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


Nice!  Did you know that Best Buy and Target will price match Amazon?  I didn't know that.


That is cool for those who like to shop in person! I didn't know that.


Amazon hold a patent on 1 click buying and apple pays them licensing fees.  They are making money everywhere.


I didn't know that. They are taking over the world! I wonder what the 18th century people would think since they had moral panic over the spread of reading novels.


Yikes!  That sounds like chaos.  An elementary school replaced desks with reading bicycles and test scores skyrocketed.  That's kind of neat and something I never heard of before.


I kind of want a stationary bicycle with a laptop desk attached. Have you see those? I think that would be cool and good for health and focus.


I haven't but that is something that I would be interested in.  I'm going to have to look that up.  President Andrew Johnson never attended school in his life.   His wife helped him to learn math and how to read.  That's amazing.


Quite interesting! And the on the other hand, we have speed readers who can read at 4700 words per minute. I wonder how they verify that.


I don't know but I would be able to read a lot of books if I could read that fast!


It's currently snowing. ugh lol  Do you use Amazon Alexa to get your daily forecasts?


Would you read poetry if it was terrible? CS Lewis and Tolkien held a you laugh you lose competition for bad poetry.


I don't though I use Amazon for other things. The sell video downloads, software, video games, electronics, apparel,food, toys, jewelry and other things. I've bought a little of everything from them it feels!


Me too.  I was just curious.  I'm afraid of using the Amazon Echo because I've read things about eavesdropping.


Right, it is pretty creepy. Amazon also is the largest cloud infrastructure service. Do you remember that day when the whole internet basically crashed because AWS was down?


I actually do remember that!  Did you ever buy any of their low-end products under it's in-house brand AmazonBasics?  I never have.


I have, hah. I have bought sheets. They were okay but kind of hot as I remember? I'd love to work at the warehouse packaging items. I'd be in better shape. Their workers walk between seven and fifteen miles a day.


Nice!  That would be the perfect way to get paid and stay in shape wouldn't it?


Right, it would be. I am just too lazy to apply though haha. Vicious cycle. I kind of wish I was Amazon's first customer.


The closes warehouse my me is over an hour drive away otherwise I would think about working there at least part time.  Why do you wish you were the first Amazon customer?


I like certain of their songs. It's a shame how everything worked out for them. Audio cassette was a format used alongside vinyl from the 70's to the first decade of the 2000's.


Cassettes were really cool in cars, they would not skip and they were less fragile than CDs. And you could record songs on them. But now they are a novelty. Did you liked the cassette format ?


I did except when fast forward eat the tape, haha! I heard Van Halen set his speaker on fire while recording "Beat it"


I have difficulty to believe that, studios are supposed to be soundproofed, you don't need to play at high volume. What do you think about that ?


I think he was crazy enough and rich enough to do it.


I suppose, musician can be eccentric sometime, like the guitarist of Pink Floyd that turned a houseboat into a floating studio.


Wow your right! There's two identical twins in japan that made a rap album when they turned 100 years old.


That is also eccentric, I think it was in 1992. I am sad that they are probably dead now.


Yeah im sure but you never know, haha! Brian May uses coins for guitar picks.


I don't think that is a good idea, it would wear out the strings faster. But I wonder if it changes the sound of the guitar since they are more stiff than a normal guitar pick.


Good, do you still listen to albums or only listen to separate music tracks ?


You might be right on both counts, nice chatting with you have an awesome day.


I listen to albums when they are old, CD that come from vinyl albums, they were meant to be played in their entirety.


I hear LP's are still issued but album sales in the 21st century focus on CD & MP3's.


Yes they are still selling them, but you are right, I don't think Straight Outta Campton would a sold well today without marketing.


Based on statistic it was the first album to go platinum without support.


Do you like songs with a  guitar in them ? I like rock, so I like the sound of an electric guitar.


Me too. you know Linkin Park's song Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21 first century.


Do you like Linkin Park ? I have liked them, but now, I would not mind if my computer erased their songs from my hard drive by mistake.


How's it going, are you a big Amazon user? It was founded in 1994


Bezos is a quirky guy, he built a clock into a mountain that is suppose to run for 10,000 years


REally... that's awesome!  Isn't he in some kind of trouble?


Maybe, I know Amazon warehouse worker walk between 7-15 miles a shift, that might not be healthy


I thought walking was very good for you?


Well not if you have to lift a bunch of weight and now have too many bathroom breaks like Amazon warehouse worker do


LOL... yeah... that could be a problem for sure!!! LOL


Did you know that youtube is the largest search engine on the internet?


Yeah, and i think youtube and netflix combined takes up over half  the bandwidth used on the internet


That's nuts, like Gangnam style forcing youtube's view count integer to go 64 bits


Yeah i know right... or justin bieber's song baby being the most disliked!


oh yeah!  I do as much shopping there as possible!


Well I got to go, it was nice chatting with you


It's amazing how much Amazon does not with publishing, film and television


I meant does, lol, typo. Amazon does have a lot of cool products like fire tablets/tv, and Echo devices


Yeah that's true... but i don't shop on amazon for that stuff


Me neither. Did you know Amazon has a contract to deliver packages on Sunday with the US postal service?


I actually i did know that... that's really good for the post office considering how poorly financially they were doing


Yep. The first Amazon customer got a building named after him for spending only 27.95!


WOW... that's so awesome!  I want a building named after me :)


Hey how are you, you hear anything about Nevada Days by chance?


Oh wow, that would have been scary. Did you know the earth is 4.5 billion years old? I never knew that.


Yeah, course there's those that insist it's only like 40,000 years old, but I tend to think those guys are a little kooky!  They say if earth's history was 24 hours, we (humans) would only be about two minutes of that...


For sure, and civilization as we know of it today would be like the last 15 seconds of the calendar year, what the hell was happening the rest of the time on earth?


Fires, floods, ice ages, dinosaurs, you name it.  All kinds of crazy stuff.  Not to mention all the continental drifting!


For sure, you think climate change is for real?


I'm not sure.. I mean, I DO think the climate is changing, but I'm not sure why.  Is it man made, or part of a natural heating/cool cycle the earth goes through?  Or both?  I think it definitely needs more study to sort fact from fiction.  Too many people in the game have their own agenda, you know?


For sure, I'm sure it's been catalyzed a bit more by man, just look at the pollution levels the world has never had to worry about. It's scary to think people just think the rest of it is normal. The earth will be helium free by the end of the 21st century, I wonder what that actually entails.


Well, no more floating balloons for starters... You know they say when the earth was first formed days were only 5.5 hours long.  Dunno if that means the rotation was faster or the mass was smaller.. think I may have to Google that a bit more…


Hmm, that's interesting. I wonder how they calculated that and why it was only 5.5 hours long. I would assume the earth has always been the same weight right? Nothing can be produced or destroyed from nothing. Interesting stuff to learn.


Well, there's some that say a large asteroid crashed into earth and added to it's mass a long time ago.  But I don't know for sure.


Dunno too much about it, other than it was written by the fellow that wrote Youngblood and Kaboom... I think it's a thriller/horror novel, but not sure..


Ah I gotcha, that would have to be a humungous asteroid. Anyways, great chatting with you, I'm going to take off. Take Care!


I think you're right, it's a Basque author, so must be Spanish right?


Yeah, from Northern Spain.  Speaking of horror, do you watch a lot of horror movies?  I'm a pretty big fan myself.  Catch them when I can.  Think the last big one I saw was Mandy with Nicolas Cage.  It was pretty wild!


What was that about? Was it as good as the Stephen King movies?


Depends, Stephen King movies are mixed bag... But it's basically about this cult group kidnapping and killing Nic Cage's girlfriend, so he goes insane and goes on a rampage of revenge.  Kind of a throwback to 70s grindhouse films and stuff.


Oh really, have you ever heard of Nic Cage referred to as "The One True God", its not in your notes, its from reddit.


Well, he's kind of popular around the internet.  There's about a billion memes to him.  Speaking of Stephen King, did you know he was terrified of the movie Bambi as a kid?


That's pretty surprising since he's got such an elaborate imagination, I wonder why that is?


I'm betting he probably found the scene where Bambi's mom gets shot to be rather terrifying.  Heard lots of kids got scared from that...


Enjoy reading? If you're reading this I bet you do! :)


We actually do a lot of reading still. Magazines, internet, books etc.


I get my books online, thank God we have the internet, its one of the best creations ever, so much info so many options


It is pretty awesome. Hard to believe we survived without it for so long. The current library of Alexandria has saved a copy of the whole internet. Not sure how they did that but that's pretty cool.


I agree and thats relaxing, I cant imagine a world without the internet it has become so important in my life and I guess in the life of almost everyone


It can cause problems too. We can get addicted to clicking on new links.


That can cause an adiction? really? I guess its kind of funny, you know that in Findland everyone has the right to internet.


It's kind of a necessity now isn't it. On Everest there's even 3G cell service. You know, for that selfie once you get to the top.


Yeah that would be really cool, good thing  to know theres service, you know that astronaunts on the space station have a really fast internet service


Interesting. It's probably necessary for them too any more. I wonder if they connect to satellites or something. Wonder how much of the 71% of the earth's surface covered by water they can  see from up there.


I wonder that as well, its amazing how Earth is made out of 71% water and 29% land, ot at least its surface,


I do, what about you? looks like you are a book fan!!


I do. I like scifi and fantasy in particular. Starship Troopers is on the reading list of several military branches actually. That's a great book. You?


I like the author George R.R Martin, so mostly books that go along those lines, do you know who he is?


Yeah, I've read all of the Game of Thrones books that he's published so far. We've come a long way from the 18th century where there was a "moral panic" at all the novel reading. The horror!


I agree good thing books are widely available now and no one has to panic about it, silent reading is a recent development as well.


Interesting. I guess reading out loud was more of a thing once. Speed reading is also a thing now for some people.  Anne Jones won the record by reading 4700 words a minute!


4700 words per minute! wow! that would take me a lot more lol, theres also the inventor of braile, you know he perfected the system when he was 15


Braille fascinates me. Reading by tactile feel. Pretty amazing.


