That is so cool. There is one in Italy too and Pink Floyd once played there but there was no audience.


What a waste actually. Creed once played a concert that was so bad, people sued them


Hey there, I sure do One of my favorites is JayZ. Do you like him?


Wow, that must have been really bad for them to sue


Nice and yes, I like him too. He went to high school with busta rhymes and notorious big


Small world. I heard they had rap battles in the lunchroom


Yeah I would have loved to hear those. Have you heard his album Kingdom Come?


Yes he named it after the DC comics Kingdom Come. Do you know what that is about?


Oh that is right, it is about the retired superman coming back to show the new ones how it is done


Yeah that one. I also like his album American Gangster but he pulled it out of iTunes


Yeah because he said that movies it is not going to be sold piece by piece because movies are not sold as such


Wow , he makes a good point there though. He was even a ghostwriter for the space jam soundtrack


hey did you know that Babe Ruth was also a famous golfer?


oh wow thats cool, also cool is that GWB put solar panels on the white house during his term


Yeah apparently Jimmy Carter had them installed on the White House then Reagan had them removed and then it looks like Bush put them back up


haha oh weird, also weird is they still use floppy disks for storing files in the white house, like how outdated is that


I know its ancient tech for sure, maybe they used them because they cant be hacked unless the hack occurs from the inside


ya that is a good point, do you like teddy roosevelt? I think he was a great president


I do, I think he was a great president as well, did many important things I also liked Jimmy  Carter


do you know who the top 3 wealthiest presidents were? i'll give you a hint, Trump isn't on the list


Im guessing JFK was one  of them, maybe Obama and Carter?


so it was JFK, washington and Jefferson! it must be adjusted for inflation I'd imagine, but still thats crazy


I guess it is, I forgot to put Trump on that list,


I didnt, so not only a baseball hall of famer but also a famous golfer, I guess he had sports running through his veins


ya, have you heard of Zimbabwe? I guess his nickname is president banana


haha definitely! kind of like Michael Jordan! do you play golf


I dont, I think its a boring course, my dad used to play it, its a popular game indeed theres a golf course even in Antartica


ya I think it's boring too, I guess there is a course in Saudi Arabia that needs 4 million gallons of water a day, it seems like a waste


Wow that much water!! that seems like a big waste of resources. You know the military has about 234 golf cources around the world?


wow I didn't know that, but I do know that in the USA all the golf courses take up more space than delaware and rhode island combined!


That is a lot of land!  you know there is a golf course in Australia that has sharks living in one of its water hazards holes, that must be really scary.


wow that is scary! speaking of other countries, did you know that the white house has a twin building in ireland and france?


I did not know that. I wonder how they are different. There is also a replica in Atlanta but it was built as a private home


Was it the two possible planets after Pluto?


No it was 2  Earth-sized extrasolar planets, Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f that are orbiting a Sun-like star, Kepler-20


I wonder if that is where they think more life can be because those planets are in what thy call a sun's "Goldilocks zone"


I'm not sure if those planets support life but one day we will know for certain.


I think it would be cool to have other life among us, and to be able to live among them.  I always wonder if ther is intelligent life that has been searching and just doesnt deem us as intelligent life because they are far superior.


That could very well be the case. As far as I'm concerned the possibilities are endless.


They really are, the other thing the podcast brought up was that what if the life we search for is already on their way to find us?  It is so fascinating to examine the sky and wonder what is going on out there.


Yes it truly is, indeed!!! Did you know that Uranus actually rotates sideways as oppose to spinning around the Sun like the other planets do?


I wonder how that would affect its seasons?


Me too. I would be kind of weird to figure that one out as the planet actually rolls around the Sun.


I know that the planet Venus doesn't tilt and therefore it doesn't have any seasons.


There is one planet that has weather just like florida!  Shards of glass rain sideways at 4500 MPH and it is 2000 degrees F!  LOL


That doesn't sound like Florida at all. It was very nice chatting with you today. I hope you have a great night!!! Thanks


That is fascinating, isnt it also the only planet that rotates clockwise?


Yes that is in fact correct. Do you believe that there are other Earth sized planets out there?


I do.  I think our universe is far more expansive then we realize.  I also believe that there is life out there somewhere.


I'm very sure about this as well. I read somewhere that 1 in 5 sun-like stars is believed to have an Earth sized planet in its habitable zone. Isn't that amazing!!!


It really is, Ive been listening to a podcast about the creation of earth, the possibilities of life, and the repercussions of being alone in the universe.


That is quite fascinating. I also read somewhere recently that one of Jupiter's moons called Ganymede would be considered a planet if it actually orbited the Sun.


I guess it meets the size requirement, unlike poor pluto.


Yeah!!! poor Pluto indeed. Ha Ha!!! You probably heard that the Kepler Telescope team has made some discoveries in recent years. Do you happen to know what was one of those discoveries?


Nice, I wonder if that is because they last longer?


They sure do! My car is 10 years old. It is costly to own a car with the financing, repairs, gas, and insurance.


It's honestly like a humorous, dramatic greek comedy with how expensive cars are.


Yeah, the wear and tear can be tough. I don't drive a lot so, I don't see the expenses as much.


Do you watch TV much? I love so many of the 100 cancelled comedy central shows and miss them.


Now that is hilarious. I don't watch a lot of tv, I don't have the free time to be honest. What about you?


I'm embarrassed to admit I watch a lot of TV. Friends and Seinfeld are some of my favorites. I was angry when 3rd rock from the sun beat them for the golden globe in 1997.


I liked Seinfeld. Not sure how 3rd Rock won, that show sucked. Well, nice chatting.


I do! I have a sedan with rear cameras and a navigation system. How about you?


I just bought one. Do you have a flame thrower on it as well?


That sounds pretty cool! But, no, I don't. I heard they are legal in South Africa for carjacking.


Yeah, they are legal there. I wonder if they have a big problem with it?


I assume they do. Sounds scary. Hopefully they have McDonald's there to console them afterwards. McDoanld's put in drive thru windows in 1975.


That is pretty interesting. Why do they call a trunk a trunk?


I have never looked into that. Do you know?


Old cars used to have a wooden trunk on the back of them. LOL


Back then there weren't nearly as many cars as we have today. Cars are increasing exponentially. We are at 1.25 billion, up from 500 million in 1986.


lol it was the dance. The song gangnam style made youtube have to upgrade their view count integers


That is a huge hit. I guess everybody loves that song to death.


Ha, I had to dance to it at a wedding :/


Oh, thats horrible. Like a punishment. My condolences.


thanks, I still have not gotten over it. I do like dancing like Michael jackson after a few drinks


MJ certainly could funk the groove all over the place.


For sure, he even has his own patent for a dance move


I think he was an innovator in every way. He put on a great show. No one is quite like him. He will always be the King of Pop.


For sure, I want to be like Mike....in some ways, lol. Good chatting with you!


I do watch YouToob. It's a good program. Very entertaining.


Me too, when I am bored I go to the site. It is the second largest search engine


It has many things to watch for free. I figure that I can save more money the more I watch. So I watch as much as possible.


I am not surprised it beat out bing.com. I am glad I don't listen to baby by bieber anymore, it is the worst liked video


I figure he's earned that honor. He has enraged a planet with his music. He will be the cause of the End Times, I know it.


lol for sure. Do you dance at all? Not a good song to dance to


I don't dance. I listen to Youtube but resist the urge to dance and cavort.


lol me too. I should gangnam style still. Heard that is still in style maybe


I don't really like gangs. I think they are dangerous, but they do have their style and fashion.


Good morning! Did you know that Kim Jong Un has been editing pictures to depict North Korea's history differently than what actually occurred?


I wonder. I also wonder how someone could have time to release 3 pop albums while in office.


Must not work much.  North korea has theme parks. they are undergoing renovation at the orders of kim jong un.


Yes, that's interesting. And we don't know how old he is, although he is said to have been born in 1983.


The u.s. president's guest house is larger than the white house


Yes. I wonder what typically goes on there - if important political guests are hosted or if it is used more for recreational purposes.


It says that the top three wealthiest presidents in american history were jfk, washington, and jefferson.  I think Trump is the richest.


I've wondered the same thing. How does Trump compare to the wealthiest past presidents?


This must be either biased stats or old.


Who knows. And when we say, "the wealthiest," are we adjusting for inflation or comparing their literal net worth?


Great question.  I'm unsure on that one.  Great chat!


Yes. The most sexiest man alive according to The Onion.


Really? That's crazy. Kim Jong un learned to drive at age 3, according to a north Korean teacher's guide.


I heard that too. Sounds pretty doubtful. He also probably ordered his brother's execution.


Yeah, that is so crazy.  The Onion probably did it for publicity.


Yes. To raise their profile among Asian readers. I read something about China believing the Kim Jong Un thing, but I'm skeptical.


The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office


Yes, and the first president of Zimbabwe was called president Banana!


Hey, do you know anything about Katherine Applegate, who wants children's novels about animals near extinction? Sounds kind of interesting to me.


I agree, which is part of what the author Applegate is championing. She's partnered with the Animal Welfare Institute.


She's also said she tries to convince kids not just to like cute/cuddly animals. Some people only care about animals that are cute and furry.


That makes sense and is really forward thinking of her. I think we could use more like her.


Sure. I mean, we are animals. It's only the last 50,000 years or so since we began to behave like modern humans.


Which is a surprisingly short amount of time in the grand scheme of things...


Right. Although I'm not sure we'll make it another 50,000 years.


We may not, that's really sad now that I type that.


Our specialty is using tools - we do so more than other animals - but a lot of those tools seem to be to hurt and not to help.


Almost all animals and plants synthesize their own vitamin c, but humans cannot because the gene for this enzyme is defective


Interesting. Must be some evolutionary explanation.


She writes books from the animals' perspectives, and even from a tree's perspective in a book about an Oak tree.


Not yet, but I'm curious. She's impressed by how idealistic today's children how, but I wonder if kids stay that way when they become adults.


It would be interesting to find out... There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth.


I can't even fathom that number. I've heard that there may be 7 million species, but only 1.5 million have been identified.


