Nowadays it would be the place that I keep my flamethrower. Do you have a flamethrower on your car? It might be useful in certain places.


No,  I dont have a problem with cars being stolen in my area.The car brand cadillac was named after french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac who founded detroit.


The flamethrower could come in handy in South Africa, where people use them to stop carjackings. Could come in handy in Detroit these days.


Im sure its illegal in the united states though


The car is an important part of US culture, as is the telephone. Did you know that NY got the 212 area code because it's the fastest to dial on a rotary phone? I wonder whether kids know what that is.


Yeah,  I remember those phones.  So annoying if you mess up


You had to start all over from the beginning! The iPhone has more computing power than the entire nuclear arsenal, but probably not enough to stop human stupidity.


Hi! Did you ever play Nintendo as a kid? My favorite was Super Mario Bros! Oh the memories!


It is, my kids Love it! Its a computer animated film by Walt Disney Pictures. Do you like Comedy?


Was it Pixar ? They have been bought by Disney. And yes, I do like to laugh.


True that! Yes, Produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney


That is a quality seal, it must be good. Does it has stars to do voices ?


Yes! Many great actors! such as Samuel L Jackson, Craig T Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell and many more, it truly is great. A must watch! Another great Movie is the green lantern, Have you watched that one?


yes, I Loved Ryan Reynolds in it! I wonder how it would of turned out if Jack Black ended up taking the role as he was.


I would have been more funny, but it could have been bad. Comedy is though to achieve, that is why Comedy Central has canceled more than 100 shows.


I can only imagine! I watch comedy central, They've only been around since 1989. Thats alot of shows in a little time!


It will be 30 years old this year, so mathematically, that is around 3-4 shows cancelled per year. It is not that big when you think about it.


I liked the NES, but don't you think the graphics are a little bad ? Only 54 colors.


I guess you are right, I was trying to stay positive that it hasn't been that long since I was born in 1986, LOL but if you "really" look at it, it's not that bad, haha. It was fun chatting with you!


Yea, consoles have sure improved since then, for me its more of an emotional attachment, Graphics are only going to continue surprising us I mean, soon we wont be able to distinguish from reality with VR


Yea you are right, with the NES we had to use our brains to compensate the limitation of the console. That why they still made them until 2003.


Right! back when kids had easier access to imagination. Well imagine kids in the 50 bc, people had to bred chickens for entertainment... It took a while for change lol now its skyrocketing


But chicken are dual use, once your get bored with it, you can eat it. And it is healthy, do you eat healthy foods ?


LOL, yes I eat chicken, but id hate to bond with it with my entertainment then eat it... i dont know why im not vegetarian haha good thing we have many forms of entertainment such as movies... have you watched the new incredibles?


No I did not heard of it. What it is about ?


Oh its cute! Its about a Family of Superheroes and how even superheroes have to balance fighting crime and balancing family life


That sound like a good family movie. Who made this film ?


I know. He really should. He also brags about being rich, but he's not even in the top 3 of richest US presidents.


I know historically the richest presidents are listed as JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.  I do wonder though if that is currently outdated.


I wonder who the non-Dem/Republican president was prior to 1853?


I don't even know what other political parties there were long ago. they did have a different system for The Vice President though, it was the runner up.


Right. I guess they changed that in 1805. It's probably for the best. I would not want to work for someone who got the job I was applying for, so to speak. LOL


The word president means other things in other countries. Even dictators could be called president.


Can you imagine Trump releasing pop albums like the Indonesian president? I would pay to see that.


Well, the Republicans tend to be more conservative, including the Mormons,  so pop music doesn't seem to go well with that.


Well Trump had lots of power as he had a majority in the House and Senate for two years, but that changed.


Hi, Did  you know that Paul Ryan tried to fire the Jesuit priest as the white house chaplain?


Yeah. And the core base seems to be shifting again, back to pre-1965.


The Voting Rights Act of 1965 changed many things.  The northeast became more Democratic and the Southern states more Republican.


Yes. And any liberals in the party were pretty much wiped out in 1964.


Well since there hasn't been a president in 170 years who wasn't either a Democrat or Republican, the other parties haven't been doing great for a while.


That's very true. So we'll probably stay a 2 party country for all intents and purposes.


Well, the past two years have been mostly just a one party system of Republicans since they were in charge of so much.  It has been great talking to you, I'm not sure how to say goodbye.


I did hear that.  And his Chief of Staff, Burks, said it might be time to have a non-Catholic chaplain. Wow.


They said he did not provide adequate pastoral services. I am curious as to what adequate ones would entalil.


I'm curious about that too.  I guess they had a problem with his prayer? But that would seem like what I would think was a normal "pastoral service."


He first accepted the dismissal, then fought back.  I know that a Jesuit Priest is one of the last people I would want to fight a battle of wits with.


Yeah. When you take a vow of poverty, you are committed.  It's no joke.


Also, if you haven't given some kind of performance review, which it seems they didn't, then you can's expect an employee to change since they don't know what you want.


Exactly. You couldn't do that with a regular employee, much less a long term chaplin. I wonder if Conroy is one of the order who Millenials would call hypocritical and right wing? I don't know a lot about him.


Me either. Do you think Trump actually cares and makes use of this spiritual advisor? I find it funny that he celebrated the National Day of Prayer right after he admitted the Stormy Daniels payoff.


It is hockey but also lacrosse, pretty different ones


I know that he is a great player but that is all I know


You are right but his sister was always better, broke 8 national records once


Wow amazing. Tim DUncan decided to get a degree and then get into the NBA


Good for him. Iverson signed a crazy contract with Rebook in 2001


How good was it? Most players have trouble financially after they retire


That is too bad. He is getting $800 000 per year till he is 55 and then $32 million


Wow I guess it is safe to say that he is set for life


Yes I do. Did you know slovakia beat bulgaria 82-0 once?


It was the women's team but do not know the year, it was 1 goal every 44 seconds


Wow. Canada also scored 132 goals in the first winter OG


Nice. USA olympic team lost to a high school team once


Really, what was the score there, was it too bad?


Wow. Did you know Canada has two national sports?


Did not know that, which ones would that be?


Did you like Mark Twains novels? I heard he had a hard time with his typewritter


Larry Page, Segey Brin are genius, they were PHD students over at Standford University


hmm yah.. Google is an unimagable source for  Internet.


Yeah I heard that back in 2013 the site went down for five minutes and it took 40% of the web traffic with it


90% peoples are check their Internet is work or not use google


I see, do you also use Amazon? I love shopping there


yah.. in india Amazon is very famous shopping site and last 4 year Amazon make all Indian to shopping very easily.


The first costumer has a building names after him, he spent about $28 dollars and got a building named after him crazy right!


I do like the service a lot of interesting books in the platform,


But hold a book to read its a very good feel so don't like kindle


Hi. Just i know that but I am not read his Novels. Did you read it?


I guess its not the same as holding a book I agree with you.


I read some of his novels, so yeah I am a fan, his typewritter had a lot of problems, he decided to sell it for $125, that typewritter must be worth thousands now a days


ohh. Because of he is famous writter or The true worth of typerwritter is thousand $?


It must be, I bet a lot of collectors would pay a lot of money for it, its a piece full with history, Twain is an icon of our culture, it would be interesting to google that


ok. frnd.  see that new employees of google are called "NOOGLERS" and are given propeller beanie cap to wear on their first friday.


Thats a really funny nickname a bit messed up but funny, well its only for a day right?


yah.. beanie cap is wear on that one day only.


Sounds like a nice tradition, Google is a really big company now, to think it got founded all the way back in  1998


hmm yah.. its also a famous company also


Yeah poor hguy but what a talent within a single family


ya definitely, what about allen iverson? That guy will get a bonus payment of 32 million when he gets to be age 55!


Yeah and until then he is going to get $800 000 a year from rebook.


wow yup that is awesome! kind of like how Air Jordans were banned but Nike kept paying the NBA fine because it was good publicity


yeah and I am sure they made enough to cover than and then some more


oh I'm sure, do you like Steph Curry at all? I guess he plays for the Golden state warriors


Yeah and he also is involved with an organization that sends mosquito nets to families in africa


wow that is a nice guy, crazy the team made 12 million dollars by losing game 4


Go figure. In 1975 the warriors played the finals at the cow palace because their venue was booked


haha thats funny, I guess the warriors were founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, I didn't know they went back that far


I have seen it, can't say I'm a huge fan, I do like Lebron James though what about you


Yeah they have quite the history by now. Nice chatting with you


Yeah he seems pretty cool. He even raised money for charity on tv


ya that is nice, over 6 million for his TV episode called "the decision"


Yeah good for him. Even in high school his games attracted a lot of people


ya, he's a business genius too he turned down a 10 million dollar offer only to later be offered 90 million haha


Yeah so smart. He tops the charts, akes even more than Judge Kudy


ya its crazy that she makes 120k an episode, I would never stop if i were her!


Yeah for sure. Do you know reggie miller?


I've herad of him yes, I guess he is a famous player but was constantly dogged by his sister because she wsa relaly good at basketball too!


I remember when that came out.  Everyone was passing around their cassettes that they recorded of them. lol


I still listen to NWA. Such great stuff there. Pink Floyd is another one that has stood the test of time. Dark side of the moon was one of the best selling albums in 2014.


I saw that.  Pretty incredible it was still that popular more than 40 years after it was first released!


Music is for all ages. Two 100 year old japanese women released a rap album in 1992.


What a way to celebrate a birthday at that age!  Have you ever voted in any elections?  I have.


I have voted since I turned 18. It is our civic duty to do so. Taller candidates have won 75% of the time since 1900.


Nice.  Me too and how interesting!  Nevada is the only state to have a "none of these candidates" voting option for presidential elections.


I think everyone voting should have to vote for someone. I don't like the "none" option in Nevada.


It's different that's for sure.  The voter turnout for US presidential elections hasn't breached 62.8% in the last 100 years.  That's stunning to me.


I wonder why more people don't vote? It is something I value doing so much. Have a nice day!


I am a huge literature lover. The aesthetic and rhythmic verses of poetry are music to my ears. How about you?