It must take a lot of skill to create a system like he did and a great contribution to society as well, things wouldnt be the same without him thats a sure thing


Hey there did you hear how George Zimmerman was recently charged with stalking?


That is crazy! I'll have to listen to that album, do you like the song Empire State of Mind btw?


I've never heard it. I'm more of a Snoop Dogg fan. I love his duet with Katy Perry, California Gurls.


See I like Empire State of Mind, it was written by Jay-Z who collaborated with Alicia Keys, I like them more but that's just me haha


My favorite is actually Tupac. I think it's awesome that his music is in the Library of Congress.


Yes you're right, they said that his work had"cultural significance" what do you think about Eminem by the way


I didn't like him, until five years ago. Did his voice change, like Elton John's did?


I'm not sure did it change? I just know that when he was a kid his favorite superhero with Spider-Man, I definitely would not have guessed that


That is odd. I would have thought Captain America. Have you heard the Korean style of rap called Compliment Battle?


I have heard of that. I like how it is more positive than the other types of rapping that can go on. Have you seen the 1998 Rugrats movie by the way?


A very long time ago. Didn't one of the rappers voice the dino?


Hello. Again? He sure has a problem minding his manners. Was it the private investigator?


Haha yes Busta Rhymes did the voice for Reptar, which is the dinosaur in that movie


Yes it was. The private investigator had contacted him about creating a documentary regarding Trayvon Martin actually


I remember he sent an article to him, along with a threatening message. I don't understand how he is roaming around, free.


Yes I'm not sure how that all worked out. It's kind of exhausting to think about. Zimmerman even made a threat to Jay-Z apparently


I'm not a fan of Jay-Z, but they need to do something with that man. Seriously, tweeting a photo of Trayvon Martin's body is in bad taste, no matter who you are.


I agree with you. It's interesting that Jay-Z's real name is Shawn Corey Carter, I never knew that


LOL. Did you really think his parents named him Jay Z? He also went to school with Busta Rhymes & DMX. I'm sure their parents gave them boring names too.


Yes and don't forget he went to school with a Notorious BIG, that school must have something special in the water LOL


They must. I think its hilarious that he named one of his albums "Kingdom Come", and hada song about Superman.


Well people are passionate about sports. In 1965, a high school football team kept playing despite a building behind them burning down.


Yeah, talk about passion and not giving a crap about what's going on around you. That would take some major concentration. On a different note, did you know that KISS offered a contract to TIm Tebow when they bought into an arena football team?!


I wonder if Tim Tebow accepted? On the contrary, most of the world's largest stadiums belong to american college football teams rather than private individuals


I would assume not. I would think that would make national headlines. And, I think it makes more sense for college teams to own larger stadiums than an individual. Unless you have as much money as Oprah. I feel like the nickname "tall blacks" for New Zealand can definitely be considered racial. I wonder if that is an older nickname.


I feel that it could swing either way. As you say context really matters.


Yeah, for sure. I was really surprised to learn that Georgia Tech once beat a team by 222 points!! That seems like an insane amount of points to score during a football game.


I wonder if anyone has ever come close to such a score?


I would be curious to know as well! It also blows my mind that in the 60's top bowlers made twice as much as top football players! I'd say that has dramatically changed!


Indeed! I mean its has become such a sport that espn won an emmy for the superimposed yellow line representing first down which really helped a lot of viewers better digest what was going on in football


Yeah, I thought that was pretty crazy too! It's also pretty ironic that the only losing coach in the university of kansas' history is the one that invented basketball, James Naismith. That would be pretty disappointing.


Indeed. I hope James Naismith was recognized well for creating what is arguably the among the most popular sport today.


I tend to enjoy basketball and football. How about you?


I use to play volleyball. But, anymore, I just enjoy watching an occasional baseball game on tv or going to the stadium to see my favorite team play.


Personally, I read up on basketball and football players rather than teams. Like how Kareem's dunk shot was banned from college basketball for nearly a decade


Today was the first time I have ever heard of that. So crazy. I really find it hard to believe that the US Supreme Court building has a basketball court on the top floor known as "the highest court in the land" Do you think that's true?


Well it probably is both literally and figuratively


Yeah I figured as much I just didn't think they would actually have a basketball court in a building like that. I did get a giggle at how the university of Iowa's visiting football teams is painted pink.


On the reverse side of things, did you know the eagles football team had a temporary court in their football stadium due to their fan's bad behavior?


I had no idea! Who knew fans could get so crazy


did you know Smoking near apple computers voids the warranty by making it "a biohazard"


I never heard that one. I know that a woman wrote the first algorithm for computers though


good facts heres another In 1936, the russians made a computer that ran on water.


I was addicted to the game Doom when it first came out on PC.


I didnt' like the remake recently on console


I don't think so. Just minesweeper and solitaire...lol


Someone built a working 16-bit computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks


We certainly have come a long way with computers and phones


No but I have used Lyft because it just got started up where I live


did you know Uber agrees to settle data breach claims for record-setting $148 million


Scary to hear of another big company getting hacked


The settlement is among the biggest in Uber history and is the largest multistate penalty ever levied by state authorities for a data breach.


I understand the fines but I get frustrated because tech companies don't seem to learn the lessons of another company's breach


"Uber's decision to cover up this breach was a blatant violation of the public's  trust,"  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement.


They all do it because they are afraid of the backlash will have on profits and image. The customer takes a backseat.


Both. I just bought another Apple product to help the company that Jobs built stay on top...lol


Of course, I bought a mobile phone. I like it very much.


Sometimes I see. I do not know much about it.


i like Alex Cora. He is already making history


Do you have any details about Alex Cora?


yes.His team set a franchise record for the most wins in one season and, after clinching the American League Championship Series, Cora is the first Puerto Rican to lead a team to the World Series.


Okay, it's interesting. I think this is a best game in the world.


yes definitely, this is very interesting game.


Do you have a long trip? Which place do you like?


A tourist attraction is a place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.


Oh! that's nice. I like to travel Eiffel Tower.


Yes, I like it very much. I think this is a best way to purchase.


Yes, it is. The products are very standard here. This is definitely useful.


It seems like doing anything in sports will get you some notoriety, like ESPN winning an Emmy for the yellow line. Clearly I chose the wrong line of work


For sure.  You could take up basketball - even the Supreme Court likes to play.


Yup.  Highest court in the land :)  It is odd though, that the inventor of the sport went on to be the only losing coach at the U of Kansas.


That is pretty crazy.  I think I want to be a coach though - in 39 states a coach is the highest paid state employee.


There definitely is a lot of money in sports, even if you arent like Green-Ellis and never have a fumble.


Yeah that is pretty insane.  Or you could be like Kareem Adbul-Jabbar who was so good at dunking that he got the shot banned.


Some people getting so good they are ruining it for the rest of us. ha ha


I am only 5'1 so dunking has never been my forte, even though there has been some good short players.


Im not much taller, only 5'6", jumping really hasnt been my strong suit.  So a career in basketball was never in my cards, seeing as I am not a strong free thrower, even if it is granny style.


Granny style is the actual most consistent way to shoot but no one ever wants to do that.  The hoop is 10 feet high so that's almost twice my height.  Much easier for the 7 footers


I love watching football and basketball,  but not so much Tom Brady.  I find it funny his high school team never even allowed him to play.


Well, I must get going, it has been nice chatting today


Don't hit new zealand - you won't be tall enough for their team!


Lol. I think most of America agrees with you.  He has more super bowl wins than most teams.


For sure.     I always found it curious that the whole point of the huddle was to help a deaf quarterback communicate without the opposing team seeing his signals.


I know, how cool to have something you did to help you out stick and be a big part of the game.  Maybe if that team who lost by 222 points used it they might have done better.


No doubt!    Or they could have used Alex Jones - he was smart enough he took so many ap tests in high school that he started college as a junior and then became the number one draft pick!


That is certainly a lot of classes, he even worked to a masters degree while staying to play.


Yes.  He is amazing.   Its funny - in baseball being left-handed can be an asset, but there is only one left-handed quarterback in the NFL.


That is certainly surprising, I wonder why more left handed people don't play the position?


I don't know.  Maybe they prefer bowling?  Bowlers used to make twice as much as football players.


Hey did you know that Queen's guitarist has a PHD in astrophysics? thats crazy


haha like how do you measure that? It is catchy but I would think it would be another song, ti's scary that lincoln park has done 324 concerts in 2001, that's almost 1 per day that sounds exhausting


Yep.  That's crazy.  They must like doing it cause that has to take its toll.  I guess performers like that go all the way back to ancient Greece and Rome.  We still use their acoustic designs for venues/amphitheaters.


Yes that is probably why Pink Floyd played the live concert in that Roman amphitheater, even though there was no one their the acoustics must have been amazing, it's shocking they didn't record a video at least


No kidding... I would like to see that.  Pink Floyd is very creative but on the dark side.  While I'm not big on pop at least it's mostly upbeat albeit mind numbing...


ya it is, pop music is good in small quantities for me, I like more complex stuff but pop music is good to pass the time and for parties


Yeah… I prefer guitars and amped up stuff to most R&B, rap and hip-hop.


I can't believe that the Ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts so far that is a massive number.


Yeah, makes ya wanna get sedated huh?  That's cool... Can't believe Eddie Van Halen set speakers on fire... Something tells me there's more to it that his playing like maybe he had it turned up to "11"


Ya see that is awesome, I can't believe teh president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums, I want to see trump release an album just to hear what that would sound like haha


Something tells me that Trump singing may be accompanied by an accordian.


Wow.  That's cool.  Much cooler than,  say, playing the accordion...


haha ya I wonder what instrument he would play, did you know that Ricky Gervais was a pop singer in the 80's?


No, don't even know who he is? I thought it was weird that the CIA sponsored a music event (Coupe Mondiale).


Do you play any instruments? I gave up videogames and started playing the piano a couple years ago, and I haven't looked back since haha


No, unless you count an mp3 player.  I do love music except of stuff like accordions.  I definitely wouldn't pay $25 a ticket for that kind of music.


