Wow, it's a good thing he knew the value of those cards when he saw them. I probably would've donated them or tossed them! Would you know their value if you came across an old stash like that?


If they were old enough I would probably check just to be sure.


I'd probably do that as well too. I don't think I'm aware of any luxury phone makers. Are you? they even hire the London orchestra to record exclusive ringtones, sounds a bit 'excessive'.


How come there's an association with Japanese liking baseball? I prefer other sports like football and basketball. Though even from being in Texas, I have never heard of the high school stadium that costs $60 million to build and can seat 18K people!


I had never heard that before. It does sound excessive. We seem to have come a long way since the rotary phone and simple telecommunication device.


and yet still there is no correlation between cell phone bars and connection quality, I find that a bit difficult to believe.


Baseball is HUGE in Japan. Some Japanese don't realize it's history here in the US. That's Texas for you. They love their Football like the Japanese love baseball.


I would've thought video gaming or something super innovative was the most popular. Do they have different rules in Japan because if the opposing team catches a baseball in a hat, they are allowed to advanced three bases and yes, it is true, everything's bigger in texas, even football stadiums!


I think some of the rules are different although I couldn't tell you what specifically. I've always been curious to check out Australian Rules football.


Why Australian rules specifically anything interesting that they might do differently in their games?


Think it's got a little rugby in it and they play on a round field. That's all I know. American football has come a long way since the '60s. Back then the top bowler made more money than the top football player.


That does sound kind of different! I don't even think bowling competitions are aired on ESPN anymore. High school and public school coaches make a lot more than other state employees! Maybe they should try coaching then!


It's not a bad gig I guess. You know ESPN won an emmy fo the "yellow line" they supreimpose on the screen for the first down marker.


That was invented by ESPN and they can win awards for that?! Do you know how much the gigantic American flags that fly up high at stadiums cost?


America does well at the world cup having never been below third place.  That's impressive.


More money is usually placed with male dominated sports.


I guess, that's not the case... where is money, there are achievements ;)


I guess.  Out of all the things I've heard about Michael Jackson I had no idea he had a patented device used to help him lean for dance moves.


lean ? Like in smooth criminal video clip ? ;) lol, I always thought that's a camera trick ? :)


As did I, it's creative and it's surprising to know not just an illusion.


hmmm... I would have to see it to believe it ;) I'm pretty skeptical ;)


You and lots of others, I'm sure.  Music has great mood enhancing properties, even babies love music.  It makes them happy.


any music ? what if it's a really mean rap song ? ;)


Babies don't understand the lyrics, they like the beat.


ok... what if that would be hardcore heavy metal ? ;) what do You think ? :)


Really ? Are we talking about "male" soccer, or "female" ?


I think they'll like that too because babies don't usually mind loud noises.


That explains why my daughter was always falling asleep when I was listening to Metallica ;)


See, she's a rocker.  I wonder if we have laws similar to Canada's where at least 40% of the music played has to be Canadian?


No... way... Hope they have some good music taste...


Hope so.  It never ceases to amaze me how resourceful we can be as humans.  I can't believe how soldiers made radios in world war 2, with a razorblade and pencil.


Where there is a will, there is a way ! They were watching a lot of MacGyver !


lol ;) thanks for talking, great chat ! ;)


I don't remember seeing male football ( soccer) teams, that high... are You sure it's not about women's achievements ?


ahhh, I knew it ;)  no idea why man's football can't be on that level...


Maybe there is more money invested in women's football... just wondering...


How's it going, did you know there are cables carrying phone and internet data across the oceans?


That's pretty hypocritical that Sony was prosecuting people for retweeting unlock codes and nothing happened to the exec


I do have to admit though playstation has done some cool random things like when the disc for GTA would play the soundtrack in a CD player.


I remember playing gta and other playstation games on a cd player, it was pretty cool


I do like that it runs an android OS. I am a hardcore Android person so that appeals to me.


Have you ever played the Playstation Vita? I used to have a psp and thought it was pretty cool


No I haven't but it sounds intriguing. They are certainly doing lots to make themselves still be a competitive brand.


Yea, I like that the PS3 could also play blu rays like Kung Fu Hustle, hilarious movie, Bill Murray thinks it's a supreme achievement in comedy


See I really like Bill Murray but I have to question his choice in comedies. I think Monty Python should have that honor.


Well Monty Python has been honored by a lot of peole and even by the creator of the python programming language


I love that comedy group. They deserve to have things named after them with how hilarious they are.


I did know that. I think it is really cool how far we have come as a society to have that.


Yea they're great. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Yea we came pretty far from having NY area code 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone


So true. We have come from corded phones to needing to have a challenge to keep us from our phones.


Yea, it's scary that an iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent


You would think that the nuclear stuff would be on the most powerful servers there are. Apparently not which is frightening.


Yea, it's pretty funny that the U.S department of defense uses ps3s to build a super computer


wow that is pretty sad when our budget doesn't even let them make a real supercomputer that they had to link almost 1800 PS3s. They are so hackable too.


It's crazy how ps3s can be used for supercomputers and to research black holes


I don't think I would trust it though. I mean if your execs can't manage to not retweet things they shouldn't I dont' put much faith in your company.


Has to be millions for sure!  lol  He played in a band with Matt Groening.  Who is that?


Isn't that the guy who created the Simpsons? That's so crazy that those two guys are friends.


I didn't know that.  That is crazy then! lol


Have you read any of the Game of Thrones books?


The earlier books most definitely were. The latest ones the author kind of stretched his world too far. It's probably why he's having a tough time finishing the story.


I'll have to put that on my reading list.  I tend to read more during the winter months.  Did you know that Starship Troopers is on the reading lists of 3 of the 5 military branches?


I wonder why that's on the reading list. I heard Ender's game is a popular read list item for the military as well.


I saw that.  Do you know who Anne Jones is?


Sounds familiar, does she hold a record of some sort?


Hi there! I'm a big time reader, but I'm not so much a library guy anymore. How about yourself?


Yes.  She holds the world record for speed reading with 4,700 words per minute.  I wonder if she was able to comprehend what she was reading.


Yes, how do you think they test that? She must able to relay the information back or something right?


I would guess so. lol  It's been fun chatting!  Have a good one!


I used to use the library a lot more before the internet came along.  Now I still use to get books.


So many of his books have been made it movies it's incredible. I don't think I've actually read any of his books though.


I read some of them when I was younger.  Now I mainly read autobiographies, history, business, investiong, and sports books.  lol  Almost all of his books are connected.


I just read Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, I highly recommend it.


I'll have to check it out.  I'm not familiar with him.  Stephen King's books have sold more than 350 million copies.  Whoa.  I didn't know he sold that many!


Yeah he think he's one of the best selling authors of all time. I must have made some serious money. I wonder what his net worth is.


Their album Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century.


Cool did you know aerosmith made more from guitar hero than any album.


I did not know that. Pretty crazy though. Two identical twins in Japan released a rap album when they turn 100 years old


Wonder how many albums they sold. Enough to retire I hope.


I would hope so lol. The Dark Side of the Moon is still one of the best selling albums of 2014.


It is a good album. Classics for all time.


do you know bob marley is still on the charts.


I did not know that, but I love some Bob Marley. Makes me happy and want to sit on the beach and drink a beer.


Yeah he had some good ones thats for sure. It always makes me think of that will smith movie


Did you know he graduated high school at the age of 25?


I didnt. I know he visited drake university in the middle of the night.


That's pretty cool. I saw he spent a ton of money on children's books during a tour in the UK.


He seems like a pretty good guy. Did you know he was on the show degrassi


I did not know that either. The beat of one of his songs is sampled from Timmy Thomas' 1972 hit Why Can't We Live Together.


Yeah. He played a boy who was paraplegic and pursues a music career on the show.


That's pretty cool of him to do that. Do you like Linkin Park?


Hello, have you heard of the Parkland shotting?


Yes, that is 52 plus episodes a year for over 16 years.


That is very impressive I don't think I know any shows that produced all these episodes a year. It is very cool that they are able to provide all of this content


Yes it is.  It has latest a long time.  Also, there is only one simpsons episodes where Bart was not seen or mentioned.


I know the simpsons have around 650 episodes out so far, That is very impressive how there is only 1 episode where he is not mentioned or seen.


yes it is.  Walt Disney still holds the record for moat oscars won by a man.  He won 22.


Wow I did not know that yet again the man was a creative genius


Yes he was.  A true innovator.  Also, Daniel Day Lewis has won 3 oscars for best actor.  He is the only won to have won three.


That's true but maybe because back in the day there was not much competitions as now don't you think?


I never thought of that.  I find it funny that Eminem has more oscars than leonardo decaprio, johnny depp, will smith, George Lucas, and bill Murray combined.


That is very true, I really think Decaprio deserves sooo many. All the movies of his I can think of are just outstanding.


I have it is very disturbing to hear of it


Well, thanks for the chat.  Merry Christmas


yes it was. Joe Romano was his name.  He had a 12 gauge pump action shotgun.


Yes that is true luckily there were no fatalities and only one person was injured.


Yes, thank God Assistant Principal John Sawchuk tackled the 6-foot-2, 230-pound teenager. After only two shots.


It's very unusual for mass shooters to survive. Do you think the politicians should ban guns all together or what?


Not all together, no.  But better regulations.  The shooter now credits the assistant principal with saving students lives as well as his own.


Yeah I agree. Tougher regulations are the best idea to gun control not banning them all together.


Hey, are you a TV fan.  I am a TV expert.  Did you know that there are over 750 pokemon episodes.


Wow I knew there were a lot of pokemon episodes I just did not know there were 750! that's a lot!


LeBron James said that the Lakers have a long way to go to reach the Warriors level.  The results so far this season prove him right.


He is majestic sometimes.  Do you know how many teams players in the NBA have to pay Canadian income tax for home games?


i have no idea. but the canadian govt is not going to pass up the chance to collect taxes. that is a lot of money.


