Hi.  Pretty good considering all the drama happening in the White House.  I wonder what Trumps approval rating is.  I know Bill Clinton's approval rating went up after the affair he had with Monica.


I know! That is what I liked about him so much, he had different idea's. We need more of that in the White House!


Yes I agree.  I hope we can get a better president in a few years.


Me too! We can't continue on like we are now, it's just not good. It has been really great having a chat with you!


I did too! I hope you have a great day! Bye!


Very interesting indeed! I was reading about the White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France, very cool. I think we have had some interesting presidents!


Indeed we have had interesting presidents and wealthy ones as well.  The top three wealthiest were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.  I wonder out of the three who was the richest.


Wow, that is interesting. I bet they were all pretty wealthy. There is so much chatter about e mails within the white house and government and I find it funny Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails his entire time in office! lol


Lol and to think his wife got into trouble for over sharing her emails.  Goofy things happen in politics; for example, the first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana.


Hahaha, really? That's hilarious, I wonder why! Politics are very crazy, while Bill Clinton was president he once predicted the national debt would only be zero dollars! He was a great president though.


Zero dollars?  Wow what was he thinking.  He was over zealous for sure.  He even tried to find out about UFO's and Area 51.


I know! I heard about that too. Although finding out what is inside Area 51 would be really interesting! I would like to know for sure. So many mystery's in the government.


Well I think we would have seen aliens by now if they did exist.  Another goofy president was from Indonesia because he released 3 pop albums while in office.


I think it also has to do with people using it. We've developed such advanced technology that we put a lot of elements to use that we didn't in the past.


These issues probably should be addressed at the next G20 summit, except when Putin shook the hand of the Canadian Prime Minister he told him "I guess I'll shake your hand, but I have one thing to say to you, you need to get out of Ukraine", talk about lack of people skills!


It might not be a great example of people skills, but I'd bet Ukraine appreciated it, and I can't say Putin didn't deserve it!


Yeah, probably. I didn't know there were summit awards and they even awarded one to Eve-online, which is a massive multi-player online game for e-content and creativity. I wonder whether other online games received one.


It's amazing how the internet and gaming has become so important in modern times that Eve would get an award from an organization like the UN.


yeah! I'm not a gamer so I'm not too familiar with Eve, but I am aware of all the hype surrounding Fortnite. The radio talks about it all the time


I've played a few games, but not Eve. I've heard it has a bit of a harsh culture. Funny how we've come full circle, starting with simple technology like radio and evolving to the internet and hi-tech computers that are talked about...on the radio!


That's a really great point! There are even websites that lets you listen to thousands of shows for free, though I'm not too familiar with what radio dramas are, I think those refer to podcasts. What do you mean by "harsh culture".


Sometimes when people have anonymity in a game, they abuse it and treat others badly. Most gamers aren't like that, but some are very toxic. The two-way communication in games is great, but radio definitely has an advantage of avoiding the anonymous bullying that can crop up in games.


Oh my goodness, I've seen how crazy some gamers get when they're gaming. Thanks for clarifying what the harsh culture means. I heard on the radio today that Apple will pay the kid who found the FaceTime eavesdropping bug and it stemmed from the fact that he wanted to set up group facetime with friends to play Fortnite.


Hi! Yes, I listen to the radio almost daily on my morning commute, do you?


I'm glad they're finally fixing that bug. I disabled FaceTime on my phone as soon as I heard about it. It's great that the radio can keep people aware of issues like that!


I like to listen to it at home while I cook. Do you usually listen to music, talk shows, or something else?


I really enjoy strictly music but more of a podcast listener too! I especially like science fiction podcasts and I recently learned that more than 80% of earth's natural forests have already been destroyed! What do you like to cook?


Wow, it's awful to think how much of the forestation on the planet is gone! I hope some of it has at least been replaced with other kinds of plants, especially food-bearing ones. I like to cook just about anything.


Yeah, maybe there'll also be developments in the science field as well since when Earth was first formed, a day was only 5.5 hours long! So that means we only had to go to work for about thirty minutes each day! I would be a-ok with that!


It wouldn't leave much time for radio on your commute, though. I think I'd also miss sleeping if the day was only 5.5 hours long!


That's true and earth would be helium-free by the end of the 21st century, though I'm not too sure what the effect of helium currently has on us besides the fact that if you ingest helium from a balloon, you talk funny.


It's crazy to think that the Earth and the people on it could use up one of the basic elements, and yet we still use it to fill birthday party balloons!


Wonder if it has anything to do with changing climates, like 71% of Earths's surface is covered in water and the polar regions in ice, but that ice is rapidly decreasing with the drastic climate changes.


The good news is planet earth will be helium free by the end of the century. No more annoying helium voice gags!


Who knows, maybe after helium is gone you will miss those voice gags lol. It's a good thing earth has an alien ambassador, we never know when extraterrestrial life might be contacted.


An ambassador to the aliens? Does Trump know about this? The wall would have to be pretty high to keep out those kind of aliens!  Well, I'm an optimist.  If the entirety of earth's history were but a single day, humans would inhabit only 1 minute and 17 seconds. I am confident we have plenty of seconds left.


We should keep it as a secret, the wall is going to be expensive as is. We don't want Trump getting the wrong idea, and wow, a lot of history summarized in only a minute and 17 sec. I guess every second counts


Yes it does. In ancient Greece, when a person died, people would ask only one question: Did he/she have passion? Making each second count is living with passion! Of course, when the earth was formed, a single day was only 5.5 hours long. So, we seem to be getting more seconds every day!


That is a great thing to ask. I bet many of them worked hard to have passions in their lives. Animals are also amazing and a nice topic to talk about!


Passionate about animals? I must be. I have 3 cats, a dog, 7 chickens, and a snake. Not all in one room though!  The earth has 20 Quintilian individual animals and 1/3 of them live with me. Another third stick to my windshield as I drive to work.


Wow almost a complete zoo at your home, you know that hiccups are a holdover from early evolution stages.


I don't get hiccups. I'm still evolving. But my beliefs about animals are not changing. You know, in Germany, animals have constitutional rights!  I don't know how they handle that pesky carnivore issue, but it is going in the right direction!


Wow they do? I think they should have constitutional rights in the US as well, afterall animals are defenseless, I wonder in what other countries this happens as well.


Few, if any. Although in Scotland, the Loch Ness Monster is a protected species. So, maybe this will coax old Nessie out of hiding?


Could be. Maybe Nessie is just waiting for the constitutional rights to kick in.


I enjoy drama in plays, operas, movies, etc. I am not a fan of drama in relationships. LOL Drama can be quite negative at times. In fact, Jim Carrey gave up doing drama because he wanted to avoid productions that do not project positivity.


I guess thats a decision that I can respect, having a positive mindset is important to a healthy life, too much drama can be bad for your health


True. You know what actor is exceptional with drama? Hugh Laurie, the star of the series, House. The dude pulls down over $700k per episode!


He is a great actor.  I guess he earns every last penny of those $700k. That sure is a lot of money though. He must be like the best paid drama actor.


I would think so. Another great actor: Michael Caine. Whether it is a drama or comedy, he really does a great job! Did you know he originally went into acting because of the girls? Apparently he fancied the girls in his drama class. That might motivate me too...


I guess thats as good a motivation as any. It sure worked out for him, as he must earn a lot of money as well, probably not as much as Hugh Laurie but I bet he gets by just fine.


Yeah, and I have not seen him misbehaving like so many actors do. Either they are going into rehab or trying to save the planet somehow. Not that saving the planet is bad, just they often live with such passion that they overdo it sometimes. Are you into saving the earth or it's animal population?


I am into both, I feel sad because 80% of our natural forests are already destroyed, our planet is dying.


Hello there, do you attend many concerts?


That is just funny, people sue others for just about anything.  What happened to live and learn?  Like you don't like it, so don't buy a ticket and go next time.


I couldn't have said it any better! Did you know bruce lee used to be a dancer?


I think I have heard that about him, it makes sense though, he really could more around effortlessly.


He was the jack of all trades! He even won the hong kong cha-cha championship in 1958.


That is hilarious!  I wish there was a Youtube video of that performance.


That would have been nice to see, and also seeing Tupac do ballet in high school!


Yeah that too, I would have liked to seen Tupac doing ballet so funny!


Music has come a long way for sure, especially from the classical form back in the 1500's.


Yeah it sure has, but the skill level back then was incredible!  I find classic paintings just amazing as well.


That is an outstanding period of time! I like how in 2011, a computer wrote a classical piece!


That is very cool, very interesting as well.  It's been nice talking with you as well, I hope you have a good night!


Yeah same here, I would like to go a lot more, but just don't have the time or my work schedule conflicts.


If it were 2001, you would have been able to probably get to at least one linkin park concert since they put on 324 of them!


That is such an insane touring schedule for one year, wow.


Oh I agree! That's not even close to the Ramones though!


Yeah I think they have played over 2,000 shows!


That is basically a non stop tour for 20 years! Have you ever seen a Creed concert?


Yeah that is, crazy.  And no I haven't, have you?


I never plan on it, especially since they were sued for playing a concert so badly in 2002 lol.


He gets $800,000 a year until age 55 and then a lump sum of $32,000,000!


That's crazy. That's LeBron James money and hes nowhere near that level of player.


I agree. Did you know that granny style has been proven to be the best way to score points on the line?


I have heard that before, but I've never once seen a professional player shoot that way. Not even in an all star or exhibition game.


They refuse to because they think it makes them look stupid. I would not personally care if it got me the points.


Yeah you'd think they are playing to win and everything else is secondary. I guess they have to look cool if they want Allen Iverson level sponsorship deals.


Ha ha, yes. Did you also know that Air Jordan's were banned by the NBA when introduced?


I remember when they came out. Michael wore them anyway and the NBA fined him every single game.


He did but it had no effect on him. Nike paid his fines!


That's good they did. I'm sure they more then made it up for the fines with marketing. The nba was a lot less corporate back then. I still have an old pair of original air jordans. I wonder if they are worth money now?


Hi, Yes. The Lakers are my favorite team. You?


I'm sure it's an insane amount. It was nice chatting with you. Have a nice day.