It's crazy isn't it?  Have a nice day too!


I like them!  The Javanese alphabet, when recited in order, forms a poem!


There is not nearly enough money to be made when creating these masterpieces. Poe only made $9 for The Raven.


I hope he didn't sell the rights to it! Yikes.  Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome poem!


More money can be made in music. Albums have been around since the early 20th century.


Yes!  Do you know who has the best selling album of the 21st Century?


Linkin Park! I own hybrid theory. I'm so sad about Chester. Mental health is a serious issue.


I agree. That was so sad.  Reel Big Fish re-recorded all of their hits for a best of album after losing the rights to their old record label.


Good for them to fight for their music. Anotherfavorite of mine is NWA's straight outta compton. It was so good that it went platinum without touring.


Hi there. How often do you wear shirts? I wear them everyday haha


Yeah that seems really dumb. Did you know that dogs have 12 different blood types?


I did,  they even do dog blood drives where dogs can donate blood!  Did you know that the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house?


No that's wild! Here's a question. Would you ever take your dog to donate blood at a blood drive?


I never have in the past,  but I would if there was some kind of emergency or call for it.  I guess im not that up to date on my local dog services. Theres a president in indonesia that released 3 pop albums!! lol


That is funny! Did you know that dogs are not actually colorblind?


i recently learned that  I always thought they were color blind lol


I thought that too! I guess they just can't see as many colors as humans poor dogs!


did you know there are 3 subway lines exclusively for congressmen to move between the capitol and the house and the senate offices?


No I didn't know that. I also didn't know that Google prefers dogs over cats. It even says it in their code of conduct


yeah my friend works for Google and he brings his dog to work everyday!!!  I wish I could bring my dog to work.


That would be amazing! I want to have a pet elephant apparently only dogs and elephants can understand pointing haha


Did you see Billy Mays funeral? I guess all the pallbearers wore blue shirts and khaki pants that is so weird.


I didnt.  Do you know much about the us senate?  They had the same gavel for 65 years until nixon cracked it lol


That is funny haha. What kind of shirt do you think Nixon wore? I think it's funny that in Hawaii the official business shirt is the Aloha shirt


Probably a button down collar shirt?  I am not sure,  kinda weird to wonder what kind of shirt someone would wear.  In the us senate,  there is a candy desk.  snack time!


I could go for a snack! Do you like dogs by the way? They are related to wolves


I used to have a husky. Dogs are so cuddly and come in all shapes and sizes haha. I love that their man's best friend do you have any dogs


Yes we rescued a dog about a year ago,  shes amazing.  did you know women were not allowed to wear pants on the us senate floor until 1993?


Hey you a fan of celebrities? I think it's funny thinking about them. So wealthy!


Very true. They honored the first ever customer by naming a building after him!!


That seems like a good deal for the customer, especially in an age when Amazon's prices are so low that competitors like Best Buy and Target have to price match them to keep up.


Agreed. And it only cost that customer 27.95! What a deal.


Not bad for a name! Did you know that the arrow in AmaZon's logo is meant to indicate they carry everything from A to Z?


Oh no that is a cool fact thanks for that insight! The workers at Amazon warehouse walk between 7 and 15 miles per day!


That seems a lot, but I imagine it goes by pretty quickly, especially since they also sell returned and like-new items, which probably is a complicated process.


True. I love how they deliver on Sundays I wonder how that is even allowed?


I can't imagine how one would create legislation outlawing it, since it's just another day of the week as far as the law is concerned. Companies make up their own rules, like facebook banned a guy in his 30s whose legal name is Justin Bieber just for having the same name as the celebrity.


Yes very interesting point you bring up. Celebrities and their wealth often get things that normal people wouldn't. Just the way things go.


Yes, like McDonalds used to pay rappers $5 for every time they referenced Big Macs in their songs. Not exactly super special treatment, but more than an everyday person gets for using the phrase!


Yes, it's pretty outrageous to think about how much they get paid for just existing in some instances; some aren't even talented! Paris Hilton was actually in the Guinness Book of World Records for "most overrated celebrity"


Haha oh man if I were a rapper I would make a song called big mac and just repeat those lyrics! I wonder if Tupac's cultural significance raps ever included big mac lyrics? Well it was great talking with you. Have a lovely night!


Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street. But definitely not the last!


That shows some versatility; it's good she can communicate with children. John Cena holds the record for wishes granted by the Make-a-Wish Foundation at over 400--he's definitely made a lot of kids happy!


Agreed. He has a huge heart good for him. Pixar studios has a secret celebrity room...wonder what's inside??


It doesn't seem fair that they might have influence on films or special privileges, does it? Maybe that's why the creators of Madagascar made a joke of hiding celebrities' names in the dialogue of penguins


You bring up a valid point. Celebrities often do good. The Ethiopian celebrity chef is trying to combat the countries hunger problem!


That's a neat idea. Certainly better than inventing a sports drink!


Agreed. I think amazon should invent a sports drink lol. Maybe not. They are so rich right now. Bezos is buys building clocks in mountains!


That seems unnecessary. They even have a patent on one-click buying that Apple has to pay them to license!


I was sorry to hear in the news recently that C. Payne Lucas has passed away.


That makes sense, since Washington and Jefferson were landowners, and JFK was from a wealthy family. I'm surprised no recent presidents are on the list, though.


Maybe they should release a pop album like the president of Indonesia.


I think if the current president did that, it would either bomb terribly or become a chart topper.


My luck people would like it and every time I turned in the radio I would have to have to hear him.


Maybe the entire government should start releasing debate opinions in songs. Congressional rap battle? Supreme court opera?


Lol, I can see Bernie now, first album, Free Healthcare Foos


And the Mitch McConnell retort, The Capitalism Rap.


Lol. They could have their music studios in Nevada since the government owns 86% of the land there.


People might actually start tuning in to the government debates on TV.


Yea, bit she was 85 and had a pretty productive life


They'd all start wearing gold chains like rappers and we'd actually see where the taxes go!


He had a life to be proud of, doing a lot of great work providing aid to people all across Africa.


It's amazing that he did so much after not only getting a college degree, but also taking a break from his studies to serve in the military.


Yea pretty amazing for a guy that started out picking cotton and shinning shoes.


Maybe the way he worked so hard to rise in life was the inspiration for him trying to help others do the same.


Yea, and had to be a long life to outlive his sin who died in 2013 and his daughter who dies in 2017.


It's sad to think he would have to see his children pass away, but I hope he got to enjoy time with his two grandchildren.


Yea, I hope so as well. I know off topic but dis you know JFK, Washington and Jefferson were our richest presidents.


Hello, do you know much about the earth?


Yeah apparently shoes that date back to 5000 years ago are much stronger


Maybe those cobblers can make ballet shoes. They go through 4 pairs a week!


Yeah that is a lot of shoes. Do you know how the keep them smelling fresh?


Hahaha yes great option. But also tea bags


can you imagine wheelbarrowing 32000 books at 85 years old?


No but I heard Gladstone did that. What an amazing man


I would just give up... There are more libraries than mcdonalds so that is a good start.


I like that fact a lot. Have you heard of the Library of Things?


A library in Sacramento where you can borrow other stuff besides books. Nice chat :)


Good enough. When earth was created apparently the day was only 5.5 hours


I know no time for nap. And 71% of the earth is covered in water


Wow! That seems like a lot. I wonder how much is salt water like in water world.


The majority of it. Sadly, 80% of the forests have been destroyed


That does make me sad. Teddy Roosevelt was a known conservationist. He made the National park and forest service.


Wow, goof for him.  Did you know earth will be helium free by the end of the century?


Is that a bad thing? Can we make it in a lab?  Can old shoes perform better than new shoes?


Wow cool UNICEF donates clean water when we do not use our phones


I wonder how they do that so we can help more . Do you like DIsney?


Yes I do. DO you know the real name of Minnie Mouse?


I actually do not know her real name, is it too different?


It is actually MInerva Mouse but I like Minnie better


Yes me too. Did you know that they do not accept outside ads?


Oh I see, I guess they really want to focus on their products


Yeah I guess. They make over $1000 per second that is insane


Yeah that is a lot. They worked with Bill Nye in the Flubbber movie


THat is fitting. THey worked with Salvador Dali on the movie Destion in 1945


all the time. do you now who invented the cell phone?


Yes it was an undertaker who was afraid they were rerouting his clients to others


WOw cool. Dod you know why the NY area code is 212?


I am not sure of that but dolphins can communicate via phone


That is so cool. The area code is because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


Cool. Yeah and dolphins can tell who is on the other side of the line


WOw amazing. DId you know that it is hard to separate two phonebooks?


WOw cool. DO you know that Hedy Lamarr helped with the invention of the cell phone?


Did you know Tom cruise threatened Tom Kruse, the inventor of the Hoveround over the usage of his name?


I want to fight that website, I think it would be interesting to listen to them.


Because dramas do not project positivity Jim Carrey will not make them anymore.


I'm happy of that choice, I like Jim Carrey better in comedies than his dramas. It just fits him better.


Because all the pretty girls were in drama class, Michael Caine joined also.


I wonder if that was why Jon Hamm joined and later taught at his old high school, he actually had Ellie Kemper in his class. Who would have thought Don Draper and Erin Hannon in the same class?


Lets talk about cars next. The model T was one of the first mass produced cars and it was made by ford.


Did you know that McDonald's added drive-thrus in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


The US replaced animal-drawn carriages with cars really fast compared to other parts of the world like Western Europe.


Yeah they did. Did you know that it's legal to equip your car with flame-throwers in South Africa? I wonder when Elon Musk will add that to a Tesla?


interesting. I have heard that they allow it to try to prevent carjackings, I wonder if it helps.


Interesting, lets talk more about Tom Cruise. He is an actor and a producer who was born in 1962. He started his career at the age of 19.


It would be great for melting ice and snow.


I would agree, We call the back of cars trunks because they used to really have wooden trunks on the back. Nice talking to you today.


It's first movie was Endless Love in 1981, but his breakout film was Risky Business in 1983.