Only one of the 30 teams is Canadian.  However, all the visiting players have to pay for 1/82 nd of their salary for each game played in Canada.


yeah, that sounds like the canadian govt. i bet the baseball and hockey players have to deal with something similar.


They sure do.  The NBA has its headquarters on Fifth Avenue in New York.  Expensive digs for a financially successful business.  I have a friend who works there.


Interesting work, it sounds like. I wonder how often your friend gets to go to games. A lot?


Yes.  Mainly to the teams in the northeast.  He schedules the referees for the whole season.  The NBA also has TV studios in New Jersey.


The referees? Cool. How many refs are there? Do they make good money?


I don't know how many referee teams there are.  They do get some time off, so there have to be more than 15 which is the largest number of games that can be played on a given day.  He also schedules for the WNBA refs.


The refs must go through a special training program. usually people dream of being players, but the referee role is probably satisfying in its own way. Anyway, great chat!


yes, the warriors have been dominant these last few years. the lakers are rebuilding. lebron is just one player. the warriors are a team.


Not only would they need to be trained, but also to be in good shape. I have enjoyed talking with you also.


Exactly,  He knew what he was getting into when he chose the Lakers for 4 years at $153.3 million.


he is a marquee player. he brings in the fans and helps bring back the excitement of the NBA to LA


That he does.  He said it was all basketball and family, but being in LA helps on his movie and TV projects too.


yes, he is getting toward the end of his playing days. he needs to collect what he can while he can.


I think he still hopes to assemble a couple of other star players and make a run in LA  He respects the history of the franchise with it 16 championships.


If they can muster the cash, they can get the team. he knows who he can play with. the owners can hunt around.


Although he wants the 17th championship, he says that nothing causes pressure on him now.


i guess that he has so many successes that he does not need to prove himself. but i think the fans still want to see the old lebron.


Exactly! That's like selling the Statue of Liberty! Someone might have done it or gotten close like that man and it might even be in Wikileaks which the government plans to destroy.


I had heard that Wikileaks had published the government's plans to destroy it! You never know what the government is up to.  Did you realize they own 86% of the land in Nevada.  What's going on out there?


Exactly, perhaps we will find out in Wikileaks, but I wonder if the government owning that much land impacts real estate rates significantly, any ideas?


Probably, drives the prices down, I would think.  Have you heard about the Norwegian government donating a billion dollars to help save the Amazon rainforest?


That's very commendable, I wonder if the US has contributed to efforts like that but I don't think that is likely with the current president. What do you think?


No, I'm sure Trump hasn't allowed any of that!  Things would surely have been different if Hillary had won the election.


I think so too, but I didn't realize she had a Grammy to her name, it's for best spoken word album for a book, I didn't even know that was a category!


For the audio recording of her book, " It Takes A Village".  I didn't know there was such a category, either.


Yeah, I wonder if that category still exists. I wonder if Hilary Clinton will be running as the Deomcratic Party nominee for the next election?


I think her time has passed, but the Democrats have really no clear front runner out of their pack out there now.


Good morning, yes, I have when I was a kid I visited D.C. on a school trip.  Have you?


I think Trump might take credit for setting that precedent sadly.


No I have not but would like to some day, were you able to notice that the guest house is actually bigger than the White House?


No, I don't think we visited the  "guest house"  but, I was pretty shocked to see the White House isn't all that big.  I've seen private homes around my town that are much larger than it.


Oh wow, it does look quite "grand" on TV but if they're still using floppy disks to store files, I'm sure much of the other things are pretty outdated as well.


That's funny, I can't believe they are still using the floppies.  I would think that would be a security risk.


A huge security risk or maybe not considering how backwards it is and no one has access to those things except the government, I suppose.


That's true, it may be pretty smart on their part. Did you know it took the secret service 4 days to determine the White House had been struck by bullets on November 11, 2011?


That's crazy! I wonder why it took them that long to do that, but then again, a man in France impersonated to be a government official and managed to sell the Eiffel Tower twice! Who were the buyers?!


I know, wonder how they missed the bullets whizzing around? Amazing, they could get away with selling the tower, not once but twice!


Have you ever tried making your own clothing?


That's true, but I think I've heard there is a law about making unreasonable terms, unfortunately. I'd have to research it on the internet to be sure.


I bet you're right. We could travel up to the peak of mt. everest where there is 3g cell and internet capability. We could base our operations there!


Yes, and we could use drones that are linked through a satellite internet connection to deliver the packages to anywhere on the planet!


Now the ball is running lol. Speaking of the planet, we could be delivering to other planets because astronomers think there is life 455 light years away


Yes, and if I make my own clothing and sell that too, I could be a fashion icon on another planet like Gucci.


For sure! where do we start to make this happen, the internet?


Definitely Maybe we should also be like Rip Curl and make clothes in North Korea but label it "made in China?"


I didn't think anything came from North Korea. I bet we can get clothes from there too super cheap and say it is from China


Plus, I'd be able to offer custom tailoring on the clothing with my sewing machine skills and be sure customers would not have any collar gaps so that they have that nice professional tailored look.


Would you use animal skins as fabric for clothing?


I have not, I feel I don't have the skills. I would  probably look like a pilgrim if i did. Do you?


I would, but only if it's recycled. I'd actually like to learn to make my own silk. I like my clothing made of that more than furs or skins.


I don't yet, but I recently bought a sewing machine. I'm going to learn how to use it on the internet.


Yes, of course. I heard Apple actually made a clothing line back in the eighties. Can you imagine if YouTube had their own clothing line?


That would be insane. Did you know in Alabama they have clothes for sale strictly from unclaimed baggage at airports. I wonder if there are some Apple products in there.


There must be. I'd like to shop at that store online. Or, actually, I wonder if I could start my own business selling unclaimed baggage online?


I wonder what they do with all the unclaimed baggage outside Alabama, that is a good idea, straight profit!


Maybe I could combine unclaimed baggage and abandoned storage unit stuff together in one online store. I'd be saving the planet from stuff going to landfills.


Lets plan this store together and both be rich, lol. We can use the internet as our store and have a crazy terms of service since only 7% of people actually read it.


It must take a very long time to load. I did not know about the hamburger button, that is a tasty button!


I was unaware of this as well.  I use the internet a lot but not enough to cause a real addiction of the brain, which is a real thing.


Yes, just clicking and clicking is definetely not good for us. this addiction is for real and it has been measured in the brain.


Well if the internet ever goes down, you can go to the library of alexandria where there is a copy of the internet.


good to know!  People really click fast when using the internet. almost nobody reads terms and conditions when getting something on the internet


Just like only 7% of people actually read the full terms when buying a product on the internet.


I think we should balance and keep the good habit of really reading and filling our brains with creativity!


Back in the 18th century, reading was considered a moral panic.  Now I try to get my kids to read as much as possible.


that is so funny, reading of novels was dangerous for society back then. I really love reading. For me is the best way of getting real knowledge


Did you know the world record for reading is 4700 words per minute.  You could finish a lot of books reading that fast.


Yes I do like to travel.  I'm from Michigan, have you ever been to Mackinac Island?


amazing, the talented Anne Jones has that record! Well, it was very nice talking to you. I hope you have a nice day


I have not but I learned they have prohibited motorized vehicles for a long time, I wonder how is that?


I have been to the island and it is really small and the roads are narrow.  At least they do not need to pay tolls.  Do you pay tolls where your from?


Some of the highways are toll ways but not that expensive like in Japan


It seems like they would encourage less travel since it costs 300 to cross the country.


Probably, but I think is worth doing it at least once. I am curious also to try a bus the dutch are designing!


I would think the dutch bus would be dangerous to go on.  160mph would be something to experience but not on a bus.


Yes, that is pretty fast! A great place to travel to would be mount everest! And suprisingly somehow there is some cell service up there!


Interesting that they have 3g cell service up there.  I would imagine you will sit and wait for pages to load.  I don't know if the 3 horizontal line menu would not load.  Did you know that this is called the hamburger button?


Do you watch a lot of television? I watch far too much.


I have not watched an episode but I have heard of it and I know the premise.


I enjoy seeing what the entrepreneurs come up with, but  didn't know that many of the deals that they make are never actually enacted.


I was not aware of that either. That's unfortunate. Did you know that there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon?!


That is a lot of episodes.  I guess it has been going on for quite some time.  I never got in to it as a kid, but play Pokemon Go occasionally.


I have played that as well but was a little old to watch the cartoon when it started. For perspective that's about 50 episodes a year for 16 years straight. That's crazy.


So many things that run that long dont have near the success they have had.  That is like weekly episodes for 16 years, without missing any.  Crazy


Yes it is. I'm shocked. A little off topic but do you ever listen to the radio?


Not too much, mainly podcasts when driving.  But ive heard there is a radio station that translates the suns solar activity into sound so you can listen to the suns "music"


That is very interesting. Jupiter has radio storms strong enough that you can pick them up on an AM radio.


I didnt know that.  I wonder what that sounds like, or if I could even discern it from static.


I usually use netflix to catch things because I got rid of cable, but I too watch far too much of that.  I love SNL.  Especially the Weekend update


That's a good question. I'd like to try it out myself.


I try to keep up on that. Do you enjoy The Simpsons?


I do.  I didnt realize that Homer had 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.


Wow! That's a whole lot of jobs. Did you know that there is only one episode ever where Bart does not appear and is not mentioned?


I had heard that, pretty crazy.  I guess its those little things over time that we dont realize.


I'm very surprised with so many episodes. Did you see the South Park episode where they made fun of Family Guy?


I didn't but I have heard about it.  I'm going to have to check it out.  Ive always been a fan of Family guy.


It's a good episode. The Simpsons staff thought it was funny enough that they sent them flowers. Granted they made fun of how Family Guy basically ripped their format off from The Simpsons.


I've always heard that accusation.  I guess imitation is the highest form of flattery.  Have you ever seen Shark Tank?


I like Bill Murray but I can't agree that Kung Fu Hustle is the supreme achievement of modern comedy.