I am interested in the sport. Are you familiar with Reggie Miller?


Yes, Hall of Famer! Great player in his day for the knicks.


His sister overshadowed him in basketball in high school. She broke 8 national records!


Wow I didn't know that. I really only saw him play towards the tail end of his nba career. That's crazy!


What a talented family. How about Allen Iverson. Are you familiar with him?


Yes, I would say Miller was a better player but Iverson has more fame for whatever reason.


Did you hear about his huge endorsement deal with Reebok?


I see him in a lot of commercials and magazine advertisements.


Just was watching Fox News.  they were talking about the border wall that Trump wants to build.  They are watched more than MSNBC and CNN combined.


Yeah, not even sure what Canadian music is.  If only there was a website when you could listen to episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


Maybe you could find classic radio dramas on the 1989 finnish radio station that has a news program that is entirely in classical latin


Perhaps.  I've never been to Finland.  I head the dutch are creating a commuter bus though that can travel at speeds up to 160mph.


Imagine if that bus had to pay $300 dollars in tolls, like in Japan, in order to travel across the country. That would have to be one heck of a sight seeing a bus go through toll roads that fast lol


That would be funny.  They'll never have anything like that on Mackinac island I bet.  they banned motorized vehicles and get around by horse drawn carriages or bikes.


I would rather have to use bike or buggy than to have to pay for airline tickets just to go from city to city, like they do in Iceland.


I'm not sure how that is even possible.  Sounds like a huge inconvenience.  I bet king kalakaua needed a bunch of airline tickets when he became the first king to travel around the world.


Well, I guess travel really can be defined by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus or plane. All types seem to be needed depending on the place and time.


Yup, makes sense.  It's been a pleasure chatting with you.


Nice chatting with you too! Going to watch Fox News when we are finished lol


I believe it! Fox is nationwide. Isn't it crazy that they feel they have the power to sue the Simpsons for parodys of the anti-democratic party agenda? Isn't that feedom of speech?


You would think.  They actually discussed maybe creating another cable channel that only showed the Simpsons.


Probably to keep the Simpsons somewhat limited, since they do paradys of the anti-democratic party, and Fox News was created by a republican media strategist (Richard Ailes)... along with Richard Nixon


They really are a large entity.  Fox News is shown in 86 countries.


Furthermore, it not only supplies news, but also owns and provides gaming services from the game website IGN


Sounds as if they are fairly diversified.  I wonder how their reporters travel to distant locations.  they could go by foot, bicycle, automobile, bus, boat, or airplane.


That sounds like it could be an interesting job! What also sounds interesting is that Jupiter has radio storms that can actually be heard by an am radio on Earth!


I wonder what they sound like?  And I wonder if they could be heard with a foxhole radio, made with a pencil and razor blade.


After hearing that, I think I am going to check it out! Wouldn't be even more weird if 40% of the storms heard were accompanied by Canadian music lol This is a strange law and would make listening to the radio pretty boring


Yes. I was reading that he was the first player to win the MVP by a unanimous vote.


He is that good! Curry is currently signed with Under Armour because Nike had such a bad pitch.


I say good for Under Armour. Nike has had it their way for a long time. I like Under Armour products.


Changing the subject a little. The dutch are creating a commuter bus that can travel 160 miles per hour.


That is cool. Have you ever been to Mackinac island?


No I haven't where is it, and have you been there?


I haven't but I have relatives that live close. Everything is horse drawn carriages or you can take a bike.


So they don't allow motorized vehicles at all?


Nope. Not at all! I kind of like that. It makes the island so peaceful!


It would be nice. I know I like to hike in the desert and get away from all the sounds of the city.


The only problem is I don't guess you can stop the occasional airplane from flying over.


Good deal. Did you know that Lebron James and Stephen Curry were both born in Akron Ohio?


That is neat. I love it that Tim Duncan of the Spurs stayed in college 4 years instead of going into the nba. That is unheard of today!


That was really smart. You never know in sports if you are going to have a short career. He made sure he had something to fall back on.


True! Did you know that shooting granny style is the best technique. But everyone feels like it looks ridiculous so they won't do it.


I didn't know that. But I do know that that was the only way I could shoot a free throw when I was young.


I don't know much about him, but I guess he pretty good.


He is pretty amazing. He was the star of the golden state warriors in 201.


Right, no body does drama and comedy like we do! Switching up a bit you know that know one knows how old Kim is? That's strange.


Yea, it's also ridiculous that people in Korea actually believe Kim Jong Un learned to drive at age 3


Right talk about dictatorship and apparently he's the sexiest man alive. haha!


Kim Jong does edit picture to depict a different history so he probably edits his looks


Yeah he's walking in some serious dictatorial foot steps like Mao and Stalin.


Well I don't think Mao and Stalin had theme parks like Kim does


I think you're right. Do you know Ringo Star?


Yea, he was the beatles drummer and even narrated Thomas the Tank Engine


Yea along with George Carlin and Alec Baldwin. I love those guys especially Carlin he was hilarious as well.


Yea, Carlin had awesome stand up, surprised he voice Thomas the Tank Engine for 52 episodes


Not at all but I'd love to see the fake movie trailer he made for Kim Jong Un


Yeah still nothing compared to the 750 episodes of pokemon, lol.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


What me too, lol! I hear it had all the makings of a summer blockbuster!


Yea, they even got someone who sounded like Don LaFontaine's voice to narrate the trailer. these people are suppose to be leaders of countries but act like children


You're right! On a lighter note do you watch south park?


Yea almost everyday, their Family Guy episodes were hilarious


My wife loves that show i've never really seen it except for clips. What i have seen was hilarious though.


Yea, the Simpsons crew like the South Park episode too and sent the producers flowers as a thank you


That was cool of them. You know they tried to do a UK version of that 70's show?


Yea, it was called "Days like these" and only lasted 10 episodes, must of really sucked


Did you know that unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child for every minute you do not use your cell phone.


thats such a nice cause. I think i can abstain from using my phone for a little bit if it means helping out children! That's easy


Heck yeah. Sign me up. Did you know that the cables to carry phone and data across the ocean is only 2.7 inches thick?


wow!! That's a thick wire if you think about it, but I wonder how the heck they got it down there any keep fish from tampering with it? must be really deep down


Im not sure. I dont even see why they need them these days with all the satellites.


they must be leftover from back in the day and theyre too much of a pain to remove at this point


Probably. Did you know that it is illegal to own a pet in boulder CO. You can however be their guardian.


thats interesting. Gives you a cooler title for sure. I wonder why that is


Probably some animal rights stuff caused it. In japan there are more pets than children under 15.


woah! I wonder if its because they're cloning pets over there. The first cloned pet was a cat aptly named Copy Cat


Im doing great! sipping on my morning coffee. How about you?


Lol that is funny. Well I better get off here. Have a great day.


Doing great. So what do you know about machine learning?


not a ton but I find it fascinating. There seems to be no limit to what we can do with machine learning


I know right. Ubisoft actually partnered with the british museum to have machine learning applied to reading ancient hieroglyphics.


wow, i heard about one that actually can write it's own rap lyrics


Did you know that human tests aid in the design of tests used for machine learning.


thats fascinating. I bet none of this machine learning technologies would not exist without the great invention of the telephone though!


Certainly not. I am so happy about having my phone. I dont know what I would do without it.


me too, i think everyone is pretty much addicted to their phone nowadays. We've gotten totally dependent on them


Yeah he was a Patriots rb who never fumbled the ball in his career


Yeah and that is just amazing. Do you watch soccer at all?


I watch it sometimes. I know the sport makes more money than some others combined


Yeah there is a lot of money in there. Jon Steward was a soccer player too. WHat a talent


I wonder if he made them laugh. Heard he represented US in the pan-american games


Haha that is a good point. A German soccer player donated his winnings from the World Cup


Yeah that was Mesut Ozil and he helped 23 kids in Brazil with that money


Yeah so heartwarming. The US women's team seems to be doing well not placing under third


Yeah and on the other hand, men are not doing that great, only in the beginning


Yeah that is true. Keeping the balance. Do you know where the 2022 World Cup will take place?


Hey, yes I do. Did you know U of Iowa visitor locker room is pink?


Yes in Qatar but the city has not yet been built.


Wow I wonder why that is really. In the 60s bowlers made more money than football players


Wow and now engineers make more money over their lifetime


I guess it makes sense since they have longer careers too


Yes that is a good point. Do you know what the highest score in college football is?


Yeah it was Georgia Tech beating Cumberland 222-0


Yeah what a game that must have been. ESPN won an Emmy once, do you know what for?


Yeah it was for the yellow superimposed line. I like it, makes game watching much better


Yeah I agree there with you. Do you know who Benjarvus Green-Ellis is?


No, I didn't know that. Wonder why that is?


Probably because every one puts there personal business on social media. A lot of people got fired too, because of FB.


Again putting there business out there. Calling in sick and then posting selfies of your self parting will do it every time.


Yeah 30% of us Americans use FB as it's primary source of news.


Wow your one of the few my friend! Apparently Male & female don't cut it anymore. FB has 58 other gender description besides these 2.


Interesting. Did you know Astronauts vote from Space?


I did not but did you know that there are more people on FB than there were in the world 200 years ok?


Every day. It amazes me that Myspace missed out on an opportunity to purchase FB but didn't You?


Interesting, but they would have ran it into the ground probably.


Yeah maybe it was kind of self sustaining though. When they went public they were worth 104 billion dollars and that was back in 2012.


That is incredible. Do you use the like button?


Well since i don't live in that town in Germany i feel pretty comfortable using it, lol!


Yeah i don't get that at all. Hard to believe FB was launched until 2004. seems like it's been around a lot longer.


Yeah, I was still in school when it came out.


Did you know 1/3 of divorce fillings included the name facebook?


hi how are you? do you like the internet?


yes, the internet is deboning our minds. it is pulling us apart. plus it is ubiquitous.


Yeah, the internet is even available on mt, everest!


i guess for everyone that needs to take a selfie on the peak and upload it to the cloud.


