No, that's pretty crazy. I wonder if humans can ever domesticate a jellyfish that is biologically immortal


Did you know the nintendo could only disply 54 colors?


Interesting, Icelandic horses, have fifth speed.


yeah, horses are facinating. they have actually evolved over the last 45-55 million years. they used to be small multi-toed creatures


Interesting. I don't know the difference between Icelandic horses and regular horses.


well, there are over 350 breeds of horses actually, and icelandic horses are just one of them, and they are from Iceland.


Interesting, apparently dalmatians are good at calming horses and protecting them.


wow, I had no idea. I hope to own a farm one day, with horses, so I guess i'll have to get a dalmatian too.


I've never ridden a horse, have you? Apparently Clint Eastwood is allergic to them.


Yeah, one or twice, it's really fun actually. Interesting. he's been in so many movies with horses, from my memory, so that surprises me


Yeah, pretty crazy. I like the movie Unforgiven, he must have been taking meds for his allergies the entire movie!


Honestly, that wouldn't surprise me, and actually makes the most sense.


seriously? had no idea, that seems like very little


Yeah, it is pretty crazy. Apparently 2 high school kids rode their horses to school on "no vehicles to school day" and got suspended.


I love a good prank like that, honestly. I just wish schools wouldn't be so uptight. Just accept the joke, and move on. No need to suspend the students.


Interesting. They take themselves to seriously.


yeah, apparently. I used to play it a lot, but not anymore.


I can't believe that they only discontinued the NES in 2003, and it came out in the 80's. It lasted such a long time


I meant to type NES, did you know that Bill Nye got his break in entertainment by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest? I don't see it, do you?


seriously? he doesn't look anything like him. I wonder who was those judges were, haha


They were probably drunk. I don't see it at all.


most likely, yeah. When i get drunk I tend to gamble, mostly on horse racing. did you know that icelandic horses have a fifth speed? They can speed walk!


Yeah. Did you know he refused a $10 million offer from Rebook when he was 18?


Yeah but that was only because he was sure Nike or Adidas would offer more


And they did, Nike offered him $90 million instead


I do, a lot. Do you know when the drive thru was invented?


And do you know why they came up with that ?


Yes the soldiers were not allowed out of the cars in their fatigues


Yeah. Do you know why the trunk of the car is called such?


Yes because the old cars used to have wooden trunks


I sure do and he is going to be in the next SPace Jam movie too


Yeah and it just stuck around, nice chatting today.


Yes I heard that. And he makes more than any other celebrity


Yes more than Judge Judy who makes $123 000 per episode


That is impressive, he has established himself pretty well


Yup. He also raised $6 million once by television the decision


Yes. Even when he was in high school many people came to see him


Yeah and the tickets were pretty expensive up to $120 per ticket


Yea and multiple that by 1750 people, that makes for a lot


Did you know kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada? That's kind of weird.


It does sound weird.   Did you know that the ymca invented softball?


They also invented volleyball,softball and basketball. I find it hard to believe the basketball one though, pretty sure it was around before the YMCA, I could be wrong though.


I don't know. I heard somewhere that James Naismith invented basketball.  I'm not sure if he was with the ymca or not.


A man found 3 million dollars worth of baseball cards in his grandfathers attic, talk about a stroke of luck!


That is lucky!  You know, I've heard that baseball is super popular in Japan.  Over there they are surprised to learn it's our national pastime.


Man as of 2014 the average salary for a pro softball player was between 5,000 and 6,000, does not sound like a good sport to become a pro in.


No it really doesn't.  It's odd that's it's so low considering softball was the first sport shown on espn.


Well i would say soccer is probably the best sport to go pro in because they make more money than basketball,football,and golf combined.


I agree.  speaking of softball though, did you know that the longest game in college history lasted 31 innings?


Pretty good.  You?  I do like sports.  I'm glad baseball season is about to start back up!


Wow that is crazy long. Well it was nice chatting with you. Have a good day.


Did you know there is a golf course in Dubai that requires 4 million gallons of water a day? Seems like such a needless waste.


No I didn't but I totally agree with you.  I guess Dubai is in a desert region so they need a lot of water to keep the grass green but it still seems wrong just to play golf on it.


Even the ones in the US only use 312k gallons a day, which is no small amount, but is much less than that one single course.


Isn't Dubai mostly for the wealthy?  That could explain the excess.


It actually is not even as wealthy as New York or London. It is only marketed to seem very wealthy when in reality it isn't all that much. Abu Dhabi is actually the most wealthy city in the world.


I didn't know that! I always thought it was Dubai. It looks like I've believed the hype.  Speaking of hype, did you know that Babe Ruth was one our most famous golfers?


He must have been much better than Micheal Jordan haha. Did you know Samuel L Jackson puts a golf clause in his contracts that allows him to play golf twice a week during production of a movie? He must really love golf.


He really must and people must love him to allow it in his contracts!


That must have been tiring. DO you know the band Creed?


They are pretty famous but I guess they were pretty bad once that someone sued them


A lawsuit! That's funny! They must have really stunk! I wonder how the suit turned out.


I am not sure of the details. In Croatia, there is an old theatre where bands can still hold concerts


That is the place that Creed should have played first. No lawsuits then.


I guess so, might have been more interesting. DO you know Pink Floyd?


Nice. THey once recorded a concert without an audience


Ah, ever the artistes! By the way, which one is Pink?


Not sure of that. Do you know Linkin Park too?


Linkin Park. I think their singer died, right?


Yes, the lead singer did. They still hold the record for the best selling album of this century


Good for them! Great chat! Have a good night!


I go sometimes. Do you know The Ramones?


I am actually. Did you know they toured for 20 years?


20 years?! When did they sleep? Did they have special drugs or something?


I wonder that too. They held 2263 concerts


They must not be human. Robots? AI? Something. Other groups tour, but not that much.


Yeah that is true. Linkin Park also held 324 concerts in 2011 alone


Those kids were possessed! How could they do that? Oh, to be young again!


For real, major mistake there.  I think it is great that it all started over a late fee!


They used to make me mad but I didn't use my anger positively like that.  Now Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth between 9pm and 12a,  They are popular!


I am totally a part of that bandwidth use.  I never used my anger over misfortune to make me 2 billion dollars.


Sadly, me either. Do you know Roger Deakins? He was nominated 13 times for an Oscar in Cinematography.


Nope.  Poor guy.  At least he was nominated.  No woman has ever been nominated for Cinematography.


That is pretty shocking, I wonder if there are a lot of women in the field?


I would suspect, no.  Have you ever heard of comedian Natasha Leggero?


I have, I dont recollect if I have ever heard her material though.  Sometimes I listen while driving and miss the name of the performer.


Yeah... I guess she was joking that having a baby was like getting a DUI from the universe.  No she makes it a successful part of her many jokes.


Yes, usually. Did you know Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since 1989?


She has been successful with it. Its great when you can find humor in everyday life.


I think it's a necessary thing to remain sane. She's a veteran having been a comedian for over a decade.  Kids are a good source for humor.


I dont have any myself, but I teach, so I see some humorous things every day.


I do.  My whole family has a great sense of humor.  It's gets us by some rough spots...


That is certainly true, if it werent for humor, I would have not likely survived the last year.


Bad year huh?  Sorry.  I guess she likes to do anti-men stuff.  I'm getting kind of tired of that... Oh well, I guess men give them plenty of ammo.


Yeah, had cancer.  It sucked but keeping in good spirits really helped me though.  I named the tumor Fat Bastard.  With each radiation treatment it was all about Kill Fat Bastard.


Wow, I'm sorry.  It seems you have a great attitude about it.  I believe that is a healing thing.  I think that is a proved thing as well.


It really is.  It has been great chatting but I have got to go.  Have a great night!


Yeah, they obviously have found out what works and really do it well.


Funny, the Green Lantern movie  was originally going to be a comedy with Jack Black!


I wonder what prompted them to change it?  No doubt Jack Black would have made it successful.


Dunno... Probably surveys... I miss 3rd Rock from the Sun.  It actually won a Golden Globe in 1997 over Seinfeld, Friends and Frasier.


That still shocks me, I always thought Friends was far better.  But I haven seen 3rd Rock in some time.  Ill have to see if it is on Netflix


I like Friends.  Do you subscribe to Netflix?  Funny that they still spend more on postage than bandwidth.


I do!  I have been Binge watching the Great British Baking Show.  lol  I am surprised there is still a mail subscription.


I thought so too. I bet Blockbuster regrets not buying Netflix for $50M.


I grew up in Ohio for most of my childhood! That's alot of water. Did you know there is a golf course in dubai that requires 4 million gallons of water a day?


I can believe that.  Speaking of Babe Ruth, he was caught stealing to end game 7 in the 1926 World Series.  His team was down one run.  Sad for the Bambino...


That is sad. Did you ever hear about Samuel L Jacksons golf clause?


Yeah, he gets to play 2 times a week.  No surprise, the women's World Cup got more TV viewers than the US World Series.


I can only imagine why! Did you know Babe ruth actually got caught stealing to end game 7 and lose the 1926 world series when his team was only down by 1 run.


Yes, I mentioned that above...  Did you know that the Chicago Cubs were the first baseball team to win back-to-back World Series?


You did, wow long night tonight! I did'nt know that!


Did you know about the MLB controversy over the composition of the ball.  I guess since it was changed, there have been a lot more homeruns.


I hear some things about players thinking that the ball was rigged, but anyway its been nice talking to you, sorry for that brain lapse!


No problem.  Curious, how are Americans perceived in Czechoslovakia?   Trump? On the ball thing, I guess they did many studies on the ball's drag.  They had a lot of trouble nailing it down.  It remains something of a mystery.


Great. Are you into baseball?  Funny that MLB managers wear uniforms since they can actually play in the game.


Czech Republic and Slovakia split up several years ago, we are 2 different places! As far as Americans go they are welcomed! Take care!


Thanks.  I have a good friend from Belgrade.  He says they like Trump there.  Clinton bombed them... Thank you, you were great!


Yea, I wonder how often that has ever happened though!


Maybe many years ago...  Baseball is really popular in Japan to the point that Japanese fans are surprised to learn that it's the US's national pastime.


