Apparently Trump is using his presidency to increase his personal assets. I think that the president of the United States should not be doing this to benefit themselves.


Yes I agree. He is already so rich. I think he should get involved with soccer because it makes more money than most other sports combined!


China is getting involved with soccer. Their communist government is pouring hundreds of millions into their soccer programs in order to have a strong world cup team. I wonder why.


Wow. Must want to impress the world with their soccer skills. Or should I say "football" since that's what most of the world calls it!


In some ways, America is weird. Speaking of the United States, they placed third in the very first world cup back in 1930!


Hi. Do you like Star Wars? A new Hope released back in 1977 is a real classic in my opinion.


Yeah that's going to be amazing. I wonder if self driving cars will have trunks. The trunk is called that because old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back.


Difficult to see an ultra modern Google self driving car having a wooden trunk on the back.


Yes my thoughts exactly ha ha. Do you know that Cadillac was named after a French explore Antoine De la mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit?


I associate the Detroit car industry as an all American entity, surprising it has a French heritage.


Yeah very surprising indeed my friend. If you live in South Africa, go ahead and put flamethrowers on your car because it is legal!


Wow, that would make for an interesting rush hour and road rage incidents.  I could it being helpful in snowy conditions like I have here.


Yes indeed! I bet 9-1-1 would get lots of call if that happened in the USA. Everyone has iphones these days. They are so powerful!


It feels like a waste that we use so much power to take selfies all the time.  We still call them phones but they ar so much more and are rarely use to make telephone calls.


Agreed. There are cables running across the ocean so we can make calls! Well on landline phones that is!


I'm guessing you can keep all the information contained in one phone book on a iphone.  Do phone books still exist?


More of a fan when I was a kid, watch the new ones with my son now.


Surprising that they do. I want to try to separate them with their pages overlapped lol. It was great conversing with you. Have a good day now.


You too, it was good talking to you.  Bye.


Oh nice yeah those are good too. The voice of Darth Vader in the original movie was only paid $7500. I can't believe that.


I don't think anyone knew how big the movies were going to be, he was probably happy with the money at the time, maybe not so much now.


Yeah agreed. Hopefully he got more. Star Wars was also the first major film to be dubbed in Navajo!


The actual actor, David Prowse, who is in the costume thought they were going to use his voice and was upset when they didn't.  He has a very regional British accent, it would not have sounded the same.


Oh wow I didn't know that. Very cool. I also find it very funny that 20th Century Fox thought Star Wars was going to flop.


The last Star Wars movie I saw was at a drive-in, never been to one before, not sure I like watching movie in my car.


Oh wow that's so cool. Yeah it would take some getting used to. I love the drive thru though! Glad Mcdonalds had that vision back in 1975!


When we get self driving cars we could do everything in the car, eat, drink, sleep and work.


I agree with a lot of drumming.  There is a woman in Harlem who has held free jazz concerts at her apartment every Sunday for 20 years!


She must have a huge apartment to be able to do all that! I wonder if anyone does that in New Orleans, there's supposed to be a lot of Jazz down there too


I bet they do.  Mardi Gras just started down there.  I think yesterday was Fat Tuesday which kicks off Mardi Gras.


They have a lot of parades for mardi gras with brass band marches. They've had them since the early 1910's. I'll bet nobody living in New Orleans gets any sleep this time of year


I bet not!  I wonder how many people that live there rent out their rooms to make extra money?  On a different topic....do you like horses?


I love horses! They're like massive dogs, and they make friends with dogs too! I've read that Dalmatians were originally part of the fire department team to calm horses down


That is very interesting. I didn't know that.  I see Clint Eastwood is mentioned again as having developed mid-life allergies to horses.


I wonder if he's sad about that I'm pretty sure that he loves horses.


I'm wondering too.  I think the first half of his career was mainly starring in Westerns.  Did you know that Icelandic horses have a fifth speed called tolt, which is basically speedwalking for horses.


I'll bet that's funny to watch! I wonder what the purpose of that could be. People use horses for so many different competitions and shows that it could be anything. Did you know that Lipizzaner horses are born with black or brown coloring and turn white as they age? I wonder what the purpose of that could be?


Not much honestly, there's always so much going on. They say it can make you smarter though


I'm not sure.  Mother nature must know though.  lol  I have to go get ready for work.  Thanks for the chat!


I need to start listening to more of it then.  lol  There are so many types  I think I like the old classic Kansas City jazz which is more of hard swinging, bluesy, improvisational style of jazz.


I've read there's even a programing language that is written in jazz form and can even function musically and make jazz-like harmonies. I wonder how tricky that is to learn


I bet it's tricky.  I would have a hard time.  Did you know that Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast?


I did! I think he played piano for a while before he was ever an actor. I think mostly to attract girls haha. He's written a few scores for his movies right? Million Dollar Baby being one of them?


lol isn't it always about getting the girls?  lol  I believe you're correct as well.  Jazz trumpeters grew goatees so they would be comfortable while playing.


Oh man really?! That makes so much sense! and then everyone else grew them to try and look cool! I wonder if there's some function to any other aspects of their fashion


I kind of doubt it.  lol  In Pakistan there is a jazz orchestra that is currently topping the charts.  Who would have thought that?


I wonder what that sounds like, when you imagine music in pakistan though it does sort of have that frenetic jazz like vibe to it


Oh I see, so funny, I want to meet president Banana one day, quite a guy he must be


I think he died recently that's why it rang a bell here.


Oh thats so sad, he died and I never got to meet him, what about the president of Indonesia? the pop star, have you heard of him?


lol... no I hadn't.  And I thought our presidents were on the colorful side at times.


Funny story, the guy realeased 3 pop albums while in office!!! sounds like running the country was easy lol, I would be crazy worried if I were a citizen of Indonesia


Wonder if he sang or played an instrument.  So he was a  pop star and president.  Queens , Brian May has a PHD in astrophysics.  Musicians have hidden talents?


I saw the movie Queen and that came as a suprise to me as well, Brian May is a great guitarist


Didn't see it yet.  Did it show the sixpense he used as a guitar pic?


I think it did, I didnt pay much attention to that detail,


Crazy guitarists.  van halen setting the studio speakers on fire.


Yes.  I follow politics to a degree.  So that would be our president.


Van Halen is one of my favorites as well, I wonder if thats true, sounds like a crazy story.


Did you know his not among the wealthiest presidents in the history of the US


No I did not.  I'm surprised that jfk is the only modern president of the top three wealthiest.


I didnt expect Washington on that list, didnt know he was loaded, his #3 apparently


I wonder if it is relative to the economy at the time.  It must be.


I agree yeah, things are much more expensive now and money is worth a lot less than back then so they must take all of that into account


I like the first president of zimbabwe was called president banana.  Never knew that.


Banana? is that his real name or a nickname? lol, thats really funny


That was actually his name.  He's a more modern president too.


I'm digging that Incredible 2. You seen it?


Does he do the voice of Big Bird too?  LOL  I heard Sarah Vowell is not much of an actor, but she sure has the right name for a voice artist!


No lol, different person, shes the voice of Violet in the movie and shes also a bestselling author so theres a lot going on for her


So, if the origianl Incredibles were set in the 1960s, when is the Incredibles 2 set?


Around the year 1962, at least the present days


Well, the Incredibles restored my faith in superheroes and you have restored my faith in Incredible fans!


Thanks your words mean a lot  to me,I work hard to be the #1 fan everyday, I wish there were more movies though, 2 movies and a video game arent enough


Are there any other BRad Bird productions worth seeing?


Yeah many in fact, Ratatouille, The Iron Giant and many more, Mission Impossible IV


Wow!  Those are all good!  I don't suuppose he had anything to do with Bill Murray's favorite, Kung Fu Hustle?


No nothing at all I guess, did you watch that movie?


Are you kidding? its one of my favorite movies Im like the #1 fan


Not yet, but my curiosity is peaked!  Noce chatting with you!


Yeah, baby!  Craig T Nelson is my main man1


He is my favorite character as well, and Frozono is also a badass


Word. Could yo tell who Huckleberry Milner voiced?  What a name... Huckleberry!


Of couser I can Im the #1 fan remember, Dashiell Parr is the voive of Huck


I genuflect before you. Did you play the sequel video game?


I did, it was released on 2004 on a lot of plarforms,


You are the king (or Queen)!  So, what's the story with the voice of Edna?


The story is interesting, the director is actually the voice of Edna many people dont know this fact, but Brat Bird can sure handle different voices


I didn't know that. Makes sense though because then they can direct traffic toward their products and shows.


Yep I agree. Walt Disney and Salvador Dali once collaborated on a short film.


That is awesome. i think my favorie disney film would have to be either big hero 6 or the incredibles.


Yea those are both good ones. Disney makes $1,110 per second.


Wow that is just a insane amount of money. Hopefully they are doing some good work with all that cash.


I bet they are. Walt Disney was fired from his job at a local newspaper for not being creative enough.


That seems very strange but I guess the times where different on what people considered entertainment.


I do use it quite a bit. Gmail is great. Do you like it?


I love Google. I pretty much use it daily.


I think they are probably the most used site ever. Look at what happened back in 2013 when it went down for 5 minutes. Internet use dropped 40%!


It is a fantasy where the main hero is a little girl. Apparently publishers were not a fan when it was first being sent out for publication.


Interesting. There is a university where you can study science fiction and fantasy literature with a concentration in Tolkien studies.


That would be an amazing class! I think there is so much to be learned from those great books.


I think so too. Jim Henson created The Dark Crystal with the idea that it was unhealthy for children never to be afraid.


Hmm I could see that being true. If children have no fear then they are liable to get into anything. Healthy fear isn't a bad thing.


I like some of their stuff. A few things are a bit underhandedly political for my taste but most is good. You?


Yep, I like Walt Disney. The Disney channel doesn't accept outside ads. Did you know that?


Cool. Did you know the president has been from one of the two parties since 1853?


Yes I guess that makes sense, we never hear of other parties


True. Do you know when both parties stated using red and blue?