Right! Animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated.


That's weird. I'll have to check my dog. And now countries such as Germany are giving animals legal rights. Good idea?


I think so. There comes a time when compassion should outweigh ownership.


That is too funny, but cool that you admit that!  I don't know how they got that title, but they were really popular at their prime.


I don't know where they got their name, but Pink Floyd recorded a concert at the ancient Roman theatre in Pompeii in 1972--the year I was born.


That was awesome too, empty theatre and the footage is just amazing.  Such a cool piece of history.


Yeah. I guess there's another Roman amphitheater in Croatia that is still used for concerts today. They really knew how to build stuff to last!


That is true, like the pyramids, stuff was built to last back then!


Yeah, we don't really make stuff to last today. You can't get people to buy a new thing every few years if the old thing is still good.


Exactly, but that's how it is now. Did you hear about how bad people thought the Creed concert was?


I guess some people, 4 of them, filed a lawsuit vs. the band because the show was so bad, sounds dumb to me.


Oh my god that's hilarious! I mean, you're the idiot who bought tickets to Creed, right? How are you gonna sue? I saw some pretty bad heavy metal concerts in the 80s, but I never sued anybody over them!!


I have to admit I haven't heard much of his stuff. I'm a bit old for that lol. You?


Exactly! You live and you learn, next time don't buy the ticket for the next show!  Anyways, its been nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day.


Yeah I am as well, but do remember when he first came out, I think one of his first hits was on the soundtrack to a Jackie Chan movie.


That's cool! I know his wife's music a little bit better. She headlined Coachella recently, I think.


Yeah I think overall she is more popular and liked than his is to be honest.


Absolutely. I heard he was the ghostwriter for a song by Bugs Bunny on the Space Jam soundtrack, which makes me laugh!


That is awesome, I never new that, I wonder when the new Lebron Space Jam will ever come out?


I guess I didn't hear about that. It will be interesting, that's for sure. My kid just asked me to buy him a copy of Dark Side of the Moon. Apparently it was one of the best selling albums of 2014 even though it's 40+ yrs old.


That is pretty awesome, I remember when I first heard that album and it got me into the Pink Floyd, but then I only really liked the first album they made.


I was a huge Floyd fan in college, but I got really into their super-old stuff, before the band settled in the lineup that made them famous. Apparently, Linkin Park's hybrid theory is the best-selling album of the 21st century, and I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I own it, despite being WAY too old for it!


Bezos actually built a clock into a mountain. Weird...


Oh wow, wonder if its Alexa compatible. Do you read ebooks on kindles? Amazon created a new font called "bookerly", but I don't find it any different from previous versions.


I do. I like the basic one that is just grey screen. You?


Yes, that one is quite travel-friendly. What I don't really like is Amazon's patent on 1-click buying which Apple actually pays a licensing fee for. It makes purchasing way too convenient


It has caused me to buy too much. They also own IMDB


Me too. I find IMDB to be quite useful too for gauging whether or not the movie would be enjoyable for me. I also like Amazon's low-end products sold under its in house brand AmazonBasics.


I use it to place a face to a movie. I can always picture a movie the person was in but not the actual movie.


I see, I might actually try the price match feature offered by Best Buy or Target one day, I had no idea they would price match with Amazon


I did not know that either. I will use it from now on...


Hopefully it'll be super simple and hassle-free.


Hello, I'm doing great and staying warm in this arctic freeze. How are you? I could use some sun right now, did you know that the sun is considered a star in the solar system?


I remember reading that. I too have a nice arctic cold. did you know Chicago is colder than antarctic? I do because I worked out this morning and it said -24 on my truck...


Yes, I saw that on the news this morning, oh my goodness, there's actually a negative in front of that! With these drastic temperature changes, one day, the sunset might become blue, just like on mars.


Yeah, it's cold. At least it's not flooding like in DC


I did not know it was flooding in DC, why is it flooding?


Intermittent downpours in the afternoon caused issues. Although I think this is from the summer as it says a high near 80. That's 102 degrees hotter than I am right now!


Wow! I think that'll do it. Considering that the sun makes up 99.86% of the mass of our solar system, why don't we feel any warmth these days?


I also read on Apple news that it's so hot in Australia right now that snakes are cooling off in toilets!


Haha, that is so smart! Oh that makes sense, they are in the opposite hemisphere. Wonder when Amazon will start diving into weather business, their logo of pointing to a to z means that its in their business scope right


The D.C area sure has a lot of attractions


I like to play videogames and also to watch movies, what about you?


I played video games as kid. Now, I don't have the time.


What games did you liked? did you ever had a Nintendo?


No, I never did. The NES was all about great game play.


I used to have one and I have to say I miss those days, games were a lot more simpler, they only had 54 colors in them


The other systems  attracted away all the NES followers. The technology advances, but the games don't always get better, just louder and shinier.


I agree, the plot seems to be forgotten and they focus more on the graphics than on the actual gameplay, do you also like to dance? or drama movies?


What about music and story telling? do you like those?


I enjoy music quite a bit. Jack Black has also written many songs.


I do not know it well. What would you recommend?


Jack Black almost played the role of Green Lantern in the movie, he is a funny actor.


That depends, do you like art, movies or plays more?


I enjoy all of those things. I would love to see a good play.


You must watch ''The Winters Table'' then, highly recommended


The Winters Table? Never heard of it. What's it about?


Its a play based on a novel by Shakespeare, its about a world full of ghosts and supernatural beings, its actually really cool, that is a must


Ghost and such? What about zombies? Zombies are very popular these days.


No, I think theres zombies in the play, and yeah ghosts, magical creatures, spirits, its great,


I guess I should see it. What other kinds of entertainment do you like?


Are you a fan of the Rockets of the Warriors?


Thats a big number 60% of all players? where does all that money go, they should be more carefull about their finances


the NFL is even higher at 78%. I think there should be financial literacy class requirements for people earning over a certain amount of money. its super important.


I agree that sould be a requirement, like a financial class for all players, they dont make lemonde out of the lemons they are given


hahaha that is funny. steph curry probably wont have to worry about it when hes done. and i appreciate he has a foundation that donates mosquito nets to families in africa. 3 nets for every 3 pointer...good intention and good PR


I guess thats as good cause as any, mosquitos transmit a lot of diseases so thats a great deed, he has a big heart, not only a good player afterall


MVP by unanimous vote for a reason, I guess.


He must be one of the few to be voted MVP by a unanimous vote, his first name is Wardell


the only one in NBA history to be voted unanimously. His father's name is the same as his. He's a second...better than a junior for sure.


The only one wow, you know that Lebron and him were born in the same town, Akron Ohio


I know that Lebron is from Akron, I grew up in south west ohio. I didn't know curry was from there though.


I would say neither... I'm not a fan of the NBA.


Yeah apparently they are both from there, a town with a lot of talent, basketball must be  a big thing out there.


Oh, I see, well I like the game, its really nice Im a fan of The Warriors


they have a lot of popularity right now. The NBA was founded in 1946 it's getting up there in age.


It is a popular sport with 30 games, 29 of them from the US and the other is a Canadian team


the raptors, right? Golden State Warriors were originally in Philly way back wen.


Yeah I think its the Raptors, the NBA is one of the four mayor sports leagues in the US and also Canada


yeah they have some interesting draft rules, the NBA. The Spurs took Tim Duncan after he had 4 years of college but that was a personal choice. I think that you are supposed to have 2 years of college for minimal draft now


Thats a great rule, as most players end with financial problems after they finishe their carrers, I guess they get to used to the cash flow


i know five years after they stop playing in the league 60% go broke


Did you know the 3 horizontal lines on a menu app is called a hamburger button?


That's better than my neighborhood sometimes...HAHA


lol  I guess it makes sense.  People want to post their mountain top selfies in real time.


I need to travel more so I can take more selfies. Not sure about Mt Everest though.


Oh, i am sure about Mt. Everest.  Sure there is no chance I am going to try it.  Maybe i can photoshop my head on someone else's picture. lol


LOL yeah put me in the picture next to you.


No problem!   Did you hear the Dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to go 160 mph?


I read that.Some people drive that fast in my neighborhood. LOL


I live on a small street with about 10 houses.  I think 25 mph is fast for my street


Mine too. Every month, it is on the news that a car has hit a house in my neighborhood.


Yikes, sounds dangerous.  Maybe you should move to Mackinac Island, Michigan.  They banned motorized vehicles over a hundred years ago.


No, i did not.  That is interesting.   I wonder who named it, Ronald McDonald?


LOL. Maybe. It had to be a nerd that was hungry.


I recently heard that 7% of people read the full terms when buying something on the internet.  I am surprised it is that high.  I never read it.


We probably should.  They could slip anything in there.  Oh well


The library of Alexandria has saved copy of the internet in the internet burns down. How would it burn down?


That is weird.  Perhaps it is metaphorical meaning the internet gets destroy or corrupted.  But i don't know how how you get a copy of the internet.  It is so big and is constantly changing


This is crazy.  There is 3g cell service and internet at the peak of Mt Everest


Hello, how are you.  I don't know about you but I am a big animal fan.  It has been estimated that there are over 7 million animal species overall.


A pet bear, oh my God.  Did you know that in Boulder, Colorado, you cannot own a pet legally.  You can however, be their guardian.


a pet bear is to much i think! Legal guardian? Thats cute! In Japan there are more pets then kids haha


They need more kids or less animals, lol.  Switching topics, where you aware that an iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear icdm deterrent.


Wow i had no idea. I'm not an I-phone fan but fun fact- It is impossible to separate two phone books that simply have their pages overlapped


Really, I didn't know that.  I think it is cool that for every minute you do not use your cell phone, Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need.


That is real good energy to put the phone up i really like that! New york's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on an old rotary phone


I never would have thought that.  I also would not have imagined that 2.7 inches in diameter is the size of the cables carrying phone and internet data across the ocean.


Me either! Also a fun fact...Hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when land animals had both gills and lungs.How crazy that sounds ahha


That sounds very crazy.  A telephone actual coverts sound into electronic signals.


