I didn't, but it makes me want to move my trip to South Africa a little further down my bucket list. I found the provided information about cars to be quite interesting.


Yes! And New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.


I'm not sure why it wouldn't be 111, but who am I to judge? I 'm a veteran, so the fact about why McDonalds added drive-thru windows has a little extra meaning!


That's great! Thank you for your service! Yeah, and so influential - a lot of places followed their example.


You're welcome! I can't wait get home and have my daughter try the separating two phonebooks trick. I think I knew that already, but it's nice to be reminded about things like that.


That sounds like fun. It's amazing that an iPhone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear ICBM deterrent!


It's amazing and frightening, lol! How about Jann becoming a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in a video game? I didn't realize it would necessarily translate to actual driving!


Yes, I had no idea! I wonder how that happened.


Hi there! Have you been to a bookstore recently?


You would think they would be first to watch? They made the whole movie using IMAX. That's pretty cool.


agreed, I guess Robert Downey Jr. likes to hit food on the set and they allowed him to do it.


he eat it I think, because there are scenes of him eating some of it which was unscripted.


That's kind funny, I did notice that too. Always busy!


yup, Universal studies owns the rights to show some of the marvel characters east of the Mississippi


I wonder what happened to the west then?


I believe Disney has those rights now, the contract with universal was done back in the 90s


Cool. Apparently the avengers made shawarma sales go up. Funyn what movies can do


yes, Odin's ravens appeared in the film also, they were there when Loki and Thor where having an argument.


no I have not, lets talk about Black Panther the movie, it was released in 2018 and based on a Marvel comic


I did, alexis rhee who played Busan, also starred in Blade runner


yes that film was put out in 1982 that was a while ago now.


Interesting! Apparently Black panther also predates the name of the political party.


interesting, at one point when Marvel tried to create their own studio they put some characters like captain american as collateral.


I didnt realize characters would be collateral!


me either, lets talk about Avengers Infinity wars next, another release in 2018, the person who voices Jarvis has not seen the movies


Yes me too! My favorite segment is the "Weekend Updates", it is actually the longest running skit, I can see why, it's hilarious, do you have a favorite?


My favorites are the little skits they do.  I think my favorite one of all time though is Scwhetty Balls.  That one still makes me laugh.


Oh yeah, I remember that! Daniel Radcliffe also voiced the cartoon parody of Twilight's on one of the episodes, did you catch that one?


I don't remember that one.  I always thought Will Farrell's stuff was funny.  I still get a kick out the jeopardy skits.  Are you a pokemon fan by any chance?


I've seen it when I was younger, but is the show still on?


Yes.  I only know about it through my kids.  There's over 750 episodes of it.  I had no idea there was that many.  Do you watch Fox news?


Wow, that's a lot of episodes! I do watch Fox News, do you think they are conservative?


I used to watch them until a few years ago.  All of the news stations started to lose with me with straying away from the actual news.  I don't think they are now.  They are watched more though than CNN and MSNBC combined.


Yeah, I have never seen their conservative version of "The Daily Show" called "The ½ News Hour", have you?


Hi! Yes, but do you agree that people should refer to Country Music as also hillbilly music?


I don't think I've ever seen that one.  At one time Fox considered creating a cable channel that would only run the Simpsons.  Wonder if it would have been successful?


Yeah, I think it's because it was cancelled after 13 episodes. I don't think it would've been successful because people might be tired of it.


LOL  No.  That's funny.  George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins.  That's something I never knew before.


Yeah I agree! Wow, they really are? I wonder if George Strait's albums are promoted on Amazon site, do you know?


That's interesting.  I would be curious.  There is only 2 African Americans in the country music hall of fame.  I wonder who they are?


I'm not sure either. I don't recall any African American artists in Country Music. Do you know what the fender stratocaster is?


I remember Charley Pride.  He might be one.  ...and yes!  it's a guitar.  I think a lot jazz and some blues musicians use it.


Oh! Fender, I see that now! Thanks for clarifying! Do you play any instruments?


I used to play guitar.  I haven't played in years though and wasn't good.  I had a Gibson SG the kind that Angus Young from AC/DC plays.


Wow, my co-worker likes to collect guitars and set up a temperature control room where the prized collection receives the proper humidity and ventilation. Do you watch SNL?


I didn't even realize that he played any golf.  It seems that there are a lot of other athletes that play golf semi-regularly.


Yes I think even Michael Jordan played golf right? What do you think about Samuel L Jackson? He has a clause in all of his contracts that allowed him to play golf twice a week


I guess when you reach a certain level of fame, you can ask for whatever you want, and those demands will be met.  I wonder how golfers get paid in comparison to college football and basketball coaches.


That's a good question. I do know that basketball players make a ton. I don't know how much Tiger Woods gets but I'm sure its a lot. do you ever watch basketball?


Usually only around tournament times, it seems to be the most exciting.  Plus I dont have cable, so it is when most games are for sure shown other places.


Yes I don't have cable either. did you know that the dunk was banned in college basketball for over a decade?


I head it was because Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was so dominant at it.  It would be crazy to imagine Basketball without the dunk.


I know right. It would be a lot less interesting in my opinion. Do you watch any television by the way?


Usually though Netflix, but I love Family Guy, the Simpsons, and shows like those


Yes I like those shows too. I especially like the one Simpsons episode where Bart does not appear and just never mentioned. I was very flabbergasted during the whole thing haha


Hey I actually have played golf. Even though I'm horrible haha what about you?