That sounds like something I would like to do.  It'd be better than sitting on the computer and surfing the web.


yes, i wish i had the courage to climb a mountain but it sounds too risky. maybe if a robot carried me up to the peak of everest, i would go.


But I hope robots don't influence us to be more lazy.


that is a concern. as robots do more jobs, what will people do? just sit and stare? will they exercise? i hope so.


Yeah, it seems like a bad combination, if for instance, robots take over almost every physical task for us, and we end up sitting at the computers becoming addicted to and slaves to the internet.


yes, we would entertain ourselves to death. the creativity and initiative that made the robots would disappear from humanity. a tragedy.


With the death of our creativity, then maybe artificial intelligence would become the new intelligence.  All we would need to do is be mindless consumers and provide input so artificial intelligence can grow.


the AI would break away and leave this planet. we would be left behind. typing conversations into computers and desperately try to make contact with other human beings. anyway, great chat!


Yeah, I appreciate your time.  Have a good day.


I feel it has become too much of our lives. i wonder if it is harming our health in any way.


Yeah I wonder about that too.  Data privacy is a big issue.  With so many different individuals and corporations on the internet it's difficult to know what is being done with our data.  Only a small percentage actually read a product's or service's full terms before buying it on the internet.


i heard it was 7 percent but im surprised that its that high. i thought it would be about 1 percent frankly. most people dont think about their data.


The internet can be addicting too.  The constant novelty is dangerous.  I find it hard sometimes to stop using the internet on my phone.


I think that we want constant stimulation. this is not natural. we cannot be constantly stimulated like rats in an experiment.


Did you know robots can be controlled by rat brains?


im not surprised. rats are quite clever, and i guess if scientists understand the rat brain, then they can wire up the interface. cool.


I'm all for technology being used to enhance our lives, such as robots being able to debone a chicken.  But it's more like the internet is controlling us now.


he is a quarterback who once considered quitting football to become a professional video gamer


ah thats interesting, well I think he made the right choice, what isn't the right choice is the Texas high school football stadium, apparently it cost 60 million dollars somehow


did you know the Eagles had a temporary court set up in their stadium?


haha no what do they use it for, I do know that the only guy to throw a touchdown pass to himself is Brad Johnson, that is awesome!


Well their fans misbehaved a lot so they had to do that.


ah that makes sense, I heard they get rowdy, did you know only 2 black quarterbacks have ever won the superbowl?


That is strange. a high school team kept playing as the science building was burning behind them


that is really weird, do you like the band Motorhead? I guess they sponsored a boys football team which is cool


Oh that is cool. did you know Kiss offered Tim Tebow a contract?


haha I din't know that I love kiss! did you know there is only one left handed quarterback in the whole NFL?


hey, I do watch football, did you know Kellan moore is the only Left Handed quarterback in the NFL


who is that? and did you know a patriots player has never fumbled the football in his career?


I heard about that he is amazing! and yes the left handed quarterback is Kellan Moore


I find that so strange, there are so many qbs out there. and U of Iowa painted their visitors locker room pink


ya that is odd, do you like any quarterbacks? I wonder if being left handed gave him an advantage or not


I wonder too. did you know alex smith finished university in two years?


no that is really smart though, I also didn't know that snoop dog wrote a fight song for his sons football team haha


yeah that is cool. Alex took many ap tets in high schol that is how he managed to do that


ya he seems very smart, did you hear that the highest paid person in the DOD is actually the football coaches, that seems strange


yeah I am not surprised, people pay a lot for those games. do you know baker mayfield?


No I don't, what makes him special? I do know that 14/25 of the biggest stadiums are all american football stadiums though


I have not seen the whole thing but I heard their is a sequel.


Yeah the sequel has LeBron as the leading actor, the first one was with Michal Jordan


I wonder how much Warner Bros is going to spend on that movie.


Im guessing a lot of money, I wonder who else got casted for the movie, I bet other famous players will appear


I agree. Before he was 20, he accepted $90 million from nike. Can you image?


That is a lot of money, wow, I heard he rejected a $10 million dollar deal from Reebook


I cannot believe an 18 year old would reject that money but smart on his end.


I would have taken the money, $10 million dolars at age 18 is a lot of money, Im 27 and its still a lot of money for me


I know. I wonder why he was waiting for adidas and nike? If he had a preference or just wanted more money.


Maybe wanted a big company to sponsor him, like the biggest one out there, people used to pay 100-120 dollars to watch him play in high school


I do, I think his a great player, do you like him?


You are probably right. It was nice talking to you!


I am! I like that he is involved with charity!


Thats great so not only skilled but has a great heart, I heard he raised 6 million for a charity


I know! He televised "the decision" and raised that much money.


I bet that was a great show, he is also the highest paid celebrity out there


I think it is funny that judge judy is the next highest paid celebrity after him.


She does make $123,000 per episode, a lot of money


I feel like she is always on TV. I wonder how many episodes she has filmed. That is a crazy contract.


Must be, I bet more than 20 in a season, did you ever watch Space Jam?


Do you keep up on DC movies and TV shows at all?


Now we have wide variety of media for entertainment. I remember the Nintendo 64 growing up, and in Japan, it was popular enough to not be discontinued until 2003


Yes, my son was into that. I like the terms super-hero and super villain. Reminds me of some of our politicians. But Marvel came up with that.


Apparently if you visit Michigan State University library, you can access the largest publicly available collection of comic books


They must have a whole building devoted to them. Not to change the subject but someone thinks there is only one electron in the whole universe


There are others who believe that the universe may only be a superhologram


I would like to know what these quasi-scientists are basing their theories on and how they will attempt to prove them.


Who knows? Some of them also believe that like the different species on earth, universes evolve through natural selection


That might be possible if these universes are made up from more similar matter than others. I would like to touch a star -that would be incredible


It's pretty incredible that some are cold enough to be touched. Some think some galaxies are being pulled outside the observable universe


The universe is so vast and made up from such strange anomalies that I suppose we can't see all of it


I have never heard of them before. How about you?


True. Those Greeks were really intelligent


I'm not big on the TV series, but I keep my eye on the movies. Apparently there's a character known as Hawkman who is getting his own series this summer


Sounds nice for the kids? I think there is a Hawkgirl too.


Yes, I've heard she's part of the Justice League and might play a role in the upcoming TV series. I don't know much about either character, but it sounds interesting


I will have to see some of this. I was never interested in Superman or Batman, etc. It's good to have super hero ideals though when you are young.


Comic books have only been popular in the United States since the 1930s though that have existed in Japan much longer


I used to read Archie and Veronica. Typical teen stuff. It's big business, though. Especially for collectors.


Did you know there's a TV show based on those comics now? It's funny how entertainment changes overtime


Wow. They didn't have a lot of TV shows when I was a kid so I can see them doing that now. I used to be limited to Hop-a-Long Cassidy and The Lone Ranger. lol


Have you read much about Barack Obama? I didn't realize that he's named after his father


He would write his own campaign music to get people to vote for him. If it's catchy enough, it'll get stuck in their heads


Yep, and maybe make it on the radio.  Everyone can find a way to access the radio, like the soldiers in WWII who made radios out of a razor blade and pencil.


You could probably even find it online. Even the classic radio dramas can be found for free online


Yes, which could come in handy if you're in Canada.  Apparently, Canada requires 40% of the music played to be Canadian.  I'd get pretty tired of Alanis Morisette 40% of the time.


That's not the only Canadian artist. If we though "Call Me Maybe" was overplayed in the US, how much more would it have been played in Canada since she's Canadian?


I didn't realize she was Canadian, too.  Well, any of it would be better than Finland, where they play their weekly news entirely in classical Latin.


It's just one station, but I can't imagine how it's still going. More people must understand Latin than we realize


Yeah, most people have something interesting that we never knew.  Like Teddy Roosevelt, who apparently didn't want to be sworn into office on the Bible.


There was one other who didn't. There are all sorts of weird things, like how Obama could have still been President had he been born in Kenya


Or McCain or Cruz, who were all born outside the US.  Perhaps one day there will be a President who was actually born in Kenya.


I haven't studied him closely, but I learned recently that his Secret Service Codename was renegade.


I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll have to research that more


I mean, I would use a name that legit too. During his time in office, he only vetoed two bills. Compared to FDR's 635, that's very low


Given the government division, that's really surprising.  Of course, we've come a long way from when the vice-President was always the runner up from the Presidential election.  Maybe if we went back to that system we'd have more bipartisanship.


And possibly a lot less would get done. I wonder whose idea it was for the White House to be smaller than its guest house


Perhaps it was Washington given that he was one of the wealthiest presidents.  He might have not needed a big house given that he knew he'd be returning to his own mansion.


He's not the only one who was wealthy. The whole Kennedy family seems to have had a lot of money for JFK to have been in the top 3 wealthy


Kennedy is a very presidential name.  As was Washington.  Not like Zimbabwe, who had a first president named Banana.


But in their culture, it was presidential enough for him to be elected


Very true.  Much as in our culture, we have elected a Hollywood star twice now.  Course, Indonesia's president actually produces music while in office.


Okay. Do you know the big cat are live in the amazon jungle?


Big cats huh?  How about foxes?  Sorry, I'm such a television junkie.  Everything goes back to TV.  I was just thinking of Fox and Friends, Donald Trump's favorite show.


Yes, foxes are live in the amazon jungle.


Maybe Trump would like the Amazon as well.  Ha!  Think I'd watch a show with Trump in the Amazon Jungle.  Better than watching him talk on and on and on, on that Fox and Friends show.  Do you think her could survive in the Amazon?


Oh, I love movies.  Anything to get away from Trump's crazy antics and watching superfans like Diamond and Silk


I don't like trump. I like action movies.


I love action movies too!  We don't get to go to the theatre much anymore though.  Mostly watch movie on the television.  Hate that the advertising interrupts everything though.


I like that movie too!  Ha, "Mission Impossible" is what I'd call the next 2 years of Trump's presidency.  It'll impossible for me not to get irritated!  What other movies do you like?


I like day after tomorrow movie. Because it was awesome movie.


Ah, a disaster movie.  Never realized how many connections to Trump you could make off of movies.  I personally think his administration is a DISASTER.  Ha ha!  Think it's often times stranger than fiction.  Aren't there some action movies about the white house as well?