I think we learned about that in school. Also Animals range in length from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres! Did  you know that?


hey there. im a huge fan as well did you know  reproduce , and grow from a hollow sphere of cells


No, I didn't know that.  I did know that there are 20 quintillion individual animals on Earth.


that is such a crazy huge number so cool to think about though. i was shocked to see in 02 germany became the first country in the world to universally give animals-guaranteed legal rights.


This is cool.  I learned that when animals are domesticated, they develop white patches on their foreheads.  That's surprising to me.


i wonder how that is even possible i would love to know more about that. did you know that the Loch Nest monster is a protected species! How neat!


I think I read that.  It was under the Scottish protection animal act of 1912 if I remember correctly.


YES  it was. I think its really neat actually. I think its kind of funny that the first animal ever cloned was a cat and that's where the name copy cat came from.


Really, that is pretty neat.  I read somewhere that there are more tigers living as pets in the US than there are living in the wild in Asia.


that makes me sad. they need to be in the wild. Theodore Roosevelt had a pet bear along with over 20 other pets!


It's still banned in North Korea and Cuba! I guess that's not terribly surprising!


Oh yeah it makes sense. There are over 103 countries that do play it!


It also comes in more than 37 different languages!


Nicolas Cage even helped convince Johnny Depp to pursue acting while playing a game


Wow thats cool. I just love playing and getting chance and community chest cards...they're always so exciting/surpirising.


I love building the hotels. Capitalism at its finest


It's always such a high energy game, money lost and won, jail, the roll of the dice...tax squares...just so many things going on!


Speaking of jail. Do you have any fun facts about presidents?


I do! The first president of zimbabwe was called president banana!


Oh how cool. I just looked him up. Its his real name! Canaan Banana. Unlike the nicknames our guy has


Indeed. As rich as he is...he's still not in the top three wealthiest american presidents.


Surprising from what he claims!. It was nice talking to you!


I have, several different versions of it as well as on different platforms(like my smart phone). Do you enjoy the game?


I do. I even take part in the mcdonalds version


I don't partake in fast food but that doesn't matter...you can get the pieces by mail!


The longest game was 70 days! Did you know that the game was originally a teaching tool?


It was used to teach the injustices of capitalism.


I know :) It's so much about capitalism that it was banned in some countries in the eastern world. It's even still banned in 2!


I knew it was banned in russia. But what other countries is it banned in


true. Did you know there is a sound frequence that causes fear in humans?


no I didn't know that, but I did know that humans can't burp in zero gravity haha


Wow , that  is so funny. Did you know we can regrow a rib in 2-3 months


wow I didn't know that! can other animals do that? maybe it would be better to sustainably harvest animal ribs instead of killing them haha


Well, that is a sad one. Do you know much about the earth?


well I do know that it is about four times as dense as the sun, what about you?


More than 80% of the forests are gone, sadly


that is sad, but I think Jupiter is the unsung hero of the planets, it acts like a shield and has saved the earth from asteroids


That is so cool. Did you know when earth was formed the day only had 5.5 hours?


no I didn't know that, also didn't know the earths poles reverse every 300k years, I wonder when the next one is due


well I know that I am one and they appeared about 300,000 years ago in teh fossil record, what about you


That would be interested. Nice chatting with you.


I know that we lost our body hair only 240 000 years ago


ya humans haven't been around for long, if history were 24 hours long humans would only exist for about a minute


That is just incredible. Did you know we are the only one who cannot synthesize vitamin C?


haha that is weird, I wonder why, and I wonder if we can edit our genes to fix that that would be cool!


I know, maybe we leave it to evolution to take care of that. Pretty cool that plants and other animals can though


ya, and we are also the only animal that can't breathe and swallow at the same time, so there is that too haha


yes, I guess we are not as advanced as we like to think. so for now we stick to lemons to get out vitamins


right, also leftover from evolution is goose bumps, that makes furry animals appear larger


Did you know that the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana? What do you suppose that was about?


I'm retired now but there was a time when I made a lot of money and I did discover that it really doesn't matter as long as your can provide and be happy.


That's true. I would rather be content with my crust of bread and a good family than be the richest person around and be all alone.


Yes. I have always managed to remain optimistic and happy. Like listening to your favorite music, it soothes your soul.


Music is amazing. I think it would be the best to go to concerts of some of my favorite bands.


You know, I've never been to a concert at all. I've driven my kids to them and sat in the car for hours waiting for it to be over. They love it but they always seem to be held a couple of hundren miles away.


I've never been to one either but I have friends that have. They seem to really love going. I wonder who holds the record for most concerts.


I don't know but I do know that the Ramones played over 2000 in 20 years of  touring. That's a lot of stops even over the course of time.


Wow that is a lot of concerts! I don't think I could spend that much time on a tour bus with people. That seems like a really cramped space.


I agree. I couldn't get along with anyone for that long. I wonder what a band makes for a concert. There has to be a huge expense to put one on.


It really does. I think Pink Floyd had the right idea though. Record a live concert and release the album


Maybe it was a nickname. Hopefully it is seen a respectful one and not like some of the names that people have called our past presidents.


Yes, when I was a kid the venues were small, like clubs and theaters. The whole idea was just to promote new records, now they fill Madison Square Garden.


I think I would get such bad stage fright with a concert that size. Small settings wouldn't be so bad but something like that would be too much.


Yes we do seem to label our politicians good and bad depending on your view of them. Most of ours have been wealthy like JFK, Washington and Jefferson.


I'm surprised that Trump isn't on that list. Maybe it isn't completely up to date.


Trump isn't particularly rich compared to them. He over inflates his worth according to people who know. He's still got a lot more than I do.


I think if we went back to when the runner up was the vice president we would have more cooperation between the parties.


I agree. I wonder why they stopped that practice. It makes a lot of sense to me.


Who knows congress probably passed a law on it like they pass laws on their own salaries and pensions.


I know. Wouldn't it be nice to write your own ticket? Congress has lost a lot of respect over the years, beginning with Clinton they have become too party oriented.


it is just crazy to me that they can make laws about their own salaries. Like I would love to vote on how much i get paid.


Do you think we could use lotteries today for elections?


Maybe its all the TVs faults for a lot of what happens. It is a mass medium for ads entertainment and news


We no longer have news when it comes to politics.  I'll stick to the Simpsons for news.  It's more honest.


The simpsons crew gave south park flowers for an episode.


There was only one episode of the Simpsons without Bart or the mention of Bart.


I wonder if it would take longer to find that one episode or watch all the episodes of pokemon


Pokemon would be far more painful.  I can't believe there are over 750 episodes!


50 episodes a year for 16 years straight


That's a crazy amount - the Japanese are very productive it seems.  Personally, I'd rather watch That 70's Show.


It will only take you 10 episodes to finish days like these. A UK remake


Yeah, it didn't go over there.  I wonder why?  I wonder if they watch the Simpsons?


No, I think it's fine the way it is.  I'm not sure I like the way delegates are used.


It was nice talking to you. Have a great day


I feel like there has to be a way to get more voters out. It hasnt breached 62.8% in the last 100 years


Yeah, there's a lot of apathy.  Funny, since 1900, the taller candidate has won the presidential election 75% of the time.


The the president has been a member of either the republican or democratic party since 1853. I think we need more choices


Or maybe no parties at all.  The left always accuses the GOP of being racist but they were founded upon being anti-slavery.


Yeah its funny how silly committing to a party is. President truman refused to be photographed on the dumbo ride


I think parties divide the nation and cause people to fight for the party rather than what's good for the nation.  Ya know, the red and blue colors didn't happen until 2000?


Thats an interesting fact. Im really surprised by that


Maybe I should vote in NV where they have "none of these candidates" as an option.  I feel like that sometimes.


I wish he got more money! I find Demetri martin's work very inspiring.


Yes. Even rappers can inspire. Ever hear of Cardi B? Was on VH1's "Love & Hip-Hop New York", then released rap album in 2017 that went viral.?


I am surprised that show is still around!


I know. Cardi has been called a connoisseur of talk: trash talk, sweet talk, pillow talk (former stripper), crazy talk. Some call her a modern-day poet. Like JayZ or Tupak. Do you agree?


I agree that rapping is definitely a form of poetry just vary different than how we think of poetry. We need to open our minds to more than just shakespeare type work.


Right. Even Shakespeare's language takes getting used to. Maybe rap really started w/guys like Muhammad Ali. His "fly like a butterfly; sting like a bee" and other verbal wittiness were like a lot of rap lyrics.


Did you know that busta rhymes was teh reptar wagon voice in rugrats?


That's funny. Tupac's music is now in the Library of Congress under "cultural significance". Seriously.


I wonder how he got awarded that honor instead of other rappers.


Good question. JayZ has also been recognized as, perhaps, the greatest rapper. Last album w/wife, Beyonce, in 2018 was indcredible. Ever hear any tracks from it?


Very much. Whitman, Frost, mostly American poets, but a few other dead poets, too, and some rappers.


I have not. I will go listen to it now! It was nice talking to you.


Nice! Have you heard of the japanese alphabet?


Yes, when you recite it in order, it forms a poem. Clever! Did you know Tolkien took Hobbit character names from an old Icelandic poem?


The Greeks claim to have invented poetry, but it's much older, probably dating back to prehistoric African hunting poems. Some texts date from 25th century BC. Ever heard of these?


I heard about the epic of gilgamesh being written in sumerian!


Me, too. Studied it once while writing a drama version of Noah's Ark. Epic of G. takes place in real ancient city of Ur. Interesting flood story - very old...


Love Poe. Especially "The Raven"..."nevermore"...Poe only got a paltry $9 for publishing it. Most poets aren't rich - in dollars.Do you have a favorite poem/poet?


Do you watch football?  The highest scoring game ever was back in 1916.


No I didn't. What did they win an emmy for?  Was it for the show sports center?


No they created that superimposed yellow line to let watcher know where the first down was.


Really?  I like the yellow line. It's actually very helpful when I'm watching a game.  Speaking of things being created, did you know that the huddle was started due to a deaf quarterback.  The team he was on used a huddle so the other team couldn't read his hands.


