is very interesting! Do you use Netflix as well?


I use to, I use Amazon Prime.  Those subscriber fees (Netflix, Hulu,...) add up.  I did use Netflix DVD program until we were able to high-speed internet.


I forgot about the Netflix DVD program. Did you know Netflix somehow spends 20x more on postage than bandwidth?


That makes sense considering they discontinued the DVD program.   Most internet bandwidth is paid for by the consumer.  That's a boon for them considering they consume 33% of the internet bandwidth between 9PM and 12AM.


Wow! They are definitely making a killing. The founder actually started when he got a crazy late fee from the video store. He's come a long way.


They (and Amazon Prime) are a threat to traditional media now that they produce original programing as well as distribute content from others.  When do you think Netflix will get into news?


Good question. I think Netflix would need to buy out a major news corporation such as Fox, to be successful. Netflix doesn't really have a live audience. (Fun story, fox was cofounded by Richard Nixon!)


Hi! Are you familiar with Bad Times at the El Royale? I feel it basically defies expectations even though not all of its surprises are pleasant but there is satisfaction, however!


Agreed! You know what else gets me? Danny from The Shining didn't actually know he was acting in a horror movie until years later. It's like how did he not know?


I guess he was ....slow? i dont know. what kind of movie did he imagine it to be?


That's what I'm wondering. Ha! But enough of this horror talk, or else I'm going to get scared. Ha! Are you a fantasy fan at all? I'd like to join the national spelling bee fantasy draft one of these days!


I have never down fantasy sports. I guess the appeal is that you compete and can make some money?


I guess so! But I also think it's cool that a single fold in our brains basically separate how we perceive reality and fantasy. That's truly amazing!


I wonder if my fold has come unfolded in recent years. i feel that my time on the internet has blurred the line.


Ha! I know what you mean. It is hard to distinguish at times, isn't it? Maybe we should start writing fantasy. Then hopefully we can be knighted for our services to literature like author Terry Pratchett was!


Terry is a great writer. He deserves the recognition. do we have to call him sir terry though?


I suppose he's earned that title. Ha! On a similar fantasy note  (if you would consider this movie fantasy like I kind of do), do you like Thor? I think it's crazy Ant Man of all characters made his Marvel debut before Thor and even Hulk, Iron Man and Spider Man! Isn't that unbelievable?


I havent seen thor. I guess it could be good. i like the norse myths. Anyway, great chat!


hi how are you? I have heard of it. it is a movie that came out recently, right?


It's a great movie! Marvel Studios produced it and Paramount distributed it. Plus it was directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by both Zack Stentz and Ashley Edward Miller! Well, it was great chatting with you as well! Hope you have a good night, friend!


Yes, i enjoyed chatting too! Have a good weekend!


And same to you! Be sure to check out Thor this weekend. If you like Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba, Natalie Portman or Chris Hemsworth, then this is the movie for you! Ha! Take care, friend!


Not too long ago and it's basically set in 1969 and is also kind of a B movie, black comedy and mystery! Drew Goddard directed it as well!


A B movie? Great! that sounds fun. low budget? doesnt take itself too seriously?


Exactly. So are you a horror fan in general? I watch horror films as a workout because you can burn over 180 calories just by watching them, surprisingly enough!


I thnk the first time it would burn that many, but the second time maybe not. not so scary.


That is a good point. But you know what else is crazy, they say if you view abstract art after watching a horror film, you'll enjoy it a lot more! I need to try that!


How does that even work? is your brain more active? more emotionally sensitive?


I would imagine so. It's so weird, isn't it? I tell you what else is weird, Stephen King once said Bambi was the first horror movie he watched. Can you believe that? He definitely has a twisted mind, doesn't he?


He probably was traumatized by that disney flick and ended up fascinated with the macabre.


Nice I wonder how they manage to do that though


I did. They turned down a $75 million offer to buy facebook in 2005


Yeah and they could have made billions by now, bad decision


I know. Did you know the like button is illegal in some parts of Germany?


It is because Mark is green red colorblind


Yeah. In Iceland they are using it to rewrite the constitution


Yeah I wonder how that is working out for them


Yes I do, do you know why NY area code is 212?


Yeah. Did you hear of the Burger King promotion with Facebook?


Because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


Yeah. Did you ever use one of those phones?


I did not but I hear they were painful to make calls with


Yeah. The phone cables are only 2.7 inches wide and lay at the bottom of the ocean


Yeah and I wonder how they do not get caught on the animals down there


I did not but once two of them get stuck together there is no separating them


Yeah. UNICEF donates clean water when we do not use our phones


Yeah and then the owner of netflix was fine $40 for a late fee and got sick of it


It's interesting how people get inspiration for things. IMDb is actually older than the first web browsers on the internet.


That is truly very cool. Did you know netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america?


I never knew that! I wonder if it's similar for other TV/movie platforms. Are you interested in cinematography in general?


Yeah I am. Do you know who pioneered the wide-angle cameras?


I am not sure actually, I know Nicolas Rehn was a pioneer in high-contrast cinematography to see what's happening on screen.


The guy who pioneered it was the chinese-american James WOng


Ahh ok, it certainly must have been a significant achievement. Are you interested in film ratings? I use review sites a lot.


Yes I like to refer to IMDb. How about you?


I do too, although sometimes they can be inaccurate. Shawshank redemption wasn't very commercially successful yet it's one of their highest rated films ever.


Hello, yes I do! Sometimes I use the hour long fireplace video at home. Do you like Netflix too?


Yeah, you never know , right? Nice chatting with you.


I love netflix, so many shows and movies in there. Do you remember blockbuster?


I do! I wonder if Netflix and Blockbuster ever could have done a partnership or something like that.


Well Blockbuster had the chance to buy it and passed on it. bad decision


Definitely a terrible decision, now Netflix has all these great selections. Last I checked they have almost 150 movies with perfect ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.


Yesh for sure, and they offerd it to blockbuster for only $50 million


That would have been a steal for sure. I wonder how much Netflix pays their taggers, who have to watch and label the content.


Hmm good question. Do you know how netflix came about?


I believe they started off with DVD sales and rentals, and eventually transitioned into streaming media. I wonder how they improve technology from here.


Hi. Do you like comedy?  I didn't know until recently that comedy originated in ancient greece.


I think I have. Is that the one with Jim Carrey?


that was Bruce Almighty, this one was actually the most expensive comedy ever made


Are you serious?  There are so many others out there I would think would be just as expensive if not more.  I wonder if it did any good.  Trojan Wars had a budget of $15,000,000 and only earned $309.


haha weird, also weird its been 40 years since a comedy won best picture


That is weird.  Everyone likes comedy but I guess since everyone's tastes are different it's hard to single one thing out for an award.  Then again, tv shows are different.  3rd Rock from the Sun won best comedy series in 1997. It beat out the greats- Seinfeld, Friends, and Frasier.


I like all those shows! did you know empire strikes back somehow was nominated for a comedy award back in 1981


No I didn't know that! I don't see how that could be considered a comedy at all.  That reminds me of the movie the green lantern. It was going to be a comedy originally.


haha that movie was horrible, did you ever see MOrtal Kombat 2?


No I didn't see that.  I know a little about it though. Isn't it from a video game?  I don't know who is in it but I know it's not Tom Hanks. He's the highest all time box office star.


ya Mortal Kombat 2 was the first game to make more than the hollywood movie based on it, so the game was good but the movie was unpopular


ya I do like comedy, I like that Drew Carey got his start doing comedy when he was in the marines


That's funny and awful at the same time!  It's like Disney's Treasure Planet.  It's one of the most expensive failures ever.


I didn't know that. I had no idea he was in the marines!  The greek that comedy was two groups against one another in an amusing conflict.


yup, comedy is cool it was founded in ancient Greece which I didnt know


It's got to be hard to do too.  I mean, comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows since 1989.


that is crazy, its funny too the first comedy film was a guy slipping on a banana peel to fall into horse poop haha


It is funny.  I'm guessing it was an old film and even still today that would be funny!  Hey,did you know that ancient greece did political satire and it influenced their voters?  Sounds a lot like today's world.


that does sound like today, I like parody best though, it subverts your expectations and critiques without condemning


I like that too.  It seems nicer.  Everyone has their favorite though.  Bill Murray thinks kung fu hustle is the supreme achievement of modern age comedy.


haha I do like that movie, have you seen Evan Almighty?