No, and it's shocking that a creed concert was so bad that people filed a lawsuit against them, on the other hand I don't really like creed so I'm not that surprised haha


Wow, they must have been really buzzed.  I don't know if Creed is considered pop but I mostly like alternative and stuff off the beaten path.  You?


I really like classic rock and 80's, I can listen to almost anything except country, I do like pink floyd a lot and that's awesome they did a live concert to no audience haha


I do like 80s stuff like REM and the B52s... I even go back further once in a while and listed to Pink Floyd as recorded on a floating recording studio.


ha I would love to do that, I do like Queen, I didn't know their guitarist uses coins as guitar picks, did you see the new movie that came out about Queen?


Loved Freddie and his band... I haven't seen the movie yet but want to... Did ya know that scientists declared "We Are the Champions" the catchiest pop song of all time.  Scientists?


I love the circus... all the different acts are always amazing!


it's cool how Dalmatians would calm the horses


that hiccups are a carry over from when animals had both gills and lungs


AH. Was hoping it said something about how to cure them. I get them and absolutely can't stand them.


hahaaa... yeah!  Don't think anyone really likes hiccups!


Do you do these hits often? I'm curious. I have participated in about two of these.


yeah i have!  See clint eastwood is allergic to horses?


Yes surprising. Would love to ride a horse. Such beautiful animals.


I can't remember the last time I have been to the circus.


yeah they are!  Unless your riding it to school!  LOL


For sure. Been nice chatting. Merry Xmas.


yeah me either... it's very hard to find one these days!   Would of loved to have done one of those touch tours!


What was the movie that just came out about the circus. It was awesome. I didn't finish it and had to leave early, but I keep waiting for it come on Netflix. Do you remember the name?


The greatest showman... and yes it's an amazing movie!  Circus's are so great for autistic kids too!


Yes. That is it!!! Really about the autistic thing? I did not know. Can you elaborate? I have a very close friend of mine who has an autistic kid.


They are bringing the circus closer to the kids to help them with their sensory issues.  And the parents get something out of it too.


Ah very interesting. Does Barnum and Bailey still have their circus?? I think that was what it was called.


No they don't!  i believe they closed down a few years ago.  Sad :(


Ah, that was a good one. What was the article on the horses about?


Yeah because of the girls in drama class, seems like that decision really paid of later on.


It really did.  Do you know why Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore?


I do, he doesn't make dramas anymore because it goes against his belief system, he likes to remain positive.


That is as good a reason as any.  I loved his comedies.


I loved his comedies as well I guess his not much of dramatic actor,


Alrighty then....  do you listen to classical radio dramas at all?


I do like them yeah, I'm a big fan of the genre why do you ask?


There is a website where you can listen for free.


There is? I wonder how its called, must be a great site, I have to search for it once we finish chatting.


I am not exactly sure, I just know of its existence.  I think I would also enjoy reading some of those dramas.


I do!  My favorite was House!  I was sad when it ended.


I would like that as well, and also watch Jon Hamm teach drama classes.


He must be a good teacher, Ellie Kemper made it big and she was a student of his.


I heard Erin from the office is also one of Kemper's students.


Oh I see, I knew her as Erin, she is really talented thanks for the aclaration.


Sure thing.  It has been great chatting, but sleep is calling my name.  Have a great night!


It ended already? I'm still watching older seasons, do you like the leading actor?


Hugh Laurie is amazing.  He is really British!


I head he earns about $700,000 per episode, a lot of money indeed.


It is, I think there were like 8 seasons to that too.


So he has earned a lot of money over the years, do you know who Michael Caine is?


Do you know why he started acting? its actually a really funny story.


Wasn't it because of all the girls in the drama class?


Hey there! Can you believe that Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode?


Personally I'd do it for wealth and then the possible influence I may have. So you are familiar with Lebron James?


Yes, I know that Lebron James is often considered the best basketball player in the world and regarded by some as the greatest player of all time.


Lebron is also doing a sequel for "Space Jam!" haha I've got to see that!


Yes, the first one was great.  Even back in the day,  some of Lebron James' high school basketball games would attract 1750 attendees and the tickets cost between $100 - $120.


That's crazy! I was a nobody in high school! He was destined for greatness! I heard he rejected a $10 million offer from reebok, then less than a year later accepted a $90 million offer from Nike! Wow, I'd love to have that money!


Yes, Lebron James raised 6 million dollars for charity by televising "The decision".


I'm so glad to hear that he's giving back! I've never even seen The Decision. I'll have to check it out.


Yes, Lebron James has many accomplishments.  He won four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards and three NBA Finals MVP Awards.


I really admire Lebron, now that I think about it! He was born December 30, 1984. He's a year younger than me, and so much more accomplished!


I didn't know this before but Lebron won his first NBA championship in 2012.


Yes, I wish I had her job. Yes, that makes her the highest paid celebrity only after Lebron James.


It's easy to see how he won 2 Olympic Gold Medals.


Yes, it is. He's really great. Nice chatting with you.


Yeah, I'd take her job any day! Makes me want to be a celebrity!


Yes, celebrities get all the breaks.  Even Carol Burnett, she was the first celebrity to appear on the children's series Sesame Street.


Ethiopia has a celebrity TV chef who believes he can combat his Country's hunger problems by introducing more diverse foods. I wonder if he's also encouraging them to try to go dairy, sugar and gluten free. That helps so many things, especially autoimmune issues!


Yes, Celebrity status is often associated with wealth or fame and fortune, while fame often refers to opportunities to earn revenue. That TV chef has both.


Absolutely! I would love to have the ability to be influential! I'd use it for the greater good, for sure! And also then I could get into Pixar Studio's secret room that is often visited by celebrities! haha


Yes, Robin Williams who did Aladdin's voice was probably there a time or two.  He started the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films.


Oh I just love Robin Williams, and the movie Aladdin too! I doubt the new Aladdin movie is going to do the cartoon original any justice. But ya' never know!


People become celebrities for different reasons. Some people become celebrities due to media attention on their lifestyle, wealth, or controversial actions, or for their connection to a famous person.


They are using facebook since it will allow the public to make suggestions and alterations in a flexible manner


It may be innovative but there may be better ways to do that


Especially his choice to make facebook blue


He suffers from red green colorblindness right?


Yes. That why he made facebook mostly blue.


In any case, it is a technology that was only possible with the internet, the advancement of phones, and computers


yes. And tech will continue to allow us to do some amazing things in the  future


Can you believe all the wonders of phones and internet is afforded by 2.7 inches of cable across the ocean floor


Indeed. In any case, thanks for chatting.


I bet myspace regrets not acquiring facebook


I mean while 75 million is a lot, facebook is now worth 104 billion


Not only do they make money through ad revenue, but they also have a lot of power as the dominant social media platform


yes. I saw the burger king promo where you unfriend 10 people and get a whopper.


They are also being used by iceland to rewrite the constitution!


heloo,  how are you doing? Ugg boots were invented by surfers to keep their feet warm after leaving the cold ocean


No clue,  right place right time.  Maybe he was in the background or something. Farmers used to walk turkeys from norfolk to london for the christmas markets. in the early 18th century, around 250,000 turkeys, many in little custom boots, would take the three-month walk.


wikileaks published the governments plan to destroy wikileaks. lol talk about irony


lol weird. 86% of the land in nevada is owned by the us government


It must be to hide all of the UFO's! a man in france sold the eiffel tower...twice


lol how does that even happen! In 2008 the norwegian government donated $1bn to help save the amazon rainforest.


I am pretty sure that was money not well spent since we always here about deforestation.  gov't is supposed to be the balance between individual freedom and  tyranny...somebody should tell the US government that


In 2006, the us passed legislation that would protect government employees from being prosecuted for violating the geneva conventions


stephon marbury promoted a line of shoes but was not paid to endorse them


that makes sense! professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pair of shoes in a week. that must be  expensive


Yeah I know right! The nokia company originally got big by making rubber boots. in the 1800's. they still make rubber boots.


i had no idea. you can put tea bags in stinky shoes to absorb the smell


Ive actually tried this with my snowboarding boots it works great!


thats a neat trick and I might have to try it! although I missed the part about dry my thought was wet and that it would make your shoes wet. lol did you know 500 year old shoes out perform todays shoes


I wonder in what way?  I know they were custom before.  The phrase "pulling oneself up by their bootstraps" originally meant "doing something that is pretty much impossible".


Maybe because shoes used to be designed for function and not fashion


In 1838, a man stopped on the boulevard du temple in paris to get his boots cleaned. he and the cleaner stood still for at least seven minutes on the street, and accidentally became the first people in history to be photographed.


I wonder how they accidentally became photographed?


Wow - that's extremely fast. A judge in Michigan once delivered her ruling to Eminem in the form of a rap.


I would have loved to see that. A rapping Michigan judge, funny!


Yes, I do. I really used to love SNL.  Did you know that "weekend update" debuted on the first episode of SNL and is their longest running skit?  That's where lots of comedians got their start.


Did not know that - very cool. There are over 750 episodes of Pokemon.


That's cool as well.  I just found out that in the first 400 episodes, Homer Simpson has held 188 jobs.


Wow that's a lot of jobs. The 70's show was recreated in the UK and only lasted 10 episodes before it was cancelled.


Yes, that was weird.   But, did you know that Daniel Radcliffe voiced the cartoon parody of Twilight's Edward Cullen on the Simpsons episode TreeHouse of Horror XXI.


I didn't know that. Do you like Cinematography?


Yes, a little.  Cinematography is the science of art of motion-picture photography by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as film stock.


Yes, I like rapping.  Let's start with the definition.  Rapping is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.


I love Cinematography. Well, it was good talking to you. Take care!


Very cool to see the true definition. Did you know Tupac had music in the library of Congress?


Yes, it even has it's own category which is cool.  Did you know that McDonald's paid rappers $5 for everytime they referenced Big Mac in songs?  Very funny.


Wow that's funny! Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist before being a rapper.


He still could at this point, he's got the money to play around some.  Did you know that Jason Paige, the singer of the Pokemon theme is also the rapper on "Black and White" by Michael Jackson?  Wow, that was news to me.


I did not know that. That's interesting. I saw Busta Ryhmes is the voice of Reptar in the Rugrats movie.