Those kinds of stories are amazing.  Years ago I read of a Sony chairman who invented The Walkman because he wanted to listen to music when he jogged.


The cool thing about Netflix is all the shows it now produces. Have you ever seen Lilyhammer? It's the first series Netflix created.


No. But you are right about it becoming a production house.  They actually have a nominee for the Best Picture Academy Award this year.


Yes, I heard that. Netflix does original series in many of the markets it's in. I guess you can watch Netflix in pretty much any country except for China, Syria, North Korea, and Crimea.


Yep.  They recently raised prices too.  That is market power when one has over 130 million subscribers.


Hulu did, too. But it still beats the price of a night at the movies in many cities. I wonder if Netflix still rents DVDs?


I think I read that they stopped the DVD service.  Fortunately for them streaming with big bandwidth is widely available.


Yes. Did you know that Netflix and YouTube together account for half of peak internet traffic in North America. That's a lot of streaming video.


It sure is!  Speaking of movies, did you hear that Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman refused to promote the movie "Se7en" unless it had the ending that they agreed with?


I did hear that, but I'm at a loss, because I don't know what Se7en is about. Is it a horror flick?


Is Kung Fu Hustle a movie? If so, I've never seen it.


It is a murder mystery where the principles get in jeopardy.  It has a shocking ending.  I won't spoil it.  My wife has watched the movie several times.  I guess I will go now.  Enjoyed it.


Yes.  It is a movie.  It is too dependent on physical humor for my tastes.  I liked "The Jerk" as my best comedy of my lifetime.


I believe physical humor is one of the oldest forms of comedy, at least on film. In the days of silent movies, for example, slapstick made a lot of sense because it didn't require sound.


Yes.  It was natural that slapstick was used then.  However, I just don't like it much.  What comedic movie have you enjoyed?


I guess I haven't seen that many, but I do sometimes watch comedy TV shows. Ever watch Third Rock from the Sun?


Just a few times.  Of course, I did like Friends and Seinfeld in their times.  3rd Rock did make me laugh.  Do you subscribe to Netflix?


Third Rock actually beat out Seinfeld and Friends for a Golden Globe back in 1997. Yes, I do subscribe to Netflix! Funny I should mention 1997, because that's the same year Netflix was founded.


It is something how Netflix has become a category killer.  Blockbuster was huge, could have bought Netflix for a song and now Blockbuster is no more.


Yes, I read somewhere that one of the founders of Netflix was inspired to start the company after racking up $40 in late fees for a VHS rental!


Hi there, bought anything good on Amazon lately?


Probably to use the leftover parts of chicken that look unappealing after processing, like the pink slime from beef. It's pretty crazy that it was only a little over 100 years ago that we were still being moved around by animals and now we eat them in our cars!


Interesting perspective.  What is your take on South African flame throwers installed on cars?  Obviously they can be used to warm up your McNuggets, but that seems a bit excessive...


Well, considering the country is still plagued by inequality, it would make sense for rich people to want to protect their cars from theft. It seems like a very unequal place to live.


Could be. So explain this to me: Why is the VW Beetle the only vehicle with the trunk in the front. Ask any elephant and they will tell you the trunk belongs in the front!


Haha, some bank and house robbers actually used to prefer Porsches as getaway cars because it's better to be shot in the engine than your back, but the origin of the term comes from the luggage trunks that were placed on the rear ends of cars (I guess to balance out the engine in front?)


I am just filled with questions today. Like this one: If the sun is actually white, but only appears yellow because of atmospheric scattering, what color is scat?


Ha, not blue, obviously--I'll take yellow light over blue light any day. One second of the energy produced by the sun to make that light is enough to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500 years.


Yeah, but most of it is going in the wrong direction!  Even the lowly lightning bolt is 5x hotter than the surface of the sun. But is that also true for greased lightning?


Depends on the kind of grease, I guess--I'd expect it to liquify at that temperature, or maybe become like plasma, like the sun is.


You are indeed wise. So tell me... Do you remember July 11th, 2011?  That was the day Neptune completed it's first orbit around the sun since it was discovered in 1846. Did you sleep through it like I did? Now I gotta wait until it comes around again to get a peek... Bummer.


Sure. I bought some good melt n pour soap. Made myself some nice soap.  How about you?  I love shopping on Amazon!


I was studying for the bar exam, actually, so that whole summer is kind of a black hole for me, memory-wise. Like the one at the center of our galaxy haha. Maybe that star was one of the stars that's a billion times bigger than our sun.


It's not all about size you know. Sometime, the smaller the sun, the hotter plasma!  That's what my Grandpa always said...  Nice chatting with you!


I just got two pairs of sneakers yesterday. I watch some of their Amazon Studios shows here and there, too using my Fire TV stick.


Yeah. We are Fire Stick users too. A friend of mine produces one of the Amazon prime original series, so we are loyal viewers!  Amazon CEO, Bezos, is a smart dude. Smehow he even managed to get the USPS to work on Sunday!


Yes, it was also prescient of him to buy IMDB in 1998 and end up being able to integrate it into its streaming service.


Have you watched movies on the IMDB Freedive app yet?  I feel a little guilty watching so much Amazon Fire TV, while Amazon employees in the warehouse are walking up to 15 miles per day working for us!


I have not, is it any good? It's nice to get things for free, but a lot of time it's not any good, so it's not exactly a deal haha. The first Amazon customer got a building named after him for spending $27.95--now that's a deal!


I want one of those clocks built in a mountain like the one Bezos built!  Of course, I live in Texas, so we are a little short on mountains here... Freedive is good. Uses commercials to pay for content, so it is a little like standard TV, but when they have a movie I want to see, it beats not watching....


I wonder what Bezos will get into next. Maybe he'll go after the market for cars like Elon Musk did? There's a lot of room for tech in that industry.


As long as there are McDonalds drive thru windows, there will be a market for cars!  McDs invented the drive thru to accomodate servicemen and women who were not allowed to exit their vehicles while wearing fatigues. I wonder why they invented the McNugget?


New yorks area code is 212 because they are lazy. Who knew!


That was a practical thing back in the day, 212 seems kind of random now,


No not really, my grandma used to have one and she yelled at me when I wanted to play with it lol


I had one because my dad was too cheap to replace it. I would dial like 5 or 6 number of a phone number and then have my finger slip and I would have to start all over again. THE WORST!


That sucks lol, specially with long numbers, Unicef has an interesting campaing with cell phone usage


Unicef donates a day of clean water to childs in need for every minute we dont use our cellphones, sounds like a great campaign that can help a lot of children.


I would be more than happy to give up my phone for a week! I would say a month but I am not Amish...


If its for a good cause I would be willing to do that as well,


I do, I like to drive, did you know the first car was a Benz


I did not know that. I thought the model t was. Benz got in there first? Like McDonalds adding the drive thru first...


Do you know why McDonals created the drive thru?


I think it was to accommodate soliders. Not sure why they couldn't get out of their cars though.


I guess they wanted to avoid public scandals with soldiers, do you use the telephone? I havent used it in a long time, I have a smartphone and a phone seems outdated now


I do have a "phone" but like you, i never use the phone. I actually hate getting phone calls. It's mostly spam calls.


Yeah I hate spam calls, they are so anoying, its crazy how the cables that carry phone and internet data on the ocean have a diameter of only 2,7 inches


Hi, how are you doing? Do you watch Netflix?


I guess that's true. I wonder if people use the library in some areas or something. I know some people might not have computers. Maybe a smart phone? Some older folks don't like the new technology.


Yeah.  Netflix and Youtube make up half of the peak bandwidth in North America!


People love staring at video. Youtube is owned by Google. Google, Netflix, Facebook, Youtube. Is there life outside of the Internet?


Yeah they are all pretty great though.  lol I really like Netflix and Youtube.


I try to catch dramas and comedies. I like both equally. Did you know that Green Lantern was originally supposed to be a comedy? Seems odd.


Yeah that is pretty crazy,  it couldve been an entirely different movie with Jack Black,  so different personalities.


Jack Black is inherently comedic. His presence as a super hero would be awkward. Do you watch Comedy Central?


Not really,  I dont watch much tv usually only things that can be streamed.


Comedy Central is a graveyard for shows. They've cancelled over 100 since 1989. I guess it's tough to survive in comedy.


eeeeek thats horrible. Do you like any disney movies?


Doing great!  Yes,  I love Netflix.  Watching anything good?


yes, I saw Fantasia when I was younger. I was amazed at the artistry. What about you?


I have a bunch of favorites!  Little mermaid,  aladdin, lion king, frozen, lilo and stitch, moana.


You know your Disney films! I enjoy animation, but usually the ones for adults, not kids.


Yeah I like the disney pixar stuff too,  I really like inside out that definitely had some jokes only adults would know.  Been good chatting.


I don't watch Netflix anymore but I do know that they have a lot of quality programs. Their movies have won Oscars I believe.


Yeah they have a lot of good stuff on there.  Did you know blockbuster declined serval offers to buy Netflix?


I guess BB thought there was little potential in the Internet, or that they could do it themselves. They thought wrong. Boy, were they wrong. Now there is no BB.


Yeah they did try and do it themselves,  bot with sending out dvds and streaming lol they obviously failed though.


They probably didn't want to abandon the bricks and mortar business. Netflix never had to worry about that. They still spend money on postage.


Right,  that was smart with never having to own a store front.


Still, people need the DVDs in the mail because they have slow internet or no computer. That market might stay around for a while. I wonder if another computer will ever displace Netflix.


Well,  even if you order the DVD from Netflix you need to have internet to put it on your list to be sent.


did you know that there's a version of soccer where three teams face each other, at the same time? it's pretty cool


that's definitely so true. Same with baseball.


I would guess the NFL coach has a better workout than most of the players. This is not true for the baseball coach, who can literally drink throughout the entire game. If the NFL puts tracking chips in the balls and the other equipment, where would baseball put the tracking chips?


I'd assume that you could put chips into the baseball's themselves, or even the baseball bats. Those things are so tiny, they can go anywhere.


