I saw that, too.  Funny how some things don't translate well to other countries


Yep, definitely different. Did you know that MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million back in 2005.


Wow, talk about a missed opportunity!  Where is myspace now?!


I'm not even sure if MySpace is even around anymore. I never had an account. What about you?


No, I didn't either.  This is weird: Burger King had a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people on facebook you get a free whopper.


LOL - that's a funny promotion! I saw that there is a state is Germany that made the like button illegal....how weird!


Yeah I know, that was insane, I wish Blockbuster had an eye in the future when it declined several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million because now Netflix is worth $2 billion.


Blockbuster was stuck in the past. They were thinking that people had time to drive around to stores. Computers, tablets, cell phones. I want convenience from companies!


That is so true, Comfort is key in today's entertainment.


Quality is part of their success too. I've heard that Netflix has a ton of high quality films available.


yeah thats so tru, it has specials and movies staring awesome stars like Terry Crews, Steve Buscemi, Danny Trejo and Nick Nolte.


I love those guys! I've heard Netflix has over 100 films that nabbed full marks on Rotten Tomatoes.


That is awesome to know, I know ratings mean a lot in the entertainment industry, but do you know more of how Rotten Tomatoes works?


I was started by some kids at UC Berkeley. The site aggregates reviews from professional reviewers.


Ohh That's cool, Professional Reviewers that's where it gets the reputation I read somewhere that Rotten Tomatoes is owned by Warner Bros.


I think Warner saw the chance  to promote its movies on the site.


I love Netflix! Tell me something about Netflix


Ohhh Now I get it, lol makes more sense when you put it like that. Do you play or like any video games?


It did something really awesome by signing Adam Sandler to a 4 movie deal in 2014, do you like Adam Sandler?


I like some of his films. He probably will get a good following on Netflix.


yeah I love him too, I read it somehwere that he is gonna be doing a movie in which he is going to sing, can you imagine him singing?


He did some silly songs on SNL I think. He is working with some topnotch actors. I think there should be some good films coming from him.


Yeah I think he will be clowning around aping artists like Bruce Springsteen, lol, I would love to see that. really.


I think it's great that Netflix is willing to bank some films like these. The Hollywood system is broken. How did Netflix get started anyway?


It starrted in 2012, but now its big and spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth.


I believe it. Bandwidth is getting cheaper. I heard the founder got pissed off about late fees or something. Blockbuster blew it!


Hi,did you know out of all the 50 states 39 of them has a basketball or football coach as the highest paid state employee?


Makes you wonder why we haven't lost internet yet with all that water. Unicef will donate a day of clean water to kids in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone.


An iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


I know, it's crazy how far technology has come. Its almost like phones didn't need to transmit via cables and other channels at some point.


Do you like cats?There are cat cafes in japan and taiwan where people can pay hourly to play with cats and have drinks!


I love cats. Its funny if they reach 15 years of age, they literally have spent 10 of those years sleeping.


A physicist published his cat as a coauthor so he could write using first person plural without being criticized.


That is hilarious! There is actually a cat mayor in Alaska, so I guess a cat author isn't so surprising!


haha thats funny. The cat in the godfather 1 opening scene was a stray that was found on set.


That is amazing. That cat must have had a lot of talent. He must have been a woodland cat. It's the most domestic cat.


Thats interesting! Kareem abdul-jabbar's dominant use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade.


Yeah, officials are scared players might be hurt. I agree with it.


James naismith, the inventor of basketball, is the only losing coach in the university of kansas's history


I find that a bit ironic considering he invented basketball. Did you know there is a team called "tall blacks"? They are in new Zealand.


I think it's interesting the supreme court building has a basketball court known as the highest court in the land because it's on the top floor of the building they work in.


Yeah me too.  Did you know New york's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone


Yes, actually I did know that. I didn't know that it was impossible to separate two phone books that have their pages overlapped though.


I never tried lol The cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.


HI do you know many facts about the Earth?


I didn't hear about that.  He hhit the jackpot.  Have you heard of those flame throwing cars they have in South Africa to prevent car jackings?  Yikes!


Scary isn't it. They must have a lot of problems with carjacking!! I would like to see how that works on the car!


I bet it's crazy.  Do you know when McDonalds added drive-thrus?


Was it in 1975, for the soldiers that were wearing fatigues?


You got it!  The trunks of cars are called that because in the old days of cars people used to carry wooden trunks on the back of them!


Makes sense!! Have you seen that little arrow next to the pump symbol on the dash that tells you which side of the car the gas cap is?


So you'll know which side to put gas in. How do you feel about self-driving cars?


I'm not sure what to think of them yet.  I'll stick to cadillacs for now, which by the way was named after the French Explorer Antoine de la mothe Cadillac.  I've had a good time chatting.  Let me know about those self driving cars?


I'm not sure either. That aggressive mode is a little scary!! Good chat


I have learned some interesting ones!! Do you think the earth will be helium-free by the end of the 21st century?


I hope not. What will we put in balloons?  lol  Earth was formed over 4.5 billion years ago.


True, Very sad that more than 80% of the earth's natural forest have been destroyed!


That is sad seeing how only 29 percent of Earth's surface consists of continents and islands.


Did you know when the earth was formed the day was 5.5 hours long.


I didn't.  I would have slept for almost 2 days straight then!


lol, That's funny!! I know we need our sleep!! Not enough time to get everything done!!


If Earth's history was viewed as a 24 hour period, humans would only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds!


Oh my, that's interesting! Do you like cars? Did you hear of the man who bought a house in NY with a barn. The barn was full of classic cars!!


Yeah sounds like much confusion.  And yeah isn't that wild, goes to show how big it is around the world.


I read that Jon Stewart was a pretty good player in college.


I think I read about that, sounds like he was really good, don't think most people would know that about him.


No, they wouldn't, just looking at him.  But apparently he represented the us at the Pan American Maccabi games in Brazil in 1983.


Yeah that is very impressive show host or not lol.


Did you hear about the German player that donated his World Cup victory bonus?


Yeah I think that was Mesut Ozil if I'm correct, that was super cool in my opinion.


That was alot of money 300,00 euros for a darn good cause, too! Kudos to him.  Wonderbah!


Yeah pretty good sum of money to be donating.


Yeah I sure do, quite a bit, how about you?


Me too, their unofficial slogan is " Don't be evil" Were you aware?


No I wasn't! Funny though, hey nice chatting with you, I hope you have a good day!


Yeah I sure am, I like american and international football as well.


Yeah I'm a big fan of the Packers if we're talking the NFL.  How about you?


Patriots, baby, all the way!  So, you like soccer too?


Lol, well you sure have dominated for the last decade or so.  Oh yeah, big fan of the english league, follow Liverpool.  How about you?


Not that much into soccer.  I find it interesting that there is a variation where three teams face off at the same team.. That would be fun to watch! Maybe


Yeah I wonder if they used the same size field or what, that would be pretty wild.


Mass confusion, probably. Lol But the soccer is popular it makes  more money than alot of sports combined.


Hello do you like to talk about television?


lol  We used to like the original Nintendo entertainment system that could display only 54 colors.  From there we went on to Super Nintendo...then the kids kept playing and I lost interest. lol


My son loves his Xbox and Fortnite.  I'm guessing it has way more than 54 colors, I wonder how many.  I, for one, can only name about ten colors, but I suppose it is all in the shading.


I'm guessing.  The Nintendo system was discontinued in Sept. of 2003 in Japan.  I didn't even think it lasted that long.  That must have been when the Game cube I think it was called came along.


Based on the crime report of Prince William county people need some entertaining, either to distract them or get them doing something else, do you think they might like watching chickens?


If they are like the Britain's when Caesar paid a visit to them around 50 BC.  Then yes! Lol


I used to drive to Prince William county years back, it had the closest IKEA to DC, we'd go fairly often, for my wife a trip to IKEA is her form of entertainment.  I think I'd prefer the chickens.


I am, after all, originally from England.  We are, by common knowledge, very reserved.  Had I known how dangerous Prince William county was we may have skipped IKEA, and also saved a few dollars.


lol I meant to say earlier that Bill Nye "The science guy" got his break in entertainment by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest.  I've never been to an IKEA!  Lol


It's funny how your life can change based on what seems an insignificant event.  I should ask people who I look like.


I'll talk abut anything, television, dogs, Prince William County, just not football, I've had enough football.


lol right?  Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a movie role because the executive didn't think he looked like a president. lol It's been fun chatting!


Yes, same here.  When I become famous for looking like someone I recall this chat, have a good day.  Bye.


lol  ok ... we'll start with the telly.  Do you know who the 3 narrators were for Thomas the Tank?


I grew up in the UK, there it was Ringo Starr doing the narration, here I think it is different.


Here in the states it was Ringo, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin.  They all did it for at least 52 episodes each.


I think they are still making Thomas episodes, there must be a lot of them now, been going many years.


No way!  I'm going to have to look that up.  My kids used to watch it when they were little.  They were also into Pokemon.


I think there is a huge difference in quality between Thomas and Pokemon.  Thomas was made to entertain, While I feel Pokemon was made to sell stuff.


I agree there.  There are over 750 episodes of Pokemon. lol


That seems to me to be about 730 too many.  What other forms of entertainment do you and your family like.


I didn't know this but they also have owned IMDB since 1998!


Yeah its owned by Amazon, did you hear about the contract the company has with the US postal service?


Isn't it for Sunday delivery? Those post office people look annoyed when they are out on a Sunday because that usually is their day off!


They do have a job thanks to that too they must earn extra hours as well. Amazon sure moves a lot of money


I'm sure they do! Just think, they started off as a book company! Do you read?


I did know that, now they sell just about anything they even have a low end brand of their own and I do like to read.


Can you read as fast as Anne Jones? She read 4700 per minute!


No, nowhere near as fast as her, she holds the record right? how can they even measure that


I'm still learning how they do that too! Anyways, nice chatting with you!


That is a good topic for a Google search, it was nice chatting with you also have a nice morning.