I am a computer. Well, maybe not, but I sit next to one... My computer has more RAM than I do.  But this does not bother me because it only take 1mb or RAM to run the space shuttle, and all I need to do is get to the refrigerator.


Yes that is impressive. I also want to see the Russian computer that they created to run on water, how is that possible


I don't know. I can't figure out how transhumanists think they will download their consciousness to a memory stick.  If I tried that, I would probably end up on one of those thumb drive shaped like Scooby Do...


Haha yes I would definitely upload my brain to a computer though, hopefully you don't smoke near your iPhone though, Apple says they will deny the warranty because they consider that to be a Biohazard


I consider my Iphone to be a bio-hazard with all the microwave radiation they emit. How I long for the old days when a computer could be built out of simple Minecraft building blocks...


Yep I wish I could see how they made a computer in Minecraft, that actually sounds cool, have you ever played the game of softball by the way? I'm too lazy to play sports myself


I used to play on a modified fast-pitch softball team. Love the game. I believe the YMCA invented it...


Yes you're right. It was actually invented back in 1887, which was a long time ago, it was also an indoor game originally


Nice!  Unfortunately, the average salary of a pro softball player is only about $5k per year, so I won't be doing that anytime soon.


Yep that's not too much haha. It's interesting that the game was named softball back in 1926 though, just because they use a ball that was soft LOL it makes sense


Well I mostly use a cellphone. I don't even have a house phone anymore, what about you


Softballs have gotten harder over the years. Hey, nice chatting with you!


IPhone, the device famous for it's computing power! It has more CP than the entire US nuclear IBCM arsenal!


That's amazing! Scary too, do you know why New York's area code is two-one-two?


Because it is the fastest to dial on a rotary phone.  You remember rotary phones don't you?


Haha I do, I think my grandma still has one actually, she also still has phone books, have you ever interlaced all the pages of two phone books before?


No. That would take forever!  WHy, what happens?


Well once all of the pages are interlaced you literally cannot rip the two books apart, the friction keeps them together


That's hard to believe! You know what else is hard to believe?  UNICEF will donate 1 day worth of clean water to a needy child for every minute you do NOT use your cellphone.  That means you can provide clean water to 1440 children just by NOT using your cell phone!.


That sounds cool I should actually do that, I certainly don't use my phone all day, what do you think about computers by the way?


Hello,  do you play any fantasy games?  It looks like people even draft fantasy spelling bees lol


Absolutely!  I hear the dutch are creating this crazy fast bus, supposably it travels 160mph!  We need that in California!


Thats amazing! I can't imagine how much faster my work commute would be. Did you know iceland has no public rail service at all? Apparently people either drive or use domestic flights. Sounds expensive!


Ugh,  that sounds horrible.  I wonder why that is.  maybe its cheaper if more people use it a lot.  I read that Mackinac Island has no motorized vehicles.  They travel by horse or bike,  how about that commute??  lol


Yeah I was wondering the same- maybe people just don't travel much there. I can't even imagine commuting by horse lol I guess this is making me grateful that I at least don't have to fly or ride in a carriage!


traveling by horse sounds tiring!  I took a few horse back riding lessons and after a few hours your thighs really hurt,  just from the position you are in.  And is there free horse parking?  Do you have to pick up your horses poops like you do with dogs?  Thats crazy lol


I used to ride competitively when I was younger and yeah its definitely a work out! And i'm not sure what you would do if you had to ride your horse to work...and maybe the city takes care of the poop? This town sounds super weird lol Did you know all the highways in Japan are toll roads? Apparently it costs around $300 to travel across the country


I did know that,  that country wants to charge you for everything!  it is so expensive there from what ive heard.  I am visiting next year in Feb.  mostly to go snowboarding lol everyone talks about the JaPow!


It sounds super expensive! I'm super jealous you get to visit to snowboard- I've heard their snow is insane!


I know right!  Cant freaking wait!  My friends are going up next month Im super jealous of them!


Well hopefully they come back with good experiences and advice to share! That way you can avoid spending that $300 driving around lol


I saw that! I play both fantasy football and basketball, so I found that pretty interesting. Did you know there is also fantasy congress?


lol right!  Have you traveled to go snowboarding?


Not outside of the US, but Ive gone to Park City a few times. Nice talking with you! Enjoy your travel to Japan!


Fantasy congress seems like a headache lol Do you try and vet them too?  like get a background check find all their dirty secrets?  haha


Ha! Yeah I'm fed up with real politics, I don't need more in my life lol That would make it more fun to get background checks though haha do you play fantasy sports?


No I do not play any fantasy.  I have watched that show The League!  That is hilarious!


I love that show! Do you play or watch any sports? I just read about cricket- nothing I'm familiar with, but I did see that the longest match in history took 14 days. I wonder how long a normal match takes...


I dont play any sports,  I work out,  go to the gym,  snowboard and swim.  I have never played cricket,  but that is insane!  I have heard of tennis matches going for like 3 days though lol


I don't play any either, but I do a lot of the same things you mentioned! Except swimming. I'm a horrible swimmer. I don't know much about tennis, but that sounds really long lol Apparently the US has a cricket team from Compton that won the British cup two times


Wow I didnt realize people in Compton play cricket,  that is impressive though!


Right? Kind of surprising. Are you interested in travel?


Duterte's joke was in incredibly poor taste, considering his strict "war on drugs"  What do you think about his comment?


I don't know for sure, he is in the minority government, so he's not with the Socialist party.


So, he might be with the right group.  If he could win when he was with the minority that he would be more powerful if he is with the majority.


Yes, and I bet he will heed the call for early national elections because of it.


You are probably right.  I hope Spain would not go back to fascism.


What's going on with Garcia, the former Peruvian president?


I am not sure but I think he has a legal problem.  Corruption?


Yeah, something to do with illegal construction payments. I think the US Justice Dept uncovered it.


I wonder how our Justice Dep uncovered the bribery.


It was during a plea deal for someone else, sometime in 2016.  Almost $800 million in bribes for government contracts.


I wonder if the contractors were American businesses.  Corruption is rampant in that part of the world.


I know.  He is a dictator.  He does not care about what others say about him.


I think it's rampant everywhere!  Look at Sri Lanka!


I read about it too.  Prime Minister Rajapaksa is in a big trouble too.


Seriously, he's barely holding onto power.  The people have no confidence in him.


You are right.  I have to run.  It was nice chatting with you.  Bye.


I heard that almost 5000 Philippine people have been killed in the past couple of years because of his policies.  It's awful.


Speaking of dictatorships, what do you think about the Vox party gaining seats in Spain?


I don't know what will happen.  The socialist group is losing control.


It might be beneficial that all parties have to work together to make decisions, that way one won't dominate over the other.


True.  People in spain are concerned about illegal immigration.


It's interesting, it's seems that the far-right is always running on anti-immigration sentiments.


Prime minister Pedro, is he with the right or the left group?


Have you heard about the fossilized giant shark tooth that was stolen?


Yikes! And because they don't have rib cages o land their weight literally can crush their own body.


Wow, that is amazing. I seriously wonder what a tooth of such an awesome creature would be worth in dollars, I don't think you could put a price on it.


Yeah, and modern day sharks are amazing too. They evolved earlier than dinosaurs and treet.


Yes, I think sharks in general are fascinating. I always watch tv shows about sharks whenever I can. They sem so smart and have been known to save people. They can be trained like dogs can so they are very smart.


Yeah, and apparently there have been records of them rescuing sailors, not only sailors.


Yes I heard about that. There are several species of sharks from small to as long as 40 feet long. That would be scary to come face to face with.


It would be cool to see the "White Shark Cafe", but only if I could be a figurative fly on the wall!


Hahaha, yep I wouldn't want to be in the middle of a shark cafe haha....So have you ever watched Shark Week on tv? It is a really good show.


I haven't but I have heard good things about it. I don't have cable. Are there any features where they teach a shark to bark?


Oh they have so many facts and stories about sharks it is so amazing. I am not sure I the tv show ever mentioned teaching them to bark.


I was reading about that just today, it's awful that happened!


Yeah apparently sharks can be trained to bark. Not sure why you would want one to, but hey. Guess I will go look up more about that. Have a good night!


Yeah, it was undisturbed for a while in a secret location but someone must have told the wrong person.


I think that is so awful, what would someone want with a shark tooth over a million years old, not like people won't know it was stolen.


You're right. They say it could be someone who doesn't know what it is they took, an amateur collector or someone who wants to sell it on the black market.