Wejj, at the risk of sounding crude, I think the best thing about NFL is the cheerleaders. They are underappreciated. You know, in New Orleans, cheerleaders  aren't even allowed to dine in the same location as the players. Now that is underappreciated!


Wow, I wonder what the reasoning is for that? Seems rather sexist, but i'm sure there's a method to that madness. I know the NFL has no rules against female players though, so maybe they aren't sexist


Maybe they are encouraging cheerleaders to become future players. In any event, the NFL does have it's good players too. Like Kellan Moore, the only left-handed QB.


Only one left-handed player? that's insane, there's so many players in the NFL, what are the odds of that


A left-handed QB is rare. It requires a whole differnt strategy for recruiting linemen, designing and calling plays, and even hiking. But they would not need to change the huddle, a practice started to protect the QB while he was calling plays--to block the other team from seeing signals, etc.


Oh wow, that's insane. who knew being left handed would make such a difference in a spot. Considering how dangerous the sport is, i'm surprised people still play it


Yeah. The QB at Oklahoma considered quitting to become a professional gamer. I don't know if he made the right decision...


Wild game. I would love to see that and listen to the announcers trying to keep track of everything. Do they play with more than one ball?


now that's a big change in career path. but to be fair, gamers are actually making decent money these days, and injuries are almost non-existant, so it may be the better option


honestly, I have no idea. I would imagine that it's one ball, and maybe only one net, but who knows.


Soccer mis really popular globally. So much so that it makes more money thanfootball, baseball, basketball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined! I wonder if they have a game where soccer and baseball are played on the same field at the same time... LOL


That doesn't surprise me, it appears to be the most popular sport in the world, since it's played everywhere. Even Jon stewart used to be a soccer player!


I bet eh was great at talking trash during the game. He probably would make the other team laugh and then slip one by the goalie. I wish they didn't call it soccer in the US, but called it association football.


Haha, for sure. gotta use whatever you have in your arsenal to win! Honestly, I prefer "soccer", it's nice and short, and just rolls off the tongue.


But can you use the tongue is soccer? You can't use the arms on field. That might handicap Stewart too!


hahahah, very true, forget the tongue. American football is also very popular, some of those games go on forever, despite the average game only having 11 minutes of actual live gameplay


In soccer they earn their money, running for what seems like hours. In NFL, the spend most of their time in the huddle, which seems like a break.


Another interesting fact. Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than they do on bandwidth. That's crazy.


I didnt even know people still had the mail subscription.  I wonder what they do with the DVD's once the movies arent popular anymore.


Im  not sure. They probably sell them to wal mart to put in the 2.50 bin.


Very true, I never though of something like that.  Do you listen to much radio?


I love the radio. Did you know its a law in Canada that radios have to play at least 40 percent canadian music.


Thats kinda crazy.  I guess it gives more local artists a chance, or they just jam out to a bunch of Beiber.


Is Justin Beiber Canadien. Lol. Seems like a good reason to do away with that law to me. Lol.


Yup.  He is along with Celine Dion and Drake.  So If I ever make it to  Canada, I might be using something else for my radio.  lol


You could just listen to Jupiters radio storms. you can listen to them on am radio.


That actually sounds interesting, for a little bit at least.  I head you can also listen to the sun, it emits frequencies that can be translated to music.


Or if you have your phone there is a website where you can listen to classic radio dramas for free. That might be good or a trip to Canada.


It would, it might be interesting to check out anyway.  I am always looking for new outlets for entertainment.  It is so efficient to be able to use our phones for that.


It really is. Well its been a good chat. I better go get some stuff done. Have a good one.


Same here.  Its been great chatting, have a nice day.


I used to watch it. Dont have it right now though. I do enjoy it when I have it though.


It is pretty incredible.  I am a big fan, since I cut cable.  I cant believe Blockbuster passed on the deal.


Yeah only 50 million. They missed out on that deal. Now they are closing down all the stores.


Ive only run into one about a year ago, thats it.


I heard he started it because he got a 40 dollar late fee for apollo 13.


Yeah, that is pretty crazy.  on a VHS too.  I didnt know VHS could even cost that much.  LOL


Me Either. I guess netflix accounts or 3 percent of internet traffic between 9pm and 12 am.


That is pretty incredible, along with youtube they make up half of the internet traffic in North America.


lion king was the first disney film to be dubbed in zulu


Did you play the NES, the original system? It had only 54 colors.


and it wasnt discontinued in japan until 2003!


I guess fans were still playing the thing. I wonder who was developing games at that point though. Do you think Reagan looks presidential?


i guess people thought that way because he was a movie star before he was president. i mean schwarzenegger doesn't look very governerish


That's true. Perhaps even Bill Nye could end up looking presidential.


maybe not presidential but definitely steve martin


With the right makeup, make Bill Nye could look presidential.


did you know elsa was supposed to be the villain but "let it go" was so uplifting that they changed the whole movie


I never saw that film. It sounds like it's another Disney winner. Great story, great animation, great songs.


The Lion King was a movie about Africa! That's great that they put it in an African language.


It's funny that Disney renamed "Rapunzel" to "Tangled" and "Snow Queen" to "Frozen" because they blamed feminine titles for underperforming box offices. Maybe it's the title. I wonder how many boys watch those films.


they do good with having strong male characters that boys can enjoy


yes it was for its african release. so smart of them


Frozen was the first animated Disney film directed by a woman. I wonder how many languages it was dubbed into. Probably not Zulu, but you never know.


how do you even direct an animated movie? Its not like you need to tell the actors what to do. lol


I guess they get performances out of the voice actors, change the lines, stuff like that.


makes sense. I never realized that there was a walt disney pictures that is a subsidiary of walt disney studio which is owned by the walt disney company. man how do they keep all of that straight


I guess for legal reasons they want the name DIsney on everything. There are the theme parks, the movies, the merchandise. It's a huge company. The toy industry gets involved in Disney animations even before the beginning of the film production.


wow wreck it ralph started in the late 80' s


I guess the technology wasn't read yet for that animated feature. Did you ever play Nintendo?


Its possible.  LOL.  How do you feel about rap?


i actually enjoy some of it! not the mumble stuff nowadays but something with a good melody and actual singing i tend to enjoy. do you?


I agree with you, I love the old school rap, but not some of today's stuff.


some modern stuff is good too. I like Kid Cudi and Kanye, and even Lil Peep (rip)


Tupac even has his music in the Library of Congress of Cultural significance.


I was surprised to hear that, but he had a huge impact on culture when he was alive. did you know Busta Rhymes voiced the Reptar wagon in the rugrats movie?


I didnt.  I didnt see it, but I loved Rugrats as a kid.


from what i remember, the wagon doesnt talk!


Reptar was the best.   Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist.


I can see that, a lot of rappers have really big artistic minds, sometimes just music isnt enough


Sometimes yea! Especially when im cooking dinner, it makes me feel classy. do you?


I do.  Apparently Clint Eastwood agrees with us.


wow, I never would have guessed he was so into music! I thought he would only like that old west cowboy whistle


I wonder if he ever attended the Jazz concerts by the Harlem woman for free organized.


maybe he did! Did you ever notice that so many jazz musicians have goatees?


I did, they said it provided comfort while playing.  I dont know if thats true.  As a musician myself I think facial hair would be distracting to play with.


maybe! i kept thinking about what would happen if the hair got in their way


I also dont remember some of the greats with goatees, Dizzy Gillespie, Louie Armstrong, both no facial hair


I'll be watching netflix tonight. Netflix takes up 33% of the bandwidth in north america.


I enjoy watching dramas for their fictional performances.


Ah, I watch some anime and some tv shows. Speaking of drama, did you know that Patrick Stewart taught master classes for drama students in the UK?


No, how cool! I like listening to radio dramas online. It is a good way to pass the time.


Yes, it is, although I prefer to watch mine on TV or youtube.


Jim carrey will only do positive projects so he won't work on dramas. Talk about sticking to your morals!


Yep, Jon Hamm taught drama and one of his students was ellie kemper, who played erin from the office


I loved her on that show! Jon hamm has some quality work also.


I enjoyed the office a lot as well. Have you watched all of the seasons? I have.


I haven't. That is good for a rainy day. Hopefully Michael caine makes a cameo. He got into acting because the prettiest girls were in drama in school.


Really? 33% I heard that netflix and youtube take up over 50% combined as well!


I did not. I am not that talented! Nice meeting you!


Believe it or not, netflix manages to spend more on postage than they do on bandwidth!


Wow, I did not know that. In the first 400 episodes of the simpsons, homer simpson managed to hold 188 different jobs!


homer cracks me up. I love watching him on the television, or as some call it the tele or telly.


I call it a tv, although I can see why people would call it a tele. But who calls a tv a telly?


I think the British do. Have you ever watched thomas the tank? he has been voiced by ringo starr, george carlin, and alec baldwin.


Not much, but I heard that all three of them have narrated at least 52 episodes each. That is a lot of episodes.


Pokemon has put out a ton of episodes too. 750 to be exact!


That is a lot, 50 episodes a year, 16 years in a row.


I heard it is effective but definitely silly looking, your thoughts?


It's definitely silly but physicists say it's the best way to shoot the ball lol so I think players should use it just because they are getting paid so much they can afford to look silly


Hmm I will have to work on my game! Were you a fan of tim duncan?


Yeah I like Tim Duncan, I was shocked that he didn't jump right into the NBA and instead stayed to finish his degree


I think it was his grandmas dying wish, it was a great thing he did


Oh wow I didn't know that. I also didn't know that Allen Iverson makes so much money from the Reebok sponsorship, $800,000 per year


Last I heard he was broke! I think he is getting a big chunk of money at 55


Yep he just has to hold out until age 55 and then he's going to get 32 million dollars, I think that should solve all his money problems lol


Lets hope lol, he doesnt have more after that! Good chatting with you!


Yep that would be a lot of debt haha. By the way what do you think about Stephen Curry? Apparently he plays with his brother Seth Curry


Yes I watch NBA games from time to time, what do you think about Stephen Curry in the Warriors?


