Well the people there almost hunted them to extinction and the war on the korean penninsula didn't help either


I agree.  The first cloned pet was actually a cat and fittingly they called it "copy cat."


Society loves our celebrities! So much that we have apparently needed to see them on Sesame Street. Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear.


Society does love celebrities. It is interesting that we have this love/hate relationship with people we don't even know. Did you know that the most popular hat in the old west wasn't a cowboy hat? My mind is blown. It was a bowler.


That's very funny that we have come to associate cowboy hats with anything western.


So I am from Michigan, and I know nothing about cowboys, or really the Western half of the US too much. Everything I know is basically what I've seen on television, and what little I learned about the expanion in School.


Yeah, I don't know much either except for what I hear from TV. Going back to hats, I find it funny that until 1998 British politicians had to wear a top hat if they were making a point of order in the house of commons.


I think that speaks to the generation. Hats used to be more formal. Tipping ones hat originates fro knights raising their face visors to show friendliness. Its funny how one tradition can lead to another.


Dunce caps are another funny one. They represented foolish behavior.


Well foolish behavior always needs to be encouraged :) I find it interesting that in 1908 they had to pass a law regarding the limit of hatpins, out of fear they'd be used as weapons. A fashion statement that had to be controlled out of fear.


I'll have to keep that in mind when deciding on a self defense weapon. Watch out for my hatpin!


Haha. Yes, it has a dual purpose for one to look good, and for two, don't mess with me, I've got a hatpin. Which back in the day that might actually be a legit concern.


I think I had fish when I was little. They are interesting though. My daughter has a fish in her preschool classroom and loves it


Yes, hats aren't so widely used anymore but they do still play a big role in society.


I guess fish is not actually a formal taxonomic group. There are so many types of fish. Did you know there is a type of jellyfish that is immortal?


I did not before now. I find it interesting also that freshwater fish only drink water through their skin via osmosis, while saltwater fish drink through their mouth. Its odd that they are different.


Right. I wonder how the freshwater fish prevents from drinking through its mouth. Seahorses are also odd creatures. They look weird, maybe because they are the only fish with a neck.


I think all fish are weird. When I go out fishing with my husband I don't touch the fish. Yuck!! I have never heard of a black swallower fish, but it sounds creepy that it can eat prey twice its length and 10 times its weight. Where would it go?


I guess it expands a lot! I don't like eating fish. I think they are kind of gross. I do like aquariums, though.


I don't eat fish either. Aquariums are fun. It is so fun to see aquatic animals. Changing the subject... What do you think about the fact that Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode?


That's quite a bit, but I find it hard to believe she is the highest paid celebrity after Lebron James. I thought some other actors made more than that. Maybe it's the number of episodes she makes.


Well her television show is on every day. It isn't like a once a week thing. When you consider that, I am sure it equals out a lot. I am surprised to learn that Robin Williams was the first actor to perform in animated films.


They must have really mad him mad!  lol  Switching gears..did you ever watch the drama House by any chance?


I used to watch it.  Huge Laurie who played house got paid $700,000 per episode which made him the highest paid actor.  I couldn't even imagine making that much money.


That's amazing how much he makes! I can't imagine.


Crazy.  Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls in his school were in drama class.


I suppose that is one reason to choose to join a class.


lol  Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school.  He must have got famous after that?


I bet he did. Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because of his belief system.


Hello. I do watch Netflix. What about you?


Ok.  It was nice chatting with you.  I have to get going.  Have a good day!


I binge watch it all the time in the winter months.  From 9 PM to 12 PM it accounts for 33 percent of all bandwidth in North America!


That's pretty amazing they account for that much bandwidth in North America!


I know right?  Combined with Youtube they both make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America too.  Crazy numbers.


That crazy. I saw that Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than they do on bandwidth.


I'm surprised that people still get the dvd service through the mail.  I don't think I know anyone that does that anymore.


I don't know of anyone that does that either. Netflix is worth $2 billion right now.


Wow.  I can't believe Blockbuster declined several times to buy Netflix for $50 million.  Big mistake on their part.


That's a huge loss for Blockbuster. Netflix was started by Reed Hastings all because he had a $40 late fee on a copy of Apollo 13.


Have you seen the next fantastic beasts?


That too, just instant access, no late fees and all that as well.


And to think it was all started over a $40 late fee.


Yeah it sure did, old Reed didn't like having to pay those, so he said I'll just start my own thing.


and it is world wide!  137 million people!


That is true, and I think those numbers will continue to grow as well.


Agreed.  Many people are cutting cable and going with netflix.  myself included.


I still have cable, but only because I watch a lot of live sports.


I use my DVR all of the time as well, I work late so I can't watch most of the games during the live broadcast.


Hello there, no I haven't but I heard it was pretty good.  How about you?


its been great chatting today!  Have a great day!


Same here.  I have always loved the Harry Potter franchise!


I have yet to see any of those movies but keep hearing I should and should read the books!


They are fantastic!  I would highly recommend them.


I really need to someday when I get time.  Do you use Netflix?


I do, all the time!  I am in that group that takes up half of the bandwith in the US.


Yeah isn't that a crazy amount during those peak hours?  Crazy!


It really is.  But surprisingly enough they spend more on postage than bandwith.


Yeah I don't think they will continue doing the physical stuff in the future, too much money.


Do you know who won the Djokovic and Nadal match at Wimbledon in 2018?


That is crazy!     Then again, any sport which resorts to using a helicopter to dry the surface must be!


Well every sport have their fair share of bizarre facts. Did you also know that grunting before hitting the tennis ball is considered by some to be cheating and that the longest rally was 643 consecutive shots.


Nope, but I do know that the longest match ever topped eleven hours!


Eleven hours!? That is almost half a day. I'm amazed they had the stamina to play for so long. That is respectable in its own right.


Well, that time was spread over 3 days.     At Wimbledon in particular they have a curfew so have to split long matches up.


Oh okay. That is still impressive, but I was imagining all in one day.


That would be amazing.    So what other types of entertainment do you enjoy?


I enjoy entertainment like blizzard games or dramas.


Cool.    Drama goes back to the ancient greeks and Aristotle's Poetics.


Drama is interesting because you can divide them either into comedy and tragedy. Sometimes drama gets a negative reputation for being depressing, but it is the very same negativity that enable depth in a story.


I recently read that it was a very close and exciting match, but I don't know who won.


I agree.   Well, nice chatting, and remember to be like Michael Caine:    Go for the prettiest girls who are all in drama!


Same. Have a wonderful day and know that entertainment that gives pleasure and delight is wonderful.


I heard the Djokovic won.     The other match was the longest semifinal in Wimbledon history.


I also heard that Djokovic and Nadal both were accomplished players having 29 grand slams and five wimbledon championships between them.


Yes, both are quite accomplished.     I like tennis, but don't know much about it.   What is the name of that thing they hit the ball with?


Do you mean the racket? I agree that I am not too familiar with tennis, but I heard that the match between Djokovic and Nadal took place on a grass court, which is a whole new level of difficulty for most players.


Yes, that is it.   I heard that Grass courts accentuate big serves.


Furthermore, grass courts makes breaking serves that much more difficult.


Is a tennis ball solid?    I know the outside is felt.


If I remember correctly, the tennis ball is a hollow rubber ball covered with felt. Did you know that before 1978, a tennis player could use any object as a racket? For instance you could use a book, stick, or even a ladle if you had the skill.


Wow! I watch football all the time and have never heard of Cumberland. I wonder if they had to disband the football team after that whooping!


They might have. lol  Former Patriots RB Benjarvus Green-Ellis never fumbled the ball in his NFL career.  Impressive.


Yeah. 6 years with 2 teams. He was a good player.


LOL  ESPN won an emmy for the superimposed yellow first down line they created.  I would be lost without it.


Me too but that seems like a really low bar for an emmy...


Right? Lol. Do you play any fantasy sports? There's actually a fantasy draft for the National Spelling Bee.


Yes and I am one of the losers (my word, not yours) that made the national spelling bee a drinking game. I took the day off of work for it!


lol  A single fold in the brain makes the difference between perceiving reality and fantasy.  Interesting.  It's been fun chatting!


I do.  The University of Iowa painted their visitors locker room completely pink!  lol  Wonder what that's all about?


It's serious intimidation by Iowa! I wonder if it actually works?


Who knows? lol  In the 1960's top bowlers made twice as much as top football stars of that time.


That's strange. Kellen Moore is the only left handed QB.


I know.  I don't even know who he is?  lol


He's the one throwing the ball with the wrong hand. Brad Johnson is much more talented. He throws and catches TDs.


Ha!  Nice!  Do you know what the highest scoring football game ever was?


Good evening! I just got in from seeing Deadpool 2, based on the Marvel character Deadpool. Have you seen it yet?


There is a lot of visual excitement. Do you prefer a comic book to a movie? I like reading the panels and imagining some of the action myself


I am not really a comic book person. i prefer movies. I liked Spider-man 2.


Spider man is a good one! Marvel really has some great characters. Did you know they published a "generic comic book" in order to trademark the names "super-hero" and "super-villain"? Pretty sneaky!


That is funny! the lawyers were behind that one. i guess they will enforce that? I wonder who they would sue.


The words seem ubiquitous! But maybe they have a bunch of lawsuits in a different multiverse! I just found out that the Marvel Cinematic universe actually takes place in a different multiverse than the original comic book universe. Now I see why not everything lines up!


Yes, it is easier to explain everything. i dont really follow comic books, but I guess it gets pretty complicated.


What do you like to read? I like to read novels.


I read non fiction usually. i do like stories, but usually watch movies for that. novels are good, a better escape than TV, i think


I agree. It's hard to believe that in the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of reading novels! I should probably go catch up on my reading now!


Yes, please do catch up on your reading! Have a good weekend!


hi how are you? I have not seen DP 2. I saw the first one and liked it.


Deadpool is the highest grossing R rated film of all time that's not directed by James Cameron or George Lucas. I wonder if Deadpool 2 will come close to that record?