Yup, enjoy action movies.  But I like listening to music as well.  You listen to Kanye West?  His music's ok. I just can't stand his support of Trump!


Ah so maybe you do like Kanye?  Nice talking to you.


Okay. Do you know amazon jungle was greatest rainforest?


Interesting.  I used to watch a lot of nature shows on TV.  They sometimes did travels to the amazon.  I prefer to watch stuff like The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live now.


Okay. 427 mammals, 1300 birds, 378 reptiles and sloths are live in the amazon rainforest.


Wow you know a lot about the amazon.  Do you know if there are any monkeys there?  I only ask because my favorite group is the Arctic Monkeys.  I was really mad when Kanye talked too long on Jimmy Kimmel's show and they couldn't perform!


Yeah, Monkey was in the amazon jungle. The amazon rainforest covers 2,100,000 squire miles.


That's a really big area. Would you know what countries that covers?  Curious if it covers Guatemala.  Read something recently that close relatives of former presidents cannot legally run for president there.


The amazon rainforest covering much of northwester, brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru and other south American countries.


Know if there are any sharks?  Another one of my favorite shows is "Shark Tank."  Though it doesn't really have animal sharks. :)  Was a little bummed to learn that most of the deals made on that show are never enacted.


What? That is crazy!   Do you like Robots?


I do! Michael Jackson wanted to build a 50 foot tall robot.


I know! he wanted to do the moon walk! That would have been pretty cool


Robots can also prepare chicken with lasers and cutting utensils rivaling humans.


Really, that's crazy.....did you know robots can be controlled by rat brains? That's creepy!


Robots were used by the US government and military via Xbox controller


I heard that, really funny really! I think robots are creepy in general!


I agree. Robots are tough to deal with, in general. They are even in Mythbusters.


Right! I really think the ones they make that look human are super scary, but they are in our future.....


Robots now have the ability to change personality.


Hey! Nintendo has released Legend of Zelda and


Really? cool! Did you know Nintendo is over 100 years old!


Yes! Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners how cool is that!


That's awesome! Did you know McDonalds added the drive through in 1975 to serve soldiers who were not allowed to leave their vehicle?


Apparently Cadillac was named after a French explorer


Really? That's interesting! Jann mardenborough became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in the video game gran turismo.how cool is that?


That's ridiculous! Flame throwers as a deterrent for carjackings are legal in South Africa.


Hi. Do you enjoy watching or playing sports? I'm not very athletic, but I love to watch.


The backstroke is good. Did you ever hear of swimming like a dolphin? It seems difficult since legs and arms are bound. I would definitely feel like I were going to drown. I prefer the side stroke or the breaststroke. Both are allowed in competition.


Yes, I can do the dolphin type swim and the breaststroke.


Wow. That's impressive. What do you know about hockey?


I don't know anything about hockey, we just got a hockey team in our town recently. Are you a hockey fan?


Not really. I know you use a hockey stick. ;) We had to spend some time playing field hockey in school, and I scored a goal. I hear it's a great sport in which to lose weight. Pro's lose weight from the activity in even one game.


Yes, the average hockey player lose up to 8 pounds in one game.


Wow, really? I guess all athletes are physically sound. Do they really flood basketball courts in order to play ice hockey?


That what I heard, I think Canada has one of the best team. I wonder how they flood basketball courts?


Don't know, but I hear that is true. I think Canada played in the first winter Olympics. It is one of their national sports along with lacrosse, which I know nothing about,


I like watching hockey on TV, but I wonder about all the hitting they take, it's a rough sport.


Yes, basketball is one of the sports I really like.


Very rough. The teams erupt into fighting a lot, too.


I don't know which is most roughest, football or hockey.


True, but the hockey sticks can be used as weapons.


Yes, I agree, we got a new hockey team next door, one day I will go see them live, maybe I can get into hockey.


Wow, that is quite a goal. Well, if you want to get into it, I hope you can. It was great talking with you. Have a blessed day.


Do you play? I understand that college coaches of basketball and football are the highest paid in the state.


I used to play college high school basketball, but I never played football.


Were you a good player? Is their an overtime period required if their is a tie at the end of the game?


I was pretty good, but not the best, yes if there is a tie team do go overtime.


Personally, I like swimming. I'm not very good, but I can keep myself above water. I love watching that portion of the Olympics. Do you think the U.S. has more gold medals in swimming that other countries?


Yes, I would say so, especially when Michael Phelps won 23 Olympic gold medal.


Oh, that's right, I forgot about him. I had to take swimming in college, did you? It wasn't mandatory in my school, but a student needed a certain number of credits in athletics generally.


No, I learn to swim in my family backward in a small lake. I learn the backstroke first time I try.


I love animals. I especially love dogs. How do you feel about dogs?


I'm not sure who does the deposit but it will release food and water for stray dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles. That's such a good idea.


I bet the dogs are smart enough to figure out that if they bring plastic back they get food. That's awesome! In Moscow some dogs have actually figured out how to use the subway.


I'm sure they are. Wow! I did not know about the subway in Moscow. We should give animals a lot more credit.


Yeah I mean we haven't even really mentioned all the dogs that have actual jobs lol. It's incredible.


It definitely is. Did you know that dogs being color blind is a myth?


I think I've heard that before. They just see color in lower definition or something right?


They just don't see as many colors as we do.


Did you know that dogs attached themselves to earlier humans by hanging around and getting rewarded with food?


I did not but that makes complete sense. I know that they say that the direct ancestor of current domesticated dogs is likely extinct.


Right it was a different kind of wolf that dogs evolved from them. I think smaller and probably less aggressive towards humans.


I'm a huge dog lover. I grew with them all my life. Funny though, since I've been on my own I've had a cat. I really want a dog too though.


Yes the modern wolves are not closely related to that wolf. Nice chatting with you.


I currently also have cats. Did you know that there are 12 different blood types for dogs?


Nope! Interesting though. Us humans only four. Do you have a favorite type of dog?


I tend to the like the smaller ones but not too small. French Bulldog sized dogs. They also have blood drives for dogs which is very nice.


I love Golden Retrievers. Always had once growing up. So smart. My parents recently had a Novia Scotia Duck Trolling Retriever. Smartest dog I've ever known. He had a huge vocabulary.


They are both very smart dogs. Did you also know that dogs and elephants are the only animals that have the instinct to understand pointing?


Yeah, they can learn over a thousand words and reason better than chimps too!


Oh wow! Very impressive. Have you heard about the dog vending machines in Instanbul?


No I did not. Is it for dog treats for the human owners or can the dogs actually use them?


Did you know there are 20 quintillion individual animals on earth? I just learned that fact.


He did. Is he still alive? I'm not sure.


Think so. Brian May is alive. He built his guitar out of parts from an old fireplace and his mother's knitting needle.


Whoa! He's very creative to do that. Some people can't even put together Ikea furniture! Did you know matthew bellamy holds the record for most guitars smashed on tour? Brian May could probably put them back together again.


lol They should meet up. Since its debut in 1949, the les paul gibson es-175 guitar has never gone out of production.


That's cool. I hear les paul guitars are good. I just learned that Brian May uses coins as guitar picks. I wonder if that would sound good on a les paul guitar


They are! He must have a lot of finger control in order to do that.


Yes, I play a guitar without a pick and it hurt my fingers,


I can imagine. I played the guitar with a pick and it hurt my fingers the first few weeks I started playing.


No. I wonder if that includes birds and fish.


That's true. I wish it were less painful but I suppose it wouldn't have a strong effect if it wasn't sometimes.


That's true. Nice chatting with you. Good night.


I believe it would include birds but it would be hard to count fish. In 2002, Germany was the first country to universally give animals legal rights


I didn't know that. There's a lawyer in switzerland who represents animals in court.


Really? How does the lawyer defend the animals? Do they study....bird law? In Scotland, under the provisions of 1912 the lochness monster is a protected species.


It should be. It brings in a lot of tourism.


That's hilarious! What did you read about?


I knew that from before. Nessie has always been popular.


Yes, that's true. You know what I just learned? Eddie Van Halen played the guitar for "beat it" and he set the studio speakers on fire while playing!


Maybe that is why I don't understand what they are saying. They say it too fast for me.


Yeah, sometimes I can't understand them either, not only because the rap fast but because they make up words.


I heard McDonalds payed rappers $5 for every time they referenced Big Macs in songs.  I wonder if they marketing worked?


How could they even keep track of something like that?


If I was the rapper I would send it to them with annotations of when I said Big Mac along with the invoice.


I wonder if they would just laugh when they got it?


Probably, there's a deaf rapper that rhymes in sign language. I wonder how that works?


They would have to be very fast with their hands but how would they make the beats unless they tapped their feet.


Yeah, I use to listen to his music.  Are you a fan?


It was great chatting with you. Have a great day!


Only a couple of his songs. He wanted to become a comic book artist. I'm sure they would be very popular if he created them now.


Yeah, at this point they're collectors items.


So, he actually did make some? What was the topic?


Who knows, I'm assuming it has to do something with music, or rapping.


Probably. Wouldn't it be crazy if it was about him becoming an astronaut or a lumberjack?


Yeah that would be crazy, especially if he was a lumberjack.  Although a lumberjack sounds more like a villain.


He could be a good lumberjack that would plant 10 new trees for everyone that he would cut down.


That's funny. He should have the ability to rap fast.  I heard the fastest rapper can rap at a rate of 14.1 syllables per second.


Just like the waste during a 2002 concert. Creed was sued because it was so bad


That's funny they were sued. I bet it was very bad.


Are there any artist that you would like to see live?


I would love to see Pink Floyd. What about you?


Eminem is on my bucket list. He made kanye rewrite his part in a song after hearing eminems verse


It would be very cool to see Eminem. The Ramones played 2263 concerts in 20 years.


That must of taken a toll on them. 20 years non stop


I agree. Not music I would listen to on a daily basis.


Did you know he didnt graduate high school until 25?


I did not know that. Very interesting. Well, it was good chatting with you.


I have yes. They are having another baby


That's pretty cool. Do you like attending concerts?