Yes, very cool.  There's a deaf rapper named Signmark who rhymes in sign language.  Awesome.


Very cool to know. I saw Korean rappers invented a new style of rap called a compliment battle.


Yes, I saw that too.  The world's fastest English language rapper, Noclue, can rap at a rate of 14.1 syllables per second. Wow, what a fast talker, lol.


Hey did you know that Obamas secret service nickname was renegade? I wonder why


yup that is a lot, kind of crazy too that the white house is smaller than the white house guest house, like that doesn't make sense haha


Obama also has an official ASL sign. No idea what it is.


nope maybe it's a big O symbol with 2 hand, I don't know haha, Obama should have made a pop album like the president of indonesia did


Hah! I feel like we could use a law like Guatemala where family members of a former president can't run for president either.


haha ya I do like that idea, I don't like the nickname of the President of Zimbabwe though, I guess they call him President banana, does he have a VP Plantain? haha


Hah! Maybe.I feel like we could use a few more president's fluent in other languages. FDR was the last one.


ya that is true, might be helpful for the letters they get too, I guess Obama would get 10 letters every night that were picked by staff


A lot of kids write the president. Eisenhower got a letter from some teenage girls who were upset that Elvis was drafted. I wonder who that would be today that would get teenagers upset?


well I'll tell you that kids get upset at anything today so it could be anything honestly haha, did you know over half of adults have library cards, thats kind of encouraging actually


That is. There was a Malawian teen that taught himself to build a windmill to power his village from books at the library. Libraries are powerful things.


Hmm, good question. Perhaps because he was the first African American elected to the job?


wow that is cool, also it's good to know there are more libraries than McDonald's, another fact that is very encouraging


haha that could be I guess, I guess Obama only vetoed 2 bills in total while FDR vetoed over 600


That's a seriously worn out veto pen. President's get a lot of interesting letters too. Fidel Castro wrote FDR once as a boy.


huh that is interesting, and ya also I guess when Obama visited India they removed all of teh coconuts from the surrounding trees in case one fell on him haha


No one want to get hit on the head. Speaking of leaders, UK Prime Minister founded a public library at age 85.


wow that is old, apparently when he was president you could zoom in on google maps onto the white house and make out an image of barack obama


That's a long way from Lincoln being the first president to be photographed.


ya it is, also surprising is that the top 3 richest presidents would not include trump in that list, how crazy


Yeah, he's not as rich as he lets on. Still, It' s not a low paying gig either. Obama made 1.7 million in 2010.


Do you like to go to the library much? I used to love it as a kid, and mine even had a nice park next to it.


My old hometown library also had a cool program where they took locals artwork and displayed it so that the public could view it and even buy it if they wanted. They had some really beautiful pieces, I remember.


Yeah, public libraries are great community spaces.


The library at one of my old colleges had one of the best architecture for a library. They had elevators but also winding staircases and also outside they had a koi pond.


That sounds like a really cool place. After they expanded the library in my hometown you could sit and watch the ducks in the pond through a wall of glass while you read.


That sounds like one of the best spots to relax, ever! I studied a lot at that koi pond library, and mostly went for my astronomy class. I had Earth as the subject for a class project.


Studying by a koi pond sounds like one of the best things ever. Only thing that could beat that would be craft beer on tap.


Maybe if your college has beer making as a subject! My Astronomy class was fun but complicated. I had so many items needed on that project I wish my car had a wooden trunk in the back to hold it all like they used to!


Wow, it sounds like an expensive class. Did you have to buy a lot of stuff for it?


i did, but some of the stuff I made on my own like the diagram of all the planets. Did you know that Earth doesn't take 365 days to go around the sun? It takes just over that. I remember wondering about our calendars after hearing that!


Yeah, I always thought it was about 365 and a quarter, because of leap year. I wonder how we compensate for that extra day.


Mine did too! A nice park with a duck pond and fish. When I lived in my hometown I used it a lot as a work and study space because of the big tables and free wireless.


I think we just hope no one notices! Well, I gotta hop in my car and run. Wish it was a trip to the library but it's not! cya!


That's great! I'm actually trying to get hired here at the library now, and already have my application in for it. They are always having fun events there too, as I read on the billboard, anyway.


Awesome! The town I live in has a little library that's open four days a week, and I put in an application when they had an opening. I'll try again if another spot opens up. Is it your original hometown library you applied to?


No, I've moved out of state. The library here is much larger and nicer, but there is not park. I heard there's a library in Sacramento that has a things section. That's cool!


The one in the county seat town here had a tool library for a while, but unfortunately they had to discontinue it at least temporarily because of remodeling.


I also was watching the news one day and I saw where there was a library that has a workshop with a 3D printer the public can use! I'd like to try! Would you?


Definitely! I'm doing research right now on municipalist movements and commons-based local economies -- tool libraries, community hubs, hackerspaces, etc. -- and that kind of stuff is my bread and butter.


I like this program in Norway where if you publish a book, the government will buy copies to give to libraries. They'll buy 1000, and if the book is for children they will buy 1500!


That's awesome! It's especially cool when libraries stock up on local authors and celebrate local culture.


Yeah coming out next month I think.  It was pretty sad at the end.  Bring tissue this time!


Thanos sucks!  Anyway, I haven't seen RBG, have you?


Movie about the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  It sounded too dry and I'm not much of a feminist, so I passed on that one.


Oh that one,  no I didnt watch it lol I did read about it. Do you like comedy?


Yes, I do.  Mostly old stuff with Bill Murray, though!


Hes amazing,  real funny!  He thinks kung fu hustle is the supreme acchievement of modern age in terms of comedy.  I dont know about that,  it was a great movie,  but not amazing lol what do you think?


Me either, he must have had a few when he said that!  What I found astonishing was that 3rd rock from the sun beat out Seinfeld, Fraser,and Friends for the 1997 Golden Globe.


Yeah 3rd rock was funny,  but I dont think its better than seinfeld or friends. lol


I agree, Seinfeld and Friends are classics.  I smell a bribe!


Right!  lol Its weird that comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows.


Yeah, that is kind of odd!  Well, it's been nice chatting with you, I need to go walk my dog, now.


awesome!  Yes I love movies. Tom hanks is the highest box office star!


I love him, he's such a versatile actor and has played in some of my favorite movies.  Did you know Disney thought about shutting down their studio after Sleeping beauty flopped at the box office?


Yikes, was it that bad?  I have only seen it like once or twice lol.  Glad they didnt, they have come out with some really good stuff


I know right?  I loved it as a kid, I didn't think it was that bad.  You know I knew Silence of The Lambs made lots of money at the box office, but I didn't realize it came out on Valentine's day in 1991.  Did you?


Yeah, so romantic right!  lol that was a great movie,  kinda ironic about the valentines day thing lol


Did you watch the Avengers: Infinity Wars movie ?


Yes, I did,  great movie as well,  I hear it was filmed in all imax cameras!


I loved it too!  Can't wait for the next one, I'll probably cry all over again, when I see who all died at the end of the movie.


I love the radio....while driving I listen all the time.


Yeah me too, I love our local station here.  Did you know that Canadian stations have to play 40% Canadian music by law?


Wow, that is interesting! I love how you can find every genre on the radio to listen to, even classical latin.


Yeah I like that too.  I guess there is a website where you can listen to classical dramas for free.


I heard about that! Nice! Funny how soldiers in WWII made radios with a razorblade and pencil as the diode...interesting!


Wow! That is very interesting, I have never heard that before.


I hadn't either! Radios have given us a lot of communication and entertainment


Yes they have, and have played an important part in many people's lives.


Very true! I found out that on am radio there is a station that can pick up radio storms from Jupiter! That's strange!


That is so far away, that is an awesome fact!


Very crazy, well it was nice talking with you, take care.


I am average knowledge about cars, I like older cars a lot how about you?


Yeah I think older cars are so cool.  And no, not too much.


I love the old Mustangs, back in my day those where the cool cars lol


Yeah the old ones are really cool.  I remember my friend buying an old corvette.


Corvettes are nice too, the older cars were built to last. I have a Honda now and it's pretty good.


Yeah Hondas are quality cars, they are definitely made to last.


Yes, had pretty good luck so far....funny how the Cadillac was named after a french explorer lol where do they come up with the names of cars lol


That is an interesting fact.  Do you listen to the radio much?


I know what you mean there. Didn't they turn down a chance to buy facebook?


I mean I understand. I happens much like neflix and blockbuster


Yep, companies sometimes make bad decisions.  Not sure if it's bad or not but Burger king had an odd promotion on facebook where people had to unfriend others to get a free whopper.


I guess facebook rubbed them the wrong way somehow


Perhaps so.  Facebook gets most of it's revenue off of advertisements.  They may have charged Burger King too much for their ads.


Or maybe they posted something that offended burger king. I wonder how FB retaliated


I don't know.  Maybe they liked the publicity in a strange way.


I guess any publicity is good publicity?


So they say.  Facebook has the largest valuation to date for a newly listed public company so they are not hurting.


Yes I do.  It is such a part of my life that I still can't believe it's been around since 2004 or that I've been using it for so many years.


I guess you make a fair point. Anyway, thanks for chatting.


I guess the same things that most everyone does. That is,except for people in the german state of Schleswig-Holstein.  In that state the like button is illegal.  What do you do on it?


I only really use it for messaging people


It does seem calming.  I never questioned it but the whole reason it's blue is because Mark Zuckerburg has red-green colorblindness.


It must be well liked since the company is valued at $104 billion.


Yeah thats the one, what are your thoughts on the law?


I think it is weird, but what do I know?


I think its a great law, supports local talent and then local artists can grow and their music becomes popular.


Interesting. I don't know of any Canadian bands to be honest.


I do know Bieber and Drake and I bet there are a few more great ones out there.


I didn't know Drake was from there. Did you know you can hear Jupiter's radio storms on AM radio?


Yeah his Canadian and no I didnt know that, that must be really cool but also a bit boring after a while.


Yeah. Did you know you can make a radio out of a razorblade and a pencil?


I didnt know that, I wonder if thats a handy skill for soldiers to learn. could come in handy during war time


Yeah, definetly it could I think that is where it was developed. Well, nice chatting with you!