I think the fans of the character will support the series. i know that the humor is irreverent and that it appeals to a non kid audience.


Definitely. I didn't realize that in a 2004 comic book series Deadpool described himself as "Ryan Reynolds crossed with a shar-pei"! I can see why Ryan Reynolds thought he was destined for the role of Deadpool on the big screen!


He was perfect for the role. i dont know the original comic but he really does breathe life into the character.


He sure does! He shines, though there are so many other stars in the film, like Josh Brolin, Zazie Beetz, and T.J. Miller.


Yes, the casting was excellent, as far as I can tell. I think that is half the battle for a good film. Drop the right people into the role and the audience will accept the story.


Definitely. I feel like it's hard to go wrong with a comic book movie. Deadpool 2 is the 11th installment in the X-Men film series, and that's just one comic book franchise releasing films right now!


actually, i usually dont like comic book movies, mostly because there is too much CGI. i think story and character. most of the superhero stuff is about battles and explosions. i guess im getting old. LOL


Have you heard that Jupiter's moon Europa might have jagged ice spikes? Pretty neat!


Yeah, so sad. Even though if Earth's history was viewed as a 24 hour period we would only have been here for over a minute.


Apparently we've used up almost all the helium in that short period as well.


That is crazy. Well maybe we will have to move to another planet and destroy it as well. The UN has appointed an official ambassador to alienates in case we ever made contact.


It might be better not to have all our eggs in one basket if we destroy this one.


What do you think of space exploration? Like going to the moon?


I'm definitely in favor of it. I'd like to see it move more in the direction of open-source projects organized along p2p lines instead of under government or corporate control. How about you?


I'm on the fence. I guess we can't live on the moon, though, since moon dust is harmful to humans. It causes a disease called moon hay fever.


Yeah, I only recently learned about that. I wonder what the dust composition is -- it sounds like asbestos or talc or something.


Yeah, I wonder. I'd love to visit the highest point on the moon though I doubt that would be possible. It is 1938 meters higher than Mt. Everest.


I guess it would be easier to climb in that gravity though.


Yeah, I guess now we know why the monolith said attempt no landing there.


Yeah, it probably would. I will go look into that further now. Have a good day!


Haha, interesting! But in the future scientists may want to do missions looking for possible alien microbes in the liquid water.


From what I've seen the moons of Jupiter and Saturn are the most promising prospects for finding life.


Yeah, and it's neat how there are several forms of ice.


I think the conditions on those moons are a lot like those on Earth when life appeared. I wonder if the earth's day is so much longer now because of the moon's tidal effect?


It is surprising that days used to be only 5.5 hours long. I can't get enough done in 24 hours, ha


Well, the day's (very slowly) getting longer, so if you can live another billion years or so it might get better for you.


It's disgusting how much of earth's forests have been destroyed. I  read recently that reforestation and rewilding could absorb decades worth of CO2.


Yes he thinks that if we eat more diverse foods that is the solution


Yeah I guess he has a plan there I just do not see how to be honest


I sure do. Do you know why it is called soccer here?


Because it is just a slang that stuck around


Yeah. Did you know that soccer makes more money than some other sports combined?


Yes that is true. Did you know that Jon Stewart used to be a soccer player?


Yes he even represented the US in the pan american games in 1983


Yeah. Did you hear there is a version with 3 teams


I wonder how that even works, would like to see it. Did you hear about Ozil donating his winning to kids in Brazil


I know that Pixar has a secret room where only celebrities are allowed


Yes so cool, helped so many of them. Nice chat


Yeah. DO you know who did the voice of Alladin?


Yes and he started the trend of celebrities doing voices


Yeah. Do you know who is the highest paid celebrity?


Yes that would be LeBron who makes even more than Judge Judy


Yes and the woman makes $123 000 per episode, that is insane


Yes she was the first celebrity to appear in Sesame Street


Yeah. Did you hear of the plan that the chef in Ethipoia has to combat hunger?


I haven't paid attention to that. I'll have to now. Cinematographer roger deakins has been nominated 13 times for the best cinematography oscar, and has never won.


He was good but not enough, did he do any comedies ? I like those kind of film.


I don't think he did. Do you like Bill murray? Bill murray thinks kung fu hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy".


I like Bill Murray, Chinese comedies can be really funny. But I never saw kung fu hustle. Did you ?


no, not my type of movie! I do like Jack black though. The green lantern film was originally going to be a comedy starring jack black


That would have changed the tone of the movie, he is very slapstick.


Some of his stuff is good, Some bad. Did you watch 3rd rock from the sun?


I did when I was young, it was good but not memorable, not like Seinfeld.


3rd rock from the sun won the golden globe for best comedy series in 1997, beating seinfeld, friends, and frasier.


That is surprising and not surprising at the same time, we don't know what will stand the test of time, disco was not forever.


True! Wow! Comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989


You have to try new thing and not be afraid to admit your mistakes. Comedy central would have been bankrupt if they continued to produce those 100 unfunny shows.


True, I learned this the other day..The creator of the python programming language named it partly to honor british comedy group monty python


Do you like Monty Python ? I like absurd comedy, so I like them.


Not really, I never really understood it.


Don't worry I don't think I would find funny an ancient greek comedy. Everyone has his own tastes.


Very true. Do you know anything about plantes?


I don't know I know we live on Earth. have a good day.


This is interesting..Even though spartacus had a cinematographer, stanley kubrick took the camera away from him and did it himself.


You have to do it yourself, he was very talented, I saw some of his films, but never Spartacus, is it good ?


It is! But this is interesting too..even though he did almost none of the work, when spartacus got the academy award for best cinematography, it went to the credited cinematographer, and not kubrick.


Probably, some kind of union thing, like he was not an official cinematographer.  I wonder if they gave him something for it.


Thats a good question! No woman has ever been nominated for the academy award for best cinematography.


I guess it is because there is not many female cinematographer because they would not hire them. Sexism still exist.


That is terrible. A woman has never even been nominated.


Yeah, do you see movies made by a woman ?


How's it going, did you know amazon was founded back in 1994?


I try not to but do anyway lol. I never knew Judge Judy makes 123,000 dollars an episode for her show


That's a lot of money for just one episode!


Yea, off her show Judge Judy is the 2nd highest paid celebrity after Lebron James


Very cool. Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street.


Nice. Apparently doing animated voices wasn't a trend until Robin Williams did Aladdin


He was very good in Aladdin. Do you know much about the internet?


I know constant clicking can cause addiction in the brain lol


I have heard that as well. It doesn't surprise me.


It's pretty scary that clicking the hamburger button can lead to addiction


I agree. I had never even heard of the hamburger button before until today.


Hi, I love Amazon and had no idea it dates back to 1994.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Yea, it is the 2nd largest online retailer in the world second only to Alibaba Group


Very cool. The first Amazon customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him.


That was nice of Bezos but I wonder why he built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years


That's a very odd thing to build. Does it say why he built it?


Nope, I guess he built the clock because he's one of those eccentric billionaires lol


That's crazy. Did you know IMDB is owned by Amazon?


Yea, I guess Bezos is a movie buff since he bought IMDB in 1998


Very much so. Do you follow celebrity news?


Nice to meet you, Basketball is one of my favorite sports. Are you a Kansas Basketball fan?


i thought so too! now i do think that they should start shooting granny style!


I actually had to look that up to see what that meant. I wouldn't shoot that way either you look ridiculous.


I agree it looks awful! I think that Shaq should have shot that way! His free throw stats were awful!


yea he was the worst at that and he knew it. they had a video game commercial about how bad he was at free throws.


hahah thats great! I do like that the heat wear MSD on their jerseys to honor the school shooting victims


yes. if you've lived in one area for that long or played for the team long enough its always good to give back to that community.


I agree! It sets a great example for sports players who are role models to the younger community


I agree! His comments to the Sentinel were great!


hi. i do like basketball but i live in new york. i am a knicks fan.


Who is your favorites player on the Knicks?


I really like Tim Duncan! Can you believe he stayed in school to finish and held off on the NBA?


I only knew that because of the article haha.


Me as well! I didnt know that jordans were banned. did you


No, and that's pretty incredible. He had enough money to not even care.


Yeah it must be great! I bet allen iverson is making a lot money off of rebok


Yes that's for sure. I think it's weird that Tom Brady has never eaten a strawberry in his entire life.


Who needs strawberries when you have such a great wife like Giselle?


She brings home the bucks too. Makes more than double of Tom. Net worth 400M


Yep, they are a very wealthy couple. I didn't know that Eli Manning has genius-level IQ.


Well I think women are smarter than men.  ;)


LOL! Not sure about that one haha. Did you know in the last 20 years of the NFL draft, only 3 that were taken number 1 overall have won the super bowl?


Yeah. Brady was number 50 or something. Kurt Warner had to go to the cfl. Then he came to the nfl and won in his first year


Almost as odd as the speed limit at ole miss


Great. Did you check out the Super Bowl?


I watched until half time. It was pretty boring. What about you?


I watched the whole thing. Looks like the only player than can beat Brady is Eli.


Lol yep. I'm not a huge fan of New England. Was really pulling for the Rams. Did you know the NFL has no written rule against women players?


HAHA! I can't believe the average NFL game is only 11 minutes of actual gameplay.


Wow! No wonder Brady is hardly ever injured...no matter what Bill Belichick says


Anyway...Eli is definitely Brady's kryptonite.


hey there, do you know much about humans?


Hahah as we most of us. DO you like dogs?


Very much so.  I'm a firm believer in the man's best friend theory.


Me too, they are adorable. Did you know they have 12 differnt blood types?


I did, but only because I have volunteered at a dog blood drive before.


Oh nice. And iN turkey there is avending machine that dispenses dog food and water


I grew up "knowing" that dogs were color blind.  It was a surprise when I first learned that they aren't actually.


Yeah, they just cannot see as many colors as we do


I guess it doesn't really matter as much with the increased smelling capabilities.  Any tasks that they have been domesticated and bred for are not color specific.  Herding just requires sight and smell.


