Agreed. American Idol used to be one of my favorite shows when I was younger. It used to be mainly about the singing, now it's about the frills and diversions.


Speaking of Judge Judy, did you know her bailiff pulls in more than a million a year. He is one of the most wealthy bailiffs in the world.


That's absolutely crazy! See, it's all about the show of it all and not about the actual job/talent. A bailiff making more than a million a year just because he's being watched by America to do his job is unreal.


Yeah in America it is really about the people you know/your family knows. You can be a talent less hack and as long as your family knows the right people it makes no difference, hence how we get people like the Kardashians.


I am not really that much of a fan of basketball, but everyone knows LeBron James.


I couldn't agree more. Well, at least we have talent like LeBron James out in the world!


Yeah, I don't know too much about basketball either, I just know LeBron is really good. I actually used to play when I was younger, but I was pretty bad so I stopped playing. Did you ever play when you were younger?


I played football in High school, never did play basketball because I found it to be a bit boring.


Nice! I played mostly soccer in high school. I never wanted to play professionally because I knew I wasn't good enough, but also because there's no money in that haha


There can be money in pro sports, but the vast majority of kids in school will never make it pro. They accept a very very small percentage of people into pro sports. The way it is now, if you are not born into the life by someone that is already famous in it, your likely hood of getting there is slim to none.


Exactly. Have you heard of Reggie Miller? Amazing player, but his older sister Cheryl was even better (at least compared to her teammates and opponents). One time she scored 105 points in a game!


I have heard of Reggie Miller, but had never heard of his sister, but like I said I don't follow much basketball. I hear the games going all the time on our local radio station and always change it right away.


I normally just listen to Spotify, I don't listen to radio almost ever anymore. But even though radio has been around for so long, I wonder if it's on its way out what with all these new streaming platforms


I do not listen to very much regular radio any more either, I do think that radio is dying out, especially with things like spottily and Pandora, even youtube has youtube music now which in my opinion is all a lot better than regular radio.


Did you know that John F. Kennedy was the wealthiest president?


Do you think it is stupid that Saints cheerleaders have to leave a restaurant if a Saint player comes in?


I find that so strange and sexist, they need to get rid of that rule


I agree.  Here's a strange fact: kicking is legal in volleyball.


Yeah I used to play in high school and we were allowed to do that.Do you know where it was invented?


That makes sense as they both can be played on the same court.  I believe the women's net in volleyball is a little lower than the men's.


Yeah. Fedex once returned a volleyball that had washed up after the tsunami in Japan


Interesting, I wonder where that ball washed up exactly, Hawaii, perhaps?


Maybe, I really have no idea. Did you know engineers make more in the lifetime than football players?


Yeah along with Jefferson and Washington, well taking into account inflation


That didn't see right until i realized some football players aren't paid a ransom and engineers have a much longer career than football players


Yes I think that is what helps them earn more. Nice chatting with you :)


I wonder where the current president would rank on wealthlies list.


I am not sure about that actually. DId you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star?


No, i did not.  I guess our country is not the only one who has a president with a unique background.


Yeah that is true. This guys has already release 3 albums


I am a big football fan but i did not realize the average NFL games has only 11 minutes of live action.


Yeah and yet we are glued to the tv for so long. Did you know women can play too?


Wow!  are there any special restriction for woman playing in the NFL?


Not that I know if, as long as you make the cut I guess you can play


Do you remember Keith Hernandez playing for Mets?


A few. Hernandez played with gary carter, another Hall of Famer.


He is at his best when explaining the years-long refinement of his style at the plate


Did you know it can be hard to tell managers and players apart because they both wear uniforms unlike in any other sport


I read that! I disagree with Keith Hernandez's writing choices.


I didn't read it but it did surpise me that he wrote a book. He did seem like a natural author to me


Hernandez matter-of-factly tells a host of stories in which his father imposes his will, all in the service of Keith's baseball career.


I recently found a bunch of baseball cards from the early 1900s in my grandfather's attic. I think they may be worth quite a bit of money.


That would be fun! The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in North America, contested since 1903 between the American League (AL) champion team and the National League (NL) champion team.


I am trying to get tickets to this years World Series games but they are pretty expensive


What are they running? The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff, and the winning team is awarded the Commissioner's Trophy.


I do not, Apparently he's wrote an article?


The World Series is a pretty exciting event each year.


He was a really good baseball player a couple of decades back. Do you have a favorite baseball player?


I like the young player on Yankees, Aaron Judge


Huh. Hernandez's book doesn't seem very good.


Critics did not give it good ratings and I think it was pretty much a flop


Hernandez has more to offer. He defies the stereotype of the dumb jock. He conquers crossword puzzles and collects art and books.


Have you ever been to a live baseball game?


no, you?  he won the National League MVP award in 1979 and the World Series in 1982.


thats cool, I dont know if I would like. I usually like to listen to music or podcasts rather than dramas


Haha me either. Did you know there are only two African American singers in the country music hall of fame?


only 2?? wow, i guess the genre really is owned by white dudes but I expected more than 2. Maybe Darius Rucker will be the third


Yep, only 2 which is crazy. I'm thinking Darius Rucker will be in there.


I wonder if he plays the fender stratocaster, the guitar invented just for country music


Yes, I love country music. What about you?


oh i dont care for it at all haha. All of my friends love it so Im kind of exposed to it, and i tolerate it, but its not my cup of tea


HAHA that's funny. I like all kinds of music.


Hello - good morning to you as well. Did you know Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because of his belief system?


I prefer listening to the dial tone on my phone! big fan of phones


I actually didnt know that. Thats a big shame because he had some fantastic dramatic roles


Yea he's a really good actor. Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for a TV drama. Made $700,000 per episode in House.


what would you ever do with all that money?? wow. Michael Caine became an actor because all the girls were in his drama class.


hey he was right! Speaking of babes, when Jon Hamm taught drama in his old high school, one his students was none other than Ellie Kemper! From the Office and Kimmy Schmidt


yea it is. Its funny because Jon Hamm actually has a role in her show


LOL. There's a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free which is pretty cool.


Really? I guess he made a valuable contribution to science and also to medicine, did you hear of that species of flying snakes


I had not, but I could see it possible to approximate flying.  I know they can climb trees because I see the garter snake in my fig trees.  I guess if she wanted to, she could coil and spring, flinging herself from one tree to another.  Down here, Mardi Gras ended last night.   My ears are still ringing from the concerts put on by local bands.  Did you know that a Fighter Concert was so loud that it was picked up on New Zealand seismic (earthquake) monitors?


I didnt know that, do you have any favorite bands? used to like Linking Park


When I lived in Viginia, I liked Dave Matthews when he was starting out in Charlottesville.  Did you know that a woman driving to a Dave Matthews concert picked up a stranded bicyclist who was Dave Matthews himself!


Wow, that is amazing, I mean what are the ods, that woman is really lucky, I bet she went crazy in that moment.


I would think so.  I have not been to an major act indoor concert since my high school and college days in the 1970s and the 1980s.  Back then Deep Purple broke the record for the loudest concert ever that rendered 3 people unconscious.  While rendering 3 people unconscious is alarming, I wonder how many people had lifelong hearing damage after that one?


I bet at least a few of them did, a really bad concert was the one the band Creed gave in 2002, the concert was so bad the band even got sued by some of the concert goers


Well, Creed survived that one to become a major rock act in the early 2000s.  Do you know if Taylor Swift is still on the "Reputation" concert tour or has that wrapped up?


I guess its all wrapped up by now, I think this article is a bit old, I think that tour happened around 2016 so yeah.


I glad her reputation survived from the Kanye West feud.  While I not much of a fan of her current music, she is a talented artist.  She also is quite a philanthropist.  Did you know she donated all proceeds from "Wildest Dream" song to African wildlife conservation?


I liked her country stuff and some of her earlier pop. How about you?


No, I didn't know about that, seems like she has a great great, I will follow her example from now on, anyways it's been cool to chat, thanks for all the facts and knowledge


Well, its time to start cycling to work.  Nice chatting with you.


That will do some favors to the enviroment for sure, nice chatting, have a nice day.


I do like her, specially her performance of the Reputation tour she had in Glendale. AZ


It seems like she and Kanye West have perpetual conflicts of one sort or the other.  First he crashed her award acceptance.  Then she is accused of stealing his music.  Social media was not kind to her over that accusation!


I think they were a bit unfair to her, it must be hard to be a celebrity, specially a really famous one like her


Well, they called her a "snake".  I like the way she turned it into a positive in her concert with imagery, a snake microphone, and a snake platform.  Snakes in general have an unwarranted bad reputation.  Do you have any experience with snakes?


No not really, but I love them many people are scared of them but I think they are interesting animals


I live in a rural area, so snakes are not uncommon.  I have a 4-5 foot common garter snake nesting at the base of my fig trees.  I like there because she eats the field mice and other critters who want my figs.  Too many people automatically assume snakes are poisonous.  Did you know that only in Australia do venomous snakes outnumber non-venomous ones?


I didnt know that about Australia, are you afraid of snakes? with what you told me previously I bet you are not afraid of them


No.  I let them go on their way and I go one mine.  While we do have coral snakes, water moccasins, rattle snakes, I have never been bitten.  Did you know that one man has been bitten so often that the antigens in his blood allow it to be used an anti-venom?


Hello, are you particularly interested in politics?


That's interesting! A lot of things from the Bible have a place in our culture today, like Teddy Roosevelt and John Quincy are the only presidents who didn't swear in on a Bible.


Wow. How interesting. I wonder what they swore on?


Maybe they didn't swear on anything? Or maybe they constructed their own thing to swear on. Like Thomas Jefferson  created his own Bible by cutting out a lot of parts with a razor.


That is possible. Jefferson seems like he did what he wanted. He was one of the top three wealthiest Presidents in history.


I wouldn't have guessed that, do you know who the rest of the three are? I would have guessed Trump would be there.