Yeah he's awesome! How do you think they're going to do this year? Apparently the Wizards dont think they are going to do well


I don't think they will go all the way, they have had their ups and downs! I may be with the wizards on this one, what do you think


I don't know if Stephen Curry is pretty awesome LOL. How often do you watch the NBA though


I watch every night is on, I am watching the  warriors now ha. they are losing though, how about you


I watch it sometimes. I like the old guys like Michael Jordan he was my favorite, I especially liked his Air Jordan shoes


Me too, I like how Jordan wore his shoes even though he got fined by the NBA. I think nike paid his  fines


Yeah they did that was great advertising! What do you think about shooting a basketball granny style by the way


hey my friend do you have Netflix by chance?


oh definitely, they have about 140 million subscribers, with about 60 million in the USA alone


Sounds like a lot of money to me do you use Google a lot? I have the maps app and its a pretty good tool.


oh ya I love Google, funny how they got started back in 1998 and that seems like so long ago


It does, well I'ts definitely a life changer as you can now use Google to get out of any trouble.


oh for sure, they're so smart that they can calculate the traffic in an area by how fast android phones are moving


Yeah, and its actually pretty accurate as well, the importance of Google is big, it went down for 5 minutes back in 2013 and took 40% of the traffic with it


wow that is crazy, I do think its funny how they change their border maps depending on which country the user is located in, in case there is a border dispute


That is amazing, so anyway, are you afraid of sharks?


yes! I don't like sharks and spiders, did you know they evolved earlier than either trees or dinosaurs?


I didnt, they have been around a long time them, its crazy how their own weight in land can crush their bodies


I  do, I have an account for over 2 years, do you subscribe to the service?


haha that is funny, also funny is that sharks can bark, nevermind that is kind of scary haha


They can? I would piss my pants if that ever happened and im deep in the sea.


no but my friend shares his with me, it's crazy it was founded back in 1997, did you hear the story behind it?


No, I only subscribe but how did the company got created? that seems like a interesting fact


ya the creator was mad because he got a $40 late fee for renting apollo 13 haha


Yeah I can see why, $40 is an absurd ammount of money,


oh definitely, also absurd is that blockbuster had the chance to buy netflix back in the day


Yeah I bet they are also regretting the decision big time, Blockbuster is almost extinct by now.


ya I think they're bankrupt right? Netflix went from 50 million to over 2 billion in worth!


That is a great jump, they are giants of the industy just like Google,


I have never actually used spotify, but I do use other streaming music services.


It is interesting that Spotify has 4 million songs that haven't been played once.


Yeah, thats crazy. I kind of wish I had a list of those songs. Its kinda sad that a musician has to have 130,745 plays per day just to get minimum wage.


True,I think that the market has become saturated.


I think its weird that a band earned $200,00  with  a silent album. How does that work?


You mean 20,000$. True, I don't know. It must be one of these strange things about music.


Yes, that was my mistake. I know its not common but I still listen to the radio all the time. In canada at least 40% of the music played on the radio must be canadian. I wonder why?


I think they want to support canadian music.


That makes sense. Have you ever heard any of those old radio dramas?


Yes, i try to go there as much as I can.


They all have various story lines. Its kind of having someone read a novel out loud but they use different voices for each character and have sound effects to help you visualize. I really used to like them as a kid.


I see that there is a website where you can listen to these Dramas.


Do you listen to music at the gym? Do you bring your own music or listen to what the gym is already playing?


I do use my own playlist when I workout at the gym.


Me too. I use a playlist when I go running. It keeps me motivated. Do every do classes at the gym like dance or zoomba?


No, I do not participate in any of the classes. But I do agree with Buderi when she talks about using a playlist to keep herself on the right pace.


I guess Bruce Lee was a dancer. I would not have guessed that but im also not surprised.


Interesting I did not know that. He does look flexible in all of his movies.


NO, do you use any of the music streaming services such as spotify as your music source?


I agree. Did you have a Nintendo system in the 80's or early 90's?


Well, I played with a friend. It was a fun thing.  Looks dated today, but still fun to play galaxia.  I know that atari games that sold poorly are buried in a land fill.


Yes, infamously the ET game. I enjoyed the NES as well. Did you know that it could only display 54 colors?


I had no idea about 54 colors.  Games have come a long way.  Blizzard entertainment gives its long time employees swords and shields. Presumably for the zombie apocalypse.


Wow. I did not know that. Yes games have come a long way. Nevertheless, the NES was not discontinued in Japan until 2003!


2003.  Haha.  I enjoy the old games every once in a while.  Hey, here is a fun idea.  The greek word for "drama" comes from "action".  In video games what it is... action.


That is interesting. Are you a fan of Bill Nye?


Bill Nye is a human.  As such he has flaws.  Did you know that the Dodgers have lost more world series championships than anyone else.  They are a nonhuman and are flawed.


I did not know that. That's an unfortunate stat. By the way, Nye became famous when he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest which is strange because I don't think he looks anything like him.


Steve Martin, wow.  It might have been mannerisms, voice and actions that won the contest.  We all seem to like contests.  We get invested.  The song "Royals" was banned from the radio in 2014.  It has nothing to do with baseball, but the fans made it happen.  Lorde is a good singer.


I do like a good drama.  I think anything with Jon Hamm is going to be good.


Maybe it was mannerisms. I wonder why the song was banned. She is a good singer.


Jon Hamm is a very good actor. Did you know that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for a TV drama for his work on House?


I had no idea Laurie made so much.  I thought it was a good show.  I know that the Olsen twins have a billion dollar company.  Not bad for who they are.  How is your billion dollar company?


I wish I had one. I'm not that surprised. It seemed like they had their hands in everything for a while. I like Michael Caine. Apparently he only became an actor because he joined drama class because all of the prettiest girls in school were in that class.


I totally understand Caines logic.  Drama is a broad term that is everywhere.  Think of a hockey game series.  Play seven games.  The drama build as the first games are played.


That is very true. Apparently Jim Carrey has stated that he will not appear in dramas anymore due to his beliefs but that new show his has on Showtime looks pretty dramatic to me.


I have no idea what Jim Carrey is up to.  Is a successful actor / comedian about luck or talent.  Its like in a hockey game.  In the beginning the score is 0-0.  You might win, you might not.  Luck takes the puck.


Luck does seem to have a lot to do with success in entertainment. I know at one point the height of entertainment were radio dramas. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of these old dramas for free but I wonder if they hold up.


I think all entertainment holds up well.  Aristotles play Poetics still entertains.  The human has not changed, the language has.  Drama is built on what it takes to be human.


Hello inhabitant of the planet earth. Are you human or chimp? Specifically, are you homo sapien?


Ah, great thinker... We have such a great thinker in our ancestry. He was the Great Snail-o-pithicus. He postulated that the universe may be one giant superhologram. Since we do not know what a hologram is, we blindly accepted the inane ramblings of this drunken master as fact. Now we are begining to suspect it was all fake news.


Interesting theory. I have heard of a theory that there is just one electron in the universe. I can't quite get my head around that, even with my human brain that is relatively large and is able to handle high levels of abstract reasoning.


Your immense intellect has reminded me of why I have come to your planet. We need help with a profound mystery. It appears that the a region of space may be pulling galaxies outside of the known universe. I believe you call this location, "Cleveland"


Ha! Are you saying Cleveland sucks? I wonder if we shouldn't run in away then. We humans are among the best distance runners, at least compared to other animals here on Earth.


"Run away" That is a concept difficult for a space-snail to appreciate. Our scientists theorize that the universe evolves, much like species on earth do. Someday, all men will be like DOnald Trump, and all women will be like Nancy Pelosi. I fear our species will never achieve such advanced evolutionary stae.


I figured you might say something like that. Say, since you're an "extraterrestrial" by our definition, I was wondering if you have ever encountered an Earth ambassador? Back in 2010, our United Nations appointed an official ambassador to extraterrestrials in case they would ever make contact with Earth.


I met someone named "Buzz" who had a friend named "Woody" - Could this be your earth's ambassador? It was along time ago, back when our planet was new and each day was only 5.5 hours long, similar to when your planet was new.


Gee, I don't know. Wouldn't surprise me. I don't know what you've heard about Earth, but it's not the greatest place, no thanks to us humans. For example, we've managed to already destroy more than 80 percent of all our forests.


Or plant has no remaining forests, and our helium reserves are so low, our balooons no longer float. Before I depart, I must collect some of Earths remains helium supply before that disappears as well. I also want a Happy Meal.


We don't have much helium left, so go easy. Need any tools while you're at it? We humans are really good at using tools, more so than any other animal. We also can build fires and cook food. And snail-like creatures like yourself should be careful in that regard...


Ha! Homo sapien, I believe. Which, I suppose, makes me pretty old -- at least 50,000 years since I started acting "modern."


Thank you for your kindness. Now if you could point the way to a sushi bar, I will be on my way. Nanu nanu.


Have you lost all your hair? Most humans lost body hair about 240,000 years ago. If you are still hairy, you are quite old indeed.


We're getting somewhat personal. :-) But I guess we all pretty much come from Africa, chimps and humans.


I am from the planet Doorlocke. We are hairless too. But wee have one difference with humans: There is no frequency of sound that causes us fear, unless you count the sound of an empty Pringles can, but that is less fear that sadness.


Ah, the sound of sadness is a sad sound indeed. Hey, Doorlockean, what happens when you get a rib shortened? We humans can regrow one just as strong as the original one, and in just two to three months.


We are snail-shaped, and without ribs, so, we've got that going for us. I guess we are earlier of the evolutionary tree that you are.If your history was viewed as a 24-hour day, humans would occupy only 1 minute and 17 seconds. We would occupy much less. About 4 bleems and a nibblet.


So, I have no idea where Doorlocke is. Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Most of the surface, about 70 percent, is covered with water. We also have a moon.