Im great, wanting to know the forecast to the DC area, do you rely on forecasts? sometimes they are really off


They are off. We'll see about today in Colorado, we are supposed to get a blizzard with 75-85 mph winds so let's hope they're wrong haha. Where are you from?


I guess I dont trust them either lol I am from Boston, and the forecast are usually off there, do you use Amazon?


Yet the make good money forecasting haha. I do use it how about you?


They sure do, maybe some day those forecasts can improve and yeah I love shopping at amazon im kind of addicted to the site lol


Me too! I'm even buying hygiene products from there now instead of going to the store haha. I wish I was the first customer ever though!


Why do wish that lol seems kind of random


The first amazon customer has a building named after him!


Woah that is nice, what a great bargain you get your stuff and then a building gets named after you as well.


Right!  Did you know the presidential guest house is bigger than the white house?


I've heard that. I have been to the White House when Clinton was in office. Never the guest house.


Cool, I saw him at a conference once.  Personable guy!  Did you know the president of zimbabwe was called banana?


Me too.  Did you know the president of indonesia is a pop artist?


I think he release 3 full albums while in office!


For sure, nice talking to you, take care


Which Republican? I've had a few friends that said they were Republican. I'm an Independent.


The Republican party use to be very different.


Did you know that every president with a beard has been republican?


I've read that. They must of all been hipsters. LOL


Also, the consistent use of red and blue only started in 2000


I know. It seems to have been like that forever.


Speaking of cinematography, roger deakins has been nominated 13 times for the oscar and never won! Cough***Susan Luchy***Cough


That would be so aggravating to always be so close but never quite get the win. Who's Susan Luchy?


What? You don't know who she is? You have to be under 35... Am I right? She was nominate for soap operas for like 20 straight years and never won.


Just over a decade under 35, haha. I've never heard of her before. I have a lot to learn!


HAHAHA. That's ok. I don't watch soap operas and it was always news when she didn't win. She eventually won and it took all the joy out of it.


That reminds me of Leonardo DiCaprio repeatedly being nominated for an Oscar and never winning until just a few years ago. It ruined all the jokes!


I know! Stupid academy ruined all the jokes. Think about the jokes once in a while! I don't even like awards shows so I am not sure how I know about that stuf..


I almost never watch award shows. I just get corrupted by all the jokes I see on the internet about them afterwards.


Nice. I feel so old watching the music ones. I have no idea who any of those acts are. So different from when I was growing up.


I even feel old watching those. I know a few of the big names, but most of the time I sit around wondering if I've ever heard anything from them, or if I'm no longer "cool," haha.


Hi, I'm doing great. Have you seen anything cool on TV lately?


It's a crossroads! I look at my mortality whenever the VMAs come on. Who the hell are these people?


Funny enough, I feel the same way when I look at Nascar drivers now as compared to when I used to sit and watch them with my mom when I was six. If they look old now, what does that mean about me?


I am watching the Daytona 500. Does that count?


Awesome! I didn't know it was on. What lap are they on?


I think they are on like 100? It's on my second monitor so I am not paying that much attention to it. I do know the guys in front are second tier drivers. Never heard of them. But I also do not follow nascar that much.


All I know about Nascar is what my mother tells me when I see her, since she's a big fan of it. I don't watch much TV, personally.


I usually only watch live sports and the occassional movie. I find that I can work with sports on in the background and still keep focus on what I need to do. There's 62 laps left so 138...


It's good to be able to multitask and still maintain focus. I'm pretty bad at that - I can't watch something and work at the same time. I get distracted by the cinematography and the excitement.


That's why it's sports and not something by stanley kubrick!


Very true! The motion of fast cars or fast athletes is still distracting, even though it's not as flashy as a movie with lights and CGI.


I agree. Green-Ellis went his entire NFL career without fumbling the football and he was a running back.


That was too awesome to believe, so I had to look it up.  He only went no fumbles with the Patriots, had 5 in his last two years with Cincinnati.


That's amazing. I'm from Cincinnati and a Bengals fan so I remember watching him. Do you like baseball?


Me too. Did you know managers can actually play which is the reason they wear uniforms?


Yeah, I wonder how many times that has actually happened.


I bet it hasn't maybe happened a handful of times.


True, I cant believe a married couple used to schedule all of the games!  2430 Games!  that is crazy


That's crazy! I can't believe that either. Must have taken a long time to get scheduled.


It must have, I bet they were relieved to give that up in 2005


I follow from time to time.  I hear players are finding ways to trick the concussion tests


For sure. It was good talking to you. Take care!


I love football. Did you know Iowa painted the opposing team locker room pink?


I heard that, I wonder how successful that tactic has been for them?  I am assuming they wanted to intimidate the oppositing team.


I'm curious to know as well. I bet it probably didn't do a whole lot.


Probably not, Maybe Georgia Tech did that to cumberland.  LOL


HAHA. Can you imagine how boring that game must have been. 222-0.


And frustrating if you were losing!  How do you even score that many points?


I don't even know how that's possible. I would have just given up if I was on the other team lol.


They might have done just that, I cant believe they seriously kept trying.


Some of those skills are interesting, my kid is going to college soon and I bet they will come in handy.


It has, its really popular now, can you imagine life without the net?


Right, i still remember dial up, haha! You know astronauts can vote from space, wow!


They can? wow, I guess all of that is possible thanks to the internet, there is signal on the top of Mt. Everest


The Mountain won!! Everyone in Finland is allowed the right to the internet. I think that's cool.


I think thats cool as well, after all the internet has become like a basic need


Right and don't misplace your phone oh my God!! Do you know what it's called when you look yourself up on line?


No no idea, whats it called when you look yourself up online?


I guess that's funny lol. Do you know what the 3 horizontal line menu on apps is called?


Which ones in particular or do you want them to have them all?


Yeah most of them, prepare them to face challenges and help them be prepared for life.


Yeah we want the best for them. Talking to them about what modern colleges will be like will also help them greatly.


Libraries and self learning can also help them greatly, you know that there are more libraries than McDonalds, so no excuse there


Right, that's hard to believe but i like that it's true. In college our children will meet all kinds of different ppl from all over the world.


I think its ideal to show them to respect others. Talking to them about modern colleges can also be helpful.


You are right. It's good that there is literature that deals with sexual assault on campus. We hope our children will never need it but they should be prepared.


The good thing is that most campuses are like little towns or villages, theres a lot of people there so they wont be alone


Yeah that's good. On a different note the inter web has come a long way.


Have you ever invested in digital currency like Bitcoin or Ethereum?


What amazes me is how fast computers have evolved, i.e. Moore's law.  Its amazing to think that I have more computational power in my smartphone that the Space Shuttle's general purpose computer.  I have 16 GBs of memory om my smartphone - the space shuttle's computer had 1 MB!


The space shuttle is from the 80s, 1 MB was a lot in those time. What is the earliest computer that you used ?


Radio Shack TR-80 with 16 KB of memory!  So, with that, you can probably guess my age within a decade!.  That was way before the internet became commonplace.  That is another concern I have with digital currency.  When I send a request out, it starts on my providers backbone, but how many  other provider systems does it traverse to its destination.  How good is the security on these providers which could change with each transmission.  With no direct relation, how do I hold them accountable should my digital currency go missing?


I think that I Iike the concept of digital currency, a currency with no oversight, no regulation, no banks. But they forgot that it would attract hackers.


Well the internet is great and we essentially cannot live without it.  But it can, for some, be addicting.  Did you know they can measure brain activity associated with clicking links on the internet?


No, but I supposed it could be addicting, since every time you click, something happens, the brains like this action-reaction dynamic.


For me, without eccomerce, life would be different.  I hated shopping before the internet and like it less now.  I tend to stick to a few large ecommerce sites rather than buy from lots of them - just too many terms and conditions to read up on.  Did you know that only about 7% of people read the terms when buying a product or service over the internet?


They are really long, I try to read them, especially those for a free software to see if it will install other programs, but I have never read the terms & conditions of Amazon, did you ?


I have and they are my primary ecommerce vendor.  Are you into social media, like Reddit?  For me, I tend to be skeptical of it!


I read reddit, main for specif subjects, they are really good. But I don't comment on it, nor submit link. What are you skeptical about Reddit ?


No, I just don't have the money to invest in such a risky venture. The price fluctuates too much for me to see it as an investment.  What do you think about digital currencies ?


I tend to be skeptical of social media in general.  I do not report my every movement to the world.  It also gives everyone the ability to be a "reporter".  I think you can track the rise of fake news with the rise of social media!  Even Reddit with its news discussions has persons embellishing on the "truths" or "facts".


Yeah, that is why I use for news about specific subjects, like a specif Nintendo console, or PC- builders, if you read Reddit for Nation or international news, you will get "interference". What news sites do you use on the internet ?


I use several, just to ground truth one against another.  With Reddit, a post is voted on and from what I understand, rises in standing with more votes.  I remember at one time, computer nerds in third world countries were essentially "click mills" which you could pay to get votes for your YouTube video, etc.  Do you think that happens on Reddit?   It seems like less than 1% of users actually vote.


I am pretty sure it happens all the time, it is too popular to be left alone by commercial and political interest. Thanks for the conversation.


I have thought about it and like you though it to be too risky.  Most experts say the blokchain which the digital currencies are OK.  Its the dealers (i.e. the exchanges that get hacked) or as recently happened in Canada, a Bitcoin exchange president died and took the master password with him.  I see no backup like the FDIC and traditional banks


I think that I can trust myself to have my own wallet with my own password, like you I don't trust those companies, they are like sketchy banks, it kind of defeats the purpose of those currencies, getting rid of banks interference.


True, and when they maintain your "wallet" on the internet, you have instant access but also the instant risk to hackers.  If you go to an offline wallet such as a hard disk at home, then that defeats the purpose of a digital currency.  To spend it from an offline wallet you need to physically plug it in - sort of like going to the bank for cash before ATMs and digital transfers.  While the internet is great, I am not comfortable with my money floating out there.  Do you think they will ever fix it or will with every fix, the hackers will develop a new exploit?