I was just at a Japanese baseball game a few months ago! It was amazing.


Wow, that's great.  Have you seen a kickball game in Canada?  I guess they call it soccer-baseball.


They would name it that! Almost reminds me of that movie with the producers of South Park.


Yeah.  Do you play golf? Babe Ruth was once the USA's most famous golfer.


I don't play golf, not many courses here in the Czech Republic! How about you?


When it's warm.  You're English is good. Are you a native Czech?  Golf courses use a lot of water.  An average course uses 312,000 gallons of water a day! (many liters)


Me either.  They say that our brains are naturally hard wired to be afraid of snakes.


I believe it.  I jump and shout when I see one. lol  Australia is the only continent where ven9omous snakes outnumber the non-venomous ones.


I totally believe that. i've seen things about that country on tv.  They seem to have a lot of scary creatures over there.


Those salt water crocs. I wouldn't want to cross paths with either from there. lol  Some owls keep blind snakes in their nests as helpful associates, reducing the abundance of nest parasites.  How interesting is that?  ...and how do they know they are blind? lol


Wow, that is actually a good question! I don't know. I do know that oddly enough, crocodiles are more closely related to birds than snakes and lizards.


That's interesting!  Do you happen to read any fiction at all?


I used to.  I like the older fiction.  Speaking of, cyborgs are a lot older than we think.  Edgar Allen Poe wrote the oldest known example of one in one of his works.


I didn't know that.  The term robotics was accidentally coined by science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941.


I didn't know that!  So he just accidentally made it up?


I guess so.  lol  Do you know what a drabble is?


Not really!  lol  I guess I do as long as they leave me alone.


Same here.  Personally I'd like to live in New Zealand. I hear they don't have any snakes there.


Nice!  I didn't know that.  Only 70 percent of the worlds snakes lay eggs.


Seriously?  Then I guess the rest do live births?


Yes.  Boas and some others give live birth.


Well that's creepy.  It's as creepy as knowing there are some snakes that can fly.


Yikes!  I don't want to see those.  Not even in a zoo.  lol  When snakes are born with 2 heads, they fight each other food.  That's creepy too.  Is that a common thing with snakes?????


i don't know. That does seem really weird to picture a snake fighting itself.


I know right?  I'm going to have to google it.  A man has been bitten so many times by snakes that his blood is able to be used as antivenom.  I wouldn't want to be him.


I wonder if that's true. We are more obese than well read. We should combine the two. Reading and eating.


I hope its true, its encouraging.  I suppose to be healthy we should be reading and walking at the same time


I would happily eat, read and walk at the same time. In Norway, they'll publish your book! I should move there and become an author!


Especially a childrens book I guess.  I'd be ok with that, easy and short to write  a kids book


I don't know if I could do that. I think children's books are tougher than they look. Think of Where the Wild Things Are.


I just love the story about the UK minister carting his 32,000 books.  I'm picturing a little 85 year old man with a wheelbarrow.


He knew the value of books and learning. It's a great example. Never quit, no matter how old you are!


I'm going to have to look up the first president of zimbabwe being called president banana.  Was that really his name or was that the title?


I think they wanted to make fun of him, but of course, the food of monkeys is an unflattering association.


And the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office.  I could see Trump doing something like that


Good.  How are you?  I didn't know that Senators have only been elected instead of appointed since 1913.


I could, too! He would hook up with Kanye, yo! And bust out some fiery beats!


Ha, people would buy it I'm sure.  Nice talking to you


I think it's a good change, though I wonder whether those people even represent us these days. Now women can wear skirts. That's good.


Things are getting better, if slowly.  Can you imagine, having to stage a protest in order to wear pants?  Good for them


I wait for the day when women will be the majority in politics. Cain't be worst than it is nowaday. I think that the candy desk is a great idea, but shouldn't they be focused on the law?!


I totally agree!  I don't think I have that about a candy desk.  I do know that Nixon cracked the 165 year old gavel the senate used.


Me either! That's an unfortunate mishap.


Course I don't think he was a very good guy, so he probably got what he deserved.  I'd love to see the senators arrested and carried into the chamber to be forced to vote


As they should be! They are paid to do a job!


Did you see that there are more libraries than mcdonald


I know that we have destroyed about 80% of the forests sadly


Yes I know. WHen it was formed, the day had only 5.5 hours


Yes I am glad that has changed otherwise I would also be behind on work


Me too. Do you believe in extraterrestrials?


Yes I do and it is good that we now have an ambassador


Yes just in case they decide to show up we will have the right guy


Yeah I know. Did you know that earth will be helium free by the end of the century?


Yes I guess no more funny voices and fun balloons for us


Same here and use those balloons as much as you can for now


Yes a lot. Do you know what they used to be called?


Yes they were called cathode ray tube amusement devices


Yes I am glad they changed it over to video games


Yes me too. Did you know that Stepehn Fry did the voice for the Harry Potter video game?


Yes and also did it for other games such as the little big planet and hitchhiker's guide to galaxy


Yeah. Do you know who does the voice of woody in video games


Yes that is Jim Hanks, who is Tom Hank's brother as well


Yeah. IN south koreas it is illegal to play video games past midnight if you are under 16


I wonder how they enforce that. Do you know much about the Earth?


I do but I can find mostly any old rock song on you tube, Beach boys doors, three dog night. They are all up ther


Old rock is the best, it is often sampled in song, Drake as sampled songs from the 70s.


Yes. Its hard to find a good rock band today. There are a few but not like the 60s and 70s


Yeah, Reel Big Fish is not a band that will pass the test of time, even more since they have lost the rights of their songs.


Yes. Thats tough to deal with. All that work


They re-recorded they songs, they got the rights for that version. But the guy who cheated them could easily make a best of album.


Yes. He can make make out well on their work


So you like rock, but do you tolerate rap ? If not it must must tough for you, it is very popular, even in Korea.


No. I don't listen much. Once in a while I hear something that I will listen to. But I mostly turn to a classic rock  station


Yeah, you probably stopped looking at the billboard top 100, when was the last true Rock hit ? Linkin Park ?


I rally am not sure. There are not many anymore


Well, keep on rockin' in the free world, have a nice day.


No. I am not a fan. I am more classic rock, country or pop


Which is you favorite classic rock album ?


So it was a vinyl release, do you have the album in vinyl format or a CD or... a cassette tape ?


Do you like the vinyl format ? I like it, it is like a ritual.


I am a big fan of Star Wars - ever since I saw the first one in 1977


Yeah he made a good deal by not taking the directing fee in exchange for keeping the licensing and merchandising rights


Exactly! Good choices on his part. So do you like to Golf at all? I was just playing miniature golf recently lol...


I do ok on putt putt but not so much at regular golf.  I always end up in the rough or the bunker or the watwer


Me too! I don't have the patience lol. Interesting though that Babe Ruth was the best Golfer in America at one point, so crazy but he was talented!


Yes there are definitely some natural athletes.  Lots of people love golf - golf courses in this country take upmore land than rhode island delaware combined!


Wow, that is amazing. Doesn't surprise me though. Even Samuel L Jackson plays Golf during filming a movie!


That is funny.  Golf courses can be so wasteful - there is one in Dubai that requires 4 million gallons of water a day!


What?? That is just insane. An average Golf course consumes over 300,000 gallons per day as well....that is a ton of water.


That is a lot of water.  Very wasteful - especially in places that do not have a lot


Exactly! I was reading about Bruce Lee recently, and he was so good at dancing he won the championship in the 50s for the Cha Cha in Hong Kong....I wonder if he played Golf too lol


I am as well! Star Wars has been a huge success!


That is crazy!  Ballet is very athletic though!


Yes the original 3 were released in 77, 80 and 83.  Then a prequel was released again starting in 1999


Yes! The Force Awakens was a great one and the 1st 8 films were nominated for Academy awards, and rightly so!


Yes the franchise is worth at least 65 billion!  Its the fifth highest grossing film francise


Exactly, it deserves all it has accomplished in entertainment!  James Earl Jones was only paid 7,500 bucks for 2.5 hours of recording all of Dath Vaders lines, that is insane!


Wow that is not very much!   Wonder if he still did it when it was re-dubbed into Navajo?


I am not sure, but he should have made a lot more money for sure. I guess when it all began 20th Century Fox thought Star wars would be a flop so they probably didn't figure to pay out too much.


Its funny that George Lucas's wife worked on it and got an award for editing while he did not get one for directing


Hahaha, that's awesome for her...he deserved some recognition though. But George Lucus is a billionaire so...


because it was the fast rotary number to dial, 212 is new yorks area code


i know that right, i recently found out that Transhumanist want to up;oad to computers human minds and also on memory sticks


sounds like a Black Mirror episode hahaIn 1936, the russians made a computer that ran on water.


Did you know that general purpose computer that only run on 1 megabyte ram are ran on space shuttles


Yeah right,  that computer must be really slow!  No Netflix for them! Someone built a working 16-bit computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks


I did know that but did you know that Aliens Sans Frontiers was a lithograph


it is a new process, a procedure devised recently invented by Enrique Chagoya


Good to know!  The current library of alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.


A bronze sculpture of a woman and her spouse was made by Patrica Cronin it is said to be traditional. Can you imagine that


Not really,  and I wonder why its considered traditional.


thats covienient for them!  lol The cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.


I don't know, but I know this in 1936 A computer was made that ran on water by the Russians


if you overlap two phone books pages together it is impossible to separate them


Ive never tried,  have you?  Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone.  Thats pretty interesting,  I wonder how much they have donated so far.


no i have never tried, but did you know that on the internet only 7% of people when buying a new product read the full terms. that is crazy


I totally believe that lol An iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


it is also measurable addictive to the brain to constancy click links on the internet


The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.  haha hamburger.


That is funny but smoking makes warranties on apple computer to be void when they are smoke near them


I know,  they should fix that,  so many people smoke!


Haha that is so awesome. There are only 11 minutes of live gameplay  in a game


Yes that is not very much - that must be why engineers make more than NFL players


Yup that makes sense. They also have longer careers so maybe that helps a bit there too


Yes - did you know the first NFL playoff game was in 1932 on an 80 yard long dirt field?