Very true and a good point. Maybe that is why Goolgle is a dog company,


Just one of the reasons I like Google.  Dogs are allowed on campus.


Did you know we only lost our body hair 240 000 years ago?


That would correlate with a general population expansion.  So, I am guessing that the two are probably the result of some sort of environmental change.


Must be. We have come a long way since then. Maybe as we move along we will get that enzyme that we are missing to make vitamin C


Who knows.  There's been a lot of evolution over time.  Development of an enzyme creation may be as likely as the development of manual dexterity.


Yeah you never know. do you know why we are so good at long distance running


Speaking from personal experience, we aren't  :)  But, on a species level, I would assume it is because of the shape of the human body.  Whatever it is, it definitely helped in sustaining mankind early in development by allowing further migrations.


Yeah that is true I do not think we are as good as when we used to hunt, that is how that came about


Personally, I prefer to drive a car over running.


Andrew Jefford things thatthere is a common philosphy that defines wine lovers. I don't like the taste of wine myself.


The British guy that writes for decanter.com?  I bet most people that write about wine are biased towards wine.  Andrew was  searching for something "pithy" to say.


He calls his outlook Wineism and says it's a progressive view that embraces tolerance and inclusion.


There is little wrong with that.  It would seem that the wine trade is important.  It promotes cross cultural ism. Enjoy different wines, like horses.


Yeah, he says that wine lovers have a generous spirit and have an international outlook, celebrating differences.


Trade will do that to you.  So will drinking wine.  Do both at once and you will meet lots of new people, cultures.


Right, like differences from vintage, place of origin, grape variety.


I personally do not feel compelled to support a cause when I purchase wine.  Some vineyards do support causes, like fighting heart disease, or the national geographic society.


Yeah, if I picked wine it would have to be for the taste.


So, a wine that donates to environmental causes could claim the environment is what creates the taste.  Wine writers go on and on about taste.  Maybe eco friendly wine is OK.


Interesting! I'll have to look into that further. Have a good day!


Have you ever galloped on a horse? Icelandic horses have a fifth speed, a tolt, that is like speedwalking.


I meant to say horses are ok.  Hit the enter key by mistake.  No, I have never ridden a horse.  I like the idea that horses have speeds.


Lipizzaner horses are known for their classical dressage performances. Interestingly enough, they are born with dark fur and take six years to turn completely white.


Horses were domesticated in 4000 BC.  Dogs were domesticated first.  I would rather have a dog than a horse.


I think I'd like a horse so I could ride them like Clint Eatwood does in many of his movies.


Do you think Clint Eastwood ever tickled his horse?  How about his orangutan from every which way but loose?  Sharks, horses and orangutans are ticklish.


Ha, interesting. Wonder if they could be calmed by a dalmatian. Dalmatians are associated with firefighteres because they calmed and protected the horses.


I find a good bottle of wine helps me calm down.  Do horse drink wine?


My kids always like to dance in the car. I can't believe cars have been around since 1886!


Yup,  and now we cant live without them.  It is funny that the trunk is named trunk because old cars used to carry trunks in the rear.


That's interesting to imagine! In South Africa, you can put a flame thrower on your car to keep from getting carjacked!


That seems very extreme!  I wonder what you put on your bike to keep from getting it stolen.


Haha. Excellent question! Did you know the McDonald's drive thru has been around since 1975?


That is great,  one of the best inventions


It was made so soldiers didn't have to get out of their car in their uniforms!


Yes.  Also,  good idea.  now it is so convenient for moms and disabled etc.


Sure is! Cars look a lot different now than the first ones sold in 1908


I like the sound of their music. They have been around since 1700!


definitely!  and more roomier!  been good chatting!


Yeah its a beautiful instrument,  i wish I could play.  That is interesting that there was a piano at the top of the highest mountain in britain lol


Good question.  There is a song for testing pianos and it is unplayable by humans lol called the circus gallop.


Thats pretty neat! I like piano music, but I also like dance music. Do you like to dance?


Yeah I love music and dancing.  Did you know pro ballet dancers go through like 4 pairs of shoes a week!  That is crazy,  and it must hurt their feet lol


Wow! Those are some solid shoes, too! Ouch!


I also read recently that babies like to dance.


True. Do you listen to the radio at all?


Yes I do. Did you hear how a Hanson song became super popular and requested in the radio?


I have no idea but I know that you can catch Jupiter's storms in the AM radio


Nice. THe Hanson song became popular because the djs did not reveal the name of the band


Nice. Do you ever listen to Canadian radios?


Yes sometimes. Do you know the most popular act in the radio in the 30s?


The canadian radios have to play 40% canadian music as per the law. WHat was it?


Wow that is a lot. It was actually a contriloquist


WOw that is very different. Do you listen to radio dramas?


Yes sometimes but not a lot. There is a radio channel that turns the solar activity into tunes


Yes, I know that WIlson was the only one to have a PhD


Nice. Do you know who the three wealthiest presidents in the us are?


I have no idea they are ranked that way. Who is it?


Nice. Did you know in Guatemala the relatives of the president cannot run for that position


Nice I guess that is one way to combat nepotism and such


True. Did you know that Lincoln was the first one to be photographed during inauguration


Nice. Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house


Nice I guess they get a lot of people there and need the room


Do you think they could improve it ? If the players play more they risk to have an injury.


I'm not sure how they could. They only play 16 games per regular season then playoffs.


That does not seem a lot, they don't even face all the teams in the league in a season. It seems strange to me.


I wonder if the tracking chips embedded in the players' shoulder pads help keep the players from risky plays since it tracks their moves?


Or maybe they should have women players, there is not rules against it. What do you think of it?


I don't have a problem with it but I don't know if there would be many willing to do it or coaches willing to draft them.


Yeah, the NFL seems retrograde in the ways they treat women, cheerleaders are forbidden to eat in the same restaurant that a player is eating in.


That is odd. I think its crazy that only 2 African American QB's have won the super bowl.


Maybe there is more racism with the coaches and the managers than we thought...


Or maybe African Americans tend to prefer other sports, like basketball. The Pats drafted the first German citizen into the NFL...Sebastian Vollmer. Guess some Germans like football too.


It's ok. I usually only watch the Super Bowl unless someone in my family has a game on when I'm around.


Well Europeans can be quite tall and strong, I am not surprised they drafted one.


They do pick winners so good for them. Nice chatting! Have a great day.


But still, do you have a favorite team ?


I don't really but I guess I would have to go with the team in my town..the Buccaneers. Do you like the Patriots?


I like the fact they are a dynasty now, people will keep talking about them like the Dolphins in the 70s.


Yeah Brady and Belichick are killing those Super Bowl wins and it seems they either win or lose by only 3 or 4 points.


Belichick is a great coach, he is the coach with the most postseason win in history, they have to keep him coaching.


Yeah I don't feel like he's going anywhere. He even won when he was with the Cleveland Browns and in his first playoff as head coach.


How do you like football as entertainment ? I think there is too much breaks, there is only 11 minutes of live game play in a game.


That is so crazy! It seems to me like they go on FOREVER! LOL


Initially finding fame as an actor in Degrassi, he pursued rap and released Comeback Season and So Far Gone before debuting with Thank Me Later with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment


He is full of surprises. During one UK tour in 2011, he spent an "obscene amount of money" to buy children's classic books, first editions.


Having achieved quadruple platinum status and success, he is a man with money to spend. He must have really fond memory of children stories and want the very best for himself.


I like the song "God's Plan," which is one of many number one singles.


I like Hotline Bling, which even received a grammy. The beat was actually sampled from why we can't live together tho.


His debut album was even number one on the US Billboards and went platinum. He has had a lot of success from early on in his rap career, it seems.


It makes sense he has money to spend on first editions, especially considering how many hits he has released


I am also a fan of Linkin Park. Their album "Hybrid Theory" is the best selling album of the 21st century


I think what makes an album great is its persistence. For instance, the dark side of the moon is still a best seller despite being released 40 years ago.


Straight outta compton by NWA was the first album to get to platinum status without airplay or a major tour.


I like all music but country and classical. How about you?


Wow it was very interesting to talk about rap. Have a nice day.


Yes, I think I'm going to look up the rap album by 100 year old twins next.


I have been listening to rapping lately as it is a form of music that focuses on vocal delivery and rhythmic speech


Nice. I like classic rap a lot. Like Tupac Shakur. He had a large impact on our culture, so much that he is in the library of congress of "cultural significance."


I like that while rap share parts of hip hop, its history predates it and occupies a gray area between speech, prose, poetry, and singing


It's interesting that the word rap has been part of British English since the 16th century.


It is also interesting how rap continues to develop even to this day. For instance, Korean rappers have recently developed a new type of freestyle called a compliment battle.


That is funny. Rap is sometimes used in very surprising instances. A judge delivered a ruling in rap for a suit filed against Eminem.


Speaking of rap, how familiar are you with Aubrey Drake Graham?


Who is that, Drake? I did not know that Aubrey was his first name!


Pokemon Go was used for those who are always at home being less active. Pokemon Go needs to step up their game though for 2019.


Yeah, that would be interesting. Have you ever been to South Africa?


I have not been to South Africa, but I love the song Africa.


Did you know that they allow people to equip their cars with flame throwers?


I would love that for my car for those who merge in my lane.


LOL, I wonder if it is true. I can't imagine somebody would do that.


I think they meant a flamethrower gun left in the car. However, I would love to have it built in my car.


Yeah, it would be hilarious. Did you know that the trunk of your car is called that because older cars had wooden trunks.


Innovators need to have a creative name and keep the old names back to history.


Yeah, I tend to agree. Did you know the brand Cadillac was named after someone named Cadillac?


I'm a big fan of BIllions, it is on Netflix, have you heard of it?


I have not heard of that. Is it good? Should I put it in my recommendation list?


It's ok, I like finance stories for some reason. Were you aware that they tried to remake a That 70s show in the UK, but it failed?


Isn't that similar to Friends but Friends was way more successful than the 70s Show?


Yeah, pretty much. They are all kind of the same if you ask me.