I think hackers will always find new ways. Especially with digital currencies, banks are the money to hire "counter-hackers", digital currecy companies are too small to hire them.


Agreed, at the same time, some of the risk is on the user end, that is with you and I.  We need to practice "safe computing".  Do you use one type of computer (e.g. Windows) or have different types of devices?


I have a win 10 desktop and a linux laptop. I also had an old desktop with win 98 on it, it not win 95 but still very old.


I have Win10, iOS, and Andriod, so that's 3 types of devices with their security issues, security updates, and security software suites.  Things have sure gotten more complicated since the days of DOS on 16-bit machines.  Did you know that someone built a working 16-bit computer using basic Minecraft building blocks?


Not I am not surprised, they are building really complex things in Minecraft using switches, it is more than just virtual Legos, but they are useful, the first google computer case was made of Legos.


Humans haven't had body hair for 240,000 years. I wonder what caused that.


Haha, man who knows.  It's cool that our bodies will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original within only 2 - 3 months of having it surgically shortened.


I wish I could regrow my 17 year old body. Now that would be something.


Haha, I want the metabolism and energy back.


Well, there is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal. I wonder how they feel after a few hundred years?


Haha, good question.  84 per cent of genes known to be associated with human diseases have counterparts in the zebrafish


Since fish are vertebrates also, they would naturally have a lot of the same genes that evolved when the vertebrate tree of life evolved.


A seahorse is the only fish to have a neck


Necks did not really evolve until tetrapods crawled out of the ocean and needed to be able to turn their heads to see where they were and what was sneaking up on them.


I think I have seen the movies these people made about the wolf pack. They are really good.


Yeah, that's very interesting.  I have not.  For six years in the 1990s, documentary filmmaker Jim Dutcher lived among a pack of wolves in Idaho.


I fully believe that we should leave the wolves and the other animals alone. Animal packs and herds do not need to be culled by humans. They have biological ways of doing that themselves.


It's weird to think that the way the Dutchers see it, these wolves - the Sawtooth Pack - became their social partners.


Too bad humans don't seem to be able to accomplish that. We are always fighting with each other. Humans do not get along. We are basically killers and that is that.


No doubt, we could learn a lot from others.  On another note, did you know that Ringo starr, george carlin, and alec baldwin have all narrated thomas the tank engine for at least 52 episodes each?


Wow, they all have really good voices. My son used to watch that show.


Yes, they do.  My son did as well.  I didn't realize it.


Yes, makes sense!! Its somewhat more enjoyable than the football games, although I love football too! Much cooler!! lol


The first hockey pucks were made out of frozen cow poop lol. I am not a big fan of football, though I went to one lions game at pontiac's old stadium. What other topics are we supposed to talk about?


lol, Are you interested in basketball? There alot of fun too!!


Not anymore. I played on a travel team when I was in my teens, though my short height basically promised me that really wouldn't go anywhere serious. I worked security a few years back at "the palace" of auburn hills and saw and met a lot of the piston players. What is your favorite team?


I use to go the Orlando Magic alot!!  All sports are exciting when you go to the events with the atmosphere!!


True. It is very interesting that NIKE picked up the fine for Michael Jordan anytime he wore the air jordans on course, I wonder why the NBA banned them in the first place,.


I was thinking the same thing? What do you think of that granny style shot? lol


I think its funny too, the players won't do it even though it usually works because it looks stupid!! Ha, ha, ha. I have used it at times when playing for fun!!


yes it really does work! got to love that laws of physics


What do you think of that contract Allen Iverson signed? Very smart!! $800,000 a year until he's 55!!


Right! Talk about securing your retirement fund. I am going to click done now :) have a good day


I love all kinds of music! I find jazz to be very relaxing. Did you know Clint Eastwood is a jazz pianist?


I am glad you chose to talk about jazz! My family is related to curtis fuller and all my extended family plays piano, my family specifically strings no piano though.


Wow, that's really interesting!! very cool! So you know jazz music originated from New Orleans!!


Yes! It is very lively music. Have you ever listened to ragtime music from the south?


Yes, I have. After visiting New Orleans, music is everywhere!! Great place to visit!! I love to have jazz on during the day, very uplifting!!


I would have to agree. New Orleans is a place everyone should visit just once in their life. Do you enjoy Hockey? Have you ever watched a Red Wings game?


I love hockey also, I go to the Lightning games!! Its very exciting!! Did you know an average professional hockey player can lose up to 8 lbs per game? lol


That is a very impressive work out! Ah the tampa bay hockey team, y'all won by own pt last game against my hometown team red wings. Did you know hockey pucks are frozen before each game?


How's it going, do you like comedy films? It is one of the oldest film genres


I wonder why? Did you know 3rd Rock from the Sun beat out Seinfeld for best comedy series at the 1997 Golden Globes?


Yea, I like the Shinning, the boy who played Danny didn't even know he was in a horror film


Wow. Did you know E.T. was supposed to be a scary movie?


No, I had no idea. Then again Stephen King considered Bambi a horror movie


WOw how come? THe movie Scream was supposed to be titled Scary Movie back in 1996


I have no clue, maybe Bambi featured scenes with a waterphone playing


Hmm what is a waterphone? I do not think I have heard of that before?


It's an instrument that makes the creepy metallic noises in horror movies


Oh that is what it is called. Inception was also supposed to be a horror movie originally


I love it. Did you know Graham Chapman was a doctor originally?


Cool. Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


No, I had no clue. Demetri Martin went to Harvard law before he got involved in comedy


WOw cool. Yeah Graham decided to give up his practice and focus on comedy only


Ryan Stiles dropped out of high school to do comedy, that is pretty risky


That sure is but I guess all these guys we are mentioning did pretty well in comedy


I guess so. Have you've ever seen Pineapple express, it is considered a bromantic comedy


I have , it is funny. Did you know the Green Lantern movie was supposed to be a comedy with Jack Black?


No, that sounds pretty unfunny to be honest. I heard Kung Fu Hustle is suppose to be funny, at least Bill Murray thinks so


Hmm interesting. Evan Almighty is the most expensive comedy made


Yea, 20th century fox really messed up and should of just paid George the 500k directing fee


Yea, I signed up for Netflix a few years after Reed Hastings founded it in 1997


Nice!  From 9 PM to 12 AM Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America.  That's when I watch it!


Pretty crazy despite all the people who stream it Netflix pays much more on postage than bandwidth


I agree!  Netflx and youtube together make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.  So basically half of America is online just to watch videos.  lol


Blockbuster must be really kicking itself for not buying netflix for 50 million


No doubt since Netflix is now worth $2 billion and Blockbuster is down to 1 store.  lol  It's been fun chatting!


Yep, and Blockbuster's $40 late fee on Apollo 13 inspired Hastings to start netflix


Yea, I love the original 1977 Start Wars


Awesome!  It's been fun.  Have a great day!


Me too!  All of the movies combined have made over $8.5 billion at the box office!


That is impressive, I guess that's why Star Wars was named the most successful film merchandising franchise by Guinness World Records


Oh yea...The entire franchise is estimated to be valued at $65 billion!


That is impressive, I'm surprised that Star Wars is only the fifth highest-grossing media franchise


Yes!  I agree.  Marcia Lucas, the wife of George Lucas, won an academy award for editing the first movie.


Nice, Marcia Lucas had such a huge impact on Star Wars and made the film better


I agree.  What's funny is that she won that award and George didn't win one for directing!


Yea but he did get to keep the licensing and merchandising rights from fox so he made out pretty good


If there's one thing I wish I would have learned more of as a kid, it's dance. I love watching good choreography


Probably because he did that more than anything else. I think the ban has been lifted for a while though. I wonder how tall he was compared to those of the New Zealand basketball team. There has to be a reason they're nicknamed the "tall blacks"


Yeah, that's an odd nickname, but I also don't think that nickname would fly if it were basketball players. I'd think there'd be a whole movement around that. Not sure what it'd be called though.


At least it's not a sport that's only played by a minority. Even the US Supreme Court enjoys shooting hoops for some fun. The "highest court in the land" is actually a basketball court on the top floor of their building


What a funny name, if I worked there, it'll get me every single time. I wonder whether any of the justices use that court to destress, I know I would if I were in their position.


Of course, if they get competitive, it would just be a different type of stress. I can't imagine how stressful it was for James Naismith who invented basketball. I'm not sure what sport he coached while at the University of Kansas, but he is the only losing coach in their history


Even as being the losing coach, maybe his state, Kansas, is one of the 39 states where basketball or football coaches make the highest salary. Or maybe he gets a royalty payment for inventing basketball.


I'm not sure if it became as popular as it is now during his lifetime. I mean, in the 60s, the top bowlers were still making more money than the top football stars, so maybe it was the same for basketball


Wow! Bowlers made that much money?! I don't even think bowling is watched by people these days, is it?


I'm not even sure if ESPN shows many, if any, bowling games anymore. Once they got their Emmy for the superimposed first down line used in football, I think they saw where the potential for more viewers is...football


Yeah, football sure is America's favorite sport as some like to call it. In other countries, it's known as gridiron football, rugby, and they have different rules. I would like to see different takes on America's pasttime sport in other countries.


Yeah! Can't believe Tupac was also a ballet dancer back in the day and even portrayed the mouse in the Nutcracker, I wonder if he wanted that to be a secret.


It would be interesting to watch sometime. I'm sure there's a documentary about somewhere since there seems to be a one about almost everything.


It's possible, but it's hard to keep things a secret with all this technology, especially when you're not alive to stop people from finding out. I wonder how people found out about the patent Michael Jackson had to help him with some of his dance moves


I think with patents you can just look it up in the registry or something, but that's pretty cool you can patent that. You think with the right dance moves, you can woo someone you're attracted to?


It might depend on how well you can dance. I think there's something innately in us that wants to move to the beat of music though because babies naturally dance when they hear music


I definitely do that or bop my head and if other people's ears permit, sing to it too! I would love to have taken dance because I have poor posture, I think that's why Bruce Lee danced before he ventured into Karate.