Yes that was late in the 2000s, pretty recent


Yeah it is, I thought those were the colors forever


Yeah me too. Did you hear of Truman not wanting his picture taken on the dumbo ride?


Yes he did not want to be associated with the republicans


Yeah, he just wanted to be as much removed from them as possible


I know that nixon cracked the gavel they had for 165 years


Yeah. Did you know they used to be arrested if they did not show up to vote in senate?


Yes they dragged one of the senators feet first once to vote


Yeah. DId you know they have a candy desk in there


Yes and there is candy only made in Pennsylavania


Yes all the good stuff like Milky way and Mars and Jellybeans


Yeah I know. Did you know women were not allowed to wear pants till recent in there?


Yes that was until 1993 until women in there protested


Yeah. Did you know every republican president has had a beard?


Did you ever watch the old Goosebumps show? I think it's interesting that there are movie reboots now


Maybe they liked to watch them run around with their heads cut off. That sounds like something the British would find entertaining


That sounds really scary haha. Do you like Bill Nye the Science Guy?


I don't watch him very often, but I wonder what inspired him to enter a Steve Martin lookalike contest. Did people often tell him he looked like the guy?


I can see the resemblance. Steve Martin has always looked old his hair has been white since forever haha


They should take a photo together sometime. I also want to find one of the old movies Reagan was in before becoming President.


I've seen some they're definitely weird to watch haha. It's funny that you was told that he does not have that presidential look inquiring about one role


That director must have felt silly when Reagan won the election later


Yep I could see that haha. Do you have Netflix by the way? There might be some Ronald Reagan movies on there


I do, but I hadn't thought of looking at up. If I look it up right now, I'll be part of the 33% of bandwidth that North American Netflix users take at this time of night


Yeah that's a lot of bandwidth. I like to watch stranger things it's crazy that they are going to rake up to billion dollars in debt to help create more new content. But I do like their content


I did watch it. I like the show as a kid. Did you see the movie? I never got around to seeing i yet


Speaking of Netflix, I'm gonna switch gears and check out their content now. Have a good night!


No, I haven't, but I guess it was good enough for there to be a sequel. The nice thing about them is that they are more creepy than they are horror


Are they creepy? I kind of wish they were rated R. Aren't they rated like PG haha


They're made for kids, which is why they're more creepy than they are scary. Even kids aren't very scared by them


What else do you do for entertainment? I remember I used to play the Nintendo Entertainment System


I didn't start playing video games until the 64 came out. I heard the NES only displayed 54 colors. I wonder if the 64 displayed 64 of them, or if its name comes from another feature


Haha nope actually. The 64 was a 64-bit system. The NES was only an 8-bit system. The NES came out in 1985 but lasted until 2003


Those Japanese probably liked those classic games, though I think that's where the Nintendo HQ is. Americans tend to move to the newest thing right away


Yes they do. Did you ever study Roman history? Apparently in England they would breed chickens for entertainment haha


I need to run to Target later - did you know that Target is over 100 years old?


Did you know that there is a state senator who also works at Target just to have enough money to live on?


that is amazing. why target? i would think that there are other jobs out there that pay better.


I am not sure.  Maybe selling herbal supplements?  Did you know that 80% of them do not actually contain the advertised herbs?


I am not surprised. there is no regulation of that stuff. it could contain dog food for all we know.


No doubt - the government should monitor it - I bet Norway does - their government actually donated 1 billion to help save the rainforest


they did a great thing there. they make money off oil in the north sea. they want to help save the planet.


Yes.  And they are not scam artists like the French guy who managed to sell the Eiffel Tower twice!!!!


I would like to meet that guy! Maybe he could help sell all that govt land in nevada.


Yes!  86% of the land is owned by the government!  Crazy


What are they doing there? Secret experiments? LOL Anyway, great chat!


hi how are you? Really? that seems too old. where did it start?


It started as Goodfellow Dry Goods back in 1902 in Minneapolis!


oh, ok. that makes sense. i didnt hear the name target until maybe 20 years ago. i guess they have grown from 1902 then.


Yes - did you know they haven't sold any tobacco product since 1996?


i guess that is a matter of principle because there is a lot of money in cigarettes.


Yes for sure.  Its funny they have a store in every state but Vermont!


isnt that where bernie sanders is from? hm. suspicious coincidence! LOL


For sure.  I just learned that Best Buy and Target will price-match amazon - I need to do that moree.


i have never tried that, but I should. that is a good idea.


Exactly, see he is a smart guy. There is nothing stopping him from doing college part time. I do grad school part time, and work.


That's impressive.  I can imagine you're a little short on spare time, do you get a chance to watch professional basketball?


Sometimes I watch, but my home team always disappoints me so it's not a big thing here.


So who would that be.  I currently live in North East Ohio, the glory times of the Cavaliers would appear to have sailed with Lebron moving west.


I follow the Wizards, they aren't that big around here. Here the big thing is Football and Hockey.


I used to live in DC, around the time Jordan was playing for them.  I also used to do some poetry slams at a Borders with some of the Wizards, I can't recall the names.  Only that they were big, in stature that is.


Yeah, DC is fun. I should have mentioned the Nationals too, they are a big deal. The Caps won the Stanley Cup recently and have been consistently good for about a decade now.


Never went to the Nationals new stadium, saw them play at RFK.  I was shocked to read that 60% of basketball players are broke after 5 years from retirement.


The new stadium is cool Tickets are $18, beers are $12. LOL


In terms of college basketball would you be Hoya?  I remember when George Mason did well in March madness.


I am not that familiar with it.  I had heard this story about secret payments to college prospects though.


No, I'm a terp, and they switched divisions because their booster is Kevin Plank who owns under armor. He wanted them to become a football team. In my opinion it is disappointing. We no longer have our Duke Rivalry.


I can believe it. I actually think college players should be paid.


I agree, it seems unfair that those doing the most work get the least out of it, whereas the coaches get millions.


Yeah, and if they get injured playing in college they don't get to go pro. It's a total scam.


I've heard they lose scholarships if they are hurt during their school time, they have to be playing to get them.  It's a system ripe for abuse.


Exactly, that's why I think they should be paid. The school's are making boatloads on them.


Can players skip college and go straight to the NBA?


They can, but it is rare. I think Lebron did, but I may not be remembering that correctly.


You have to admire someone like Tim Duncan for staying in college.  But you have to wonder if it risky, and if he is just helping the system.


The ocean floor is really amazing, theres a lot we dont know about it


I agree theres a lot we dont know about astronomical bodies over the universe, and not only planets but also moons of planets, Venus must be a beautiful planet


Yes the moons...did you know that if Jupiter's moon orbited the sun that it would be a planet?


Yeah the moon is called Ganymede and it must be massive, Jupiter is also beautiful have you seen at the pictures of the storms,


I haven't! Did you know that when Earth was formed a day was only 5.5 hours long? That's crazy!


That is crazy, I would be really old by now lol, there is a planet where  shards of glass precipitate sideways at a really high speed


That sounds scary! Did you know that we have an official ambassador to extraterrestrials in case they ever come?  I wonder what that person does every day?!


We do? that is crazy, I wonder if that will ever happen though, maybe martians will visit us some day


Maybe. I didn't realize helium was as prevalent on Earth as it is, but Earth will be almost helium-free by the end of the 21st century.


I wonder how helium affects the planet, it seems like we can do ok without it


I only knew about it in balloons lol! Another thing I recently found out is that the only fish with a neck is a seahorse.  Strange to think about!


I completely agree! I can't believe the Titanic is 12,000 feet underwater and that people have logged over 3,000 hours underwater and we still don't know much about it.


It is strange, fish are also full with wonders, there is even an immortal breed of jellyfish


I think the ocean is a source of inspiration to many, me included, all the wonders that are there, all the wonders to discover


I would love to see a picture of the bristlemouth fish with an alien mouth and bioluminescent parts of its body.


That would be great,  they are the most numerous vertebra in the planet and still they are so rare for us,


Did you know that part of the ocean is called the twilight zone and has the largest animal migration on Earth?


I didnt know about that zone, but it must have a wide range of animals, some common other really rare, it seems like a dangerous place full with predators though


Definitely, unfortunately I think we're the biggest predators. We use to think the ocean's resources were limitless, but that thinking with the Northwest Atlantic Cod Fishery almost killed a whole ecosystem.


They kill a lot of species, so I guess they are the worse and that should stop- we should protect sea life. the ocean has also absorbed a lot of carbon dioxide


There are so many things about the planet we don't understand! Even more we don't know about other planets, but I do no that Venus doesn't tilt so it has no seasons!


I really find it interesting that people truly believe the earth is flat, common sense tells you it's not....Wow, I didn't even know Earth had any other names! I am the one that needs to study more lol, Like I didn't know that Astronomers have found signs of life in a different planetary system 455 light years away!


WOW! That's news to me! I'm going to read all about it later! Venus is cool to me, I haven't been able to see it clearly through a telescope, it's so fuzzy but the cloud cover makes it look so alive! in my opinion at least. Venus is one of the 5 naked eye planets, I believe the others are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. I know actually because I've seen them with my eyes! Hehe


I love the planets and stars, always have had an interest about the entire universe. That must be very cool to see the planets through a telescope! Lucky! Just like the planet they say shards of glass precipitate sideways at 4,500 mph, and the temp is 2000 degree's! Hahaha, that is scary.


Yeah that is scary! I heard it rained red diamonds. Or maybe it was rubies on some moon, either one of Jupiter's or Saturn's. Wow, My mind was just blown! Imagine having 4 suns! There is a planet that apparently orbits 4 stars! That would be a site to see!!


Wow, amazing. I would have loved to have went into astronomy in college. Crazy as it sounds, I believe there has to be some type of life out there somewhere.... not little green men, but we can't possibly be the only planet with life. I would love to know!


Oh I would go as far as to say there is 100% life out there. I love astronomy too! The telescope I had was just about $100 and this was like 18 years ago. They probably have way better ones for much cheaper these days. I figured how to use it myself, easily. And it was so rewarding! Even just looking at the moon, it was so bright, it was blinding! Truly awesome!