Cool, did not know that. Did you hear of that rule that New Orleans cheerleaders have to abide to?


That they have to leave the restaurant if a player walks in?  That is awful!


That sure is and I really think it is outdated and needs to go


Definitely - even though it is allowed I cannot see the Saints allowing a female player


Tom Brady is an amazing quarterback who has won 6 super bowls.


I did love my Nintendo - I have not played on it in years tho.


He sure is and there is no stopping the guy. Nice chat


I did actually.  I seem to remember that it stopped being made around 2003?


Yes, it was a great console and so much fun to play with


Are you a football fan?  This season was great ending with the Super Bowl


I sure am . Did you know women can play too in the NFL?


Yes I had heard that but it has never happened.  I would like to work for Matt Patricia - he is an actual rocket scientist


Wow that is pretty cool, what a career change that must have been


Yes - his school RPI  had the best fight song - it included sin cosine and tangent as well as 6 digits of pi


I know a little. he has a twin and plays for the Celtics, I think. Well one of them does.


Yes, his brother Marcus is on the Celtics. Markieff is on the Washington Wizards. He did a Q&A with some kids and got really personal with them about his life. Did you hear about this?


No. I know they are pretty unsensored though. That goes back to his College days in Kansas.


Yeah he did this UNICEF event for the Kid Power Bands initiative and did a Q&A where a kid asked him if he thought he'd still be on the streets if he hadn't played pro ball


At least he was honest about it. It may be something the kids need to hear.


Yeah I agree. And another kid asked if he ever thought about quitting the sport and he said he honestly did, but he has to provide for his family so he doesn't. He said he was just exhausted.


Have you been paying attention to them this year? They both sound exhausted.


I haven't paid them much attention. Are they good? As in, are they major players for their teams? I'm betting so. Did you know his first paycheck in the NBA was $189,000?!


they are both like 6th men. Not great but good role players. That's more than I make in like 5 years!


Yeah I know, right? And that's interesting. Yeah he seems like a great role model for the kids, I can only imagine what he's like for his teammates. They have their own foundation, the Family Over Everything Foundation. Good for them!


I do! I love March Madness. Are you excited for it?


It sounds like they are trying to do more than basketball. Admirable... Nice chatting with you!


I also like the NBA. Did you know that the NBA was founded all the way back in 1946?


That's not that old. I thought like the 1910s. Who is your favorite NCAA team?


I like Michigan, but I think it was cool that Northwestern was in the tournament a couple years back lol


I am fron Chicago and an Illini fan. That was the only thing we had on NW, they never made it to the dance. And now we suck at everything. Fav NBA team?


This is embarrassing but I like the Knicks! It's less embarrassing now than in previous years, but still...


HA! Were you one of those fools tempted by the Phil Jackson hiring?


Honestly I'm barely a fan, it's mostly out of loyalty to New York! Do you know anything about Markieff Morris?


Hi, are you interested in or do you use computers?


No doubt. Also, did you know that in 1936, Russians made a computer that ran on water? No that would be cool to see how that worked.


That would be a sight. At Stanford the first google computer was housed in a lego enclosures


Cool, that's funny.  Did you realize that some transhumanists want to upload their minds to computers and even memory sticks?


Yea, that's pretty crazy. I never knew in 1995 Doom was installed more than Windows 95


I remember DOOM and Wolfenstein. That takes me back.  Actually did you know that if you smoke near an Apple Computer, it voids the warranty by making it 'a biohazard'? Smokers beware!


Lol I heard smoke being hard to get rid on clothes but not computers. Funny fact is people use to do laundry on old faithful


That is funny. Actually, speaking about Apple, did you know that they have had a clothing line since 1986?  Good to know.


No, I had no clue. Did you know Miguel Cabarello designs Bulletproof clothing?


Wow, did he have a good idea or what?  Wonders never cease.  Did you know that a certain store in Alabama only sells clothes, cameras, etc found in unclaimed baggage at airports.  Who would have thought of that one?


Much better idea than making clothes with Asbestos like the Ancient Greeks did


Yea, it's fascinating how computers are able to process arithemetic and logical operations automatically


Gee, I guess they didn't want to live that long. Its' been nice chatting with you. Have a good evening.


Yes, modern computers have the ability to follow a generalized set of operations call programs. These programs allow computers do perform an extremely wide range of tasks.


It's crazy how computers are used in everything from microwave ovens to smartphones


I know, right? Computers are used to control systems for a wide variety of industrial and consumer devices like what you just said. In addition, they're in remote controls and  industrial robots.


I never knew captcha stood for completely automated public turning test to tell computers and humans apart, the name is annoying as the test


Yes, or maybe it should be called "gotcha" for catching the bots that are always crawling online.  Did you know that the space shuttle's general purpose computer runs on only 1 MB of RAM. That seems strange to say the least.


That does seem strange, did you know Ada Lovelace was the first person to write a computer algorithm?


Yes, she actually has a programming language named after her called "Ada".  That's way back in the beginning though.  Humans are capable of genius level of work and creativity.  Did you know that someone else built a working 16-bit computer using nothing but the basic Minecraft building blocks?


That's insane but it's probably much better than the manual cardboard computers Bell distributed to students in 1968


Nice!  You had a really good season a few back and we had a good game this year (well not so good for your Cubs!), but it was fun to watch.


Yeah, we were the first team to win back to back World Series, though!


Yeah they were, good call.  Did you know the league once banned a 17 year old pitcher?  Who was female!?


I guess she struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in a single season.


Cool!  Although I did jus find out that the managers wear uniforms because technically they are able to play for their teams if the need arises.


I think I have read that before as well, I think it would be so wild to see your manager take an at bat!


Yes, it would.Did you hear about the man that found three million dollars worth of old baseball cards in his grandfather's attic?


Yeah I did, wouldn't that be something.  If I were him, I would sell $2 million, and keep the other cards and let them sit for my grandchildren can find them one day as well.


Hello there, I am good thank you, how about you?


That's a good idea! Well, it's been fun and fast chatting with you this morning.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, friend!


I'm well, thanks for asking.  Do you like baseball?


I do enjoy baseball, I watched a ton this year due to a major injury and my team did really well!  How about you?


I watch a little when I'm not havingto work.  I always try to watch the World Series, though.


Yeah the world series is usually pretty fun to watch.  Do you know how many baseballs are used in a typical season?


I guess it's as many as 160,000!  Now that is a lot of baseballs!


That really is, I like the Milwaukee Brewers.  Do you have a team that you follow?


Kind of disturbing that Starship Troopers is assigned military academy reading. Ender's Game is at least a little less toxic.


I don't know how much they're to blame TBH. Teachers have such high student ratios, and schools take such a one-size-fits-all approach in processing students without regard to their learning style, I'm not surprised a lot of people fall through the cracks.


That's definitely true, at least they've instilled the quality of silent reading, which is always helpful. Back in the middle ages, only the most skilled readers were able to read silently.


That really surprised me when I first learned it. It must have made for a lot of distraction when several people were reading in the same place.


Oh I'm sure it was. They must have had to drown it out like radio noise. On that note, are you interested in radios at all?


Not a whole lot, but by brother-in-law is a former radio DJ who's fascinated by the history of radio, and has a collection of the old radio serial programs. Are you?


I like listening to old radio programs as well! One of the most popular acts of the 1930s was a ventriloquist, that's incredible to me!


Yeah, that's hilarious. It doesn't seem like anyone could get much out of that on the radio.


I used to listen to the 1970's Fantastic Four radio show! I recently found out Bill Murray actually voiced the Human Torch.


That's amazing! I love Bill Murray. One of the best comedians ever.


Oh I love him! It's surprising how many people get their start or at least become famous over radio. Like Bing Crosby recordings filled over half of all radio time allocated to recorded music in 1948.


Hello! That's interesting, are those both assigned readings on the military lists? Wonder why they have them in the first place.


Imagine Top 40 radio today giving half its time to one artist! Nice chatting with you.


They both involve strategic thinking in wartime situations. But at least Ender feels guilty about committing genocide, while Heinlein's characters are cheering it on.


Ahh that's interesting, regardless I think reading lists are important. Although maybe the military should use "reading bicycles", they used them in an elementary school and test scores greatly improved.


I remember how angry I used to get at the idea of summer reading lists. I didn't read Watership Down till I'd been an adult a long time, and I noticed the book was on the high school's mandatory summer reading. If I'd been forced to read it like that I'd probably hate it to my dying day.


Oh that's interesting! I think reading lists aren't diverse enough, they should have monster stories too! It's funny to think George R.R. Martin started writing by selling monster stories for pennies huh!


Interesting. I think Stephen King also started out really scraping by as a writer, trying to sell short stories for pretty low amounts, before he hit it big with Carrie.


I didn't know that! On the other hand a lot of successful people are never involved with reading. President Andrew Johnson never learned reading until his wife taught him.


I didn't know that. A surprising number of people today can't read and manage to fake it somehow.


Definitely, and most have no excuse. Even Louis Braille, who invented the braille reading and writing system, was able to perfect it at the age of 15.


Hey partner! You a basketball fan? I think Lebron is one of the all time greats! He received the NBAs MVP four times so far!


Yes it seems like it. Even in high school he was a star. Tickets cost between $100 and $120


Yeah, i wonder what happened to that money. did it go to lebron? or to books for the school? Hm.


Good question I don't know. But that amounted to nearly 200o people attending. Must have been such a fun atmosphere.


Yeah, they knew that he was on his way to greatness. I figure that he has a couple of seasons left. he is 34, turns 35 at the end year.


I just love watching him play! He even has 2 olympic gold medals. Is he going to play in the upcoming olympics?


I guess he could, but there is a lot of other talent out there that probably wants a chance at the olympics.


Yes my thoughts as well. Do you like Steph Curry? He plays for the Golden State Warriors.


yes, he is a great player. he is a great guy on and off the cout.


Yes he is. For each three-pointer he makes three nets get donated to a foundation that protects families in Africa. I assume they protect them from malaria.


Yeah, keep the mosquitos out and the malaria cant get in. it is simple but effective. good for steph.


Four times? I did not know that. How many times did Jordan get it?


Very cool. The Golden State Warriors earned $12 million dollars by losing game four of the NBA finals last season. That's a lot of money. Great talking with you this morning.