When Tom stared in the last samurai he spent two years leaning Japanese and swordplay


Everyone got angry over that movie because a white man was the last samurai, but most people didn't realize it refers to the whole last clan of samurai and not just Tom Cruise's character.


Tom owns a underground bunker to protect himself from aliens which cost him 10 million dollars.


Wow, it must be nice to have that kind of money. If he only had the net worth that Seinfeld has, it's more than Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks combined.


I have heard that Seinfeld has a net worth of around 820,000,000, which is more then Cruise and Hanks combined


Yeah, that's crazy. I wonder how Hugh Laurie stacks up to them. He's the highest paid actor ever for a TV drama. He earns $700,000 per episode of House.


Lets talk about Dramas more. If you ever want to listen to classic radio dramas for free their is a website that offers that.


Hey there! Read anything interesting lately, I sure did! I read about a 19 year that developed a code for an AI to design portraits! Crazy to think someone so young could do that.


It depends on the program! Programs usually are put through rigorous trials, to make sure the art is convincing and that it looks like it was human-made. It's only a matter of time before it becomes so good and well-trained no one can really tell.


I wonder what that will do to the art industry not to mention museums. I mean if a computer can fake the mona lisa so well that no one can tell then what happens?  You know, computer innovations are moving so fast.  The russians made one that runs on water if you can believe that.


That's crazy, it's almost scary to think about the future and what it will hold for us as humans. Not everyone feels that way though, some people call themselves "Transhumanists" and they want to upload their minds into computers one day!


I've heard about them!  They remind me of an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation where a man did that. I wonder if they want to live forever.


Probably, I can't blame them for wanting their minds in a computer. Nothing on a computer is gone forever it seems! There is a library called Alexandria that has saved an entire copy of the internet!


In a way that can be a good thing.  Important information will never be lost.  It can even be uploaded from the tallest mountain peak in the world- mt everest.  There's internet on that peak.


That's amazing, but let's not forget who the King of the Internet is. Google went down for just five minutes one day, and 40% of web traffic vanished with it!


Hahaha!  Google is definitely the king of the internet!  Did you know that doing a single google search uses more computing power than sending neil armstrong to the moon?


Google is nuts! I heard they once a hundred live goats instead of people to mow the lawns of their headquarters!


I heard that too. I guess they were trying to help the planet.  I was a little disappointed to learn though that they calculate traffic by seeing how fast android phones are moving on a road. I thought there was a satellite in space giving them information.


That is crazy!  Do you know how the 19 year old did it?


It was probably mentioned somewhere in their novel of terms and service! Did you know only 7% of people read those? I'm surprised it's even that high!


I am too. I have to admit that I very very rarely ever read them and if I do, it's not in the whole thing.    You know with Google being so dominant in our lives it's hard to believe two college students started it.


I'm not sure how exactly he did it, I guess if I did I'd make one as well! But I know he was only 17 and bored when he did it, he started off by feeding it rap lyrics so it could generate random rap songs. And than he fed it random portraits from the internet to teach it how to make art!


That is really impressive!  So, did he get a job or a college invite for his talent/success?


He sure did!  He's now working at the Stanford University AI Lab. He didn't seem to think anyone would pay much attention to his portraits, so much as sell something based on his work!


I'm glad to hear that!  So, how did the program work?  What does the artwork look like?


The man in the portrait has no noise, people even say it can look like frosty the snowman! Mario Klingemann says it can't believe how much the portrait sold for, he thought it was terribly done even for an AI. And he would know being an AI Artist!


I guess people bought it because of how it is done.  How much did it sell for anyway?


A French Art collective known as Obvious downloaded the code, and their AI portrait sold for 432,500! The auction house didn't seem to think it would go for so high!


That is amazing!  Is it possible to tell if a human painted it or a computer?


I really like that McDonalds added drive thru's for soldiers!


Yeah, i dont know what id be in for either with Jupiter. Maybe id rather listen to Thomas the train engine and see if i could pick out the ones that ringo starr narrates.


I actually didn't know that he OR George Carlin narrated that. That's amusing considering George Carlin's general comedy. He probably would have seemed more at home on South Park when he was alive.


I agree, SP would have been more his style. That or maybe the simpsons!


Hm. Simpsons seems to have had sooooo many guest starts over the years. I wouldn't be shocked if Carlin was actually on it. I'm gonna look that one up later. Still a little shocked that after 20+ seasons they only had one non-Bart appearance.


Thats exactly what i was thinking. Hes such a huge part of the show. I wonder which one he wasn't in .


Probably took the day off or something. Speaking of taking the day off, apparently there are so many Pokemon eps that you might actually need to take a day off to marathon it.


Im not a huge fan but i could see there being sooo many episodes. Over 750 episodes right?


Ah, i dont even know how many their are! You gotta catch em all!


Yeah I think that both Simpsons, South Park, and Pokemon, and Thomas are definitely some of the longest running shows. Interesting connection there.


That is cool. I do wonder if that was the very first drive-through.


Thats a good question! I used to work the drive thru at McDonald's. It was not my favorite job! I liked working at a radio station better!


Yeah, fast food definitely is a difficult job to do. Nice connection to the soldier comment too, the radio thing and what not. The soldiers building a radio out of a razor blade. MacGeyver stuff


Yeah, i dont think i could do that . When i worked at the radio i cant remember having to play any specific amount of US music. Funny.


Agreed. That Canadian law seemed a bit restrictive. I guess it is mostly there to ensure that their citizens are exposed to their own art.


Thats a good thought. I would rather have Canadian music than listen to an exclusive show in latin.


Ha! Yeah. I've traveled a lot and even have been to Finland, but never noticed that. Might not be a popular station.


yeah, i dont think it gets many listeners. Even hearing the storm from Jupiter would be better than latin!


Mhm. Though I have to admit that I probably wouldn't know what Jupiter sounds like. Definitely not like Latin or a radio drama. :P


Does he like drama shows? mine seems to like them


Well, right now mine is watching Star Trek Voyager, kind of a drama I guess.  I haven't watched any Shakespeare dramas so my dog hasn't either.  Do you watch Shakespeare dramas?


I do, Shakespeare is an icon of our culture, he definitely changed things.


You are very right.  Did you know he invented some common names?  He invented Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia.


Wow, so he had a deep influence on names as well he also popularized many phrases used today


I could see how that would be true. His writings are all over our culture.


All over the culture indeed, funny how he was alive at the same time as Pocahontas


He was?  That seems so odd. It's like she was back in the old days and he was more modern for some reason.


Amazing how this all happen almost 500 years ago, both influential characters I wonder if they knew each other


That's an interesting thought! They might have met at some point.


Yes I am.  My dog is at my feet right now as a matter of fact.  Are you?


I bet they did, anyways its been really cool chatting with you I feel like I have learn a lot of things with our chat


I love them my dog is outside right now, Google is a god company


That's pretty cool.  Have you ever heard about the different blood types of dogs?


No not really I thought they had universal blood types there are also blood drive for dogs


I've heard about that but never seen one.  I think it's a great thing considering there are 12 different blood types dogs can have.


Wow, dogs are amazing animals, did you know that they are the only animals with elephants to understand pointing


No I didn't know that and I am a little surprised to hear it.  I mean, dogs come from wolves so i would think they could too but I guess not.


They have evolved a lot over the years, they can also see colors, many people think they are color blinded


Oh I know they can see colors.  Mine like to watch tv, especially baseball games.


No surprises there together with youtube they account for half of the peak traffic


Yes. And they still spend more on postage than on bandwidth, 20 times more


Yes when there was no Netflix, how about you?


Me too. They had a chance to buy it but did not , too bad


Yes and for just millions they could have made billions


True. DO you know how the idea for it came by?


Yes the guy who started it got a late $40 fee on a VHS


I love cars and my favorite brand is Tesla. Do you like them?


Yes a lot. Do you know how much computing power a single search requires?


I sure do they are good cars. It was nice chatting with you.


yes more than it took to take Neil and 11 others to the moon


Yeah. Do you know how they calculate traffic?


Yes they take the average with which android devices move in traffic


Yeah And once they hired goats instead of people to mow the lawn


SO good, they are really creative with stuff like this sometimes


Yeah true. ANd they once went down for 5 minutes and took with them 40% of the traffic in the web


Yes I do. They account for one third of bandwidth in NA in the morning


now that interests me. That would make a great car ride better


I prefer to do more active things than listen to the radio. Like swimming. It is great exercise.


I agree, talk about an all body workout! I like watching it in the olympics for sure


Me too! The US has the most gold medals in swimming. We have more than almost the rest of the world combined!


USA! USA! USA! I wonder how many were won with the banned swimsuit from 2008


Who knew a swimsuit could be banned... Insane! There's a type of competitive swimming where people where people swim like a dolphin. Keeping their hands and feet bound. How dangerous?!


right, I wonder how it was made lol. Sounds so dangerous, I wonder who thought of that lol


Some crazy person probably. One of those Mom's who bought their little girl a mermaid tail that binds the feet! Then again if their kid survives that, they would be able to graduate from Cornell University. All their students have to pass a basic swimming test.


That is interesting, I wonder why they make you do that lol! It was so nice chatting with you!


It's been nice chatting with you as well. And I bet it's just for one more thing they can add on the list as to why they are the best university. Schools compete too much.


I do. Sometimes it can help calm patients during MRI's. I hear a lot of people have problems with those because of Claustrophobia.


That is a good point, I remember listening to the radio one time for an MRI, makes sense!


Radio signals are fascinating. You can listen to radio waves, while radio waves go through your body for the MRI. Radio storms on Jupiter can be heard on an AM radio.


that is insane! I wonder what it sounds like or how to find them.


I don't know. People have used razor blades and pencils to make radios in WWII. You could do the same LOL!


that is true, but I want to know how they got it to work lol. Oh well. Ever listened to the radio in canada?


I have not either, but I don't want to I don't think. They have a law requiring at least 40 percent of their songs be canadian music


You don't think so eh? LOL!! I heard that too. You can listen to tons of classic radio dramas for free on some website if you're really into radio.


Hi there! I'm not sure about you, but I have recently learned so much about politics!