Really? Then, maybe I should watch That 70s Show then. I love Friends.


Yeah, it wasn't bad. Did you know there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon?


I am a Pokemon fan and I do believe that. It is only the old series that I like. Are you a Pokemon fan?


Not really, but I did play Pokemon go when it came out. Now I don't play it anymore.


I bet they were too. Shoe companies have a way spending money on their investments. Allen Iverson signed a lifetime deal with Reebok in 2001. He'll get $800,000 a year until he's 55.


I bet they are wishing they could take that back.  I think that they thought they were signing the next Jordan.


He did make a lot for Reebok, but they still didn't sell as well as Jordans.


No, and not for the length of time that Jordan has, and probably will continue to be.


Lebron is about Jordan's only shoe competitor. Did you hear that he has signed a deal with Warner Bros for a new "Space Jam" sequel?


No, I didn't see that.  I wonder when it will be released?


I'm not really sure. Maybe it will be as good as the original. Lebron has a good character about him though. He raised $6 Million for charity by televising "The Decision."


He is a really good person, I know he has donated a ton of money back to Ohio.


Yeah he has. He's the highest paid celebrity right now, but Judge Judy is right on is coattails.


That is crazy that Judy is right behind, does she make a lot per episode?


I do like to watch, my favorite team actually has the best record in the league right now, how about you?


Holy crap!  That is so much money, I'd tape 3 a day and be done for the week.


I agree. Well it was nice chatting with you!


So you're a Bucks fan? How about Giannis Antetokounmpo! He's such a great player!


Good call!  I have always been, watched all 82 games when we won only 15 of them a few years back!  Yeah Giannis has been a gamechanger for our whole organization. Do you have a favorite team?


I'm a Memphis Grizzlies fan, but enjoy watching a good game no matter who's playing.  I really like watching Stephen Curry and Lebron James. Did you know that they both were born in Akron, Ohio?


No, I didn't know that about them, interesting.  And the Grizz, curious to see how you will be in a few seasons, was surprised to see Gasol leave.


Yeah, it's hard to replace someone like him. I do like the pickup they made with Noah. Hopefully they'll continue building up.


Yeah and Jonas is a monster and a workhorse as well.


Did you know that Air Jordan's were banned upon introduction by the NBA? However, Jordan were them anyways, as Nike was willing to pay the fine each game.


Yeah I think I have read that.  Nike got the best marketing they ever could so I'm sure they were happy to pay!


Wow pretty nice. Do you like horror movies?


Yes I do. Did you know that Inception was supposed to be a horror movie originally


THat would be different. DO you know which movie King thinks is the scariest of them all?


Considering he writes the genre, I have a hard time to pinpoint it


It is actually Bambi , the cartoon with the deer in it


Really? That is odd. Did you know that people who did the exorcist did not think it would be a scary movie?


Wow odd. Did you know that you burn more calories watching scary movies?


Really, how many calories are we talking about?


Well about 180 more than a regular movie


Yes I do. Do you know who invented the word robotics?


It was Isaac Asimov, he was the first one to coin it


Nice. DId you know that Jackson planned to have a robot of himself built to road the desert in Nevada?


Wow strange. They have made a robotic arms that people without limbs can control with thoughts


That is so awesome. THey can also control robots with rat brains now


Really that sounds really cool. Did you know that the robot that NASA sent to mars singing itself happy birthday?


Haha that is awesome. The robots controlled by the rats change personality based on which brain they are hooked up to


Wow nice. Did you know that Megatron requested that robots have equal rights?


Yeah, although Swift did not think it was so swift!   But Kanye is impetuous. He once gave his mic to a wheelchair-bound fan at one of his concerts.  He folows his heart.


I guess he does, he is a random star, you know that Swift is actually taller than Kanye, by like 2 inches


With or without high heals?  Well, some celebrities are random and others are solid. Take Carol Burnett. She was much beloved, never a whiff of scandal, and she even took the time out to do the first celebrity cameo on Sesame Street!


Im guessing without heels, but I would have to look that out, Carol Burnett was great I loved her in Sesame Street.


Yeah!  Another celeb that graced the childrens media world was Robin Williams, who was the first celebrity to do voice-overs in Disney animated films. He was an awesome Genie!


Youtube celebrities also make a lot of money take Jenna Marble, she makes $346,827 annually,


Not bad!  Although that pales in comparison to Judge Judy's $123,000 per episode...


She makes that much money per episode, wow,


Yeah, but I like it best when celebs do things for children. Like George Carlin, Ringo Starr, and Alec Baldwin, who each served as narrator on the children TV show, Thomas the Tank Engine. Warms the heart!


I used to love that show, I also liked The Simpsons, Homer is my favorite


I do like his music, I  am a fan of his work are you?


Yeah. It's great and has been on TV like forever! Almost like Pokemon, that aired over 750 episodes!  Nice chatting with you!


He is talented, but seems to get himself in trouble when he opens his mouth.


I agree he is the author of many controvercies over the years, I enjoy them personally, he supports Trump


He is a lightening rod for attention, but that is often true of celebrities who forget the sentiment, "better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."


Yeah its better to remain silent, he entered Trump tower on Dic 13th, I guess they are pretty close


Yeah, he is a trend-setter. Out of the top 10 most successful songs, only Kanye's Gold Digger is in a minor key. He does things his way!


Yeah the same one, it was before the Taylor Swift incedent, that was funny


It was James Naismith and ironically he is the only losing coach at U of Kansas


THat is funny. Coaches are the highest paid state employees though in most of the states


Yeah heard that, pretty cool. Do you know what the NZ basketball team are nicknames?


Yeah they are called the tall blacks, not sure how that flies there


Yeah, I wonder about that too. Do you like tennis too?


I like it and one of my favorite players is Serena Williams. Do you like it?


I love it, and especially because I like polo shirts and that is how they came to be


Yeah that is true, I guess we all have to thank Rene Lacoste for that brilliant idea


True. They once used a helicopter to dry a field  for the US Open


Wow drastic measures. Once one black man has won the US Open back in 1968


Hi there, I play it sometimes. But they consume tons of water so it is pretty bad


I wonder how come there was not another one


Yes that is true. In america the average one uses 312 000 galls every day


Yeah that is true, Another one in dubai uses 4 million per day


Wow that is such a waste. Samuel Jackson puts it in his movie contracts that he gets to play 2 weeks of golf


Wow smart guy. Babe Ruth used to be a great golf player too What a talent


I do from time to time. Do you know who Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is?


Yeah he is the guy who loved the dunk shot so much it got banned for a while


Yeah that is him. Do you know who invented the sport?


Good morning!  Do you know anyone that still has a rotary phone?


I wouldn't have wanted that job laying those down.  Talk about a project.  lol  It's impossible to seperate 2 phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together.  I wonder if a lot of the kids now even know what a phone book is?  lol


I doubt they know what one is.  Just curious, do you still have a landline?


We do but only because we have to have one with our internet package.  There's no option to not have it either.  We never use it.


That's me too! Getting back to those cables on the ocean floor, they must be wrapped in some heavy duty stuff, because being only 2.7 inches, in my mind a crab or lobster could break that!


Ha!  I never would have thought that.  VERY interesting point.  They have to be made of something tough.


Maybe kevlar or something like it.  Anyway, on a different note, do you like to read?


Me too!  I can speed read, but nowhere near the world record of 4,700 words per minute!  That's impressive.


If I could read like that, I would be able to read a lot more than I do now.  lol


I hear you!  Have you ever read Ender's Game?


Good morning.  No, the last person I knew with one was my grandmother and she has been dead for 26 years, now! Do you know anyone?


I have never read it.  I think I've seen the movie.  lol  I see that it's suggested reading for many military organizations.


I had heard that it was suggested reading for them.  I'm curious, I want  to read it, now! lol


The movie was pretty good!  In the 18th century there was a moral panic because of the spread of reading novels!


I haven't seen the movie, either.  I can't believe there was a moral panic, boy they should see it nowadays!  Talk about moral panic, anyway, it's been so nice chatting with you this morning.  I really enjoyed it.  I hope you have a blessed day!


I don't know anyone either.  Be curious to see if anyone else out there has one still.  My grandparents had one as well.  Did you know that New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?


That's cool! didn't know that.  I'm old enough to remember phone booths and party lines.  Most kids now only have a cell phone.


lol  I remember the party lines and phone booths too.  We must be around the same age.  Now they have iphones, which only one of them has more computing power than the entire icbm US nuclear deterrent.


We must be!lol Technology is amazing.  I hear though that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child for every minute that someone doesn't use their cell phone.  Wonder if they have donated any yet?


I'm not sure, but I am going to look it up.  I wonder how they know just how many minutes you stay off your phone?  I like the idea!


I like the idea, too.  I just don't see them donating that much, because everytime I look around everybody is always talking on them, texting, or surfing the net.  There's no eye contact or face to face communication, anymore.  That's a lost art with the youth today.


I agree with you 100 percent.  Sometimes I wish we could go back to the days of the party lines.  I think that's when I had the most phone in my life.  lol  I don't like seeing everyone now with their heads buried in their phones like you described.


So true, technology sure has its advantages and disadvantages.  Interesting note, I read somewhere that the cables used to carry phone and internet data across the oceans is only 2.7 inches and they just lay it on the ocean floor.


I like robots. Do you think they will take over the world though? I am worried about it, a lot!


Of course, I have that sadness but do you think it's possible


I am not sure but I have seen what Boston Dynamics can do with their AI and robots and they have some evolving robots!


Not really. I get too scared and leave the theater or turn it off. Do you?


i like so much horror film and very interesting story.


Insidious: The Last Key this film is my favorite.


I have never heard of it. It's a horror film? I will have to check it out, if Im not too scared.


I have purchased on the amazon. Have you?


yes,Do you think the service will be useful for you on the website


It has been reaaly helpful in buying hard to find items or everyday items I do not want to go out and buy. Do you enjoy the amazon?


yes i like very much,Buying things as it is at home is useful


Nice. Did you buy a clock you could build into a mountain that could last for 10,000 years?