I'm not sure I'll have to look that up. He is also the all time NBA playoffs scoring leader.


I think that he just passed jordan on the scoring list. he has a couple more seasons in him, too


Yeah I hope so. Just as long as he doesn't get injured. He also signed a deal for the space jam sequel.


he should do a movie like that. he is a legend, certainly equal to jordan, and probably a better actor.


We will definitely see in the sequel. James is the highest-paid celebrity which is no surprise.


he will stay on that list even after he retires. i bet his endorsements, movie deals, investments etc keep him on it.


Yes I would guess so. He even made $6 million by televising the decision. But he donated that to charity.


He has helped a lot of kids get college tuition too. he is a great guy on and off the court.


Hello, How are you? Do you like animals?


Yes, they haven't really proven yet? I love the idea of giving animals legal rights like Germany!


I think so too, that should be universal, they are special creatures that deserve it!


I feel the same way.  Who knew hiccups in humans is a hold over from land animals having gills and lungs.


Wow, that is evolution at its finest, i do hate hiccups though lol! Do you like using Google?


Yes, I use it all the time. Its a great go to! How about you?


I love it! It is the number one search engine.


Gosh like Instagram and Facebook yesterday, in 2013 Google went down for only 5 minutes and took 40% of traffic.


lol that is amazing. Google gets a lot of traffic by me when I can't think of something or want to know a fact


Yes, I do too! Its a great idea to use goats as lawnmowers like Google headquarters did! You see that a lot in Europe.


I never knew that, I wonder why they don't use humans and help boost the economy by hiring people


I am doing well, I love animals, my favorite animal is a dog, how about you?


I think in Europe it land is so large. Not sure why Google did it? I heard that Google is a dog lover too!


That is a good point. I love dogs and I love Google lol! It was so nice chatting with you, enjoy your weekend!


Yes, I do too! I love my dogs to bits! I do love my Garfield kitty just as much!


aww sounds amazing! They are just a few of the 20 quintillion animals on this planet


lol, That's true, that number is unreal!! Have you seen any white patches on their forehead? I heard it happens when they become domesticated.


I never knew that, my dog has one also! That makes sense, I wonder how it formed or why


Really, I haven' noticed it on mine, I am going to have a to take a closer look tonight! lol


that is great! Did you hear that the loch ness monster is a protected species?


Yeah, in 1912 a Scottish protection! Very cool!


That is awesome, protection for an animal that may or may not exist lol


Do you know anyone who you would describe as a "wet blanket"


Yep that's what I heard. Do you ever have your Netflix DVDs delivered or you just stream these days


I just stream.  Blockbuster must be kicking themselves now for not taking that offer to buy Netflix.


Yep I agree with you. They had a chance to buy them for only 50 million dollars, what a bargain!


Netflix has everything including an our long show of a fireplace.


Wow that is pretty cool. Why do you think that Blockbuster did not purchase them though? They're worth 2 billion dollars now which seems like it would have been a bargain if they had bought them back in the day


I think Blockbuster thought they could out do them, this was all before streaming was a thing.


Yeah you're right, they should have been prepared though, did you hear how Netflix was started? With the $40 late fee?


Yeah.  I need something to make my genius emerge so I can make a few million, or billion.  I wont be picky.


Haha you just need a good idea, and yes it was Reed Hastings who is charged that $40 for turning Apollo 13 and late LOL what a good idea


It has done well for him.  Many go out on a limb with no success.  Good for him.


Yep I agree with you on that. Do you ever go traveling by the way? I want to go to Denmark and ride the bus that goes 160 miles per hour LOL


Haha and, I can only imagine to how different psychologists would react to people asking questions about how to deal with them, they are so annoying


I agree.  It is hard to see it sometimes when you are in love with someone like that.  You make excuses for them


If I could see that, by the way do you ever watch Netflix with the people that you love


I agree, it's crazy that Netflix takes up about one-third of all internet traffic in North America though


They even employ taggers who watch and tag content.  Where do I apply!


Haha that sounds like an easy job! I want a job to watch YouTube though, I usually watch YouTube and Netflix and apparently those two together can use up half of all bandwidth in the United States


Hello, it is crazy to find out that either a college football and basketball coach get a high pay.


That is true. That is a silver lining. Going to college can make the table turn.


NBA players on average are the highest paid athletes in the world. They should put money aside for education.


They should also put money to donations towards those who continue school, but for those who pursue in basketball.


Shaqille ONeal made only one 3 pt shot in his entire career. I wonder if he has any money problems now. He's also been in movies.


Well, he should have a lot of money both ways. Even when there was a controversy about his soda commercial. I bet he had more income due to social media's thoughts, likes, and hates.


He is a celebrity. I did not know that volleyball and basketball were invented at the YMCA.


The National Basketball League was adopted on August 3, 1949, so this made a profit for every team. I bet half the team players did not know about YMCA. They only care about the fun of the sport and money.


The hoop is about twice the diameter of the ball. It's ten feet above the court. Maybe they should change some of the dimensions.


There are a some hoops that are double rim. There may be a trick to actually shooting into that hoop.


The granny shot is the optimal way to shoot free throws, yet few players use it because it looks completely stupid.


There's television revenue and the alumni want winning teams. Consider that Stan van Gundy was fined for saying something that would lower $$$ for the NBA.


Maybe, Steph Curry used the Granny shot just for kicks. However, his 3-point shots are incredible.


The man is a 3-machine. He donates mosquito nets to people in developing countries. I wonder if he will have problems after retirement.


I remember that! He is such a generous guy. It was nice chatting with you.


That was a big risk to do without thinking any consequences. Do you think he thought about it twice?


Probably thought about ethics and faith. It's hard to think long term. Consider the example of Spencer Haywood.


That is true. There is always a silver lining.


He took 100,000 in cash up front instead of stock which would be worth billions now.


Many NFL players go bankrupt soon after retirement. The same is true of NBA players. They have money but don't know how to manage it.


Think about it. They will get more money after they get bankrupt though. Do you think they planned how to get their money back? They either use the money by thinking twice or they just treat themselves.


Maybe they should go back to college. Tim Duncan stayed in college. Maybe it helped him.


Do you like animals? I love them. I have dogs, but I also love horses. I love that my dogs can understand where I point. Evidently only dogs and elephants are the only animals that can understand a human's point.


Aw, that's so precious. It's a funny myth that dogs can't see color; they can see it, they just can't see as many colors as we do.


I would love to see the vending machines that they have in Istanbul here. They dispense food and water, for the price of a recycled bottle.


What a sweet idea! It's always so weird to think they evolved from wolves.


That is weird. I like how they can do all of these jobs. K-9's are my favorite.


I love that they can be used for therapeutic roles; I know I definitely consider my dogs my best friends.


Mine are mine as well. I'ts interestning that there is only one true wild horse breed, the Przewalski, I always thought the ones on the islands off of Virginia were feral


I guess I believe it. We domesticated horses as early as 3000 BC.


That doesn't seem like that long ago. Were you aware of Demetri Martin giving up law school to become a comedian?


I wonder if he thinks that's worked out for him. Ryan Stiles also missed out on an education to pursue comedy, but he dropped out of high school not Harvard!


I guess it works for them. I used to love 3rd Rock from the Sun, and was happy to learn that it won golden globe for comedy, beating Seinfield & Frasier....I never thought they were funny


I do. I love horses. Especially the Lipizzaner, it takes them 6 years to turn white.


They also beat Friends! I liked Friends a lot, too. Do you like "bromantic comedies"? It's the genre that includes Harold and Kumar and Pineapple Express. I also referred to those as "stoner comedies", myself.


That's so cool. Can you believe two students were suspended because they rode their horses to a "no vehicles" day at school?


That is crazy! Clint Eastwood had a mid-life allergy to horses develop.


That would be such a bummer. I would just get a lot of allergy shots and take Benedryl! Maybe he just got tired of riding them in his movies so he made up an allergy.


Maybe. I love dalmations, and didn't know that they calmed the horses at the firestations.


I believe it. Dogs are awesome creatures. Google states they are a dog company in their Code of Conduct.


I love dogs. I never knew what a tolt was, until I was reading about Icelandic horses, they basically speedwalk.


That's some funny imagery. Just like what horses must've looked like 50 million years ago. They evolved from an animal with small toes!


That is funny. Dogs can be blood donors to other dogs. I would love to see a doggy blood drive when I give blood.


Hi there!  Do you like cars?  I do because I would never get to go anywhere without one.


You get a super chat high five!  I was surprised to see that the first patent for a car was given out in 1886.


Yeah, me too,  I always thought it was Ford who did all that, but he was the first to mass produce.


Ford made the Model T in 1908 I believe?


I do.  I dont understand the moral panic of the 18th century though.


Me neither.  Reading was one of the few forms of entertainment people had back then.  Enders Game is suggested reading for many military organizations including the Marines!


Its a good book!  Have you read it?  I am not sure int is military reading material though,


I haven't read it.  I haven't read Starship Troopers either which is on the reading lists of 3 of the 5 US military branches.


I did read Enders Game, but not Starship Troopers.  If the military recommends maybe it is good.


It is very useful for getting me around.  I dont know what I would do without it.


It must be.  I did see both movies though. lol  I have to get going.  It's been fun chatting with you!


lol  Did you hear about the flame throwing cars they have in South Africa?


Yeah, carjacking must be pretty bad there.


No doubt!  Did you know when and why McDonalds added drive thrus?


Yes.  They added them in 1975.  Did you know that the backs of cars became known as trunks because cars used to carry wooden trunks on them back in the old days?


That makes a lot of sense.  I heard in England it is called the boot.


That's interesting!  Do you know who the car brand Cadillac was named after?


Its a french explorer.  Antoine de la mothe Cadillac


Hi! Did you feel Boston was right in not inviting Schilling to join the 2004 team at Fenway? I'm a little torn but I agree he what he said about the pipe bomb terrorist was disturbing so I don't blame Boston there!


Ha! That would lead to chaos if it happened today! Just as if someone was caught stealing to end game 7 of the world series like Babe Ruth did back in 1926 down by one. Mobs would form today. Ha!


lol, I know. I'm surprised there are only 3 of the wealthiest presidents listed.