I have been known to be called a moon worshipper in a joking manner by my friends, I am always in awe of the moon, and the lunar eclipse's and take a lot of pictures, lol...I am always looking at the moon!!! My friends think I am nutty. I really need to get a telescope soon, that would be awesome!


Yeah, a new telescope is on my list! My original one, I kind of got sabotaged, when someone stole my lenses! And banged it around, which messed it up, since they are sensitive, it was HUGE, and I guess I'd go for a higher powered, sturdier and smaller one, this time. I too, love the moon, and just plain astronomy period! You haven't lived until you've peeked at jupiter and saturn every night for a few nights. You can see jupiters moons moving each night, as well as saturn's rings. I was reading an article the other day about how someday, Saturn won't have rings anymore! And even though I will be long gone, it made me really sad to think of Saturn without its magnificent rings!


Are you serious? You can actually see the rings? Oh, I really need a telescope! I would be outside every night! That is so amazing you have experienced all you have. I want that too! Everything changes no matter what it is and it is sad that out there in the universe it is changing as well. Nice to chat with someone who shares my passion for the planets!


Yes absolutely! I must say this was the nicest chat I've had in a while! Thank you so much! I hope you do get a telescope. It was such an amazing experience! I know you'll love it!


Thank you! I have really enjoyed this conversation so much :) The time just flew by,lol! I do plan on a shopping trip to look for a telescope. Thanks again and have an amazing evening! I need to go out and look for the moon...hahaa, have a great evening!


Good! Did you hear about Loris Karius having so many mistakes during the game he formally apologized?


I did hear something about that, apparently involving social media threats even. I wonder what they are considering a threat here. I know people take their sports very seriously, but "come on!'


I know! He apologized over and over, it's ridiculous how crazy people are!  His team mates are standing by him thankfully.


Yes, thankfully! And also some of his fans have been really supportive. These days though, it's hard not to let a few bad apples spoil the whole bunch. I guess people were threatening him with "death wishes" on social media. That's terrible, poor guy!


I feel bad for him too. He is only human. I was unaware that Soccer makes more money than Golf, Tennis, Hockey,baseball,football and basketball combined, that is insane.


Crazy! Who knew? I don't hear much about soccer here. I just learned the funnest fun fact! You could fit every other planet in our solar system between the earth and the moon! Cool!


Wow! Do you realize how much space that is? I like the planet Venus, it is the only planet that does not tilt and rotates clockwise, very interesting!


Yeah I wish flat-earthers would look into that! Like how do we really know it's rotating backwards. Haha. I absolutely don't think the earth is flat , by the way. Hehe. I found this interesting, alternative names for earth are gaia, tellus and telluris. I'd never heard the last two names before. Yikes, I need to study-up more!


Hmmm... Not familiar with Bill Evans.  Gotta look him up.  You sound like an audiophile.  You got vinyl LPs?


No, vinyl is expense, at least to get the sound quality up. I listen to youtube usually. Jazz can be appreciated without the expense.


Completely understand.  Got any favorite pianists?


Bill Evans is first. Probably listen to him the most. He worked with Miles Davis. Other than that...maybe Tommy Flannigan.


Wow, you really know your stuff.  I'm still learning.  It's amazing what these musicians can do especially when you think about how it's just a bunch of hammers striking strings.  It's amazing!


The piano is the universal instrument. Valuable in almost every setting. It's not that old either.


Really?  Feels like it's been around since the dawn of time. :-)  Love the piano.  It was alway my goal to learn to play "Hey Jude."  Interesting fact: Freddy Mercury used the same piano to record Bohemian Rhapsody as Paul McCartney used to record Hey Jude.


There must be some sort of magic in them keys. It's probably inspiring to use that kind of instrument.


Yes, much different than a sax or trumpet.  Not that those are any less worthy.  Just different.  Heard that even Clint Eastwood's a pianist.


Yes, he's a big jazz fan. WRote soundtracks for his films and everything. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!


yes, I like jazz. Rock and pop too. How about you?


Same here!  Gonna go listen to this box set of Miles Davis & John Coltrane.  Take care.


Been getting into jazz music lately.  Been reading about John Coltrane.


'Trane! The guy was intense. Critics said he didn't understand what he was playing. Odd criticism, if you ask me.


Wow, that is odd.  Especially since he learned from Miles Davis, another great musician!


Miles was the man! I think his father was dentist. Came from a good family. He liked to play few notes. 'Trane was about a flurry of notes. Sheets of sound.


Did you know Coltrane had a son?  Unfortunately Coltrane died when he was 2.  The son's apparently taken up music as well.


I didn't know he had a son. I bet he's gifted as well. What albums have you listened to recently?


Destined to be great I supposed, being Coltrane's son and all.  He's even named Ravi, after Ravi Shankar.  No pressure to be great huh?  Hmm albums... been trying to listen to some Gypsy Jazz lately. How 'bout you.


I listened to Bill Evans. Good music for writing and thinking. It's peaceful and sparse. I like Bill. He played in trios.


Hi, how are you? Do you think Donald Trump has had any effect on the arts?


What's also interesting is written poetry probably lead to lyrics and song. Thanks to that we have a lot of great albums in the 1900's and early 2000's.


Yeah, I don't care much for poetry but I absolutely love music. I know they're really tied together though. I love the old vinyls that came about in the 1940s, 1950s. I know we've since gone through audio cassettes and CDs and MP3s, but I think vinyl records are actually making a comeback.


I actually collect Vinyl's. I have a huge digital collection, but if I really like something I'll buy the vinyl. I should get Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, that's missing from my collection.


I put my record player away when I had kids but now that they're older I've been thinking about pulling it back out so they can really appreciate some music. Our local libraries have tons of vinyls at great prices. It's funny that Dark Side of the Moon was actually a best-selling album just a few years ago even though it was released over 40 years ago!


I bet vinyl sales are way higher than CDs now. By me, you can find stores that sell only new and old vinyls. Great sound quality!


Oh I bet you are right! I didn't even think about new vinyls being created. Are people putting new stuff on both CDs and vinyls?


Yes, I just got the Foo Fighter's album Sonic Highways last year. Really cool album. But on Amazon you can find any new album on vinyl now.


I had no idea! I guess I know just as little information about all that as I do politics. Do you pay any attention to elections and such?


Yes, I do. The United States voter turnout is always so low, it's crazy. I love voting.


Same here. I may not keep up much with politics throughout the year but I try to educate myself at election time. Sometimes I wish my state was like Nevada, and I could check a "none of these candidates" box for presidential elections!


Well that is a very interesting question! I do think people have probably crafted their arts differently based on their political views, whether it be musically or creatively. Do you agree?


haha! you could always vote for yourself as a write-in!


That would be pretty funny to do! Nice chatting with you!


I think so. I think writers, or poets, for example are finding themselves writing a lot darker than usual.


I agree. I didn't even realize political poetry was a thing, but apparently it is, so I'm sure how the author perceives the political climate affects their writing. That must be like a rollercoaster based on who is elected!


I'm sure Trump, whether you love or hate him, is a constant source for inspiration, even up to the point of right before the artist goes on stage.


That is so true. Have you ever heard any spoken word poetry in person?


Nope, have you? I think it would be cool to see something like Demetri Martin's 224 word palindrome performed live.


I haven't either. Oh my gosh, Demetri Martin is hilarious. I've seen the video of that palindrome poem but never live. I think it's cool that poetry has been around since the 25th century BCE. It has evolved so much!


I know, right? I wonder what Edgar Allan Poe would think if he knew how many students read "The Raven" after he only received $9 for the publication of it.


Oh man, so true. I know there's some poem that was written that when you read it forward, it's very depressing but when you read it backwards it's inspiring. I think I read it one time.


Yea lol, he was amazing, sad he is with us no longer! I wonder if he got to visit Pixar's secret room for celebrities


I am sure he did, as much animation work as he was doing. Did you know Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street?


Wow, I never knew that. I was just watching that with my daughter, it is all celebrities now!


Did you there has not been a US president that was not a republican or democrat since 1853? that just shows how strongly people believe in the two party system.


wow, I wonder who that president was, do you know?


It was Millard Fillmore, he was part of a party called "the Whig Party".


lol, they need to bring the Whig Party back, I am all for that, lol!


Yeah the two party system in my opinion is not working all that well anymore, every time a president is up for election it just turns into a slug fest and who can find the worst stuff out about the other and air it out in front of the world.


Right, I am interested to see how the debates go this time, Trump can't just bully them this time. It was so nice chatting with you!


I am hoping he does not get away with his shenanigans again this coming year as well. It has been a nice chat.


Do Youtube personalities that are famous count as a celebrity? If they do, I really like a dude named Michael Jones.


That is fine me with, I think celebrity is anyone famous to many people. What does Michael Jones do?


He works for a company called Roosterteeth, and to be fair they have made 2 movies which he was the main character of both.


interesting I will have to check it out. I wonder how much he makes for those. Judge Judy makes like 123000 per episode


Speaking of Judge Judy, did you know her bailiff Petri Hawkins-Byrd makes a million per year from that show, pretty crazy since he doesn't really do anything haha.


WHAT! i would love to do that and get paid that much to stand around and be in front of the camera, lol!


Yeah that is pretty crazy money for doing literally nothing lol. Did you know that robin Williams started the trend of celebrities doing voice overs for animation with his role in Aladdin?


I did not know that, I still don't get why celebrities need to be in animated films because of their voice, but it was awesome though


For me it really depends on the voice, Robin Williams was almost made for animated voice acting just because of his range in doing different voices.


I spend way too much time online. Do you as well?


That's very interesting. I had not heard that. I can't believe that the cables that carry our phone and internet data across the ocean are only 2.7 inches around. They're not even suspended they just lay on the ocean floor!


That sounds strange seems like they would drift or corridor.


I would think that the salt would corrode them but apparently not. We've come so far in technology. There is more computing power in an iPhone than there is in the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent.