Oh, Jeff Bezos bought one so I thought they were available on Amazon. I wonder how big it is.


Does the fluctuations in the stock market over the past couple of months give you heart attacks?


Yeah, perhaps warning letters for users to stop sharing account passwords? Actually, I think that was when they were still mailing out DVDs which comprised a large part of their business, don't think they're involved in that anymore.


True...i forgot about that! Do you shop at amazon at all? I do...probably too much!


oh my! I visit the site at least twice a day if not more! Have you bought anything from their in-house brand called AmazonBasics?


No I haven't. I need to try it out. Poor amazon workers. They walk between 7-15 miles each day as part of their shift.


For some reason it says "low-end" products, but I disagree, I think a lot of the Amazon branded items are pretty durable and at a great price point.


I definitely need to try them then. I didn't even realize that amazon owned imdb since 1998.


Wow! No wonder Amazon Prime video has the IMDB ratings integrated in their site, I wish Netflix did the same thing, I rely on those ratings a lot. Do you?


I do. It is always good to take a look before you waste time watching something that is no good. I also like to look at the ratings before I get books for my kindle.


Yeah, I totally agree! Is there a specific place you like to read reviews on books?


Usually just on the amazon website. They are pretty detailed and give a good idea of if the book will be a good read or not. Did you know that the US postal service has a contract with amazon to deliver packages on sunday?


It doesn't make me feel great. I will tell you that. I heard that the sell-off probably isn't over yet...could get worse!


Oh ok, I thought there was a site like IMDB which provides a pretty accurate rating but for books, I like to use the Amazon reviews as well. I don't think my local post office honors that contract since I have never received packages on Sunday.


There's a bunch of "risky" stocks like Netflix which was up over 40 percent in January alone but then when it drops, it's like freefalling!


Do you use netflix. I love it. I can't imagine my life without it. Did you know that netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in north america?


Yes, I love the service too! I'm a contributor to that statistic, I can even watch Netflix on the TV and youtube on my computer at the same time! Any shows you like to watch?


ozarks is one of my favs. Can you believe that blockbuster declined several offers to buy netflix for $50 million. it is now worth $2 billion. Bad move blockbuster!


Oh yeah, I have that on my watch next playlist, is it a thriller? Yeah, I would hate myself for losing out on such a great deal like that but then again, it was because of the late fees that the Netflix founder incurred that led him to start Netflix.


I don't blame him. I hated late fees. Wasn't because he had $40 late fee for apollo 13! Too funny.


Yes, I've also incurred some exorbitant amount of late fees with them back in the day, it sucked so bad. Good thing there's no such thing as late fees for Netflix!


Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth. I wonder what they are mailing?


Hello!  Are you familiar with the TV show, House?


So, do you, yourself ,upload and share videos on YouTube, or are you just a viewer?


Just a viewer. Only camera I have is on my laptop and it's pretty crappy. Do you?


I have, for a not-for-profit project. I do not upload any personal info though. Not like I'm posting the next Gungnam style video...


That sounds cool. I could probably come up with a lot of funny cat videos if I had a good camera.


Yeah! You could have them purring to the Justin Bieber's Baby ... maybe the most disliked YouTube video ever!


I've never seen it. It could be the new rick-rolling.


So, what's your take on Jim Carrey? Do you agree with his decision to give up doing dramas in lieu of more positive projects?


I'm neutral on that. I never liked him very much to be honest. How about you?


He is talented, but definitely and over-actor. Not like a classic dramatic performer, like Michael Caine or Lawrence Olivier. Did you know Caine started acting because he was interested in pursuing the pretty girls in his drama classes?  Now he has amassed quite a plethora of stellar performances.


I remember watching a few episodes of it when it was on the evening lineup, but never followed it regularly. You?


You ever listen to classic radio dramas? Thwere is a website I like that has tons of content available for free.


My brother-in-law is really big on the old-time radio serials, and I've listened to some of his collections. Nice chatting!


I watched quite a bit of it myself. I was mesmerized by the performance of Hugh Laurie. Do you know how much he earned to play that role?


700k, I believe. Do you use YouTube much? Since my CD player broke, it and Spotify are my main ways of listening to music.


Sure. It seems like everyone does these days. I heard it is the second largest search engine on the net.


Yeah. It's amazing. It's like an encyclopedia. I remember in the 90s when the Roots-n-Blues compilations came out and I'd buy an entire compilation for just one Barbecue Bob Hicks song and think having three of them was really something, and now his entire body of work is online.


Hard to believe that the Youtube service has only been around since 2005! Now it is a dominant force in the entertainment arena!


Weird. I would swear I could remember using it before that, but maybe that's a "mandela effect" thing.


Yeah. I could hardly believe it when Google bought the site in 2006 for $1.65 billion. Not bad for two years work!


Yeah, typical strip-shop capitalism IMO. Venture capitalists buy up a popular platform and then ruin it because of unrealistic ideas of how much they can milk it for.


I think it's cool that the Model S can run the Linux operating system.


Maybe that contributes to its safety features. I like that the models are both sleek and environmentally friendly


Yeah, it's funny how we have cars that run advanced computers, but the White House still uses floppy disks for storing files.


They might be secure, who knows? What's also funny is that the White House had solar panels installed by Carter, but then Reagan had them removed


That's weird for Reagan, he was kind of progressive in other regards. I guess they're back now because George W. had them put back on.


Jimmy Carter must have had some concern about energy though, because in 1977 in the winter, he had the thermostats set to 65


That's pretty forward-thinking, too. Teddy Roosevelt was a pretty extreme conservationist, too, as he had Christmas trees banned from the White House.


He might be part of why we have the fake ones now. I wonder which President was in office when the tradition started that they mail a congratulations card if you send the White House a birth announcement


That's cute they're so observant over something like that, but can you believe it took Secret Service 4 days to realize bullets struck the White House?


I guess they didn't hear then the shots were originally fired. I find it interesting that there's a replica of the White House in Atlanta. I wonder who lives in it


He's best-known for Tesla, which is interestingly named after Nikola Tesla, not Elon himself


There are also two twin buildings it Ireland and France!


Which are both innovative. Tesla also makes solar panels, which makes sense


Yeah, and because they're so environmentally friendly, the Tesla Model S is road tested indoors.


That model is so safe that it broke the safety testing equipment. It couldn't handle the safety


Haha, that's the most ironic thing I've ever heard.


Another incredible thing the company does is make their patents public because they want to encourage electric vehicle technology to advance, even among their competition


A competitive market is a healthy market, after all. Elon Musk understands a lot of things that must be done for success. He took a $78 million paycut in 2014 from his Tesla Motors salary.


That's interesting. It's also funny how Toyota owns part of Tesla, and that Tesla helped with the Rav4Ev. I wonder if they've contributed to a lot of Toyota's hybrids


Good morning!  Do you use facebook?  Can you believe it was launched back in 2004?


I didn't know that! I would like to listen to it. I have heard that you can hear storms on Jupiter on the radio though.


I would like to listen to that as well. One of the most popular radio acts in the 1930s was a ventriloquist-which understandably baffled critics!


That's funny! Speaking of the 1930s, there's a website where you can go to listen to old radio dramas.  Maybe you can hear the ventriloquist!


Oh that would be cool! Also I bet you could hear a lot of Bing Crosby-his recordings filled more than half of the radio time in 1948!


I like Bing Crosby, especially the movie White Christmas.  I wonder if they play his songs in Canadian in Canada.  Canada has a law where at least 40% of music on the radio must be in Canadian.


Oh yeah good call, great movie! Interesting law seems a bit extreme. Do you remember that song MMbop? An alt-rock chicago radio station had a Hanson song be the most recorded because the DJ didn't reveal the band!


No I don't remember it.  So, the song was good enough to be on the station but because it was by Hanson listeners wouldn't have paid any attention to it so the dj never said who it was by?


Exactly because Hanson isn't exactly alt-rock it is more Pop. I also like the actor bill murray. He voiced the human torch in the 1970's fantastic four radio show.


I like Bill Murray too. I never knew he did that.  Radio is so versatile!  You can listen to music, hear the news, and even learn a language.  There's a radio station in Finland that broadcasts the news in classical latin every week.


That would be fun to listen too. Latin is a very unique language! Amazing how far we have come from Radio to Facebook with 56 gender options and a marriage killer apparently!


Yes I do! It is very hard to believe wow. I remember when I first got mine. Don't use it so much anymore. Hard to believe a third of all divorce filings in the USA in 2011 contained the word "facebook"


So true! And we all stare at blue facebook pages without question all because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind.


I didn't know that!  That many people are getting divorced over facebook?!  Maybe that's why a state in Germany has the like button banned,made illegal to use.


Yes they must be. Oh wow that is surprising. Maybe Germany is on to something...Another crazy thing is that there are more people on facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago!


Seriously?  That is something that really makes you think.  Practically everyone in the world is using a site that was started for harvard students by harvard students.


Yes exactly. Now Zuckerberg is one of the richest in the world! A worrying thing is that 30% of Americans use facebook as their primary news source. No wonder the Russians want to exploit that.


That's true.  I admit that I am one of them but I use multiple news sources to compare and contrast.  As for zuckerberg, facebook had a value of $104 billion in 2012 alone so you can imagine how rich he is.


Wow that is incredible. One odd thing is that Facebook has 56 gender options. That seems excessive.


That does seem excessive. I can't even imagine what all of them would be.  Did you know that Iceland is rewriting their constitution via facebook, allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations?


Very progressive of them. It is amazing how far technology has come. I remember when people just listened to the radio for fun. There is a radio station that translates solar activity into sound and you can listen to the sun's music!


Yeah, I don't think that theory is correct. Do you?


I don't think so, I think there are so many theories out there like only one electron being in the universe


Yeah, that is true. There are stars cold enough to be touched by the hand.


I would love to touch one! I don't think I will get the chance in this lifetime though


Yeah, me either. I bet the gravity of it would rip us apart anyways.