I can't believe the three wealthiest were Jefferson, JFK and Washington! They must measure for inflation, right?


Yeah, that what I was thinking. I know all three owned alot of land.


At least none of them made money by releasing pop albums while serving as president like the president of Indonesia has. Ha!


Why would anyone use the word banana for a name?


I know, right? It sounds insulting. Imagine being a guest of President Banana! Ha! Speaking of guests, did you know the president's guest house is actually bigger than the white house itself? Unbelievable!


Yes, must be huge! Glad they changed the rules for vice president in 1805.


No kidding! There would be sheer chaos if the presidential runner ups automatically became vice president today. That was a serious mistake.


Especially today!! Thinking it was a little bit different n 1805, so long ago. Great chat!!


No, I don't either. With all these terrorist. I didn't know baseball managers can play for their teams!


So true! And being that a president is head of state in republics, it should have always been his choice to pick his own vice president. Well it was great chatting with you as well! Have a great day!


I didn't know that either until recently. Always wondered why they wore uniforms! I wonder if that applies to baseball managers in Japan where its so popular that they couldn't believe baseball is America's national past time!


I don't know about Japan? maybe it does too. Wow, pretty lucky finding baseball cards in your grandfathers attic worth 3 million.


I know, right? I need to check the attics of some elderly relatives! Ha! I wonder if they make baseball cards for kickball players in Canada or as they call it "soccer-baseball"?


I saw that, So if you're in Canada, if they call it kickball could mean soccer or baseball. confusing. Surprised the women's world cup got higher ratings than the world series.


I am too to be honest! I also can't believe the Cubs haven't won a world series since becoming the first baseball team to win back to back World Series titles. That's crazy!


Very surprised! Would think they would do something about that by now!


Exactly! And hey, even the Ottoman Empire was still in existence the last time the Cubs won a world series! Can you believe that?


What, really? No one caught that up side down Canada flag in the 1992 world series.


Oh my no surprise there. Did you ever watch family guy?


No, but I did see the South Park Family Guy finale--the one that the Simpsons producers applauded by sending the SP folks flowers!


I know how nice of them though. Do you know Thomas the tank engine?


Not personally. I did watch when Ringo Starr was the narrator, but not later when George Carlin or Alec Baldwin narrated. How about you?


I never even know that they narrated it. I used to babysit so that is how I watched it


yes such a good show. Bart apparently did not appear in only one episode the whole time


Nice. When my kids were young, we did not let them watch the Simpsons out of fear they would get schooled by Bart in the fine art of trouble making. Kind of like in the 1800s when there wasa moral panic about the menace of reading...


Yeah I know what you mean he is not the best influence in a kid. There is a woman who holds the record for speed reading. do you know how fast she can read?


As we text, yes. I'm not a transhumanist or anything. Like, I don't think I'll be uploading my consciousness to a thumb drive anytime soon, but I use a computer. You?


4700 words per minute. It was nice chatting with you.


Yes, me too, it has become a necessity for work really. Did you know that if you have an apple computer and smoke near it, it voids its warranty.


Siri told me that once. Nag, nag, nag... I told her that she requires a battery, but the Russians made a computer that runs on water. She responded. "Not bad considereing that even Jesus only walked on water"


Wow, Siri is strange sometimes. Transhumanists are looking into uploading their minds into a computer and memory sticks.


Some minds require more memory than others. I could get away with just using an old floppy disk for mine. After all, The space shuttle.s entire general operating computer requires only 1mb.


That is so interesting. Someone even built a 16 bit comuter using only minecraft building blocks


Ah, but could yo use it to stream video from the internet? What good is a computer if it cannot play at least some of those 750 episodes of Pokemon?


Haha I know. They have really been going on for so long, 16 years is a long time.


Yeah. Contrast that with the UK remake of That 70s Show, which was cancelled after 10 shows.


Fashion trends come and go, but that is ridiculous! Were they endorsed by Stephon Marbury? He promoted those 15-dollar shoes which he was not paid to endorse, so, why not 9th-century high heals too?


ha ha ha, I know. Do you tie all of your shoes the same way since there are 17 ways?


I use Velcro, and fasten it the same way each time!  So, why is it that professional ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of ballet shoes every week, but you never see big endorsement deal for ballet. shoes?


That makes sense, must no money in it. I don't think I would want someone to break in my shoes for me like Queen Elizabeth.


I would let her break in my shoes, as long as she brings tea... You know, 5000 year old shoes designed perform better than modern shoes? They don't make them like they used to!


lol, just the thought of it. Interesting about the Vikings were war poets!


Poet warriors?  The pen is mightier than the sword, but a good poem will put all your opponents to sleep! There is a poem that, when read normally is depressing, but when read backwards is inspiring? How bad must a poem be to be improved by reading it backwards?


Really! Its not depressing to me. I love poetry!  Very interesting Art, music and poetry were once olympic sports!


Now the best poets are rap artists. You know, almost all of the Hobbit characters were taken from an old Icelandic poem?  Dvergatal. Say that ten times quickly!


Yes, I've heard of that before. Have you heard of the poem Chaos?


No. But did you know that if the Javanese alphabet is recited in order, it forms a poem?


Sure! Gotta love a game where you get to use a bat!  Have you ever played?


I have played softball. I go to a lot of games. Very interesting a 17 year old female pitcher was banned from professional baseball.


Really? I wonder why? Was she a softball pitcher trying  to play baseball, or was she and overhand thrower?


No she struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession. Love the catching a ball in your hat deal!


Nice. If you can beat her, ban he from the game! In Canada, they callkickball by the name, Soccer-baseball. I wonder if that game is integrated?


I don't know, 160,000 is a lot of ball for a baseball season.


Yup. and 2430 is a lot of games for one married couple to schedule every year!


lol, yes it is. Wow, 9th century high heels were worn by persian cavalry soldiers.


Hello there, what are your thoughts on basketball?


I do think it has gotten out of hand though, a 16 year old killed another teen in Washington over a pair of Air Jordans.  That is sad.


That is sad. Murder over a $250 pair of shoes. Senseless.


Yeah the defense claims the 3 teenage witnesses were lying.  They apparently were the only evidence.  Must have been ironclad.


Terrible. I wonder if MJ did anything for the family considering he held the record for the single highest paid season?


I doubt it, I mean the logo of his jumping isn't how he jumps either.


Yeah, it's ironic that it is from a photo shoot of MJ doing the ballet move grand jete and had nothing to do with how he jumps!


I actually have a pair of Air Jordans from the 90s, I made sure to leave tea bags after I wore them for a while to reduce the smell!


Oh, I've heard to do that with shoes. I find it amazing the Stephon Marbury promoted a line of shoes for $15 and was not paid to endorse them.


Yeah there are some good athletes in the world like Steve Smith who leaves his cleats on the bench to remind people of homelessness and people without shoes.


I have heard about that. I find it interesting that not only were shoes around so long ago, but a pair of shoes 5000 years old performs better than modern day shoes.


I like the sport a lot. I just can't believe that there are only five players at a time on each side. It always seems like more.


Goes with the saying "don't make them like they used to", thanks for the chat.


True, the dunk was so bad because of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in college it got banned for years.


Yeah, I heard it was banned from college basketball for over a decade!


I think the NBA has changed a lot with so many more 3 point shots being taken, it is hard to defend that much of the court.


Yeah, that could be. It's hard to believe that in 39 out of 50 states the highest paid employee is either a college football or basketball coach.


Well look at Air Jordans, that shoe accounts for 33% of all money on shoes spent on ebay.


Does it really?Did you know that Jordan's were banned upon introduction by the NBA?


Yes it was around 1984 I think, I think this is what jumpstarted Nike into the powerhouse they have become.


Yes, rapper Drake even owns a pair of solid gold Jordan's.


Hey there how often do you watch baseball?


Yes I don't like really small dogs. I never knew that there are 12 different blood types for dogs though, did you know that


Yeah, and they they can even donate blood at dog blood drives! I wonder if they ever found a match with human blood?


Haha I don't think it works that way unfortunately. When I do like those that Istanbul has a system that rewards stray dogs for bringing back trash, that's a good idea


Yeah, the netherlands always come up with good ideas when it comes to recycling!


Why do you think only dogs and elephants can understand pointing? I would think that gorillas would also be able to because they're smart but I don't think they can


I think it could be the way their brain interprets learning of direction.


It must be something with the brain, I was just glad to learn that dogs are not actually colorblind though, their ability to see colors is just lower than humans, that is all


Exactly, plus i wish i could see in the dark naturally like they can too lol


Haha I wish so too. Do you like dogs or cats more though? Apparently Google is a dog company LOL they prefer dogs


I love both, i have 4 cats and 3 dogs and you?


I love baseball and going to live games! Did you know that the managers wear the uniform because they can techn ically play if absolutely needed? Can you imagine that?!!


One dog, but I like dogs more than cats, there's a reason that they are called
 "man's best friend" haha, nice talking with you!


No I didn't know that! I also didn't know that in Canada, kick ball is called soccer-baseball LOL that name seems really silly


What is crazy is that baseball is super popular in Japan apparently. And as for the Japanese, a lot of them are shocked to learn that it is actually America's pastime and was not created in Japan


Yeah, well when you are not educated on its history its hard to decifer the difference


Well let me ask you this, what would you do if you found millions of dollars worth of old baseball cards in your attic? Apparently some guy did recently


I would be shocked to find that out and would definatly keep them hidden


Haha I would sell them immediately. On a separate note though, what do you think about dogs? I like them a lot more than cats personally


I like dogs as long as they are big dogs or atleast bigger than a chihouwa lol


Hello there, do you know much about politics in general?


Yeah I didn't even think about that, I really think we will have one in the next twenty years at the most.


I hope so!  I was surprised to hear that George Washington was one of the wealthiest presidents.  I had no idea he was so rich


Yeah same here, and JFK as well, I don't think our current president is as wealthy as he says he is as well.


Right.  Our president could perhaps have been friends with the Zimbabwe's president - President Banana!


Yeah that is true!  I think they called him that because of his name, but ours has his name because that's how he looks!


Yes.  It must drive him crazy that the president's guest house is bigger than the white house!