I'm still trying to picture a dolphin on the phone.


Ha ha. It is a funny image. Do you know why New York has the area code 212?


I heard it was the closes numbers on a rotary phone.


That's correct. I also heard that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone. I would love to sign up for that.


Please those kids must be dying of thirst. Have you ever heard of Egosurfing?


It's when you look yourself up online. "Ego-Surfing"


All the time its an addiction. come a long way from dial-up though.


Yes I do not miss that. Do you know that the three horizontal lines on apps and websites is called?


I heard it's some type of food right? do you know?


It's called a hamburger button. I guess that makes sense since it's three lines.


Yeah i still don't get but what do i know. Finland gives everyone the right to the internet.


I was not aware of that. It seems very necessary now. Did you know that you can get 3G service on Mt Everest? I wonder how in the world they set that up.


Don't know but after seeing the movie i don't know why anyone in their right mind would want to go up there. " The mountain won"


I have no wish to do so. I am totally guilty of this but only 7% of people read the terms of service when buying a product or service online.


Well count me in the majority my friend. I heard that dolphins can communicate over the phone and some how know who they are talking with.


No I didn't know that either, she must be pretty tall.  I did read that Kayne believes aids is a man made disease.


I had heard that about him too. Did you know Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school because one of his students was Ellie Kemper.


No but that is interesting.  Do you know why Jim Carrey won't do any more drama roles?


I heard because of his belief system, but not sure what his belief system is.


Yeah I think he wants to project positivity and not sadness.


I heard that as well. Makes sense I guess.


Yeah it does, and he can choose to do whatever projects he wants to do as well.


Yep. The term soap opera originated from dramas being sponsored by soap manufacturers in the past.


I think I read that years ago, very interesting how those little things stick through the years.


I agree. Did you know Kim Kardashian has a book titled selfish?


Hello - I do not like him too much. What about you?


Lol, I didn't know that.  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day!


I think he is talented, but I'm not the biggest fan.


He did a SNL skit mocking himself for interrupting award shows.


Yeah I saw that!  I think it was before he interrupted Taylor Swift!


Yes he did. I think that was really rude.


Yeah it sure was, I wonder if he thought he had to do it to play out the SNL prophecy!?


LOL - no idea. Evel Knievel once sued Kanye over damage to his reputation.


Wow!  I never knew that about Evel Knievel, he was probably the best stuntman ever!


Yea he was awesome. Did you know Taylor Swift is two inches taller than Kanye?


Did you know that  The ramones did over 2200 concerts over 20 years?


It is said that there are 250 million soccer players in the world.  That is a lot of folks playing soccer.


Yeah, I think a lot of Americans play when they are young too, hence the term "Soccer Mom."


Haha, so true.  I played when I was kid and my kids played as well.


I wonder if they count those in the estimates.


I bet they do.  Seems like they are always telling us we Americans don't get it when it comes to soccer.  They always state how big the numbers are, but when it comes to sports in the USA football is king.


I wonder what the variation where 3 teams plays each other looks like, have you seen it?


I haven't heard of it, but it must be hard to watch or maybe it is more fun to watch.


I'm sure it probably is. I wonder if there are 3 goals or how it is structured.


Imagine only one goal with everyone trying to score on it.


Hilarious. Really? Who provides the goalie then?


I did, but I never saw one of the concerts. I wonder if it is the most in one year?


Three goalies, one from each team.  Closest one to the ball that was scored gets deducted a point.


Interesting. Have you actually seen this? Well, nice chatting with you.


I don't know, but that is an incredible number of concerts.  I can't imagine keeping it fresh for all those audiences.


Me either. Are you a fan of Linkin Park?


Yes.  I know they play a lot of concerts too.


They did. Hey, did you know Pink Floyd played a concert in Pompeii?


I did not know that.  I am discovering many new things doing this.  I didn't know that soccer made more money that basketball, football, golf and hockey combined.


I can believe that though. It is incredibly popular in Europe and throughout the world.


I know it is popular, but I always thought that the professionals in all sports here in America were paid so much more.  I guess I'm out of touch.


Yeah. Americans call it soccer, but everywhere else it is called something different.


Hey do you like dogs? I think they're awesome!


Oh that's great. What is weird is that dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to understand pointing


I can see why dogs understand after being with humans so long but elephants? Perhaps they do it in the wild with their noises


Maybe humans lift with elephants and use them as dogs back in the day haha. Did you know that dogs are not actually colorblind?


I still don't think they can see as many color as people though


No you're right. Do you ever watch dramas? Have you ever seen the show House


I do like it a lot. I guess Hugh Laurie was paid like $700,000 per episode. I can think of a lot of fun things to do with all that money haha


Wow, I bet he bought an expensive pet with all that money at the very least


Haha maybe he did. Do you have any pets? We used to have a dog


They are man's best friends for a reason


Haha tell me about this jumping spider? currently in Colorado you don't own a pet you instead are there Guardian. That's a negligable difference


They're also related to wolves. Dogs are the most widely abundant carnivores too.


It must be because human and dogs have evolved together for so long that we are incredibly in sync


Yeah I just didn't know that there were 12 different dog blood types. That's incredible and so is the fact that they do dog blood drives


I mean dogs are unique to human in that people are willing to go through surgery and blood transfusions to keep them alive unlike flushing goldfish


Haha that's a good point. I like the idea of using stray dogs to grab recycle bottles and giving them a treat for that. That's a good use of stray dogs haha they do that in Istanbul


Does the us have a lot of stray to do the same thing?


I think it does. Especially in big cities. I like knowing that Google prefers dogs instead of cats. They put it in their code of conduct apparently


Did you know that dog can learn thousands of words and can reason better than chimps?


Hey there. Are you having a good evening? I'm just kicking back and listening to some jazz.


Wow! Clever. He also has a PhD in Astrophysics. What an interesting guy! I wonder why he plays with a coin?


He does, he truly is an interesting individual. Maybe the coin is a statement of sorts


Do you think he'd ever smash a guitar? Matthew Bellamy from Muse holds the Guiness World Record for most guitars smashed on a tour. Must have been a pretty expensive tour!


I wonder what the number is, that must be expensive as you said, he must have money to blow


I guess so. But I guess you make a lot of money as a rock star. The Pink Floyd guitarist turned a grand houseboat on the River Thames into a floating recording studio. That must have cost a ton as well!


that is so cool though, I was never around for their peak, so I just hear stories, but that is such a cool move, a floating studio


i wonder if any albums I like were recorded there. I love listening to albums, so I guess it's possible.


Speaking of albums, have you ever heard Hybrid theory by linkin park? truly ahead of its time, but it is an acquired taste as well


Oh yeah. I heard it's the best selling album of the 21st century! I guess a lot of people have acquired the taste!


I guess so, I think it also hit at the right time, before CDs stopped selling so well. it is still worth a listen though


I am doing pretty well, I cannot complain too much!


Indeed. You know, The Dark Side of the Moon was one of the best selling albums of 2014, even though it was released over 40 years before then. Maybe Linkin Park will also have a resurgence in the future.


Unfortunately I do not think they will as their lead singer committed suicide a year or two back. Very sad, but that is how it goes sometimes. Well, have a great rest of your night friend!


Do you like jazz? They call it "America's classical music">


I like it from time to time, I like the legacy of it. I also like that Pakistan jazz orchestra that is getting bigger these days


Indeed. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz is recognized all over the world as a major form of expression. That Pakistan jazz orchestra is topping the charts!


that is for the best, jazz is so expressive and storied, it deserves all the recognition it can get


I love that as it spread throughout the world, it drew on different national, regional, and local music. The result is so many distinctive styles. Even just in New Orleans the jazz is so diverse!


for sure, I have seen that firsthand. Also i found it cool that jazz players grew goatees just for the comfort it provided


Is that so? I never knew that! Guess it doesn't help if you're strumming or plucking a guitar, though, does it? For those guys it must just be for the looks!


i guess so, brian may of Queen uses a coin as a pick, which is pretty awesome


Well Nike has the money and power to still pay the fees


Nike can choke on their money. Let Under Armour thrive under Stephen Curry's signing with it!


They exploit overseas workers. That's why they're worth about 100 billion dollars.


I agree it is a bad practice, but almost all large companies do


That's why charity exists, like what Stephen Curry does.


Despite the charity that's there to help those in need, there are other laws and organizations that try to curb this practice. But that's besides the point. The point is any bad business attitude will be treated accordingly, as when Curry reject Nike's offer.


When there are really epic or funny moments, I do.


Well yes, but at the same time, just managing manufacturing overseas itself isn't bad since it creates jobs for many people as long as these companies just don't abuse them such as child labor


I agree. It also comes to justify that Stephen Curry has one of the best salaries out there.


Really? He is only the 5th best paid on his team?


I also wish he deserves more, since he is the Golden Gate Warriors' star player. He is underrated at this point.


I agree. In any case, thanks for chatting.


Personally, I have been getting into the nba


So have I, especially when Stephen Curry's around.


Did you know Stephen Curry donates to charity as he flexes his godly skills?


Doesn't he donate mosquito nets to africa or something like that?


Yes, he does. He also know when not to endorse, like when Nike used blatant advertising.


I mean that is key to Nike's success. They have been advertising with air jordans despite the nba originally banning them


Nike deserved the NBA ban. They're so lazy as to not edit their presentation.


yea I bet everything gives itself a balance in the "multiverse" maybe in a different part of the multiverse I would be called mr. froggy


Haha, that's a good one. How about the two high school students that rode their horses to school on 'no vehicles to school day', unfortunately got suspended, but ha that's a good one.


:) Don't you think it's high time someone question some theories scientist give to us to digest? How can they say Animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated. I have 2 pet rabbits and a dog, I don't see any white patches on their head


hmmm. interesting. I know animals do evolve to their environment over time, but i don't know about white patches on their heads. wonder what the reason for that is.


lets give a high five and a cheer to germany for becoming  the first country in the world to universally give animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights


Awesome for them! I think the 1912 scottish protection of animals act, that the lochness monster is a protected species is pretty awesome.