For sure. there is a region of space that may be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe


That sounds pretty cool. How do they know that?


I wonder too lol. If everything is being sucked away do they really have good data, or just another theory.


Yeah, I'm not sure. They have a lot of weird theories. That much I do know. Well, nice chatting with you.


For sure! It was so nice chatting with you also!


I love horror films, especially Stephen King ones, how about you?


Eh, not a huge fan, but I've seen a bunch of them.


Yep, it was set at a hotel during winter. Apparently the boy in it didn't know he was in a horror movie until years later


That is pretty cool. What do you think of the universe?


I think it is mind blowing what may be out there, what about you?


Exactly. I used to watch this show called "The Universe." It is very good.


I will have to check that out. There is a theory that the universe may be one giant super hologram


That is so sad. Iverson is making $800 000 till he is 55 with Rebook


Wow I guess the guy is pretty much set for life then


I sure do. He rejected an offer from Rebook for $10 million when he was 18


Well he said that Nike or Adidas would offer him more


WOw I guess he knew his self worth back then too. Did they?


Yes they sure did, Nike offered him $90 million a year after


WOw that is amazing. He will be in the next Space Jam movie


I sure do he is a good player. What do you think of Reggie Miller?


Yes he is decent. Duncan finished college and then went into the NBA


Smart. Reggie Miller was good but his sister was always better than him


So good she once scored 105 points and broke 8 national records in a game


WOw that is some talent right there in that family, amazing


Yeah. Did you know Iverson signed a contract with Rebook back in 2001?


Did not know that. I hear though that NFL players go bankrupt a lot after retirement


I really enjoyed the games the NBA televised, they had to cater to their big markets for ratings.


It's almost as fun to learn as Clint Eastwood being an accomplished musician.


That's strange to me also. The Beatles were knocked off the top of the Billboard charts after three months by Louis Armstrong.


Sometimes it's easy to forget that they were making music around the same time. Their different styles make them feel a lot farther apart.


I agree. I would not have guessed they were that active at the same time. Did you know that Dizzy Gillespie ran in the 1964 presidential race?!


That's another fun fact I did not know, I would be curious to see how many votes he received!


Me too! He filled his cabinet with all of the biggest names in jazz. What a strange thing that had to be to witness.


If anything that might have been one of the most talented cabinets ever assembled.


I agree. Off subject but do you watch a lot of television? I know I watch way too much.


I think that I probably watch too much as well, I should really cut back.


Were you aware that Weekend Update debuted on the first episode of SNL and is their longest running skit?


I find the NBA interesting. Are you familiar with Tim Duncan?


Yes, I have been a big fan of that show for quite some time and my father showed me older episodes and skits.


A lot of the old skits are amazing. They hold up well.


Yes, I watched him play a long time for the Spurs. He's one of the most underappreciated players because he was such a laid back personality.


He is. He valued his education. He turned down joining the NBA immediately to finish college.


He definitely joined the league at a time when education had a higher value than getting drafted as soon as possible.


Good for him. There was an NBA coach (Stan Van Gundry) who was fined for saying that the NBA should not have games on Christmas day. What a ridiculous reason for a fine.


I think there a lot of fines handed out by the NBA that people would categorize as ridiculous. Anthony Davis was recently fined for saying he wants to be traded.


That's also ridiculous. Do you happen to enjoy jazz music?


I have not listened to jazz music that much to know if I'm a fan or not. That being said, I would not be opposed to listening to it, in fact I am traveling to New Orleans soon.


I've always wanted to go there. Have a great time! Did you know that Tupac Shakur went to the Baltimore School of Arts to study ballet, acting, poetry, and jazz?! I was shocked to learn that.


Do you like tennis? I just love to play the sport.


yeah i have heard that as well and though it sounded really dangerous. i wonder if their were people in the crowd?


yeah. In 1998, serena and venus williams said they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse in a game of tennis. they lost when challenged twice lol


lol, well she did win the australian open when she was ranked 95th


i have heard Serena williams is a co-owner of the miami dolphins


I didn't know that, she speaks french and italian so I wonder if she owns any sports teams in Europe


not sure but In january 2007, serena williams was ranked 95th in the world in tennis


I never knew she was ever ranked that low


well she reached the No. 1 ranking for the first time on July 8, 2002 but has since fallen


Wow, shes so good though, she won a grand slam while pregnant


I've played it a couple time in high school gym class, I wasn't that good


I guess in my opinion her and her sister are kinda overated.


i love it! Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent or in teams


I watch it sometimes when Serena Williams is playing


yeah i like to watch her play. Polo shirts were originally invented for tennis by famous player rene "the crocodile" lacoste. i love their colgne for men


Intresting, the longest match played in a polo shirt was 22 hours


yeah if i recall it went over three days or so


That's a long time, I don't think I've ever done anything for 3 days straight


im not sure if its true but Us open quarterfinalist gael monfils beat the "roger federer of paddle tennis" after learning how to play just days earlier.


Man that's crazy, almost as crazy as using a helicopter to dry grass tennis courts


Hello! Are you a big fan of music at all?


Thanks for that awesome fact! Have you heard of foxhole radios back in WW1? Those are insane to think about.


Are those the radio that soldiers would build out of razor blades? That's so cool. And speaking of cool radio options, there's actually a radio station that translate solar activity so that you can listen to it on the radio, live!


Yes and pencils! I wonder what it sounds like? It's probably better than Justin Bieber lol.


Anything would be better than Justin Bieber haha. Well, I do like some Justin Bieber songs. Definitely not "Baby"! But it does make an interesting change in the way music stars are born, because he was discovered on YouTube!


I need to get on that site! I thought he would have the best selling album but Linkin Park does of the 21st century!


Wow! Bob Marley has them beat when it comes to being on the album chart: 914 weeks! And he is currently number 69.


Even after death he's still rocking out! I wonder if the 100 year old twins made it on it?


Who are the 100 year old twins? And yeah, what a rockstar!


I'm not sure, I think they were from Japan and released a rap album in 1992.


Oh cool! I know about a set of 100 year old twins, these two old white women who are very cute apparently. They're on a lot of tv shows.


I love music! I love listening and playing music. Do you play any instruments?


Oh really? I'll have to watch for them. Well have a great day!


I wish but I don't. The guitar would have been my jam!


I play guitar (acoustic). I love it! Do you know anything about guitars?


Awesome! I know that Queen's Brian May has a PHD in astrophysics. Talk about smart!


That's insane! I guess he used his smarts when he built a guitar out of parts of an old fireplace and some knitting needles!


Speaking of an old fireplace, I can't believe Eddie Van Halen started stuido speakers on fire while playing!


I didn't know that! Are you a fan of Phish? Trey Anastasio played in a D.C. synagogue. I think he's Jewish?


I can't recall that band? What good song do they have? I do like to listen to all sorts of things on the radio though, especially free radio dramas!


They have songs like "The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday". Actually just found out he's not Jewish, but his bassist is. He played their rendition of "Avenu Malcanu", a Hebrew prayer.


I have heard that. That's pretty neat! There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free


Nice. Soldiers in wwii made simple radios using a razorblade and pencil as the diode, dubbing them foxhole radios.


Wow. I didn't know that. Do you listen to country music? Country music legend george strait and the wealthiest man in the world jeff bezos are cousins.


Wow I didnt know that! I listen to some country! There are only 2 african americans in the country music hall of fame.


I can believe that. U2 opened for themselves at a few shows in 1987. they were introduced as "the dalton brothers from galveston, texas," and they played country music while disguised in wigs and costumes.


Haha thats a fun fact! Henry ford helped finance the popularization of country music due to his fears over the "urban decadence" of jazz music.


Interesting! Thanks for chatting, I learned a lot!


I do,  but Im behind a few seasons,  do you? Bruce lee was also a great dancer and he won the hong kong cha-cha championship in 1958.


I haven't watched it in a while, either. Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the mouse king in a production of the nutcracker.


Nice!  I couldn't imagine that lol Professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week.


That's amazing! I can't believe Dancing with the Stars has had 27 seasons!


yeah that is amazin! Michael jackson has a patent. on a device used to achieve the extreme lean in some of his dance moves


Pretty cool. Babies spontaneously dance when they hear music.


They sure do! They are said to smile more when they hit the beat.


Thats cute.  Do you know much about radios?Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an am radio.


It is a shame how it indirectly led to the massacre of real sharks though


Yeah, right. I know that summertime used to be known for slow movie attendance until they released Jaw in the summer and the sales went through the roof.


It just proved there is not slow movie attendance, just bad movies


I like Jim Carrey a lot. He doesn't do dramas anymore because of his new found belief system.


yes but at least he still does comedies. Comedy and tragedy are parts of the same coin which is drama


That is very true, I guess he wants to stay positive and that is why he stopped making dramas. Did you know that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor.


Considering his performance, I'm not surprised


Yeah, he makes $700,00 per episode! That is crazy!


I really love musicals. I am a huge fan of Mama Mia!! I love the music from ABBA sprinkled though it. How about you? Do you have any favorites?


But people are willing to pay for better acting I guess since the get more money though other means like ads. Anyway, thanks for taking your time to chat.


mama Mia is good. I enjoy watching shows on broadway. So sad hamlet is booked like forever


Oh wow, I didn't know that. I have never see a show on Broadway. I have never even been to New York. Meryl Streep is one of my favorite people. She is insanely talented.


She is an actress who has been nominated for 18 academy awards.


Well, I love her in Mama Mia but she has many many movies. She has only won 3 academy awards which put her in second place for most awards.


Personally I generally follow filmakers like spielberg more than actors


Yes, he is amazing! I loved the movie Jaws! It scared the living daylights out of me though.


I love stand-up and comedy movies. Do you enjoy comedies?


He acquired a $50 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.


ohhh, I do remember hearing that. I love trivia... Like the reason Python Program was named "Python" is to honor monty python.


Wow! That's awesome. I can't believe I never put that together.


I still watch Monty Python on Netflix. It's one of my favorite comedies ever!