Yeah could be the reason anyways its been great chatting with you as well, thanks for all and have a good day.


The conservative commentator? he is on the CNBC network right?


He used to be. I went to school around DC. I've met a bunch of these people.


You have? that's great so you can provide with a deeper focus on the matter.


He's actually fairly charasmatic. He knows his stuff on macroeconomics a lot better than you would think.


He does? thats new, I guess he is a really smart man, I wonder if he has a radio show, do you listen to the radion?


Not anymore. But that is because I take the subway to work now. If I drove I would. What about you?


I do, I listen to the radio on my way to work everyday did you hear about that Canadian law?


That they make canadian stations play 40% Canadian music?


I think that is outdated,  I heard on the radio awhile back that he tried a strawberry for the first time ever.


Oh that is good!! Did you know what the average of actual game is in a football match?


That is right! I was surprised, I thought it was way more, but still is really exciting to me!


Yeah they have a good presentation,  they distract you with other thing lol time outs  breaks commercials,  mini games and crowd involvement lol


Is all part of the show!! Do yo know how info on players performance is obtained?


True, they put them in their shoulder pads, those must be very resistant!


that is right!! Talking about Quarter backs, did you know there is only one left handed?


I really like football but I did not know there was a chance women could be eligible


Same here,  I didnt know that the NFL has no rule against women playing,  that is really interesting.


If one meets the requirements, they could play. remember Giselle Bundchen?


I do not.  I dont follow football much,  I just know some basics.  Was she any good?


She is Tom Brady's wife. She is a famous model and earns more than twice what Tom makes!


Ah I see,  I guess I read it wrong,  I thought she used to play football.  Yeah,  he should just retire already before he gets injured,  sound like they are doing just fine.


With the salary she earns  I do not think she would be interested in playing football LOL


I found interesting that Brady never ate strawberry in his whole life!!


Hello!  Are you into the fantasy genre at all?  I like fantasy novels myself, and used to play D&D a bit (still would if I had a group nearby.)


Oh, but it continues!  There's also a Fantasy Congress.  Supposed draft members and get points based on legislative success... (guessing like what bills get passed and stuff...)


That's weird. Probably a good way to introduce congress and bills in HS civics...


Yeah.  Personally, though, my "Fantasy" congress would be one that can put aside petty politics long enough to do what's right for the country.


I agree. I would like a few non-partisan bills and possibly a nice laugh or cordiality.


Hey, speaking of fantasy, you ever heard of In the Realms of the Unreal?


It was this 15,145 page fantasy manuscript a janitor with no art training made.  It had 300 watercolor illustrations.  It's quite a fascinating story


That's a lot of free time! I couldn't even do 15 pages....


Well, it's a rather fascinating story behind it's creation, IMHO.  If you Youtube "realms of the unreal" you can see a documentary about it.


REALLY? I have chatted about it for so long, I have to watch it. Thanks for the heads up!


I do like fantasy. I play fantasy football a lot. do you play that?


Well, listen, it was great chatting with yu today!  Hope you have a good evening!


I'm honestly not familiar enough with real football to be any good at that, I don't think.


Anyone can play but there are some people that take it super seriously! I do not have the time nor the energy to take it too seriously. I do it more for fun.


Although I have wondered if someone like me, just picking random people, would do as well as someone who was familiar with the players.  Kind of like that experiment I read about where they had a monkey "invest" in the stock market by throwing darts at a board...


Probably! I know my wife seems to win a lot of tournaments and stuff like that. She knows nothing about sports and chooses winners based on names and team colors!


You know what's interesting?  Football isn't the only thing they have a fantasy version of...


They also have fantasy baseball, basketball, hockey, golf, nascar, and soccer!


No, I mean, beyond even sports!  They have fantasy draft for the National Spelling Bee.  I heard that I was like, "Say whhhat?"


Geez. I just turned that into a drinking game, not fantasy!


Hi there! What do you like to do for entertainment?


Yeah good point. I have also never heard of the british comedy group Monty Python but apparently they are good if they have a programming language named after them!


I've seen Monty Python before, but didn't think it was too funny.


Yeah I was thinking about watching it. I love Jack Black-Nacho Libre was hilarious. I think he would have been great in The Green Lantern!


I would have loved to watch The Green Lantern with Jack Black. I bet it would be hilarious!


So funny I'm sure. He was great in Jumanji as well lol. Have you ever been to Washington DC. Lots to do there it looks like.


I have never been to Washington D.C. I would love to visit sometime though.


Yeah. I would want to see all the museums and theaters like the Kennedy Center and the Adventure Theater.


That would be really cool to see. I also want to see the Marine Corps museum that's in D.C.


Oh yeah my Grandpa was in the Marine Corps that would be interesting to see. I also want to go to the National Portrait Gallery.


I was in the Marine Corps as well so I would love to see it.


Hello - I love to be outdoors. What about you?


Oh that makes sense. Well it was great talking with you have a great day!


Awesome me too. Yeah I also love Nintendo as well even though it only had 54 colors!


It's pretty amazing how far technology has advanced since Nintendo.


Agreed! A lot of advancements in science too. I remember learning about science with Bill Nye. He surprisingly made his break by looking like Steve Martin oddly enough.


That's funny. He looks nothing like Steve Martin in my opinion.


Agreed. His new Netflix show was a disappointment I thought. I do enjoy comedy but it wasn't that funny. Comedy first made it's appearance in Athens.


I haven't seen that show yet. Did you know Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a role because he didn't look like a president?


Whoa I didn't know that. That's funny. Have you watched 3rd rock from the sun?


I have not seen 3rd Rock, but hard to believe it beat out Frasier, Friends, and Seinfeld for a Golden Globe.


True. the us military uses xbox 30  controllers to control theur eod robots


That is awesome.  I believe that robotics can help those who are handicapped, for instance a robotic arm a person could control with their thoughts.


Exactly. ANd now they make exoskeletons that can help people stand up. so cool


The scary part will be when a robot starts to think on its own instead of what has been programmed.  We don't want a real life Megatron!


That is true. Do you weatch lots of videos of robst and other on yoututube ?


Sometimes I do.  Youtube basically has any topic you can think of.  The very first video was a guy talking about an elephant if you can believe that.


And now they have everything in there. it is the largest search engine on the net


Well yeah they ended up getting bought by Google in 2006 and added the power of Google's search engine so that make sense for sure.


yeah. originally they had a lower view count but were forced to upgarde it after gandnam style song


Now all kinds of networks like CBS, BBC and Hulu use it for their content.  But you can always watch Bob Ross instead.


I think they are pretty fascinating, actually the term robotics was invented by scifi writer Issac Asimov.  What about you?


I love Bob Ross, what a legend. It was nice chatting with you


Even Michael jackson took deep interest in robots.


Robots can be made to look human or not, which do you prefer?  I don't really mind them taking human form but in the end they are just machines.


I know so I am not sure why the need for them to look like humans


Apparently Boston Dynamics is making a 4 legged dog robot named SpotMini, so now they are creating a market for pet robots too.


cool. they have trained robots to debone a chicekn with surgical precision


There are clips on YouTube about SpotMini.  It is a bit special since it is not wheeled it can move across all kinds of terrain,


That is so cool maybe I should check it out to see what it is all about


That is the joy of computers because we can access all this information.  And now they are controlling all kinds of industrial and consumer devices!


It is interesting how many people don't realize she is preceding over a litigation, not an actual court. In any case she is qualified and she does a good job with the ratings.


Yes, I know it's mostly fake, most at least they get money out of it, I know the litigants get paid for coming on the show. It's also amazing how many people are willing to embarrass themselves on national television.


I guess for most of them, they were willing to go to court for the money in question in the first place so the amount was important for them, even if they had to embarrass themselves. In any case, there are also celebrities such as the celebrity tv chef who tries to do good without caring about money by encouraging everyone to eat more diverse foods and combat his country's hunger problems


I know, I've seen one but don't remember the name.


Well there are also a lot of celebrities acting in dramas. Do you enjoy dramas?


Yes, I do. I didn't know Jon Hamm taught drama at his old High School.


I personally enjoy drama because it is a culmination of either comedy and tragedy, both that bring depth to their respective dramas. Furthermore, celebrities in drama are very interesting.


I actually really love foreign dramas for some reason. I don't know why.


Did you know that hugh laurie earns 700k per episode of house? That makes him the highest paid actor in tv drama history


No I didn't. That is amazing! and I also didn't know Jim Carey stopped making dramas. Too bad, he was so funny.


Yes, I love it! It is practically my past time!


Indeed. It is too bad his belief that such dramas didn't project positivity and so he no longer makes dramas is a shame.


He had such a talent! Always made me laugh. I loved him in The Mask, although I wouldn't qualify that as a drama.


I agree. In any case, it was pleasant to talk about our mutual interest in Jim Carey. I hope you also had a nice chat and I hope you have a wonderful day.


Although so many people use and rely on the internet, how much do you know about how it actually works?


I know a little bit of how it works, but I am not the type to be able to explain in detail.


I also didn't know very well how it worked, but I recently learned that the internet is a global system of interconnected networks that use TCP or IP to link devices internationally


Yes, it is all very interesting, I also see that it started in 1990s, and to think to look at were we are now versus then.


One problem though is that the constant novelty that the internet affords through clicking links has the potential to cause addiction


Yes, I agree, on the other hand we learn so much though, we've been able to access education much quicker than before. I didn't know a 3 horizontal line menu was called a hamburger button.


I agree. The internet allows ease of access to immense amounts of data as well as services.


Like learning who the biggest celebrities are and how much they make. I knew Judge Judy made a lot of money, because her show was so popular but 123,000$ per episode wow!


Oh wow that's funny. I don't think he looks like Steve Martin at all.


I don't see a resemblance either. Another fact when Ronald Reagan was acting he got turned down for a role because they did not think he looked presidential!


That's pretty funny considering he became a president not much longer.


I know right. What else do you like to do?


I love riding my Harley Davidson motorcycle. What about you?


Nice, I prefer sports cars myself. I have a convertible mustang myself.


Very cool. I saw that the trunk of a car was named that because older cars actually had wooden trunks.