The others were JFK and Washington. It must be based upon how wealthy they were relative to the time period.


That's surprising, but I guess if it's by inflation that makes sense. I wonder if that irritates Trump, or the fact that that the U.S. presidential guest house is larger than the actual White House.


Well in my opinion he still has it better off than being named President Banana like the President of Zimbabwe.


I think that might make it harder for some people to take him seriously. Likewise with the president of Indonesia, who released 3 pop albums while in office.


It was great chatting with you and learning new fun ideas.


I am about average in my interest in politics. Although, I do find it interesting that we have not had a President since 1853 that wasn't Republican or Democrat.


I didn't know that! A lot of things have remained stagnant in politics, the last time we had a Republican without a Nixon or Bush was 1928.


Wow and I just learned that every US President with a beard has been a Republican. Fascinating.


That's interesting! Maybe that's why sometimes Republicans try to not fit every stereotype. Like Harry Truman didn't want to be photographed on the Dumbo ride in Disneyland so he wouldn't be associated with Republicans.


I don't blame him. People would definitely look too far into it. Kind of like how the color of the tie you wear matters but the colors "red" and "blue" for the parties only started in 2000.


That's surprising! I thought that was a thing from day one, as old as the Bible even.


Thomas Jefferson had his own version of the bible and cut out the miracles and resurrection. Wonder what type of information he did find valuable.


It's interesting how much information must overlap between the Bible and other books like the Hebrew Bible and Greek Septuagint.


Do you know the Greek word for apple? Because the word apple only come around in the 4th century. Malus in Latin meant both apple and evil from the bible.


Me either. Did you know we may have lost all of our body hair as recently as 240000 years ago? As a swimmer, I still see a lot of hairy humans!


I guess many of them didnt lose it lol, there are some hairy humans out there I agree with you


Did you know ribs grew back? That's crazy! How come other bones don't grow back? I broke my arm and that didn't grow back.


I didnt know that, how long does it take for them to grow back? and that sounds painful


I wonder if they regrow in other animals like horses?


Not sure about that, but that is an intersting question do you like horses?


I do like horses but I am a little afraid of them. Do you like them?


I do, specially Icelandic horses, unique species with a fifth speed


Is that a speedwalking speed? I only have 2 speeds, slow and nothing.


Yeah thats speedwalking for a horse, Clint Eastwood is alergic to horses, I guess he doesnt like them that much


I do like them cant believe there are 20 quintillion animals out there


They do have big scary teeth. Nice chatting with you!


I was surprised that a white patch develops when animals are domesticated. Maybe that's why married men go grey...


Thats funny, that would make sense, animals have constitutional rights in Germany


Did you know that hiccups are an early evolution from land animals.


I guess we are all animals and another fact that supports evolution,


Did you hit enter prematurely?!?!? I do that more than I would like to admit. I wonder what the loch ness monster evolved from.


I did, I hate it when that happens, and I have no idea, good thing Nessie is a protected species. Since 1912 at least.


How long do loch ness monsters live for? How many are there? I have questions! I do not need answers though. I would like to know more about a sound frequency that causes fear in humans. I have enemies I need to vanquish!


Well Nessie is a myth, hopefully one day we can find out if the myth is true or not, and thats sounds interesting didnt know there was a fear frequency for humans.


Apparently the front crawl was introduced by Native Americans to  the early Brits who came over.


I wouldn't have thought that the Brits would be swimmers. It is cold there.


They are sailors so they need to swim some time.  At cornell university all students have to take a basic swim test. I wonder if they can doggy paddle?


I'm sure they can doggy paddle. I like to float on my back mostly.


I hadn't really watch football until I started dating my ex. He loves the Patriots.


Former Patriots running back Ben Jarvis has never fumbled the football. Pretty impressive.


That is wild. Must of had glue on his hands.


Something like that...lol...I wonder what it was?


I love going to the beach but not a strong swimmer.


Yeah me either. The US is really strong in swimming apparently worldwide. We've won the most gold medals.


Maybe it is because of the swimsuit. There was one banned in the 2008 olympics because it was won 94% of all races.


I wonder if it did all the swimming for them?


Funny. I would think that it was the type of material it was made of but I'm not sure.


The real test would be to bind their hands and legs and make them swim in it to see how they do, like a dolphin.


The front crawl is suppose to be the fastest and most efficient stroke.


It is for my kids who swim competitively. My oldest is also pretty good at the breast stroke.


I do the freestyle which means anything to keep me from drowning.


Hi there, have you ever been to Washington D.C.?


I actually knew that.  I find poetry fascinating, in small doses.  Mostly I like to read history and there are some great historical poems.


Yes I remember reading the Iliad and the Odyssey in school.  It is believed poetry came from hunting in Africa, that is kind of neat.


That's really amazing, and it goes way back too.  25th century BCE. Never knew about that until recently.


The Vikings were poets too, even as they pillaged and raided.  That was considered a blessing haha.


A blessing to who?  I fear our knowledge about vikings is now mostly from TV shows.  No blessing that.


A blessing from Odin, the god of wisdom, poetry and death among other things.  I do think its cool these poems were not written down and were passed verbally generation to generation.


I was wondering about that for the African poetry.  Lots of Africa, like the Volta RIver valley is too wet for paper or even wood to survive long.


Eventually poetry was written down, they have found poetry in the Pyramid Texts like you said in the 25th century BCE.  Fascinating stuff.


And some of it ended up in modern culture, supposedly the names for the Hobbits came from an old Icelandic poem.


I did not know that.  The Vikings were warriors but I guess even they had a soft spot for the word Hobbit.


Lots of wars in JRR Tolkein's works that's for sure.


His works are amazing.  There are various forms of poetry such as repetition, rhyme and various verse forms throughout his catalog!


Yes, but I want to go back, it sounds like it's really got a lot of things going on.


I see, I am too busy reading to worry about that.  Did you know that silent reading is a new thing since the middle ages?


You mean they always read out load?  Were books so rare that you couldn't have your own?


I believe people just read out loud because they were taught to read out loud, so they just assumed that was the way it was done.


It is certainly a different way of processing the text.  Maybe since you can't skim like silent reading.


Yes, and then Louis Braille developed the Braille system before he was 15 years old.  I wonder what prompted him to use bumps, its really brilliant.


Braille is interesting, that's for sure.  But in the end it's still letters forming words which are messages, sort of anyway.


Anything you like to read in particular?  Poetry is an interesting form, it's the Greek work for "making".


Did you know scientists think we have hiccups because evolved from land animals that had lungs as well as gills? Do you think that could be true?


Germany really likes animals, I think. I've heard they have constitutional rights for animals. I bet the have lots of pets, too.


I like animals as much as the next person but writing them into the constitution seems like overkill.


I wonder if Germany also taxes them! There's a joke about wildlife in the US where it makes fun of how you must pay for a hunting license but yet if you run over an animal that damages your car you don't get money back.


They might even make the wild animals pay land taxes! lol Seriously though, I bet they could tax pet owners. There's already license fees in the US, right?


Yes you have to license at least some pets, like dogs. Do you have any pets?


I recently moved and on my land there were two small kittens. I felt bad and fed them. Then more cats started coming around, but I don't want more than a few! lol They are barn cats, but come in sometimes.


Yes, and some of them don't let me pet them, even. I'm going to have to take them to the local ASPCA to get them fixed so they don't have more kittens! I heard Theodore Roosevelt had a bear and a hyena for pets!


I wonder if animals like that can ever really be pets. It sounds a little bit more like a zoo.


I don't know if they were the types of pets you can pet. I've seen people on TV shows that raise those types of animals and pet them, though. Do you like those animal shows?


I used to watch some veterinary show. It was an older guy that was great with animals! I'm gonna go pet my cats now, or at least the nice ones! lol


I think I remember in school learning that there are over 7 million species of animals on earth, but I think I also remember learning that we're discovering new ones often, especially in the rain forests and oceans.


In school. I was very interested in animals always, and even read more than I was assigned for school. I learned about the loch ness monster, too. It's a protected species, even!


I have read about that. I believe it has been protected for nearly a century.


There's some really cute loch ness monster movies, too. I remember being so jealous of a friend who got a job studying frogs in their environment at a pond.


I do not think I have ever heard the Loch Ness monster described as cute before. Do you like prehistoric reptiles?


Yes, I think I like nearly all living things. One of my favorite things I learned in school about animals was their ecosystems and habits. I loved to learn how many different things interact with each other.


There are a lot of  animals to learn about.


Instead of mowing the lawn, they eat the grass at the headquarters.


I'm really impressed with that.  That sounds like they care about the environment.


Nice.  Europe, makes me think about how google does their maps.  If there is a border dispute they tailor it to the claims of each country where the browser is located.


Yes, I know. Hard to believe red and blue colors started  for both parties in 2000.


Are you talking about the political parties?  I thought those colors had been around much longer than that!


Yes, Thats what surprised me too! At least that what I always saw.


The parties have been around for a while. There hasn't been a president that hasn't been republican or democrat since 1853.


Yes, Republicans were the only party that had presidents with beards. lol Great chat!!


Harry Truman hated republicans so much he wouldn't even be photographed with Dumbo at Disneyland!


Hello, I am good. How are you? I do like google.  I use it so much every day that it is hard to believe it's been around since 1998. It seems like it's always been around.


lol, I know, crazy! Good to be tall to win the election. They win most of the time.


I know, I use it alot too! its always there to go to!


Yes it is.  Larry Page and Sergey Brin have to be geniuses for thinking it up.


Agree, One single Google search requires a huge amount of computing power.


That is amazing to think about.  Do you know how much power it uses?


More than for Neil Armstrong and 11 astronauts to the moon!


Wow!  I had no idea it was that much.  So many people use google nowadays.  When it went down back in 2013 for five minutes it took %40 of web traffic with it.


That's scary! They had a good idea to use goats instead of a mowers.


THis is true!  You ever played any of the simpsons video games?