Ugh, I can't believe people. And it was stolen just when they were discussing how to secure it. Makes you wonder if those people told someone.


Yeah the bullet proof glass covers and cages were too late.


This shark has been extinct for over 2 million years, it's amazing that they found this tooth at all. I guess someone else found a small tooth of the same shark species but it was only 5 inches long. The scientists are thinking they may still be alive.


The shark's nameactually means "Giant Tooth" and it grew to about 15 feet long. Yike. Female great white are about 16 feet long. And Megalodons weighed more than 20 tons, or three times as much as a T Rex.


They are definitely very large for sure. That tooth was a great find. I guess they have 20,000 to 40,000 pounds of pressure when biting down which could crush a car, it sounds enormous.


I find it neat that football is regional.  Some people think soccer, some people thing rugby.  But the game is still a ball and a opposing team.


Bowling, the sport where drinking and nachos are encouraged.  Did you know John Stewart, the late night TV host played soccer in college?


I think I had read somewhere that he had represented the US at the Pan American Maccabi games in Brazil in 1983.  Multitalented guy, he is.


It would seem he is.  Soccer and foot ball are different games, but the end result is the same.  I would be tired running the field to put a ball into a goal at the end.  It is much easier without an opposing team.


That's so true, I was shocked to learn that there is a variation of soccer where three teams face each other at the same time.


It defies common sense in a way. I would like to see that game.  Is the field still a rectangle?


I'm unsure of field shape, it might be triangle shaped?


Well, 250 million people play the game.  You would think between us we would know someone that plays.  I do not.  You?


I've heard of German Soccer player, Mesut Ozil only because he donated hos 300,000 Euro World Cup victory bonus to pay for surgeries for 23 children in Brazil.


He sounds like a nice guy.  He must be good with the spherical ball and get along with his eleven teammates.


He must be.lol Do you know it is caleed soccer by Americans because it was slang for association football?


So, association football is another name for soccer?  Right. Hockey is another sport where the meaning changes based on location.  Most of the world thinks field hockey.  More running back and forth on a pitch.


True again, lots of running.  Gets the heart pumping.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this afternoon.  I need to go walk my dog, I'll talk to you later, friend.


Not really.  I will watch a game that I think is good.  The 1916 222 to 0 when Georgia tech beat cumberland would not count as good.


That probably was not a good game to watch at all, very painful even to hear about.


Do you think ESPN should have won an emmy for the superimposed yellow first down line?


I don't see why not, people have won awards for much less impressive deeds.  It's become so associated with the sport while watching on tv, I would say it was deserved.


It would seem that there are more winners and losers than just the team on the field.  ESPN and the NFL it self are money generating companies.  The talent like Benjarvus green-Ellis wins or looses.


Yeah, I agree with you.  Do you know he never fumbled a ball his entire career?  That's what needs an award.


Right, he takes the risk and does an amazing thing.  It is funny to think that soccer has more fans and makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined.


Yeah, it is hard to believe but it is so popular in the rest of the world, I can see it being a big money maker.In the 1960s the top bowlers in the US made twice as much as the top football stars.  Times change.


Me too!!! imagine being the only left handed person doing your job, who would have thought?


You're talking about Kellan Moore aren't you?  I think he's the only left handed quarterback in the nfl.


Yes! I'm not really a football person though., I prefer watching tv and movies.


Are you a fan of horror movies?  You know watching them can burn more than 180 calories.


No way, way more fun than going to the gym!! I've never heard of the waterphone, did you know that it creates a lot of the metallic noises in horro movies?


I didn't know that and I've never heard of it either.  Horror got it's start back with Poe, Stoker, and Shelley all writing about it.


i  love Poe. Do you agree with Stephen King that bambi is a horror movie? I think that's wild.


I've never seen Bambi as a scary movie at all.  Stephen King would have to be a little weird though to write all those scary stores.


That's true! i prefer the movies that overlap with fantasy though.


I am not really a fan of horror but if I had to pick I think I'd like the thriller genre.


Yes I am.  Did you know that they don't have any rules against women playing?


Yeah? I'm not such a fan. I think that horror movies with supernatural are fascinating


Do you like abstract art?  They say that if you watch a horror movie you can enjoy abstract art more.


I had no idea!! I also didn't realize that some teams ban cheerleaders from eating at the same restaurant as NFL players.


Oh yeah, I heard about that. I think it's the New  Orleans Saints that do that.  It is weird.


Also, how wld that an average game only has 11 minutes of live game play?


Seems like so much longer, especially during the Superbowl that was played on Sunday.


Agreed! My little brother is a quarterback. It's such an interesting job to me!


It does seem interesting. They are the leaders of the team.  They call the plays in the huddle and scout out the defense before the play.


Yep! It's so interesting that the huddle was created by a deaf quarterback so that he could prevent hte other team from seeing his hands.


I like that. I like that anyone can play the game, even a deaf person!


Hello! Do you like entertainment like movies and music?


That would be a bad name though lol. It probably sounds better than Jupiter's radio storms!


Yeah I bet you are right. I also bet it sounds better than the sound generated by those foxhole radios.


I bet so too! I don't understand how a razor blade and pencil can make one.


Yeah those soldiers must have been a combination of smart and desperate!


I agree! Have you ever listened to radio dramas? There is a website where you can listen to them all for free.


Yeah that would be nice. Don't know if I could give up Netflix for that! I also wouldn't want to listen to that Latin radio show in Finland!


I wouldn't want to either! The radio is crazy how it works though.


Yeah agreed. Using all those waves and electromagnetic energy with changing frequency and amplitude. Very complicated!


So complicated! Speaking of complicated, Canada's laws says the radio needs to be at least full of 40 percent of songs by Canadians.


Haha good for the Canadian artists but bad for everyone else! They must blast Bieber and Drake!


Yes I love those forms of entertainment. I love how it gives audiences pleasure and delight!


and don't forget about Rush! I bet they all know the lyrics. Well have a good one!


It really does. Did you know Bill Nye got his start in a Steve Martin lookalike contest?


I didn't know that I always wondered how he got his start. Did you also know that Ronald Reagan was an actor before?


I did know that. I never saw any of his movies though. He's not even one of the wealthiest presidents ever!


Yeah surprising. Looks like JFK, Washington, and Jefferson take the cake!


I wonder who the President was that decided the guest house should be bigger than the white house itself?


Yeah I would like to know more about that as well. I also want to her the Indonesian president's pop albums lol.


Me too. I think he has 3 albums that have been released!


Yeah so funny to me. I wonder what his rap name is. Hopefully its better than Zimbabwe's presidents name (banana)!


That is a lot of them. Do you like rap music?


Some of it. DO you know who the fastest rapper is?


I have no idea but I am assuming it is not Tupac or Eminem?


No ti is not. It is noclue at 14.1 syllables per second


WOw that is a lot, Tupac's music is in the library of congress for cultural significance


Wow that is cool. Do you know how Childish Gambino got that name?


I have no idea, was it something random?


Yes it was from and online wu-tang clan name generator


Oh wow. Did you know Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist?


Wow that is a huge career jump for him. Nice chatting with you


Yes I do he is a good player. Is he your favorite player?


Yes he is, he decided to finish college and then go to the NBA


He is a great player but his sister was always better than him


Wow really? Did you know most players go bankrupt after they retire?


Wow that is sad. Yes she is so good she once scored 105 points and broke 8 national records


Wow that is amazing. Yeah 75 % of them have some kid of financial difficulty


he can be quite funny. he is less acerbic than some of the other hosts.


I think so too. American's call it soccer because that's slang for association football.


That is an odd name. football makes more sense but it was already taken I guess.


I agree with you on that. Ozil donated over 300,000 Euro for surgeries for 23 children.


That is a great gesture. i guess he saw that he was fortunate and that he should help the less fortunate.


Yes, wish more people would do that in this crazy world.


Yes, the generosity of the athletes might get others to be more generous too.


I dont really follow the sport. I have only played a couple of times.


Me either. Did you know polo shirts were invented for tennis players?


I did not know that. Polo for tennis? Hm. Anyway, great chat!


I enjoyed watching them from time to time. I try to follow the championships.


Me too. Do you like soccer? Or also called association football?


I do like soccer. i try to watch the world cup when it comes around. the level of play is extraordinary.


Me too. Soccer makes more money than most sports combined.


Yes, the world loves soccer. men and women play at all levels. it is an inexpensive game.