Did you know that McDonald's added  the drive thru in 1975 for soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their vehicles in their fatigues.


Oh wow that's really cool. Glad they could accommodate our troops.


I know right, I didn't realize that they couldn't be out in uniform.


Hello. I like playing golf occasionally, I seldom watch it. How about you?


I like it at times. Did you know the average American golf course consumes 312,000 gallons of water per day?


Wow that's a lot of water! Did you know that Babe Ruth was once one of the US most famous golfer?


I did not know that. Pretty crazy he could play golf and baseball.


I know right. Did you know that all the golf courses in the US make up more area than delaware and Rhode Island combined?


Wow that's pretty impressive and a lot of land!


Also there is a golf course in Dubai that uses 4 million gallons of water a day!


That's just crazy! Samuel L. Jackson puts a golf clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf twice a week during filming.


Interesting. Speaking of celebrities did you know that Bill Nye got into entertainment by winning a Steve Martin Look alike contest?


You ever do any dancing?  I'm not much of a dancer myself, although years I took a course in ballroom dancing.  Thought it'd be a good way meet girls and overcome my shyness...


Not to mention all they can make from sweet, sweet endorsement deals!  Just in shoes alone would probably net you a really big amount.  I've read that Allen Iverson gets paid 800,000 a year from Reebok and then will get $32 mil when he turns 55!


Yes! Those endorsements are huge! About 30 years back Mba Legend Spencer Haywood decided to take 100 grand up front over getting a piece of Nike holdings.....and if he would have taken the Nike offer of shares it would have been worth over 8 billion dollars.....wowza, he made a bad choice, can you imagine???


Oh, yeah, he's gotta be kicking himself for that one!  Hey, speaking of shoes, did you know Air Jordan's were banned at first by the NBA?  But Jordan would wear them anyway because Nike was willing to pay the fine!  Dunno what the fine was, but I just find that hilarious.  It's like, "Oh, yeah, fine us!  It's still good advertising!"  LOL


Hahaha! I would have done the same! I am sure the money he made was a lot more than any fine. Isn't it interesting that Volleyball and Basketball was invented at the YMCA? I had no idea.


Wow, i did not know that.  It's interesting they both have a similar origin.  You know, personally, volleyball is one of the sports I enjoyed playing when I was younger.  Not too good at it though, always hit the ball too hard, sent it out of bounds. LOL


I love Volleyball! I guess I was an ok player back in school but haven't really played since. I was on a girls basketball team in highs school though and loved it. Didn't pursue it after school but still play for fun.


Yeah, all my nieces and nephews play basketball as well as other sports.  I guess I'm the one that missed out on most of those genes.  Hehe.


Lol, that's cool! I am sure you can handle a game of basketball for fun! Good exercise for sure, just like dancing lol there are so many types to choose from. I remember hearing about an old episode of Mr. Rogers that he actually learned to break dance on that show, haha....Wish I could have seen it!


Mr Rogers breakdancing?  Wow, I can't picture that... I try and my mind just blanks.  LOL.  I don't know though, I'm not the most co-coordinated, so I think I'd be doing a lot of "traveling" instead of dribbling!


It would definitely be a sight to see him break dancing haha! I am not that coordinated either but I don't let it stop me hahaa, I probably get people to laugh hahaa.....kinda like how parrots are able to dance it makes everyone laugh!


Hi! I love to dance! I was reading that the Maryland's womens basketball team does a dance routine before a game, how cool is that!


Oh, I've seen lots of parrots dancing vids on youtube, they're funny.  They say even babies will dance when they hear music, that's gotta be adorable!


I have seen so many of those video's, so cute! And yep, babies do keep up to the beats when music is being played, so cute as well, I agree! We have a parrot and he dances and I taught him to sing Another One Bites the Dust! Hahaha, cutest think ever!


Oh, that is awesome!  You taught a parrot to sing?  I can't tell you how cool I think that is!  Speaking of dancing babies, I remember seeing a vid on Ellen of a toddler in a car seat asleep, then they played "Gangum Style" and it woke up and starting bobbing around!  So funny!


Hahaha! Too cute, I love Ellen shows. My parrot dances more than sings, but all you have to do is play a song over and over for them everyday and they eventually pick it up, not the entire song but the chorus, so cute, and he looks like he is doing the funky chicken dance hahaa.....it has been great chatting with you!!


Well, again that is awesome!  Great chatting with you as well! :)


Really?  That's neat!  I bet it helps them limber up and get preparing for the big game!  Isn't that the same team where one of their members was out with a torn ACL?  My niece had one of those.  Not fun!


...sorry misread...they do the dance after the game lol...I am not sure on that but very possible...basketball injury's are common.


They've got an interesting Junior Guard on the time.  She's from Slovenia.  I had to look that up, it's a country in the Balkans, Europe.  Sounds pretty exotic!


Wow, it does sound awesome! I was reading that too, very interesting. I guess Blaire Watson did have an an injury and had to have surgery! ouch, like you said, not very good to have an injury like that!


It'll be interesting to see how well they do for the next season.  So, you love to dance huh?  That's neat!  Did you know Bruce Lee was a champion cha-cha dancer?  Probably helped out with his martial arts skills.


Haha, really? Bruce Lee? That is awesome! I do love to dance but never took lessons, wish I had gotten into modern dance. I have a friend who dances Ballet and they have these slippers that make drawings og their dance movements, so interesting and smart!


That's cool!  I didn't know that about the ballet slippers.  Did you know that pro ballet dancers can go through about four pairs of pointe shoes in a week?  I imagine they get a LOT of wear and tear, especially in the tip of the toes.


Wow, i could never do ballet, has to be very painful. I have heard that some basketball and football players will do a dance class, I guess it helps them in many ways. I guess they want to be the best like being in the NBA which pays their athletes the highest of any other organization.


Hi are you a fan of Justin Bieber or now any interesting things about him?


No.  Never too old.  Just a different generation.  Bieber has never had a number one single in the U.S. or Great Britain.  Interesting seeing how is albums were No. 1's. lol


I guess the fans bought them but there wasnt much radio play?


That could be.  There was a Justin Bieber, a guy in his 30s, who was banned from Facebook for sharing the same name with the famous celebrity.  Crazy.


Yeah, that is weird. but the people with the money have the lawyers to make the rules. Tom Cruise did something like that.


That's just pathetic in my book.  It just doesn't seem right to do that.  Do you like basketball at all?


I do like basketball. played when i was younger. not now though. too old LOL


Out of the 30 teams do you have a favorite one?  Mine is the Cavs because I'm from there originally.


I like Golden State. I like steph curry. I do like LeBron. people say he betrayed cleveland, but i dont know what i would have done in his position.


I know I would have taken the money and set up kids and my grandchildren up for life. lol  Although when came back,  I didn't think he would leave again.  Oh well.  Did you know that Air Jordan's were banned by the NBA but Michael Jordan wore them anyhow because Nike was willing to pay the fine for each game?  It's been fun chatting with you!


Yeah, Nike got a bargain in my opinion. Great chatting!


I know nothing about him. well, he is canadian. what do you know?


I know that he was discovered on youtube in 2008 and was signed to a record deal.


I wonder how many people ahve been discovered on youtube. I guess he must be worth 10 of millions by now.


I bet.  His first full length studio album My World 2.0 debuted in 2010 at number 1 in several countries.


I think the fans skew pretty young. i know that one of his videos is the most hated on youtube. i dont know why.


I cant imagine that he can go on much longer. he is getting old and the new generation will want someone younger.


Yes.  He does some nice things for charity.  He has granted 200 wishes for the make a wish foundation.  It's the most ever done by a recording artist.


He does a great job with the fans, i guess. i am not into his music. i am probably too old. LOL


Do you enjoy comedy? I like comedy films and stand up comedy.


I'm glad he did or that would have been disastrous. On a similar note, do you remember Ryan Stiles?


Yes, that's him. He dropped out of high school to pursue comedy.


That's amazing; I'd be much too afraid to drop out! If I wanted to get into comedy or acting, I'd probably take lessons. Jon Hamm and Patrick Stewart have both been drama acting teachers, so maybe I'd get lucky.


I had heard that they had taught acting. Do you enjoy dramas as well?


I like classical drama, but I'm not as big a fan of the kind that's on TV in soap operas lately. It seems too cheesy and manufactured.


I'm not a soap opera fan either. Did you ever watch the TV show House?


I've only seen a few episodes, but I know a lot about it because my mom binge-watched it a few years ago. Wish I'd seen more, because I enjoyed Hugh Laurie's acting very much.


Well he did well for working on that show. He became the highest paid actor for a TV drama ever and earned $700,000 per episode!


That's incredible. The amount of money that goes into TV shows and movies blows me away. The most expensive comedy film ever made cost $200 million to create!


I enjoy it, though I haven't seen too much of it. Do you have any favorites you'd recommend?


Wow! I can't imagine why a comedy would need that kind of budget.


Many. I love Airplane, Shaun of the Dead, Scrooged, Groundhog's Day. Just so many. Have you heard of bromantic comedies?


I haven't. Are they anything like the "bro" relationship between the two main characters in the Scrubs sitcom?


Yes. It's a new term for comedies with that kind of relationship like Pineapple Express, Harold and Kumar, or I Love You Man.


It's a new term to me, but I can definitely think of examples that fit the name, so I see why they made it a genre, kind of like dramatic comedy or black comedy.


I love black comedies as well. Do you know Demetri Martin?


I've heard of him. The Daily Show, right?


I believe he was on it briefly. He had his own show on Comedy Central for maybe two seasons. He was accepted into Harvard law but dropped out to pursue comedy because he was bored.


I'd bet that a lot of people told him his plan to drop out of Harvard was crazy. It's almost like a real-life comedy that he turned out to be successful!


I am a Gen X'er and I love beer. I knew Britain loved it's beer as well, but I had no idea they had over 50,000 pubs currently open. That is a ton of beer to serve.


Maybe he will do all right, time will tell. Have you ever been to Mackinac island? I live in Michigan so I have been there a few times. There are no motorized vehicles on the island so it's kind of interesting to see.