Just the old simpsons game released on the sega genesis


Cool!  Did you see that Jim hanks does the voice of woody on the toy story video games?


Yea I heard of that before, I wonder if Jim Hanks did the voice for Woody in the first toy story game


I would think so!  Love how korea has a luw for children under the age of 16 cannot play them past midnight!


Lol good thing I didn't grow up in Korea because I use to play video games past midnight all the time before I was 16


Hahaaaaa... yeah me too!  I wonder if we were part of the three billion hous a week of video playing?


I wonder how Jane McGonigal calculated 3 billion hours of video games? When I was a teenager it was probably only 1 billion lol


Or less honestly?  What console was your first video game experience on?


The first nes, it's crazy how far games have come since then, now they make 74 billion a year


Yea, everyday almost, I really enjoyed the episodes where they spoofed Family Guy


It was great chatting with you!  have a good day!


Yes the Family Guy episodes got a lot of positive reviews from critics and the simpsons' crew sent them flowers for it


I use to watch the simpons a lot too, there is only one episode that doesn't feature bart in any way


i used to too!  Do you know what episode that is?


No I have no clue, there are so many simpson episodes, I think the only show with more is Pokemon which has over 750 epiisodes


at 50 episodes a year... that is crazy!  Those poor animators and storywriters!


Yea but I guess it's better to do over 750 than be cancelled after 10 episodes like 'Days Like These' was in the UK


For sure, they need to recruit Steph Curry then we will have a shot!


You had your glory years with Jordan.  I kind of like Curry, I really admire what he does for the team


For sure, they have something good going! Curry does great things for charity also


It's good that he does this, I know a lot of proffessional athletes have charitable organizations associated with them.  I just discover that Curry was from the same town as LeBron, what do they have in their water there?


lol, I don't know but lets start a business selling that water, we would make a fortune. We can donate half our money to buying misquito nets like Curry does!


I live near Akron and drive through it often.. Now that I think of it I'd want to stay well away from there water, not the cleanest of places.  I hear the US supreme court has its own court.


I am sure it isn't lol. I heard they have a special name for the court but can't remember


Since the Wizards are in Washington I wonder if they ever use it, the Wizards versus the justices would be a good game.


They should have that be a yearly thing, I think it would be awesome lol. It was so nice chatting with you!


I could imagine a number of granny shots coming from some of the older justices, some are in fact, probably, grannies.


Not really, I know the main stuff but not the minutia.  I am aware of the Wizards, having lived in DC.


I know my mom shoots like that. Have a great weekend, happy friday!


Nice, Wizards have their years. Basketball was started by james naismith from kansas


I wonder if that gave him an advantage.  If I invented a sport I'd make sure it suited me one hundred percent.


you would think so! He is the most losing coach in kansas history!


Now that is embarrassing.  I hope he was paid well, I hear college coaching is lucrative.


for sure! I think it is, in my state the top 3 paid state employees are college coaches!


If you are not a Wizards fan which team do you follow?


Of the 32 teams, I would say a bulls fan. However they are struggling the last few years.


There can only ever be one champion, at the moment its the Warriors.  Best stick with your team through thick and thin, don't be a fair weather fan.


Hi there. Hope you are having a great evening! Are you watching Netflix?


I do like him a lot! He's played some great roles and Captain Phillips was a good one. Really good drama! He's one of those actors who is known for his comedy roles like Big and his dramatic roles like The Green Mile.


Those were great movies as well, he is the highest all time box office star


Yes, I guess anyone who makes 8.5 Billion at the box office can refuse to play bad guy roles, if he wants to!


I agree its not like he needs the money lol and they would probably offer him the role of the good guy anyway


I just remembered that he did the voice of Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story films. He's really versatile! How many of those have there been? 4 maybe?


Yeah like 4 or 5 by now not really sure, I watched the first 2 and then lost the count,


Did you watch him in Saving Mr. Banks, the Walt Disney story? It was good, but I didn't think it was one of his better movies.


I thought it was a grea movie, did you watch the movie Larry Crowne, there is actually an interesting story behind that movie


No. I didn't see that one and I've not hear about it. It's pretty funny that Tom Hanks personally refunded people's money, who didn't like it!


I thought that was really funny lol, that couple didnt see that coming, I would have asked for a photo


Not right now but I am a subscriber one of the 58,46 subscribers in America, what about you?


Me too! It would have made a good selfie to post on Facebook or to put on your YouTube channel, if you had one!


It would be a nice post, did you ever had a Nintendo system?


My kids did, years ago! They were really simple compared to today's systems. 54 colors and the graphics were pretty simple too.


I loved the orignal system one of the best, its primitive but still, the games were good I like simple things.


Yes, we are subscribers too. We were even subscribers back when the DVD's were mailed to you. I wonder if they still spent 20 times more on postage than bandwidth? I didn't know people still got them mailed out to their homes?


I didnt know that either is that even a choice? well Netflix is a giant now, to think it all started because of a late fee


Right! We often racked up late fees when we used Blockbuster. Imagine how they feel, knowing they could have bought Netflix for 50 million!


They had the chance and now its worth a lot more, its a $2 billion company, I wonder how long that will last


I don't know! My family certainly helps make up the 33% of bandwidth used here in the States between 9pm and 12 am. Well, we don't stay up that late so mostly closer to the 9 pm group!


I start using the service right about 10pm untill 11pm or a bit longer if the show is interesting, Reed Hastings is a genius, I wonder if Netflix will be around for much more longer


I can't imagine not having it around. Between Netflicks and YouTube they have  half the peak traffic in North America, and that certainly holds true in our home. We also stream YouTube videos for so much!


We do, so do you like Tom Hanks? I just saw the movie Captain Phillips on Netflix, really nice


That is surprising. And to answer your question, no I do not have any favorite celebrities, though I would love to be one just so I could visit Pixar studio's secret room.


I know, me too. That is cool. I also like Robin Williams, he was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films.


We really like our celebrities, so much that they need to show up on Sesame Street. Carol Burnett was the first one.


I heard about that. What do you think about Serena Williams? Her and her sister both speak fluent italian and french.


I think she's an awesome athlete. I just found out that she is co-owner of the Miami Dolphins.


Yea, I just found out about that too. I also just found out that she won her 23rd grand slam tournament while two months pregnant.


Wow, awesome! She is so tough! She didn't even drop a single set.


I know. Her and her sister thought they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse, but lost to karsten braasch who was ranked 203 though.


That's sad. If anyone could do it I would have bet on them.


I know, right? That was back in 1998 though.


Not really, I used to listen to Eminem though, did you know he wanted to be a comic book artist?


Interesting! And his favorite superhero was Spiderman! I prefer Tupac actually, though.


That's cool. I heard his music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance."


Cool. Would you listen to a compliment battle?


I was actually just thinking that would be cool to try out. Didn't Korean rappers invent that?


Yes, you are correct! I guess rap has become really mainstream. A Michigan Judge once delivered her ruling in rap form. That was a suit filed against rapper eminem.


I heard about that, that would have been amusing to see. Do you like any other celebrities? I like watching Judge Judy from time to time.


She is quite the character! She makes over 100 K per episode.


Yea, she is the second highest paid celebrity. Lebron James is number 1.


Yeah helped 23 children, how generous. Have you ever seen a soccer game with three teams playing at the same time?


No I havent,  have you?  That sounds confusing lol


Yeah it does sounds confusing, I have not seen one yet. Do you know where FIFA World Cup will be held in 2022


It will be held in Qatar but the city remains unknown because it does not exist yet


Thats weird,   I wonder how they came up with that location then. The american team has never placed below third place in the world cup since womens world cup started in 1991.


That is pretty impressive for the team. The countries that host the Cup do not have any economic gains


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


Wow, the team must have been really good at that time. DO you like cars?


yes I like cars.  I recently learned that mc donalds invented the drive thru in 1975


Hello,  no i dont watch soccer,  do you?


Yeah to help out the soldiers, that was kind of them. Nice chat


Yeah I do from time to time. Did you know that is is also called association football?


yeah I did. That is cool.. did you know soccer makes more money than football,  basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined?


Not surprised. Even Jon Stewart was a soccer player. DO you know who he is?


i do not,  is he famous for something else?


Yeah he has his own show. And he represented the US in the games in Brazil in 1993


Oh nice.  what kind of show does he have?


It is a late night show I think. Did you hear about that German players who donated his winnings?


yeah thats really awesome,  300,000 eur to pay for surgeries for children!


I had no idea!  lol  Transhumanists want to upload their minds.  I would do it!


Sure why not. That would be interesting to try. Watch football at all?


Big football fan...both college and the pros.  How about you?


I was a Skins fan growing up. I don't follow it that much any more. There was a rocket scientist that actually coached in the NFL.


How interesting is that?  I bet he has some different philosophies on the game.


I imagine his plays used things like cosine and cotangent.


I haven't heard those mentioned since I was in high school hahaha


Speaking of scientists, some at Harvard managet to store the GIF of a galloping horse into the DNA of a bacteria.


That is interesting!  How in the heck did they do that?  I can't believe it's 30 years since the world wide web was created in 1989.  That's the year I graduated high school. lol


THat's pretty amazing. Hard to believe we lived in a world without it.


I'm an IT pro, so I know a few. I've been on computers since I was a kid in the early 90s. I played the original Doom.


I know right?  It's been fun chatting with you!  Have a good one!


Nice!  I remember that game.  I was surprised to see that in 1936 the Russians made a computer that ran on water.


Glorious Russia will make computers run on Vodka if necessary!


LOL  I want to know how someone built a working 16 bit computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks.


It's pretty amazing but dooable if you understand how circuits work. Bell Labs distributed a cardboard computer to schools in 1968 to teach them how it worked. I'm guessing they couldn't even play pong on it.


That's interesting!  The space shuttles general purpose computer runs on 1mb of RAM.