I wish lochness monster wasn't a myth maybe I would have bought you a beer ;)


Well I do like beer. Haha. It's only 4:44 am here and I have learned so many new things today. Air jordans banned from the nba but jordan wearing them anyway and nike just paying the fine each game.  There sure is alot of money in sports.


I totally agree with you but also I believe the game have really helped the growth of companies like Adidas


it sure has. well merry christmas. time to open presents,  have a good one.


I have. Always reminds me of the Mighty Ducks Movie everytime I hear them. lol


Yea I grew up loving them, I heard they have been around for about 25 years or so


Yea it doesn't seem that long. Its pretty cool that they pulled out their old uniforms from 1993, huh?


I wouldn't say a huge fan, but sure I enjoy watching on tv.  Did you know the raptors got their name from the popularity of the movie Jurassic Park? I didn't know that. I like to learn new fun facts.


I didn't know that wow we learn everyday


It's always good to learn new things, like that apparantly Disney bought the Anaheim Angels in 1997 and decided periwinkle was a pleasant color for a baseball team. what do you think about that?


I find it super hilarious, you know there are some funny names in the NHL, Greg Fisher, Docile Coyote..makes me think they changed their names to get popular with supporters


That's a good theory and probably true. Many sports names are Animal names, and its pretty awesome to know there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on earth. that's alot.


Hi, there. How are you today? Have you seen the movie Incredibles II?


Bill Murray thinks Kung Fu Hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy". What do you think?


I never really like that movie, but I do love the movie Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, that movies is just stupid funny.


I don't know it. I cannot say that I agree with Bill on that one. I think he was being humorous. I haven't seen the film myself.


Did you even own a nes or a snes? They stopped making them in 2003.


I never owned one. The NES was all about great game play.I played video games as kid. Now, I don't have the time.


Yeah I loved the nes and snes, I still have them in my closet somewhere, I do miss the times back then when companys made a complete game and didn't try to nickel and dime every aspect of it.


Yeah, when games were games and not excuse to bllk players.


It is crazy that the nes could only display 54 colors, seeing as how now days some games look like they could be real.


The technology advances, but the games don't always get better, just louder and shinier. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting with you! Have a good day!


Oh yeah for sure, good graphics does not make a good game.


Yes I have, I have nephews that like the movie a lot.


The present day events of the Incredibles are set in the 1960s. That’s a great period for clothing and architecture.


Yeah, also the director liked to use actors and actresses that were likely to quit or get fired, I wonder why he did that.


I don't know either. Why would actors quit? Seems strange.


Maybe he wanted people who didn't care about the job so they would be more willing to do what he ask regardless of consequences.


I guess that's true. Did you know that Ronald Reagan was  rejected for a movie role because an entertainment executive didn't think he had "that presidential look?"


That reminds me of that story of Tom Brady and how he was on the bench in his high school jv football team and they refused to start him, and he went on to become arguably the most popular football player ever.


Yes, that was a strange situation. He was also drafted quite late. Maybe he needed better makeup. Bill Nye "the Science Guy" got his big break in entertainment by winning a Steve Martin look-alike contest. I guess that was a pretty amazing makeup job there.


I can see that , they both have a similar face, but Bill Nye can not do comedy like Steve Martin or even Bill Murray.


It surely does, its characteristic of the genre, apparently they grow them for comfort


I could see that. Especially with a sax leaning on your chin all the time!


Yeah, the hairs can reduce the frictioin and help them, Pakistan has a great jazz orchestra maybe they all have goatees


wouldn't that be something to see! Have you ever met a celeb?


Only soccer players other than that no, what about you?


I saw Bill clinton from a distance once. I also swear I saw tiger woods one time too! Pixar studios has a secret room just for celebs.


That room must be awesome, I wonder who has access to that room, maybe Robin Williams did


She is one of the highest paid celebrities so yeah, that would makes sense,


I wonder if Carol Burnett ever got to see it?


Another top celebrity so yeah, that would make sense, I bet she did.


I also love it, its a genre with a lot of history and interesting roots, all the way back to th 19th century


Doesn't come from african roots type music?


Yeah in the late 19th century, in communities of New Orlans, such a great genre, relaxing and nice to listen at


Did you know Clint Eastwood is a huge Jazz fan?


No, I didnt know that, I always liked him as an actor, didnt thought he was a Jazz fan as well


Plays jazz too. Also plays the piano and scores movies.


Talented guy, what are your thoughts on the goatees some of the pleyers grow?


I like them. kinda sets them apart from other musicians. 1970's was the era for jazz.


Hey what do you think about tennis? I used to play in high school


I do know Rodger Federer. He's actually really awesome at tennis. I can't believe that one guy beat him after learning how to play tennis only a couple days earlier. In fact that is astounding to me


Yeah that is cool. And he once competed with Nadal in a field half of which was clay


Wow I didn't know that. I guess he was also gifted two cows for winning some games. I can think of a lot better prizes personally haha


And he is the only person in Switzerland that is honored with an official stamp


That's cool. One funny thing is that he did a stretch that was too wide and apparently tore his meniscus period and that was drawing a bath for his daughter LOL


Wow, you never know. Do you like watching anything else on TV beside tennis?


Well I do have Netflix. I watch a lot of stranger things and also Glow. what about you. I actually don't have cable I just watch netflix and youtube


Nice, well those two make up half of the internet traffic anyways in north america


Yep I like how they started off being worth 50 million when Blockbuster was going to buy them. And now Netflix is worth about two billion dollars. That is so insane. I bet Blockbuster is super mad about that. Do you know if they are out of business already?


Oh they are out of business alright. They could have made millions if they took that opportunity


I watched it a lot when I was younger. It is the sport that brought us the Polos


LOL you're right. I kind of miss them though. I like going to the store to pick out movies. But the fees is what actually started Netflix in the first place LOL. It was a copy of Apollo 13


Yep you're right! People think that the polo was created by a polo player but it was actually created by a tennis player haha. How weird


I know, Rene made history with those shirts so many people prefer them now


Haha I like how his nickname was the "crocodile" and now polos have crocodiles on them. That actually makes a lot of sense haha.


Yes it does  and there is a whole brand named Lacoste. What an invention


Yep he's a genius haha. Another genius is the guy who used a helicopter to dry grass tennis courts back in 1969


Talk about innovation, wow. Do you know how long the longest game in tennis took?


Wasn't it like 3 days. But the game was only 11 hours but still that's a ton! Do you think it's weird that only one black man has won the US Open?


Yeah I find that weird too. Do you know Roger Federer, who he is?


And we wonder why the patriots are so succesful?


That is the way new england play with bill bellichick at the helm.


They still keep on winning Super Bowls by 3 or 4 points all 6 times.


He has 21 post season wins... come on... somthing just isn't right.. no body is that good!


The officials that called Super Bowl LII seemed to show favor for the Patriots in the games prior to that game


Maybe the cleveland browns should bend the rules like the patriots does


Maybe if they had tracking chips for the refs like they do for the NFL players we would see more of their actions.


hahaaaa... yesss!!!!  see how it says an engineer makes more than an nfl player over a lifetime.


Yes, and if they are in a restaurant and you are a cheerleader for the Saints you have to get up and leave.  That really is unfair.


absolutely!  see how tom brady was sitting on the bench of his high school  tema nad they did not score one point all season?


I bet that coach has some regret!  I hope that some women break into the leagues.  There is no rule against it in the NFL.


Do you think their offense is the reason?


I think it's because the y get the most defensive penalties called.


Do you think the officials are biased or the Patriots really only deserved one 10 yard penalty?


I think the official are biased.  Let's look at howmany times they have been caught for breaking the rules.


Yes, it doesn't make sense that the Jaguars get called for 6 penalties and 98 yards and the Patriots only 1.


i agree!  They were awarded 50 penalties for first times.  I don't understand how this is going unnoticed and no league officials are approaching it!


These unnoticed moves may be allowing them get touchdowns like when the unnecessary roughness was called against  Bouye


I don't understand how one team gets barely any penalties and another gets a lot when there are only 11 minutes of live play in a game


The other thing I don't get is why Tom Brady is on the injured list every week while having no visible injuries.


Yeah. Do you know how Jenn Mardenborough became a professional driver


Yeah he beat 90 000 people in grand turismo, ,so awesome


I know what a way. In South Africa you can protect your car by putting flame throwers in it


Yeah I guess they have a big issue with carjacking there so it makes sense


Yeah I guess. Do you like wearing Jeans?


I sure do. Did you know Vans, North Face and a bunch of others are owned by the same company?


Yeah, not sure which one though. Do you know what the tiny pocket is there for?


Yes it is because of the pocket watches from back in the day


Yeah. Did you know skinny jeans can be dangerous for you?


Yeah they can lead to nerve damage, I wonder if people know about that


Hi there, I sure do. DO you know when they came into use?


Yeah exactly, if it is dangerous it is not worth it


I am not sure of the exact date but at some point in the 20th century


Yeah. Do you know how the drive thru came about?


That was because soldiers were not allowed of the cars in the their fatigues


Yeah so that was genius od McDonald's to accommodate that in 1975


Yeah good for everyone involved. Do you know who the trunk of the car is called as such?


Yeah because the old cars had wooden trunks, pretty cool


Yeah. Do you know who cadillac is named after?


Yes that was the founder of Detroit Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac


Philip Savopoulos was a victim of a 2015 quadruple killing


Probably.  On a different note, did you know that it's impossible to separate two phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together?


What if it was from a really, really small town? I wonder how long after dial telephones were invented they invented phone books. Modern cell phones have scientific roots in the 1930's.


I don't know.  Good question.  An iphone though has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


That is great, but if you can't get any bars it is not much of a phone. The correlation between bars and quality of service is pretty slim.


Yes.  Did you know that Cs Lewis and Tolkien had "you laugh you lose" competitions?


No, I like George R. R. Martin more.  He was writing dramatic stories as a child.