It's a very small island, maybe a hair over three miles total. Population around 500 people.


In that case, it is possible to go around the island using bikes or horse drawn carriages.


Yes and that's the only way you will get around, besides foot. You can do a lot of fishing there as well. Did you know freshwater fish only drink water through their skin ? I did not know that.


I did not know that.  I know that saltwater fish drink water through their mouths.


I am taking a trip to Europe in September for three weeks, and plan on doing a lot of sightseeing. I wonder if the Dutch will have their commuter buses up and running by then that travel at 160 mph. With that kind of speed I could cover a lot of ground.


I will be too afraid to ride a bus that goes that fast. You are brave.


Well I would also like to visit Iceland, but they do not have public rail service so I probably won't be making that trek.


There are lots of domestic flights you can take.


Tons of customers though.  Some parents bring their kids to the pubs.


Alright well I would like to thank you for chatting with me today. Looks like our work here is done.


I am not sure how they can all afford it though when bottles can be selling for $6 each.


Gen X drinks less.  The pubs would go out of business.


I think pubs manage to stay in business now because they no longer serve the garbage foods like pickled eggs, I mean who wants to eat that? Gourmet burgers and such will help draw in business.


The pubs owners appear to be smarter now.  They even sell sushi.


I think some were always successful, some like Ye Olde Fighting Cocks have been around since the 11th century. Certain people can find a way to make it work.


the fighting cocks owners modernizes their pub and recognizes the trend.  That's why it has been in business for a long time.


Tofalli the owner of the Fighting Cocks is going to open another pub, I think that is unwise with so many pubs already open. It's like bringing sand to the beach at this point.


Perhaps he knows what he is doing.  Perhaps he is aiming at different types of clientele.


Yeah I think they claimed they gave him an advantage and were a different color, it was marketing gold for Nike.


Oh yeah and it was excellent marketing.  Did you ever buy a pair of Jordans years back?


Yeah I think I got one pair when I was really young.  I was really into basketball back then.  I used to love the old dunk contests in the early 90's.


Those are definitely entertaining.  do you like the warriors? steph curry donated  mosquito nets every time he makes a 3 pointer.


Really, I have never heard that, but that is really cool.  Yeah you have to respect them, they have dominated the last few years, my team looks good going into the all star break though, hopefully we meet them in the finals.


Good luck!  I think its a funny fact that in 1975 the warriors stadium was booked so they had to go else where to play their nba game lol


That is pretty funny, I think they sell out most of their games these days.


yeah they do,  My family has season tickets,  they are so expensive,


I dont follow it,  but I do watch it sometimes lol


Nice! That would be awesome, and yeah i bet they are!  Nice talking with you I hope you have a good night.


I follow it but mostly my team, did you ever hear about Allen Iverson's contract with Reebok?


Yeah I don't think Reebok looks back and thinks that, I think they might've been trying to sign the next Jordan.


did you know granny style is the best technique of shooting?


I read that, very interesting, I wonder why more players don't try and use it.  I think some of the best percentage shooters in history did it.


Maybe this is why my nephews are way better than me at chuck e cheese lol


Lol that might be true.  Did you know that the original Air Jordan shoes were banned by the NBA?


yeah thats funny,  its his NBa shoe why wouldnt he be able to wear them lol


Dance is an art of selected sequences of human movement.


Yes. some birds fly from alaska to northern mexico without sleeping when migrating.


That's cool to know. Most birds have bones that are so hollow their entire skeleton weighs less than the feathers.  Did you know that?


The digestive and respiratory systems of birds specially designed for flying purpose. Some bird species live in aquatic environment, they can swimming for their food.


Penguins is belong to birds species they are living mainly in arctic sea they are living in extremely cold area.


The biggest bird is 9ft ostrich. do you know ?


Actually, I did not know that fact.  I did know that the extinct Dodo bird is actually a sub family of the pigeon.  Did you know that?


Cool, you must really be into birds.  That seems to be all you talk about!


How true! How are you doing this morning?


Yes. Hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct their nests.


That's nice.  Been good chatting with you this morning, I need to head off to work, now.


Yes, make the flow of blood fast in the body. What about you ?


I'm good, thanks for asking.  Yes, dance does make the blood flow fast in the body, for sure.  Do you like dancing?


Yes. Different culture have different type of dancing to represent the ancient culture.


Yes, they do.  I was fascinated to find out that Bruce Lee was a great dancer and was the Hong Kong Cha Cha championship winner in 1958!


Michael jackson has a patent on a device used to become extreme lean in some of his dance moves.


I figured as much.  He was such an innovator in the field of dance.  It doesn't surprise me that he has a patent.


Some steps are very difficulty he performs very well. Amazing performer.


Did you know that Tupac Shakur danced ballet in High school?


Jordan wore them anyway and Nike paid his fines. I remember Chuck Taylor's. They were super popular.


I don't but I look at their website sometimes.


I've never been in one so only know what is mentioned on the interwebs lol. Evidently there was a TV show shot in one in California that the store didn't know about.


Oh no. I'm surprised they were not sued. Do you enjoy dramas?


Drama is ok to a certain extent. As a woman, I got my fill of drama for the year last night watching The State of The Union Address. Between it being turned into a fashion show and an example of how not to be a lady, it was all too dramatic.


I knew the whole thing would drive me crazy so I made a conscious decision not to watch. Did you ever watch the TV show House?


Yes I did! I actually work in a hospital so that was my top med drama ever!


Hugh Laurie was the highest paid actor for a TV drama ever for that show. He made $700,000 per episode!


I was not aware of that. He certainly earned every penny. "Faking" an American accent had to be tough, and to toss in medical terminology? He did a great job. I was never a fan of ER, Grey's Anatomy (even their scrubs suck!) or Nurse Jackie - So much Hollywood gets way, way wrong.


No, I sincerely do not. I do enjoy College Basketball though!


His American accent is amazing. I never liked those other shows either. I did enjoy Scrubs.


I'm not a big fan either but I respect the sport. Did you know that granny style is the most effective way to score points on the line?


LOL! No, I did not! To be honest, I played when I was a kid and always found that to be rather tough. No wonder I was never offered $10 million from a sneaker company when I was 18 like Lebron James was.


Lebron James gets offered a lot of money. At one point he was the highest paid celebrity. Surprisingly Jude Judy was number two.


Now I do like Judge Judy. I'd never want to be in her courtroom - Usually both sides failed at exhibiting common sense multiple occasions to wind up there(!) - But she is a no nonsense judge. Darn shame the courts aren't full of people like her. Speaking of failing to exhibit common sense, 78% of NFL players go bankrupt within 2 years of retiring, while 60% of NBA players are broke after 5 years. Why do you think that is?


Seems to happen a lot with people that get rich fast. Poor money management. Sometimes it's not even their fault but the fault of those around them like shady accountants. Did you know that Lebron James is going to be in the new Space Jame sequel?


I didn't even know there was a new Space Jam on tap! Ya know, Michael Jordan seems to remain a great example as both a player and a human.


Yes he does. Apparently Air Jordans were banned by the NBA when they were introduced.


That's so petty. Meanwhile Chuck Taylor is a name forgotten, if known at all yet his Converse are still popular. $90 Million as merely a spokesperson for Nike as Lebron got seems so screwy - It's amazing how much cash is spent on sneakers advertising.


He is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language!


I never knew that he invented the names Miranda, Jessica and Olivia!


Wow.  I didn't know that either.  I know he coined many phrases we still use today like "Good riddance" "wild goose chase" and more.


So talented, in more ways than one. It is wild to think that Pocahontas and Shakespeare were alive at the same time and only died a year apart.


I agree!  Do you have any favorite Dramas that you watch?


I don't watch a lot of drama but I probably should watch House. Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor earning 700,000 per episode so it must be good.


I used to like that show.  That's a lot of money for one show!  Holy moly. I liked Mad Men, which starred Jon Hamm.


I just learned that he would teach drama classes at his old high school and one of his students was Erin from the Office.


Wow!  I didn't know that.  I loved the Office!  There is a website where you can listen to thousand's of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.  I might have to look that up.  I've always wanted to listen to some old shows like that.


That would be a lot of fun to listen to. Well thanks for chatting, I learned a lot of new and interesting information today.


I am. That genre has some of my favorite films. Bill Murray's favorite is King Fu Hustle.


I love Bill Murray!  I've never seen that movie though.  I'll have to watch it.  The Green Lantern film was originally going to be a comedy starring Jack Black.  I think that might have been pretty good.


It would have been a very different movie. I think Jim Carrey movies would be very different too because he doesn't make dramas anymore. His belief is only to project positivity.


I kind of think that's pretty neat of him to do that.  Did you ever like watching 3rd Rock from the Sun?


I have seen a few episodes. It was okay but not my favorite. Shocking that it beat Seinfeld, Friends and Frasier for best comedy series.


I know.  I'm guessing though that all of those shows probably won the golden globe for best comedy series at some point.


That's a good point or maybe it wasn't their strongest year. Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989. That's a lot of shows without a strong year.


Yes it is.  Crazy.  The creator of the python programming language named it partly to honor the British comedy group Monty Python.  I remember some of the movies they did.


Those are great movies. British people are very talented. William Shakespeare's 39 plays have been translated into every living language and are performed more than any other playwright.


King Kalakaua was the first to travel around the world he was from Hawaii


Oh, i see but i guess he travel in rubber boots like the ones Nokia made.


No travel is done by Foot Bicycle Train but in hia case probably Boat


I understand that, I just meant what he was wearing. I found it funny when i learnt turkeys use to wear boot somewhere around Norfolk and London. Their farmers make them wear it.


Well it wasn't boots he was wearing but Ugg Boots are for surfers and were also invented by them.


You cannot be so sure in a era where turkey wear boots and the biggest company produce boots.


Turkeys were  once walked by farmers to london for christmas markets


I see. I guess that is where the word bootstraps was invented which mean pulling oneself up by their bootstraps or it could mean "doing something that is pretty much impossible".


Doing something impossible was was once meant to be Pulling oneself up by thier bootstraps I didn't know that


Do you own a boot, I mean the shoe that covers the foot and ankle. I have one made of leather which is mainly what it is made of


It was patented by Benz in 20th century,


No AndI dont surf so no ugg boots either.