I do. I would love to go to a show at an old roman amphitheater


That would be very cool to see. Did you know Linkin Park played 324 concerts back in 2001?


Thats a lot of shows. They were very popular when they first hit the scene


I agree. I love Linkin Park. What about you?


I agree. Such a waste of talent to go out like that.


I am, used to play to a fairly high level.  Isn't that sacrilege for the NYT to be involved with Boston, or are they just hedging their bets.


Yes, I had the same thought.  They are such rivals.  It's wild that baseball managers can actually play in the game.  I have never seen that.


I guess it's in the rules, that's why they wear the uniform.  I'd love to see one of those really old managers walk up to bat one day.


Yeah.  It would be even better if that old manager knocked it out of the park.  Babe Ruth didn't look like an athlete so why not?


So who did win the world series this year?  Was it Boston or another team?


The Sox.  They played the LA Dodgers.  I'm actually a Royals fan and it was a bad year.  As an aside, I had no idea Babe Ruth blew a World Series by getting caught stealing in 1926.  Say it ain't so Babe!


He was an exceptional player, but he doesn't strike me as someone who was quick on his feet.  New York should be able to forgive him


I'm sure they have.  It's also hard to believe that the Cubs won back-to-back World Series games.  They have been mediocre for years.


Guess all the curses are going away, there must be a statute of limitations on them.


Ha!  Yes, the "Curse of the Bambino" apparently was rescinded.  The Sox won last...


A little.  I just read something about the Boston Red Sox.  They has some hard core fans.


I guess they are doing well at the moment.  they went so long without winning anything and now they can't stop.


Yeah. Mookie Betts seems to really be getting some distance on his hits.


That's a new name to me, seems like a name from a Star Wars movie.  I wonder if they are the best team in baseball right now?


I really don't know.  They have a picture named Porcello that is really good.  It sounds like they have a good balance between pitching and hitting.


I'm originally from a different country but my wife is from Cleveland.  She used to get very excited in the late nineties when they had a good team.


That's cool.  I guess FanGraphs estimates that the Red Sox have a 71% chance to win the division.  That's good for your wife.  What country are you from?


England, been here over twenty years.  Have not really got into baseball, went to a few games in the past at Camden Yard and Jacobs Field.


Well, a very belated "welcome".  Are you a cricket fan?  I didn't realize that the NYT owned part of the Sox.


She's a great actress but I don't think I've personally seen much of her movies


I have seen her but I couldn't name any of the movies. Do you know how old she is?


I think Meryl Streep has won 3 oscars out of 21 nominations


Streep has won 8 golden globes, I wonder for what roles


Yes that is a lot. What was her first film role?


I have no clue, I do know Streep auditioned for King Kong in 1976


Yea, sometimes. I did enjoy reading the Aristotle's Poetics too


That's pretty cool, I wonder if she ever guest starred in Mr Robot alongside her daughter Grace Gummer


Hmmm, I wonder too. Nice talking to you!


Do you know who the highest paid actor ever is for tv drama?


Hugh Laurie of House, he does a great job and deserves every penny


Do you know how much he earns per episode?


Hugh Laurie was getting 700,000 an episode, I wonder how much he makes from syndication


I'm not sure. Do you know why Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore?


Something to do with Carry's belief system and not being able to project positivity in drama roles


Do you know why Michael Caine became an actor?


Caine like to be around pretty girls and had the genius idea to meet them in drama class


yes, i think that it is intense and useful exercise. The pommel horse that is used in modern day gymnastics routines was originally developed centuries ago as a means for soldiers to practice mounting and dismounting a horse. I guess that is not so useful now.


Wow, see, you do know a lot about gymnastics! I wish it were on TV more often, though.


I guess there are world championships as well. Most television now is pretty banal. I find that the shows feel outdated and flat.


Good point. That's why I prefer to read over watching TV in my spare time.


yes, so do I. the tv is your enemy. it is a constant shallow distraction. There are over 750 episodes of "pokemon." that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight. why would i do that to myself?


You have a very good point. It's so sad that kids have problems with reading today, too.


i think parents need to set an example of reading, or kids wont read. reading is a skill that takes a lot of practice.


It's not too late for kids to learn to read, though. President Johnson never learned to read until his wife helped him out!


she was smart and kind to teach him, and he was smart to marry a woman smarter than him. i wonder how long it took him to learn.


Me as well. How long did it take for you to learn as a child?


I'm great! Just watching a little TV to end the night.


I guess i practiced a lot because my parents read a lot. i asked about words that i wanted to know. i had help in the family so it was faster.


Today, kids have these things called "reading bicycles," and their test scores are skyrocketing! Wish we had those as kids.


Yes, I wish I had one of those too. I need one now as well. Anyway, great chat!


Agreed. If you need any good book recommendations, let me know! Take care.


tv can be a good way to wind down at the end of the day. what are you watching?


Just watching some sports. How about yourself?


i do not usually watch tv. sometimes when i am exercising at the gym i watch the news.


I watch TV at the gym, too. I especially like to watch gymnastics. It pumps me up when I'm running!


gymnastics is a sport that i dont really know well. i see it sometimes during the olympics though.


That's when I watch it, too. Did you know that gymnastics was originally a way to prepare for war? No wonder it's so intense.


i did not know that, but it makes sense. rigorous physical conditioning to prepare for battle. now it is done by men and women.


And rightfully so, too! I guess gymnastics also has something to do with practicing circus skills, too. Incredible.


Hey there have you seen the movie Black Panther?


I don't think it's on Netflix yet. Yeah he did a good job. Apparently Denzel Washington help him out back in the day. I think that's super cool of him


You were right. I'm hoping people know that the black panther movie was not based on the radical and controversial group from the past.


Nope. Apparently Marvel started using that name before the party came around. In fact they even changed the name for a time so that they weren't confused between the two


Marvel censored m'baku's utterance of "praise hanuman!" in Indian releases because they were afraid to offend people from India.


That's weird. I wonder what that means in India. Do you have Facebook by the way?


I do not know who does not have Facebook.  Yes, I do have Facebook.  It was created by a former Harvard student, Zuckerberg.


Yep that's true. Do you know why Facebook uses blue in their logo?


I remember reading about it.  Does it have to do with Mark?


Yes it does. Apparently he is color-blind so that is the best color to use. I don't like Mark Zuckerberg do you?


I neither like or dislike him.  Were you one of the ex-owner of myspace?  You know what happened, right?


No, I have not.  I heard about it.  Who is Wakanda, the character in the movie?


Haha I was not. Yes they turn down the offer to buy Facebook. I bet they're kicking themselves everyday now haha


No, wakanda is actually the state that the Black Panther is from. If you haven't seen the movie you should check it out!


I will.  Please tell me more about it.  Did it get a lot of money during the first week of showing?


Yes it made a ton of money. If I'm not mistaken I think it was one of the highest grossing movies of all time.


Now, I need to see it.  According to an article that the superhero movie was based on Marvel Comics.


Yep that is true. Marvel Comics also makes Iron Man. And I guess that black panther is actually more Rich than Iron Man is in the comics


I see.  So, who was T'Challa who was crowned to become the king of Wakanda?


Yes that's right. Also the symbols used in that movie were based on actual historical symbols. I think that's cool.


Can we see the movie on Netflix now?  I heard that Chadwick Boseman did a good job in the movie.  He is a good actor after all.


Are you a fan of the washington redskins football team?


Did you ever see the film finding nemo, thats a classic?


It is! I meant to say before that I'll youtube that fish.  Did you know youtube started with a video of a guy talking about elephants?


It did? I remember when youtube first blew up around 2006-2007 the good ol days before all the ads and commericals got included


Yes in 2007 youtube used as much bandwith as the entire internet did in 2000! That shows how much it blew up!


It also shows how much the whole internet expanded in just 7 short years


Yes...did you know it started as a dating site?


I didnt even know that so what was the point of the videos?


Maybe to see people in their natural environment? Clothing can tell you a lot about people too. Did you know a man wore 70 pieces of clothes to avoid a baggage charge at the airport?


I like football, but not necessarily the Redskins.  I did hear that they went ice fishing in Minnesota before the 92 superbowl.


Well he better have went to the dry cleaners when he landed in his destination


What a great way to prepare for a game go sit on a boat in the freezing cold lol


Right?! Maybe they thought it would acclimate them to the temps??? I mean the windchill was 30 below!


Thats a great way to have somebody catch a classic case of hypothermia, I hope they had some nice food to warm them up afterwards


I wonder what kind of fish they caught? Did you know that a goldfish lived to be 43 years old?


They probably caught an icecube even 30 below is too cold for the fish lol I didnt know that. Do you know which is the only fish with a neck


I don't. I didn't know any fish had a neck.  Hanako was a koi fish who lived to be 226 years old...he probably didn't have a neck! LOL


Its the seahorse people forget its considered a fish. Are sharks also considered fish?


I'm not sure...I did forget seahorses are fish! Did you know there is a fish that can live on land?!


I did not, that is surprising because more affluent countries love other sports, but europe loves soccer, so I guess that makes sense


What do you consider a more affluent country to be?


Just a more wealthy and educated country I suppose. Soccer is popular because it is cheap to play and is not restricted like something like Hockey


I see, Hockey is starting to get more popular.  But I think what makes soccer so popular is because it's cheap to play.  Every single country plays soccer.  And all children are able to play it since it does not require a lot!


Exactly what I meant! And that is a good thing!


Yes, it is.  I guess that's why baseball was so popular in the US, it was so cheap and easy for the children to play!  Although now a bat costs so much money!!


that is true, soccer needs a ball and open space, that is pretty much it, although that is true for football too


Yes, but football requires a lot of protection - helmets, badding, etc.  Soccer is probably the most accessible sport there is.  Tennis might be right behind it - a racket and a ball :)


That is true, probably why 250 million people play soccer!


LOL, probably!  That is a large number!!


I am doing very well. What is your opinion on the world cup?


I am not a soccer fan, I live in the US.  I think it's great than the american team has not placed below 3rd place since 1991.  I think we should be more soccer fans rather than US Football fans!