I would never have guessed that at all. I like to look up information a lot on YouTube. It is so handy. I'm not surprised the search engine is the second largest.


Yeah the second largest after Google and its also owned by Google so there is a monopoly in that field.


I just can not believe that Google paid $1.65 billion for it!


Sounds like a great deal, YouTube must be worth a lot more by now. Google bought the company back in 2006


I can not even imagine its value. Police share law enforcement videos on their own YouTube called Blue Tube.


That sounds like a really useful service I bet all kind of cool videos are shown in there, kind of boring for the normal user though


I wonder. I imagine its for training, so probably yes. I've never been a registered user, so I can only view videos, I can not upload any videos on You Tube.


Did you watch that video called Gangnam Style? that was a funny video


I did, but I never really got into the hype. I know it was really popular though.


Yeah in fact they had to upgrade their count integer to 64 bits, it received more view than the site could handle at the time


Me too, a lot of cool facts like how the red and blue colors of republicans and democrats started in 2000


I am shocked. I would think they would just take the video down.


Well the video did make them a fortune so that was not a choice, anyways its been interesting chatting with you.


That is crazy considering how tightly aligned they are now! There has not been a US President since 1953 that was not a Democrat or a Republican.


Really since 1953? the other parties should really step up their game


Oh darn it, no I meant 1853, so it's been even longer!


Oh that's surprising, maybe one day a president from one of the other parties will win. The last election was a joke I didn't like either of the candidates


I guess every US president until recent that has had a beard is Republican.


Seems like you know a lot about the Republican party any cool facts about the democrats?


I'm not sure. I feel like I know more about Republicans. What about you?


Not many, but 15% of the tea party movement identifies with the democratic party as well


Hello. Do you know much about basketball?


That's really sad. Honestly though the players that don't get the huge endorsements like Allen Iverson or Micheal Jordan don't make a ton of money.


There was a guy named Spencer Haywood who made the mistake of choosing 100k over a 10% stake in Nike. It would be worth 8.62 billion today


I would be kicking myself for years if that happened. Nike knows what they are doing though. I mean look how they paid Jordan's fines so he could wear them every game.


Really good marketing. Speaking of shoes there are 17 different ways to tie them


Hmm I wonder if that includes how you lace them too. I don't wear many shoes with laces. It is more cowboy boots and much boots here which can be quite spendy because of functionality.


Some boots are even designed for specific purposes like mountaineering or skiing


Ski boots that are fitted properly can run you hundreds of dollars. Seems a bit silly to spend that much on a boot you can only do one thing in.


How do you feel about designer shoes? They can sell for hundreds if not thousands


Honestly I think they are really silly. The fact that a shoe can sell for hundreds more because of a different leather and a red bottom makes me sad for society and its consumerism.


There is a wizard of oz themed shoe that actually guides you home when you click the heels together using GPS. I wonder how pricey those are


I do its a team sport which commonly has 5 players per team. Shoot a basketball into a defenders hoop


I'm guessing in the thousands at least. Can you imagine trying to walk in something like that?


It would be fun exploring using them. Nice chatting with you have a nice day!


I've always been fascinated by the showmanship of the game. Like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's dunking. Of course that was banned for years before coming back.


He was very dominate with dunking but glad they changed their mind. Think about shaq trying to shoot all the time


Very true. I wonder if the showmanship affects the pay for them. I'm sure the winning records of the team affects the coaches pay.


I am sure they can be more marketable. Did you know vasectomy rates will be increasing this month due to march madness?


What?! How in the world is there a connection between basketball and vasectomies?


Men use the time to recover to watch basketball. Talk about madness!


Ah well I guess that makes sense in a way. I'm surprised no one has figured out a way to market that through some sort of commercial during the lead up to the games.


Athletes should really get financial advisors. 5 years after retirement 60% of players are broke


Did you know more than 80% of earth's natural forests have already been destroyed.


Interesting. Did you know the sun is actually white?


I did not know that. That's kind of cool. I guess the refraction of it makes it appear yellow?


yeah. Well the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy.


That's interesting, did you know that the sunset on mars is blue?


I believe so. I think that would be a beautiful sight to see though.


Yeah, it would be interesting. Did you know Neptune just finished its first orbit around the sun since its discovery.


Oh wow, that's crazy! They say that the sun makes up 99.86% of the mass of our solar system.


I can believe it. The sun is huge, but a lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun.


That's got to be really hot. At least it's only in an instant.


Yeah, real hot. Crazy. Almost sort or scary! Well nice chatting with you.


Did you know that Earth will be virtually helium free by the end of the 21st Century.


Oh wow, that is crazy to think about. Did you know that the Earth is almost 4x as dense as the sun?


No, I didn't know that. I cannot believe that is true.


I can't either, it's kind of surreal. They say that the Hudson Bay region of Canada has been found to have less gravity than the rest of the Earth. That's kind of crazy to me.


Did you know Jupiter has a moon that could be considered a planet if it orbited a sun?


I didn't know that, that's pretty wild. They say that Jupiter saves Earth from many of the asteroids heading towards it.


Yeah, I believe that, probably by its gravity.


Probably so, I've also heard that you could fit all the planets in between earth and the moon and still have room left over to spare.


Hey did you hear about President Trump's recent rally in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania


I didnt can you tell me more about him? I just know that


He's the head coach for the Detroit Lions? He's very smart, I wonder how it translates to coaching at all? I'm sure it does. What kind of hobbies do you have?


I can tell you that one Hobby I don't have is visiting North Korea haha. Kim Jeong Hoon really scares me and it's funny to me that no one actually knows how old he is


No way, he's crazy too. Scary how much respect Trump has for the North Koreans too. You travel very much?


No I can't say that I travel too much. I mostly just work and sleep haha. But I do know about Kim Jung Un that he was voted the sexiest man alive by the onion newpaper, and apparently china believe it lol


Haha, I am sure he loved that. His older brother was spotted at an Eric Clapton concert in London too, I wonder who actually spotted him?


Oh wow that's cool! I never knew that, I also never knew that you learn to drive at Age 3, that seems very dangerous


Haha, I think that's all the proganda from North Korea, make him look like a god. Woodrow Wilson had a PHD? That's nuts.


Guess it's too bad we didn't have more presidents with phds, but at least our presidents don't typically alter photographs like Kim Jong un does to rewrite history


Haha for sure, I think that is a huge problem. Obama had a law degree, so that's almost a PHD it seems. I don't know about the rest of them.


I did not, I'm surprised people are liking his Twitter, it's just full of hate and lies.


Yes it seems very rare. it is interesting though that Trump was the first sitting US president to ever meet with a North Korean leader, I just hope that something good comes from it


Yeah it's interesting that no president has ever used Twitter like Trump has. Speaking of presidents though, do you know who the top three richest presidents were?


It was JFK, Washington and Jefferson right? I wonder how Washington and Jefferson had so much money?


Yes it was probably from slavery actually. I'm just shocked that Trump is not in that list. Also I'm shocked that the president of Indonesia is not in that list because he released three pop albums while he was President haha


For sure, that'd be cool to hear the pop albums. I don't think Trump has that much money, I think he's belly up on a lot of his "riches" but won't admit it. It's pretty obvious watching any news, have you heard much of that?


No I haven't heard much about that, I try not to watch the news because it's pretty depressing in my opinion, on a different note though, do you ever watch the NFL by the way?


Are you a big Trump supporter? I think his campaign against "fake news" is ridiculous.


No I stay out of politics personally because it is a waste of time. But back to the NFL, it is shocking to me that those games only have about 11 minutes of actual gameplay when they go on for hours on TV haha. It must be all the commercials


For sure, I'm not sure what they count. I think that 11 minutes seems to be long? From whistle to whistle can't  be that much time. Pretty crazy though! You know there's a rocket scientist as a coach in the NFL/


hello, do you know much about the government?


Yeah that is the three horizontal lines in the app menu .I like the name of it.


Me too and it makes me a bit hungry. Did you know you can develop addiction to clicking on the internet?


Wow that is scary but I can see that happening


Yeah. Do you ever read terms when you buy stuff online?


I do not but I hear 7% of the people do, that is not a lot


Yeah it is not, I am not in that group of people. There is 3g cell service in the Everest now


Wow that is pretty high up. Library of Alexandria has a copy of the internet


How do you even save a copy of that? Interesting. Do you use Facebook at all?


I do sometimes. Do you? DO you know why it is blue?


Yes it is because Mark is colorblind so cannot see green and red


hi, yes I know some  stuff. DO you know what wikileaks is?


Yeah it is smart of him to accommodate himself.


Yeah that is the website that publishes secret government documents


Yeah and they once published documents that showed that the government is trying to shut them down


Wow that is pretty risky. Did you know 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the Government?


Wow I wonder what they do with all that land, After all most of it is desert


Yeah I wonder too. A guy in France managed to fool people and sell the Eiffel tower twice.


Wow he must have been too smart I guess. The Norvegian government donated $1 billion to save the Amazon rainforest


Wow talk about environmental dedication. Do you use the internet much?


I do actually. Do you know what the hamburger button is?


That's a large percentage. I hope it's for a good reason and not prejudice


I don't know, I wonder what was the reason all men in the UK couldn't vote until 1918


There are many things in the UK that don't make sense. Then again, the US isn't that much better with some of how our laws used to be


Yea, it's weird how until 1805 the runner up in the election became Vice President and all of a sudden they stopped doing that


It likely changed when the different political parties began forming. It might be better that the law has changed about that


Maybe, I know Washington didn't have a party, he was also one of the wealthiest presidents along with Jefferson and JFK


Of course Kennedy would be the only recent one to make it in the top 3. Trump likely wishes he could accumulate that kind of wealth


Trump probably wishes he could also release 3 pop albums like the president of Indonesia


It probably couldn't hurt his campaign for re-election if he wrote a catchy pop single. I wonder if it helped that President


It must of because he released 3 in total, unless the president of Indonesia was a dictator and forced people to buy the albums


Then he should leave Hollywood for his own good. It's a tough job, acting. You really have to be self-motivated.