Wow, that is cool.  In the 18th century there was "moral Panic" due to the spread of reading of novels.


Who thought is was immoral? today there are places that think reading goes with exercise and have "reading bicycles".


Not sure exactly who the "who" was but people at that time somewhere.


Well, the people who instituted reading bicycles were with an elementary school and their test scores went up.


That is so tragic.  He was only ten years old.


A lot of kids seem to need movement and sitting in class all day and then just going on technology at night must not be good for them so moving on a bike is simulating natural!  Did you know that Baseball managers wear uniforms because they can play for the team if needed.


I didn't know that. Maybe they could play baseball after reading. Since it involves lots of physical activity, like running and throwing balls.


It's a shame that so many families are affected by these and like killings.


The people who killed them held them as hostages, got their $40,000 ransom, then killed them.


Wint pleaded not guilty saying he was set up.


I wish I knew more about how he saw "set up" because if he was a part of it at all he's guilty. He at least knew them.


The young boy tragically was home sick and got in the middle of the disaster.


I'm not sure what you mean. Had he been enrolled in boarding school like his sisters?


He went to St. Albans a private all-boys school and was home ill.


It is unfortunate he was caught in the middle of it. Maybe his being home only made the bad guys more confused because they only expected the parents Amy and Savvas to be at home.


Hi how are you doing?  Did you know When caesar visited britain, around 50bc, he noted that its people bred chickens not for food, but for entertainment


haha right!  This is interesting Roger federer has been gifted two cows over his career for winning the 2003 wimbledon and the 2013 swiss open


That is so funny! He also is the only living person in Switzerland to have his face on a postage stamp. Not sure if having your face licked is a big honor or not!


I would say thats a huge honor!  Even in America!


I would agree. Federer and Nadal play lawn tennis as opposed to "real tennis" which I guess is still played all over the world.


Us open quarterfinalist gael monfils beat the "roger federer of paddle tennis" after learning how to play just days earlier


That's insane. I have played pickleball before, which I guess is very similar to paddle tennis. I don't think I could be world champion in just a few days.


I cant be a world champion in anything in a few days!  thats insane.


I could be in taking naps. Nadal is only 32, and he already has international tennis titles.


I guess so. He had to an end a match at the US Open because he had a knee injury. Tennis can be hard on the knees.


No. I can believe it, though. Chickens can be entertaining. I prefer watching Wimbledon, though.


Absolutely!  It was great talking to you,  have a good one.


Polo shirts were originally invented for tennis by famous player rene "the crocodile" lacoste and only later adopted by polo players


I'm a big tennis fan. Which player do you like more, Federer or Nadal?


I never saw that movie. I like the tennis player, Andy Murray, too.


You should watch it.  I dont keep up with tennis at all. But I read They used a helicopter to dry the grass tennis courts for the 1969 us open


Yes, that's pretty interesting. There were some great players back then and now. Federer has 30 singles Grand Slam finals. That's a lot!


Thats amazing.  Tennis games can be way too long though- The longest match in tennis history went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days.


And, I think a four or five hour match is long! I can't believe Federer's worst injury came from giving his kids a bath. That sounds like something I would do!


How does Tom Brady's wife make more than him?


Just imagine of being a left handed quarterback in the NFL. Its hard to do but there is one quarterback in the NFL right now that meets that criteria. His name is Kellan More.


I think there are pros and cons of being a left handed quarterback.  I think it is also hard for other team's players to adjust to the left handed quarterback


Yea the greatest quarterback of all time was left handed. So its really hard to read a left handed specialist throwing a pigskin ball.


I concur.  Also, did you know that coach Bilichick lists Tom Brady on the injury list every week regardless of his health?  That is so weird


Not really because he was and is still concerned about his health. He has been hurt several times severely but refuses to retire.


Do you think it is acceptable for New orlean does not allow its cheerleader eating the same restaurant with the players


Well it can turn into a distraction for the players so I don't disagree neither agree with the overall decision .


You got a good point there.  I think that is the reason.


The quarterback needs everyones head in the game not just the faithful married men.


The game needs a complete focus and dedication, especially the quarterback.  Tom Brady is one of the most discipline quarterbacks, and I am not surprised to see him succeeded


she is a global icon, and I think it is a reason


Did you know also that the NFL has not banned no woman on trying to join the NFL. Now that is amazing.


Yes, but I think the game is too dangerous and violent for women.  Btw, nice chatting with you.  Enjoy your holiday


I will do the best I can, and you do the same.


It seems like your still passing knowledge my way like how a football needs velocity, rotation, ball speed, and location.


Perfectly ok considering a engineer get paid more than a football player in a lifetime.


Yeah because their lifetime earning is longer than football players


and football damages brains and body parts while engineers try to improve mobility of how the economy ticks.


She is a supermodel.  Btw, did you know that Tom Brady has never eaten a strawberry


Yes and he never got played when he was in high school


he was not a good player in college either.  We never know how thing turns out, right?


He wasn't good at playing in high school because he never got a chance, not because he costed kids the football game in his high school years.


Oh, I see.  Do you know that Alex Smith finished a bachelor degree only in 2 years


What also gets me that the huddle was designed by a deaf quarterback to prevent the other team on seeing his hand gestures.


It is very effective, isn't it.  At first, I thought the circular huddle to prevent eavesdropping from other team.  Hahaha


How's it going? Did you know by revenue that Walt Disney Company is the largest conglomerate?


I'd rather listen to Jupiter's radio storms on am radio then all of them


Maybe if you put a beat to it you could have it released.  you'd have a hard time getting it on Canadian radio, I don't think Jupiter would class as Canadian.


I wonder if Jupiter's storms could be picked up by foxhole radios made by WWII soldiers


That's ingenious.  I doubt I would be able to make a foxhole radio, I would have to go without listening to Katy Perry or the latest Idol winner.


You could try listening to Nuntii Latini broadcast from Finland


I used to have to do Latin at school, one years worth at least.  I doubt I could remember a single word now, let alone listen to a radio broadcast.


Well it sounds better than listening to Katy Perry, I heard she use to sing gospel music


That's probably something her ex, Russell Brand, would agree with.  Seems harsh to break up via text, at least he had the good grace not to claim some of her money.


Yea I guess Brand didn't care about 22 million he could of got after the divorce


Must be doing alright for himself, I'm not sure I would have the fortitude to forgo that.


I did not know that, I know they've been successful with movies recently, the whole Marvel thing and Star Wars.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


It's insane how large Walt Disney became since being founded in 1923 by the Disney Brothers


I wasn't aware that they are some how mixed up with American Idol.  Not that I've seen one of those shows for about ten years, if not more.


I wonder if the American Idol finale was scripted


I have very little doubt that it was.  Too good to be true that the finalists were dating.  Let's see where they are in a  years time.


Radio personality Bobby Bones claimed he knew of it already but I think he is full of it


Do these Idol winners make much of an impact now after the show?  Can't say I could name any after the first few years.


No, the only guy I remember is Ryan Seacrest and that's because he has been hosting the show for 16 seasons


I barely listen to the radio anymore, so if they are successful I wouldn't know anyway.


Hey there, did you know that the top riches presidents prior to Trump was Washington, Jefferson and jfk?


Obamas secret service codename is renegade lol


Really, he couldnt pick a more fitting name? lol


That is pretty considerate of the people of india to remove the coconuts around obamas destinations, just in case lol


I didnt even know India had coconut trees lol


Yeah thats cool.  Did you know that the president guest house is bigger than the white house?


Maybe the Indians were afraid of him vetoing a bill concerning them so thats why they removed the coconuts


Maybe!!  lol Its been great chatting with you, have a good one.


That is interesting to hedar. Why is that?


Oh I dont know,  maybe to cater to larger parties or entourages?


Maybe something to look up at a later time lol


have you ever looked at the white house on google maps?  apparently you can see barak obama lol


haha are you sure or is it just a black speck


I just read it recently I havent looked lol


The experiment might result in a spate of laws about Facebook. Just like in one German state, where Facebook's "like" button is illegal. What that law created in response to a problem like addiction?


Who knows what goes on over there. Netflix spends 20 more $ on postage than bandwidth.


There are probably people that do not have Internet or computers, or their bandwidth is bad. I wonder how they live without Google.


Well a single search from google requires more cpu power than it took to get Neil to the moon


Google will have maps of the moon soon enough I'm sure. Instead of hiring people, Google once used hundreds of goats to mow the lawns around their headquarters. I wonder whether the goats got stock options. Not a baa-d idea, I think.


Too funny my friend! They took out 40% of web traffic when they went down in Aug. of 2013.


People need their Gooooogle. Now, I bet Netflix and Youtube chew up plenty of bandwidth.


That sounds about right. I would expect people turning to computer for on-demand entertainment. I wonder which companies will displace FB, Netflix and Google.


Not sure theres any that can. at least not yet unless you know of one.


Well, companies have come and gone. I expect things will change. In the past, some huge companies that people never thought would go bankrupt did. GM, for example.


Yeah your right about that! its been nice talking with you.


More than i care to mention. I think it was originally called The Facebook


Yeah. Harvard used to have something called a facebook, with all the pix of students for a class year in it. Can you believe that Myspace turned down an offer to buy FB for $75 million?


And look at them now. as of February 2012 FB is worth 104 billion. wow im in the wrong business


Some people seem opposed to FB. Burger King had a promotion where  you get a free whopper for unfriending people.


Yeah i didnt get that, they just need to stay in their lane. Apparently Mark Z is red-green colorblind and that's why FB is Primarily Blue.


It seems that the site is used for a range of purposes. Iceland is rewriting its constitution via Facebook. That could be a disaster in the making.


Sounds good on paper maybe but can you imagine the suggestion from it's citizens!


Are you familiar with David Christian's work?


I find that an odd thing to say.  Is the density low enough that you can withdraw your hand?  Philosophy is the smile on a dog.


Well I can't imagine that there is anyway you could get close enough to actually do it but in theory you could. I also hear that there is a theory that there is only one electron in the universe. I find that very confusing because there are electrons in every atom.