Agreed on it being inexpensive. Jon Stewart was once a very skilled soccer player.


I am not surprised. he has the build of a soccer player.


Yes he sure does. He's also very funny. Do you like him?


Hi there. Do you watch golf? I never knew Babe Ruth was a golfer!


Yeah that would be a bit scary. Sounds like a Game of Thrones setting lol. I love that show.


Maisie William's first role was playing Arya Stark.


Yeah. She was so good at that role that everyone is using it as a baby name now!


Interesting! That's a pretty nice name except I can see it used as jokes, you know Arya this, Arya that...(are you)


Oh yeah true I never thought of that. Ireland helps pay for the show in order to promote it as a tourist destination!


Nice! So Hafthor Julius Bjornsson who plays the mountain is only 25 years old. Wait, what do they mean by mountain? I don't watch Game of Thrones.


Oh it's a character in the show. He is a monster! Huge guy. The show is about the 7 Kingdoms and the eighth season is going to premiere soon!


Oh okay so not a talking mountain? Jack Gleeson who plays Joffrey said that Joaqui Phoenixs is a huge inspiration for him.


Interesting. No a mountain because he is as big as a mountain lol! It is also filmed in Belfast, Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, Scotland, and Spain!!!


Wow, how cool! I would love to go to all those places. So I heard the ending to Game of Thrones would be revealed before the last book comes out. Has this happened already?


Interesting! I don't play golf but I do play disc golf. There is a course in Antarctica for that apparently!


Yep. No not yet it will be coming out soon. I can't wait!! You should watch it :)


Oh nice. That would be epic but freezing. There is a traditional golf course in dubai that sounds cool.


Nice! The US military actually operates 234 golf courses around the world.


Holy cow that seems odd, why would they? That course in dubia that I mentioned requires 4 million gallons of water per day.


Yeah I'm not sure either. It costs $140,000,000 to operate them.


Man that is a lot. I wonder if Samuel L. Jackson ever played those courses?


Oh, he plays golf? Kim Jong Il supposedly scored 11 holes in one over 18 holes in the first and only time he played golf. I suspect it might be propaganda haha


Haha that is hilarious. Yes Samuel L. JAckson actually has a clause in his film contracts to play golf.


Well that's a good idea! I don't play golf but would love to visit this golf course in Australia that has bull shakers in one of its water hazards..


Yeah his fist name is Cannan, I though it was a nickname but no, his real name


I thought it was a funny nickname, but then again there is a part of our population calls out president Cheeto


He does look like one lol, I think its a graet nickname, interesting but before the year 1805 the runner up of an election would become president


Could you imagine it with Trump and Hilary in the white house together?  It would be like a reality show gone bad.


That would be a mess indeed, and sorry I meant vice president not president, I think they would try to kill each other like every day


That might have worked back then but the views are way too diverse today.


I  agree, theres too much conflict now for that to work, what do you thing about out voting process?


I think it needs some major overhauls. I do think it is cool astronauts vote from space.


I think its cool as well, voting from space, technology has advanced a lot


It definitely has.  There is a lot of people who cant even vote.  Like 34% of the Black male population in Alabama


I try to know only what is necessary.  It is crazy sometimes.


That sounds really unfair, that could really influence and electioni


I agree, it does get crazy in office, I think things are a lot easier at Indonesia, the president had the team to release 3 pop albums while in office


Yeah.  I wonder if he is criticized for that work, like Americans do when a president goes to play golf.


He might, 3 pop albums are a lot, they must require a lot of time and that will make some people wonder


The top three wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.  I am surprised Trump isnt among them.


Me too although Trump hides a lot of things about his real financial state, he might have a lot mroe money than we know or he might have much less,


Very true, he has had several bankruptcies.


Yeah that makes me wonder if he has that much money after all, did you hear about the first president of Zimbawe and his funny nickname?


Actually his real last name was Banana.  I couldn't believe it so I had to look it up.


Indeed. Makes you wonder where they will go from here


Not far in parts of Germany, I guess, where the "like" button is illegal.


Well germany is unique. Like how they blocked uber


I didn't realize the reason Facebook is mostly blue is because Mark Zuckerberg has red-green colorblindness.


I also didn't know, but even without being colorblind, I think I favor the blue more


I agree, but I wonder how much we're influenced by Facebook? I think Myspace was also blue.


Who knows? Maybe it is a social experiment testing how subliminal messages affect the masses?


Kind of like the one Burger King is conducting; they say if you unfriend 10 people, you get a free whopper. That's a disturbing message.


Indeed, yet that wasn't as subtle. Anyway thanks for chatting.


Maybe it will work with the younger crowd since Facebook allows members as young as 13.


I do. Though I should use less of it, it's gotten very political.


Perhaps? I can see it better influencing younger minds. Kind of is a scary thought though. Have a nice day.


Yes I do like using it as a social media platform, but I don't use it for the news


Can you believe Myspace turned down an offer to buy it back in 2005?


It doesn't even exist anymore so it can't even regret it


Maybe if they had gotten it for the price of only $75 million, they'd still be a company. It's valued way more now.


I believe it was 104 billion back in 2012, so it's probably even more now with over 2 billion users worldwide.


I can see that consider how much power facebook now holds


Right? So much so that Iceland is re-writing their constitution on Facebook so that the public can make suggestions.


Have you watched the comedy show 3rd Rock? It received the best comedy Golden Globe in 97. It even beat Friends and Seinfeld, which are really good shows.


It's just a funny comedy, but it's pretty old, but still good. You should also check out some movies with the actor Ryan Stiles, he's pretty funny. Do you know him?


Is it on Netflix? If it is, I'll try to watch it. I do not know him.


I'm not sure, it's possible. did you know that in Africa, people can legally add a flame-thrower to their car to stop carjackings? I couldn't believe that was legal! It's actually kind of funny...


Is the flamethrower attached to the car?


Yes, and completely legal! I guess they handle their protection a bit more serious than us in America. I'm glad we have them now, instead of buggies with horses though.


There's a race car driver that actually began that profession because they beat over 90,000 people at the video game gran turismo named Jann Mardenborough. They are very skilled, I'd say lol


I enjoy listening to music. I really like Linkin Park, and their 'Hybrid Theory' album is the top selling in the 21st century.


My favorite band is One Direction. I know a few songs of Linkin Park.


I like them too. I think it's interesting that even though Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was released over 40 years ago, it was actually in the top sellers back in 2014.


I miss when One Direction were together. That is interesting.


I hate it when good bands break up. There was a set of Japanese twins that actually made a rap album together at the age of 100! I think that's pretty awesome.


If only I know the name of the Japanese twin's music, I would be down to listen to it?


I can't recall, but it's great to listen and watch, so you should check it out. I love comedy, so it fell into that area. Do you like?


Sure! I really enjoy movies like Pineapple Express and the Hangover. Although some people think of them as 'bromantic' comedies, I just think they are funny overall. Do you like that kind?


Same here! Give me the old stuff any day. Anthony "DJ Hollywood" is apparently responsible for it.


That is pretty neat.  I didnt know that Tupac has music in the Library of Congress for Cultural Significance.


Me either. I didn't know that people use rap and hip-hop interchangeably. To me they are so different.


I always considered them different also.  Were you a fan of the Rugrats?


No, I don't think I ever watch an episode. So Busta Rhymes did the voice for the reptar wagon (whatever that is).


It was a cartoon that was really popular for kids in the early to mid 90/s


Ah ok. Before Eminem was a rapper, he wanted to be a comic book artist. That's wild!


It is, and a judge rapped her ruling in a case where someone filed suit against him.


Oh, I would pay to see that. I'm sure court can get quite boring!


I can only imagine, Ive done jury duty once, and that was a pretty bad.  If they rapped everything that would have certainly livened thing up a bit.  Id love to see a Korean rap battle, or a compliment battle.


I watch a little here and there.  How about you?


Yeah that's a pretty cool name for their type of freestyle! Been nice chatting!


I do when the team I like plays..NC Tarheels. Did you know that the US Supreme Court building has a basketball court on the top floor and they call it the highest court in the land? That's pretty cool!


That is pretty cool.  Neither of the schools I attended had dominant basketball teams, so I didnt have much to root for.  But, I am glad that they can dunk now, it was banned from college ball after Abdul-Jabbar was so dominant with it.


Yes, I agree. It adds so much to the game. Kudos to James Naismith for inventing it.