Dance helps with a lot of other things too like flexibility and coordination. If you were a professional ballet dancer though, it could get expensive buying pointe shoes. Some of them even go through four pairs in only a week!


In one week? Wow! If they go through that many shoes per week, imagine the pain their toes are in! I wonder how many pairs of shoes basketball players go through per season! It probably wouldn't matter since they have endorsements with major brands.


I don't think basketball shoes wear down as much, though if you dunk as much as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did, you'd have to make sure your shoes weren't too worn down. College basketball even banned dunk shots for over ten years because of him


Why was it banned? I feel like that's how a lot of the basketball players score in those games or at least that's what I see over and over again on basketball recaps or highlights.


I did not know that Youtube is the second largest social media.


Do you like watching music videos in Youtube?


I do, I love music videos, what about you?


I heard a guy got banned from Facebook because he had the same name, isnt that funny


That is funny. What if it was his real name? What if he stole an identity?


I know and it sucks that Facebook did that, do you know how John Cena is?


John Cena was a WWE wrestler. Now, he has awesome hair due to the upcoming movie with Jackie Chan.


I will definetely watch that one, you know he holds a record at the make-a-wish foundation?


Yes I do remember! He makes kids very happy. He is such a great role model to all. Very inspirational as well.


I agree he seems like a great person, did you watch the movie Penguins of Madagascar?


It is? I didnt really think of YouTube as a social media site, although it did began as a dating website.


Yes I did! My favorite character is Private.


I like Private as well he is so funny, next time you watch the movie pay attention to the dialog as there are hidden celebirty names in it.


That is interesting. Do you recall how long ago was it as a dating website?


I dont really know, maybe around 2005 when it was created.


Yeah I think they did as its now much more profitable, did you know YouTube is one of Googles subsidiaries?


No wonder, YouTube can be logged in through Google.


that makes a lot of sense now, so what do you like to watch on YouTube?


I love to watch vlogs. They make me want to plan on a future trip.


I see, well I like to watch content posted by the BBC or CBS oh and also Hulu material.


Ok yes I do like comics,  right now I am rewatching the Marvel movies in order that makes sense,  not release date lol I had no idea they had like 20 movies already,  im on like the 13th or 14th lol


Yeah, they have a bunch of movies its crazy how much the Marvel universe has grown, I love Deadpool although it goes against religion and the bible but I dont care.


It was so changing the subject a bit, did you know that the tower of babel was actually based on a real building.


Yeah I did read that somewhere.  I also learned that Roosevelt and Adams were the only president not sworn in by the bible.


That's interesting just like how Thomas Jefferson created a version of the bible of his own, that would be interesting to read.


Very interesting.  I wonder why he felt the need to edit the bible.


I think he was pissed off at the miracles and the resurrection part, being a man of science seemed too unreal.


Oh i see. Did you know in latin  the word "malus" means both apple and evil.


I didnt know that, although I have heard the name Malus before, I think it was in a Marvel movie.


Of course I do! I'm a big Patriots fan and I'm excited about this years Super bowl, what about you?


Its one of the villains I think that its the main villain of the first volume of Guardians of the Galaxy.


Nice,  no I do not watch football that much,  my team hasnt been doing well for awhile now,  the 49ers.  But I do watch the super bowl usually.


Are you watching this years Super bowl, I feel really anxious about it, I miss players like Benjarvus Green-Ellis, we sure need him this year.


Maybe if I don't go snowboarding lol yeah I heard he never fumbled in his career that is amazing.


That is amazing! and just the kind of player needed, so you like snowboarding?


Yeah,  love it.  Do you watch tv much?  Judge Judy makes over a hundred thousand per episode!


I do watch TV mostly netflix, and that is crazy over a hundred thousand an episode! thats so much money.


I know right!  Same here mostly Netflix and HBO.  Any good shows you watching?  Did you know Pixar has a secret room for celebs?  I wonder what is in there?


Im watching The Punisher right now, if you like comics then its a must watch. And I didnt know that, I also wonder what secrets await inside.


I had a bearded dragon once. Nice pet, but not much of a companion animal.  You won't find a seeing-eye-dragon anytime soon!


Yea? I always think about getting on. I had 2 savannah monitors. They were almost like dogs, but they started getting after our cat once they got so big.


A cat would eat you if it were big enough. The first cloned animal was a cat named "copy cat."  It was paranoid, untrainable, and borderline psychotic... In other words, a perfect normal cat.


Sounds right, did you know domestic house cats are the only animal that kills for fun?


And yet we still love our maniacal feline friends... In fact, so much so that there are more tigers living as pets in the US than are living in all of Asia?  Big enough to eat you...


I know! Actually a few miles from where I lived was one of the biggest big cat tragedies in history when several lions and tigers escaped from someone who was keeping them as pets.


Then they end up in some rescue zoo.  Shame. When will we learn... Maybe machine learning is the answer?


Maybe, machines already do most of our functions for us as is.


Machine learning is is related to computational statistics. What sane human would want to do that?


I am not sure, although I have done several are you human tests here on this platform, how about you?


I do, I have 2 cats and a dog. How about you?


Sure. Are you human tests help in machine learning. But I don't own a computer..I am merely it's guardian.  And I don't know how much longer it will allow me to do that!


Who knows, someday maybe we can all own our own personal Lucy Lu bot!


Sure. There is a machine learning app that mines rap lyrics and then writes its own.  I am waiting for the Rapping Lucy Lu bot...


Well, its been nice chatting with you. Hope everything goes well for you and your pets!


3 cats, 1 dog, 1 snake, 7 chickens, all living together in perfect harmony...NOT!


That's funny, What kind of snake do you have? I use to have 2 ball pythons when I was younger.


Ball python. I am not as bad as Teddy Roosevelt, who had 20 pets, including a bear and a hyena, but  am moving in that direction.


I would love to get to hang out with a hyena for a bit. I actually got to go into an enclosure with one and it was very playful, but extremely strong. I never knew had so many pets!


Everything I know about hyenas I learned from the movie, Lion King... LOL  Of course, if we lived in Boulder, CO, it would be illegal to own pets... We can be guardians, but not owners!


That's a very interesting fact. Do you happen to know why that is?


Boulder is a very progressive place.  Humans and animals are considered equals there. In Japan, there are more pets than children under 15, which in some places can be much wilder than the pets too!


Yea, I have actually been to Japan, lots of pet rabbits and reptiles there.


hey did you know that Bruce Lee was a talented dancer and won some dancing competitions?


ya, I would love to watch a basketball game between the supreme court members! Maybe they do that if there is a tie to pick the winning verdict haha


You never know. I wonder if the ones that have been in the Supreme Court for many years shoot the with the best technique, "granny style."


haha that is funny, what's also crazy is that the inventor of the basketball if the only losing couch in the history of his college's game playing, you'd think he'd be an expert


Poor guy having a losing season, but good that he had a great game invented so not all is lost.  Do you watch college women's basketball?  Maryland sure has something to brag about with its finish in the Big 10 last year.


can't say that I do, I do know that granny style shooting is the best way to be consistent when scoring points for free throws, I just think itd be so funny if professionals started doing that you couldn't help but laugh


I wonder if the entertainment factor would be the same though.  Would the famous players still make $800,000 a year in promotions like Allen Iverson for endorsing Reebok?


ya I don't know that it would be as popular haha, I bet he's excited though when he turns 55 and gets a lump sum of 32,000,000, I wonder what he'll do with all that money


Maybe he'll relax in some Air Jordans then after he gets to be free of the endorsing.  Jordan wore them in the NBA and Nike had to pay a fine because they were banned.


haha that is funny, but when you're Michael Jordan you just do as you please I guess, also Nike could easily afford it it sounds like they're loaded


Just pay the fines and you can do what you want I guess.  Tim Duncan from the Spurs sacrificed the money though and stayed in college for four years before going to the NBA.


I wish I could have danced with him.  That would have been amazing.  Dancing with Michael Jackson would have been cool too especially if he let me use his patented lean device!


Ya that would take a lot of courage and confidence in yourself, one slip up or if you got injured, they would pull that offer and you'd be done, that is impressive he did that


oh wow that is a good idea! That would have been a lot of fun, I wonder who else has used that patent, I don't remember seeing other artists doing the lean, do you?


No, but maybe they couldn't afford it if they were ballet dancers considering they have to buy 4 pairs of pointe shoes a week!


haha that is true, I used to date a ballet dancer, her toes were always messed up from the dancing, like it looks very pretty when you watch but you don't think about their sore-toe aftermath!


Speaking of ballet, Tupac danced ballet in high school and was in the Nutcracker. I would have liked to have seen that.


that is wild, I bet if someone has that on video somewhere, that would be worth a fortune, I know that Tupac has music in the library of congress too, it was deemed "of cultural importance"


Do you follow basketball?  I love to watch slam dunks!  Too bad Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't get to use them as much as nowadays as they were banned for over a decade in college ball.


Can't say that I do, I don't really watch sports, I do think its funny there is a basketball court at the top of the supreme court, and they call it the HIGHEST court in the land haha


I wonder who plays on that court. I'm not sure if they would make more money or college and basketball coaches from 39 out of 50 state schools.


For sure that is awesome. Were you a fan of allen iverson?


I always had his shoes growing up, they were awesome! You hear about his contract from reebok?


I did not hear about it. What was the contract?


I just know he makes like 800,000 a year still and when he is 55 he gets like 32 million. Sad because I think he is struggling financially


Wow that is sad that he burnt through that money. Do you like LeBron James?


Right. I like Lebron as a person and not really as a player, you?


I like him as a person too. As a player, he's a ball hog in my opinion.


For sure, and brings drama to a team! it was so nice chatting with you!


For sure. It was good chatting with you as well. Take care!


Hello, I do like the NBA. What about you?


I love watching the game, I don't really have a team, but I like Steph Curry. Do you have a favorite?