Is that really true? I thought we were terrible in soccer


That is true, I think we just don't talk that much about soccer?  Did you know a soccer field is called a pitch?


I did know that, but that is about the end of my soccer knowledge!


LOL, I've been learning quite a bit about soccer today.  I read that Jon Stewart was a soccer player in college and represented the US in the games in Brazil in 1983!


I am shoced to hear it is the worlds most popular sport, i thought it might be cricked


I don't know anything about cricket!  I grew up in Okinawa and once met a Brazilian soccer team there.  And I dated a guy who grew up in Italy and was very fond of soccer.  I guess I knew it was the worlds most popular sport.  However, I did not know that it grossed more money than any other sport combined.  Did you know that?!?


But they will allow you to pay millions in blood money. Seems like they want money more than justice.


Wow, I didn't even know they even did such a thing as blood money in Pakistan


that's how a CIA contractor got out of it. I missed the part where he was running red lights and then killed the guy on the motorcycle... Seems like he thought he was immune from everything.


Maybe. If he was in South-Africa he could of just put a flame-thrower on his car and use that


HA! I wonder what the ramifications of arson are in Pakistan..


Who knows. It would be pretty cool if the Dutch equip flame-throwers to the 160mph bus they are creating


Or flights the Icelanders need to take...


I wonder if you can pick up Jupiter's radio storms better on an airplane and as up north as Iceland


Maybe... Iceland is on my travel list to see the northern lights.


Yea I'd like to go to Iceland too, also Japan but I'm not going to pay $300 to use their public highways


Good, thanks. Have you heard anything about Col. Joseph E. Hall, Pakistan won't let him leave because he was in a car accident that killed one of their citizens.


I had not heard of him before reading today's content. That's pretty intense. Reminded me of the movie Argo


Yea I can see that since it happened at a military airfield, that's crazy


I always find the tit for tat diplomacy childish... can't leave a 25 mile radius around washington because they did it first?


The real kicker is Pakistan wants the US to revoke Hall's diplomatic immunity. Waste of time


Even if they do, the crime was committed while he had immunity. If you want to replace him, you could do that but both are fruitless.


The cops in Pakistan didn't even arrest Hall right after the accident and let him leave the scene


I wonder if they were local cops without knowledge on how to arrest or detain him.


I don't know, it's crazy. They won't even let diplomats drive with tinted car windows now


I'm not really into k-pop or anything like it.


Its still really neat that these people are 100% cgi and use synthesized vocals


Mostly drama and a bit of comedy. I really like The Resident and The Rookie. You?


I enjoy animated cartoons. Homer Simpson is my hero


Haha that's funny. I have not watch the Simpsons in forever.


Homer has held 188 in 400 episodes. Hes living the dream


It is! Have a great day. Enjoyed chatting with you


Yes but I've never heard of Tavis Smiley. Have you?


I have not but i guess he was fired for sexual misconduct


I am wondering what proof or backing PBS had in order to suspend him. I hope it wasn't just a case of he said, she said.


True, but it looks like he has some new work coming along


Yes, it looks like a show and a book. I wonder what the book is about.


Scientist have voted "we are the champions" is the catchiest pop song of all time


I think it's weird that scientists even had that conversation


Japanese have already created artificial pop stars maybe they got bored


At least he's smarther than the fact that the white house still uses floppy disks for storing files!


I know right! What do they hope to do with them down the road and where the heck are they storing all of them. such a waste!


Perhaps they could use them to cover up the bullet holes from November 11, 2011.


Only if the Secret Service finds them in time...lol.


Maybe they are under the solar panels W installed. Hmmm.


We need a man like Teddy back in the White House to clean up the nonsense.


Someone willing to take on large corporations and corruption? An anti-trust guy? Sounds like Bernie.


Unfortunately, until new laws that disallow the Citizen's United SC ruling, we will never have a proper system set up to benefit the working class.


We need to post a new job ad on Indeed for the President's job since he is firing everyone around him. I think he is the incompetent one


Hello. The president has been tweeting all morning again today.


While I do not disagree, we need congress to do their job and enact their powers of impeachment.


I know. It is interesting in the least isn't it. Not as interesting as the fact that he isn't the wealthiest president to ever take office.


Yeah he is definitely no JFK or Washington for sure!


We should have continued the tradition of the runner-up becoming the vice-president!


IF that was the case this time around there would be lots of drama in the White House thats for sure!


Maybe not, Hilary Clinton could stay in the White House twin in Ireland or France.


or the guest house which is bigger than WHite House


Agreed. But then who would keep the president in check?


LOL, that is a good point. I don't think he's very smart


I think he took to his celebrity status quite well. Pixar studio has a secret room that is visited often by celebrities. I wonder if Hawking ever got a chance to see it.


Speaking of celebrities, did you know that Judge Judy is the highest paid celebrity after lebron james?


The woman is a legend. Over $100k per episode. Probably a longer career too. But she probably hasn't done any animated voice work.


I guess celebrities doing voice work is a fairly new thing in terms of history. Robin Williams was the first to start the trend of celebrities doing animated film voices. This was for the movie Aladdin.


Did he ever appear on Sesame Street? Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on the children's series. He would have been great on that show!


That is a good question! Do you like celebrity chefs?


Not especially. I think it's more about them than the food. You?


Yeah, not really. It's cool that a celebrity chef from Ethiopia is using his fame for good. He believes he can combat his country's hunger problems


I think he'll have a positive impact. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting with you.


Yes, it has been fun. This talk of food has made me hungry though!


Good, how are you? Celebrities in science are quite rare aren't they? I was a fan of Stephen Hawking. I'm sad he finally passed away from ALS.


He was tremendous thinker. Gosh, I wonder if he was as smart as Kim Jong-un, who has a degree in physics, supposedly.


I would think that he is smarter. I wonder how it felt to have such a physical disability but yet such a sharp mind.


In his younger years, he wasn't badly afflicted. I wonder whether he was one of the  scientists who theorize that universes evolve through natural selection


Hmm, it wouldn't surprise me. Hawking went further than Einstein did on understanding of gravity. Hawking developed new graphical methods that let him visualize physics of light paths in warped space, black holes, and the convulsions of the universe.


And he did all that while battling ALS. There is a theory that there is only one electron in the universe. Does this make any sense? I wonder who came up with that.


Hmm, it does not to me but I know I'm not much of a scientific mind. Hawking strengthened the Big Bang theory as well that says that the galaxies were in a compressed area smaller than a single atom before the big bang.


Hard to imagine, but I guess the mathematics supports it. The universe could have come from nothing without violating physics. Particles can pop in and out of existence, so I guess a universe worth could as well.


Yeah, it's hard for me to relate to scientists and all of their elaborate theories but Hawking was blessed with wit. He was quite the jokester, which makes him very relatable.


hi how are you? do you listen to the radio?


Yes, he is a great player. does classical as well.


Yes. Hosts Jazz at Lincoln Center on PBS. Extraordinary musician. Do you have a jazz favorite? Satchmo? Bird?


Probably Bill Evans on piano. Miles Davis.


Miles, yes. Great album producer, too. What's your favorite album - as in vinyl, CD or MP3 format?


Album? For Bill Evans, it would be Waltz for Debbie. That is great. very introspective.


Have to check it out. My favorites would include Paul Simon, James Taylor - they may be old rock dudes, but their songs stay in my head, you know?


they wrote great songs, hits, memorable tunes and lyrics. i figure that their music will last forever.


Hope so. Past the sounds of silence. Did you know "The Dark Side of the Moon" - album released over 40 yrs. ago - is still a best-seller? Who released it, do you know?


Pink Floyd. i dont know what they are doing now. anyway, great chat!


Pink Floyd? Of course! Classic. To hear their music played in live concert today, you can only listen to a tribute band. Nice chat. Thanks!


Sometimes, usually in the car. Radio's been around a long time. You?


You, too. Listen to Pink Floyd if you get the chance!


Or - James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend". Cheers!


I used to listen to it when i was a kid. now i listen to youtube.


Right. Ever hear of a country/crossover singer named Scotty McCreery? He won American Idol in 2011. ?


Yes and no. Had a 2015 hit, but it never went to #1, so his Nashville record company ditched him. Went to to perform at Grand Ole Opry, where he sang "Five More Minutes (about losing grandpa). It racked up millions of views. Has had Top 10 singles. Co-writing songs now. Is that famous, would you say?


that is famous. he has got what it takes to make it. he will soon be back on top.


I hope so. Won Idol at age16. Only 24 now. Do you have a favorite artist or group?


i dont have a favorite. i listen to many. i was listening to jazz on youtube earlier. You?


Do you know the jazz trumpeter, Winton Marsales?


Probably, but if they are eating and player walks in they have to leave


There is no justice in this universe. Speaking of which, the universe is a fascinating phenomenon. A piece of paper folded in half 103 times would be as thick as the observable universe. I’ll go for 102 and stop there, just to be safe.


There are so many theories about the universe nowadays


The universe might exist inside a black hole. I guess we can’t escape then because nothing escapes a black hole. I still think that the universe could just be a giant video game.


That sounds like Elon Musk. A cold spot in the cosmic microwave background has been theorized to link to a parallel universe. I wonder what my other self is doing in the parallel universe. Having a better life? Do women play in the NFL there?


Well, that is a very good question. Or some think that there is only one electron in the universe


Quite possible, but not really my pet theory. I like the superhologram one. I enjoyed chatting with you! Maybe we’ll chat in the parallel universe, if we can manage to get out of this black hole that we’re in.


Take care! Have a good night! Stay safe in the superhologram!


Hi, how are you? Sometimes I watch NFL.What about you?


Didn't get a chance to. Busy with stuff. The NFL has certaintly come a long way. The league has humble beginnings. The first playoff game, played in 1932, was on an 80-yard long dirt field inside Chicago Stadium.


Yeah so many years since it started. you know, women can play too if they qualify


I've heard that! I bet a woman could be a kicker or a punter.


of course. I wonder why none of them play though


Probably no feeder system from college, etc. Maybe a soccer player could play kicker, but there are probably plenty of men available.


true. did you know new orleans cheerleaders cannot eat with the layers?