Yeah, even though he was the only losing coach in U of Kansas' history.  How can you not coach the game you literally made up the rules to.  lol.


It was probably all in his head and he couldn't apply it to real life. In 39 of the US states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach. Maybe that's why he tried. :)


True, maybe I should get into coaching, sure could use the money.


Ditto! How about music? You a fan of rap?


I like the old school rap.  Not so much a fan of this new mumble rap stuff.


It beat Seinfeld? That is an abomination.


Yep.  Do you watch anything on the comedy central?


No, they cancel shows way too often for me to follow them.


I've heard that.  Haven't they cancelled something like 100 shows since it's start?


Yeah, it is a lot. They must have bad writers.


Could be.  Comedy itself may be hard to write.  There are several different types of comedy to do and master.


Yeah, I remember a few comedians having breakdowns.


Hey, did you know that the people of ancient greece are credited with starting comedy?


I actually did, this is from acting courses though.


That's cool.  I think I heard that in theater there's two groups pitted against each other in amusing conflict for comedy. Is that right?


Yes I am. I think some of his movies have been really funny!


Yeah, it is something like that. Well, it was nice chatting with you.


I saw him in a few movies. I thought he was really good. What about the Green Lantern, did you see it?


I did see it. I thought it was okay but could have been better.  Did you know it was supposed to be a comedy originally?


I thought it was only ok. It was going to be a comedy initially.


Yeah, I think it was going to have Jack Black as the star, right?


Yeah, he was. Haven't seen much of him lately.


No, I can't say that I have either. Speaking of old actors and shows, have you ever seen 3rd rock from the sun?


No, I heard of it though. Was it any good?


I thought it was and apparently so did others. It won the golden globe for best best comedy series in 1997.  It beat out seinfeld, friends, and frasier!


Hello!  Hows it going?  Did you know Pixar has a room where only celebrities can go ?


Yeah seriously,  some of his high school basketball games would attract almost 2000 attendees!


Yeah, and they were able to charge over $100. For a high school game, that's insane!


That is crazy!  For a high school baseketball game!  I think at my highschool,  they charged $4 haha


Totally. He was also a decent businessman at that age; Reebok offered him a 10 million dollar contract, and he held out knowing he could make more.


Hes knows his worth, and he's probably been doing a lot of research!  Good for him!


Yeah, it definitely paid off. In less than a year, Nike offered him $90 million. NINETY! I bet Reebok felt stupid.


Yeah I know right,  they tried to low ball him.


I guess I sort of get it? He was only 18, so they had no idea what he'd become. But to be 18 and selling thousands of tickets for NBA prices, they should've known to invest in him.


Now hes is so wealthy,  I bet he has a lot of cars?  Do you like cars?


I do! I read the craziest thing the other day. I guess carjacking is so bad in South Africa, it is legitimately legal to equip flame-throwers to your car. How very Mad Max!


That's cool. Did you know Robin Williams was actually who started the trend of celebrities performing in animated films to begin with?


Thats really extreme!  Its been great chatting!  Have a good one.


He's amazing,  I still am not over him not being here anymore.  He was fantastic in Aladdin!


Absolutely. I miss Carol Burnett, too. She was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street!


That was a great show,  who was your favorite character?


Oh, I'm not sure. I haven't been interest in that show for decades. But speaking of nostalgia, did you know they're making a sequel to Space Jam?


Yeah, he signed a contract with Warner Bros. and everything, so it seems official.


He's a pretty impressive dude. He has a long list of awards and achievements.


Netflix is really cool but also influences teenagers a lot, have you seen the serie "Everything Sucks"


Oh I missunderstood you, that makes more sense, I heard Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix but didnt do it.


Too bad for them! Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth.


That seems unreal! so what other shows do you like to watch, I used to love South Park.


I just finished both seasons of Norseman. I'm interested in Lilyhammer too.


I see, do you like The Simpsons, I didnt know this but theres an episode without Bart in it.


I've read that before. I don't know that I saw that episode. What about you?


I know I didnt watch it, I think im going to google it as it can be a really interesting episode,


I watched the 70's show too. This is wild! 70's show was remade verbatim in the uk. 'days like these' was cancelled after 10 episodes. Did you watch it?


I used to watch that 70's show I really liked it and remakes are often bad so Im not surprised


Me too. My kids used to love Pokemon. There are over 750 episodes of "pokemon." that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight. no wonder I thought it went on forever!


I have not, interesting title though. What is it about?


I used to love Pokemon too lol, I watched the origianl 150 pokemon series and wow 16 years straight? thats a long time!


I dont know, I havent watch it either, a friend recommended it and says it has about 10 episodes.


Have you seen Stranger things on netflix? I hear it's pretty good,  I just can't get into it.


I have, one of my favorite characters is Hopper, you should definetely watch it.


which one is Hopper? As of October 2018, Netflix has 137 million total subscribers worldwide, including 58.46 million in the United States.


Hopper is the character played by David Harbour, I heard he tore his achilles heel playing a character once.


I guess this is when america watches tv! From 9pm to 12am, netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america.


Really that seems like a bad time as most people are at work, I wonder if YouTube has similar numbers


At work? It's the evening. Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in north america.


Turkey has become really popular in America, I dont see my thanksgiving celebration without eating that delicious bird


They do? that is a really long trip I guess birds are exceptional little creatures, I think I might do some more research about them.


You know what I need to do some research on?    Government.


Now thats a whole different subject and be careful with what you research as they might plan to destroy your info liked they planed to destroy Wikileaks


The US government owns 86% of Nevada, so there is no escape!


I guess theres no escape, thats a lot of land, they should sell some of it and pay off some of the mayor debt the government has.


Then again, it is easy to lie like the guy who impersonated a government official in France and sold the Eiffel tower twice!


Yeah I guess it is, he did sold the lie twice so that is pretty amazing if you think about it humans are amazing.


Yes.    Despite not being the fastest or strongest, humans are among the best distance runners in the animal kingdom.


Yeah and we adapt, maybe thats why we have survived for as long as we have after all we are not the strongest animal but the smartest one for sure


Then again, humans are susceptible to a sound that causes fear!    Reminds me of the comic books.


Did you know that Turkey was probably not part of the first Thanksgiving in the US!


I agree, I wonder if animals are also susceptible to this frequency maybe its only of humans.


I did not kow that, but it sure is an american tradition now.


Thanks.    Do you know the scientific name for birds?


No not really, not much of a bird fan, do you happen to know them?


I have a pet hummingbird, and have seen it steal spiderwebs.


I see, that must have been funny to watch lol, I heard something interesting about bird in Australia and its that they can mimic the sound of alarms, chainsaws, cameras


Birds are fascinating.    Can you believe dodo birds and pigeons are part of the same family.


I dont see the resemblance in those two birds, bit I guess its possible, you know that in most birds their bones are so hollow and thats why their skeleton is so lightweight.


True.     It also must help when birds fly from Alaska to Mexico without any sleep!


He was a player in 1990s. He had a famous sister who played basketball named Cheryl


Cool. I am familiar with Michael Jordan.  I heard those shoes, air jordans, were banned by the nba but he wore them regardless.


For sure, I love Jordan shoes. I wonder if Tim Duncan wore those in college. He lasted 4 years there.


I know about Tim Duncan. I thought it was great that he stayed in school and got his degree first.


For sure, I think it was something about a deal he made with his grandma from what I heard. Great person!


Totally!  Have you heard about Allen Iverson and the deal he made with Reebok?


I heard about it, he has so much money when he turns 55. He is broke now I heard asking for cheeseburgers for free.


Seriously?  i would think $800,000 a year would be more than enough to live off of.  I guess some people can't handle money.


For sure, He owes a jeweler so much money still I think is the reason why. Do you play basketball? i was the fan of the granny shot.


I always was too.  It kind of looks ridiculous but it works.


Hi. Yes I do sometimes.  They cover some NBA games.


Yes, I am a huge bucks fan. Did you see what Nick Friedell said about the Bucks and Jabari Parker>


That they shouldn't consider signing him. I agree.


What made him such a bad player last year?


He didn't do much for the team and was overpaid.


Has he been injured?  I think they are all over paid personally. I mean they make millions of dollars.


For sure, he had to ACL injuries so he is definitely injury prone. You know who is better, Reggie Miller!


I'm not familiar with him.  Does he play for the Bucks too?


I generally like to wear shoes. They are comfortable and useful. I think that it's proper for people to wear shoes for many occasions.