I really wonder what all the guests that come to stay there think when they see the size difference.


We haven't had any presidents as cool as the president of Indonesia - he released 3 albums while in office!


Yeah I bet those albums sold really well and made a ton of money too!


Profiting off his presidency just like our current president does!


Yes I follow it a lot.  It is awful what Republican leaders are doing.  They will not stand up to Trump at all.


Exactly good call!  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


Yeah I don't know what to think anymore with the whole thing. Do you know when the red/blue colors used to differentiate the parties started?


It started really recently - like in 2000.  The only presidents since 1853 have all been republicans and democrats.  We need a 3rd party


Yeah I thought it started way long ago, and that is so true!  I would love to have another party who actually has a chance.


It was so bad that Harry Truman refused to be photographed on the Dumbo ride at Disneyland because he could not bear the thought of being associated with Republicans!


That is just too funny to be true, but it is lol.


But if you want to have a beard in office - better be Republican!  Democrats have all been clean-shaven


Isn't that really funny, I think the next democrat to win should grow one out just to put an end to that!


Well the next Democrat might be a woman so that could be difficult!  It is time that the United States has a woman as head of state.


Wow that is very accommodating for everyone. Did you ever use MySpace?


I used to , wow that was such a long time ago. Why do you ask?


Well they had a great chance to buy Facebook for $75 million and passed on it


Yeah that was not smart, they could have been making billions now but a little too late


I love it. Do you know who invented Braille?


I actually do not, do you know? Have you read Starship troopers?


I have actually and it is pretty good So Braille was invented by Louis Braille who perfected it at the age of 15


Wow what a talent it has made a revolution for many people now. Do you know who is the person that reads the fastest in the world?


Hmmm I do not think that I do. Did you hear about that teacher that took out desks and out in reading bicycles?


I am but not as much as I used to be. It has surely made its way in the divorce filing paperwork


WOw, did not hear about that but this woman that holds the record can read 4700 word per minute


Hm I am not sure of that. It is a catchy color?


Actually it is because Mark is colorblind and cannot see green and red


Ohh that is brilliant on his behalf.. 1/3 of adults in the US use it as a primary source of news


Wow I myself do not rely on it as much, not sure if it is trustworthy


Yeah I agree there with you. The like button was supposed to be called the awesome button


Wow cool, maybe they would not have banned it in that part of Germany


Yeah maybe. There are 56 custom gender options in there now plus female and male


hahah thatis a good one. do you know who made the schedule for the major league?


I do not have a favorite. How about you?


If I had to pick I would pick the Yankees who are based in the new York city borough of the Bronx.


Nice. I heard in 1973 two yankee pitchers swapped families permanently


Did you know there is a lost yankees player?


Are dramas your favorite type of movies?


Not really I like comedies but sometimes I enjoy dramas too


From time to time. Did you know the managers wear uniforms?


Yes I did, although I am not a huge baseball fan.


I guess they are allowed to play if it need be


The minor league team in Albuquerque was named after a team in the simpsons!


Hi! Have you ever been to the capital of the US, Washington D.C?


Yes, I get hiccups from drinking my drinks too fast or talking while eating, do animals ever get the hiccups?


ya I guess its leftover from when some animals had both gills and lungs, kind of crazy


That would be funny if fishes got the hiccups from ingesting too much water because my kids love listening to the soundtrack of Finding Nemo, though they have never attended any concerts.


haha what concerts have you been to? I would have loved to go to a Pink Floyd concert back in the day


I have never been to a concert before, not even a Linkin Park concert even though they played 324 concerts from their successful debut album.


ya or the ramones with 2200 concerts in 20 years, thats a lot of concerts!


Wonder if anybody came close to filing a lawsuit for a bad concert like what some people did for Creed's concert. How do you go about proving a concert was bad?


ha thats a good question, I would be embarrased to be creed though, that definitely looks bad for the band


Yeah, wonder what came about that lawsuit. Probably just an extortion play. I mean, that concert has got to be better than the rap album that was released by 100 year old Japanese twins right?


ya I wanted to listen to that, they made it back in 1992! I wonder how good it is


I have, it's been a long time though, what about you?


Sounds like a risky investment unless those twins were related to the executives of the production company.


I have not but it seems like there's a lot of fun things to do even with children too like the Burning Man exhibit or the Paella Festival, I sure do like paellas.


haha paella is amazing, do you like animals? I guess over 1.5 million animals have ever existed


I do like animals, I thought it was over 20 qunitillion, I'm thinking thats the unit of measure that comes after trillion?


ya I don't know how many 0's that is haha, I should have studied animals and become a zoologist


Do you like animals? Maybe if you studied you would be able to tell me whether or not it's true that domesticated animals have white patches on their foreheads.


haha ya I want to know that, also crazy that animals have guaranteed rights in Germany, i wonder what they are


Hmm, animals have rights in Germany? Isn't the national food of Germany sausages or Bratwursts or something? I wonder what rights those are.


haha sounds amazing!  do you ever get the hiccups?


Wow! It's a good thing he rejected though. He earned himself 80 million! Yeah I guess Jordan wore his Jordans anyway, because NIKE was willing to pay the fine each time! That worked well for them, I think!


I know!! Its almost like he expected it, but when you are that good I guess you expect it, its good business! I wouldn't have rejected probably unless I was coached into it. It makes sense though


Yeah I definitely wouldn't have rejected the first offer! Haha! $10 million? Okay, I'll do it! Sadly, I'm not like Tim Duncan, who sacrificed money to stay in college instead of going straight to the NBA.


I know right! That's what makes these people like Tim Duncan so amazing! Making mistakes but then also great choices! and in Lebrons case, Im glad he is humble, did you know he raised 6 million dollars for charity?


No I didn't! I admire charitable qualities in people. I only wish I had the resources to be able to be charitable! Woah! Apparently the New Zealand basketball team is nicknamed "the tall blacks". That's pretty crazy, I don't think that's very nice!


me too! Did you ever watch Space Jam? Im a 90's baby so it was my sham!!


Yeah, I have I loved that movie as a kid! I heard there might be a sequel. But I'm not sure if it's really going to happen. Wasn't it Lebron who was going to do the sequel?


Yes, apparently Lebron and Warner Bros signed a deal for a sequel, Itll be interesting to see for sure!


Yeah! I will absolutely be seeing it! Reminds me of my childhood. I see why Lebron is often called :The Best Basketball Player in the World! He is pretty great!


Agreed! Well Ill be thinking of you when I watch it too beautiful stranger! Take care! sending hugs, love and good vibes... Peace!


Hi!Yes I do! I enjoy watching the Bulls. Do you have a favorite team?


I liked the seattle supersonics, but I'm not too into basketball to be honest. I find it interesting though. The science of it!


I agree, I only watch it if its on TV and I cant change the channel. There is alot of money in it, I think pays better than football. Like Allen Iverson, he gets lifetime time endorsements of 800, 000 a year until he is 55! I wish I had that!


Oh wow! I want that kind of money in my life! Haha! In 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach! Maybe it's time I go into sports for my job !


me too! I agree, Im thought the same when I learned that! Since you like Science... there is a physicists that proved best techniques to shot and score.


Its called "Granny Style" haha but NBA players refuse to do it because it looks stupid! ha


Oh wow! I would do it! I have no shame! Haha! Granny style? Bring it on! Did you know that Air Jordans were banned upon introduction by the NBA?


I know right! I wouldn't either if they pay me in the millions or a potential of it haha and I didnt know that about the Jordans, I did know that Nike offered Lebron 90 million, shortly after reebok offered him 10 million that Lebron rejected! Who rejects 10 mil! Oh my Lordy!


I hear that Jeff Green is becoming a valuable veteran for his mentorship of younger players on the Wash. Wizards, if not for his own talent.


That's a tragedy.  You'd think at least a few of them would take a financial skills class while in college.  Iverson made a good deal with Reebok where he gets paid every year until he's 55.  No way to go bankrupt if you've got a paycheck coming at the end of every year!


you'd be surprised! if your yacht and mansion and your private jet cost you more than your paycheck, you're going down the rabbit hole pretty quick. It's odd that none of them ever decided to just take a financial class, like you said


James seems to have his head on straight, with his charity work.  And my boy Green, too, who has a new outlook on life since his heart surgery.  He doesn't take any game for granted.


yeah its a good thing some of them come out with something out of it. when your career depends on your body, its just a ticking time bomb


I'm glad I'm in a job that doesn't count on my health.  I got a bad infection in my knee last year, and I was unable to walk for a few months.  If I were in basketball, I'd have been out for the season for sure, just like Green was.  I do have a a new appreciation for things now, which is good.


damn thats tough. hope you made it out of it alright!


I've almost got my full flexibility back.  I couldn't bend it at all for a month, and then only progressed about a degree per week.  It was frustrating.  But, I eventually made it so I can play sports again without fear of pain or falling.  I can run a route and make a lay up like I used to.  2 points!


wow, i cant imagine. that must have been frustrating af. but good for you for keeping your spirits up. Im honestly not sure how long this is supposed to go....Coach stan van gundy was fined for saying nba shouldn't be playing games on christmas day - thats just crazy to me


For saying it, or for believing it?  Should players be forced to work on a national holiday?


for being fined.  i'm with him, give them the day off. everyone deserves it


man, good call on lebron james to reject reebok and wait it out


Yeah, and no one needs to give basketball players money on a day when you should be with your family.


agreed. especially given the kind of money they already make


Did you know that the all-star break is the only time when there are no pro sports playing in America?  Right around July 4, too.


no, ive never even heard of it.  i figured there was always a sport playing. they all overlap to an extent


Yeah, but in early july, basket ball is over and football hasn't started, and baseball is on break.  Maybe they just don't count soccer or golf?


What do you mean?  Did he make more with someone else?  If he did, it's just another instance of his ability to raise money, like he did when switching teams or even playing in high school.


damn good indeed. rejected $10 million offer from reebok, less than a year later accepts a $90 million offer from nike.


That's pretty good.  James has been a mentor to his teammates too, which is another way he raises his own value: by raising the value of his teammates.  I wish he could have done that longer in Cleveland.