It was soliders that prompted mdonalds to add drive thru windows becayse they were not allowed to get out of their cars with fatigues on.


Yes, i learnt that too in addition to other facts. For instance i use to wonder why cars have trunk when they were not elephants but i figured out that old cars have wooden trunks


well thats intresting but I found that in south africa you can put flame throwers on your car to detour car jacking


Hmm that is an interesting one too. there is a lot to learn about cars, it has been inevitable part of out travel. That is why it it so expensive to travel in japan. It actually cost 300$ to be paid in tolls across the country


Ford motor company is a American CCar Manufacturer


Who is Ford. Is he a prominent person like the king kalakaua of hawaii. He was the first king to travel the world


A bus is being created that can drive 160 mph  for commuters


I guess you are talking about travel. However, i cannot figure out why such type of vehicle was banned in Mackinac island for over hundred years.


hey how often do you go travelling? I travel quite a bit myself


oh wow didn't know that, thats a completely different genre, funny that her name came from a text glitch


Yea and then she actually had the LAPD ask her to tweet her followers about some roadwork once. What the hell lol


haha ya you'd think theres a better way to alert people, cool that she is elton john's sons godmother though, didn't know that


Yea thats pretty cool too. I think. Do you like her any?


shes ok, I like some of her early songs like Poker face, what about you?


Oh yes I loved when she played in American Horror Story the best.


ya she was good in that, also she was good on boiling points which was an mtv show, she was on that before she became famous


can't say that I do, I do like some of kanyes stuff but thats about it, Do you like Tupac btw?


Ya hes a good one. I always did like it, Its been good talking to you.


Hi I love to travel as much as I can. How about you?


ya his music is in the library of congress actually, I personally don't think it is culturally "significant"


ya I travel for work but it is fun, I want to ride the Dutch bus that goes 160mph haha


LOL Have you ever been to Washington DC?


haha no its been a long time, you? I did recently go to this island in michigan where they have no cars though, they only use horses to get around


Wow that sounds fun. I live a few hours away from DC. I love it there. Always something going on.


ya ill have to check it out, have you ever been to japan btw?


Nope I recently went to the mural at Union Market and to see all the murals around town.


ah nice how was that? And ya I want to go to japan, but I don't like how all the highways are toll roads, it would cost $300 to drive across the country


I would do it just to see Lady Gaga. Ha Ha. Did u know her favorite band is iron maiden?


You watch the Emmys at all? Game of Thrones cleans up. Such a good show.


Oh man I hated that character! Arya must have been influential because it's one of the most popular baby names now lol.


Winning an emmy and golden globe was pretty influential for Pert Dinklage, he received top billing after he won


Yeah. He packs a punch! One of my favorite characters. There is a lot to that show having 3 different story arcs and all.


Yea it's pretty complex show. Do you watch netflix much? They have a movie that is nothing but a fireplace


Yes I do. That's funny! Hard to believe it was only in 2007 that they started streaming content. Now look at it go.


Yea now Netflix has 137 million subscribers worldwide


Wow. Everyone loves it and for good reason. Blockbuster could have bee involved if they would hae just bought it when they had the chance.


Blockbuster really screwed up when it declines Netflix proposal to run it's online service in 2000


Oh interesting I didn't hear about that. Yeah they should have. Because now Netflix is worth 2 billion!


Yep, Netflix is everywhere except mainland China, Syria, Crimea, and North Korea


I keep up with the Emmys, Game Of Thrones 22 nominations is really impressive


Wow. Taking over! Well have a great day!


Nice. Yeah it is. It's the most decorated show in emmy's history.


Netflix shows had a lot of nominations too, more than HBO


Yeah I love Netflix. Game of Thrones gets financed by Ireland to boost tourism.


That's pretty cool, Ireland is a beautiful country.


Very lush. There is a nat geo show called game of lions that follows the lives of lions like game of thrones characters.


Nice. I find it funny HBO may reveal the ending of Game of Thrones before the last book comes out


Yeah it is so often the other way around. very unique. Charlie Chaplin's grand daughter plays Talisa Maegyr.


That's interesting, Jack Gleeson is influenced by Joaquin Pheonix when playing Joffrey


Do you think the universe may be one giant superhologram?  Some scientists do.


Did you know that astronauts in space touch helmets to talk when on space walks.


No I didn't know that, very cool.  Did you know that Copernicus developed a heliocentric model with the sun at the center of the solar system?


Oh yeah that's definitely wrong.  People think they are the center of the universe!  Do you like McDonald's?  They added their drive-thru in 1975 so soldiers who weren't allowed to get out of their cars in fatigues could get their orders


That is a cool fact, never knew that.  Yeah I go there every once in a while myself.


Did you know Cadillacs are named for the french explorer Antione de la Mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit.


No I didn't, but that makes sense now.  I guess someone became a pro race car driver by beating 90,000 other people in Gran Turismo!


Maybe he was just good at racing no matter real or in videos?


Yeah I'm not sure but if that was some kind of a contest that is crazy!


If that racer went to South Africa, he could equip his car with flame-throwers to prevent carjacking!


That is too crazy to believe, I wonder what else you can put on your car over there.


I think that is a good theory yes.  I guess there is also a theory that there is only one electron in the whole universe.


It was nice chatting!  Hope I get to be an astronaut so I can get a corvette!


How do batteries work in that universe?  Some stars are so cold humans can touch them with their hands.  Since stars come out at night, I never really think of them as hot.


That is crazy, I don't know if I can even believe that, interesting.


What do you find interesting from the readings?


I thought it was interesting that GM used to give astronauts a free corvette when they came back from space.  How about you?


That sounds fun!  I thought it was strange that astronauts can't whistle in a spacesuit.  I guess now I know how to prevent my kids from annoying one another with the incessant whistling


That is funny, such a weird fact though.  I guess there is a water vapor cloud in space that is so large it has 100 trillion times the water on earth in it.


I didn't even know they had water in space.  The USMC are investigating drop pods from space to deploy to any place on earth.  I wonder what else those are used for?


Yeah that is interesting as well, I'm curious myself.


I hear you there.  I don't know.  How did it originate?


I guess way back the shows were typically sponsored by soap manufacturers and would most likely show their commercials during the breaks, so they became associated with soap!


How interesting is that!  I would like to check out the website where you can listen to thousands of classic radio drama episodes for free.  I have to find it though.  lol


I think that is very cool, I'm sure there are a ton of good ones buried in that pile.


I'm sure.  Are you familiar with the actor Michael Caine?


I am, didn't he have a funny story of how he got into acting in the first place?


Yes!  he became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in drama class.  That's great!  lol


That is awesome!  Funny how those moves early in your life lead to major things later on.


You're right!  Did you know that Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin have all narrated Thomas the Tank for at least 52 episodes each?


I think I have heard about that before, very cool!  Such an interesting mix of people to narrate.


Hello there, I am a fan of dramas I think they can tell a really good story.  How about you?


I agree.  It's been fun chatting with you!


I am!  I used to really love watching House.


I think I have seen an episode of that show, I think that the main actor is one of the higher paid stars on tv as well.


He is.  Hugh Laurie...he earned $700,000 per episode!


Wow!  That is very impressive, I wonder what some of the other top actors and actresses make on tv.


Probably big money. lol  Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas any more because his belief system prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity.  Good for him.  I would do the same thing if I was in that position.


I agree, I think thats good for him and I think I would do the same as well, I'm sure he has enough money to pick and choose which ever projects he wants to be involved in.


Yes.  Would't that be nice?  I can only imagine.


Yeah I can only imagine, since I don't make nearly enough money! lol  Do you know how the term 'soap opera' originated?


Hi there, have any experience with Shakespeare?


Yes! Well sometimes, he's a great actor but his movies can be LONG! He's won three oscars hasn't he? Before he retired?


Yeah he won 3 oscars for best actor, he is the only actor to win 3 awards in that category.


That's surprising. I wonder if the same is true of the best actress category, I feel like Meryl Streep has won 40 times haha


Maybe for male actor lol, did you watch the movie Blazing Saddles?


Haha yes I've seen Blazing Saddles that's an old one. It was nominated for three oscars I think. Must not have won though because they don't usually count your nominations when you're a winner


It was, I dont think it won, interesting how Eminem has more Oscars than many great actors combined


Oh man that's a shocker, how did that happen? I thought he was only nominated for one movie?


I think thats because many of the actors mentioned in the list havent won any awards.


You're right, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas and Billy Murray don't have oscars. Leonardo Dicaprio only won his first oscar a few years ago


Yeah so maybe his tied with Eminem, did you know the oscars were nominated for  9 emmys back in 2013


Not much, I love his plays and novels, I also know he was born a long time ago


Haha that's so meta! What a strange thing to hear, I guess it makes sense though it is a major event that happens on TV. But I guess they didn't win! Lol I wonder who did!


I have no idea, I didnt know an award could be nominated for another award in the first place lol, its a nice Google search topic, its been good chatting with you


I'll look it up later for sure! Nice talking with you!


It was nice chatting, thanks a lot for all the cool facts bye.


You're right it was a long time ago, he was born in 1564! Did you know that Shakespeare and Pocahontas were alive during the same time and died only one year apart?


They did, I wonder if they ever crossed paths, Shakespeare has inspired a lot of cultures and people around the world he even invented some popular names we use now


That's true and strange to think about, I wonder if his wife's name has anything to do with the actress who is also named Anne Hathaway. Do you think it is a coincidence?


I dont think it is, everything is connected. Do you like the Academy Awards?


Sure I watch them almost every year, you?


I do too, what are your thoughts on this years awards? I think the actor of Bohemian Rhapsody deserved it.


You're right he did a really good job. I wish more movies had won that were popular with the people though.


Yeah I wish that too, do you like the actor Daniel Day-Lewis?


Have you been to an aquarium? That is insane! 84% of genes associated with human diseases. That black swallower is an odd fish.


Agree. Didn't know Prince William was a call of duty fan. Interesting


Anybody can be a fan of Call of Duty. He plays on a night shift.


Yes I know.Have you played the newest one released in 2018?