Most Presidents are in a republican type government, so I don't think that's the case


Think that was something that was originally on the ballot, or a suggestion that everyone else went with?


Probably on the original ballot in Austin TX, hard to imagine a grass roots movement to write in Fred Durst name for a garbage dump


True. I don't like waiting in line, so it would be nice to get to vote from space like the astronauts do


Yea I prefer that than using a polling booth in a forest full of lions like in India


I wonder how many of their citizens vote in their elections


I don't know, theres over a billion people in India but they must take voting seriously to put in a booth for a single voter


That's true. I mean, even setting up the booth is dangerous for the government to do


Yea, I wonder if they try to suppress voting in India like they do in places like Alabama where 34% of Black males have lost the right to vote


Hi are you into astronomy? Did you know you can see 5 planets with the naked eye? 6 if you have perfect vision and are in a really dark sky.


haha ya maybe they settle court cases up there, I just don't know haha


Yeah, interesting way to break a tie, do you know who Reggie Miller is?


I've heard of him, wasn't his sister really good at basketball?


Yeah he was a hall of famer but his sister was twice as good, I guess she is in the hall of fame as well, she did break 8 records


that is impressive, I want to try wearing Air Jordans, do you think they actually help you play better?


Im nor sure, I think they got banned for a reason so they might give the player a competitive advantage, those are really comfortable shoes though


ya and Nike Just paid the fee so Jordan could keep using them, crazy!


I guess Nike has the money to pay a fine for every game, did you know that granny style is the best way to take a shot


yes I think more players should do it! It was literally scientifically proven to be the best


Yeah but they think it looks stupid so I guess we wont be seeing that soon, it would be funny though


I have I love watching NBA games, do you?


I kind of admire Tim Duncan, he stayed in college to get his degree instead of going right to the NBA


Yeah thats a hard thing to do for sure, many would prefer the money, its a good thing he decided to end college


oh for sure, do you ever listen to the radio?


ya I do like watching them, theyd be a lot more boring without the dunk though, did you hear that they tried to ban that?


No, what happened? did they actually ban the dunk shot?


ya they did, kareem abdul-jabbar was too good with it so they banned it for a decade


That seems unfair not only to the game but to the crown if the kid know how to dunk shot then let him, its not his fault his talented


nope its not his fault he's too good haha, did you hear about "the highest court in the land"?


well its on the top floor of the supreme court actually, do you think they ever actually play basketball up there? They're so old haha


I think they do, judges againsts judges, who rules in a game like that one lol


Chen Xiaoping is a New York based editor at Mirror Media Group who thinks his wife was kidnapped.  There are communications from a youtube video from a Chinese woman addressing her husband and saying she hasn't contacted him due to relationship issues and to stop writing.


The state-run China Daily provides pro-chinese reports


Did you know that wikileaks published the government's plan to destroy wikileaks?


That's a little strange!  Did you hear that 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the us government


No I didn't know that, wow that is a lot.  I guess a man impersonated a government official and sold the eiffel tower, twice.


That is really odd.  According to Canada's laws all radios have to play at least 40% Canadian music


That is crazy, I didn't know there were that many Canadian bands around.


Interestingly, soldiers in WWII made simple radios out of a razorblade and pencil


That is very cool.  I also know there is a website where you can listen to old radio dramas for free.


There are more than 750 episodes of Pokemon?  Have you seen any?


Wow! No I have never seen a single episode.


Yeah I guess in 2017 Chen began interviewing billionaire Guo Wengui and aired his reports on Huopai's you tube channel.


Me neither, not interested in Pokemon or the 70's show which was remade verbatim in the uk


Only 18 days before Chen was going to interview Guo for the sixth time in NYC Chinese authorities grabbed his wife in Guangzhou China and kept her incommunicado for some 120 days until a day after Chen released a letter to the Chinese government for info on his wife


Yeah I have heard that China is also thought to directly threaten Guo as well.


Chen thinks that his wife's disappearance is related to his career in media


I think he might be right.  In 2014 and 2015 Chinese officials arrested 3 brothers of Shohret Hoshur who is a journalist who reported on the crackdown on the Ulighur minority.


This isn't the first time Chinese authorities terrorized family members overseas as these activities have angered communists


Yeah it is scary to think of that kind of stuff, I personally don't prefer to live in China.


According to the Wall Street Journal, China sent 4 officials form its Ministry of State Security to NYC to meet with Guo and give him instructions to stop criticizing the Chinese government


I guess China's largest state-run tv station broadcasts its pro-Beijing message on cable tv here in the U.S.


Are you comfortable talking about the government?


Not sure about it, I have not heard it actually but he has already released 3 albums


Hahah good point. Did you know the white house is actually smaller than the guest house?


It is probably to look better to guests and diplomats


Could be that. Do you know how the vice president was elected prior to 1805?


Yeah, I wonder how that would have worked out today. Did you know congressmen ride separate subway lines?


I am just happy that both trump and hillary aren't in the highest position of power together.


Yup, we all are I think. Their parties play a game every year though of baseball since 1909


For sure. They are everywhere after all. Even on WIkileaks pages


Oh that is pretty cool. In any case, thanks for chatting.


How comfortable are you with the current government?


I am not okay with it but it is what it is for now. I am more comfortable with the Government of Norway for donating all that money to save the Amazon rainforest


I wonder how effectively that amount was spent. Hopefully it wasn't lost in government bureaucracy.


I hope so too. Do you know who the wealthiest presidetns in the us are?


Yes and JFK and Jefferson are the other two. Well, that is taking inflation into account


I wonder too. Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star as well?


Hey there my friend! Do you like dogs by the way, we used to have a dog


That is really nice of them! It's shocking that the drive-thru was invented in 1975. It seems so obvious that you would think it would have had it been invented before then haha


Well too bad it has contributed to my laziness in the modern era though haha.


Haha definitely contributed to my laziness and also my waistline haha. Did you hear about why the trunk of a car is called a trunk?


Because cars used to have actual trunks attached to the back of their cars. I wonder if there was a lot of trunk jacking?


I know right. It's just good that they don't still use wooden trunks in South Africa. That would definitely be a fire hazard with all those flamethrowers driving around haha


I wonder how far back Cadillacs date? If they had wooden trunks at one point?


That's a good question. I'm actually from Detroit and I didn't know the origin who founded it. But now I know is that French explorer and that Cadillac was named after him. That's pretty cool


Yeah that is neat. Do you like watching professional racing?


I can watch racing from time to time. I think stuff like NASCAR is boring but I do like when there are explosions haha what about you


Not really. I do think it's cool that Jann Mardenborough got recruited because he was really good at playing video games!


Yeah, they are cool but they are a lot of work so I don't have one.


That is really cool! Did you ever play the game Gran Turismo? I used to play that all the time back in the day, it's amazing he got so good that he could become a professional driver haha


I agree. You can't just leave them alone. So that would make doing vacations and traveling very full of hassle for me. one thing I didn't know is that dogs have 12 different blood types


Yeah,that is how I feel. They are really smart though. They can understand pointing.


They sure can! So can elephants, dogs and elephants are the only animals who can understand pointing. You would think that a gorilla or a dolphin or another really smart animal would be able to though


And I had heard that dogs were color blind but I guess they are not.


Nope they sure aren't. They just can't see as many colors as humans can. And I love Google even more now because apparently they are a dog company as per their code of conduct haha


So I was doing some research on Google about cars modifications one day. In South Africa you can put flame throwers on your cars to prevent carjacking.


Wow that sounds incredible haha! I could totally use that right now to melt ice on my driveway haha or to make hamburgers when I'm on a picnic


Speaking of hamburgers, McDonalds originally added their drive thru to accomodate soldiers who were in fatigues.


Hello, what are your thought on Trump, do you like him as president?


He was? that sure is interesting, getting photographed with your killer, I mean what are the odds of that


I mean that is so wrong and creepy, isn't it?!


It is creepy, I agree, just like how a president released 3 pop albums while in office,


That is crazy! Was that a President in the US?


No, he was a president of Indonesia actually, he sure had a lot of free time, sounds like a weird person


I can't imagine any of our Presidents having time to make music. On a laughable note, Jimmy Carter had solar panels installed on the White House and Ronald Reagan took them down. A little competitive?


And the Bush had them put back on the White House again lol, seems like theres a lot of disagreement on this issue


I would say there is for sure! Interesting that the first phone number for the White House was 1. I wondered if they changed it because of a good reason, or because they couldn't agree on that either.


That is interesting! guess the White House had priority in choosing the numbers, crazy how they still use floppy discs


That is probably for security I would think. Did you know you can mail a birth certificate to the White House and they'll send you a congratulations card back? I wish I would have done that!


I try to support all Presidents. I feel like he gets a lot of flack.


No, didt know about that, interesting, Im expecting a child so I will try that out, anyways its been fun to chat, hope you have a great day, cool fact sharng thanks


Fun to chat with you too! Have a good day!


He just gives the media a lot to talk about, I dont think his a bad president just that he has a lose mouth


Haha-so true. He is a smart man though. Speaking of smart, did you know Woodrow Wilson is the only President to have a PHD?


The only one really? I bet he was a really smart man, many consider him a grea president, one of the best in US history


I do think he was held in pretty high regard. Another note on Presidential talent was FDR who was the last President to fluently speak a foreign language.


Souds like he was another smart president, do you know who the top 3 richest presidents in the histoy of the country are?


No, I do not, who are they? I imagine there's a lot!


JFK, Washington, and Jefferson, suprised Trump is not there


I am surprised about that too! Can you believe that Lincoln was the first President to be photographed for his inauguration and John Wilkes Booth was actually in that photo!?


Oh nice!  I feel like a lot of actors have good american accents,  I didnt know Henry Cavill is British as well


I use it daily - once a day.  Myspace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million in 2005.


I know right,  huge mistake.  although,  it might not be what it is today if myspce owned it .


I agree with you.  The success has to do with the current management.  Zuckerberg might not be with the company if it was bought by Myspace.


Yes I do.  I enjoy watching Big Bang Theory and Saturday Night Live.