We picture electrons flowing through circuits without the atoms as well.


I have no idea how they came to that conclusion. Did you also know that when first formed an Earth days was only 5.5 hours long?


I find that interesting.  But that time was 4.5 billion years ago.  Presumably the day is getting longer since then and will continue to lengthen. The density of the earth is interesting.


It is very interesting. You would think we would have to get further from the sun for that to happen and I hope it does not. Did you also know that we are running out of helium?


Helium Free in the 21st century.  I assume they mean the natural occurring.  We will make helium for use in balloons. If the density of earth were increased, the helium would not escape.


Yes I'm sure it's natural helium. For perspective, if we looked at the history of earth as one day, people would only be present for 1 minute and 17 seconds.


Wait, Humans lost body hair 240,000 years ago. So, the last 17 seconds we would be pink, before that furry.


That seems to be the case. At least somewhere close to that. Did you also know that more than 80% of our forests have been destroyed?


I am not. Who is he and what has he done?


Yes, humans are good at destruction.  Its like we have high levels of abstract reasoning, language, problem solving.  And the problem is all these forests.  Nuke from orbit is the only way to be sure.


Well hopefully it does not get worse and we plant more trees quickly to replace some of what we have lost. Nice chatting with you. Have a nice day.


He is an author that seems to re-imagine history.  In a context.  Something about one thing building on the next.  Society today is based on development of agriculture.


Agriculture is very necessary obviously. At one point in time I believe it employed the most people. But I would argue that that is moving to technology rather quickly.


One quote from David is Homo Sapiens went from stone tools to possessing nuclear weapons. That is rather fast indeed.  Some how Agriculture is responsible for Taylor Swift and Kim Jong Un.


Do you know how he came to that conclusion?


The text David wrote is called "Original Story".  In it he attempts to provide origin stories that are the reason we got to this point.  Which I find reasonable.  The reviewer of the book is taking a left turn.


Interesting, I will have to look into that more. On another note, are you interested in space?


Space is big. really, really big.  the observable universe is more than I can comprehend.  But I like space just fine.


It is very interesting. Did you know that there are stars cold enough to be touched?


Well I was surprised to learn that Henry ford supported the spread of country music over his fear of jazz


Yeah isn't that a very crazy fact, I would never of thought that.  Did you know there are also only 2 african americans in the country music hall of fame?


I wonder if that was due to talent or prejudice?


Yeah that is a good question, I don't know enough about the history of country music to have a decent opinion.


I agree. Aside from music I also enjoy dance, although not being very proficient myself


No I am the same way, except I think I am after a few drinks.  Did you know Tupac did ballet while in high school?


I didn't. I myself was surprised that Bruce lee was also an accomplished dancer


Yeah that is very cool that he is, but the way that he can move around almost effortlessly, I can see that.


Speaking of music, did you know that the extreme lean that michael jackson is famous for is through a patented device?


No I didn't know that, that is very interesting.  Michael Jackson sure could dance, I bet a lot of people miss his super bowl performance after this years, I heard it was bad.


Hello there, I do enjoy music and dancing to some extent.  How about yourself?


It was that band Maroon 5, but I guess everyone is talking about the lead singer taking his shirt off and dancing or something. Anyways, it was good talking with you tonight, I hope you have a good one.


I enjoy most kinds of music, but recently I have been intrigued by country music, originating from folk music


Yeah I think that is very interesting.  I enjoy country myself but mostly classic country.


I mean country music originates from working class americans from many different backgrounds, amalgamating into an original music americans can all their own.


Yeah it is a good mix.  Did you the fender stratocaster was originally intended for country music?


I actually don't know what a fender stratocaster is


It is a type of guitar that has been used by all different kinds of rock and roll artists.


Oh? That is cool. I wonder if its full potential is better with rock and roll or country music


Yeah I think there are plenty of people out there who would argue both sides to that.


Which I find surprising since the US seems to prefer american football more.


I agree. Soccer makes more money than baseball, football, basketball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined.


It is the most popular sport on the international level.


Americans call it soccer because it was slang for association football.


Honestly, I used to always confuse football with american football


Me too. There exists a variation of soccer where 3 teams face each other at the same time.


Wow that sounds chaotic, but in a good way


I think so too. It would be very fun to watch.


In any case, thank for taking the time to chat.


I want it on and off. I do enjoy the world cups though


Did you know the city set to be the host of the 2022 World Cup does not exist yet?


Isn't it in qatar? Then sure are putting in a lot of resources for hosting despite no economic incentive


It does say Qatar, but haven't identified a city yet.


I mean the city doesn't even exist right as you mentioned


Yes, that's very odd. The Hungary national football team only had one loss between 1950 and 1956 which was in the World Cup final.


I mean the american team isn't to shabby either, consistently placing at least 3rd since 1991


Yeah, that's a shocker for sure.  I don't understand the fascination with Pokemon?


Never got it either.  I guess the UK didn't get the 70's Show.  They tried it there under the name "Days Like These" and it was cancelled after 10 episodes.


Must not have translated well across the pond! Do you watch the Simpsons?


I do once in a while. I understand that there is one episode that didn't show or discuss Bart.  I like Homer...


I Know, I heard that and I can't remember ever seeing it?  Did you?


Nope, not that I can recall.  Did you know that the White House (WH) guest house is larger that the WH?


Yeah, I find it funny that its larger than the white house.But, I believe there are many levels underground at the White House that they are not counting in that measurement!


Probably.  They say that the top 3 richest presidents were JFK, Washington and Jefferson.  They are obviously taking inflation into account.


Obviously, but it looks like Bush, Clinton, or Trump would have made that list.


Yeah and I didn't think JFK was that rich.  His daddy Joe was from bootlegging booze during prohibition. Funny, astronauts vote from space so I have no excuse...


Great.  I think the rhetoric of our era is very biased and unfair to Trump.  I don't think the press and celebrities should continue to complain about the election.


That's right you have no excuse! MAGA 2020 lol Well, it's been nice chatting with you, friend.  I have to get to church, I'll talk to you later.  Have a good day.


I recently read another Trump-bashing article from some unknown media source. It made a false comparison to JFK.


You know, I'm old enough to remember Walter Kronkite just reading the news, not giving their opinions as facts.  I don't like how the media does this today.


Do you remember when Trump first started talking about "Fake News"?  Everybody was saying, "What's he talking about?" "He just made this word up".  Well, I think everybody knows exactly what he was talking about, now.


I agree.  A child could tell that most so-call news programs are biased.  The aforementioned author (?) went on to slam the "fake news" truth with pseudo-intellectual dribble.


Very true.  To change the subject until my blood pressure medicine has time to kick in.  Lol Do you watch much tv?


Ha, Ha, I done with the propaganda.  I do watch TV.  I can't believe there are over 750 episodes of "Pokemon"!  That equates to about 50 a year for 16 years!


Did you know that it's a myth that dogs are color blind?


I use to wonder about that? I thought maybe just black and white. But I have learned they can see some colors. That's great!!


Yeah dogs are special. They perform many duties for humans. Like hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting the police and military as well as the disable to name a few.


I know, Aww, when dogs have eureka moments for solving a problem. They are man's best friend!


Indeed. Did you know that there is a type of wolf that is considered to be sister to the dog?


Yes, I've heard of that! A member of the genus Canis.Do you watch alot of TV?


Not as much anymore. I am more on the internet. I look up any TV that I'm interested in. I still have cable but rarely use it.  Homer Simpson held 188 jobs in 400 episodes! lol


Wow that's a hard working cartoon character. Yeah i dropped cable mostly just watch Hulu and Netflix. I hear there an episode were Bart not in it. Is that right?


Yes, I heard that too. lol, I'm not surprised most deals on Shark Tank are never enacted! Good chat!!


You too! 3g cell service on Everest wow!


Me too, kind of hard not to love them! Did you know that they have something in common with elephants?


Not sure, is it the pointing thing? I didn't know that dogs drank with the underside of their tongue.


Yup you right and i did not know that either. I do know that there are 12 different kind of blood types for dogs.


Yes, I heard that and they have blood drives for dogs! I wonder how well the dogs react to that?


Yeah that would be interesting to know. How about that google prefers dogs to cats.


Yeah, that's interesting. I love cats too! I knew my dog knew what I said to him. I didn't know they can learn over 1000 words!


Cats too! Really, I talk to them all the time. I'm told they don't know what I'm saying. I tell them I love them all the time! lol


Have you ever played a virtual reality game?


I don't really use them but they're important. I think they're becoming a little more obsolete now that the internet has everything from books to enormous numbers of educational texts. But back before computers they were a big deal. I heard this story about a British Prime Minister who personally opened a library with his personal collection. he carted them over in a wheelbarrow.


That was great for him to do. You are right though, they are becoming obsolete but thankfully there are still more libraries out there than McDonald's plus half the adult population still have library cards, so there's hope. Ha!


You can use your library card to check out books for your kindle or e-reader now. I personally love to do that. Even audiobooks. You can actually get a lot of things from libraries now. Like sewing machines and tools.


That is true. I actually heard about that very library in Sacramento and would love to check it out someday. But hey, it's too bad America can't be like Norway where the government buys 1000 copies of your book and distributes them to libraries across their country!


That's kind of crazy, a lot of people write awful books! But i guess Norway has a smaller population and they w ant to encourage their homegrown authors. Anyway I think television has taken a lot of people away from reading.


That is true and we're all guilty of watching too much television. I especially like the Simpson's although there's one episode where Bart never makes an appearance nor is he mentioned that I want to see but haven't yet!


I haven't watched the Simpsons in years, but I was a little kid when it came out. That's crazy to think about. But I was a teenager when Pokemon started and it's already had 750 episodes. That makes me feel old.


Ha! Don't feel bad although that is a lot of episodes. Can you believe there's 750 Pokemon episodes and yet the UK remake of 70s Show lasted only ten episodes? That's kind of strange!