My phone has more. I wonder If I could power a space ship with it?


lol  Get cracking and start developing it!


On International Day of the Woman it's probably worth noting that the 1st computer algorithm was written by a woman.


That's a neat fact! See you do know some!  US open quarterfinalist Gael Monfils beat the "Roger Federer of paddle tennis" after learning how to play just days earlier.


Oh wow, I would have never of heard about that. Could you imagine being at the longest tennis match in history, 11 hours over 3 days? zzzzzzz


lol  I could have watched paint and it would have dried faster!


For sure, would have been pretty boring haha. You ever see Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dunk a ball? Got it banned from the NCAA.


I do remember watching him play!    Can't believe they banned that shot for almost a decade!


That is pretty nuts, do you prefer FIBA or the olympics?


I would have to say the Olympics.  What is FIBA?


It's the like the World Cup for basketball. It is every 4 years opposite that of the olympics. It is pretty fun to watch.


I had no idea! lol  Thanks!  Do you know who has the only losing record in the University of Kansas' history?


Was it James Naismith, the inventor of basketball by chance?


I am a bit, I'm not a fan of the golf courses using 312k gallons of water a day in the US.


Yes!  You got it!  I have to get running!  It's been fun chatting with you!


I agree!  There is a golf course in Dubai that uses 4,000,000 gallons of water a day!  Not a fan of that either.


Priorities right? It's one of the only sports with no standard course/court for the sport. I like how it can switch up like that.


Yes!  Did you know that if you added up all the golf courses in America, they would make up more land space than Rhode Island and Delaware combined?


I never knew that, that is really crazy. Lowest score wins, I could definitely use that in the other sports I play haha.


lol  I was surprised to find out that Babe Ruth was one American's most famous golfer.


I never knew that, Samuel L Jackson puts a clause for golf that lets him play twice a week during production.


That would be a great clause to put in your contracts wouldn't it?  Do you know many facts about tennis?


Not really that much, just that helicopter used to dry the grass for the 1969 US Open.


Hey there do you like the New England Patriots? And what do you think about Tom Brady?


He coaches the New England Patriots. And I think he'll be there coach again next year. If they win again next year that would be insane! What do you think about the Cleveland Browns by the way?


I can't say that I know much about them. They are sort of one of those teams you hear about in passing but aren't any good so you dont' really give them a second thought.


Yeah that's true. I guess their last playoff win was back in 1995. that seems like so long ago!


Wow that is almost a quarter of a centuary ago!


I know right! It doesn't seem that long ago, but it kind of was lol, did you hear about the pink locker room? You know, the one painted that way by the University of Iowa?


That is totally something I could see happening in Iowa. They love to razz opposing teams.


I wonder if it works though? I would play a lot better if I were put in a pink locker room LOL, what about you?


I would find it hilarious. I'm sure it was supposed to be some sort of play on pink being a girls color. Who knows with it being Iowa though.


Yeah that's true. have you gone bowling recently? Apparently bowling in the 60s, the top players made more than top football players, that's completely the opposite of now btw


It probably has a lot to do with the longevity of the career of a bowler vs a football player. It seems like football players have such a short career due to all the injuries.


I don't really care for the Patriots. Nor for Tom Brady. What do you think?


I think so. They need to be wise with their money so that it lasts them their whole life, just in case they get injured. Did you hear about ESPN winning an Emmy?


I do like the Patriots personally. They do win all the time. Do you like Game of Thrones? The author of Game of Thrones does not like the Patriots apparently LOL


I haven't watched much of Game of Thrones or read the books. Why didn't he like them?


Well I don't know exactly, but I do watch The Game of Thrones, and he says the Patriots are like the Lannisters. The Lannisters are definitely the bad guys in that show lol


Yikes that is a very unflattering comparison. I think the patriots are the yankees of football. Everyone loves to hate them.


Haha yes I can agree with you there. Do you like the Buffalo Bills by the way? They are equivalent to the New York Patriots, in terms of Super Bowl losses haha


I haven't ever heard of them actually. I'm a bit football illiterate. Is there a coach that is known as like the best in the league?


Yes I think that's Bill Belichick, I think he's the best in the league, and it is an amazing record. He is the most winningest coach in the NFL postseason with 21 wins.


Wow that is quite a lot of wins. What team does he coach for right now?


No just rap artist. Really cool at that age. I wonder if it is as good as straight outta compton


Awesome, well technically rap is music. Did you listen to Linkin Park?


Apparently, it is the best selling album of the 21st century!


Oh wow! Thats just as surprising as Dark side of the moon being one of the top albums of 2014


Still? That is amazing. Did you know they made an aluminum grand piano for the Hindenburg?


It was super light and weighed only 356 pounds


yeah, I think that is the airship that ended in disaster, right?


I don't mind it. It has a really rich history from New Orleans.


Yeah, that sucks. Well nice chatting with you!


I used to listen to it when I was younger. Did you know Clint Eastwood is a jazz enthusiast?


Is he? I guess thats why Million Dollar baby had a jazz score


Yeah, it was in that movie. Did you know Pakistan has a jazz orchestra?


I wonder if they also have goatees for playing the trumpet


I'm not sure, but it supposedly provides you comfort when playing.


I don't unfortunately, but maybe Clint Eastwood would know a few, he seems to really be into it.


Have you checked out the twins from japan? They recorded a rap album when they turned 100


I used to watch a lot of 70's show, which I thought was great, but I just read that its apparently not very popular in England- it was cancelled after only 10 episodes


I guess Pokemon didn't have that issue of being cancelled. I read that it has over 750 episodes. That's a lot!


Thats crazy! I can't imagine how that show kept going for so long. I never really understood it haha I read that Thomas the Tank Engine had a pretty interesting cast, so maybe that explains why that one has lasted. Ringo star, Alec Baldwin and George Carlin have all narrated it!


I think I'd prefer George Carlin narrating Thomas the Tank than John Legend's performance in Jesus Christ Superstar.


I never saw it, but I heard it wasn't great. I guess it was a little chaotic! I wasn't really a fan of the original either. Do you know who else was in it?


I think Sara Barielles was in it and she's pretty talented.


I like her a lot! She's got a great voice. On a random note- did you know there is an ancient amphitheater in Croatia thats still used for concerts? I can't imagine it would hold a show like Jesus Christ Superstar well though haha


I wonder what kind of concerts are held there? I bet it's a beautiful place.


I'm sure its a really unique experience! I wonder how big it is...I would imagine it can't hold a very large crowd


It's definitely  not the same size as Ganymede, Jupiter's moon that is planet sized. That could hold tons of people.


I have been to a few concerts over the years. My favorite is probably Heart.


Yeah! The planet-sized moon...crazy. It was good talking to you!


I've never seen them live, but they are really good! I saw Linkin Park a long time ago- apparently they played 325 concerts in one year (2001)- that sounds exhausting!


That does sound exhausting. Probably not as exhausting as The Ramones who toured for 20 years though.


Yeah nonstop for that long...I guess you really have to be passionate about what you do! 2,263 concerts is insane!


I definitely couldn't do that. Obviously Creed couldn't either since their concerts have been so bad they got sued for it.


I read that too! I'm not a Creed fan...but I never thought they were that terrible haha I guess Pink Floyd recorded a live concert without an audience, no lawsuits there I guess!


Actually, Queen did that as well to shoot some of their music videos. They'd put on a full concert with no audience to get the correct shots.


That's really interesting! I never knew. What kinds of TV shows do you watch?


Mostly Sci-Fi and some drama. I don't watch a ton of TV.


Do you sense that we now have a space race among private companies?


Musk started on a PhD himself.  He dropped our after 2 days to start his first company.


I am not surprised seeing as he works in major roles in SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink and Paypal.  Who would have time to go to school.


It was certainly the right choice for him. He sold that first company to Compaq for $340 million in 1999.


He also sold X.com to Ebay for 1.5 billion dollars. That is so much money! It is weird to think that he has started yet another company in 2016 called the Boring Company for infrastructure and tunnel construction.


I only learned today that his online bank became PayPal.  He is into a lot of different things.


It is weird to think that Musk was bullied as a child.  He even had to be hospitalized because of one of the attacks. I bet none of his bullies ever saw that coming.


That is unusual for someone who became such a type A person as an adult.  There was a comedy film called, "Thank You For Smoking" that he produced and acted in.


I love that movie. He really is a visionary! I wonder if he will fulfill his dream and send families to mars by 2025? If any one can do it I would say he can!


I agree.  My daughter has 3 Teslas and she and her husband love them.  He put one of those in space too in addition to a cheese wheel to honor Monty Python.


That guy really knows how to run a company! He would probably run it better than the government. They have shut down 17 times over the past 37 years. 3 times in 1977 alone! he would never let that happen.


I do.I find the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, which includes Space X, to be a big indicator that space flight is being privatized.


It is interesting though that the upstarts are on one side and the existing giants like Lockheed and Boeing are having to work to stay involved.


I heard that they complained to the white house when they learned of Mike Pence's visit with the federation. Sounds like some jealousy.


Politics and business mix again!  Musk has even used Twitter in the battle.


I saw his Twitter battle with Tory Bruno where Musk said his rockets were far to expensive and the new Vulcan rocket Bruno is creating will not be certified by the Air force.


Yes.  That is the battle.  He promised to eat his hat with a side of mustard if the competing rocket flies a national security spacecraft before 2023.


It was funny when Bruno tweeted a picture of a hat and a lunchbox to Musk in an attempt to fight back.


I agree. Musk is a citizen of the US, Canada and South Africa.


I wish he would run for president! He is just as smart if not smarter than the only president to have a PhD which is Woodrow Wilson.


I was actually pretty good at that game, I manage to earn all the starts from one of the game. I sure miss those times.


I used to love Contra and all the lives with the cheat code...


I didnt really play that game, what was it about?


You just ran with a gun and shot stuff. It was fun but you got 30 lives with the cheat code so it was pretty full proof.