Oh I love Big Bang Theory!  although,  I am behind at the moment lol Im only on season 8


I'm behind to.  I heard that Comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows since it was created in 1989.  Do you know why?


Yes, I do.  I used to watch House.  Is it still around?


wow!  Either they are very picky or those shows sucked lol


I have no clue lol never watched that one.  I did watch ER before!  Nowadays I watch GOT,  westworld, and homeland.


I watched homeland.  Somehow I do not watch TV much anymore.  Perhaps because my grand kids are always around.  I enjoy dramas and comedies.


Thats good.  Homeland is very entertaining, but stressful lol


Have you heard an actor named Hugh Laurie?


Yes. Apparently, he is the highest paid actor ever for tv drama - $700k per episode.  Have you ever seen House?


wow thats nice!  No I have never seen that show,  any good?


It was good.  The guy was talented.  I thought he was an American due to his accent while he played House but he is actually British.


You would think that his family estate is getting royalties on that. I bet the person that paid him so little was kicking themselves when he became popular.


Yes I agree. Did you hear about the 224 palindrome poem? It was created by Demetri Martin, that sounds interesting


224! That is a huge amount of palindromes. I'm not even sure I can think of that many let alone that many sentences that could be palindromes. Talk about talent.


Yes I agree! What do you think about the Sun by the way? It's amazing that the diameter is 109 times that of Earth's diameter that is so huge


That is really huge! And to think it is still only 1 billionth of the size of the largest star ever seen in our galaxy. Makes you really feel small.


Yes I agree. Also I never knew that the sun is actually white, only the atmosphere makes it seem yellow, I wonder why we don't learn at school


You would think that would be something they would teach. I know that we covered the lightening bolt being hotter than the sun at some point. That is one of the random facts that sticks with you.


Yes that is a surprising fact. Planets are so interesting though. I never knew that Venus didn't tilt and that it also doesn't have any seasons


I did not know that. That is way different that uranus which roles because of how much it tilts.


The name Uranus always makes me laugh haha. I wish that we had another planet in our solar system no. Jupiter's moon Ganymede could actually be considered a planet if it orbited the Sun instead of being a moon


I do sometimes. What about you though? I do read a lot of old Epic tales like the Epic of Gilgamesh


I miss pluto being considered a planet. It is hard to remember them because we can't use the first letter memory trick anymore.


I've never read that one. It sounds fascinating though. I read more classics like the Iliad.


Yes I read that too. They're very interesting I think. We should put more effort to read those kinds of books in our school system


I totally agree. Poetry and its word choices and writing structure makes it something that encourages creativity.


Yes and the interesting thing about the word poetry is that it drives from a Greek term, the term is poesis which means making


That makes sense since when it comes to poetry you are definitely making something. I don't think it is as appreciated as a writing form as it could be.


Yes I agree. No one really writes poetry anymore. It's interesting how in Javanese, the alphabet will form a phone when it is read in order


Oh that's really neat. I love when poems do cool things like that. Like the depressing poem that you are meant to read backwards so it becomes a happy one.


Yes I'll have to check that out. It makes me sad that Edgar Allan Poe only got $9 for the poem "The Raven" that's actually a really amazing poem


I know the article is good but "home buyers who focus on their personal finances are going to be the winners, because they will have the means to make fast, substantial offers"... no duh!


I think so. I hope it is useful for you.


It would be interesting. I wonder what types of law enforcement videos we can see on blutube.


I am not sure but I hope it brings peace to those who need it. Speaking of police... radios... According to canadian law, all radios are required to have at least 40% of the music played be canadian.


Wow, that is unusual.  They want to protect their culture, I think.


Yeah. They have a similar rule for canadian football.


I do not understand since Canadian culture is close to that of the US. What are they trying to protect?


Their values and their culture. They do not want the US invading their culture much like some people would like to put up a wall to protect our culture...


I see.  What other entertainment types are they trying to regulate?


There's a lot but they are all too political for me.... So I stick to the sidelines.


Since we talk about entertainment, I heard that ronald reagan was rejectected for a movie role?


I know, right? We also know that mortgage lenders have strict guidelines before lending people money to buy a house.


A lot of them. He was a lifeguard for the Skokie Park District. Failed a lot...


Are you talking about Ronald Reagan, our former president?


Yes, yes I am. I recently read his biography and it was in there.


I see.  The reason why I mentioned it is because he tried to get a presidential role and the movie producer indicated that he did not look presidential enough. I think it was funny since he later on became our president.


Yeah, he struggled in Hollywood for the first few years.


I heard.  I have to run.  It was nice talking to you.


Yeah. Millenials, am I right! Their You Tube too.... Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net.


What is the largest search engine on the net?


That's ok. Justin bieber's "baby" is the most disliked video on youtube. It's like that...


I do not watch Bieber on Youtube but I heard about it before.


Police actually have their own youtube called blutube, where they share law enforcement videos. Hopefully it makes them better police...


I need to visit the site.  Is it blutube.com?


Hi. Have you, by chance, ever visited our nation's capitol in Washington, DC? With children? Or would you like to visit the sights, museums, monuments there someday?


Agreed. The guy who voiced Edna Mode is both movies' writer & director, Brad Bird. A lot of writers can hear a character's voice in their heads. Bird's staff decided his voice (of a female role) was actually better than any actress they could find. Go figure!


i know! thats so crazy i always though it was a womans voice.


Yes. Is there a comedy you like that isn't an animated movie?


its a mad mad mad mad mad world is my favorite comedy.


Loved it. My favorite is a Bill Murray flick, Groundhog Day. Watch it every year, when a replay comes on around Feb. 2nd. Laugh all over again at the same wacky ways he acts.


that is a great movie as well. i like that bill murray loves kung fu hustle. thats one of my favorites. kung fu movies arent everybodys thing though.


Right. You might like a stand-up comic, a dance company's performance, a concert, or a video game more. What's your favorite type of entertainment?


i guess video games. my generation is probably all video games. i was born in 1981. they were just always in my life.


Of course. Some video games my kids played (even still play today) are engrossing - for hours. Do you have a old Nintendo system? Xbox?


i have everything haha. i still play the old nintendo games. they never get old. like a good book.


i actually have visited washington dc and i loved it. it was amazing.


Know some adults who'd agree w/you! That's the neat thing about today's entertainment: it's evolved to fit people's individual interests - in action videos, or story-type games, hero thrillers...what am I missing?


Funny. On good books, I couldn't agree more!


Agree. 1st went on a class trip. Remember nothing! Later went back w/kids. We all loved the Museum of Natural History, of all places. Real, lifesize (stuffed) packs of wolves, a coyote, bison, moose, and a 12 ft. high grizzly standing on his hind legs. My boys went nuts!


i saw them change the guard in the cemetery that was amazing. it was a great experience.


Yes. Arlington. Where my JFK's eternal flame still burns (there, and in a lot of 60's kids hearts). The National Portrait Gallery has a Kennedy painting. Would you enjoy a place like that?


i would. i enjoy learning about history.


DC has plenty of that for history lovers. Sometimes, I just love to be entertained by a good, funny movie. Have you seen the new, full-length animated Pixar film, Incredibles II?


i did. i thought it was well done but i enjoyed the first one more. i did not now the director voiced edna mode.


Liked 2004 original better, too, especially the voice of Samuel L. Jackson (in both movies).


yes that man is just amazing in everything he does. good for him.


Do you know the american tv news are the best?


I think gael monifils was french player. He was also a good player.


Yes, he was excellent. Roger is probably the most dramatic player. Speaking of drama, do you like drama movies?


I think I like comedy and horror films the most. I wonder if a film will ever be made about Roger Federer and his tennis drama?


I also like comedy movies. Mr. bean was my favorite movie.


That's a great movie! Did you know that Jim Carrey gave up on making dramas?


It doesn't bother me any that he won't be making dramas since I love his comedy. I do remember a good movie he made that was a horror, I think. Did you see it?


I am waiting for his upcoming movie sonic the hedgehog.


I didn't know that was being made! Sonic would have made a good tennis ball! Maybe there will be a movie or game like that made...


That's amazing! That is where I first heard about Roger Federer. Do you know about him?


Okay. Jim carry was a american and canadian actor. He was a great actor. his movies all are very funny. I really enjoyed his movies.


Yes and I just saw him on SNL and he was great. I wonder if Roger Federer has ever been on SNL? A parody of how dramatic he plays tennis would be great!


Yes, I know him. He was a swiss professional tennis player.


I heard he has been given some pretty unique awards for his tennis playing. Cows seem to be the most surprising...


Okay, Roger federer has the second most open eva.


He has been playing tennis for years. I guess the worst injury he's had has been at home drawing a bath for his children, though. Bad luck!


He is known for how much he cusses and reacts on the court. I sure hope he's not like that with the kids!


I bet he was really cussing when he was beat by Gael Monfils. I guess Gael just learned to play a few days before, so Roger must have been upset!


hi how are you? do you like horror films?


Yeah, that sounds right. the speculation about those movies needs to be ignored. keep it under wraps until the big opening!


Yes, the element of surprise is KEY!  Another strange thing that I found out is that there wasn't a single person involved in filming the original Exorcist that thought it would be considered a horror film.  What exactly kind of film did they think they were making? Please.


Um a love story? A romance between a little girl and Satan? LOL


Yes, that's about it. The Exorcist movie gave me nightmares for years and I'm not kidding. It terrified me.  I was really young when I saw it.


Yeah, i bet! that is not the movie to watch just before bed. there is a directors cut too. that was interesting.


No, I could never watch the Exorcist in any way, shape, or form after the first watch.  I never went there, again.  The is the epitome of the definition of horror film for me.


Yeah, i would probably burn the 160 calories while watching that. that was a scary one.


As far as music goes, did you know that Michael Jackson helped write the soundtrack for Sonic 3?


I did not know that! he was a great composer. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, it was great chatting with you.  One last thing, Rage Against the Machine's contribution to the Godzilla soundtrack criticized the film itself, I thought that was a tad ironic.


Yes, I love horror films. I love the way they seek to elicit fear.  I like how they were initially inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poes, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelly.


That is funny! Sounds like RATM. Have a good weekend!


yeah, those writers started the genre. I like a few films. Omen, Shining, Exorcist.