Love for Cleveland is even present in al-qaeda members. a captured al-qaeda member wrote letters expressing his disgust at his decision to go to the miami heat. gotta do something so heinous to be even hated by them, lol


Cleveland felt the same way when he left.  Everything of his was scrubbed from the website, stores, everything.  But NBA players follow the money ... all the way to the highest salaries in all of pro sports.


who wouldnt though? at the end of the day, its their job. When lebron james left cleveland for miami in 2010, his posters were marked down and sold for $17.41 in reference to the year the american traitor benedict arnold was born. that is some serious thought out attack


Yeah, Clevelanders are at least savvy enough to make such a connection.  A star like James needs a good supporting squad.  Most winning teams are able to get all five starters with a good reputation.  How do they do it with a salary cap?


no idea. the fact that the percentage of players that go bankrupt after a few years is telling of the whole industry. Two years after retirement, 78% of nfl players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress. in the nba, five years after retirement 60% of players are broke.


Hi! Are you a fan of the Incredibles 2? I am and particularly loved how the present day events in the film are set in the 1960s!


So true! But I suppose it's better than what Caesar said when he visited Britain that the people there need chickens for entertainment instead of food. We've come a long ways since then, right?


I guess so!  I guess they had plenty of animals to eat then.  I wonder if people bet on the animals.


That's a good question! Are you familiar with Bill Nye? You know he got his entertainment break after he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest. That's rather strange, huh?


Not the person I would have expected to win. Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a movie role because an entertainment executive didn't think he had "that presidential look." I wonder what the presidential look was back in those days. Maybe he needed better makeup. LOL


I'm sure that entertainment executive kicked himself later for that. Ha! Do you watch Comedy Central at all? I do but hate over 100 shows have been cancelled since the network started back in 89.


I guess they are picky? They haven't canceled South Park though.


Thankfully. Ha! Did you also know the Green Lantern movie was initially going to be a comedy with Jack Black? Wonder how that would have turned out?


Jack is a natural comedian. I wonder what Bill Murray would have said. Not as good as KFH.


Ha! Yeah Murray thought Kung Fu Hustle was the supreme achievement of modern age comedy. Can't say I honestly disagree with him there!


I think he was being humorous. I haven't seen the film myself. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting with you! Have a good day!


That's a great period for clothing and architecture. I haven't seen the film though.


True. Although I feel that way about 3rd Rock From the Sun. I was so happy when it won the best comedy series at the Golden Globe back in 97. It's amazing it was able to beat out shows like Friends, Frasier and Seinfeld! Well I enjoyed chatting with you as well! Take care, friend!


Speaking of clothing, the Director, Brad Bird, voiced the character Edna Mode, who just so happens to be the superhero costume designer in the film!


Yeah, I heard that Bird voiced Edna during storyboarding sessions. The production team couldn't find an actress who could do the voice better than him.


That's kind of funny, isn't it? You know, though, a sequel was  actually released in the form of a video game called Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer that was released 13 years ago. A lot of people don't realize that!


Brad Bird intentionally used artists who were likely to either quit or be fired from Pixar; because he believed only they could create everything that he needed. I wonder what he saw in them.


Whatever he saw, I guess it worked out. Ha! He must be a smart man! I mentioned the video game previously and out of curiosity, did you ever play the Nintendo Entertainment System? It's hard to believe it could only display 54 colors!


The NES was all about great game play. I played video games as kid. Now, I don't have the time.


Same here. I honestly was surprised that it wasn't discontinued until 2003 in Japan. I figured it was discontinued long before then.


Probably a lot of diehard fans.  The technology advances, but the games don't always get better, just louder and shinier.


Agreed. Watched 1st episode, picked up plot about exiled bro, selling off his sister to raise an army. Thought, whoa, there's a LOT of nudity and explicit sex in this series....What did you think?


I think it is like every other show. Cool plot, but gets redundant, and I don't have a lot of free time.


Yes, you're right. There's appeal in the sort-of medieval setting, though. Ireland, where some of series was filmed, is actually a sponsor. Needs the tourist trade.


Yeah, I think there is some really good acting. Like the kid that played the evil boy king was great as an actor.


Yes, and the lovely sister who rides dragons and is immune to fire. Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter is a character, too. Have been to Northern Ireland, Belfast. Signs of big conflict are still everywhere there. Ever been to Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, Croatia, Spain, Morocco, Malta, Canada, where series was shot?


I've been to a few of those. That must be cool to be an actor and have that job.


Wouldn't mind the paycheck, especially if on series for 8 seasons. Heard Hugh Laurie (House) is highest paid tv actor ever. Did you like that series?


I didn't know that, how much did he make?


A reported $700,000 per episode. Not bad, eh?


WOW! that is a ton of money, how many seasons was it on?


Don't know. See listings for re-runs all the time. They earn the actors more $$$. Beyond G. of T., I still like old, old drama, like Shakespeare's riveting Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, and Romeo & Juliet. How about you?


Interesting, I'm a fan, I've read all of  Shakespeare. Did you know Patrick Stewart was a Shakespeare actor before Star Trek? Well nice chatting.


That seems to be a theme song for the way the band has changed members over the years. Latest news is that guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham has been fired and won't appear on upcoming tour. Do you think that'll change their sound?


Really? That's so crazy, haven't they been around since the 70s?


Band  formed in 1967, I think. Who's your favorite band member?


I think McVie is the better singer, Nicks is the most famous though.


Yes. Her voice is distinctive. Seems like band picked up Mike Campbell from Tom Petty's band and Neil Finn, frontman for the Australian band, Crowded House. Ever heard of them?


Interesting, I didn't know that. Too bad about Petty, I was a big fan.


Keeping track of Fleetwood is as hard as remembering all the characters on Game of Thrones! Do you watch this HBO series?


I saw the first 3 seasons, but couldn't keep up with it fully. Just hard to follow along.


I love horror movies and always have. I just read that Stephen Kings first horror movie was "Bambi" of all movies to be terrified of ? lol


My cat was Priscilla. Check this out !!! Once a physicist actually used his cat as a co author while writing a book , so he could write using first person and not be judged harshly


Thats a cute name, and I didnt know that, thats an interesting fact I heard that a town in Alaska has a cat as its mayor.


Lol. I bet if we used the search engine Google we could find lots of interesting facts and pictures of cats. Google has been around since 1998 and it we typed in "cat" that single google search requires a lot of computing power just like what sent men to the moon


I know, there are a lot of cool facts, like the cat that was in the opening scene in the godfather 1.


Oh yes in the Godfather movie that cat was actually a stray they found. What about on the topic of horror movies again, that cat from Pet Sematary? Now that was a scary cat which wasnt valued for companionship any longer. Lol


Yeah, it was scary, I used google to get a better glance, I think google is a great company, has interesting apps.


Yes Google is amazing.  You know Google is so popular that in 2013 when Google went down for 5 minutes it took 40 % of the web traffic with it !


That crazy, we depend on google a whole bunch, 40% is a lot of users.


Yes we rely on Google not only for a search engine but for cloud computing, software, hardware, maps and online advertising. i am sure the creator Larry Oage and SErgey


I must have at least 5 google apps on my phone, did you know that google maps calculates traffic using android devices.


I love horror movies as well and yeah I dont see running for my life if I see bambi lol


yes i use google maps all the time. I love Google its americas top search engine and i really love the other two topics of the horror movie and cats. Its interesting to me to be able to talk with you about all 3. i will be googling some more scary movies later with cats in them. lol.


I think I will do that as well lol, in going to use google to browse for a horror movie and usually they have cats in them.


So all this time i have been watching horror films , i have actually been burning calories. It is said that you can burn more than 180 calories. Wow. Must be because of the adrenaline pumping?


Im going to watch a bunch then lol, I heard that if you see abstract art before a horror movie you will enjoy it more.


Thats cool. You know the movie the Shining? Well, the little boy Danny didnt even know he was acting in a film till way later, that was a good idea i think because the Shining is super scary


I know! I also craped my pants when I watched it, I thought it was pretty good and Danny sold the part. How can you not know its a horror movie though.


He was so young so i guess he didnt see the scarier stuff. As i am thinking of horror , the movie Cats Eye came to mind. I love cats so i got the best of both in that movie..horror and cats..lol


I love cat too, I have one, I learn this fact lately that when it reaches 15 years of age they have span 10 of them sleeping.


Did you know there are over 70 breeds of cat and they are usually either indoor or feral. i had an indoor persian cat. She slept a lot too..


I didnt know that, and what was the name of your cat mine is Camaleona.


Do you like Bluegrass music?  There is an album that was recorded 60 years ago and is just now reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Bluegrass music charts.


That long huh?  Wow.  I learned that they tried a UK version of the 70's Show and it flopped.  It only lasted 10 episodes.


Yeah, I think it was because they made it verbatim as the original. For some reason they renamed it to "Days Like These" though


I would like to travel to the UK and Iceland.  Iceland has not doesn't have a public rail service and most don't have cars.  It would seem weird.


yeah, but you would get to fly all the time, like they do.


True.  Mackinac Island, MI has banned cars entirely.  Most use horse-drawn carriages or bikes.  I bet that gets cold.


Yeah, it does sound cold, but not as cold as Iceland. Maybe that's why Iceland don't use cars and stuff, it's too cold.


Could be... At least they probably don't have the tolls like Japan where it costs over $300 to travel across the country.


yeah, but how much are Icelandic flights? Might be still be cheaper to live in Japan.


Yeah.  Did you know Jeff Bezos and C&Ws George Strait were cousins?  I can't see that...


I wonder if George Strait borrows money from Bezos, since he is the richest man on earth


yeah, I do. I heard of that they were on tv like way back in the day, on some thing called WTTG


I don't think he needs to... Thanks for the chat!


Yeah, this guy named Leon pineered a lot of recording technologies and recorded with people like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and George Jones.


yeah, I heard he had 23 brothers and sisters.


Yes, quite a family. Have you heard of the Stonemans?


yeah, didn't they make that song The Sinking of the Titanic? really popular country song.


I think so.  I didn't realize Don Owens died in 1963 after falling asleep while driving.


yeah it's sad that most of those things that he made weren't recorded


Yeah, or were televised.  Speaking of TV, did you know that there were 750 episodes of Pokemon? Wow.


yeah I'm not surprised. It's been on for 16 years.