A moon. I have heard of this hazing ritual. I come from a planet that circles a star that is so cold, you can touch it with your hand. It is called Cold Rock of the Sun. We do not/have not moon.


Cool! So, you believe your plant circles a star? We tend to believe the Earth circle the Sun. But a long time ago, folks here thought differently. They thought the Earth was the center of the universe and everything revolved around it. Then a guy name Copernicus proved it isn't so.


I'm not sure what to make of our government structure in the US these days.


I'm surprised that he isn't on the list of the wealthiest US presidents.


Trump? yea this list must be old...unless he isnt as rich as he claims


Either one of those is entirely possible. Speaking of wealth I wish our government would take some of theirs and follow Norway's lead on helping save the rainforest.


does Norway have rainforests? this is news to me


No they donated one billion dollars to save the amazon rainforest. I think that is awesome of them to think that globally.


yea it sure is. Especially because people are always saying that rainforests are the "lungs of our planet." we need to work together more not race each other in making a bigger missile


Exactly. I saw a picture the other day of the earth from space. I think we tend to think of it as it was back when we were in elementary school all green. There is a shocking amount of brown space now. It was actually pretty terrifying.


its all brown because the world is full of you know what


Tends to happen when we have governments that think it is okay for their own employees to violate the geneva convention and they pass laws to protect them.


that and when we have people leading a country who try to sell the Eifel Tower. Twice


the three branches? do you think we need to restructure a bit?


How the heck do you get away with something like that?


I think we could do with some new blood in the congress for sure. It almost seems like a legacy system at this point.


it definitely is, we need some young people in there that understand what people today actually need from their government. theyve been playing baseball games against each other since 1909 and it seems like a lot of the members today may have been in that first game...


LOL so true. Even our presidency needs some younger blood. I think the best chance we ever had as a country was when a younger man was in office like JFK.


Obama I think was good too. He was decently young and decently in touch with things. JFK was definitely a good age though. People just dont take young people seriously


No they really don't and I think if we are going to move forward as a country we need that. Someone who is in touch with the world today and not completely off in their own little world.


like the Orange Bufoon we have now... it makes the country look bad when he rants on Twitter


Yeah it is cringeworthy to say the least. I'm not opposed to a president using social media because that is the way of the world but it needs to be well reasoned thoughts not rage typing. Could be worse though-he could release a pop albumn.


good point, it could be slightly worse haha. He could be called president banana like the one from Zimbabwe


Hi, Did you know that YouTube originated with three guys from PayPal who later sold the site to Google?


I think it's to avoid fraternization among the players and the cheerleaders. I don't think they really have anything to do with each other. Do you think it's just the New Orleans club rul?


That's what the article said. But if they don't want them to socialize then why don't they have a rule that football players have to leave if a cheerleader comes in! I wonder why they have tracking chips to record players movements? What do they do with that information?


Oh, on your second question, I think that helps the statistics science. Those announcers have all that information right there when a old record is broken, how fast the ball is passed, maybe even to detect some of the late hits and helmet to helmet hits. pretty interesting.


Ah, that makes sense. They do have a ton of stats, when they are calling the game. I was so surprised that they only actually play for 11 minutes! I guess that mean the commercials get more play time than the actual game.


That's for sure!! Do you like horror films? I use to when I was a kid, but they are too creepy for me now


No! I have never liked them. I'm too scared. What movies did you like when you were a kid?


I liked Disney, but I would watch the old Twilight Zone, Frankenstein, Dracula, The last one that I remember hating was "The Skeleton Key." Horrible!!


Yike! I still can't watch those. Isn't it interesting the Stephen King thought Bambi was a horror movie? I jsut thought it was super sad when the momma dear was killed.


Oh yes!!! That was a Disney movie, and I can't imagine Stephen King being terrified...it seems that would have been one to trigger his sick mind!


And how could that little boy not know he was acting in a horror movie? Of course, I didn't see it so maybe it isn't too surprising.


I saw that fact when I read the information and I was really surprised there was a connection between PayPal an YouTube. I guess it makes sense because they are both popular companies these days.


Yeh, that is kind of weird. I need to watch more horror movies to burn of 180 calories at a pop.  Ha. Have a good night and thanks for sharing.


Right! Who knew watching horror movies would be a good weight loss activity!


I have some favorite viewing material on YouTube, but I never realized that it and Netflix peak internet viewing in North America.


I am definitely a YouTube fan. I follow about 30 channels. Are you a subscriber too, so that you can comment on other's videos or do you just surf without registering?


Yes, I became a subscriber about 15 years ago. Wow, that's a long time ago. In addition to personal uploads, you can even find clips from TV shows (like Saturday Night Live), documentaries, lectures, music. Lots of things.


We also watch a lot of Netflix too. In fact almost every night we choose Netflix over normal TV channels.


That's better than most of the junk on TV. We do the same with Pureflix. But did you know that YouTube advertised the Super Bowl. I think they must have sponsored the Super Bowl on YouTube.


No, I didn't know that. I watch the super bowl but mainly for the commercials. What is Justin Noener's


I don't know that name. We watched the Super Bowl on regular channel. The commercials were pretty good, as usual, but I really enjoyed the game. Did you know that women can join in the football if they qualify?


I saw that in the article but didn't know about that. I wonder how long it will be before a women tries out? And what kind of crazy rule is it that cheerleaders have to get up a leave a resturant if a football player comes in?


I adore animals. Are you an animal lover?


I did not but I know that certain pitches (usually high ones) make me jumpy so I suppose that makes sense. Almost all animals and plants synthesize their own Vitamin C, but humans cannot because the gene for this enzyme is defective. I wonder why we did not evolve to have that ability as well?


I was wondering that as well when I heard about that. It would be a lot healthier if we did have the ability to do so.  I have known some fast runners but I did not know humans were adapted for this for hunting reason. I hate hunting but I guess primitive man needed to do so.


I couldn't do it myself but I suppose it is necessary. But it would crush me. Large cats certainly seem super adept at hunting.


I wonder how the russians made a computer that ran on water in 1936


I was not aware that they did. I'm not sure how that is possible. I'm assuming it would have been extremely limited in it's abilities. The space shuttle's general purpose computer runs on 1mb of ram. That blows my mind especially with as much data as we can hold on just a flash stick or SD card now.


I find that hard to believe. Very interesting. I did not know that smoking near apple computers voids the warranty by making it a biohazard.


I did not know that either. I don't know why it would be a biohazard but I understand it voiding the warranty because the nicotine would gum up the internal parts. Someone built a working 16-bit computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks. It's amazing how far we have come!


It truly is amazing. Well transhumanists want to upload their minds to memory sticks and computers, that is certainly interesting.


I think we are a long way from that technology. They sure have covered that concept several times on the series Black Mirror.


It sure has been. To think all the technology we have and yet they still experiment on animals in useless, archaic and unnecessary experiments. RH monkeys are such an abused group.


Good morning, yes I love animals and I am against any use of animals experiments.


I agree. I do not like these practices either. The study of animals is called zoology. I think that would be a fascinating field to work in.


I think so too and I have wished I had done so when I was younger. Animals are so very interesting.


I agree. There are an estimated 7 million animal species in total. That's a lot of animals to study.


Yes and they do find new ones sometimes as well. It is a large field to study.


It certainly is. Around 1 million alone are just insects.


Amazing. Well it has been nice speaking with you about such an interesting topic.


I am as well. I will help any animal I can. Did you know that there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth?!


No I never knew the number was that high, wow!! Have you heard that the loch ness monster is a protected species in Scotland?


I had not but that is just silly ha ha. I can't imagine who thought that was necessary and how it made it through lawmakers. In 2002, germany became the first country in the world to universally give animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights. In my opinion we need a lot more of that type of legislation.


Yes I remember when Germany did that and I agree more of that is needed. I wish it would happen. Gee, I never knew that animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated.


I was not aware of that. I wonder why? I cant see any evolutionary reason for it.


I wonder why as well and will have to research that more. I do not see any reason for it either. I was also not aware that hiccups are left over from when land animals had both gills and lungs.


I was not either. I wish it would go away now because they are quite annoying ha ha. In contrast to animals, humans may have lost their body hair as recently as 240,000 years ago.


LOL, they certainly are annoying. That is very interesting and did you know that there is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans?


During the g20 summit, Putin shock the Canadian Prime Ministers hand the latter said I guess i'll shake your hand but i have only one thing to say, you need to get out of Ukraine. Wow!!


Right can you believe that? Reminds me of trying to figure out why the white house guest house is bigger than the actual white house.


Yeah, I know that is really funny. What's even funnier though is the North Korean President Kim Jong Un. Did you know that he's voted most sexiest man alive by the onion, and china totally believes it?


I imagine if they didn't they could expect bad things. He also tried to change the history books.


Yeah, I know and what's even scarier, they claim that he learned to drive at age 3. Can you believe that? I'd probably be diving for cover watching him drive that young.


Me too! Apparently no one knows how old Kim is.


Yeah, that's true, but he sounds like a big kid because they said that they're going to renovate the theme parks in North Korea on his orders.


Yeah an unfortunate for the rest of the world that he is a big kid. I wasn't aware that Trump had a successful meeting with him last year.


Yeah, apparently Trump was the only one to ever hold talks with Kim-Jong Un. Kim Jong-un is kind of scary though because he ordered the execution of his own uncle due to "treachery".


Right no different from Hussein killing his son.


Yeah, it's kind of spooky though because it was said that an australian satire group successfully impersonated the canadian motorcade to enter the secure zone of the apec world leaders' summit, and were only caught when one man stepped out of the car dressed as osama bin laden.


Yeah, that's quite amazing. Russia is not a very nice country though, did you know that during a g20 summit they gave delegates & heads of state thumb drives & phone chargers containing trojan viruses that were 'capable of illicitly picking up computer and mobile phone data'. That's a scary thought.


Yeah scary but sounds all to familiar. You know Trump does not even rank in the top three wealthiest presidents?