I watch it too. More the movies than Flying Circus but I catch some of it randomly too. Did you ever watch 3rd Rock From the Sun?


Of course I did ! it only beat out seinfeld, friends and frasier in the 1997 golden globes. what's your favorite genre or comedy?


I can't believe it beat Seinfeld and Friends. That's shocking. If I had to pick a favorite sub-genre within comedy it would be black comedies probably.


It's interesting that the Greeks were doing satire comedy so long ago. It's kinda like the original Saturday Night Live.


They were doing it long ago. I had to read Lysistrata in college and it's Greek from 411 BC.


wooooow !! even back then the public opinion was influenced by the political satire performances.


I do love comedies! It's interesting that the green dragon was going to be a comedy, I wonder if it's on netflix. Do you like netflix?


They definitely were. Comedy can be very powerful to public opinion when done correctly. It was nice chatting with you. Have a nice day.


I love Netflix. I use it all of the time.


it's amazing that they have 137 million subscribers world wide! And probably double that amount is watching from someones account lol.


That's probably true. I always had my own if for no other reason than my queue is huge and it would get annoying. Can you believe that they didn't even start their streaming service until 2007?


Back in the day when you had to wait to get the DVD in the mail and hope it wasn't scratched. I barely watch the tele but am old enough to have seen the first episode of the Simpsons.


I did too but I was very young. Did you also know that Netflix didn't start making original content until 2012? That's amazing to me because it seems like they have new originals every week now.


with the original series they hurt cable companies. People enjoy watching programs without commercials. Between Youtube and Netflix making up half of the peak internet traffic, no one will purchase cable nymore


I do because there are still a lot of shows I want to watch in real time. But I did cut traditional cable and now use Playstation Vue which streams and is a fraction of the price. Do you know why Reed Hastings created Netflix?


I'm guessing that's what The Simpsons were making fun of. I wonder why they didn't go through with the lawsuit


It's weird to think that Nixon had a hand in building Fox news though. I guess it makes sense if you think about it, but it just seems so long ago that he was president that I assume anything he was involved with wouldn't exist anymore


I believe that Nixon at that time wanted fair media coverage but he wasn't getting it at the time he was president.


That makes a lot of sense actually. Meanwhile in Zimbabwe they called their first president "president banana"


Ha Ha!! I wonder why they called them this. Do you happen to know by any chance?


No idea! I wonder if it was a pet name or a mean one! Do you think it was because he liked eating bananas?


That actually could be true. I read somewhere recently that the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while he was in office.


He must not have had much work to do if he had the time to record even one pop album, right?


I agree!!! Do you happen to know who the top three wealthiest presidents were in American history?


I do! I think they were JFK, Washington and Jefferson. I wonder how Trump fits in there now


Did you know that in the 1800's if you were runner up in a presidential election you got to be vice president! That must have caused all kinds of problems


Yes I agree. It would have created all kinds of problems.


There probably weren't any political parties back then, so it might not have been as big of a deal as if it happened today


Correct. That I agree back then things were very different than what they are today.


I still can't imagine an automatic vice president would want to just follow instead of lead immediately though


Yeah!!! I agree with you on this. It was very nice chatting with you today. I hope you have a great day. Thanks


Did you know that Fox News corporation considered making a channel that only played The Simpsons?


No. I didn't know this. Thanks for sharing. Do you happen to know who owns Fox News?


I know 21 Century Fox and the Fox entertainment group do. It was created by Richard Nixon and by a republican media strategist.


That is very interesting. Do you happen to know the name of the republican media strategist by any chance?


I'm not sure maybe Rupert Murdoch or somebody with the last name of Fox? It's very popular though, it can be seen in 86 countries


That's okay.  Fox News is very popular indeed. I heard somewhere that it is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined. That is impressive!!!


It's interesting that it appeals to so many people. Did you know that Fox threatened to sue The Simpsons if they didn't stop parodying Fox news? Seems like a weird situation since The Simpsons is on the Fox network


Yeah!!! That is weird because I thought that Fox usually promotes the republican point of view.


hi; how important do you think it is for a person to vote in elections?


i was thinking the exact same thing.  voting is definitely supposed to be private.  the UK situation is very revealing.  it just shows that things we take for granted were once difficult to attain.  look at the U.S.  i think about 60% of registered voters take part in presidential elections. so when you consider non registrants, that percentage goes way down.


no. i'm here in the central part of New York State.  this state always votes democrat in national elections by a wide margin. changing the subject for a bit, did you know that the sun is white?


No.  I thought it was yellow.  Please tell me about it.


i am amazed. i would have bet money it was yellow. i guess it is only perceived as yellow due to atmospheric scattering.  i bet very few people know that.


I'll bet.  I did not know it until you told me.


i also didn't know that the sun is very small...tiny in fact..compared to the biggest star in our galaxy.  if i knew that, it was a long long time ago when i was in school.


I did not know either.  Also, I thought that nothing was hotter than the surface of the sun.  I was wrong.


i always assumed the sun was the hottest thing.  tell me about that.


lightening bolt is 5x hotter than the surface of the sun


It is important if they want their voice to be heard.


i never would have even considered that.  switching gears again, i grew up in new york city so i find it interesting that their area code of 212 was designed because it was the fastest number to dial on an old time rotary phone.  who knew? surely not me.


Why do you think New York was so lucky to get that number?


most likely because that city has so many people.  it may still have the most people in the U.S, it is either #1 or #2 with along with los angeles.  so the phone company was doing all those people a favor of convenience.


Interesting.  Something new I learned from you.


the "rotary phone" brings back memories.  all these technological changes...so amazing how we move from one thing to another and we get more and more advanced with technology.


You seem to know a lot of interesting things that I have never thought about.


i do some reading.  here is a memory: i clearly remember getting my first phone when i lived with my parents.  and it had the # button.  i had absolutely no idea what it was all about.  now it is common place.


I need to research more about lots of interesting things.  Nice talking to you and thank you for your valuable and interesting information.


there was a recent election where i live and one of the candidates called way too often.  it was a taped message; sometimes after 9:00.  has anything like that happened to you?


It happened once or twice.  I then stopped picking up the phone.


i understand.  the candidate who was doing that lost the election by a small margin.  would you ever consider doing any type of political canvassing; whether it be door to door, or phone calls, or social media


i am as well.  i did work for zogby international, the pollster, but that was not really canvassing.  that was getting information from potential voters.


I read an article saying that astronauts were able to vote from space.  I wonder how they did that.


yes i have heard of that.  i don't know how that could happen.  maybe they just told someone on a connection who they chose to vote for.  that's tough to figure out.  and i find it almost amazing that about a third of the men in the UK had the right to vote until 1918, amazing.


The astronauts could say it orally but then it would be public.  Shouldn't it be confidential?  The UK story was very interesting.


I think that the Pilgrims would probably have been horrified at 80's fashion. Opinions about modesty changed a bit over the years, you know?


Oh, didn't think of that.  Maybe Apple marketed moo moos. I'll have to read more about that the the books causing the uproar in the 1800s.


If books caused moral uproar, I bet modern clothes would cause an absolute outrage back then. The fashion would probably still catch on just like reading did, though!


Probably... WIld things can happen like the first woman elected to congress couldn't even vote!  That's weird.


Not as weird as Elmo from Sesame Street testifying before Congress!


He was the only honest entity in the room, I'm sure. Elmo rocks.


That's because Elmo is dedicated to teaching children and making them happy! He encourages good behaviors like learning and reading. Congress, on the other hand...well, that goes back to "shouldn't be around baseball bats," haha.


Yep.  The man whose surname is also Braille did a wonderful thing for teaching too.  I always think of Helen Keller...


That's an excellent point, and it also goes to show how important reading and language processing is for everyone, even someone who can't see or hear. Helen Keller was an inspirational speaker.


I like stories like hers.  I makes me thing how easy I have it.  Unlike our pols who have a subway just to go to different offices in the same, albeit large, building.  If this is the last go-around, it was great chatting with you! You obviously have an abundance of grey matter.


Yes, I used to be an avid reader.  Internet kind of changed that. I recently learned that Ender's Game was suggested reading for the military.


You too, and I appreciate the conversation. You've given me a reminder to think about how easy I have it too. Thank you!


Really? I haven't read it yet, but I've heard it recommended a lot. I wonder what they want military employees to learn from it.


I've only seen the movie but it had a lot of tactical situations.  Can you believe that in the 18th century there was a moral panic because people were reading novels?


Whoever thought they were the only "moral" ones must have been worried that other people would learn and start thinking critically for themselves, maybe even coming up with their own morals.


Yeah, that's why certain pols burn books.  Speaking or pols, did you know the Republicans and Dem's play a baseball game? Those two groups shouldn't be around baseball bats.


At least the player with the bat is usually pretty far away from the other team's players. Maybe it's a healthy way to build teamwork and camaraderie by playing sports. Hey, it's probably friendlier than a congressional debate!


Yes, I'm sure... I recently learned that Pilgrims actually had colorful clothing.  Maybe the scarlet letter?  No, I'm glad.  I thought they always wore black and were quite fond of turkeys.


I think I saw the same pictures of Pilgrims that you did! I remember seeing that kind of depiction often when I was younger and would read history books for school.


Yeah, and they actually wore tye-dyed stuff!  Apple actually had a clothing line in 1986.  I wonder if it's something a Pilgrim would wear.


Hi How's it going? Do you use Netflix? Apparently it was founded all the way back in 1997! It has come a long way!


Yes that is very amazing. I have never been to India but would like to visit someday. Have you heard of the IMDB website? They rate movies and apparently Amazon has owned them since 1998 which I didn't know!


its really? i don't know that. IMDB is owned by Amazon??


Yes interestingly enough. And to think that Amazon began in 1994-it has come so far since then. Really amazing to think about.


Do you have a dog? It was the first ever animal to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millenia!


No ya. but in my age of 8 i have dog. its Name was SPYDY.. very briliant and active dog. in my age of 10 it was dead on accident..