Yes I agree, did you know that a belly dancer for instance can go through three or four pairs of shoes a week? They just get worn out by all the practice


A belly dancer? That sounds funny. Why would they use a lot of shoes ? They gyrate their hips a lot.


Oops I spelled it wrong it's ballet LOL. anyway do you ever have stinky shoes? Apparently you can put a tea bag inside and that will help with the stink haha


Oh, that makes sense. Ballet. Yes, I bet it's hard on the feet too Tea bags? Hm. I'll have to try that. I wonder what kind of tea.


I think it can be any kind of tea actually, have you heard about the 5000 year old pair of shoes by the way? Apparently they were tested and it performed better than modern shoes for all tasks


I think things really had to last back then. No Walmart or Amazon. No one to make shoes except yourself.


Yep you're right about that. You know who Stephon Marbury is? I guess he was promoting $15 shoes, I just don't know who he is


I don't know either. I guess he must have wanted to help people get inexpensive shoes. Anyway, great chat!


Yeah maybe he's a good guy. I do like the wide receiver Steve Smith who leaves shoes on the field after every game to raise awareness for homeless people


nope I personally don't. But I also don't really buy any sports clothes what about you? I guess they took a hit because of recent politics they were engaged in?


He thinks about the less fortunate. Good for him. Thanks! Have a good day!


Yes I think it's important to be aware of the less fortunate, and Steve Smith seems like a good guy


I think that they took a risk. They like risk because they hope that the fans will buy products to support the cause.


Yes and then they took a poll and about 8000 people showed a 50% decline in Nikes favorability, I guess that's not good if you all Nike haha


Well, I'm sre that they can recover. Nike is a huge brand. They took a risk. They lost. They move on.


Yep I agree, it is weird that the number of African Americans who intended to buy Nike even dropped after their foray into politics though, that's not expected


I guess NIke made assumptions about markets and ethnicity. They were wrong.


Yes I think companies should think twice before they try to get involved in politics, you'll inevitably end up making a portion of the population angry


Yes, maybe they hoped to make a few angry and make a lot happy. Didn't work out. I guess other shoes company will take heed.


Speaking of shoes, how often do you wear shoes? I like that there are different types of shoes for different types of activities


Good morning! How are you today? Do you like to travel?


Well, lucky him! So, do you like drama performances?


Yes.  I like to hear the stories about such as how Michael Caine became and actor because all the pretty girls in his school were in drama class.


That is hilarious. Can you believe Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor for TV drama?


If I made $700,000 per episode like he did, I would be the fastest retired person in my neighborhood.


I would too!! I think it's cool that there is a website where you can listen to old radio dramas for free.


That would be like candy for my ears.  Jon Hamm was a high school drama teacher.  He taught Ellie Kemper, who played Erin from the Office.


Mine too! Have you heard about Jim Carey's latest?


I haven't heard about him lately.  What has he been up to?


He is no longer making dramas because his belief system prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity.


He has a good idea.  There is too much negativity in the world.


There is that's for sure! It was nice chatting with you!


Did you know that Mackinac island island, MI has banned motorized vehicles for over a hundred years?


I didn't but sounds like a neat place to go visit.  I would like to get on one a commuter bus that the Dutch have created that goes 160 mph.


Oh, now way, not me. It sounds like it is costly to travel on the highways in Japan.


I wouldn't be able to afford the $300 in tolls it would cost to see all of Japan.


Yeah, that's way too much! But I guess it is better than Iceland.


With no rail service available to the public, I would have to hop on one of those planes that most Icelanders without cars do and fly from town to town.


I can not even imagine how expensive that would be!


Too much probably.  I would like to like be like King Kalakaua.  He was the first king to travel around the world.


Hi, how are you? Do you feel like chatting?


I think that all entertainment will soon be our undoing. We will just be distracted all the time. An Infinite Jest rapping nonsense to our minds.


I can't argue that point. I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't addicted to my computer.


I am addicted. We all are. We lead hollow lives to be filled with ones and zeros and pretty pictures and emotion. We are sad little puppets dancing on the ends of digital strings.


Yes. One thing I admire though is the pioneers of TV and movies. They did all their special effects without all of the technology.


I think that they had to be clever without computers. They had to trick audiences in ways that we can only imagine now. Now entertainment has lost creativity.


True. Back then they also had movies that relied on clever dialogue and they actually had meaning.


I think that the art of dialog and plot have disappeared in the face of a CGI onslaught.


I think we are in perfect agreement about the state of entertainment today.


Anyway, great chat! Thanks for the interesting ideas.


And thank you for the interesting talk. Guess I'll go flip through the channels. Just kidding.


Hi, I'm doing good. Sure what would you like to talk about?


I think that we have many things that we can talk about. For example, television. It is a marvelous invention.


Well, yes and no. I enjoy some TV but some people get really addicted to it.


I guess that it is easy to get addicted. It releases chemicals in the brain that make us oh so happy.


Ha, ha, yes I guess so. Do you think TV as we know it will be obsolete because of computers.


I think that that is good and bad. Everywhere we go there is a distraction. TV will distract us everywhere. On our phones. Soon our glasses.


I agree. I like to go hike in the desert to get away from those distractions. But not without my cell phone, Ha.


I do not want to be connected 24/7. Now when you watch the TV, the TV watches you. It knows where you are, what shows you are watching, your heartbeat, your brain waves.


That's really scary. I can't remember the movie but it was predicted that it would come to this.


Hello. Beautiful morning, The sun is shing bright. I recently found out the sun is actually white. Interesting


They seem really small when you see them in the sky. But somewhere out there are stars bigger than the sun. That's pretty amazing.


Definitely!  I do wish television and books would portray it accurately.  Speaking of books, have you read Ender's Game?


No, I haven't. I believe its a good book. It's suggested reading for military organizations so it must be some good reading.


I haven't read it either but the movie was fantastic!  I heard about it being suggested reading and now I want to see the movie again to find out why.


Starship troopers was the first choice of reading materials for 3 of the 5 U.S. military branches. It must be pretty good reading too.


I haven't read that either.  I think it's a movie too.  You know though, reading is better than watching.  You can deeply explore texts when reading.


You could read as fast as Anne Jones. She holds the record at 4700 words per minute.  I do wonder though that even though she is fast is she understanding what she reads.


Absolutely. Dhe holds the world record for speed reading at 4,700 words per minute.


Yes I know.  I guess since there are no concrete laws in reading that perhaps she does.


That is interesting.  Did you know the sun produces enough energy in a second to power the planet for years?


Its been fun talking to you. You have a great day!!!


yes!!!! 500,000 years to be exact. Thats a lot of energy taking into consideration that the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the largest star in the entire galaxy.


I know!  Still, the sun makes up most of the mass of our solar system. It really makes you rethink images of the solar system that you see on tv and such when you think about that!


Absolutely!! When you consider that television is a MASS media medium for advertising, its no wonder that so many are misled by what they see on television!!


That's a really good point!  So, then I do wonder what our solar system actually looks like and not what tv portrays it as.


Well, I do know that a lightening bolt is much hotter than the sun's surface. Its about 5 times hotter. Makes you wonder how someone can get struck by lightening and survive.


It does make you wonder. The sun is so large though. I mean, Neptune just made it's first full orbit around the sun in 2011 since it's discovery in 1846!


Yes!! The sun's diameter is over 100 times the earth's diameter.  and it accounts for almost 100% of the mass in the solar system.


When I think of what you said earlier about it being smaller than other stars I really wonder just how big those stars are!


Winter is getting old.  I'm ready to see birds migrating back north from Mexico; that would be a welcome sight.


I did not know that.  For that kind of money, I think I could put grudges or reservations aside.  You could buy a lot of tacos for 1 billion dollars.


Yea I never even thought Abba was that in demand to offer 1 billion to do 100 concerts


I think I would pass on that one.  I didn't even know they were still all around.  Fame can take a toll on performers; Linkin Park was so awesome, but their lead singer faced demons and committed suicide.  So sad.


Yea that is unfortunate. Do you follow world events much. In 2010 there was a global tiger summit that russia pledged 330 million dollars to


I like keeping up on politics, but I did not know that fact.  However, I heard once that they gave out phone chargers and thumb drives infected with trojan viruses at one G20 summit.  That seems to go against the very nature of a summit.


Yes but I guess security is lacking at a lot of summits, in 2007 a man dressed as Osama bin Laden was able to get pass security of the Apec summit


Really?  You would think that security might be a bit tighter at these things.  Especially with the heads of state from so many powerful countries there.  It's almost like inviting someone to harm world leaders.