I did not know that, that was smart. There was a former patriots player never fumbled the football in his career.


A player that never fumbled the ball at all?  Who was this and what position did he play?


Running Back named Benjarvus green-ellis.


That is impressive that a running back never fumbled the ball. He must be really good.  Does he still play?  I'm not familiar with his name.  What team is he on?


He was on the Patriots, since retired i believe. You know the NFL has only produced one left handed quarterback?


That I actually do know about.  It's kellan moore.  He's been in the news lately so I am familiar with him to a certain degree.


On a different note Michael Jackson wanted to build a 50 ft robot of himself to move around the Nevada desert.


Is that for real?  In some way it really doesn't surprise me though.  He was always doing some really strange things.


i think it was.  That is just incredible.  I would like to know if the game lasted as long as games do now or was longer. I don't know many details from it.


Well apparently there is only 11 minutes of live game play.


So in 11 minutes they scored over 200 points!  That would be amazing.  Maybe one of the teams should have painted their visiting teams locker rooms pink like the University of Iowa does.


To funny! did you know that bowlers made twice as much as top nfl players?


I did know that. Seems like I heard that bowlers were very popular back in the 1960s so they made more money than football players.


That's crazy! I think that high scoring game we were talking about was between Georgia tech and Cumberland.


Two college teams apparently.  I like college football.  Baker Mayfield, quarterback for the University of Oklahoma, is talented in more than just football.  He actually considered becoming a professional video game player at one time.


wow!  Did you know that ESPN won a Emmy?


wow, good thing apple took the ball and went with it! I couldn't imagine Siri anywhere else


I don't! But i am so interested in fish, do you?


No, I don't own any, but I like to eat them!


I love me some fish to eat! Just dont try eating this one breed of jellyfish, they are immortal!


I like some good blackened Mahi Mahi from our local Seafood restaurant, it's the bomb!  I live in Florida and I try to stay away from all jellyfish if I can.  Lol


I love going to Florida and trying fresh fish. I am in Iowa and we only have a few selections for fresh fish!


Yeah, you're so right, frozen is just not the same as fresh fish.  It's the best.  I read in the paper today that the zebrafish is very unique.  In the fact that 84% of genes that cause diseases in humans have similar counterparts in the zebrafish, as well.


man, so interesting! I love fish! good chatting with you!


Did you know the seahorse is the only fish to have a neck?


I like Siri, only because that's what I used to.  What about you?


I have an iphone and use siri, but Alexa is cool too. If you ask siri to sing a song she sings the same song as hal 9000 from space odyssey


I just asked her and she sung me, "If I only had a brain"  from the Wizard of Oz.  Technology is so cool!


lol, I like that AI can do that when we ask. I like it in Britian because it is the voiceover guy from weakest link!


I've never heard him before. Did you know IBM outlawed Siri?


I did not know that, do you know why they did?


Apparently, every question you ask Siri gets sent to a database in North Carolina.  I guess they were scared some of their trade secrets would slip out?


I bet, they use it for data and sell it, just like Alexa. There is an mturk hit regarding alexa questions that I do sometimes, scary.


Wow!  Did you know Siri was originally supposed to be for android and blackberry phones?


Did you hear that Mark E Smith, of the band of the Fall died at age 60?


I believe it is 65.  There were many Facebook posts following his death and many different songs were cited as favorites.


Oh a lot of albums them I might search for a couple on Spotify, and do you have a Facebook account?


Yes.  My wife has more friends that me however.  I know that the color blue is used a lot on Facebook because Zuckerberg is red-green color blind.


Oh I thought it was because blue looks cool or because it attracts people, thats inresting to know though, cool fact!!


Yes.  There are sometimes strange causes for things in our life.  Netflix was started because a guy was mad at a $40 late fee at Blockbuster.  Burger King had a promotion where one got a free whopper for unfriending 10 people on Facebook.


I remember that promotion, I actually took advantage of it and received a free whooper, and I get you, Iceland really took it to another level though.


Ok so appartently Iceland is basically rewritting their constitution using feedback via Facebook.


That is unique!  You mentioned Van Halen earlier.  Did you know that he set the studio speakers on fire when recording his guitar solo for "Beat It"?


I didnt know that Ive always liked that solo but didnt know his guitar got on fire!! thats crazy!


Oh thats too bad, I used to love his music, he sure was a visionary leader.


Not the guitar, the speakers.  I am sure the power at volume created the heat.  I am going to go now.  Enjoyed talking with you!


He was a punk rocker?  What other similar musicians do you like?


I like Eddie Van Halen, I think he has some sweet solos, like the one of the song Beat It, what about you?


I don't know my rock categories very well.  I like Queen and Aerosmith.  The Fall had over 60 different members during their 40 year existence.


Do you like the song "Repetition" its one of my favorites of the Fallen and also one of their earliest songs.


Yes.  That may be the only one I know.  The band was considered the pinnacle of underground rock.  That is like being on top of an anthill.


What I liked about the group is that they had like this classical touch kind of like the Beatles.


That is true for a select group of fans.  There are lots of albums available today.


Do you know how many albums the group has?


Man how about this weather, sounds like DC will see spring and it isn't even january


wow, crazy that neptune just completed its first orbit of the sun since 1846


I didn't know Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.


I didn't know he started "amazon" in 1994 and alibaba outsells them


That's sad. At least Amazon has a contract with postal service to deliver packages on Sunday!


that has helped business greatly, but USPS is losing money on the deal. I didn't know IMDB is owned by amazon the last 20 years


The world record for speed reading is 4,700 words per minute!


Yeah definitely. Reading terrible poetry sounds boring.


i agree ha, good talking with you, happy holidays


highs near 50 was insane today, in iowa it was 38


Tomorrow's weather will be pleasant. At least it will be partially sunny.


yes, partial sunny in the winter makes so much of a difference, no snow hopefully.


Even if it snows the impacts should be relatively minimal.


I agree ,it has been way to warm for any snow to stick, so much for a white christmas


Did you know that the sun accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system?


that is crazy, what is more crazy is a lightning bolt is 5x hotter than the sun


It produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.


Isn't it amazing that British politicians were forced by law to wear a top hat.


That's surprising. Like most people and other primates, I'm so afraid of snakes.


oh ya I saw this cat video where people had a cucumber and the cat thinks it's a snake and freaks out


I guess chats are scared of snakes too then. There are places in the world where there are no snakes at all.


I meant to write Reptile man, not snake man. He has a webpage


I think snakes are reptile. Snakes are different from lizards though.


I've seen those before, they look like snakes, but they're not snakes.


wow, interesting! My daughter works for a veterinarian that sees pretty much any kind of animal


There are so many types of snakes, I'm sure she has seen all of them including flying snakes!


I should ask her. People have all kinds of pets like turtles and spiders


I wonder what the story is on that. I'm going to look up bowler hat


The bowler hats were extremely popular in the old west.


I looked at a picture of bowler hat. I think I like cowboy hat better. Or those Mexican hats. Those are cool


They do look very similar to the cowboy hats, no wonder they were so popular.


They are cute but maybe that's why I don't like them. I don't see kippa mentioned


I like to wear hate. I tip my hat to greet people when I'm wearing one.


I don't like to wear a hat unless it's to keep the sun out of my face


No, I think they are kind of cool. We have a snake man around here who visits jails and hospitals with his snakes. The kids love it


Not really but I know a little. I know it's played in over 200 countries.


It's the sport of the people. It makes more money that the other major sports combined.


Wow! I wonder if that's just because of the mass appeal. Apparently Americans call it soccer because it was slang for association football but I wonder wonder how that slang term came about?


Don't know. Probably because there was already a sport called football, they needed something new. The variation of soccer with 3 teams sounds weird. I wonder why that was started.


I have heard a little about that. Isn't that where they all three face each other at the same time?


The referee must have trouble keeping track of everything. There can't be 11 players on each team. Too many people on the field.


Yes, I would imagine it would be confusing. Are you familiar with Mesut Ozil from Germany?


Yes he is. He did a lot of charity work.


That's great! Professional athletes make so much money, it only seems fair that they donate some of it.


Hi, how are you? Yes, I enjoy comedy. Did you know that Ryan Stiles dropped out of high school to pursue a comedy career?


I agree. He donated 300,000 Euros to pay for the surgeries of 23 children in Brazil. That's so commendable.


Good, thank you. I did not. It worked out for him. Do you know Demetri Martin?


No, I do not know Demetri. Is he a comedian?


Yes he is. He had a show on Comedy Central for a season or two. He was accepted into Harvard law and left to pursue his comedy career.


Pretty smart guy! I guess the law just isn't as fun as comedy. Have you heard of the comedy genre "bromantic comedies?"


His comedy is very intelligent so it makes sense. I have heard of that. I would say Pineapple Express and I Love You Man would be examples.


Have you seen Harold and Kumar? That's a good example too. I wonder what's going on in bill murray's head when he says that Kung Fu Hustle is a supreme achievement in comedy.


I have. I love Bill Murray so much but I disagree with that statement. It's a silly movie though and he tends to be very silly himself.


I think he must be making a joke. Do you follow soccer at all?


Eventually, he wants to play till hes like 45. He is on the injury report every week for no reason too


I guess the coach is trying to psych out the opposition? i figure that it might put the other team off balance.


Belichick of the Patriots does that often for that very reason


He has won a lot of games, i think, so he knows how to strategize.


Yea, and how to get disciplined players like Brady who have won the super bowl 6 times.


Yeah, it is partially the coach, but the players are key too, of course. Is there another QB of tom's ability in the league?


I would say Aaron Rodgers is close, with less of a supporting cast.


yeah, the qb can only do so much. the other players have to be up to the task. especially the defense. do the patriots have a good defense?


I guess that's true. Anyway, great chat!


i was a fan, but i havent followed the game in a while. You?


I watch frequently. Are you familiar with Tom Brady?


yes, i have heard the name. he is a quarter back, yes?


Yup, known as one of the greatest. He has apparently never eaten a strawberry.


does he have an allergy? that sort of thing might run in families.