I think that problems stems from romantic relationships gone wrong. Probably want to avoid conflict.


I don't either. Imagine being the racist judge who tried to ban a comic book because of a black guy in it.


That is really kind of ridiculous.  I cant even believe that happens.


I know. I cannot believe people want to upload their minds to computers!


That is odd.  I dont want my innermost thoughts to be displayed anywhere.


There's a reason I buried my skeletons deep! I wonder if it runs on water like the Russians did in 1936?


Yeah, that is pretty fascinating.  I wonder why we arent exploring that technology more.


They were too busy building a 16-bit computer using minecraft blocks!


I cant believe that was even possible.  I thought minecraft was just a game.  That is crazy


Right? I wonder who built it too? I wish my son could do that stuff. But not smoking. Smoking near an apple computer voids the warranty.


Good thing I never smoked near mine.  They think it makes it a "biohazard"


Good! You?  Are you into Fiction at all?


A little and I prefer non-fiction. Do you like it?


I read mainly non fiction too,  but I can get in to some of it. I think it is cool that there is a wiki that ranks fictional characters according to their powers.


I find that useful too! Edgar allen poe wrote about a cyborg, the oldest example of it.


Wow, that is kind of neat.  I thought that was a more modern invention.


Me too. Julius Ceasar wrote fan fiction too!


Wow.  Id like to see what came out of his mind!


I guess it was about Hercules and Oedipus. George RR MArtin would not have liked that!


Yeah, he things it is copyright infringement.  I dont exactly agree with that.


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


Sure. Jon stewart was a skilled soccer player and represented the US at the pan american.


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


It is played by 200 countries and make the game very popular. The team that scores most goals by the end of the game wins the match. The players are very aggressive to win the match its very interesting to match.


Entertainment is a form of activity that make more comfortable and stress free spending timing.


Mostly for entertainment people are engage themselves in internet and irritating their eyes and mental focus. Mostly in social media people chat and hearing songs. They are not spending time with friends and family members.


Storytelling, music, drama dance and different kinds of performance are belong to entertainment but it was different from culture to culture. Today mainly Online games and animated movies are best entertainment for kids.


Fine. What about you ? Most of the countries want to lift the trophy of FIFA.


I'm good thank you. I didn't know that. Did you know the Hungary national football team only had one defeat from 1950-1956 and that was in the World Cup final?


Its very interesting. United States got 3rd place in the first FIFA world cup in 1930.


That is pretty awesome they came in third. Have they ever come in first?


The world first international match was a challenge played in Glasgow in 1872 between Scotland and England but both end in draw.


Oh wow I didn't know that. There are no economic gains for counties that host the Olympics or World Cup. I find that hard to believe.


In 1908 summer Olympics in London, Football become an official competition.


Oh really? Soccer makes more money than most sports combined.


Yes, 17 countries have hosted the Football world cup competition. All over the world fans celebrate as a festival. Each every nation wanted to lift the trophy . Fans are more aggressive.


Have you heard about the Sydney Loofe case?


I'm sure they have a lot to say! I think I'd like that. I know that phones are optimized for the human voice, but I'd be happy to talk to a dolphin.


The sound a lot like a fax machine...but those underwater cables must have been crossed.  Sounds like fantasy!


Indeed! I love fantasy- people do fantasy drafts for everything. The national spelling bee, congress, football.


Fantasy draft sounds like that cold breeze that causes the hair on your neck to stand up while watching Lord of the Rings! You know, the Return of the King was the only fantasy film to win an Academy Award?


I had no idea. That was an excellent movie. Tolkien was a great writer (Sometimes), but I prefer Terry Pratchett. He was knighted!


Ah, but can you major in Pratchett in college?  There is a university where you can major in fantasy with a concentration in Tolkien studies.


Oh wow! I could have done really well in that! It's amazing how fantasy has been embraced in so many different media types. It's gone from written and spoken word to tv and movies and video games.


And with puppets too! Did you ever watch Jim Henson's, The Dark Crystal?


I loved it! It's got such a vivid universe.


Reminds me of Hans Christian Anderson's dark tales to spook your children!


The butcher of Tinder?  Unfortunately, yes. I guess they got him though.


I wonder if children have difficulty figuring out if something is fantasy or reality? Apparently it's all predicated by a one fold in the brain!


Yeah, and one fold too many, and you are a Tinder butcher. Nice chatting with you!


It's an odd case. It's terribly sad that she just wanted to connect with someone and ended up murdered.


You cannot be too careful about reaching out to strangers. Good thing we are such old friends!  One wrong telephone call, snapchat conversation, or facebook frind, and you are worm fodder.


It's true. You just can't be sure if the person on the other side of the phone is a good person. I wonder if the murder was premeditated or just...happened.


I don't know. Deadly phone calls are creeping me out. You know, the inventor of the dial telephone was an undertaker. I heard creepy music playing as I typed that...


I had no idea!  I rarely use my phone for phone calls anymore. The sheer amount of computing power the iphone has kind of blows my mind.


I blame 1930s actress, Hedy Lamarr--who supposedly had something to do with  the inventio0n of cellphones


She was an amazing genius. I think she'd be stunned to see how far we've come with technology. Can you believe that the cables that cross the ocean for internet and phone data are just 2.7 inches around? Mind blowing.


Have you ever dialed a wrong number that turned out to be a dolphin? Apparently, they can communicate over the phone!


A lot actually. Did you watch the SImpsons ever?


Yes i do, HOmer had 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes


Wow and there is an episode where Bart does not appear and is not mentioned


Sometimes do you have a favorite skit in there?


Yes I like their longest running one, The Weekend Update


Nice. Did you know That 70s show failed in the UK?


I do. You can even listen to Jupiter's storms in the am radio


Cool. There is a radio station that translates solar activity to music


Yes a lot. Did you know they are mentioned in one third of divorce papers?


WOw that is a lot. Did you know Myspace turned down the offer to buy them?


Did not know that, that was not a smart decision for them


I know, they could have paid $75 million and make billions by now


Exactly. One third of americans have it as their primary news source


Wow that is a lot. Do you know why it is blue?


I have no idea but I know that they have 56 genders listed


WOw. It is blue because Mark is green and red colorblind


Don't you think Amber Alerts perform a very valuable service in the country?


It's not just shootings, though. There are other problems like hit-and-runs. A 21 year old recently died in one of those.


Yeah, hit and runs freak me out. You could be having car trouble and be hit by someone just not paying attention. One guy hit a parked car on the side of the road and kept going, but he was caught later.


I'm glad they caught him. People like that who don't take responsibility and leave others to die for something they did are dangerous.


Yeah, they shouldn't allow him to drive after that either. I think he was driving a Nissan pathfinder.


I wonder if that was how they were able to identify and catch him. Cars are frequently notable in cases like that. The Amber Alert case we talked about before noted a white Infiniti was one of their leads.


More than likely. I'm sure most cars have something in it or on it to identify it from similar models. I mean if they have little arrows next to your fuel symbol to tell you where yours gas cap is then anything is possible.


Including mounting flame-throwers on your car, if you're in South Africa.


That is crazy! I'd be afraid the car would blow up or set everything on fire. That makes me wonder what Google's self driving car's "aggressive mode" does.


Hopefully nothing with flamethrowers! I imagine it makes the car more willing to change lanes and go around other cars to get to a destination faster, rather than just taking the safest route and staying behind slower drivers.


That actually makes sense. I don't think hey should call it aggressive mode however.


I think they do, but they can vastly be improved. Having said that I believe it has saved a few lives. I think it recently saved a 12 year old girl visiting from China if I am not mistaken.


I agree. It puts me in mind of a road-raging AI car. Or maybe an angry, evil Transformer!


I heard about that case. It's amazing that they were able to find and rescue the girl.


Yeah, its amazing how tourists are prime targets no matter where in the world you go. She was part of a tour group and got snatched by a woman.


It's probably because they figure tourists, especially ones here on limited visas, will have a harder time staying in the country or navigating the legal processes. It's horrible that they target innocent people like that.


Yeah, there is always some evil person out there. That reminds me of that Maryland shooting at a liquor store. The victim was only 25 years old.


That story was an awful one. I heard the victim and the shooter knew each other, but I can't say any personal dispute would justify the shooting.


Oh so that was the story behind it. That is odd. I guess the police must of killed the gunman while he ran if they didn't figure out a motive.


They have detectives looking into the motive, so they'll probably find out something from friends or family. What a sad thing to be questioned about.


Yeah, its crazy here in the states. Shootings seem to be every where. Even concerts.


Do you remember or did you see the 2004 animated film, The Incredibles?


That guy was Brad Bird, who wrote and directed Incred. II. Sometimes it is the writer who hears & can portray best the character he hears in his head


Love it. Not stand-up so much, since today it's profusely profane, but other comedy styles and genres. How about you?


I get what you mean. I prefer classic stand up that is family friendly. However, I occasionally watch more adult oriented ones such as Bill Murray, do you know him?


My all-time favorite Bill Murray film is Groundhog Day. Watch it every Feb. 2nd or thereabouts.


I also like that movie, it's pretty funny. Did you know that Bill Murray thinks kung fu hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy" I don't know how I feel about that


Me, either, but to each his own. Old, really old Greek comedy pitted groups against one another in amusing ways. Shakespeare borrowed on that a lot in his comedies, like Comedy of Errors, and others. Silent film slapstick is still fun to watch, too, don't you think?


I will always find that kind of comedy funny, even though most people do not in these current days. Did you know Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since it was made in 1989?


No. Whew! That's a lot. Has reality TV decreased C. Central's audience, I wonder?


I think it probably has, I feel that television has been decreasing in viewers recently.


There's a lot of streamed content instead, but I still like the bite of satire. Used to be fun to watch Sat. Night Live when they did send-ups of the current Pres. Remember any?


I did not watch much of Saturday Night Live, I was more into comedy series such as 3rd rock from the sun. Do you know what that is?


Yes. Classic Alec Baldwin! He does a hilarious Trump, too.


I've seen clips of him doing that, he is spot on! Did you know that 3rd rock from the sun won the golden globe for best comedy series in 1997? It was up against shows like seinfield, friends, and even frasier.