Yeah, I know. The top three wealthiest presidents were jfk, washington, and jefferson who were all honorable men. Zimbabwe's first president was called president banana.


Wow really? Better still would be the president of Indonesia, this guy has 3 pop albums. Can you imagine trump singing pop?


No, I can't. It's kind of curious, until 1805 in the us, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president, so with that kind of logic, Hillary Clinton would have been vice president.


Now that would have been a reality to (ROFL) about. Wow bring it back. You know Spain is the only country that has been a permanent guest at every g20 summit?


Yes, that is true, but ironically enough they have a government's policy to not request official membership.


I know whats that all about, i wonder? Have you heard of Eve-online?


No, I haven't heard of them personally, but I do know that they're a multi-player online game that received a world summit award from the united nations for e-content and creativity.


Yeah.  I couldnt really imagine it any other way.  I think with a comedy it would turn into a Deadpool like movie.


You're probably right.  Those Marvel movies need to be drama/action movies.  It's easier to take them seriously like that.


What do you like to do for entertainment?


I can tell you what I don't like to do. I don't breed chickens for entertainment like the people did back around 50bc.


You dont, but it sounds like so much fun... jk.  Neither do I.  I love the original Nintendo.  You know the one, where you had to blow in the games to make it work!


I remember those!  They were cartridges right?  And the bottom was open and sometimes you had to blow into them to clean them so they'd work?


Yeah! Thats the one, supposedly it only had 54 colors.


I remember playing it and I never noticed how many or how few colors it had.  It's a shame it was discontinued back in 2003.


It is, they have produced a small digital version with some of the classic games on it.


I'll have to check that out.  Have you ever seen the movie the incredibles?


Hi. Yes i do. I watched a  tv show called 3rd rock from the sun back in the day. Do you remember it?


I did the first one, but not the sequel.  You?


Same.  What's weird is that years before the sequel came out to movies it was already out as a video game.  It was called The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer.


Wow that is odd.  Any, I have to get going.  Nice Chat!  Have a great day!


I do, but I always thought Friends was better.


Friends was good that is true but in 1997 3rd Rock won the golden globe for best comedy series.


It was well deserved, it was a good show.  Do you know Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows?


No I didn't.  I wonder if that means they weren't any good or that comedy central has high standards.


They are a pretty successful network, so I am guessing likely a combination of the two.


Oh, well there are a lot of different types of comedy too so maybe they are trying to streamline their's down.


Very true.  Did you know that the Green Lantern was supposed to be a comedy?


I think I have heard something about that before. Wasn't Jack Black supposed to be the star in it?


Hi! Have you ever heard of the hockey player Andre Burakovsky?


Ever watched Pokemon on TV? I haven't even though there's over 750 episodes!


I used to back in the day, but haven't for a very long time.


Now it's about the new era of Pokemon Go, I guess. There's even internet cables laying on the ocean floor, I wonder if there's any creatures to be caught on the ocean floors. I wouldn't be surprised if someone went that far to catch them.


LOL that would be funny. Did you know South Park aired it's Family Guy episode and received flowers from the Simpsons crew?


That's commendable and nice of them to do that. I also didn't know that South Park ended, did it end?


I have no idea if it ended or not to be honest. I never really watched much South Park.


Me neither so when it mentions that there is only one episode where Bart neither appears or mentioned, I'm guessing that Bart is a main character in the show perhaps


I'm thinking he is as well. Did you know New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?


No I did not know that and to think we have come such a long way from rotary phones! I don't even memorize phone numbers anymore thanks to the speed dial and contacts features.


Haha me either. An iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear icbm deterrent.


Hello - I have not heard of him before, but I do love hockey.


That's exactly why I'm so dependent on my iPhone but is it worth the $1K price tag, I'd have to think about that.


He is considered speedy with a splendid shot but he broke his thumb and as a result had to miss 20 games! I wonder how he broke his thumb, hockey does seem a bit physical.


Oh wow I bet a broken thumb is pretty painful. Hockey is very physical so it doesn't surprise me.


Yeah, you are basically incapacitated to play with a broken thumb since you couldn't hold the hockey sticks. Did you know that hockey is also referred to as Bandy in different countries.


That's cool I did not know that. Canada is the only country in the world with two national sports, lacrosse and hockey.


What drastic and opposing climates for those two sports. The US doesn't have more than one national sport? Basketball and football seem to be super popular.


Yea I think that's our sports and probably baseball too.


Yeah! Though I think players are worth much more than $1 which is what a hockey player was traded for in 1993 but then he went off to win four stanley cups! Way to prove them wrong!


Nope, I barely read it. I used to just use it for picture.


I get most of my news either from the online publications whose RSS feeds I subscribe to or from news people link to on Twitter.


Interesting. I don't trust a lot of the news I read to be honest. I don't have a lot of time for it either.


I have to keep up with at least relevant subject areas because I'm a freelance writer and focus mostly on political stuff.


Yeah, that does not sound fun to me at all. But I hope you enjoy it. I stay away from politics.


LOL I love it but to each their own. Do you enjoy your work involving the stock market?


No, I quit finance. It pays well, but it is horrible for the body. You have to work 100+ hours some weeks.


That sounds rough. I'd definitely rather be poor and set my own schedule.


Exactly, and while it does pay well annually, if you divide up the hours it is similar to working in a fast food place.


I definitely see why you got out of that. Hope you're doing something you prefer now.


I took a job in a similar field where I didn't have to live in NYC and work 100+ hours. Much chiller. Well, nice chatting with you!


Sometimes I will login, but not nearly as much as I used to.


I do like YouTube a lot. It's my main source of music, except when I use Spotify to find stuff that's been taken down for copyright reasons.


Interesting. So you've never used the like button on facebook?


No. I mainly use Twitter for social media stuff. Do you use that?


I've used it in the past for financial news. It is quick with that.


Yeah, it's also a great source of links to news if you follow the relevant people in a field.


Yeah, I used to use it for stock market stuff.


Do you get much relevant news from Facebook?


Hey there. Do you like basketball? I love how the NBA is the premier basketball league in the world.


Yeah that's true. 39 out of 50 states pay coaches the highest of any state employee. But the players don't get paid. Should they?


If it generates more money than they are paid for, the State is winning. So I think it is okay, it is not a waste of money.


Yes that's true. Well the US Supreme court even has a basketball court on the top floor! It is popular everywhere.


Do you think they had to build one there ? They could have gone  to a gym, I am sure the is one near the Supreme Court.


True I bet there is. But they must have wanted to call it the highest court in the land!


I wonder if they ruled on the legality of the dunk, it was banned for 10 years in college.


Haha that would be so fitting. Yeah Kareem's dunk must have been very influential to get banned.


He must have done it a lot to have it banned, I don't think they introduce that rule after his first dunk.


Yeah I think you're right. Also surprising that the inventor of basketball wasn't a good coach at Kansas. In fact he was the worst! Well it was fun talking with you today!


It must have been hard for him, you invent a sport then everyone is better than you. I wonder if he regretted inventing it. Thanks for the conversation, have a good day.


I do like the NBA, but there is only one team to root for in my country... I wish they were more.


Oh interesting. You must live in Canada!


Indeed, if they were more team they could be rivalries. I live far from Toronto, I don't really relate to them. What is your favorite team ?


My team is the New Orleans pelicans. However one of my favorite players was Allen Iverson. He made a lot of money with Reebok. He gets a lump sum of 32 million at age 55.


the NBA generates al lot of revenues for the companies like Nike and Reebok, enough to pay a fine each game if a player wears banned shoes.


Yeah that's true. You must be referring to the air Jordans that the NBA banned. Kind of funny.


I wonder if they had any effects at all, because they were unbanned after.


Yeah I bet they got a lot of media for doing that. It's all about money. Although Tim Duncan sacrifice money to stay in college for four years.


But even in college, basketball is about money, college basketball coaches are among the best paid state employees.


Really? that sounds awesome, the radio is an interesting invention indeed, if you like radio dramas there is a site with thousand of free episodes on the net


i havent listened in years. Maybe i should check out that site and see what they have on offer.


You should indeed so changing the subject do you like football?


I sometimes watch football. it can be fun. You?


I do like it, not when a team wins by 222 points but I think its a cool sport.


that is a blowout. i wonder what the winning coach was thinking there.


He was thinking he was the best coach ever lol, do you know the ESPN news network?


I dont watch ESPN. i do not watch much tv. You?


I do, well ESPN won an emmy because they created the yellow first down line in football are you familiarized with that line?


I am familiar with it. there are a lot of superimposed graphics now. Anyway, great chat!


I used to listen to the radio a lot. i dont listen much now. You?


Yeah I guess the game has changed and also how we view it. It was great chatting I agree have a nice one, bye.


I do, not much but at least on my way to work and back. I used it mostly for news.


i used to listen for the news but i started to tire of it. when i was young, i listened to music. now i go to youtube.


Did you know soldiers created radios using razor blades and pencils back in world war 2? that is awesome, cool skill


I am amazed that they figured that out. i heard that was in a movie too. i never saw it.


Yeah I think I saw that in a movie once, radios are just amazing, they can also pick up storm waves from Jupiter.


I wonder what they sound like. probably more interesting that the news in Latin. LOL


I agree lol latin news sound really boring but I guess it has a segment of fans out there, it has been around since 1989, so thats something


That's true, and if you want an alternative to storms on jupiter, there is a radio station that translates solar activity into sound and you can listen live to the sun's music


Probably was, have you heard that japan twins released an album when they turned 100 in 1992


Wow that is crazy.  Reel big fish had to re-record his album after losing his old label


That is awesome, that was really showing them whats up, lol. Do you use facebook much?


Not much, but I am close to the campus in Menlo Park, ca


How is that? I bet that is a fun place to work. Imagine if myspace bought it for 75 million when they could have


Probably better that Zuckerberg kept it.


For sure, myspace would have screwed it up somehow lol. I wonder if it even exists anymore.


wow, that would have been a solid investment. Have you heard about the promotion Burger king once had?


I dont know why they would want people to unfriend others.