He is a health fanatic. His wife makes twice as much more apparently.


I guess Tom should do her job then! LOL. is she a model or something?


That is a great job, if you can get one. Brady is not a young guy anymore, is he? Is he planning to retire?


No, I just never could get into it. I do find it really interesting that they use tracking chips in uniforms and inside the footballs. I'm sure the data that they get is fascinating.


That is pretty cool, I wonder what they do with the stats?


I'm sure they look at how fast the players are moving, and where they are during specific plays. Also can track the speed, rotation, and velocity of the ball.


Interesting. Do they share it with the teams?


I doubt that teams share that info between each other, but I'm guessing each team uses it to learn what their players are doing.


Yeah, well it isn't clear if it is the NFL that does it, or the teams themselves?


I used to, I normally watch Basketball. Do you watch either?


Interesting, well nice chatting with you!


It is. Did you know that the US Supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor?


Actually, I knew that. Did you know that Canada scored 132 goals in 1924?


Oh wow. That is crazy then. I know that hockey players lose a lot of weight just in the course of one game. It must be exhausting to play.


I don't think I could skate and wear the uniforms that they do.


Hey. Do you know much about the USA Senate? It is the upper chamber of congress.


Haha I didn't know that. Also the president of indonesia seems to be giving Justin Bieber a run for his money!


I think that the press of Indo probably does not have the most hated video on YouTube. I think he probably has sold a ton of albums.


Yeah maybe so. Until 1805, the runner up in a president election automatically became vice president!


The system would be great for pop albums. I think that duet of two opponents would sell like hotcakes. Everyone would love to hear Trump and Hillary do it.


Haha without a doubt I would buy it. I wonder if Congress would allow it? The term is derived from a Latin word, like many other words.


Latin really is the language of terms of derivation. I would like to know what the purpose of Congress actually is. What do they do all day? Do they work?


It seems like all they do is play baseball. The Republicans seem to be better though!


The baseball game should resolve most of the issues in the country. No more votes. No more speeches.


That would be awesome. I bet it would be televised. They even have fantasy congress.


I think that the baseball talent for fantasy Congress would get snapped up first. Anyway, good chat!


Hi, how are you? I do not know much about the Senate. It is the upper chamber of Congress, I've heard.


Elmo even testified before Congress! You too see ya!


Yes along with the House of Representatives!


I think that the Senate has 100 people but the VP casts the deciding vote. He is powerful. One day that will be important. Maybe during an impeachment.


Yeah good point. It may play an important role but definitely doesn't exist in authoritarian regimes with dictators.


That is the advantage of our great country. We have a republic, something that other countries envy.


True. Also a surprising fact is the president's guest house is bigger than the white house.


I think that the guest house must have been built much later. How could it be so big? How many guests stay there?


Yeah I want to know that too. Maybe banana stayed their once (the first president of zimbabwe).


The first president of Zimbabwe was a guy that got caught in a lot of relationships with men, I hear.


Its a good thing our government officials are picked by an election.


Another election wont work if Madure is the one arraging it and yeah, its sad did you hear about the power outage? the one that lasted like 6 days


I wish that we could get humanitarian aid to them, or to their neighbors. our president could help.


Yes, elections are great when the system works. when the system breaks, we need stronger measures. can colombia help?


I think they can, if things escalate countries can join and expel Maduro from Venezuela, that would create a war though.


I dont think they want to be in a war. they might be able to give humanitarian aid if the US or the UN provides it.


I hope that gets settled soon, poor people of Venezuela they have suffered enough already.


Yes, they have. the country has oil, now it needs democracy and a real president.


Yeah the can rise from the ashes other countries have strange rulers, like the president of Indonesia, the guy released 3 pop albums while in office.


The president of Indonesia must make bank from those albums. i wonder if he is any good. Anyway, great chat!


yeah, in general that is good. i figure that the money in politics is a problem though


He must be a really popular president and it was cool chatting, thanks for your time, have a nice day.


Yeah money can really influence voters and alter campaigns, still Im glad we have an election process and not a dictator ruling the country.


Yes, dictatorships are terrible. everyone suffers except a handful of people.


Yeah, like Venezuela, they are suffering a lot because of Maduro, authoritarian regimes are also really bad


Yes, i dont know what we can do there. i dont think that they will have any real elections in the near future.


Yeah I don't think so either and the dictator Maduro blames the US for all the problems Venezuela has


It is easy to blame others. What do you think we should do? Intervene?


I think we should let Maduro be, people are turning against him already, with all the economic sanctions its just a matter of time.


Yes, but how many people will suffer until then? i dont know how long it will take. the neighboring countries cant absorb many refugees. I would like to see another election.


I do.  He does not want to be in trouble by lying.


I wouldn't be want to get screwed by the boss.


I would not either.  So, what do you thing about Papadopulos?


I think he cut a plea deal that gave him a good opportunity to evade most of the penalties he could face.


He did not want to go in front of the jury.  He could be found guilty and be jailed for a long time.


But instead he escaped with just 14 days in jail.


Hi.  What do you think about Mr. Corallo's (Trump administration) claim?


I would tend to believe that if faced with testimony under oath he would probably be telling the truth that there was an undisclosed conference call. Your thoughts?


I think so.  They would not want to be in trouble in order to protect Trump.


I think if most people faced jail time they wouldn't protect their boss.


Why would you protect your boss if they were wrong?  Do you think Hope Hicks knows something illegal?


She was there for all the Trump criminality. She would have to testify under oath. I think she has information.


Washington Post seems to have sources from inside the white house.


They are a really well sourced news organization. So it would not be surprising at all.


Hi, how are you today? Do you like to listen to music?


Yes, I have. She has an angelic voice. Pure. She was the best scat artist out there.


She was! She actually taught herself to sing 2 notes at once like mongolian singers.


That is a very cool talent. I wonder how long it took her to learn that skill.


That is a good question! I know she learned how to by the time she was 18, but that is all.


She was very gifted. I wish that I had seen her in concert. I do have a couple of her albums though.


I wish I did! Did you ever see the series Breaking Bad?


Yes, I did. It was a great show. I don't remember the music. Was Ella in that somewhere?


She was not, but a Jazz musician by the name of Walter White wrote an album called Breaking Good!


LOL That's great! A great play on words. Anyway, great chat!


I do too. I think that music is the international language, one that transcends borders and cultures.


There is a music festival in DC about the color purple. It has jazz and ragtime music. Do you like either of those?


I do like jazz. It is truly America's greatest musical contribution to the music world.


I like it too. Did you know it originates for African American Communities?


I am not surprised. Many of the greatest musical innovation in the US came from the black communities that were marginalized and oppressed. Now the world loves this music.


I think that's great! What a great stride America has made in acceptance. Jazz is characterized by it's swing and blue notes. Ragtime is my favorite.


You like ragtime, It is quite old, but it is quite catchy. I do not usually listen to it.


Ragtime is just a sub category of Jazz. Have you ever listened to Ella Fitzgerald?


Hey there did you follow the most recent election? What do you think about choosing a president through just a lottery system?


No I didn't know that. Are those actually good songs? I'm wondering if he made a lot of money from them? I do know that he's not one of the richest presidents of all time


I made up the last part, but yeah, he made 3 albums!


Haha Oh I thought you had some hidden knowledge LOL. Do you have any knowledge on why Trump is not one of the top three richest Presidents by the way


I think it is because they can't actually verify his wealth, but I could be wrong. He ain't poor, let's put it that way.


Yep I agree with you there. How often do you use a telephone by the way? I know that I use my cell phone all the time, sometimes I check it literally all day long


I agree. Do you have a Android or a iPhone by the way? And iPhone has more power than the entire US nuclear missile deterrent system apparently, Androids are probably similar


Ipone, ....I can believe it. We need to update our ICBM, or is it IMDB? Get it! Hahaha


Haha I like that! What do you think about the cable that connects the USA to Europe? It connects our internet and also our telephone service, it's only 3 in thick! What if a shark eats it LOL


I think it is totally awesome! Without that how could we bail those clowns out of starting another world war? Didn't they start 2 already?  Freaking clowns....so much for european sophistication...


I think it is a terrible idea, but i'm not too political to be honest.


Haha that's a good point. What do you think about UNICEF donating clean water for every minute you don't use your cell phone? I certainly don't use mine 24 hours a day, so I guess I should be doing that to help people


Yep I think it's bad to. Apparently that's how they did stuff in ancient Athens though. It just doesn't seem very smart to me


Interesting, have you ever used a rotary phone?


Yes my grandma used to have one actually. They were very old and very hard to use in my opinion haha. It would take forever to dial a number, do you know the story on why New York's area code is212?


I had one growing up, but I would think 0 woulbe be the fastest?


You would think that, or you would think 111 would be even faster. Do you know about the cable that connects the USA to England by the way?


I'm not sure, just dialing 0 seems pretty quick, right?


Yeah you're right, but I think they wanted the area code to be three numbers so I don't know how you would dial 0 0 0 haha. Do you have an iPhone or an Android by the way


Hilarious! Did you know the president of Indonesia released 3 albums while in office, and one was called "Screw the President?"


Hello. Do you like to dance? I do not dance but I enjoy watching dance performances.


No, I have not.  Please tell me about it.


Well I saw the movie but I didn't like it as much as the first one, came out last year and Samuel L Jackson actually does a voice in it, I think he's pretty cool


I like Samuel L Jackson.  Is he in both Incredibles?


Yes he is. If you watch the movies though it's crazy because they actually take place in the 60s, and they are not in present day


I see.  I'm curious to see them though since I can relate to the 60s. I'm old.


Well you might like the movie then haha, it's crazy that the first movie came out back in 2004, doesn't seem like it was that long ago


Do you know that Brad Bird intentionally used artists who were likely to either quit of be fired from Pixar?


No I didn't know that. I wonder if they worked harder because they were going to be fired then haha. What do you think about the fact that there was actually a sequel to the original Incredibles movie? But it was in video game for him, I never heard about that before


No, I have not heard about that.  Please tell me about it.