Oh that's terrible! Dogs can be great companions. Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for stray dogs in exchange for plastic bottle. Cool idea.


hmm. yes, Google prefers dogs to cats their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company


Oh very interesting. I would have to agree with them because i am the same! I wonder why people have always said dogs are color blind? They definitely can see colors, although not as many as us.


hi frnd.. sry i am not use Netfix. Do you use it?


Dogs also understand when you point at something and apparently elephants understand that concept too!


Great animal! Very cool and lucky that you have them in India because we don't have them in the USA.


ohh... in your country don't have Elephants?


No only in zoos, not in the wild unfortunately.


Yes I use it-so many good things to watch! Apparently back in the day Blockbuster declined to buy Netflix for $50 million and now netflix is worth 2 billion and Blockbuster is no more! who would have thought!


ok... what about Amazon?.. world great and leading online shoping site


Yes amazon is pretty amazing too! Youtube also though can't forget about them!. Netflix and Youtube make up half of the internet traffic in North america!


yes. i agree that.. last 4 years in india online shopping has a very huge respone. the only reason is Amazon.


Oh wow Amazon is very influential in India. It's amazing that Jeff Bezos, the founder of amazon, built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years


The Amazon warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day. All those orders to fill!


ohh. yah.. its very interesting and also U.S. postal service has a contract with amazon to deliver your packages on sunday. but in india its not possible.. but world largest postal department is in india


The Hypocrites put on really amusing stage productions!


Not unexpected, given that the theater only holds 100 or so people.


I dig it.    Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States


It  is fascinating, comes from ragtime and blues and it is called the Classical music of America


Cool jazz developed near the end of the 1940s, and is more modern.


It did spread around the world and gave origin to different styles around the world


It has spread so there is now a programming language in which the programs are written in musical composition, and functional programs have jazz-like harmonies.


Great! I also love the dance-oriented swing big bands like the Kansas city jazz


Many people, even Clint eastwood are lifelong jazz enthusiasts, and scored several films, including million dollar baby


Cool, it is funny that rapper Tupac Shakur studied jazz, acting and poetry.. but became a rapper.


Yes, I would love to go and check Pirates, Pinafore and the Mikado


People are often multitalented!    Thanks for the chat!


i heard that the group does them as a pajama party!


That is a living dream. A pajama party and a live satirical operetta with talented musician clowns. that is something else


The use of a pillow pit might be a little bit disturbing for some!


It might. And it is nice they start with sweet dreams from Eurythmics


live players doing popular music like Dream On as part of the show is surprising!


They play with music and even with toys. They did release beach balls in pirates of penzance, fun


They also swap genders in the production of Pinafore.


My dog had a MySpace page, but not a FB page. Boy, MySpace really blew it by turning down the opportunity to by FB for a mere $75 mil.


They really did.  I had a myspace for a while while it was still relevant.  Its probably still there, but I dont even remember what my myspace name was.  Its crazy that the Like button on FaceBook is illegal in parts of Germany.


They like warm beer.  I will have to unfriend them for that. Burger King is running a promotion: unfriend 10 friends and get a free Whopper. 1 down and 9 to go.


Warm beer is gross, but cold German beer is pretty good. Burger King is up on the social media trolling.  They had one where you go to McDonalds first to get a free whopper.  Id be game for that.


Nice. Is this promotion good in the 212? I mean in area code 212. It is the code for New York, selected as such because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone.


Probably good everywhere.  That's neat how they came up with that area code.  Did you see that viral video of the two teens trying to dial a rotary phone.  Gave me a good laugh.


Yes. I would have loved to see them try to separate two phone books that have their pages overlapping together. It is supposed to be impossible. If they can hardly manage a rotory phone, they would be stumped with the phone book thing.


They probably would.  Im still trying to wrap my head around the 2.7 inch cables just laying on the ocean floor.  I mean do fish nibble on it, if they broke how would they find the spot that needed work.  Some things are so complex.


Here's one that will ffry your noodle: an iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent!  I guess that is why they never call me.


It is really crazy.  When I was in school, our teachers always told us that we wouldn't have a  calculator everywhere we went.  Looks like they were wrong about that.


I do not.  I don't currently have any pets.  How about you?


That is because they knew that in the future, teachers would confiscate cellphones from the students before class!  Nice chatting with you!


And don't forget to turn your cellphone to airplane mode before you go to bed. No need to be irradiating yourself all night if you do not have to!


I definitely have dog, a big white german shepherd dog, also known as canis lupus familiaris.


Cool.  I guess if i did get a pet, it might be a cat.  Wouldn't earn me any brownie points with Google, as they state they are a dog company, but it would fit my always on the go lifestyle.


Have you ever been to Istanbul with your always-on-the-go lifestyle? Maybe you used one of their vending machines that exchange empty bottles for dog food to feed the village stray dogs?


I have not.  I think that would be a great idea to implement in many areas.  I ve heard that dogs can donate blood at dog blood drives.  I didn't even realize that was a possible thing.


Sure! Dogs are awesome. In fact, dogs and elephants are the only two species of animals that seem to instinctively respond to pointing. Since I would rather walk a dog than an elephant, my choice was easy.


Ha.  But baby elephants are so cute.  It just kind of becomes a space problem when they get larger.


Yeah, and if yo live in a city that requires you to pick up after your animal has a bowel movement, that could be challenging. But dogs are also challanged by the fact that they cannot see as many colors as we can. Doesn't stop my dog from eating all the different colored crayons from the box...


Lol. Well if your dog can't tell the colors apart, how is he supposed to know what flavor they are unless he eats them.  I guess that is one thing dogs have in common with Mark Zuckerburg has a red-green colorblindness.  That's why facebook is mainly blue.


Hilarious that Fox News tried to sue the Simpsons for parodying it. I suppose Ailes didn't understand the Streisand Effect, perhaps due to the fact that he's an older guy and not super familiar with the internet.


He was accompanied by Lee Greenwood at CPAC -- plus the burnt steak, gilded baroque chairs, etc -- so his taste differs from mine significantly.


Can you imagine turning on the radio and hearing your president singing?


In the current situation, I'd rather not. I suspect the figures about the three wealthiest presidents weren't updated for Trump.


Hmm, not sure. I think the wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


Yeah, I saw that -- but I think those figures are outdated. I don't think any of them would've been billionaires even in today's dollars.


Maybe the figures took inflation into account. Who knows? Although, a lot has changed in politics since the 17th and 18th centuries.


Yeah, the funny thing is "president" was in use as the title for weak executives, at the time it was adopted in the US constitution.


How interesting. Did you know that in the early 19th century, the runner up of the election became the VP? Imagine a Trump/Clinton duo.


Hopefully the administration would be too disorganized to do anything bad, LOL.


The current administration is scary. I listen to the radio on my way into work every morning, and the things that I hear are so disturbing!


Not a huge fan of Fox News. Even more surprising that they're more watched than CNN and MSNBC combined.


Yeah, every day Twitter and my news feeds are full of horrible stuff. Hopefully his days are numbered. Nice chatting!


Yeah, I don't like them. But their audience is disproportionately older, patriotic guys in the southwest- hopefully they'll be less of a prominent demographic in the coming years.


Their audience is also largely republican, so not sure about that since there are many young republicans in the U.S.


Yeah, but not nearly as many as in the older generations. I saw an electoral map of how 2016 would've turned out with only Millennial voters, and it was almost solid blue except for a handful of states like Alabama and Utah.


That's reassuring. There are way more Trump supporters in the U.S. today than I'm personally comfortable with.


My feelings exactly. Especially when the presidency has glommed onto so much unconstitutional power under both party administrations.


Would agree 100%. I'm not a big fan of our president, but Indonesia's president seems cool. I guess that guy released 3 pop albums while in office!


I should Google that to see if they were any good.


I'm sure they're better than anything our president would put out!


I heard he has his own youtube channel and is killing it. I wish he was in the incredibles 2


Interesting, how much do you think he is making from it.


probably a lot like the other youtube people. Ever watch 3rd rock from the sun?


No, but I heard it was good. I'm a Seinfeld fan.


They beat seinfeld for a golden globe in 97, I never understood it


yea, Seinfeld probably won many before that year


Doesn't mean that they shouldn't give it to them again.


I agree, did you know reagan once got rejected from a movie because he didnt have that presidential look?


lol, I heard that! Good chatting with you!


I agree, 100 since 1989 I think. My favorite was Workaholics.


3 stoners who work together. It was comedy gold, just like Kung Fu Hustle.


I think so, he said it was the supreme achievement of comedy


Wow, I suppose I have to check it out then, is it better than Green Lantern?


Way better, I didn't like Green Lantern, it would have been better with Jack Black


I haven't seen Jack Black in anything in a long time.


Hi! Are you into politics, did you catch the news about the border funding today?


That's a reasonable reason. Do you think Trump has "power"? President Obama's secret service codename is renegade, I wonder what Trumps' is.


No, I apologize, no power, but a leader who not afraid to take a stand, I am not saying all decision would be smart decisions.


I see, that's a good answer. Do you use Google Maps? When you zoom in on the white house on google maps, you can actually see Barack Obama! I need to be careful of my actions then!


Oh really, I didn't know that, yes please be careful with that, you don't want secret services getting the wrong understanding.


Exactly! Roosevelt vetoed 635 bills during his presidency while Barack Obama only vetoed 2, I wonder how many Trump has vetoed so far. Any guesses?


Wow I never thought about, I have no idea. I way look into that Hahaha.


I feel positive about the wall, I see nothing wrong with come here legal. Some countries US citizen need legal passports.


I see. Do you think these issues will be discussed at the next summit? Since these are technically considered an international meeting of heads of state


No I don't think so, I find that lot of Important Issues aren't mention at meetings. Most people seems like they don't think about these things.


No not today, but I was keeping up about the wall, Have the funds been approved?


Maybe if they promoted on video games like Eve-online, the massive multi-player online game, they would get more attention.


Not sure, I was reading about Trump's stance on NATO and how he's trying to put Germany and other countries on notice for the harm they are doing to NATO.


I respect that, but do you think the US interfere in too many countries affairs?