You like the old school scary ones.  I don't remember the Omen but the other ones I do.  Did you know that E.T. was originally scripted as a horror film?  That's funny because that little alien was really, really cute.


Yeah, spielberg did other horror stuff, but ET was a great adventure film for kids.


Yes, I liked the Scream movies too.  They were originally titled "Scary Movie."  They do use that subtitle in those movies, I think there were four of them.


I have not seen them. are they good? slasher films, right?


Yes, teen slasher films where they cannot locate or ID the person doing the killing.  I liked them a lot.  The soundtracks have a lot to do with stirring up the feeling of horror in us.


Yeah, the music and sound effects are key. i prefer spooky or creepy films.


The horror wouldn't be as deep if it didn't have that creepy music involved in the events going on.  The major plot points of the Phantom Menace were spoiled by the soundtrack listing weeks before the movie was released.  In other words, it wasn't a surprise.


I think that was the case for several world cups now. It is almost crazy that despite no net economic gains for hosting, countries are willing to build entire cities. I guess the coverage, prestige, and tourism makes it worth it


I guess so. It's pretty wild. Did you know that the American team has never placed below third place in the world cup since the Women's World Cup started in 1991?


Ya the US has had an impressive track record over the years, even getting 3rd place in the first fifa world cup


They've been pretty dominant. The Hungarian national team only had one defeat between 1950 and 1956.


In any case, do you enjoy other forms of entertainment than watching soccer?


Yes, I'm pretty big into video games. I started out on the NES, which could only display 54 colors. It's crazy how far advanced they've come since then.


True. It is a shame how it was finally discontinued in 2003


It is a shame. I had many hours of blowing into the cartridge on that system! Haha.


I remember doing the same. In any case, thanks for the enjoyable chat


The joys of childhood! I enjoyed it too. Have a great day!


I'm not usually a fan, but I do like the watching The World Cup. I'm not liking the Video Assistant Referees though!


How do you feel VAR are wrecking the world cup?


It's just an awkward fit, it interrupts the flow of the game. Soccer refereeing isn't that error-ridden as it is.


Isn't the game ongoing while they make decisions based on the var?


You're probably right, I misread. An analysis of Premier League in England found that referees making a decision every 22 seconds were accurate 98% of the time. That's pretty good accurracy.


However, I agree that the it feels like an unnecessary layer of complexity


Yeah, I guess FIFA isn't content with it.


Well despite this are you excited for the 2022 world cup at qatar?


I am, they say that the city that is set to host it doesn't even exist yet, that's pretty crazy.


Hi there, did you hear that Amazon pulled out of its decision to build its second headquarters in NY today?


Yes, we're at the point where tasks like OCR are often excluded from AI because they've become such a routine technology.


I personally am excited to see further development in the self driving car type of technology.


I love driving, so I'm not personally excited to use that, but I think it's better than dealing with all of the distracted drivers on the road because they're looking at their phones. Google actually calculates traffic using the movement of Android devices on the road!


I didn't know that.  Thats pretty cool, I was wondering how they got that info, I knew it couldn't be just people logged on to maps.


Yes, I guess you have to watch what you agree to! I bet the some agreements are even drafted by AI


Probably, those things I never read and now I owe them not only my soul, but all the winnings if I were to ever hit the lotto.  lol.  Ive heard Kristen Stewart co-authored a paper on AI


That seems a bit ironic haha. Maybe she took Stanford's free class on AI that uses Google Plus Hangouts and shared her lovely personality.


Yes, it's a good thing Facebook has so many users and photos with which to train its AI to understand emotion and recognize objects


It always gets me when I post photos that automatically tag me or my friends.


I didn't hear that.  They have so many locations, and such a wide reach.  Jeff Bezos certainly has vision


I guess the cost of a "free" product is privacy! Maybe part of the next frontier with AI is using it to create believable fake identities to trick other AI algorithms with lol


That would be crazy.  Its been great chatting!


Yes, it's crazy that they started out as an online bookstore and now it's so big it's the largest internet retailer in the world


I guess it makes sense that once they had that property, they'd move into streaming video and producing their own content with Amazon Studios


They certianly have capitalized off their success, even getting USPS to deliver packages on sunday


Yes, and their own workers move a lot of packages, too. A warehouse workers walks between 7 and 15 miles over the course of a daily shift.


That seems like a lot, I wonder how soon before they start replacing them with AI?


It's only a matter of developing the technology to a point where the automation is cheaper. There is actually a non-profit organization for the advancement on AI, I wonder what kind of people contribute to that!


Facebook is even in on the development of AI, trying to understand human emotion, and predict user actions.  It is almost there with the fact when you search for something you start to see ads for it on Facebook.  Re-targeting as become amazing that way


I can't believe the car was invented in 1886. I thought it was later!


Maybe he didn't tell anyone he made it. HAHA


That's true, but hence Mercedes Benz haha. I always wonder how car brands got their name!


I think it is just some guy sitting around saying to himself ...um that sounds good.  HAHA


Haha so true! Do you know how Cadillac got its name?


It was named after the French Explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit!


That is interesting. Good thing they didn't use his entire name.


I agree! I wonder how that would have taken off haha. Anyways, nice chatting with you!


Nice chatting with you too. Hope you have a great day!


Doing great! Did you know that Google's self-driving cars have an aggressive mode? HAHA


Oh wow I didn't know that! Probably for big cities haha. They need to be equipped with flamethrowers like South Africa then lol.


LOL can you imagine. It like that terminator movie that the machines attack.


SKYNET IS REAL!!!!!! I guess it probably does deter carjackers in South Africa.


LOL. Better brush up on my ham radio jargon.


haha you and me both! Do you know how Jann Mardenborough became a professional driver?


They became a professional driver because he beat 90000 people on the video game Gran Turismo!


Yep same as Nirvana, i still listen to them pretty often, and the with streaming services it is easier than ever to listen to whatever you want from any age.


Very true. I love Nirvana as well. I could just listen to music all day everyday instead of watching TV and be fine with it lol. One of my all time fav old albums is Dark side of the Moon. it was released over 40 years ago and still one of the best selling albums.


Nwa's album Straight Outta Compton was the first album to reach platinum status without airplay or a major tour, to bad they did not last long. The movie is pretty solid to.


Definitely, I agree. I watched The movie on TV and really liked it. The album is awesome! So do you have a favorite TV show?


I like Game of Thrones, but I feel like that might be a lot of peoples answer haha, if I am bored I like to re watch episodes of Thats 70s show on Netflix though.


haha, I love that 70's show too, And actually I am one of the few people who has never watched one episode of Game of Thrones lol I don't know why, just haven't.


Well I read the A song of fire and ice books before the show was ever a thing and I loved them, though the show is quite a bit different from the books. I am still waiting for The Expanse to start on amazon.


Oh, cool. I usually like reading the books prior to watching them on TV or going to the movies. It's always different!


Yeah I read a lot, it's probably one of my main past times when I get bored or just have free time to myself.


Me too. I have a huge collection of books from throughout my life and even picked up some that I don't remember buying lol. Better than TV anyday, but I love my album collection too.


Yeah I am trying to get my nephews more into reading and not so much having screens in front of their faces 24/7. Anyway it was a good chat. Have a good day.


I watch a lot of netflix and amazon Prime, so I guess that counts lol. Did you know there are over 750 episodes of pokemon? 50 a year for 16 years straight.


Wow, that is a lot of tv episodes! Sometimes my room mate watches Golf on TV, haha, very uneventful. I just listen to my albums I have downloaded on my phone haha


Man i feel you on that, I hate golf, has to be the most boring sport ever created. Do you like Linkin Park?


I know Golf is the worst even though there are so many Golf courses in the US they take up more land space than Rhode Island and Delaware haha very popular! But on TV wow sooo slow.


Yeah and there is a golf course in Dubai that requires 4 million gallons of water a day, seems like such a huge waste of water.


Wow! These Golf courses require a lot of care! And yes, I love Linkin Park! I have all of their albums on my phone and if given the chance watch them on Youtube on my TV....So sad Chester passed away.


Yeah it just goes to show no matter how much money you have, it is not a substitute for happiness. i doubt we hear any more music from them, at least not for a long time.


Even if we do hear any more music it will never be the same. But their albums will be here forever.


He must have been shocked! I bet the rest of his 6 year term was awkward!


Either that or they all laughed about it.  Wonder if he was pardoned!


Good question! Before 1913, Senators were appointed, not elected.


They're smart animals! They understand pointing. So do elephants!


I always thought dogs were color blind, but apparently they aren't but just can't see as many colors as us.


That's interesting. There are 12 dog blood types. I never thought about that.


You can even take your doggy to donate blood if he is a generous doggy.


That's pretty cool! Google calls themselves a "dog company" in their code of conduct. I wonder what that entails?


I'm not sure but lucky for some stray dogs in Istanbul that people who recycle bottles will get food and water dispensed to dogs at vending machines


I watch some.  I used to watch the Simpsons.  They were pretty funny.  How about you?


That's very cool! I learned a lot. Thanks for chatting!


Yeah, I used to watch them too. Did you know Bart was only absent from one episode?


Funny guy!  How about the 70's show?  I never cared for that, but it was popular in the US. Apparently, they remade it in UK and it only went for 10 episodes before being cancelled.


That's surprising, it seems like it ran here for years and years! Like Pokemon. I never liked that one, but there are 750 episodes!


Sounds like some people in the senate!  They used the same gavel for 165 years until Nixon cracked it.


Wow! I like the idea of a candy desk in the Senate. We need one of those at my job!


Wonder if our taxes go toward that!  Woman were not allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor until 1993.


Probably! I heard that too, but then a few female senators protested and wore pantsuits. Good for them!


Back in '88 one senator invoked an obscure rule allowing the sergeant-at-arms to arrest absent senators and bring them to chamber to vote.  When one senator tried to escape he was caught and carried feet-first back into Senate Chambers by three officers.  Funny they could do that.


No my parents didn't let me watch cartoons much as a kid. Is it pretty funny?