I don't know I never played the video game. But apparently it was the sequel before the sequel that came out last year haha. I'll have to check it out.


Yes I like to watch dancing but I don't really dance, did you know that a ballet dancer can go through four pairs of shoes a week by the way


I do not play video games anymore.  Are you familiar with Sarah Vowell?


Betting sounds familiar. I think she does a voice in Incredibles 2 right? Maybe outside of that she is also a political commentator?


She is the voice of Violet Parr.  You are right, she is a political commentator.  Anyway, I've got to go now, my granddaughter is calling me.  It was nice chatting with you.  Good night.


Yes nice chatting with you too, and she is also apparently a bestselling author, I'll checkout her work take care!


I heard about it.  It's really amazing.  It must cost them a lot of money.


Yes I think so. It's all so crazy that Tupac was a hardcore rapper but he also did ballet in high school haha


I cannot imagine him doing it.  Perhaps he wanted to meet pretty ladies!


Well I couldn't blame him! I also can't blame babies for dancing to music, apparently they will smile and move to the beat when they hear a song


That's cute.  I will want to watch my grand baby do it. Too bad she lives in another state.


Yeah that is too bad. What do you think about Bruce Lee though? Do you know he was actually a great dancer


No, I did not know that.  He was so talented in many ways.


Yes he actually won a Cha Cha Championship back in 1958, on a different subject have you ever seen the movie Incredibles 2?


Well I won't deny that this one person's actions damaged the integrity of the nobel prize. Shame on him


And this is the first time in more than 60 years that a prize won't be given


I mean a lot of people stepped down or worked tirelessly to restore their marred repuation


That's really hard on a lot of people. For about 40 years, literature was part of the Olympic events


I think that is because literature is such a valued art and skill. I find it hilarious however there is a contest where writers try to come up with the worst possible opening sentence to a novel.


It would be interesting to see the novels on that list and to found out if those sentences have been used in good novels


True. It would be interesting to see how they recover from those worst hook sentences


Have you ever read any ancient Greek literature? I guess it's rare to find romantic kissing in those scripts because it's a more recent development


I have read literary works like homer's iliad during my youth, but not much else


I'm glad that's not one of the six tons of literature that the FDA burned as part of US censorship. It makes me wonder what they didn't want us to read


I do, actually. I've wondered how people qualify for a Nobel Prize in literature, but it looks like due to a #MeToo scandal in the academy, there won't be one


That is a mystery we will never know. In any case, it was a pleasure chatting with you.


I guess the panel of judges have to deem you worthy


I guess there's a different panel for the varying categories, because the award for literature is the only one affected by the reports


Do you know how many nobel prizes there are in total?


I don't, actually. I guess there are 18 committee members total though


I always thought there were only 6 categories


I think you're right. Literature covers all the various types of written works. Winston Churchill's Nobel Prize was in Literature


In any case the metoo scandal was a shame since it canceled out the nobel prize for literature which would mean a lot to most writers


I know. All because of one guy. And it seemed to be an ongoing thing he was doing, and it just now is becoming a big deal


Ahah you gotta get motivation from somewhere.  Other people have an easier job infiltrating Hollywood. Alec Baldwin and Ringo Starr have both narrated episodes of Thomas the Tank engine.


Not bad, but you really know you are on the top of your game when you get a spot on Pokemon! With over 750 episodes, that's job security!


I can't imagine ahah, if only we all had that much job security. The Simpsons must be similar, especially for the voice actor for Bart. There's only one episode he doesn't appear in, I believe.


Bart rocks! And he would agree!  One show without job security: the UK version of That 70s SHow. It was a remake of the US version, but was cancelled after only 10 episodes.


It must have been terrible to be canceled that quickly. I wonder what happens to the crew signed for it, like cinematographers.


No Academy Awards for them! Yoou know there has never been a woman nominated by the Academy for cinematography before?


No I didn't know that! Is that the only category to never have had a female?


It's gotta be. Hollywood is so chock full of women, it is hard to believe otherwise!


I don't know what's a bigger tragedy, that or the cinematographer Roger Deakins being nominated for an oscar 13 times and never winning.


It could be worse. The cinematographer for the movie Spartacus won an Academy Award, but he is rememberd because he was not allowed by the director to do his job. He will forever be known as the winning loser!


Sure! I used  to love the show House, starring Hugh Laurie. Ever seen it? Great drama!


Ahah at least he can know he was the winner in reality, even if not officially, that's the important thing. It was nice chatting with you, have a nice day!


I haven't! I'm sure Hugh Laurie is very successful though, it's certainly a popular show.


He  makes like $700k per episode! He must be good! Any actors that you admire?


That's crazy! I like John Hamm. He actually started out as a drama teacher I believe, that's some transition


Yes it was! I don't know if you watch the office, but Ellie Kemper, who played Erin, went to the same school and was his student!


Nice connect with his old haunt!  Ellie is a good actress too.  Great at comedy acting. Jim Carrey is a pretty good comedy actor too. Did you see him in The Mask?


I did! But I hear he doesn't like playing in dramas as much now, says he only prefers movies that project positivity.


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


Well whenever you get a chance to watch it, keep in mind you can lose 180 calories, apparently! ha ha


I will keep that in mind next time I  have to pick a movie lol, I can go all out on the snacks then, I wonder how they make all those creepy metallic noises in movies


Oh! I believe they use an instrument called a waterphone.


Oh I see, so its called a waterphone thanks for that fact, what other genres do you like?


I like dramas as well one of my favorite actors is Michael Cane, I think his really good


That's funny you mention him, I heard the only reason he began acting in dramas were because of pretty girls in his high school drama class.


Thats the reason he began acting? thats really funny lol, have you watched the tv series House?


I watched a few episodes here and there. Is it any good?


Its a great show I like it a lot, you know the leading actor earns about $700000 per episode!!


Wow! That is a crazy amount of money just for one episode.


It is right, I think his the highest paid actor in history for a tv drama show,


Do you like Jon Hamm? He plays in the Transporter movies and recently in the Fast and Furious movies.


I like more comedy, but horror is a close second.


Comedy is a nice genre for sure, one of my favorite actors is Bill Murray


I read an interview he did and he said kung fu hustle is "a supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy". I thought that was interesting.


Really? I havet read that article although it seems interesting, I might look it up later, did you ever watch the channel Comedy Central?


I did when I was a child, I thought there were some good cartoons. Not really kid friendly though. What about you?


I like the channel its a bad things that 100 shows have been cancelled over the years,


I did see that somewhere, that's crazy. I know you like horror movies, have you seen The Shining? If not, you need to it's a classic. Anyway, the boy in the movie didn't even know he was in a horror movie until he got older.


He didnt? I wonder how they tricked him, I havent seen the movie but Ive heard its really scary,


That is pretty wild, I heard that under the provisions of the 1912 Scottish Protection of Animals Act that the Loch Ness Monster is a protected species!


Now that is wild.  Animals are so interesting to me.  I learned in college that they are like humans, they have a dominant "paw" or side.


They are definitely interesting. Did you know that they develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated?


How cool, strange but cool, nonetheless.  I also learned that animals from geographically distant area often speak different"languages" or "dialects", just like people.


That's interesting. I wonder if my dog speaks with a southern dialect?


Mine most definitely does! I'm so glad that the world is appreciating and respecting the animals more.  I read somewher that the Netherlands is constructing special bridges for wildlife.


I wish they would do that here. It breaks my heart seeing dead animals on the side of the road.


Me too.  The bridges connect habitats and keep the animals from being hit by cars.  Such a good thing that they do need to be constructed here.


That would help so much here, I don't see why they don't do it.


Agreed.  On a different note, I'm 50 years old and I just found out what the E. in Chuck E. Cheese stands for!


I have no idea what it stands for. I always thought it was Eugene or something like that.


Nope, you're wrong.  It's entertainment.  Charles Entertainment Cheese!  Well, it's been nice chatting with you, friend.  I've got to get to work.  Talk to you later!


I'm doing pretty good, just trying to get rid of some hiccups. Did you know that hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs?


No, I didn't know that.  How interesting.


I know! The correlation between our anatomy and animals is pretty neat. Did you know that the study of animals is called Zoology?


Yeah, I remember taking Zoology in school.  Did you know that there are over 7 million animal species?


That's pretty wild. I have recently learned that there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on earth, that is astonishing!


That is amazing!  I was shocked to learn recently that there are some animals that can theoretically live forever, because they are biologically immortal.


Oh wow, that's really interesting. Did you know that in 2002 Germany became in the first country in the world to universally give animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights?


You know I had heard that and I also read somewhere that there is a lawyer in Switzerland who represents animals in court.  How wild is that?


I think you mean stars!  Got it!  Yeah isn't that amazing!


They are synonyms.  I think dark matter and dark energy is a fascinating riddle.  Much like the theory that  universe may be one giant superhologram


yeah,  I wonder what makes them think that.


I don't know.  I may be the same people that think the moon landings were faked.  Like the Blockbuster people that refused to buy NetFlix -- Doh!


Yeah,  what a missed opportunity on their part!  They would still be in business if they had bought Netflix!


Yep.   I bet they wished they had that one back.


Can you believe that Netflix and YouTube make up half of the internet traffic in America?


Wow.  I guess I won't feel guilty streaming EVER.


lol I absolutely love that nowadays we don't have to been home at a certain time to watch a show,  streaming has changed lives!


Agreed!  lol Well, its been fun,  have a good one.


I see,  it's a great service.  Looks like Netflix spends more money on postage than bandwidth,  that's really interesting!


I heard that.  So much for "old school".  I heard Netflix was inspired by a late fee on a video rental.  Funny...


That's hilarious!  I guess that's when all the good ideas come to someone,  when they are fed up with what already exists.


Yep.  Netflix is bringing back some 80s comic book stuff like Voltron.  I prefer Walt Disney cartoons like good ol' Mickey Mouse myself.


Voltron!  What a classic,  that's amazing!


Yeah, I had forgotten about Voltron.  'She-Ra and the Princesses of Power' somehow escaped me.  Nextflix is doing that too.