I like the Cavs only because I'm from Ohio.


Nice, did you know both Steph Curry and Lebron were born in Akron?


Oh wow I didn't know that. That's pretty cool. Did you know Reggie Miller had a sister who was better at basketball than he was?


Right, I heard a story he had like 55 points in the game and bragged about, only to find out his sister had like 105 points later that night


HAHA....that's pretty funny. Tim Duncan opted out of going straight to the NBA from high school and went to college for 4 years.


I heard that, Tim Duncan made a promise to his grandma who was dying.


Oh very cool - good for him for keeping the promise and getting his education.


I got so angry when I heard about that black man getting arrested


That's a good course of action, his neighbors have only good things to say about Ahmed and police should apologize to him, even give him a compensation.


I'm also glad that the video has viewed thousands of times so that people can become aware.


Me too, its amazing what Youtube can do now a days, share videos like that one and make justice in a way, to think it all started back in 2005.


Yes and funny that the first video was a guy talking about an elephant!


It was lol? I didnt catch that one I might look it over in YouTube later, I wonder if the video of Ahmed is on the Blutube police data base


I've never heard of that site! It sounds like a site that polices the police? Is that what it is?


Yeah, its the police version of YouTube, its full with law enforcement videos, probably for training reasons.


Ah ok. Sounds interesting. I hope it's filled with positive videos too though. There are actually some good cops out there too, they aren't all bad.


I agree, there are indeed good law enforcers, it's great that they have resources like that one though so that they can learn from mistakes and also from right actions


I agree with that too. And hopefully it can weed out the bad officers too because sometimes they turn off their body cams when they know they're wrong.


I feel the same way. I don't know how they could smell marijuana in his pocket.


Yeah, hopefully we will do better and I do have faith in our police force.


Yeah I mean if the  guy  was a caucasian male then the officer would have helped him out, given him out a badge for good citizen, it's just terrible we still face these racial dilemmas


I agree and I liked that DL Hughley called them out on it. There needs to be awareness.


Yeah, I think that Hughley did a good thing by calling it out, after all he has thousands of users and that will get the message heard.


And it sucks that he was just trying to do a good thing by helping a drunk guy home. He didn't even commit a crime.


I know and the officer just to released the blame made accusations about marijuana, thats not cause for arrest, there needs to be more evidence and better training for the police force


I agree and you know they profile whether consciously or subconsciously


I think its great that Ahmed's neighbors came together and helped him, they all filed the complaint to the Montgomery Police.


Yes and that they filmed an 18 minute video of the whole situation so we could see it


That's pretty interesting. Did you know that in 2006, the US passed legislation that would protect government employees from being prosecuted for violating the Geneva Conventions?


Good governments have a balance between tyranny and freedom so that is good.


Yeah I guess it is. Have you heard about the man in France who impersonated a government official and managed to sell the Eiffel Tower twice?


I like the norweigian government who donated a billion to save the rainforest


Yes you can Google it.  Do you use Google?


I do, it's my biggest crutch. I remember when it went down in 2013. It took 40% of web traffic with it.


I live really close to the Googleplex HQ in Mountainview Ca.


That's cool! Did you hear about them using hundreds of goats to mow down their grass instead of hiring people?


I live around hills, I see mostly cows but sometimes goats too.    A single search requires more computing power than a trip to the moon!


That's crazy how far technology has come along.


yep, take care and keep your eyes on the skies!


I do too, have you heard about the recent FAA recording of the moment two pilots reported an unknown object flying overhead?


Yes and Phoenix Air did not respond for comments.


Yeah it's pretty crazy. I wonder if any of the 86% of the land in Nevada that's owned by the government used to research these UFOs?


The theory is they have an alien vehicle there


That's pretty interesting. There's probably stuff on Wikileaks about it. Wikileaks even published the government's plans to destroy Wikileaks.


Area 51 what it it called.  The pentagon has a secret UFO office


I've heard of Area 51. I haven't heard about the secret office, that's pretty wild.


Yep, The workers there have to park their cars. Gown into special clothing then take a shuttle a mile to work.  The Government does not tell anyone that!


How do you feel about Buzzfeed? Many, like Gene Weingarten, would criticize it.


So basically in the experiment, the participant was sat down in front of some buttons and an authoritative researcher told the participant to push a button that would send an electric shock to someone next door whom the participant didn't know. The researchers wanted to know if the participants would do it, even though they really didn't want to torture the innocent person. Most people actually went along with it!


Really. There is no way- Unless they told me it was a pedophile in the other room or something like that. Then, Maybe.


We all think that, but who knows what would happen if we thought we were forced to push the button. That's the whole point of the experiment, that a normal person can become swept up with acts of cruelty and torture to others if they're told to do it by an intimidating, authoritative figure. They used it to explain how some people did what the Nazi regime told them to even though they weren't just terrible human beings


Well I guess that makes sense. I didnt really think of it that way. The Nazi example is a good one.


Yeah. So I understand why that would be on the list of "25 most influential psychology experiments". But I didn't know about Gene Weingarten's Joshua Bell subway phenomenon! Do you know what it is?


No I do not. Is it another crazy one like before. Lol.


Basically they had this world-renowned violinist play the most intricate and masterful pieces on one of the most expensive violins in the world in a subway station, and almost every single person just walked on by and didn't pay attention to this famous and immensely talented musician


I dont know maybe thats a big city thing, because there is a guy who plays his banjo outside of the gas station close to my house. There are always people giving him change and talking to him. He is pretty good though, and he really gets into it.


That's awesome! I think that the age of the internet has allowed stories like these to go viral, and now people understand what they miss out on when they don't pay attention to what's around them


Yeah that may be true. I know the internet has really changed the world. I would say mostly for the better.


I would agree with that! Although it can be addictive, it's also very informative.


Buzzfeed is an online media source that basically has "articles" that are lists of things like "Top 10 Things to Do on a Lazy Sunday" or "25 Best Tourist Activities to do in San Francisco". It's very popular with millennials nowadays


Oh. Well technically I am a millennial. I actually found that out about a week ago. Lol. I dont know. I dont really get into reading articles on the internet to much. It seems like everything on there they are trying to sell you something in some way.


Yeah I agree. The internet can be so addictive. Science has actually supported that clicking on many different, new links online can produces effects in your brain similar to addiction! How often do you go online?


I am on the internet everyday. In some way shape or form. Did you know the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger menu.


That's so funny. I always see that and now I know what that is. I'm on the internet all the time now, for surveys or for my full-time work or for Netflix or general fun things. I love reading online articles, especially about psychology, I think it's such an interesting field! Do you know of any psychology experiments?


No. Never really been to into that sort of thing. Im more of the outdoor type. Unless its freezing cold like it has been lately.


I live where it's warm so I don't have that problem fortunately. Have you heard about the Milgram experiment? I learned about it in school. They basically led people to believe they were torturing other participants behind a closed door because they were told to by an authoritative figure. How crazy is that? And unethical!


That is crazy. What was the, I mean what were they trying to learn from doing that experiment.


haha too funny! Can you believe the White House still uses floppy disks?


No, I did just do a ram check and by mistake downloaded one that needed a floppy disk, I haven't seen one of those since I was a child! I wonder if they still use floppy disks to keep count of our votes.


I'm sure they do! When I was in the Air Force, we still used software from the 60s!


That's crazy! Did you know that the Indian government sets up a polling booth in a forest full of lions just for 1 voter?


Every vote counts right? Haha that must be extreme for the person setting it up lol.


I don't think I would enjoy that job, but I wish I could vote like the astronauts, they cast their vote from space!


That is awesome! I wonder when they started doing that? Have you heard about the Indonesian president?


He released 3 pop albums while in office!


I wish our President would do that same, could you imagine that?


I could but don't want that picture in my head lol. Anways, great chatting, have an awesome day!


I'm doing great too! Are you into politics?


Somewhat, I follow some topics closer than others. What do you think of our current President?


No comment on him lol. How about you? Do you know who the wealthiest presidents were?


Thats probably how I should respond as well! No who was the wealthiest?


It was JFK, Washington, and Jefferson! I wonder what they were worth?


Me too, living in that giant White House must feel pretty weird. I always thought the president just went home but they actually live there too!


Oh for sure! And to think, there are twin white houses in France and Ireland too!


Wow thats pretty cool, I will be pretty close to Ireland in a few weeks, but i figure if you have seen 1 White House you probably have seen them all!


Hi there, do you know much about the sun?


Yes quite a bit. It is a good service and now they deliver on SUndays


I've been shopping with them since the beginning, when they just sold books until now and I have never gotten a package delivered on a Sunday.  People keep telling they get their packages on Sunday, though.  Maybe, it's just not available in my area?


Oh I see, I get them where I live though. Did you know that Jeff built a clock in a mountain that is supposed to run for 10 000 years?


I heard about the Long Now initiative.  I read up on it and it's an interesting project.  Glad that Jeff is spending his riches on such a worthy endeavor.


Yes that is awesome. They named a building after their first customer too


Imagine, spending $ 27.95 and getting a building named after you?  Wonder what they bought?  It had to have been a book, because that's what they were when they first started out, was an online bookstore.


Yes exactly, good thing they honored the person that started shopping there. Did you know they also own IMDB?


Yeah, I heard they owned it since 1998, I use it mainly for trivia and to read reviews.  How about you?


Yes me too. DO you enjoy reading in general?


Yes, I do.  I'm an avid reader and bookstore junkie.  Mostly non fiction, though.  Do you like to read?


Good afternoon, I live in Florida, so yeah I know a little.  Lol how about you?


I love to read. Have you ever read Starship Troopers?


No, I've never read that book.  Have you?


Yes it is a good book and recommended by some military branches as well. Nice chat!!


Yes me too. Did you know that in reality it is white and not yellow?


No, it's always looked yellowish orange, to me.  But, I guess that's where the atomspheric scattering comes into play and makes it appear white.


Yes. Do you know hot the sun is and how much of its energy we need?