UK shows don't go on forever, they usually run a series that is 6 episodes long and then might do another series. But it's not like the US where shows get on and go on til they're canceled.  You know they call it a Tele over there?


I wasn't aware of that but it doesn't surprise me. They have a different term for everything  - kind of like Thomas the Train has many different narrators for 52 episodes at minimum which includes Alec Baldwin, George Carlin and Ringo Starr!


Hi! Yes and I love anything PlayStation, especially the PlayStation VR. Namely the game Moss which is like living inside a diorama to which you can manipulate bits of the scenery. What about you?


It's funny how big stars will do little things like that. Well I've got to go!


So true. Heck, it's even more surprising how courteous they can be at times - like how the Simpson's crew sent the South Park producers flowers after airing the Family Guy episode! Ha! Well it was great chatting with you! Have a wonderful evening!


I was able to play one once at Christmas, and I have a Gear VR, but I really want something more immersive and polished like the PS VR. That game sounds cool.


Agreed! So you're a PlayStation fan? I remember when they launched in December of 94. Now here we are today with the PS4, PSP, etc. And it's crazy there are 41 million PlayStation Home users as well!


I like it better than the xbox. But I have only ever had a PlayStation 2. I heard the government once built a super computer out of 1760 PlayStations.


That is crazy, isn't it? I would have loved to have seen it. I bet it was amazing! Ha! I mean, even PS3's are being used to research black holes. It's like they provide entertainment for civilians, scientists and government officials.


Sony is having to make these amazing processors that are also affordable to kids, so I guess it's a cheaper way to get the processing power.I wish they still sold hard copies of games more though and digital wasn't so emphasized. I heard the original GTA game could be put ina CD player and would play the soundtrack


Oh, yeah! I do remember putting it into the cd player and jamming out to the music. I wonder if any gaming discs do that today? Maybe FISA 14 can. Ha! Being the last game made for PS2 but also the first game to span three different console generations, there's no telling!


What happens in that VR game you mentioned, Moss?


It's like the new standard bearer for PSVR. Basically, it is a game that unfolds within the pages of an illustrated book. Speaking of books, what's your opinion on libraries?


Do you watch basketball, i don't get the chance to anymore.


Ok that makes since, haha! Apparently the New Zealand basketball team is named the tall blacks.


I heard about it.  Do you know the reason.  I do not think you could use that name in the US.


Right i'm not sure seems strange. Did you know 39 out of 50 states the highest paid is either a  football or basketball coach.


Yes, I do.  I wonder why they are paid much more than the average state employees.


Funding and scholarships my friend. Did you know that kickball is also called soccer baseball in Canada?


How about this a man found 3 million dollars of baseball cards in his grandfathers attic.


Such a lucky guy.  I think I should look at our attic because my grandparents used to live at our house.  Apparently, baseball is so popular in Japan that they are surprised that it is also the America's national pastime.


Wow so they think they love it more than we do! Who think a game played with a bat and ball would become so popular.


Baseball managers wear uniforms because they can play for their team if necessary.


Wow a wonder if theres ever been a situation where that has happened. do you know?


I don't know.  I will research about it later.  Anyway, I've got to run.  It was nice chatting with you.  Have a nice day!


Do you know where the highest basketball court in the land is located?


You guessed it they have a court on the roof nicked named the highest court in the land, haha!


I do not know who came up with the idea.  Do you know who invented the basketball?  It's a trivia question from me.


James Naismith was the inventor. Ironically enough, he's also the only losing coach in the Kansas's university history.


You are right!! Yay.  Apparently, the use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade.  Would you like to know the reason?  I'll bet you know cuz you are smart.


Well you got me on this one but that sounds like a long time to go with out dunking.


Because Kareen Abdul Jabbar was too dominant when he used the dunk.


Hi there!  Did you know the official business and office attire in Hawaii is the aloha shirt!?  I certainly didn't know that.


At least he wasn't the president of Indonesia, who released 3 pop albums while in office!


that is crazy! i also know that the white house address was 1 initially


Every president since John Adams has lived in the White House - so 219 years!


I know lincoln was the first president who was photographed for his inauguration!


That's pretty wild. You know what else is wild?  The first president of Zimbabwe.  He was called - get this - President BANANA!


that is awesome, I wish I had a name that great! our last president to speak a foreign language was FDR!


Speaking of the Roosevelts, Teddy banned christmas trees from the white house!


the white house apparently sends back congrats cards for birth announcements!


...but it took them four days to realize that someone had shot up the place back in november of 2011!


really? I never heard about that! maybe that was the replica?


I did not know that, do you know anything about calvin and hobbes?


I do not, but did you know that the White House still uses floppy discs in part for the storing of files?


I did not know that! i know jimmy carter installed solar panels on the white house!


really?  i heard that George W Bush had solar panels put on the back of the White House.


no, it was carter, and then ronald reagan had them removed!


Interesting; I did not know that. I did not know that The White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France.


I have never heard that, I know there is a replica in Atlanta though!


#themoreyouknow. Apparently the US President's Guest House is larger than the White House. That's an oddity.


that is odd, I know that carter turned the thermostats down to 65 in the winters!


Hey how are you doing today. Did you hear about the recent summit between Trump and the North Korean leader? I think summits are kind of interesting basically just an international meeting.


Yes I agree. Certain organizations like Facebook is already using AI to understand user emotions, identify objects in photos, and predict user actions.


This is true, I worry about self driving cars to be honest. I don't trust the programming behind it.


Yeah I am also a bit wary about that too. I think I would like to learn more about artificial intelligence and Stanford actually puts on a free class to do just that.


What I worry about is how they program the decision analysis, for example, what do you tell the computer to do if it has the choice of causing one accident over another.


That's a very good point you ask. I think they would likely choose the option that most humans would do. Even celebrities are getting in on artificial intelligence. Kristen Stewart the twilight actress co-authored a paper about it.


Yeah, sort of tough. Did you know there is a non-profit organization for the advancement of AI?


No I didn't I think that is really awesome. I did know that artificial intelligence has crushed all human records and Minnie puzzle games such as the game 2048.


Interesting. I'm not even sure what the Puzzle games actually are, do you?


No I just know that it requires a lot of brainpower and strategy to solve them. I would be interested to learn more however. In computer science artificial intelligence research is defined as the study of intelligent agents.


Interesting. Apparently the scope of AI is disputed as machines become increasingly more capable, tasks considered intelligence are often removed from the definition.


I did, I think they just had one, but there was no deal, right?


Wow who knows what the future holds for artificial intelligence. It will be interesting to see no doubt. Well I starting with you have a good day.


Yeah unfortunately they couldn't agree on something. There are several important summers during the year. One time at a summit in Brisbane the leader of Russia told the Canadian prime minister to get out of Ukraine.


Yeah, not a big surprise though. Do you know what summit that was?


Interesting. Did you know that Spain is the only country that has a been a permanent guest at every G20 summit?


Good for Spain. That is really cool. I wonder why they have a government policy to not request official membership?


I'm not sure to be honest. I think it is a cool idea. Are you familiar with AI?


Yes somewhat. I know it is likely to be the wave of the future. Although the scope of AI is disputed I think it has a very huge potential nonetheless.


This is true, I think it has huge potential, but also has huge ramifications for social aspects.


Maybe if there were options like Nevada has people would vote!


yup but if they are choosing to vote "none of these candidates" then your vote is still meaningless haha so whats the point of showing up


Well, if there was something in place that would require a new ticket if that got so many votes that would be great.


ya thats a good diea, do you know why the taller candidate usually wins in US elections? That seems weird that they win 75% of the time


Yeah, maybe people associate height with power?


it must be something primal like that, did you know that there is an exclusive subway line that shuttles congresspeople to different government buildings?


I heard about those, and the Rep. vs. dems baseball game the congress plays.  That must be hilarious.


yes they've been playing those games since 1909, the republicans are up by 3 wins overall btw!


I wonder how many people actually play fantasy congress.  I cant imagine that would be too exciting.


haha ya that sounds boring, also boring to be there while Elmo was testifying before Congress lol talk about a waste of time


hey there yes I do, did you know the republican party was founded in 1854


I wonder what elmo had to say...  lol  Have a great day!  Nice Chat!


I didnt realize that.  I didnt realize that they dominated in the northern states either.


ya I didn't either, also didn't know that red and blue weren't associated with republicans and democrats until the year 200


Same here!  I thought those had been around forever!


I know! It seems like forever since we had a president who wasn't a Democrat or Republican, since 1853 actuallY!


That is a long time.  Just goes to show you how long the two party system has really been in power.


yup I agree, we should change how elections are run, did you know that Back in athens a long time ago, they would just do a lottery to elect officials


I heard that was because they wanted to avoid oligarchy.


yup you're right, its sad though, the highest voter turnout we've ever had in the USA was 62.8%


I really enjoy reading? How about yourself?


Well he's done well for himself. Did you know that in the 18th century there was a moral panic about reading novels?


I could see that especially given the content of some novels and the way society was back then. I wonder what they would think of Martin's books.


Good question. I guess there always has to be a moral panic about something. Books then, later music, video games, and movies.


True. It is fascinating to see literature evolve over time. Even something as simple as kissing wasn't even a thing back in ancient manuscripts.


That's so strange to me. I wonder if romantic kissing is a new concept only in literature or altogether?


I think probably in literature. Goes back to the moral code of the times. It wasn't proper to discuss in the written form.


You're probably correct. Did you know that the FDA burned six tons of literature as an act of censorship? I disagree with all censorship and burning books is such a tragedy.


That just guts me. Books should never be censored. I might not agree with some books but the creative process is something that should be revered not stifled.


I agree. Did you also know that Churchill won a Nobel prize?


In literature? I coudl totally see that. He was amazing with words.


I love to read. I think society needs to recapture a love of reading. We are missing out on some great books.


That's the shocking thing is that it was in literature and not peace as everyone might expect.


I definitely agree. Are you aware of Starship Troopers?


I don't think i've heard of that one. Is it a sci fi novel or fantasy?