Omg,  really?  I use to love She-Ra,  saying it now sounds kinda funny.  Like what kind of name is that lol I also,  like Walt Disney,  Did you know Wall-e was named after walt disney?


I didn't know that.  To each their own... Why take to fantasy things when the universe is fantastic enough?  Ya know, there are suns that a cold enough to touch?


Have you read books about Hellen Keller?


Yes, just like the internet which connects millions of people, there's even cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of mount everest!


Hopefully students can still learn about Helen on the internet. It carries vast range of information and resources


Hopefully students find reading as fascinating as we older people once did, when there weren't any electronic devices in the mix. Reading does require continuous practice, development, and refinement, creativity, and critical analysis. I love reading.


We could put learning braille to good use! Louis Braille the inventor was just 15 when he came up with the idea


Was Louis Braille, the inventor, disabled?


Yeah, just curious why he had the idea to come up with Braille. The world record for speed reading is 4700 words per minute! I wonder if there is a record for Braille?


That is a ridiculous amount of words! Reading silently is a recent phenomenon. Only the most skilled were able to do it in the middle ages.


Wow! Apparently smoking near apple computers voids the warranty because it is considered a biohazard


Yes her story is a great read. Did you hear texas wants to get rid of her story?


I totally agree with you, but I wonder how Apple can tell that the computer has been around smoke?


Yes, not only do I disagree with that gesture, I also think the premise for which they are removing her from the curriculum is distorted, they are removing Keller from history books just so it could save teachers 40 minutes.


Yeah it really helps open topics about disabilities. More so than just a story about a blind person.


Yes, but not only does Keller's story open up topics about disabilities, but also about women's rights, racial equality and workers' advancement.


True as well. Also introduces students to braille and sign language.


I never learned Braille and sign language as part of my school's curriculum, did you?


I did not. Would be interesting though. And its never too late to learn.


Yeah, if Texas removes Keller's story from the curriculum, when will non-disabled children learn about disability?


Im not sure. And it would make it harder to connect with more than 57 million Americans who are disabled


Hi do you like basketball? Did you know they are making a Space Jam 2 with LeBron James?


Well even though LeBron James is very rich, he raised 6 million dollars for charity.


he is a generous guy off the court. he has donated money to help kids get a college education. i wish other athletes did the same thing.


That is really nice. I hope NBA player Allen Iverson donated some of his money. He signed a contract that would pay him $800,000 a year until he is 55 and then receives a final lump sum of 32 million.


that is amazing. he just needs to survive to the age of 55. then he can start his own shoe company LOL


Did you know the Air Jordan's were banned but Jordan wore them anyway as Nike was willing to pay the fine for each game.


Nike made a ton of money on the marketing and advertising when jordan stepped on the court. it was worth it


Did you know that physicists proved that shooting "granny style" is the best technique to score points?


i believe it. the underhanded style is gentler. it looks goofy though. rick barry used to shoot that way.


That is great. Especially if it works it is the smart thing to do. Speaking of smart Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college instead of going directly to the NBA.


i would not have done that. i would have gone straight into the nba and taken the cash. anyway, great chat!


I have heard. i guess that it was time for a sequel. lebron is the perfect guy for it.


Thanks for chatting. I learned a lot of new and fun information today. Goodbye.


When LeBron played basketball in high school his games would attract over 1750 attendees and they would charge tickets between 100-120 dollars.


I wonder if he got any of that money or if it just went to the school. he is rich now, but then, i wonder if he needed it.


He certainly is very rich. He turned down a $10 million dollar offer from Reebok when 18. When asked why he said he though Nike or Adidas would offer more. Sure enough less than a year later he signed a $90 million deal with Nike.


I bet he could have waited another year and gotten even more LOL it is ok because he would make even more money later.


I find it very interesting that the celebrity that makes the most money after LeBron James is Judge Judy.


she is a great celebrity. she has a sass and attitude and knows how to put people in their place. she is great.


She makes $123,000 per episode. I think she deserves it. She is smart, honest and very entertaining.


she sure is. she cuts through the noise and gets to the heart of the matter. I dont get to watch her much, but she sure can run a court room.


Did you know that Lego's were invented in Denmark?  I loved to play with Legos as a kid.


It is a lot of fun! And so crazy to use the augmented reality feature and see the Pokemon "in real life".  Do you use any virtual reality types of gear?


No, I have tried it once, but I have a bit of a problem with motion sickness so I didn't care for it too much, how about you?


I can understand that.  We don't have any VR games, but I think that the "virtual" rides at amusement parks are pretty similar.  They use technology to move your seats and visually trick you into thinking that you're really moving.


Yeah I think you are right, I wonder if they have any VR experience for astronomy, like going out on the moon or something.


That sure would be a cheaper way to experience space travel, wouldn't it?  At least for tourists.


Yeah, imagine if they did had the technology to do a VR thing on other planets, like flying around Jupiter or something.


That would be awesome.  I wonder if we know enough about other planets through exploration and satallites to do an accurate job with VR, or whether it would all just be made up.


Yeah that's what I mean, it would be cool if they could make it accurate. Did you know Venus is the only planet that rotates clock-wise?


I read that. It is amazing how different from Earth even our closest planetary neighbors are.  Would you ever consider going to Mars?


Yeah that is very interesting as well.  No, I don't have any desire to travel that far, I'd take a vacation to Florida or something though.


Hello there, no I didn't know that, I used to as well.  I remember when we bought this giant mix carboard tub full of legos for $20, I was the happiest ever.


That would be lovely.  Have a great day.


Do you prefer to build pre-designed Lego kits or to make up your own design?


I liked them both, but probably the own design since I didn't get a whole lot of new ones with the instructions. How about yourself?


I love to follow the directions of large assemblies, but they are too expensive to do very much.  But it is a fun thing to do with my nephew.


Yeah my nephews are into legos as well.  But actually they are all into Pokemon I guess.


I LOVE Pokemon.  We play all the time - cards, video game, Pokemon GO.  What sort of Pokemon do your nephews like to play?


They really like collecting the cards.  I guess it's all about opening new packs to see what you get, that is the most exciting.


That is a great part of it!  Have you ever played Pokemon GO on a phone?


No I haven't, but I can remember recently when that became a craze again. How about you?


Are you into social media, like Facebook?


I heard he was an outstanding dancer and won an award in Hong Kong in a Cha-Cha championship.  Having such good coordination from being a martial arts champion must carry over to dance.  I am not much of a dancer myself, but do like the arts.  Did you know ballet dancers can go thru 4 pairs of shoes a week?


I did not know that but i guess it makes since always walking on the toes. Hey Michael Jackson has a patent.


He obviously had his own dance style, like the "Moonwalk",  What was the patent for?


The lean he did, the only person i ever seen do it that far out was Jamie Foxx.


I guess i have to look into in later to see how the device works.  But dance, or at least rhythm is innate human trait.  It is said that babies can spontaneously dance when they hear music.


Yeah that sounds about right. they also can instinctively swim. Believe it or not my Tupac danced ballet in high school.


So, what is your favorite Shakespearian work?


There just to many to choose from. however did you know that Shakespeare and Pocahontas were alive at the same time.


That was news to me!..What I find interesting is that it was Shakespeare who coined we use today such as "good riddance", "wild goose chase", ...  I would have thought those idioms were of more recent origins!


Me too! Apparently he invented the names Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia.


What I find interesting is that the composer Tchaikowsky must have been a great fan of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", considering he donated his skull to be a prop as the Skull of Yorick.  And, as recently as 2008 it was used for that purpose!


Now that is very interesting! he was certainly an icon. well nice talking with you.


Not really.  I have never gotten into sharing a lot online with people I do not know.  But, I can see how it could be good for businesses and government to connect with customers and constituents.    Iceland is rewriting its constitution via Facebook.


Well i see both pro's and con's. Can you imagine some of the absurd requests that they will get.


Undoubtedly so.  I primarily use it to see what are the lunch specials are at my favorite rural diners.   Other than that, I general stick to email.  But, Facebook is definitely a powerhouse with an IPO of 104 billion!


That was back in 2012 im pretty sure its worth a lot more now. Myspace has to be kicking themselves.


They really lost out when they had the opportunity to buy Facebook for $75 million.  You can find about anything on Facebook.  I just checked and saw William Shakespeare has a live Facebook page!  Are you / have you read his works?


Of course. do you know why facebook is blue?


I read that its because Mark zuckerberg is red-green colorblind.  I also heard that in parts of Germany, the Facebook "like": button is illegal.  I wonder what is the rationale behind that?"


Sounds crazy, can't think of one sane reason why. Did you know that Bruce lee won an award and it wasn't for martial arts?


Hi! Do you own a compact car, crossover SUV, SUV, or what type of car do you own?


Have you ever seen an episode of pokemon? I haven't, even though there's that many episodes! That's enough to last for 16 years if you played 50 of them every season.


It's a great show for kids although I haven't seen too many. No where near 750. Ha! I prefer South Park. Speaking of which, did you know the Simpson's crew actually sent the South Park producers flowers after they aired the Family Guy episode?


That's very nice of them, I wonder if that happened after the episodes where its the only one where Bart didn't appear and isn't even mentioned, did they foresee an ending in sight?


I'm honestly not sure. It's crazy Bart never appeared nor was mentioned in an episode, right? Wonder what episode that was? Maybe I can post about it on Facebook and get an answer! Speaking of Facebook, it's crazy how far it's come since it was launched on Feb 4th, 2004!


You can definitely get an answer if you post it, there are some very loyal fans of the show, I would've never noticed Bart never appeared. Did you know how Facebook came to be and how it was developed?


I know Mark Zuckerberg developed it with help from a few roommates at Harvard and it grew from there... And boy did it grow!


Yeah, definitely makes me think about the things I "didn't" accomplish while I was stuck in my dorm room with roommates back in the day. I wonder how MySpace feels now for turning down Facebook for a discounted rate of $75 million. How would you feel?


Especially knowing MySpace is nothing now, I would be depressed. So sad to think where MySpace would be today had they opted to buy the $104 billion dollar company.