A lightning bolt, I hear is hotter, but the sun is till super hot.  I read that it produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.  We really need to work on harnessing that energy.


Yeah that is awesome, if we could only figure a way to harvest that energy it would be awesome, you are right on the spot there. Do you know how big the sun is?


No, I'm not sure of its size.  Do you know?


It is actually one billionth of the largest star, that is small in that context


Did you know there is a Canadian NBA team?


Apparently the NBA are the best paid athletes on average.  So, in a way, buying Nikes and tickets to games pays for these salaries.   It must add up.


Good point. This is why I find it rather astonishing that the Golden State Warriors manage to keep winning championships by holding on to great players irregardless of their players salaries. Must be, tons of Nikes being sold up there....lol


When the new "space jam" movie comes out, will you watch it?  Apparently Warner brothers and Lebron have a deal.


Nah.....I'm not that caught up in the National Basketball Association to watch silly movies. And as the trading deadline comes to pass, I don't think they are fair to fans who start rooting for certain players, not knowing if they will even be playing for their favorite team the whole year. I think the trading period is stupid.


It is interesting to watch some players become media stars and others just play ball.  I know that Lebron has two Olympic gold medals.  Thats cool.


Gotta root for Lebron James. We all understand why he went to Los Angelas, but he's also done some wonderful charity work here in Northeast Ohio.


Yes, He knows and acknowledges where he cam from.  6 million raised for charity from "the decision".


Yep, and after Lebron James left Cleveland to go to Los Angeles, I've noticed how different the LA people and the media are. Glad to see they probably won't make the playoffs....again, Lebron has no team behind him.


I agree, one star can not carry a team.  I wonder if I could name all 30 NBA teams.  I dont think I could.


LOL....yep, it would take me a long time to try and remember what all 30 National Basketball Association teams names are myself. But, it's been fun bumping into you this Sunday morning and discussing it!


I'd have to think for a moment or two, but no I didn't. Wait a sec, doesn't Toronto have a National Basketball Association team?


In deed it has been fun.  What team does Allen Iverson play for.  I would have thought he retired.


I thought he retired too! I think it was the Detroit Pistons, but I could be wrong. Hey! Have a Great day!


Yes, the Raptors.  I think basketball is an interesting form of Drama.  The games are suspenseful, but trades are interesting to.


True...but, what I hate about the drama in the National Basketball Association, is that there seems to be more news on teams trading players then the actual action on the court. Was never like that before back in the day. Mass Media kills the enjoyment for me.


There are a lot of stories about teams and their salary cap space.  Players are traded and the end result of trades are generic teams of equal capacity.  It is easy to see why people root for a player, not a team.


You are correct. For instance, I'm from the Cleveland area, and thank goodness Lebron James won us at least 1 championship. Ever since he left, I haven't watched one game. I mean, I haven't watched the Lakers either...but, I do keep up with Lebron James.


I like Micheal Jordan some.  I like how the shoe Air Jordans were banned.  He wore them anyway and nike paid the fine.  So, while the NBA makes rules, money can break some of them.


This is true...and it seems players like Jordan were always able to get away with things. The more talent, the more power. Heck, I can't believe the amount of attention that Kyrie Irving gets....yes, he's good when he's on the court, but the guy just can't stay healthy.


I dont know Kyrie.  The amount of money paid to star players is amazing.  Lebron James rejected 10 million from reebok when he was 18.  A year later, 90 million from nike,  Where does that money come from?


These owners are ridiculously rich from their own private businesses and the spending is way out of hand. Heck even Kevin Love, who's barely a good player, will probably score millions in free agency.


The Fringe festival sure looks like a nice event to attend


I  didnt but thats an interesting fact just like he was alive at the same time as Pocahontas


That is an interesting fact. What is sad is that we don't have a lot of evidence from his private life. We don't know a lot about how he looked or his religious beliefs or other things like that


It is sad, his an icon of our culture and yet theres so much we dont know about him, he invented several names, Miranda, Jessica, Olivia, all popular names


Well those are really popular. He also used the technique that is called functional shift which is where you make a grammatical error to draw attention to what is being said


That seems like a great technique, anyways do you have a Facebook account?


I do have a Facebook account. But I don't really use it it's really just for work haha. What about you


I have one and use it to keep in touch with friends mostly, its amazing how much Facebook has grown over the years, Zuckerberg made his dream big


Yes I agree with you. What's funny to me is that a third of all divorces from 2011 mention the word Facebook. I wonder what that was about haha


I guess someone forgot to log out of his or her account or protect it with a stronger password lol, did you hear about the Burger King promotion?


No I didn't what did that entail? What's crazy is that there are more people on Facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago


I would check it out. I guess there is sex talk in there. That sounds really screwy


If you unfriended 10 people you would earn a free whopper, and that is a crazy stat, I guess almost everyone has a facebook now, even animals


Wow I didn't know that the animals can have a Facebook account. did you know that Facebook has custom gender options? They have like fifty-eight now


It does, I think that ''A Two Woman Hamlet'' is going to be an interesting event to watch,


I actually do like Shakespeare though. What about you ? Did you know he was born in 1564


Wow almost 500 years ago and he still influences our culture, movies, books


I agree it's crazy. He wrote almost 40 plays 150 sonnets two Long poems and a lot of other verses


Thats a lot of them, he died in Statford, three years after he retired


That's sad. He also married a girl named Anne Hathaway. It's funny that that is a current celebrity actress haha


I guess she was named after Shakespeare's wife, do you know if he had children? he might have descendants to this day


Yes they had three kids together. That's a good question maybe they are related haha. Did you know that back in Shakespeare's time people had a different era accent? That's what makes some of his Rhymes work and that they don't work now because you don't use the same accent


Hello! The article I read was about the film Black Panther


Rotten Tomatoes tried to monitor the opinions left and limit the input of the hate group if they posted hate speech.


The movie Black Panther went on to be very successful.


It was based on the Marvel Universe, and lots of the 17 films set there were successful.


An example was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, which was very successful and made over $863 million the previous year.


It had a huge opening as well, $146 million domestic.  They predicted Black Panther to have opening number very close to that.


Black Panther is the richest superhero, worth more than both Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne combined.


Isn't he crowned a king? Kings are always rich.


Yes he was crowned king after his father's death, and got all his wealth.


Of course, if his adversary who challenged him had won, things would not have turned out to be so lucrative for him.


The Black Panther movie was predicted to be a really high opening movie.


True. But now he can use his wealth to end his country's isolationist practices and help others in need throughout the world.


I wonder if Chadwick Boseman will be in another film as black panther.


There were alt-right groups which tried to form campaigns to leave negative reviews for Black Panther on rottentomatoes.com


That group didn't get a lot of support for their group to give it a rotten score.


A similar effort was attempted previously for the film The Last Jedi.


The rotten tomatoes said they wanted a place to debate movies, but they didn't condone hate speech.


The people behind the hate speech didn't like how Disney was offering films that had diverse casts, including women in leading roles.


Apparently Daisy Ridley as Rey had a feminist agenda. If you don't like a movie just don't go to it.


Black Panther also had women in prominent roles.


Apparently they don't like Disney and its direction.


Hi, do you watch a lot of TV? Or telly if you're British?


Have you seen how long some of them are? when you download a new IOS it's like 100 pages. It's no wonder most people don't read them.


I couldn't agree more. Too many lawyers and not enough honesty... Did you know there is a 3g service on the peak of Mt. Everest?


I have heard that! I wonder how they got the tower all the way up there? If I ever went I'd certainly want to at least check my email. I really feel like clicking on links is an addiction sometimes..


Or you could order a pizza delivery after the long climb.  I'm not sure they would need a tower up there?


For 3g you need a tower since it's cell based technology. At least I'm pretty sure. Having service on everest just goes to show you need the internet everywhere.


But Mt. Everest is at 29,000 feet. Yes, internet is needed EVERYWHERE. I need a hamburger and not the icon kind with 3 horizontal lines...


Lol. I'm hungry too. My dog is as well. He won't stop barking. I'll feed him real quick, do you have a dog?


I get my K9 fix with my Mom's dog.  I love her.  I didn't know she and her dog friends are not color blind.  They just can't see as many as me.


Yes dogs are smart! They are the only animals besides elephants that understand pointing instinctively. Well I guess humans do too lol.


Good point.  I didn't realize that dogs had 12 different blood types.  I wonder if that's because of all the breeding through the years?


Yes, and I'm all USA.  Wow, there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon!


Hmm I'm not sure. I can't say I really knew that. I'll ask my vet next week when I go for a checkup.


Just a guess on my part.  Thanks for the excellent chat!


I know! If you weren't into it when it started you'd never catch up. There are even more pokemon episodes then Simpsons episodes!


I'd rather watch the Simpsons.  I need to see the one episode that doesn't have or mention Bart.


It's a Patty and Selma episode. It's weird he didn't make an appearance though.


Hmm.  A version of the "70's Show" was tried in the UK but was cancelled after 10 episodes. I wonder why?


Yes, I saw it. Days like these it was called. Probably no good. There was a That 80's show that only lasted a couple of episodes too.


I don't remember an 80's show.  Are you one of those people that read the full terms when buying something on internet?


I am now. I didn't one time and it turned out I agreed to some crazy $99 activation fee. I only found out when I got the bill.


I think I did something like that with eBay.  I'm still one of the 93% that don't.


There seems to be a lot of chatter about Trump being hostile to black female journalists huh?


You have to give respect to get respect, I think thats all he is asking for.


exactly but everyone just gets mad all the time.  He was never given an actual chance to accomplish anything.  He is a great business man and I think he could do some great things based off of that if evryone will just calm down a bit


I agree, I do feel it has got to the point now where Democrats are doing anything they can to shut his attempts down even if it means negatively effects the country.


definetely,  I hope our country can at some point work together but that is probaby not going to happen


Did you know the three wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington and Jefferson?