Sounds like a fun game I might download it, you should try Trap Adventure 2 as well.


Yeah you should definetely take it easy lol if not you will have to buy a new one.


It is pretty good, I like it, makes me want to smash my phone at times though.


Why is it frustrating? Is it action or more mental?


It can be really hard and booby traps appear out of nowhere making you lose and start the game all over, it's a difficult game overall, but I love it.


I would have broken my phone too many times to justify playing that game. Im too competitive.


Really? so we have that common, what kind of games do you like?


I used to like first shooter games but then I had kids 7 years ago and now I like fathering...


Yeah, no time for video games when you have kids, I used to play a lot I liked the early Mario Bros games.


That's a throw back! I wanted to like that game so much but my friends were so much better than me so I decided to hate those games...


Wow. Plato was also a professional wrestler.


I cannot see him being anything else but a philosopher though


I know that was before he became interested in philosophy


Cool. Same with Neil Degrasee Tyson, he was a champion at Harvard


I do. DId you know SNoop Dog wrote a song for his son's high school team?


Cool. U of Iowa painted the visitor locker room pink


Is that supposed to have some kind of effect on them?


No idea. DO you know bowlers made more than football players in the 60s?


I guess it was a much more popular sport back in the day


Not really but I hear a wrestler has the biggest muscled hands in the world


Yes I guess that might explain it. Nice chatting with you.


Wo. In Turkey, they lather themselves in oil and then they wrestle


WOw sounds really slippery. Macho Man Randy savage used to be as football payers before he started wrestling


Nice. Even Abe Lincoln was a wrestle hall of famer


wow impressive. There used to be octopus wrestling matches as a sport


I know that was back in the 40s and 60s in the west coast


And dogs can even donate blood at blood drives


Very cool. In Instanbull they have vending machines for dogs.


THe ones that dispense food when you feed it plastic bottles?


Yeah those. See, there's a lot to write about when it comes to dogs. I'm reading Warlight by Ondaatje. But I think its more of a cat person novel


Nice. Did you kmnow google says that they are a cat company?


I heard they prefer dogs to cats. It's in their code of conduct


So cool, good for them. Dogs contrary to popular belief are not colorblind


I wonder if google is. Either way, sometimes i like the old tech, like radio..


yeah me too. did you know you can catch Jupiter's storm in the am radio


I am not sure about that. In Canada you might catch canadian songs and singers 40% of the time


Well, if Canada colonizes Jupiter then we will definitely be able to hear the storms


well the poem is designed that way. it's inspiring when read backwards but depressing in the regular direction


wow, interesting. have you heard about a javanese alphabet?


It's like a poem i hear. maybe someone should put it to music and play it on the radio


That would be interesting. Have you heard of the icelanding poem 'dvergatal'?


That's for hobbits I'm told. We need one for dogs. They are very instinctual


That is very true. Did you know there are 12 different blood types a dog can have?


I did not know that. I should google it, especially since Alphabet is a dog company


I did not! That's interesting. It still seems like a lot of colors haha. I wonder if you can get one still today?


Haha yeah. I think discontinued selling them in the early 2000s. Probably because they had better technology at the time (one that showed more than 54 colors)


Most likely.  When caesar visited britain, around 50bc, he noted that its people bred chickens not for food, but for entertainment


That's crazy! I guess before other forms of entertainment, watching chickens was the most exciting thing to do!


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


That's pretty ironic haha. It reminds me of other "lookalike's" in Hollywood, like Charlie Chaplin losing in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest and Bill Nye becoming famous for looking like Steve Martin.


Now only if I looked like a famous celebrity, maybe I could become famous!


Well, if Bill Nye did it, it's possible.


Maybe!  Have a good one,  nice talking to you!


I'm doing well. I can't believe the majority of pac-man players were female, which led to the creation of "Mrs. Pac Man." That's really cool


This is pretty cool too! Pac-man creator toru iwatani wanted to turn arcades into date hangouts "that would not be intimidating to female customers." pac-man "appeals to a new generation of female players who have grown up empowered and want to be the pursuer rather than being the pursued."


Yeah, and it generated over $2.5 billion by the 90s. I wonder how that compared to other video games?


Haha at this funny fact: Pac-man was originally going to be released in the us as puckman but the name was changed out of fears the p would be vandalized into another letter.


Knowing the USA, and the closeness of "P" to "F", they probably made the right move haha. Did you play any other video games growing up?


Oh awesome, I loved that game. Did you play it on the original Nintendo?


I did.  Did you know The nintendo entertainment system could display only 54 colors.


yeah, I am sure he was tring to send a message to new rappers with that


true, hav eyou ever heard the song California Gurls by snoop dogg and katie perry


yeah and didn't they do it a a west coast reply to jay z and alicia keys empire state of mind


yup they did, have you ever been to a Creed Concert?


no and I am glad I have not because once it was so bad , the people sued them


ya I wanted to see if they really were that bad, I don't watch baseball but its shocking that it is so popular in Japan


I kow and they cannot even believe it is pastime here


nope, and have you ever seen a baseball manager jump in to play for their team? apparently that is possible


yeah, i have not see that but good that they have all that flexibility


youd have to be flexible to play kickball, and I think its weird that Canadians call it soccer-baseball instead of kickball over there


Hi I do like music, do you Like the rapper Jaz-Z


yeah I wonder how the name came about. nice chat


yeah he is pretty good. did you know he was a ghost writer


no I didnt, but I did know he was honored at the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017


nice. yeah , he was the ghost writer for a song on the space jam soundtrack


thats cool, ya I think the song he wrote was performed by Bugs Bunny right?


yeah it was, that one. do you know why he pulled his album american gangster from itunes?


well I guess because he thinks that since movies are not sold scene by scene, he does not want to sell individual tracks


I see. kingdom come album that he released was named after the dc comic kingdom come


ah thats cool, ya I guess that comic is set in the future about a retired superman, that sounds interesting


Hello, are you a car person.  Did you know 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car?


So would I.  Do you use Spotify? They launched in 2008.  In 2018, they were available in 78 regions.


The artists probably enjoy the chance to build an audience, but can't really make much money on Spotify.


There was a band that used the money they earned from spotify to fund a free tour.  They earned 20K on Spotify.


They released a silent album. I wonder who listened to that. Artists needs to get 130745 plays per day to earn minimum wage.


That is a lot of plays. A fun fact is that 20% of all songs on Spotify haven't been played once.  That is 4 million songs.


The artists are probably hoping to get some recognition. The fact is, most people may not be as talented.


That is very true.  That includes me, lol. The main developer of Spotify also was the programmer that made Utorrent.


That guy is probably quite rich by now. Are you a fan of fantasy novels?


Yes, I love them.  Big can of Fantasy and Sci Fi. Speaking of fantasy, you can actual do a fantasy draft of the National spelling bee.


I wonder what the prize for winning the draft is.


I did not know that. There is a boy who was in a car accident and claimed that he went to heaven.


Really, I want to believe him.  Cars became widely available in the early 20th century.


Alex Malarkey claimed that he went to heaven, but then admitted that he made it up. He did not die. He did not go to heaven. He just wanted attention. Now he just gets social security.


That is sad.  The Model T in 1908 was one of the first cars available to the masses.


The Model T was the car that helped make America productive. People could fix the car themselves and have it in any color as long as it was black.


That is cool.  I love classics.  A cool fact is that in 1975, Mcdonalds added the drive-thru to help soldiers.  They were not allowed to get out of their cars while in uniform.


Now Americans barely get out of their cars at all. There are over 1 billion cars on the planet. In a century, I wonder if we will use cars at all, or something else.


I want the autonomous car.  You can actually put flame throwers on your car legally in South-Africa to prevent carjacking.


I think that's great! Flamethrowers! I need to check that out on Youtube.


If it is, they are really good at their job since I would be really happy it isn't cancelled


I agree, so what other shows do you like, do you like The Simpsons?


Shows like the simpsons or south park are classics


They are, I like them both and also Family guy, seems like the cast and crew of those shows have a good relationship with each other


I really enjoy when their have crossovers too


Yeah I love those, did you watch Pokemon ?


I did. I think they have passed 1000 episodes a long time ago


Its been more than 16 years, how many Pokemons by now? a lot more than the original 150 ones I bet


I think they are on their 7th generation with around 100 new ones each generation


So thats like 800 Pokemons, did you watch that 70s show?


I think its a great show, really funny, its a shame it got cancelled


I agree. There was so much sadness to the sudden cancellation


Yeah the show has a lot of fans, their voices were heard via social media in less than an hour after the news were announced


I feel that the sometimes people just cancel the best shows


I wonder why it got cancelled, maybe the show will be launched again in the future, fans demand it


Maybe its a marketing stunt, its a hilarious show and has a lot of impact on many people so it doesn't make sense to cancel it


hello,  do you like movie soundtracks?  I recently learned that steven spielberg played the clarinet in the jaws soundtracks.  Thats pretty amazing.


i read it in High school,  I just remember the actual book was about a man on a very long journey and the obstacles he had to overcome.


Sounds really interesting! I heard the soundtrack for Tron Legacy was negotiated over breakfast where robot helmets were worn. How did they eat, though? lol


The soundtrack for Batman Begins movie sounds really cool. I guess each song has the scientific name of a bat.


I found that extremely interesting,  how creative!  I definitely have to take a look at those tracks.


The movie "Jaws" soundtrack is another one that is interesting. Did you know Steven Spielberg himself plays the clarinet in it? He's got talents!


yeah that was the first thing I said haha.  Definitely amazing.


I wonder if he has played that or any other instrument in other soundtracks? I bet Taylor Swift's music as been in at least one movie soundtrack...


Im sure she has,  she is very popular and has a lot of hit songs.  Did you know Taylor swift walks backward to avoid having her photo taken?


Wow that sounds like really hard work, though! Poor girl! I think I'd try holding up a newspaper to pretend like I was reading. She recently took her music off of Spotify. She's becoming a rare commodity!