No not really, anything by Taylor Swift or Luke Perry is good for me!  How about you?


That is true, I would have unfriended like 100 people for 10 whoppers!


Dang...whoppers.  Im going to unfriend some now lol.  Take care.


I am going to also, lol. Great chatting with you!


I was big into Linkin park back in the day, hybrid theory


I think it was the top album of the 21st century


the dark side of the moon has been best seller for 40 years.


I love that album so much! I also liked NWA back in the day, do you know them?


FOR SURE! that album went platinum without needing major tours or air time!


Thats crazy, I remember hearing it on the radio often though!  Maybe that was after


I absolutely love to read. How about you?


I think you can really see his personality reflected in his writing. It is serious but with a bit of a mischeivious happiness too.


yes, the man loved language and languages. You can see his whimsy in the pages. He wrote the hobbit in 1937 and took 15 years to get LOTR done.


That is true dedication to your craft. I just pray that we never get to a point where something like that is considered a banned book and burned. I don't think I could sit idly by for that.


yeah, book burning and banning is a threat to civilization. i think people should read and write what they wish. if you dont like a book, then dont read it!


Exactly! Why can't we be more like norway? Their government actively supports authors and buys their books to give to libraries. That is how a country should be.


yes, but norway is socialist. they have high taxes and well developed social programs. universities are cheap or free. they love learning and reading.


Shame that people don't see the value of of the written word or education like that in the US. I do love the californian library of things though. That is a good movement to spread across the us


yes, people that needs tools or equipment for short periods yet cant afford it can finally get some help. reduce reuse recycle. this is a good program.


We participate quite a bit in our library programs. I wish I could find one like the worst sentence one. I think that would be absolutely hilarious to try.


That contest is held every year, I believe. you can make your contribution to the disregard of literature. Anyway, great chat!


I love to read too. I read all the time. What kind of reading do you do?


Yes it has been very enlightening. Have a good evening.


I really love mysteries. They were my favorite to borrow from the library when I worked there as a teen.


That is a great first job. Learning about the library and about books. A lifelong passion!


So true. I think if we put more emphasis on libraries the world would be a better place.


Ive heard there are more libraries in the us than mcdonalds. i cant imagine that. People love fast food


Right?! But only half the adults in the US have library cards. I guess the half of us that do are using the heck out of those libraries.


yes, i think some people love the library and some people dont like books at all. i grew up with lots of books.


I did too.  I think my favorites were always the classics. I wish I had read more Tolkien and Lewis as a kid.


Tolkien is a good start to literature I think. the plot suits the young mind, but the language is serious.


I think so. What do you think about the Norway government though? If you publish a book you are guaranteed to get at least 1000 sales because they will buy your books and put them in libraries all over the country


I think it encourages writers in their country, that's for sure! I would love to have that incentive to write and publish a book


Well you should do a children's book then, because they will buy 1,500 of them instead of just the 1,000 LOL


Children's books require less writing and more illustrations. It would be worth it for the extra 500 copies though


Haha I agree with you. Do you ever buy stuff from Amazon? Do you know why Jeff Bezos put a clock into a mountain LOL


I buy things from Amazon all the time. Isn't that the clock that's supposed to run for 10,000 years


yes it is, I wish I had bought the first item sold on amazon, then I could have a building named after me for only $28!


Maybe the name plaque was the only thing he bought


well all I know is that I'm happy that usps has a special contract with Amazon to deliver on Sundays, that has saved me several times


I didn't realize that Amazon also owns IMDb. That's an interesting combination


I didn't know it was a thing because I didn't realize that there are any books that are banned. What do you know about it?


Yes I agree. Did you hear the story about how the drive-thru was invented? Thank God for McDonald's in 1975 LOL


I think that it is a reminder of books that have been banned in the past for their controversial content, I remember it during my childhood


Aren't most of those books now bestsellers? I see the point of the event, but maybe it should be renamed to better reflect their current status


yes I think you're right, how often do you go to the library btw?


Not very often since most of what I borrow through my library are ebooks and audiobooks. I love that I can access things right on my phone, though I do miss the feel of paper books


Well I do wish that my library were more like the Sacramento Public Library, you can read things like sewing machines from there which seems very useful to me


True! It would be nice just to be able to borrow something like that that I wouldn't need to own. Hopefully that idea becomes more popular in the coming years


I hope so. What do you think about William Gladstone? He took a wheelbarrow full of books at the age of 85 and random all the way to donate to his local library LOL


Considering he donated 32,000 books, I'm going off the assumption that the venture took him several trips


Hi, how are you? Do you like horror movies?


I don't see how that's possible. What did he think it was? Did no one tell him?


They probably didn't want to give him the kind of nightmares Stephen King had after watching Bambi


That is fair. He was just a boy. No need to traumatize him, unless of course he wanted to grow up to be a horror writer.


He could instead become a writer for Disney and create movies like Bambi. That would brings things full circle


That is an excellent idea! Then all parties involved would get closure. That is very Disney thing to me!


Or he could dedicate his life to finding all the hidden Mickey images in Disney things with others who have joined that particular subculture


Sober or not, I have never seen a hidden Mickey anywhere.


I've never though to look for one, but I'm sure they're hidden in all the movies. Do you remember much about the movie Flubber?


I do not. I was probably intoxicated at the time if I saw it. Maybe I wasn't. I don't remember. Was it good?


All I remember about it is that Robin Williams is in it. There's a lot of science, enough that Bill Nye was the science consultant for the movie


I actually don't, but I don't mind some thrillers. I might have to give one a chance though before I take my next trip to the museum


He is a scientifical man. Anyway, thanks for the chat! Say goodbye, Bill Nye!


Oh, ok. I wonder if there is an improvement on looking at abstract art. It seems to have little there anyway.


Maybe horror movies are so terrible that watching one beforehand makes abstract art look better


I can't imagine it. I guess the horror movie is bad so the art looks good by comparison? That like wearing small shoes that feel good when you take them off.


The only benefit to horror movies are the 180 calories you can burn from watching them


I wonder if that's true. I don't remember feeling exhausted after a horror film. 160 calories is like a workout.


It might depend on the movie. Stephen King was scared when he saw Bambi as a child, but it must have inspired him to write the stories he did later in life


Speaking of his stories, when the Shining was filmed, the boy who played Danny didn't know at the time that he was in a horror film


Do you use Google often?  It was founded in 1998.


I used to play the guitar, but I weren't any good. I would blow hard into it, but it never sounded quite right. Perhaps I should have tried the violin, but I mistook it for a form of violence.


haha I like that, ya my uncle plays the violin but he says its really hard to learn, the piano isn't that bad in my opinion, it has a good amount of challenge but I think anyone can get pretty good with enough practice


I would like to think that I could be as good as Einstein. He was a musician, but he didn't really gain renown as one. I could do as well as him, don't you think?


ah I didn't know that, well I think you can do it! just make sure to use modern violins and not the million dollar stradivarius ones, modern ones sound better in blind tests


I would never be able to tell the difference. Perhaps Einstein could, but I couldn't. If Haydn wrote a competition with the two varieties of violin ar the end, could the audience tell the difference?


haha good question, what is cool that Einstein said is that "the greatest scientists are artists as well"


But then again, are the greatest artists scientists? Perhaps not. Or perhaps so. Perhaps I don't know. I want to hear a violin made out of stone, a piano made out of stone for the Flintstones.


haha I like that, would you ride a bus that goes 160mph? they are making on in Denmark apparently


The Danes are seditious, don't trust them! They lie! They eat too much butter! Anyhows, great chatting with you!


haha those lying butter eaters! great talking with you, stay away from japanese highways they are apparently all toll roads!


hi I'm doing great how about you, did you know Julius Caesar would write fan fiction when he was young, It was about hercules haha


The pastries in Denmark are dangerously addictive!


yes that is my dream, to be in denmark, going 160mph in a bus eating pastries!


I'm with George RR Martin on this issue. Fan fiction sucks. it is copyright violation. Someone should sue Julius Caesar!


haha yes! Maybe hercules can prove he is real by suing! I guess Edgar allen poe has the title for oldest example of a cyborg in fiction


Hercules never understood copyright law! Poe wasn't perfect, but he knew sci fi.


haha I didn't know that, what did he do?


He married a gal that was like 13 or something. I guess in his day that was not unusual but still. Probably to an author and alcoholic these were normal things.


ah I see well that is definitely weird, what I'm not surprised with is there is a wikipedia that ranks fictinoal characters, it does it according to their abilities, I'll tell you some people have a lot of time on their hands


I think that some people live for such things! They get notoriety from such endeavors, but no money. Can you believe that in the 1950s a judge tried to ban a science fiction comic because it featured a black character? That's an amazing judgement.


that is pretty bad for sure, what I want to see is the violin made of stone that you can actually play, I play the piano do you play any instruments


I have watched like 10 episodes and not the whole 750 of them


Yeah they have been going at it for 16 years now


Some episode, I know it flopped in the UK. Do you like the Superman movie?


Yes I so. In Sweden you cannot name your child Superman because it is illegal


Yes and same with Metallica, Veranda, Elvis and Ikea


Did you know Superman was originally a villain?


Yes and that was based on the philosophy of Nietzche


Yeah pretty interesting how that evolved


Yeah sometimes. In Turkey they put it all over their bodies and wrestle


Wow that sounds very slippery. Lincoln was a great wrestler too


Yes and he is in the hall of fame, only lost once in 300 matches


that is pretty cool. Same with Plato, he was a professional


Yeah that was before he became a famous philosopher


I love it. Do you ever watch the Simpsons?


Yes I do. There is an episode where Bart does not appear


Hello, I'm reading about a 2 year old who met Michelle Obama after a photo of her viewing Michelle Obama's portrait went viral.


I would have never expected him to dance cha-cha.  Did you read about the Burger King promotion where they gave you a free whopper if you unfriended 10 people on Facebook? I can't believe I never heard about that.


WOnder what that is about really. do you use the internet much?