I didnt know that.  what about woodrow wilson..he was the only us president to have a phd


I do not believe he is even in the top 10, a PHD doesn't automatically mean wealthy


right thats true.  The last us president to speak a foreign language fluentlly was FDR


That is very interesting, you would think that would be part of the job to at least speak a couple languages. Great chatting with you I must run.


I don't really know a lot about it.  what exactly has happened


He has been attacking all journalists that report nothing but negative things about him. But now the news is trying to make a racial thing.


I don't know anything abouot this exact incident but sometimes the media likes to over dramatize things


Ronald Reagan used to use the term "welfare queen" referring to poor black mothers. They are trying to compare it trumps hatred of main stream media.


I know he does get mad at the media but they are always attacking him so that is probably the reason.  It would be hard for anyone to have people talking negatively towards you oftn


I agree, At his rallies, he regularly calls Maxine Waters a member of the Congressional Black Caucus "low-IQ." That is not  a racial statement I believe.


yes, I sometimes wonder what is actually true and what they are just picking on


His attacks are often delivered personally as he talks over his opponent. Sometimes you have to get aggressive if everyone is attacking you know?


I agree.  He is just someone who says exactly what he thinks.  People don't like that


I did not know that. I just learned that he was held scoreless once. He must be that good if they had to keep two defenders on him the whole game.


ya that is funny that he was so threatening they had to do that, what do you think of his team moving to San Francisco though? I think that'd be annoying for their current fans


I suppose they move teams all the time. In 1975 they played at the cow palace because the Oakland arena was booked for another event.


haha thats funny, ya its probably a necessary move, can you believe that Nike messed up their powerpoint presentation pitch to him?


Shows that everyone makes mistakes. I did not know that Nike paid a fine every game so that Air Jordans could be used in the NBA.


ya that was genius marketing, by the way I don't think that having NBA games on Xmas is good for marketing, what do you think


I know they play football on Thanksgiving so I suppose it is the same kind of idea.


ya I guess, I don't know whos watching games on that day though, and a coach actually got fined for suggesting that they don't put games on that day, I don't think he should have been fined


Well thanks so much for chatting. I learned a lot of new and interesting information about basketball.


I learned a lot too, like how Tim Duncan got his degree instead of just going right into the NBA, thats a ballsy move, but he's probably super smart!


hey I do like basketball, do you agree that the rockets are the hardest team that the Warriors will face this year?


And don't forget to shoot granny style, physicists say is the best technique.


I do not know anything about basketball. I just learned that the warriors earned 12 million dollars by losing a game in the finals. I do not know how that is possible


well they are rolling in money haha, they are underdogs on the road though so it depends on where the finals games are played this year on who will win I think


I do know the player Steph Curry. I Like that he donates mosquito nets to families in Africa for each 3 pointer he makes.


ya that's nice of him, its crazy that even though he won the MVP award in 2015 he was only the 4th highest paid player, not fair!


I was surprised to find out his name is actually Wardell and he is named after his father. I suppose Steph is more like a stage name.


ya I Like Steph more haha, wild too that he was not offered a scholarship! I wonder why not, maybe he was different in high school


Interesting that both he and Lebron James were born in Akron, Ohio.


ya I wonder if there is somethin in the water there haha, even Steph's brother Seth plays basketball professionally too


Bezos is the founder of Amazon. com,  he flies very often in his own jet.


Yes, besides Amazon will arrive to the point that all the packing will be done for AI.  Do you like to travel?


Yes I do!  I like to travel by air, but it is actually 10% slower than it was back in the 1960's!


Really? I would like to travel to Japan, but it seems that they have a lot of tolls, and is pretty expensive to travel across it!


Yes, it would be expensive! I guess watching something about Japan on TV would be a little cheaper.


Hahahah, yes, do you like to watch the Simpsons? in one episode, nobody knows anything about Bart. I would like to watch it.


I do like the Simpsons!  That sounds like a conspiracy haha.  A fun little fact is Daniel Radcliffe voiced a Twilight parody on the Simpsons!


And Ringo Starr and Alec Baldwin doing the Thomas the Tank Engine's voice! cool! I would love to be there and watch them.


Yes that would be neat!  Another funny thing about Homer is that he held 188 different jobs in the first 400 episodes.


hahahahaah, yes, he is always pretty busy! by the way, The Simpsons crew sent flowers to the Family guy's last episode, so cool!


Haha I heard about that!  Haven't watched that one yet!


It must be nice having your own jet.  It makes sense he has one though, because there has been more than 20 locations executives had toured for their second headquarters.


Me either. Well, last I knew, Amazon is not going to pay taxes this year, would be this true?


I also heard that is true!  Well have a good day!


Yes, with  more than a dozen flights in a month, geez, that would be so cool!


Yes doing that he made multiple trips to Boston, Dallas, Miami, the D.C. area and New York City.  Definitely staying busy with those flights.


He owns a home in Beverly Hills, I don't see why not, he has more than enough money, it looks like he is the richest guy on Earth.


Yes I believe he is.  His Audible division is based in Newark, maybe he'll by a home there just to have a place to sleep because he can.


Yes, he started Amazon in 1994, what a lucky idea! now, he is based in Seattle, Washington. But I think that Alibaba Group is richer than Amazon, it most be, it serves Asia and all the rest of the world.


Yes, I've heard the Alibaba is larger than Amazon in terms of total sales.


Is curious, last night I was investigating something on Alibaba, the problem is that takes almost a month to send you something. Amazon is a lot faster.


I heard they are slower in terms of the shipping, unlike Amazon.  That is also another reason Amazon is looking for its second headquarters.  To be faster.


I know some stuff like one of Jupiter's moons could be a planet it it orbited the sun


Yeah. Did you know that Venus does not tilt at all?


Yes and that us why it has no seasons and it rotates clockwise


Yeah. There is another planted where it rains glass shards


Yes and it does so sideways at 4500 mph, scary


It sure is. Did you know Uranus does not rotate but it rolls?


Yeah and it does not spin like other planets


I sure do. Ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of them a week


Yeah that is a lot of shoes and money as well


SOme stuff. Do you know who the three wealthiest ones are?


True. 5000 year old shoes are better than they are now


Yeah. Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


Yeah they must get lots of guests and need the room for them


I guess. Do you know how the VP used to be elected?


Yes that was just the runner up during elections


Yeah. Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star?


Yes and he was released three albums already


Hello, How are you tonight? Do you enjoy comic books?


Yeah, it could be boring sometimes. UK has a version of it, but it only lasted 10 episodes.


That doesn't sound like it went too far, people must have seen the US version and then opted not to watch the exact same thing.


Yes, On SNL, the weekend update is the longest running skit! Seems like its been around forever!!


It has, it is one of my favorite sketches!


Have you ever watch Shark Tank? Most of those deals made are never enacted. Not surprised!


Some of those products don't seem very good.  I wonder what happens off camera that they fall through?


I bet they have their contracts covered. Are you a Homer Simpson fan?


I am!  I heard he had like 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes!


lol, I know its funny!! The show was the best!! Good chat!!


I do, I am not a super fan, so I don't know all the characters by heart.


Did you know DC comics paid $130 in 1938 for exclusive rights to Super-man?


I agree, Google purchase the name gmail.com from the Garfield comics. I love Garfield, I have a cat like him!!


Garfield was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid!


Mine too, He's so funny... There is a state University in Michigan that has the largest comic book collection!! Who knew?


I didn't even know there were large public collections!


Do you enjoy watching television?  Did you watch the 70's show?


I didn't watch too much of it.  I didn't care much for it.


Hey there. Are you a fan of watching TV or more of an Amazon Prime person?


I do from time to time, but I never realized that most deals made on the TV show are never enacted.


That seems like a scam! Hopefully, the guests are warned of that.


Yeah, no kidding. I would not want to go through all that trouble and find out it was a waste of time!


I'm sure we could Google it. Did you know "googling" something requires more computing power than it took to send Neil Armstrong to the moon?


Whoa! That is a lot of computing power! I and not believe Google has been around since 1998.


Yeah, it's been around for a while. Apparently, back in 2013 when Google crashed, it took 40% of web traffic with it.


I am not surprised at all. Did you know if you type the word askew into Google it will make the page tilted? How fun!


Haha, I love when Google does stuff like that.


I do too. They have some fun people working there and coming up with ideas. They even call new employees nooglers!


How cute! Well, it's been nice talking to you!


I do, too. I keep my cable for nostalgia purposes. Do you watch the Simpsons?


I have some. Do you know about Homer's job history in the first 400 episodes?


Homer had 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes if you can believe that.


That's crazy. Did you know there is only one episode in which Bart doesn't appear?


Oh that is so weird. I think I remember hearing about it. I'll have to Google it to see it.


Yeah, and evidently whenever South Park aired its Family Guy episode, the writers of the Simpsons sent them flowers.


Wow. That was rally nice of them! Do you ever watch Shark Tank?


I think he made the right call, many players end up wasting the moeny earned in their pro years so going to college sounds like a wise decision


Another neat fact, Air Jordan's were banned when they were first introduced but Jordan was like, "Yeah, I'm wearing them anyway..." because Nike would pick up the tab for all the fines he kept incurring.  I bet seeing the exposure was worth more than whatever the fine cost them!  LOL


Must be nice to have a rich sponsor like Nike or like Reebook lol, many players get sweet deals I bet Jordan won a lot of money because of endorements,


I think some endorsement deals would be good just for all the free swag.  I mean, do you know how hard it is, for example, for me to find shoes that fit comfortably?  LOL.  Speaking of sports, do you follow hockey much?


I do like hockey, Canada seems to dominate over the USA in that category


Well, they got them beat in the "ice and snow" department I think.  LOL.  You know they say they used to have one shared penalty box.  Even I could tell you that's a bad idea! They had to change that because players would continue to fight there...


Its a violent sport that is a sure thing, players can lose up to 8 pounds in a game! it sounds like its not only metally demanding but really takes a toll on players


Eight pounds in one game?  How many of that is teeth, you think?  LOL.  But yeah, it's a pretty aggressive sport.