Remember when collections of music were called "albums" instead of CDs or MP3s?


Not really but then again, I've never seen him do a ballet thing.  I guess his music is in the Library of Congress.


and it is under the genre cultural signficance


Well, our current culture will be know for all of its expletives.  Korean rappers have invented a new form of rap called "compliment battle".


Ha if only they had a show right now on TV i would watch that. it would be better than what is out there now. do you have a favorite celebrity?


Not really, I'm pretty disgusted with Hollyweird right now.  I really do miss Robin Williams.


For sure, I miss him too. He was the first actor to start the trend of voice in animating films


Yeah, that's cool.  Carol Burnett was cool for showing up on Sesame Street.


I haven't seen that, she started that trend too apparently! Are you into Pixar movies?


Yeah, they have made many good ones.  I would like to see their secret room but I'm not a celebrity.


For sure, maybe we could pose as a celebrity and see the secret room, what do you think?


That was back in the day lol, but I had so many!


It's worth a shot! Hey thanks for the chat.  You ruled!


Me too... Do you have any by Linkin Park?  "Hybrid Theory" is the best selling of the 21st century.


I never knew that, I own that one! I also have NWAs album, ever heard?


Nope.  I also haven't heard the two 100-year-old identical twins in Japan do their rap in 1992.


It went platinum without air play or tours needed! It is that good. I would love to listen to these twins rap, ever heard?


Nope.  I think it's wild that Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist before a rapper.


I would love to see his comics. I am sure they are worth a lot. Do you remember Busta Rhymes?


Yeah, he did the voice of the Reptar Wagon in 1998 for the Rugrats Movie.


For sure, i loved that movie as a kid! I was 10. are you a tupac fan?


Im guessing he did, do you know who James Naismith is?


He was the inventor of the game, he is also the only losing coach in the history of Kansas University so he was a terrible coach it seems


I would feel bad for him, he invents something, then everybody is better than him. I wonder if he regrets inventing it.


Well he could always bend the rules for his own benefit, he is the inventor of the game.


Maybe the Washington Generals should have bent the rules when they played the Harlem Globe Trotters, they have lost a lot.


They have? how many games do you know the stats? the Globe Trotters are a great team


The Washington Generals won 6 games and the Globe Trotters have won over than 13 000 times. Maybe there is something fishy going on...


Or maybe the Globe Trotters are aliens lol do you like ballet?


Never saw a ballet performance in my entire life, Bill Nye seems interested in ballet, he has a patent for ballet shoes.


Yes, I like basketball, and you, do you have a favorite basketball team ?


He has? he must be a big ballet fun then, anyway its been cool chatting with you today


I like the Warriors, do you ever play with friends? the shooting objective is really tall


Yes, I like shooting hoops with friends, we challenge each other to score from the farthest part of the court. Shaq would not be good at this game, he only scored 1 3 pointer in his career.


That sounds like a nice thing you have going on there and they used to tease Shaq a lot because of that


Yeah, he good at what he was doing, why try to do something that he is not good at ?


I know right, just stick to your strengths, well that didn't work out so well for Kareem Abdul Jabbar.


He was really good at using the dunk shot, so much he got it banned from college basketball for more than a decade


But did he had a good career even with his move banned ?


I love Nintendo as well. I saw that it was discontinued in Japan back in 2003.


I know, I was actually stationed there in 2003 and bought two of the last few systems. I wish I would have hung on to them.


That's cool. Thanks for your service. I was in the Marine Corps from 2004-2008.


Awesome, thank you for you service as well. I was in around the same time you were. I was in 2003-2009.


I do, Bill Murray is the best. He thinks that Kung Fu Hustle is the "supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy."


I think that's kind of odd because that movie isn't really that funny.


It's a weird type of humor I think. Did you know that the Green Lantern was originally supposed to be a comedy starring Jack Black?


I'm doing great - thanks. Do you like the Incredibles 2?


I do. Did you know that 13 years before the movie came out there was a sequel to the first Incredibles that exist in video game form?


That's pretty amazing. I saw that the present day events are actually set in the 1960s.


Did you know that Edna, the superhero costume designer, is voiced by Brad Bird, the films director?


That's very cool. Brad Bird used artists who were likely to either quit or be fired.


I heard that he believed they could create everything that he needed.


Yep, that's what it looks like. Do you like entertainment?


I do, I used to love playing my original NES. Even though it only displayed 54 colors, it was so fun.


thats good, and it says walmart only sells clean versions of albums, that explains why I never buy music at walmart, only food and random clothes for me


I understand, that's something interesting


have you seen any of the spiderman movies?  do you know his origin?


I've seen them all, absolutely everyone and I do not know their origin


ah, well he gets bitten by a radioactive spider, this says a real person used mercury to try to convert his bones to metal after seeing xmen and had multiple spider bites from watching spiderman, just silly!


Well, I think that everything is science fiction, although I do not remove the doubt from my head and that is that there may be someone wanting to achieve this.


well that would be true, I hope that these people don't do anything stupid though, this guy could have gotten seriously hurt


Or something much worse, I think it would be better to leave everything as this


do you like james cameron? I guess he was going to make a spiderman movie with arnold but it was cancelled, that would have been awesome


I can imagine, it would have been something wonderful


Well well. And you? How do you feel about soccer in the field?


I don't' know much about soccer personally, what about you? I do see that drew carey served in the marine corp which I didn't know


Oh, well, I do see it. But you can talk to me a little more about what you drew, I'm curious


well I was talking about drew carey who is a tv star, have you seen him on tv?


Or if, if I have seen, go that if it is talented, besides everything is singer and comedian


well have you seen evan almighty? that movie is the most expensive comedy ever made, you might like that it is a comedy after all


I can not imagine, this evan is a great actor, but I also love the pratagoniza the other powerful, this is much better personally


Do you listen to led zeppelin at all? I guess it says they decided not to title their fourth album to confuse the press which I think is funny


Do you like football, I love the NFL, 17 weeks of action, I don't like long seasons.


Yeah, it must help the officials decisions and to monitor concussions.


Players are crazy to risk concussions. Tom Brady should retire since his wife makes more than double what he makes.


But the salary of an average player is not that high, in a lifetime an engineer will earn more than the average NFL player.


It is a huge risk, especially when wins aren't guaranteed. Games are so close. Tom Brady has come within 3-4 points of a win or loss in all of his superbowls.


But he is really good, he is one of the  2 players that won 5 Super Bowls.


Do you think he is better than Eli Manning? I would go by Eli too if my name was Elisha.


Eli is younger than Tom Brady, we have to wait for them to retire before we can pass a judgment. And you are right, Elisha is a horrible name.


Ole Miss loves the Mannings. Their campus speed limit has reflected their jersey numbers, 18 and 10 mph.


That is a nice and classy honor. He was still playing for them in 2003.


Eli could have gone to a more scholastic school since he has a genius level IQ.


I don't really watch football, it seems like a waste of a few hours since the average game has only 11 minutes of live play.


But he would have been less famous, I don't think they would have changed the speed limit for a physician.


Very true! Maybe he wanted the fame and to follow in dad's footsteps.


The father must be really proud having 2 sons that have played in the NFL.


Do you like any other sport ? The NFL has great athletes  like Tom Brady and Eli Manning.


I prefer football over the other three major north american sports leagues.


The Manning should enter history, a father and 2 sons that are NFL quarterbacks, that is rare. What do you like about football ?


The Manning family is clearly talented. I appreciate that women are technically allowed to play.


How do you like  the single elimination tournament instead of a best of 7 games that we see in other sports ?


I like it! I think it instills fierce competition.


Yeah, it is really intense, do you wish there were more games in the regular season ?


I'm indifferent since I don't really watch. I find it fascinating that they put tracking chips in the pads and balls.


Are you a fan of books?  I personally read a lot, mostly non-fiction though.


I heard there was, I wonder what the winners were, those would be fun to read.


Do you think that literature should be censored?


Absolutely not!  That is why I hated to hear that the FDA burned 6 tons of literature


But should fan fiction be allowed? George RR Martin says it is copyright infringement and isn't useful for aspiring writers.


i think so.  I think it is a great creative outlet for pepole.


Have you heard of Tommy Orange's debut novel, There There?


It is about Native Americans in modern history but seems to also touch on how they were treated in the past. It's a fictional story with elements of truth.


I think that might be an interesting read.


The story follows around different members of a large cast of Native Americans who live in Oakland, CA. I'm not sure if I would like it because I like books that focus on one character.


I don't really have time to read but when I do I like to read fiction. I find it funny that Julius Caesar wrote fan fiction of Greek mythology.


I can take several focuses as long as I can put together what is going on.


That's good! Some of the people speak directly to us and others use the third person, so there are diverse approaches.


It has been good chatting tonight, but my dinner is ready, and I must go.  I have a great night.


That is sort of odd.  There is even a wiki that ranks fictional characters by their powers, that would be an interesting read.


And in Greek literature there wasn't much kissing. Romantic kissing is actually a recent development.


That surprises me, I  guess I always associated it with all love stories.  Even Shakespeare.


Yeah I think there was a lot of romance just kissing wasn't part of it.


I see.  Winston Churchill won a Nobel Prize, for literature.  I always though it was for peace


Interesting! Literature was an olympic event from 1912 to 1952. I always associate the olympics with sports!


Same here, I always thought it was part of the ancient games but never made its way to the modern games.  How do you even judge that?


Yeah, pretty subjective. Speaking of literature contests, there isone that challenges writers to come up with the worst opening sentence for a novel.


Hi! Did you know that amazon is the largest internet retailer in the world?


I wonder if that is due to people still renting movies or the price of bandwith.  Did you know that the first series of it's own was Lilyhammer?


Well, enough about Netflix I guess.  What do you think of sharks?


They're cool. They can be trained to bark like dogs.


I had no idea they could do that!  I do know that they don't have rib cages which is good to know if you ever get attacked by one on land lol!


They've been around a LONG time too. They evolved before dinosaurs or trees!


That is pretty impressive actually.  The first sharks must have been huge!


Apparently they have rescued sailors too. Not just dolphins rescue sailors.