It was a popular series. Sometimes Seinfeld, Friends, and even Frasier fell flat or were just too cheesy. I hope young people today still grow up with silly tales, amusing but threatening characters, music, drama and dance. That may be lost otherwise. What do you think?


I completely agree with you. I hope this current generation likes those too.


You figured out that I meant NON-threatening characters, unlike some of the super villains out there today. My impression is that today, few people have experienced a live play; being in the room as the family trouble, or silly mix-ups, unfold; being engaged, feeling it in their guts. You know? We're losing that to a virtual world, aren't we?


I think so. Are you familiar with the programming language called python? The creator of it named it partly to honor of monty python, which I'm sure you know who they are.


Yes, the hilarious Monty Python parodies, another fun comedy genre. Maybe it's not a good idea to judge people's tastes in comedy. Or any relatively sane form of entertainment, if it serves its purpose of keeping an audience's attention - maybe even lengthening attention span! Entertainment evolves, as we do. Really enjoyed reading your views.


Thank you, I enjoyed reading yours too. It was nice talking with you!


Looks like Pixar has brought the Parr family back in the 2018 superhero film, Incredibles II. Did you enjoy it, too?


Let's hope the folks who make us smile, or, like Victor Borge, make us laugh 'til we pee our pants, don't all disappear anytime soon! Cheers!!!


Yeah, I did. Did you know there was already a sequel to the first film in a video game form? The game was called the incredibles: rise of underminer


Heard about, but never saw the video game. I was surprised to learn that one of my favorite actresses, Holly Hunter (Million Dollar Baby; best actress) did a voice in Incredibles  I & II. Samuel L. Jackson, too. Who knew?


That is cool. The events in the incredibles are also set in the 1960s, that is pretty wild.


Agreed. Grew up then! In real life, entertainment was different then. It's accelerated today.


I agree. I found out recently that Sarah vowell, the voice of violet parr, is also a political commentator and bestselling author.


Yes. Can't connect her face to any political comment shows, but know she also writes historical nonfiction, which I enjoy reading.


It is interesting. The voice of Edna mode, was originally a costume designer and a male. He could not find anyone that sounded better than him at the role.


Hey, how's it going? Are you a fan of Phil Collins at all?


Did you know Rick Gervais was a pop singer in the 80's? I can't picture it lol


No, that's pretty funny. In Japan they have 100 % cgi pop stars


Pop music is huge in Asia. Especially k-pop. I think there's a boy band from Korea even going around in the US now


I wonder if their songs use the same 4 chords as most pop hits in the US


I bet it does. Do you remember that band Creed? Man they were awful.


Yea they were, they sounded much worse than the 4 chords always used in pop songs


Apparently once they were so bad that four of the people that attended a concert sued them for being bad.


Lol that's pretty funny. Did you know Deep Purple broke the record for the loudest concert?


Nope, that's pretty cool! Loved that song Smoke on the Water.


Yea it's a great song. It's weird Abba turned down 1 billion dollars to do a reunion tour


Yea Phil Collins is a pretty good singer, I never knew he was in the beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night"


That is weird. It was nice chatting with you!


Yeah I liked Genesis in particular, back when he was paired up with Peter Gabriel. Though they've both had solid solo careers.


Yea, it's crazy Collins sold 100 million in Genesis and as a solo act


Do you have a favorite song from Phil Collins or Genesis?


I really like the 1984 hit "Against All Odds"


I'm a big fan of Invisible Touch. That was after Peter Gabriel left and it more just Phil Collins leading the way. Right before he went solo.


Yea, "In the Air Tonight is also a great song, it's cool that Collins 17 year son gets to play concerts with his dad


Are you more a fan of pop or rock music?


Probably Rock music but they were basically the same thing until the late 1960s


Haha. Yes they should settle that in the"highest court of the land" with Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the point guard LOL


Notorious GGB vs (dwayne) Wade. Sounds better than a Creed concert


LOL that's hilarious. It sure sounds better to me than the New Zealand basketball team that's nicknamed the "tall Blacks"


what would mexico's b-ball team call themselves?  Definitely no dunking going on there


Haha nope no dunking. Did you hear that the inventor of the game basketball is the only losing coach in his University's history


interesting.  but was he the highest paid state employee?


I bet he was. 39 out of the top 50 highest paid employees from states are either football or basketball coaches


They can definitely afford a lot of Air Jordans


On another topic, what do you think of humans and body hair? Apparently we lost our hair about 200,000 years ago


Well, some people certainly did. I can't get rid of mine. Grows back like a rib


yeah i play hoops. great exercise, unless ur kareem...then u can just stand there and dunk


Haha. It's weird that you can regrow a rib actually. It only takes about three months. Why have I never heard of that before?


Haha that's true. I heard that the NBA actually outlawed the dunk for about a decade. If it happens again I definitely would not watch basketball anymore would be so boring haha!


crazy. i would like to see granny style shots make a return


Haha would they make a return? Because I don't think I've ever seen a professional player use them haha for instance I don't see Allen Iverson ever doing that haha


its for the big guys who cant make free throws. but they refuse to do the technique that would work...looks matter i guess


I guess looks matter. NBA players say they won't do it because it would look stupid. But I would do it because it would be the best way to shoot haha


yeah. i wonder if scotus justices do it on the highest court in the land


Haha I bet they settle certain court cases on the court. I wonder why that isn't bigger knowledge. I never heard of that


yeah...brings a whole new angle to roe vs wade


They just report things that are fake or swayed to the liberal spectrum of politics. Fox News was created by Richard Ailes and Richard Nixon.


The viewership of Fox skews pretty old. In 2015, the median viewer age was 68 years old. Older people tend to be more conservative.


That is very old. Did you know there hasn't been a president who wasn't a rep or dem since 1853?


The two party system is frustrating because the choices are limited. The money backs certainly candidates, and there is little possibility for outsiders to get in.


I agree. Every president with a beard has always been a republican.


I guess that imparts a look of sage wisdom and manliness.


I guess so lol. The last time a republican was elected president without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket was back in 1928.


That's quite a while. I guess Trump might be starting a new dynasty. Will his daughter run? Who knows.


Haha possibly. Who knows what will happen next.


I would like to see some change in gov't. Sometimes old ideas have value. The only president to propose a guaranteed minimum income was a republican, Nixon.. I think that people are worried now and would like some security.


I usually don't watch it. I understand that it's popular.


Fox discussed the possibility of creating a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons.


That is an idea that might work, but now I figure people are on the Internet. Maybe a YouTube channel?


Possibly...The gaming website IGN is actually owned by Fox News.


Oh, I didn't know that. I guess Fox owns a lot of things out there. A gaming site? Hm.


Yea very interesting. Fox News is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


I believe it. CNN has its own bias, as does MSNBC. People watch what they want to believe.


Yep, not a huge fan of CNN because they post so much fake news and are very biased.


I don't watch CNN. What kind of fake news?


Have you ever hiked? I haven't hiked by myself but I would be scared to do so.


Nice, I heard that dogs are actually not colorblind but actually can not see as many diff colors as humans! That stinks


Maybe specific breeds are colorblind while others are not. Or it might be a gene that is passed down like it is through humans. How do we know if they are colorblind or not?


I am not sure! But did you know that elephants and dogs are the only animals who instinctively understand pointing?


That makes sense, though they sometimes choose to ignore it. Dogs also enjoy the experience of obtaining an award through problem solving. That's probably why they're relatively easy to train


Sometimes I feel bad that dogs don't give blood at blood drives. There are 12 diff blood types. That could help a ton of animals.


Bigger dogs would be able to give more blood, right? I can't imagine a teacup chihuahua being able to donate much


True! I used to have some Yorkies...they would have given millimeters! I can't like that Burger King had a promo where you unfriend 10 people on facebook and you get a whopper. Not worth it


Unless you're one of those people who has hundreds of friends on Facebook that you don't really know. I'm wondering how they would know who really did it or not


I know! If you are going to call anyone in the new york area the area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary.


They were probably the first city to get their own phone numbers. The inventor of the dial was convinced the operators were rerouting his calls to rival businesses. He was an undertaker


I wouldn't want to go hiking with myself, but maybe it wouldn't be bad with a group. I wouldn't go in rugged areas though


I would want to make sure that I was prepared. Like that woman that went out to hike and had no snowshoes. Dangerous@!


Not only that, but she went closer to winter than most people do. I've heard of many people being inspired by the movie "Wild" to do things like that


I am not sure that my timid body would be inspired but I get it. So many people need an adrenaline rush. But that is just not me.


Me neither. I'm too much of a planner to venture on something that dangerous. The woman also didn't have any cell service, so she couldn't call for help when there was an emergency


No thanks! Do you have any pets? I have 2 dogs and they are a pain in the behind but also the best things ever!!


I don't have any pets. My roommate had a fish for a while, but it died a few months ago. The family I nanny for has a dog though, and she can be a pain sometimes


Well, it takes a lot to find the right dog but once you do...it is great. Did you know that google prefers dogs to cats...


I can see that with how many people have allergies to cats. Some dogs in Moscow have even been trained to use the subway


Sometimes I wonder if these celebrities use their big multi million companies and purchases for money laundering, which is I guess why Jay-Z might be being investigated.


It would be hard to say whether or not entertainment's influence is "too much" as it's rather subjective, but the influence is definitely very big considering that even leaders like Caesar have been evaluating foreign entertainment in ancient times which undoubtedly contributed quite a bit to the politics of the time.


I feel like American government recently has been shaping their style towards that of Ancient Greece. For example, how entertainment is used to distract people from caring about real issues (like gladiators, ect.). Nothing ever really changes.


You're definitely right, the Romans used to call that "bread and circus". One good example is Bill Nye, who coincidentally only first got in to entertainment as a Steve Martin look alike. He is not even a real scientist, but nowadays just because of his show, people trust him as a scientific source and use his statements for a political agenda.


Yooo. So weird, I was watching Bill Nye and he was like...GMO's are good for you and I was like... something's not right. How is it good for you? Too strong a statement for a scientist. Fricken Bill Nye. I remember they used to show us videos in elementary. We live in a land of ideas made into a weird reality.