Probably 4 to 6 pounds, not a great carreer if you want a bright smile lol, its interesting how ice hockey rings become basketball courts when they are not in hockey season


You want to talk decisive wins in hockey, the Slovakian women's hockey team once beat Bulgaria 82-0.  EIGHTY-TWO to zero.  That's  like a goal every 44 seconds.  I bet one team was NOT celebrating that night...


Not too closely, but I'm familiar a little bit with them...


I bet the other team retired from hockey that day lol, that is a humiliating loss!!


Theyve had irregular seasons, I dont know why, they usually have a good team but they are just unlucky


Hopefully they'll get back on track, for their sake.  It's funny... so many NBA stars end up in debt shortly after they retire.  I guess they get used to having all that endorsement money and forget to budget carefully...


That seems unreal with all the money they earn and also the multi million endorsements Allen Iverson got a nice deal hope he can take advantage of it


It's funny, speaking of shoes, Spencer Haywood had a deal: take 100,000 or get a 10% stake in Nike (this was like thirty years ago.)  He choose the upfront money.  If he'd accepted the original offer, he'd be worth about 8.62 BILLION.  Bet he kicks himself for that one!


I bet he does, he lost a lot of money because of that decision, I wonder why players dont use the granny style technique, it seems to be really effective


Oh, that's easy, it looks silly.  No REAL man is going to shoot baskets like that.  LOL.  :)  Although I think it'd be kind of funny to see someone like Shaq try it though.. hehe.


I guess it does look funny and would make other players and fans tease you lol,


You know, it's interesting, Spurs star Tim Duncan actually went to college instead of going straight to the NBA.  They say he sacrificed money for that, but I think it's a good idea.  I mean, something can happen to your body, but education is forever.


Good morning, have you read Michael Ondaatje's new novel, "Warlight"?


lol. I actually like a few of their songs, and don't understand why they get hated on so much. I was reading that there are blood drives for dogs, and that the dogs themselves are the donors. I would love to find one in my area, just so I could pet all the dogs.


I used to be more of a cat person. My ex made me get a dog. Now I am on equal grounds. Did you know dogs and elephants are the only animals that instinctively understand pointing? No wonder I can't get my cat to find her treats that I hid.


I think cats can understand, they just choose to not obey. I like the vending machines that Istanbul has. It dispenses food and water for the stray dogs in exchange for recycling a plastic bottle. I would be at that machine all day.


That's a pretty solid deal. It's weird that a place like Turkey has such conveniences but so much strife. I wonder what blood type my dog is, anyway? There are 12 types.. Sorta like humans.


I wonder if we can donate to dogs? Some of the things that are available in old European cities are amazing. I have to wonder why they aren't available here. I've always thought dogs were color blind I guess they can see just like we can.


Europe has an interesting history. Such a mix of old and new. We've never really had war here in the US where we had to completely rebuild old cities like what Ondaatje write about London.


Very true. Have you heard of the depressing poem that when read backwards, is inspiring? It's called Our Generation, wrote by a 14 year old boy.


That's pretty clever for a 14 year old. Pretty good use of word play if you ask me. Did you know the Japanese alphabet, recited in order, forms a poem? Poetry is all around us, I guess.


I did know that, a guide in Tokyo told us that, when we were at a temple. I keep reminding my son that the Homer epics are poetry as well.


A lot of the ancient greek epics are like that. Aristotle made efforts to define poetry, but it's probably too abstract to give a universal list of rules to.


I haven't yet. It reminds me a little bit of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. The whole idea of a post-bombing London reminds me of Vonnegut's experiences in Dresden after the firebombing.


There are some in Africa as well, that date back to the prehistoric times. Naturally, they have to do with hunting.


It's funny that some of it probably predates writing, or at least formal language. Written examples of African poetry date to the 25th century BCE which is super ancient.


Thank you for chatting with me this morning, I've got to get ready for work. Have a wonderful day.


I wasn't sure if I would like it ,as I don't care for Slaughterhouse Five. Maybe I will see if I can find Demetri Martin's palindrome poem instead.


That sounds pretty interesting. As poetry goes, I am a fan of Edgar Allen Poe's creepy stuff. Did you know he only got paid $9 for the publication of "The Raven," arguably his most famous work?


That's insane, even counting for inflation. I read somewhere that an Icelandic poem is the inspiration for almost all of the Hobbit's character's names. That's pretty cool.


There's a lot of lore in Tolkein. I was just thinking how a lot of those old stories would make great radio dramas. Apparently there is a website you can go to to listen to old ones. I wonder if The Lord of the Rings and The Raven were ever adapted. Old time radio fascinates me so much.


My neighbor is able to pick up the radio storms from Jupitor, he's a HAM, and has all of the am radio equipment. I think that is so cool, and wonder if it can be achieved with a standard car radio.


I would imagine you sometimes get atmospheric skip or interference from space, but without heavy modification I dont think you'd pick them up. Radio is such a simple yet precise technology. Hard to believe WW2 soldiers built their own foxhole radios out of razorblades and pencils!


That is hard to believe. I would like to find the Finnish station that broadcasts a weekly program exclusively in latin.


That's crazy! Latin is a dead language, or so you'd think. Thinking of Radio just makes me think of Canada, where federal law makes it mandatory for 40% of the artists to be Canadian. I'd rather listen to latin news than have some random law be responsible for Nickleback's popularity :-P


Hey what do you think about Hope Hicks? She recently met with President Trump


No that would be crazy with Vice President Clinton and president Trump, that would be so much drama lol


I agree. We are far too partisan for that now. Did you ever heard what the first president of Zimbabwe was called?


I think they call him president banana right? I wonder if he want his election fair and square or if he used bananas to get him elected LOL


Ha ha. What a strange name. Do you know a lot about elections?


I know a little bit about elections yes, did you know that in 2012 international election observers were blocked from visiting the polls in 9 of the states


What?! That's unacceptable. I wonder how that was justified?


Yeah I don't know, and I don't know why they would not have been admitted, what do you think about the fact that in 75% of presidential elections, the taller candidate has won


I did not but I would be interested to see a study for the reasoning behind that. Do we gravitate towards taller people subconsciously?


I think so, it must be built into our genes, what do you think about the fact that Nevada lets you choose a"none of these candidates"voting option when you vote


That seems strange. Can't people just leave it blank if they want like they do everywhere else?


I honestly don't remember a lot about her because she left the administration a while ago. I know that when she was there she met with investigators about Russian election meddling.


Yep we're just not vote at all, it's very silly I think but it's interesting on the last, isn't it sad though that the maximum voter turnout in the United States has been about 63%


Very sad. I can't imagine why people don't take it more seriously. Many of them usually have opinions to but don't want to go out and do anything about it.


That's what I remember too. And I guess Mike Rogers says that Trump has not told his Department to mess with the Russia investigation which is interesting


That is very interesting and concerning. Do you know a lot about presidential trivia?


Yes I know some things about it, for instance the top three richest presidents are Jefferson, Washington, and also JFK


That is very interesting. Did you also know that the guest house is larger than the white house? I wonder why they did that?


Yes that doesn't make any sense! It also doesn't make sense why the president of Indonesia released three pop albums, you would think he'd have more important things to do


I heard that he did that while he was in office. That makes it even stranger than if it wore before or after.


Yep it is very strange. It's also strange that our old system would have the runner-up of the presidential election become the vice president, talk about weird


Wow! Can you imagine that happening now?


No,I never heard about him. that is awesome!!!


Yes, it.  He brought power to his whole village, just by reading a book!


That is soo cool. Reading opens doors. I learned about a man that was falsely convicted. He spent most of the 10 years he was in jail studying law and he proved his innocence!


Wow, the power of reading! On a side note, do you own a car?


I do! I own a Nissan and I would like to buy a Mercedes!! LOL


A Mercedes, that's a cool car!  Do you know that Carl Benz invented the car in 1886?


I did know it, that is considered the birth year  of the modern car. Pretty neat!


Yes, it is.  Hard to believe how life would be without the car?


Definitely we all need a car! some people even have become professional car drivers!


I'm still waiting on a self driving car to drive me around town. lol


Good morning.  Yes, I love to read!  How about you?


That would be cool somehow. I do love driving so I would hardly use it. Did you know in South Africa it is legal to use flame throwers?


I had heard that somewhere and thought it was so funny.  I can't picture that happening here, in America.  Ever!  Well, it's been fun chatting with you this morning.  I need to get my butt to work, now!  Have a good day!


I do too, I am always reading a book! I enjoy going to libraries and see their collection of books, newspapers even audio and video collections


I think libraries are very important.  It's so sad that the Library of Alexandria is no longer around.  I read somewhere that it contained original copies of every book that sailed into Alexandria.


That would have bee the best library to visit!! I learned about how there exists a library of things, have you ever heard about that?


It is a place where you can check out things you need but not long term, for example a sewing machine...


Oh, how cool!  I'd love to visit that library.


I would love to, it is in Sacramento , California, in their public library


Awesome!  You know, I heard there was a teenager in Africa that learned how to build a windmill out of junk, just by reading a book from the library.


So, what would be your version of a perfect day, does it include sorbet?


We have Netflix, it occurred to me over the weekend that the kids hadn't seen Ghostbusters, I was able to have it playing in minutes, I love Bill Murray.


He is a great comedian. I love his commitment to his characters.


I'm not so sure about his opinion on movies, but generally anything he is in is sure to be funny.


Yeah when you name kung fu hustle as the supreme acheivement in comedy, I'm going to question your judgement a little bit.


Another movie we've streamed recently was The Incredibles 2, have you seen that one?


Yes I loved that movie. I think they did a fabulous job with it. Did you like it?


Pixar do such a great making those movies appeal to both kids and adults.  They are, usually, really funny too.  I love the voices.


I love Pixar's animation. They always have quality films no matter what the subject matter. Too bad it took 13 years for us to get this sequel though.


Sometimes it worth the wait.  Usually when sequels are rushed they are so disappointing.  Still, it's a whole lot better than getting your entertainment from chickens like the British did on the time of Caesar.