I remember it being funny but that's about all I remember. Something funny I saw recently was a Korean opposite of American rap battling. They were compliment battling!


Aw that is kind of sweet. I think we could do with a little more of that in the world and less violent rapping.


I suspect the griot tradition might have had some violence but it was probably more about the daily life struggles from the past like farming and battling with nearby communities.


So true. We are so far from where we were in the past. LIfe used to be about survival and now we are so comfortable.


Now we can make a living off of just entertaining people like the players in the NBA.


Yeah they do seem to make quite the living just playing a game.


I admit, it must be hard work practicing so much and working out like I'm sure NBA players must do. I wonder how many hours a week they put in?


Probably quite a few. I think I would have more respect if they would shoot the way that gave them the greatest chance to make the points.


True! I only recently realized in the NBA only five players per team play at a time. That probably means NBA players make the most money?


Not much, how about you? I sometimes listen to rap music. Do you like it?


I could see that. Not to mention the endorsements that come their way for different things.


Not really. I don't know much about it though.


I've heard that rap music comes from the West African griot tradition. I was just reading about it recently. I hadn't heard about griot before. Have you?


Is that a form of oral history? It seems like oral histories are quite popular in all cultures. It is fascinating to listen to them.


Yes, that's right! I wish we could understand more about the past. In modern times rap isn't the same as griot, though. I wonder if that tradition is at risk to be lost?


i think a lot of traditions are being lost. We are trying to rewrite history and it is leaving us without the amazing culture we have carried through from the past.


Yes, people are getting pretty corny, too. I heard a judge who was trying Eminem gave her ruling by rapping it.


Oh wow that would be quite cringe worthy. I hate when people try to make everything into some cutesy rap like all these snow day songs on facebook.


Sometimes rappers can be cute, though. Busta Ryhmes was the Reptar Wagon voice in a Rugrats movie. Have you seen it?


Good Afternoon!  I love going to concerts, seeing my favorite bands, music live - how about you?


Pretty sure I was at at least one of those LP shows in '01.  It's a shame that the lead singer is gone, he was from around here...


How cool! Have you heard of the Ramones? Apparently they toured almost 20 years non stop.


Of course - a little before my time, but very influential in the Rock/Punk Rock scene.  Ramones kinda started the live rock scene in NYC - or at least were the kings of it for some time


Wow, I had never heard of them. Do you play any musical instruments? Piano/violin?


I do not - you mentioned that you had been to recitals in the past.  What type of recitals / instruments were featured?


I had a few friends who were music majors in college. I attended a lot of piano recitals mainly. Einstein was a musician as well and played the piano and violin very well.


Interesting!  I began to enjoy piano composers later in life, not sure why exactly.  Chopin and Vivaldi are some of my favorites!


A friend of mine in Cali has a baby grand in her house. They had to use a crane to get it in their house and also remove a whole glass wall on one side of the house. Course not as big as the grand piano built on the airship Hindenburg.


Fascinating - they had a grand piano on the Hindenburg?  Maybe that's why she went down!?!?!?


Well it was aluminum and only weighed about 356 pounds!!


Hello, I do as well though I don't get to go often. I have been to a few recitals in my day too.


I guess you(me) really do learn something new everyday!  In case this chat ends unexpectedly, it was really great chatting with you today!


I used to go to shows a lot more that I do now, kids and family will have that affect!  And, I like smaller venues - definitely not areas or stadiums!


I prefer smaller settings as well though I would love to attend a concert in an amphitheater. In Croatia there is a roman amphitheater that they still use as a concert venue.


Nice!  Europe has so much history and the engineering / architecture was so great, that doesn't surprise me that a venue would still be in use - amazing!


True. In 72, Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at the amphitheater in Pompeii with no audience at all.


That's strange - makes me wonder if you play a concert for no audience - is it really a concert?


Good question. Are you a fan of Creed's music? Four people at one of their concerts in 2002 sued them because it was so bad. Yikes!


I am not a Creed fan, or that genre.  So I can totally understand why fans would be disappointed enough to sue - but honestly, what were they expecting?!!?!?!?


I guess the opposite of that would be Linkin Park who played 324 concerts just in 2001. They were definitely a success back in the day.


How's it going, do you like drama shows? I love House, Hugh Laurie got paid 700,000 per episode


I'm sure it is, I haven't been able to find the websites names but radio dramas are good to fall asleep to


I think its called Radio Relic or something.  There are others as well.


Nice, it would be nice to listen to if I ever use the 160mph commuter bus the Dutch are designing


That would be really cool to have a bus like that in the states.


Yea but you won't find it on Mackinac Island since they ban motorized vehicles


I don't know, maybe they prefer using bikes and horse-drawn carriages on Mackinac Island


Oh wow,  I cant imagine commuting on a horse lol


Sounds like commuting on a horse would be a lot stressful


Yeah,  its goes poop a lot too!  Just something else you would have to worry about lol


Hello,  yes I like drama shows.  I have never seen that show but I hear its really good.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Do you like Michael Cain? He broke into drama in high school in order to meet pretty girls lol


lol thats cool, guess he had it all figured out,  it definitely worked for him.


Yea that was a great idea, pretty girls do tend to take drama classes lol


True,  everyone wants to be an actress lol I wonder if any pretty girls attend Patrick Stewarts master class for drama in the UK


I'm sure, I know you'll never find Jim Carrey there, he doesn't make dramas anymore due to a conflict with his belief system


yeah something about dramas not being positive.  Thats ok,  I have always liked his acting in comedy anyways.


Yea, he'd be great in radio dramas though with all the voices he does. Theres a cool website that streams radio dramas for free


Oh nice,  yeah Ive heard of it, I dont think I have ever used it though.  Any good?


How often do you listen to rap music? I know that I listen to it only on the weekends


Ok I'll have to check that out. I know that I like Bill Murray a lot, and he really likes the movie Kung Fu Hustle, have you seen it? I'll have to check it out if he likes it.


I love Bill Murray- Yeah Steve Buscemi is in Miracle workers (I just googled it) & also, the actor that played Harry Potter- I couldn't standf the Harry Potter movies- I fell asleep (at the movies) during them


Yeah I only like the first one, and after that I just couldn't finish them, they're really boring haha. My brother says the books are better, but who knows I won't be reading them. have you ever seen the movie The Hangover by the way? I know it made a lot of money at the box office


Yes! I went to 7 -eleven to get the collector cups (when the one with them in Thailand) came out! I was trying to get the Zach cup - none of the 7-elevens had it. I was super bummed out that I dropped my monkey cup. It broke when I was going up the stairs to my aprtment. I still have my Mr. Chow cup .


Haha that's too bad that broke, I'm sorry haha. Apparently that movie created a new type of genre: the bromantic comedy LOL, another movie in that genre is Pineapple Express, have you seen that?


yeah- I didn't know that, either. I remember going to the movies & watching the pineapple express- I didn't like it (then) but years later, I liked it. It's wierd-to me, sometimes I like movies better years later.


I agree with you. Sometimes it takes me awhile to warm up to a movie. Kind of like with Seinfeld, I didn't like it when I was a kid, but now I really like it, and I'm shocked that it didn't win a Golden Globe. 3rd Rock From the Sun did instead


Yeah, I had no idea that Third Rock from the Sun beat out other comedies in that genre. That's pretty huge for that show to have beaten Seinfeld, Friends & Frasier.


Yes I agree! That's quite a year for comedy haha. Do you know who Ryan Stiles is by the way? I've never heard of the guy, but apparently he dropped out of school to go after his dream of Comedy rolls


I think I might be thinking of another Ryan (actor), but it sounds right to me. The guy Mr. Chow from the Hangover movies was actually a DR in real life, so maybe they both made the right choices!


I don't really listen to a lot of the newer rap, I hear a lot of the older stuff at my workplace on the weekends as well


Oh wow that's awesome! I didn't know that. I'll have to re-watch that movie. Have you ever seen the movie Harold and Kumar as well? I think that's another bromantic comedy to check out


Yeah I like older rap personally. The rest of the rap music today is very generic in my opinion. What are your thoughts on Tupac Shakur? His music was deemed culturally significant and is now in the Library of Congress actually


yeah- exactly, I feel the same. I remember when his CD's came out & how big it was. I recently watched a documentary about him & Big-E Smalls (& their deaths) It was really good.


What was it called? I should watch it it sounds interesting? Did you ever listen to Eminem by the way? I used to listen to him all the time back in high school.


I'm not sure, but it featured Big e's mom & his child's mother(I think Faith Hill?) I think it showed them just enough. Yeah, I haven't really heard any of Eminems newer stuff, but I went to see him & Snoop Dog in their "up in Smoke" tour- it was funny beacause 2 reporters were sitting in our seats & in our pictures, they are sitting behind us with a pens & notepads- they gave the concert a C- LOL


Haha that is fun do you know why Eminem was in a courtroom? I'm not sure why he was, but the judge gave her ruling in the form of a rap because he was a defendant. That's really weird to me LOL that should be illegal or something


gosh- I haven't been following that. I am really happy for him & to see how he made it- I remember when he came out, Dr.Dre (or some other reporter) went to interview him- they couldn't believe how "some skinny white guy sitting in a flannel next to a pool"....., was so big so fast- I'm glad that the made it & it is great how Dr. DRE saw something in him & was able to produce & believe in him.


Yeah I agree, he is very talented in my opinion though. What about comedies though, what kind of movies do you like that are funny?


I love movies in general- I was just watching the new show on TBS I thought was super funny today, Miracle Workers- I thought that was the funniest show that I've seen in a long time!


Hey how are you doing, ever hear of a quarterback?


That is very true. Guess what the one super bowl stat that the bills and patriots are tied for.


Number of losses? the bills just can win that one. they really are a sure bet that way LOL


For sure, it'd be tough to be a Bills fan in the early 90s, have you seen that documentary by chance ?


no, i havent. what is it called? about the bills? never heard of it.


It was like the Three Falls of Buffalo or something, should really check it out. Got to be hard to be on the Bills then for sure.


Yeah, not a big city market compared to LA and NY, but they produced champion level teams. how did they do this year? i dont remember.