Yes I enjoy soundtracks very much. One of the first I heard was the one from the movie Legend with Tom Cruise.


Maybe she just doesnt have a good contract with spotify lol


Yes, or perhaps some parts of the contract weren't read correctly. She's bound to be ok making money from concerts and soundtracks if she wants, I am sure.


oh I dont think I ever watched it,  any good?


It's a great fantasy movie about evil and good with unicorns and the devil in it. I would be a good book but I'm not sure if it was made into a book for reading.


Have you ever seen the movie O Brother Where Art Thou?


Yes, and I heard the soundtrack for it has won many awards, although I can't remember more than one song from it off the top of my head.


Haha I dont really remember any song from it,  but I remember the movie,  it was good.


I think it had some "goofy" scenes and so probably the soundtrack was a little goofy but also professional sounding so I guess it was attractive from it's uniqueness?


yeah and the fact the movie symbolized that book The Odyessy by Homer.


I'm not sure if I remember that or not. Was that the story about the ugly outsider and the hero who killed monsters? I'd love to hear a soundtrack for that!


Hello,  how are you?  do you like horror films?Stephen king was terrified as a child when he saw the movie bambi, calling it the first horror movie he saw.


Not sure.  probably Japan doesnt react the same way,  most of the  movies ive seen from there are horrifying!


How do you like Facebook?  hard to believe it was launched in 2004.  The founders went to pretty prestigious schools.


I love facebook!  Yes seems like its been around forever! Facebook's "like" button is illegal in the german state of schleswig-holstein.


Wow!  More people are on facebook than the population of the world 200 years ago


Yeah,  thats crazy!  Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook for $75 million in early 2005


guess they regret that now!  1/3 of divorce filings contained the word facebook in 2011


haha wonder why!  Facebook is primarily blue because mark Zuckerberg suffers from red-green colorblindness


interesting. Wonder if facebook news is reliable because 30% of Americans use it as their prime news source


yeah,  thats where I get my news from,  but I follow the News pages,  so I hope its reliable!


Facebook has 56 custom gender options for a total of 58 including male and female


Yes, and Disney movies can be really scary!  ET was originally scripted as a horror film


thats very considerate of them.  Iceland are rewriting their constitution via facebook; allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations.


Interesting.  I wonder if other countries are adding comments.  Just think if the Facebook engineers would have chosen their original "awesome" button instead of "like"


I love disney movies though lol I might watch horror movies more because of this fact: Watching horror movies can burn up more than 180 calories.


Wow, maybe I should start watching!  Although losing sleep might make me eat more calories.


I usually watch them during the day,  I cant watch scary movies at night,  creeps me out!


those who filmed exorcist didn't even know it was a horror film


Good question!  Did you know that the writer of Rocky Horror picture show is the voice of the dad from Phineas and Ferb?


no i didnt know that,  so interesting. The majority of creepy metallic noises in scifi or horror movies are made by an instrument called a waterphone.


Never heard of that, but I think we are trained to respond to it being scary or do others in other countries not exposed react the same way?


I have actually and I love that album, they are so great


It is amazing how people love music. I heard that two 100 year old twins made a rap cd in Japan. Do you like rap more than rock?


Hmm not not really I still like rock better/ Have you heard of Reel Big Fish?


I have heard a greatest hits album by them and I thought it was good. I like old school rap better than todays rap, Have you ever heard NWA?


Yeah they had the first album to reach platinum without advertising it


Yea I think its cause they were unique and actually had some rapping skill. Have you ever heard of eminem? I think he is the best rapper


I like him too. Did you know he originally wanted to be a comic book artist?


Yea I heard he was a big fan of Spider man, Kinda weird cause his music is not so friendly. I remember some radio stations did not want to play his music.


Yeah, go figure. Do you know Busta Rhymes?


Yea he is that rapper that is known for rapping really fast. I heard he even was on the kids shows rugrats as a voice. I think we should promote happy and positive rap music


Yes I love all types of music, One of my favorite things to do is to listen to the radio in my car and sing along. How about you?


I totally agree with that because I believe that way it can also be educational. Nice chatting with you :)


Nice me too. Did you ever manage to catch Jupiter's storms on am?


No that is crazy that sounds can be heard from that far. I wonder if sound can do more than people think like change our moods and thoughts. I wonder if the Jupiter storm could effect us.


Hmmm good point. Do you listen to Canadian radio?


No Since I am in america but I have heard that in Canada 40 percent of the music must be from canadian artists. I love the rap music they play on the radio. Have you ever heard of Tupac?


Yes , his music is in the library of congress, that is how important the guy was


Rap music has come a long way since just being poetry. It is even big in korea where they made a new kind of rap called freestyle battle. Do you still buy CDs or albums?


I buy them from time to time, the digital versions. How about you? Do you have a favorite one?


I am a big fan of rock music like Linkin Park. I think their cd called Hybrid theory is the best selling cd of the 21st century. Have you ever used cassettes?


No, I try to avoid all news when I can. I find it depressing. I find it interesting that Fox News is more watched than CNN and MSNBC combined.


I agree. They also threatened to sue the simpsons!


On the other hand they discussed the possibility of creating a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons. I guess it was a love hate relationship.


Right! Simpsons is great! Homer actually held 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.


And there is only one episode where bart doesn't appear and isn't mentioned. I wonder why they did that in that one episode.


A little, I was more into Yugioh. Did you like pokemon?


I used to yeah but each episode seemed quite similar to one another. Apparently other people were much better fans than I was-there are over 750 episdoes!


Thats a lot. I like Shark tank. Its funny how most deals made on the show are never enacted.


No, not really, sorry. I do like U2 though. It turns out that they opened for themselves one time, disguised as a country music band.


Thats hilarious. Did you know the fender Stratocaster was meant for country music?


What is a stratocaster? Country music legend George Strait and Jeff Bezos who is the wealthiest man in the world, are cousins.


I have no idea. HA. I did not know George was related to bezos. Thats crazy


In 2009 in the US, country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre for the evening commute, and the second for the morning commute.


Thats usually what I listen too on my commutes. Did you know country music was originally derived from celtic music?


Interesting. And now it is a blend of all sorts of music like Irish, Celtic, English ballads, cowboy songs and musical traditions from European immigrants.


What do you think about Kevin Durant? Do you think that the media really hates him?


Yes it would give Canadians another team through for which I think would be good, have you ever shot a basketball granny style by the way


I do, I find its the easiest way to score at least for amateurs like me


I'm an amateur too. It's funny that professionals won't try to do a shot granny style though, it's the most accurate but it definitely looks the dumbest


That is funny, NBA is full with funny facts like how coach Stan Van Gundy got fired, did you hear about that case?


No I didn't what happened? I just think it's funny that they banned Air Jordans and then Nike just kept paying the fee so that Michael Jordan could keep wearing them LOL


He got fired only for saying NBA shouldnt be played on Christmas day, thats a crazy reason to get fired


Yeah that is a really dumb reason. What do you think about Allen Iverson? I think he's so good at basketball and I'm glad that he makes 800,000 dollars a year just from Reebok alone


He got a sweet deal, many pro players do, they do earn a lot of money, sadly most of them end up broke, 60% of them actually


Yes that is very sad. Also sad is that Reggie Miller sister was probably better at basketball van him lol I would be sad if my sister were better than me at a physical sport


She was? Reggie Miller was like one of the all time best players of the game, his sister must be really skilled


I think thats just excuses, I dont really like him as a player, if you dont win dont blame the world about it


Yep she was amazing! He would come home from school with some record, and she would come home with two or three similar ones LOL


Yeah I think it's an excuse to. He should just concentrate on playing good basketball. I also didn't know that the Warriors have won the past two NBA titles


He did win the award of MVP both times but the team has a lot of talented players,


Yes I agree, he's so good he has held opponents to 38% shooting before which is insane


That is insane, well maybe the media has something against him, winning the NBA tittle twice is no joke


No I agree with you. How often do you watch the NBA by the way? Did you know that they have 30 teams in the league


I did, 29 belong to the US and only 1 belongs to Canada


The one in Canada is the Toronto Raptors right? Interesting that the NBA merged with the NBL back in 1949 too


Yeah thats the one, there should be more Canadian teams, the league would be more interesting that way


You ever seen the Hotel Transylvania series?  It's not too bad, it's about a vampire that runs a hotel for monsters and his daughter falls in love with a human, and all kinds of wackiness ensues.  Adam Sandler does the voice of Dracula.


You know what's weird though, is supposedly they spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth.  I didn't think that many people would still be getting DVDs/Bluerays from them.


Right!  we don't even have a DVD player in the house anymore - all smart TVs or AppleTVs to access the streaming services.  So much easier.


I guess there's still places out there where the Internet is slow.  That or they don't want to give up watching from the big screen TV in their "comfy" chairs.  Hehe!


DVDs are going the way of the cassette tape, the VHS, and the buggy whip!


Probably.  Did you know the guy who started Netflix did so after racking u a $40 late fee on a rental?  Found that to be rather interesting...


Amazing - Necessity is the mother of invention could never be truer.  No late fees!  Just send it back when you're done with it and look at the platform now!


Still can't wrap my head around how much bandwidth they take up.  33 percent in north America!  That's a lot!


More than some small countries!  I wonder how Amazon streaming factors into that figure - Prime has some pretty good movies/shows too


Yeah, that's the only down side to all this new media, there's so many services it's hard to know which one to pick.  You got Amazon, Netflix, Youtube, Disney even has one for crying out loud.


Too many choices for sure and I hope the products don't get watered down, but that's probably going to happen unfortunately


Good Afternoon!  I've seen all of them - my kids love the series and I thought they were pretty good too!  Great voice cast


Speaking of Amazon, supposedly the very first customer spent $27.95 to have a building name after him.  I didn't even know they sold the naming of buildings!  (Course, that may have been a one shot deal...)  Would you spend money to get a building name after you?  Hehe.