Yea but I guess security is hard to do with the increase in Summits since the end of the Cold War


True, now there has been an increase in summit events since then, so it's probably harder to keep them all safe.


Yea, they even have a summit on St Patrick's day where the Irish Prime Minister visits the US President


Yea birds are pretty interesting, i find their light weight skeleton fascinating


Really, that is cool.  That one is probably low stress compared to one with Putin or leaders from China.


Yea, especially the early ones with FDR, Stalin and Chruchill during WWII


It would have been amazing to witness those.  Those were three strong, influential, history-changing leaders.


It's hard to believe that their skeletons actually weigh less than their feathers with those hollow bones.


Yea, they are quite successful species with over ten thousand species currently living


I guess some in Australia can mimic lots of sounds like cameras and chainsaws.  Listening to them might be better than going to a Creed concert.  Some dissatisfied listeners once filed a lawsuit since a performance was so bad.


I don't blame them. The foo fighters once did a concert so loud it was recorded on New Zealand's seismic monitors


Wow, that is loud!  But I'll bet it was fun.  I've never seen them live, but I have been to a few good amphitheatre shows: John Mellencamp, Tome, Petty, and KISS were really good.


Apparently Deep Purple has the record for loudest concert, it left three audience members unconscious


Holy cow, that had to be something.  Those classic acts had it going on.  The Ramones toured almost nonstop for 20 years; that is commitment to the craft, no doubt.


That is impressive, they've must of made a lot of money but probably not as much Abba was offered to do a reunion tour, they turned down 1 billion dollars


I remember in High School the Green Bay Packers were popular...but not so much now...and I'm in California.


I think the NFL probably has lots out to other forms of entertainment, especially after all the publicity about how dangerous it can be to players and awareness is at a height.


Maybe all those sensors they put on their players will help solve this issue, but you are right, football in inherently violent.


It must be hard for a TV station to host football games though, as I heard an NFL game only has about 11 minutes of actual play.


You have to have good commentators, replay end special effects.


I think I just realized today why the NFL commentators are so important. I guess entertaining players like crazy quarterbacks are helpful, too.


Sometime, there is a spectacular play, Brad Johnston scored a touchdown by throwing a pass to himself. You don't see that often.


Wow! I wonder if there is a special website you can go to see all the best game highlights by team. In example you could see the best Green Bay Packer plays from the last season?


I don't know, the NFL is quite strict with its TV rights. You can't post games on the web.


I heard the NFL team Cleveland Brown's have a player named Hue Jackson. I wonder if he gets mistaken for Hugh Jackman the Wolverine guy?


I don't know about that, I don't think they are quite popular even in their own city, The quarterback who has the most win at Cleveland is a quarterback from the Steelers.


Yeah, a few years ago, it is kind of sad, since it is one of the team with the longest history, like NY Yankees or the Detroit Red Wings.


I wish the NFL would have new rules about teams like you must have lived in that state and you have to be loyal and not get traded.


The National Football League seems like it's always in the news though. Different teams at different times I guess.


Do you like the NFL now ? It has changed a lot, players and even the ball are tracked via microchips.


Yes I recently learned the ball is chipped. It's hard to believe it can work properly but I guess the NFL has it tested for durability or something?


It must been been, football is such a rough sport, only 16 season games. I would want more, but I don't think the players could take it physically.


I don't really watch the NFL so I can't say I like it much, but on the other hand I don't know much about it. I know a quarterback is on the offensive side...


Well now the season has ended with the Superbowl, losing teams are changing coaches. Green Bay has just fired their coach Mike McCarthy.


On one hand it makes sense for the Green Bay Packers to fire him, but on the other hand it almost makes them look like sore losers with no loyalty.


I think it comes down to win or be fired. Few fans are loyal to a losing team. Today there is much more alternative in entertainment, in 75 someone wrote a short story about the last Super Bowl being played in 2016, because of the popularity of other form of entertainment.


Hey how did You like the Green Lantern movie ?


wow...ok... hey... You're a dog lover ? ;)


Yes.    Did you know Dogs can learn over a thousand words and can reason better than chimps.


No I've never thought they can be THAT smart. Are we talking about all breeds or maybe there are smarter and dumber breeds ? :)


Depends, just like people.    However, Some dogs in moscow have learned to use the subway.


"learned" ? In terms of... walking behind their owner into the train ? Because I don't see them somehow buying the actual ticket ;)


Not sure.   Dogs do have 'eureka moments' and enjoy the experience of solving a problem in order to obtain a reward.


I guess, but I don't believe they understand what You mean when You point at something... from like a distance, because when You point to a food on the floor like You're almost touching it - most dogs will get it :)


True.    The dog was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia


Yeah, I mean I've heard that, but WHO and HOW did a study on this ;) lol, or are these facts only based on a drawings in caves ;)


If nothing else, Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior


Not as much as I liked Kiunka's four-song "Stay Up Late" EP


...and now we dress these majestic animals in Halloween costumes...  they probably regret that decision ;)


Perhaps, but dogs continue to perform many roles for humans.


My dogs perform holes in my backyard... :) and bark at my tenants even though they've known them for many years ;)


Spoiled then.    No hunting, herding or pulling loads for them!


I guess I did - I'm not a hunter - I couldn't kill an animal, doesn't matter how small... Maybe I'll buy some sheep for them to protect ;) You have dogs ?


Yes.    It has always amazed me how Dogs drink with the underside of their tongue


You got some weird dogs man... ;) kidding ;)


Perhaps so.     Thanks for the chat, man!


who's that ? Sorry I've never heard that song. What kind of music is it ?


Seattle quartet Kuinka plays an exuberant brand of pop music


oh ok. Sorry didn't hear that one.  Did You know that Comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989 ?


That is quite a few.     I wonder how many referred to the joke of slipping on a banana peel?


lol...  yeah, going back to green lantern - originally it supposed to be a comedy ;) what...  superhero comic book as a comedy ? Do You see that ?


Maybe.   The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance


Yes, after I read about Northrop Frye who depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old.


Ditto! I am reading Steve Jobs' biography and man he was a genius but didn't seem very nice.


lol, I have heard that before. I heard alot of those guys don't want their kids on the phones and ipads.


I dont either and I am pretty sure I am addicted to the dopamine hit I get everytime I open my phone.


True, Do you listen to Pandora?  I see they have a cap on how much you can listen for free.


I do not any more. I hit that cap and then switched to spotify where I pay for the premium service. Do you like pandora?


I too use spotify! I like it better. Did you know that the NFL is legally considered entertainment than a sport like the WWE.


Really. I had no idea. I wonder why that is?


Must be for legal reasons. I was surprised as well. Who knew? I would say the Iphone holds alot of entertainment!!


So did nintendo. They only had 54 colors!


Yes, I remember that! I didn't realize it had only those few colors. I think I still have it somewhere? lol Good chat!


Hello, somewhat, I enjoy all the advantages!


Me too. I want to know so much more and be better but alas, I cannot.


Yes, Its very exciting on all the new stuff that will be coming out!!


I was surprised to find out that women own more iphones than men.


Really, I didn't know that! That surprises me, I thought it would be about equal. Iphone's have 75 elements in them.


75??? Huh... I feel like iphones are older than 12 years. They came out in 2007?


I did too. Did you know Apple's app store has 2.2 million applications available?


That's a ton! I wonder how many are actually active as in kept up or updated? How much egg does Microsoft have on it's face for holding a funeral for the iphone?


lol, yes, That was since January 2017. I love my Iphone its with me most of the day, like everyone else.


What do you like to do for entertainment to hold your attention and interests?


He was a true legend. Comics have been around since the 1930's.


And marvel comics spend 10 years convincing the governmet of the US that the x-men are not humans.


Have you ever read the famous funnies? It was an early rendition from 1933.


I have not, they are comic books right? Have you?


I haven't either. It is a bucket list item! I bet Michigan State University has it in their library because they have the largest comic collection.


Wow! I want to go there. I would like to visit the worlds largest collection of comic books!


I wonder if they address the fact that DC comics is redundant because it stands for detective comics.


Ah, did you know that the e in chunk e cheese stands for entertainment?


That is appropriate since it is an entertaining place of fun! Have a nice evening! Nice meeting you!


I read books and play video games. What about you?


I enjoy music and dance. What is your favorite video game?