My guess is they would be a venture company investing billions in other startup companies in hopes of find their next payoff like "Facebook", but maybe if they ran a promotion like what Burger King once did where if you unfriended 10 people, you'd get a Free Whopper, maybe there's still some hope with great marketing.


Ha! That is true. Heck, the colors maybe different as well since Facebook is mainly blue due to Zuckerberg being color blind!


I love Cadillacs and would like to own one of those! Never knew until recently they were named after the founder of Detroit - French explorer  Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac! What about you?


Yeah and the "like"button could be used to spread positivity unlike in a german state where it's actually banned.


I like Cadillacs as well and would be proud to take it to the drive thru of my favorite fast food restaurants like Chic-Fil-A or McDonald's, they were the ones who started the drive-thru in order to accommodate soldiers who weren't able to get out of their cars while wearing their uniforms.


That's crazy, Isn't it? I assumed drive-thrus were always  apart of fast food chains. Wonder when the first drive-thru was introduced, if cars still had wooden trunks in the back as they used to have, hence where  the name "trunk" came from.


They were introduced in 1975 which seems a bit late to me, imagine if it was patented or trademarked, then Jann Mardenborough wouldn't have to become a professional race car driver by beating 90K other people in a video game!


Ha! No kidding. That takes real talent to be able to do both! If Jann ever races in south Africa, let's hope he has a flamethrower in his car to keep carjackers away!


I imagine it could be quite fun and liberating to press the "launch" buttons to activate those flamethrowers, it's the equivalent of a Turbo button in the video game Gran Turismo that Jan plays.


Ha! I wouldn't mind seeing a documentary about Jann on the tele one day! Speaking of tv, were you a fan of 70's Show? I heard it was remade in the UK but cancelled literally 10 episodes in. Crazy, Isn't it?


Never saw much of it but I do know that Ashton Kutcher got his claim to fame from that show, you think the reason it was cancelled was because there weren't any actors or actresses worth gushing over?


Maybe so? Weird it was cancelled 10 episodes in yet a show like Pokemon has over 750 episodes!


Hello,  do you like music or dance?  Its so crazy that ballet dancers go through about 4 pairs of shoes in about a week!


That is very impressive!  Who still buys it I wonder?  Like people who just lost their copy? lol


HA! I do not know if you know football, but that's like Tom Brady being in the top 5 in jersey sales. He's been in the league for 17 years. How can you not have a jersey by now?


Haha maybe you are waiting for that sale ...for 15 years for the price to go down.  surprise,  hes a very popular player,  its not going down. ll


Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the mouse king in a production of the nutcracker.


I hope there is a video of this somewhere,  that would be hilarious!


Right? Babies spontaneously dance when they hear music, and smile more when they hit the beat


Awww it is so cute when babies dance!  I have seen it happen a lot! Do you remember the dancing baby from Ally Mc Beal?


HAHA . yeah thats quite the memory you have!


There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free


I like music! I did not know stevie wonder was at the white house that much.


Nice!  i guess it you dont have audible that would be the way to go!  Its been fun chatting!  Have a good one!


Presidential medal of honor for one and then he played for parties and the Obamas. Seems like a good gig.


Wow that is nice!  I read he tried to get the crowd to do sing a longs but it was a bust lol I guess no one wanted to sing a long!


Linkin park's "hybrid theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century.


That was a great album so many great songs on it!  Do you like linkin park?  What's you favorite song?


I do like Linkin Park. Hybrid theory was so good. From front to back, a solid album. I like "in the end". Also liked the collaboration with Jay z.


Nice.  I think all the songs they did with Jay z were amazing!  My favorite LP song was Numb.


Nice!Despite being released over 40 years ago, the dark side of the moon was still one of the best-selling albums of 2014.


Good morning!  Do you listen to country music?


Yeah I know, he helped finance it.  I'm just saying that i wonder if things would be different if he hadn't.


Sure. Album is a collection of audio songs in CD, DVD. The music was developed in early 20th century.


Yes it is.  Do you have any favorite albums?


24K is my favourite album. What about you ?


I can't think of any off the top of my head.  I do know that linkin park's album, hybrid theory, is the best selling one of the century.


Reel big fish re-recorded all of their hits for a best of album after losing the rights to their old record label.


That's a smart thing to do.  Have you heard about the 100 year old twins from japan that released a rap album back in 1992?


i think so too. It is inspiring in a way.  Have you ever heard of Van Halen?


Yes. The famous American rock brand formed in 1972.


Yes. Country music is also know as country and western music. It take root from genres from  Folk music.


I always thought it was impressive that Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for Michael Jackson's song Beat It.  They say when he did the recording he literally set the studio speakers on fire!  Well, it's time for me to go.  It's been nice chatting with you!  Have a great day!


I like that alot of the songs use stringed instruments like guitars and fiddles.


Guitar is a musical instrument that has six strings which is played by plucking the strings. There are so many guitars.


Yes there are.  Did you know that country music has some blues in it?


The legend George strait and the wealthiest man in the world Jeff bezos are cousins.


That is really incredible!  I wonder if Amazon charges more for Strait's music or does something else to help his sales not that he needs any help but they are family after all.


Sure. George is great musician and both are family friends. That all only.


Do you think country music would be popular today if Henry Ford hadn't been so afraid of jazz music and it's "urban decadence"?


Henry ford helped the popularization of country music to make popular world wide.


I used to love watching reruns of The Cosby Show. It makes me sick to watch now, knowing how men have treated women in Hollywood. From Judy Garland to Charles Manson, Cosby's behavior isn't new.


I like him in Rushmore, which is kind of a blend of absurd comedy and a serious role. On an unrelated note, did you know that Mcdonalds invented the drive-thru for soldiers who were not allowed out of their vehicles while wearing combat fatigues?


And that Cadillac was named for a French Explorer -- the man who founded Detroit!


I had no idea anyone "founded" Detroit to be honest, much less a French Explorer!  I guess I just never thought about it.


Perhaps Detroit in the state that it's in should adopt the South African law that says it's legal to equip your car with flame throwers to prevent carjacking!


Now that would be fun!  I could see everyone on the interstates with flame throwers!


Maybe even on race cars, like a video game. There was a guy who became a pro race car driver (I believe it was Formula 1) because he was so good at the game Gran Turismo.


That makes sense. I've seen something about race car drivers practicing using video games.


Speaking of video games and TV, did you know if you watched every episode of Pokemon, you could watch 50 per year for 16 full years!


No, I didn't know that!  Pokemon has some interesting episodes actually.


No it isn't. I have to admit that I was surprised by Cosby though. I thought he was like the character on his show.


I never got into it. I wonder if they ever have guest stars, like Thomas the Tank Engine, which was narrated by Ringo Starr, George Carlin, AND Alec Baldwin!


I don't remember seeing any.  The show had some depth at times which was surprising.


I saw him do stand up live one time, there were definitely some clues in his act that a lot of us overlooked at the time. I also remember being a kid and The Simpsons taking over Cosby's spot as kings of TV. Did you know there was actually an episode where Bart neither appeared nor was mentioned? That's CRAZY!


I didn't know that.  Cosby though, he was supposed to be this clean, family guy and look at the truth.  Sad.


It was really groundbreaking to show a black family like the Huxtables having success, with the father being a Doctor. It even inspired folks in South Africa to strive to be like Cliff Huxtable.


It's hard to watch it now, knowing the truth but i remember watching it back in the day and loving it. I wanted my family to be like theirs.


Comedy and comedians are weird. Did you know that Bill Murray considers "Kung Fu Hustle" the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy?


I didn't know that.  Bill Murray is funny but I wouldn't consider him the best at comedy.


He reminds me a bit of Jack Black, who was originally supposed to star in the Green Lantern movie, which was supposed to be a comedy! It's sort of how Murray did Garfield. Weird fit...


I guess the Green Lantern could be a comedy.  Oddly enough on Murray, he does some serious roles really well!


This is very odd! Also odd is that humans can regrow a rib within a season of it being shortened?


I guess that is helpful.  Did you know that hiccups are a holdover from early evolution, when early land animals had gills and lungs?


Very weird! I wonder what the correlation is? Another weird fact I recently read about is that there is actually a sound frequency that can can humans to be scared.


Yes, I definitely wonder if that frequency is in horror movies? I remember the old dial up internet telephone connection sounds were a little scary...


Yes, it does. Do you realize that New York's area code is 212, because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?


That's smart! Katherine Applegate is pretty smart, I bet. That book we were talking about is only one in  series. I wonder how long it would take to read it all?


I don't know, I'm kind of a slow reader, myself.  What about you?


Well, I'm probably better at talking on the phone than reading! I still would try to read those books though.


Oh, I almost forgot! One reason I wanted to read them was something about a doglike creature as a narrator in them...now that is unique!


Yes, that is unique! Well , I need to go walk my dog, It's been nice chatting with you this afternoon.


Yes, very much so! Have you heard about author Katherine Applegate?


Yes, she's the author of the new book, Endling: The Last" Have you read it?


Not yet, but I've heard about it...it's supposed to be really good. It's about an endangered animal, so that's very interesting. I wonder what it is, though?


Apparently a dairne, which are one of 6 highly intelligent species that govern the kingdom of Nedarra.


Wow! Sounds very intricate and intriguing. I wonder if the humans there are like us or different? Or is it a fantasy land without telephones and microwaves and such?


Probably lots different than humans for sure. On a side note, do you realize that there are 20 quintillion individual animals on planet Earth?


Interesting! That means there are many more animals on Earth than their are individual humans?


So true. I read somewhere that animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated.  Isn't that odd?


I'd like to go to Mackinac Island. They don't have trains or cars. You can travel by horse drawn carriages or bikes.


I would love to spend a week there and unwind. i figure that it is a good way to slow down for a while.


Yeah, I think so too. But I'd also like to travel around the world. The King of Hawaii was the first to do that, Kalakaua.


That is the wisest thing for a king to do. see the world. understand other peoples. understand the place of your country in this world.


Yeah, you are right. Sometimes I'm scared to travel, I fear the worst There is actually a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.