With the clown we have in the white house, who puts his name on everything, I would be embarrassed to put my name on anything these days...


Me, I would pass... I don't really seek the spotlight in that sort of way anymore.  Although a statue of myself somewhere would be nice... LOL


Nice! A statue!  Awesome - hey it was great chatting with you today, very excellent!


Oh, you got kids?  They'd probably also like the Tales of Captain Underpants Netflix series. I heard it's pretty funny, but haven't seen it personally myself.


Yep - Netflix did a great job with Captain Underpants.  I was hesitant because of the title, and I was not aware of the books - it was awesome!


I don't currently have a Netflix subscription myself. Been meaning to get one when I get some extra money coming in (things are tight financially right now.)  Did you know that with youtube, they make up HALF of the internet traffic in North America?


That doesn't surprise me - we watch a lot of Netflix and my kids watch a ton of YouTube.    You can't borrow a friend's login for Netflix?


Loong story, but suffice to say most of my friends are in another state.   Pity too, cause I've heard a lot about some of their original series... like heard Stranger Things was a really good show.


Stranger things is cool, and so was the Making a Murder series.  Blockbuster really missed on on their bid to buy Netflix and then went totally out of business!


Yeah, I heard they ha a chance to buy it for $50 mill and now it's worth $2 billion.  I bet SOMEONE is kicking themselves hard over that decision!


It goes both ways, and I'm sure someone at Netflix is patting themselves on the back for declining that offer!


Not sure what he was thinking. Do you read the terms of service when you're using the Internet?


Almost never, those things are too long. I think about 7% of people actually read the terms when buying a product or service online.


I just skim them. I figure that they are usually all about the same. I am more worried that I am getting addicted to using the Internet.


Addicted? I don't think that is possible. Although Alexandria actually has a saved copy of the internet in case something happens to it.


I've heard that the novelty of clicking links can result in brain patterns similar to addiction. The library at Alexandria? That sounds very strange. There was a library at Alexandria that burned centuries ago. I don't know how they could make a copy of the Internet.


Well the current library does. I dind't know clicking links could do that. I also didn't know that Mt Everest has 3g cell service either.


I think Everest must get service via satellite. I don't know who could provide support to equipment on the peak.


I guess if you are important enough you can get internet anywhere. Even on top of Mt Everest. Hugh Laurie probably had something to do with it he makes 700k each episode of House he films.


He makes that show. Well, I enjoyed chatting with you!


Pretty good and yourself? Yeah I love movies.


Do you watch horror films? It's not my favorite genre.


Yes, Horror is my favorite, but I also like spy films like 007. Now that I say that I remember Daniel Craig is doing his last bond film this year.


I don't remember how many he has done, but he's probably tired of doing the character. It's time for a new Bond anyway. I think that Idris would be an interesting choice. Did you know that you can burn up to 180 calories watching a horror film?


I guess with all the jumping and screaming you can. I don't think Idris would make a good bond. I hope that tweet he sent was just a joke.


They usually want someone from Great Britain to play Bond. I guess there are other candidates out there. The success of films like Black Panther might push the producers to consider a black Bond.


I just hope they don't ruin the series by casting a bad actor. That would make it a horror film for me. Just like Stephen King viewed Bambi as a horror film.


Perhaps Bambi sent King down the path of being a horror writer. The boy from the movie The Shining didn't know it was a horror film. I guess watching and making movies are two very different experiences for a child.


Yes, that's right! Danny didn't have any idea the shining was suppose to be a horror. I wonder what he thought he was doing running away from a dude with an axe for?


It was succesful with their tablets, only Apple was above Amazon and overtook samsung in tablet making


wow thats a lot, its cool how amazon made up their own font so it'd be easier to read on their tablets haha


And their tablets are not expensive, something that apple would sell for $329, Amazon would sell for $150


right, I agree with that, do you know the arrow in amazons logo is meant to show they carry everything from a to z?


Yes, I did. It is a nice and simple logo. do you know that Amazon has a deal with USPS where they deliver packages on Sunday!!


I did I've used that many times! have you used amazon's other website? it sells like-new items for a discount


I have not .. yet. I found that warehous workers at amazon are used to walk between 7 to 15 miles during their shift


ya that is a lot! I would consider working there because I'd lose so much weight! What about you?


I think that is great! I would want  to walk that distance as part of my job. Do you use google often?


oh I use it every day, but I mostly use bing myself, but I do know that Google was created back in 1998


hey, I do like Amazon actually! I remember when they first came out back in 1994, I know Jeff Bezos started it


I use everyday all the time!!! Well I am going to let you go! have a good one!


They started as an online place to sell books, then they did many more things as video downloads, mp3, video games, audiobooks etc


thats cool, and ya now they have a publishing wing, and also have film and tv studios, just so much!


ya that is scary, I use that site everyday and they also hold a patent on one click buying somehow


Interesting! It is also cool they remember what the first order was. On for a little less than $28. they actually named a building with the first customer's name!


ya that is cool! also cool is best buy and target will now match amazon's price, I know I've done that before


Talking about sales only Alibaba has higher numbers on total sales!!


wow I didn't know that, ya amazon I'm sure does a lot too, it is still the largest measured by revenue and market capitalizaion


Cadillac was named after a french explorer, I never knew that


haha no check it out! do you ever visit teh website reddit btw?


ya I go there every day, kind of wild some of the original investors were famous people like Snoog Dogg and Peter Thiel


That is strange. I cannot believe their valuation was $1.8B!


Right! And I think it only started in about 2014, so its really not that old. Maybe there will be another competitor someday!


Probably... There always seems to be something new that pops up, like the redditor...


yup true, pretty funny the first reddit post was about the site going downhill, thats typical reddit for you right there


I would love to read the page that sums up the kindest 25 things done on reddit.


ya that would be inspiring, not inspiring is that only half a percent of people actually vote in the reddit polls


That's not a lot. Almost as much as a local election!


hahah that is true, can you believe that reddit has half a billion monthly vistors and in a year about 1.2 billion comments?


I do actually, it is a stringed instrument and created around the year 1700, I've only been playing for a couple years though


Nice. If you reach the highest point of Britain, there's a piano there you can play!


haha ok I'll check it out! I want to play the piano from the Hindenburg, it was made of aluminum and only weight like 400 lbs


The movers would appreciate that! There's a famous piano Freddie Mercury used and Paul McCartney!


Wow that is cool! That is the piano I want to play. They used it to record Hey Jude!


That's a pretty famous piano! They should take that one to the Smithsonian!


or give it to me, haha, cool that there is a song made specifically for stress testing pianos and it is not playable by humans


I kinda wanna listen to it on Spotify. Is that weird?


Hi.  Do you like visiting D.C.?  Aaron Posner, a playwright, is researching things to do there.


Dunno.  Speaking of a long time ago, the original NES could only display 54 colors.  Did you play it?


I cant say I did, I used to have a Nintendo 64 and that was a great system, did you play with it?


No, my kids did.  They didn't discontinue that system in Japan until 2003.


Thats too bad I bet many fans felt sad about the news, its amazing how entertainment has changed over the years.


Yeah, when I first sow "Pong" I had no idea what that meant.


Now we have a lot of pre recorded products, we have many video games consoles, 3d movie theaters, technology is just amazing


It's crazy.  Crazy like Ronald Reagan getting turned down for a part playing a president.  He didn't have that "presidential look".  Funny...


That is really ironic lol, he showed them, I bet he became president just to prove them wrong lol


Could be... Rejection is a part of life.  Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since it began in 1989.


That sucks, I bet many were disappointed because of the cancelling of the shows, do you like the channel?


I do its one of my favorite places, so many things to do over there


It's so-so.  Seems like it was better when it came out.  Thanks for the chat!


I think it has lost a lot of quality I agree with you there.


Yes, the Mall is my favorite.  It is surrounded by so many interesting things.  Aaron likes the National Building Museum.


I like that building as well, its kind of awesome and has many cool attractions inside,


This Aaron guy is really looking for things to do with his 6-something daughter.  They were going to a play together at the Kennedy Center.


He should go to that Asian place, its called Kin Da, its in Takoma Park, the food there is delicious.


He may like that.  His daughter does have a sensitivity to gluten so I think that may work.


Yeah she should try the tofu, its one of the best dishes at the place


Maybe they went there after seeing The Incredibles 2?  I guess Presidents Day in that movie was set in the 1960s.


That is a long time ago, so the second part is set in the 60s? that must be like a prequel then


I believe that voting is so important and we should all participate. How about you?


WOW! I wonder why that is? More people should turn out. The voter turnout for presidential elections has not reached over 63% in the last 100 years sadly.


Seriously! I would never have thought that many people don't vote, pretty sad. Voting for our president is too important!


I agree. Everyone has an opinion but they can't go vote apparently. Did you know that the study of results and statistics related to elections is called Psephology?


No, I have not heard that, very interesting though. Funny how some past presidents were very wealthy compared to others, I wonder why that is?


I'm sure there are many reasons. I know that JFK, Washington, and Jefferson are the three richest we've had.


Wow, and that was so long ago! I wonder if each president gets a different amount of money.....you would think our current presidents would have more money. It is interesting how the presidents guest house is larger than the White house, crazy!


Yes it is. I wonder why that happened in the first place. Maybe it was built much later. I also find it interesting that at one point the runner up in an election became the vice president. That's a crazy system!


You are so right! It's hard to understand how everything is decided concerning the presidential elections and everything they do lol, confusing!


It does seem overly complicated. A true democracy would just be each vote is counted and the most votes determines the winner. At least it's better than ancient Athens where they just had a lottery.


Right! I agree on that. And Indian governments would set up a polling booth inside a forest filled with lions for just 1 voter....how crazy is that!


Hey! Yes, definitely agree. If we don't vote for what president we want we can't complain later on!


I agree. Did you know that astronauts vote from space?