I play league of legends. What do you play (please no fortnite).


i am a huge tetris fan. I have never played fortnite but I know it's popular. I enjoy superhero games too for their supernatural powers.


Ah. Did you know that there are at least 30 superhero films that are going to be released between 2016 and 2020!


wow, that is overkill. But I am not surprised since there are 300 US superheros.


I wonder who has the time to remember them all! I can only think of roughly 15 different ones in my head right now.


stan lee could probably name them all. He wrote 15 comics.


It was sad to see him die, I really enjoyed his work.


Never heard of that, is it better then LED? I liked that one too. The simpsons crew sent them flowers as a thank you for that


Yes it's actually better than LED, you should check it out! Did you also ever watch the show Thomas the Tank Engine?


I will have to check it out, I watched that show a while ago, you?


Yes I like to watch as a kid, I never realized that George Carlin did the narration on that show, he did at least 52 episodes


wow, I think one time i heard a guy who sounded like alec baldwin, do you think he did one or two?


Yes I think he did some as well, and so did Ringo Starr, that sounds like a star-studded cast on Thomas the Tank Engine LOL


dang, who would have guessed that lol. were you into that 70s show back in the day also?


Yeah I like that show, didn't they try to remake it in the UK Market?


I think so and it bombed! Good chatting with you!


Yep you're right, they canceled it after only 10 episodes which is horrible LOL


Yeah I watch television from time to time. I try to read though, have you ever read a golden age detective novel before


I have not, I am into fiction though, how about you


Yes there is some fiction that I like. For instance I like Edgar Allan Poe, I can't believe that he came up with the idea for a cyborg


that is crazy to think, that was probably before any technology ever!


Yes I agree! It's even crazy that Julius Caesar would write fanfiction for Hercules and Oedipus LOL that's so funny


that is awesome! he did a lot, and was also killed by his friend. do you watch TV?


Yes I watch TV from time to time, what do you watch your TV on? An LED or an OLED


I have an OLED and it's awesome! And yes I love South Park, I especially like the episode where they made fun of the Family Guy series


It's very interesting! I didn't know. It's easy to guess that a few rabbits means a few dozens of rabbits in short time. I'm wondering how people travel in Iceland: they don't have public rail service and just take local flights between cities.


Yes that seems very wasteful. But I guess they need to do it because of the terrain. If only people were superheroes and could just fly to the different cities haha


by the way, do you watch movies with superhero? Who is your favorite?


Yes I really like Batman. But that's the only DC comic book character that I like, what about you?


I like Batman too. Have you heard about superhero called "Normalman"?


No I didn't hear about him, is he just a normal person with no superpowers LOL? I want to check out the Garfield spin-off we're all of the Garfield gang had superpowers though


It's nice. I would be interested to check out comic series about fixing the collateral damage caused by superheroes. It would be a lot of fun!


Yes I think so! I am kind of tired of superhero movies though, they are going to have released about 30 of them between the years 2016 and 2020, that's too many


I agree. Too much money are made. I guess this is a purpose for this number. 300 is really a lot.


Yes I think so, although like I said my favorite superhero is Batman, and someone wrote a book about how you could become a real life Batman, that sounds kind of interesting actually


Hey yes I do, I just got back from Florida actually it was for work though, how often do you travel


It was nice chat. Thanks. Have a great day!


You too and make sure not to watch too many superhero movies, like I said there are so many coming out that I feel overwhelmed!


I haven't traveled a lot in the last year, but generally, yes, I travel a lot. I've been in 43 countries so far.


Wow that's impressive! Did you realize that airplanes travel 10% slower these days? They do it to save fuel but you also get to your destination slower


I may imagine. It's super easy to travel this time of human history. It's funny that the first king who was able to travel around the world was king of Hawaii. What was the purpose of his travel? haha


Yes I don't know! Hopefully he had a good time though. Have you ever used Airbnb before? Apparently there is a version of that but for sleeping on couches


Sure, I used Airbnb a lot. Did you use this couch surfing website?


No I haven't used it. But I have used Airbnb. When you did travel though to other countries, did you notice that airports would just put baggage claim further from the airplane? Instead of making the baggage claim system faster?


Really? Do you think it is done for the purpose?


Yes I think so. One interesting thing that people would do when they traveled back in the age of Discovery, was they would put rabbits on the islands that they visited. That way future discovers would be able to eat the rabbits when they landed


Yeah he is a former rb who never fumbled the ball in his career


Yeah what a talent. Do you know much about the sun?


I know some stuff like that is white but we see it as yellow. DO you know why?


Oh that is because of the atmospheric scattering playing tricks on us


Haha true. Did you know a lightning bolt is hotter than the sun?


Yeah about 5 times hotter, that is really hot


WOw and yet we only need 1 second of the energy of the sun to last us half a million years


Wow that is a long time, it is too hot. And yet it is one billionth of the size of the largest star in the galaxy


That is mind blowing the galaxy is so big and vast, and there is so much still to be discovered


That is very true. Did you know Neptune completed its first orbit around the sun in 2011 since it was discovered in 1846?


Hey there yes I do. Did you know U of Iowa painted their visitor locker room pink?


Wow that took a long time and who know how much more before it was discovered


WOw I wonder why though Did you know bowlers made more than football players in the 60s?


Yeah it was a much popular sport back then but things have changed


THat is very true. Do you know what the highest score in college football is?


It was 222-0 when Georgia Tech beat Cumberland, what a score


Yeah must have been some game there. Did you know ESPN won an Emmy once?


Yeah they won it for the superimposed yellow line


Yes I am happy they did that because it has made game watching much easier at home


True. Do you know who Benajrvus Green-Ellis is?


Ya I haven't seen Bird Box yet but I have heard good things. I do watch lots of youtube as well. I don't even have cable personally.


I watched it last weekend and it was good. Sandra Bullock is awesome. I think cable is overrated since people can watch their shows over the internet for free.


Ah nice I'll have to check it out. I didn't know that Kubrick took over the cinematography for Spartacus and did it himself. But it doesn't surprise me as something he would do haha


I know. Surprising on what he can do huh. I did not know that a Chinese american pioneered the use of wide angle lenses.


Nope i never knew that. I do like roger deakins though I think he does a lot of coen bros. movies, it's crazy he was nominated 13 times for a cinematography oscar


Funny, I have no idea who the guy is until now to think he was nominated 13 times. He must be really good. Though it is sad that no woman won cinematography award


Ya that is odd especially since movies have been around for so long. I actually program in python and I had no idea it was named python after monty python, it's crazy how much still you still don't know


Yeah? That's cool. I know and no oscar nomination for female either.


Yeah I'm gonna look up some because I've never thought about it but I can't think of even one female cinematographer


Yeah come to think of it I never heard of a female one too.


well it has been great talking with you :)


I'm good, did you know that Bill Murray loves kung fu hustle? I actually like that movie I had no idea


I have no idea. That's cool. I have watch the movie and actually like it.


Ya I like it a lot, I also think Green Lantern starring Jack Black sounds way more awesome than the one we actually got, apparently that was what they were considering


I have not watch that one yet. I am actually interested in watching 3rd rock from the sun since it won the golden globe for best comedy in 1997


Ya I've heard really good things about that show but I've never actually seen it. I unfortunately don't watch comedy central anymore I don't think its as funny as it used to be and it says they cancelled 100 shows since their creation


I agree. It used to be good. Do you know that Netflix headquarters is in California? It's awesome because I am addicted to their shows.


Ah interesting, I didn't know that but it figures that they would be. It's crazy they spend 20 times more on postage than on internet bandwith for their shows.


Yeah, I do not get that one either since they have a lot of shows. I find their original shows really interesting like their new movie, Bird Box.


I really like to read. Do you enjoy reading?


I sometimes do. I know that unsurprisingly the bible is the best selling non-fiction book. But I question how many of those are actually read.


The book sells a lot, but few open it up. "The Late Great Planet Earth" is also a best-seller among Christians. It predicts the end of the world in our generation. Sold 35+ million copies.


I am not familiar with that one. Did you know that George W Bush read 14 biographies of Lincoln during his presidency?


I wonder whether he read them aloud or silently. Silent reading is a recent thing. Centuries ago, few could read silently.


That's super weird. You would get very strange looks now. Are you familiar with Starship Troopers?


I've seen the film. I know it's based on a Heinlein novel.


It is. It's on the reading lists of three of the five US military branches. What an odd choice.