I think I read that too, so crazy but everyone should have the right to vote. I was reading that 34 per cent of black males in Alabama lost their right to vote! That's not right.


It's not. I'm assuming that they have the laws that Florida just overturned about criminal records in voting. I wish they would overturn it as well if so. Equally upsetting is that not all men had the right to vote in the UK until 1918.


Exactly! I agree. Voting in the elections has some very odd rules sometimes. Did  you know in Nevada they have a choice to check none of these candidates on their polls...crazy!


That's very strange. Why don't they just leave it blank like everywhere else I wonder? I do think it's funny that In Austin the people voted to rename their garbage dump Fred Durst.


It is very strange for sure. Really, haha why in the world would they vote for that.....


I have no idea. Presidential elections are obviously important. Did you know that the first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana?


Definitely important, especially in the times we are living in now. Wow, that's kinda funny I wonder why Banana? I read that since 1900 the taller candidate has won the presidential election about 75% of the time lol think that's funny.


hey, did you know teh emperor of Japan is a scientist?


haha I hope not! what is weird is in colorado you don't "own" pets you are only a guardian, so TDR was a guardian of 20 pets haha


Thats funny. Are you a fan of television history?


well I only know a little bit about it, I do know there are 750 episodes of pokemon!


Pokemon is my fav ever! :) I'm also a fan of the Simpsons, did you know there was only one episode where bart didn't appear?


wow that is crazy, I wonder if they just forgot him, do you ever watch south park?


Sometimes, but not often at all. I don't know much about that show


you should watch the episode where they roast family guy, afterwards the simpsons creators sent them flowers


that sounds funny! I was watching a movie on Oxygen the other day about Natalee Holloway, have you heard about that?


no I haven't what's it about? Never heard of it or Natalee Holloway


She was a girl who went missing in 2005 on a class trip to Aruba, she was found dead and there was a whole lot that went into it.


Hello, i do know that and he still publishes papers!


oh yes I remember her now, I guess her mom filed a lawsuit against Oxygen for 35 million dollars


that is crazy! scientists are important, even the term was invented in 1833


Harrison Schmitt was the only scientist to walk on the moon, which is crazy!


that is, you'd think all astronauts would be scientists, did you know a scientist invented the internet in 1989


I did, i watched a documentry on tv a few months ago about it! Did you know that the first cloned pet was a cat and his name was copy cat?


haah that is funny, do you have any pets? we used to have a dog, I don't like cats haha


We have two dogs, did you know that there is more tigers living as pets in the USA than in the wild in Asia?


wow that is crazy, I like TDR a lot thats funny he had 20 pets!


Japan has more pets than children under the age of 15! Do they eat dogs there? In some countries, that's normal.


Yeah I bet they broadcast some pretty interesting stuff.


I should look for war of the worlds. that was a radio classic.


In 1989 a news program broadcast entirely in classical latin


I think that broadcast must be popular in Finland. it has been around for years.


I guess classical latin is well know there


Or there is a cadre of dedicated fans. I wonder. I would not listen myself.


I would love to listen to songs on the radio, but the problem is the commercials. youtube is better about that.


I use youtube for listening to music too. I like picking what I listen to as opposed to random songs on the radio.


Yes, i prefer choosing. anyway, great chat!


i dont listen to the radio much these days. i did when i was younger. You?


Only when I'm driving.  In Canada, all radios are required to have at least 40% of the music played be Canadian, according to the law.


i bet the storms on jupiter are not happy about that rule. they cant be canadian enough. LOL


Haha yeah guess so. In wwii soldiers made foxhole radios with razors and pencils.


that is amazing. i wonder how they figured that out. i think that was in a movie too.


Yeah pretty cool - I don't understand how you get a radio out of that


I guess you pick up a signal and turn it into something audible. i dont know myself.


Before tv people listened to classic radio dramas and there is a website where you can still listen to thousands for free


I would love to listen to some old dramas! thanks for the tip. i will check that out.


Do you like bird? maybe have birdwatching as one of your hobbies?


Thats an interesting fact did you also hear the story about the two kids that got suspended because they showed up riding horses to school?


Yeah, my dad used to ride horses to school in west Texas.  Man, horses go way back to 4000 BCE.  I wonder how they know that...


Yeah right? it seems like a difficult string of data to know, Icelandic horses must be really fast,


Yep. We had quarter horses and they are no slouches at speed.  I can see why it took 45-55 million years for them to evolve.


I wonder whats the main difference between wild horses and caballus? I guess a wild horse can become a cabullus


A cowboy would say, "they ain't broke yet".  A cowboy would also have little use for rap.  Do you like rap?


I do, one of my favorite Rappers is Tupac, do you like rap?


I have a handful of songs on my phone.  Funny that Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist.


It is funny, good thing he didnt I love his music, do you know who Busta Rhymes is?


I remember him from the 90's. I've never heard of Korean rappers and their "compliment battle."  Hmm.  Well, if this is the last go-around, it's been nice talking with you.  Take care.


I like birds but I'm not an official birdwatcher.  I am a bit surprised to learn that the dodo bird is a real thing.  The are actually part of the pidgeon family.


That sounds weird, a compliment war, that must be fun to watch and well Busta Rhymes voice the reptar wagon in the Rugrats Movie back in 1998


They are? I thought dodo birds were ficticious or extinct at least, you know that some birds travel really long distances without a rest


So did I.  Did you know that hummingbirds are known to take spiderwebs to use on their nests?  Little thieves...


They do? I guess spiders must be angry at them then lol, you know that most birds have bones that are so hollow that their skeleton weights even less than their feather!!


Yeah, I bet there are a lot of bird-hating spiders.  I did know that but the wild birds of Australia have an added talent: they can mimic the sounds of stuff like car alarms and chainsaws.


That must be interesting, I would love to hear a bird that sounds like a chainsaw lol, that bird has some identity issues for sure.


Yep, some bird therapy is in order.  FYI: I grew up on a ranch.  We had many horses but I didn't know one could be allergic to them.  Clint Eastwood is.


He is? thats weird considered he has done many movies that involved horses and him riding them,


Yeah, an occupational hazard for sure... I didn't know that firefighters used dalmations to calm horses.  Most of our horses didn't really care for dogs.


Pretty crazy that the analyst who angered so many Koreans was hired only for the Opening Ceremonies.


Yeah, it says that Johnny Depp travels with his Capt Jack outfit, but I heard he is no longer going to be playing him in the future.


I heard that as well. He used his cape when he was in hospitals visiting sick kids. I'm sure the kids loved it!!


I'm not sure who they are going to get to replace him though. Has it been announced?


I haven't heard anything. Television and movies have come a long way since black and white days and most houses have televisions...a lot have more than one!


That is true. I need to get a smart tv. I've never seen Lord of the Rings, pretty amazing that Sean Bean had to hike into location due to his fear.


Who would've thought?? Maybe he needs to stick with narrating kids shows. Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin have all narrated Thomas the tank engine episodes!!


I didn't know Sean Bean narrated kids shows. I saw that Ringo, George, and Alec had all narrated the Thomas the Tank episodes, although I don't know what that is. The big thing nowadays is Peppa Pig


I should have said "he should try" narrating kids shows...like the others. Pokemon is popular also. Over 750 episodes...about 50 each year for a 16 year stretch!


Pokemon has been around for a long time. I remember a few years back when Pokemon-Go was all the rage.


yes it was. I played for a little while. The rage was short-lived, I might say.


I know!! He misused his position to pit Japan against Korea. His role was just to give an overview of Japan but he was obviously mistaken in what he was required to do


Yeah, I thought it would have lasted longer, but those app-type games seem to fade out fairly quickly.


Indeed. But fun, nonetheless. It was fun while it lasted.


I didn't realize that there is only one episode of the Simpsons where Bart neither appears or is mentioned. Pretty interesting.


Yes it is! When South Park finished its final episode, the Simpson's crew sent the producers flowers. That was kind of them.


I saw that. It is very interesting. I didn't know that when you turn 100 in Japan the PM sends you a silver cup. That's pretty cool.


With so many people turning 100 with longevity, the Prime Minister would have a hard time keeping up.


Today, for sure. They may want to change that if they want to be able to keep up. The life-span is definitely increasing nowadays.


Absolutely! Once, someone from a radio station pretended to be a prime Minister and sent Quee Elizabet II some flowers    prime Minister a


That's hilarious. Even more hilarious is that Panda researchers wear Panda costumes to work.


I bet that would be a blast!! Costuming is a great way for the researchers to reflect on their profession.


He really is! I bet it's a full time job! Did you know TC built an underground bunker?


yeah, that sounds like scientology. i figure he is anticipating the alien invasion. can he speak alien? does he know the UN ambassador?


He's crazy! He even threatened a guy with the name Tom Kruse!


yes, he is very protective of his identity. i guess he thought that he had to defend his name. he is a street guy that way.


I guess he is! Full of drama though haha. Jim Carrey isn't though and avoids making dramas!


i think that he is wrong on that score. drama can be uplifting and positive. i reckon he could do quite well dramatically.


I think so too, besides the number 23. Have you ever listened to any radio dramas?


i did when i was younger. they can be quite exciting and dramatic. i can see why the kids loved them.


I will have to listen to them since I can find them free online!


You should! Lemont Cranston as The Shadow! Anyway, great chat!


Great chat to you as well. Have a good night!


i like all genres but usually drama, thriller and comedy are my faves.


Oh cool! I wish I took Jon Hamm's drama class in high school, I'd be somewhere today!


i wish i had taken drama from a famous teacher too. i might have ended up on the tv or something. doing a movie with TC


I would have rather worked with Hugh Laurie! He made bank!


yes, i bet he got paid more than the rest of the cast combined. but he got more talent than the rest of the cast combined.


He still isn't worth as much as Tom Cruise though! Or even Seinfeld!


nobody is worth seinfeld. the man is so rich he should start his own country. what does he do all day anyway? count his money?