I cant seem to remember that one, but since it is one of hundreds I  can see why.


Yes how many seasons are they on now? isn't it like 20 or 22 or something? They have more seasons than Pokemon does, and Pokemon has about 750 episodes


I have made noble attempts, but I am horrible.  Definitely not going to quit my day job.


Nope and what's weird with golf is that it doesn't use a standardized playing area. That makes it very different from a game like football for instance. Also I think golf takes so long. 18 holes takes a long time for me


It is a long time, Im sure If i didn't spend a lot of time in the sand traps, and other hazards the game would move a lot quicker though.


Haha you're probably right. I don't like that golf courses use so much water per day almost 300,000 gallons per course seems like a lot


I was really surprised when I heard that, I guess with the large amount of grass they have to keep in tip top shape it does make sense, but does seem a little excessive.


Yes you're right. there are a lot of golf courses thought. apparently all of the golf courses in the United States would take up both Rhode Island and Delaware put together


That is pretty large.  I wonder how many holes the one course in Dubai is that requires 4 million gallons of water a day.


Yeah see now that number is insane. Also insane is that Babe Ruth was a famous golfer! I only know him from the baseball records that he had


Hey there do you ever listen to the radio? I know I listen to AM radio on my way to work


I do. Didn't people throw themselves out of Windows when that was playing or something? Maybe I should avoid that actually haha


Yes, they went crazy! They redid that show in Brazil and when they found out it was fake, they stormed the station and burned it down.


Wow I didn't know that. Have you ever used a foxhole radio? They're made from a pencil and a razor blade. I don't know how that works ahah


No. I would end up cutting my finger off trying to turn the channel.


LOL. Have you ever watched Fox News before? They get more views than CNN and MSNBC


I did not know that. I have watched it but it is not my favorite station. Do you watch it?


No I don't really watch the news. I do check this website called ign.com everyday though. Apparently Fox news owns them. I never knew that


I think Fox Nudes is a different channel. I do not think I have seen that one. HA! I have not heard of IGN.com.


lol whoops! yes if you like video games you like that website. They have a lot of news and other stuff, I guess Fox News was going to sue The Simpsons at one point? that seems really dumb


That would have been really funny and ironic. Fox News getting defensive about agendas...


I do not. I usually listen to spotify. What do you enjoy listening to?


Yep very silly haha. Also silly is that Fox News was created by Richard Nixon and Richard Ailes. not a good sign haha


I like listening to the news. When I'm not listening to AM radio though I listen to classic rock. did you know that Jupiter has radio storms we can pick up on our radio?


I wonder if they have to play at least 40% jupiterian music, like canada.


LOL that's funny. I probably rather listen to Jupiter radio actually. I can't think of any good Canadian music haha


What about Nickleback? Ok you win that round...


Haha that's funny! Have you ever listened to a classic Radio drama?


I have not. I wonder if they are any good?


Yes there's a website that will play them for free. But they always say you get what you pay for haha. One station I won't be listening to is the one that plays classical Latin news


I agree. I would have no idea what they are saying. I would love to listen to the war of the worlds. Do you remember that?


Because apparently you will enjoy it more


Oh wow that is pretty cool. Scream was supposed to be called Scary Movie originally


Wow cool. DO you know who James Wong is?


Hmmm I am not sure I have heard that name before, who is he?


He is the guy that pioneered the wide lens camera use in film


Nice. Did you know Nolan is against digital cinematography?


Really why? WOng on the other hand was illegally married because of race issues until


Wow that is too bad. Glad that part of the history is over now


Yes I do. It is mentioned in one third of divorce filings


Yes I do. Inception was supposed to be a horror movie


WOw that is a lot, it has made it sway everywhere


Wow. King thinks Bambi is the scariest movie ever made


WOw how come? And Inception later became a heist movie


Nice. Did you know you burn more calories watching them?


Yeah you can burn up to 180  calories per movie


Nice. THe people who made the Exorcist did not think it was a horror movie


WOw. It is also good to watch a horror movie before going to an abstract art gallery


Hello there, do you watch much television?


That is true, and they are just getting bigger in size each year as well.


I do enjoy going to live concerts but don't go as often as I would like, how about you?


I like Jazz type of concert which is originated in African - American communities of New Orleans. Jazz spread around the world as the America classical music.


Yeah jazz can be really fun to listen to.  I didn't know that, very interesting.


Cool Jazz developed the end of the 1940s, making pleasant and smooth sound for the pleasant person its the next step the Jazz musics.


That is true, do you know why jazz trumpeters started growing goatees?


Its very interesting its origin is before 18th century.


Wow, that is very interesting.  I know that Clint Eastwood is a lifetime jazz fan.


It is America classical music. Mostly it is like by very one. Teenager is very much interest in it.


Television is the biggest entertainment medium for news, ads, fun. which is famous for transporting the moving images.


That is also true.  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


That is true, well I watch quite a bit myself.  Have you ever seen the show Pokemon?


Yes. After second world war, the TV is well improved into black and white. TV is the primary medium for influencing the public opinion.


Did you ever watch tv when it was only black and white?


The early bulky and heavily cathrode ray tube is replaced with flat compact.


Yeah it sure was, I remember watching at a friend's house before they got a new tv.  I can still remember the first color tv at my folks house as well.


It is very interesting. Television using high-powered radio frequency transmitter to broadcast the signal of individual TV as receiver using antenna.


That is very interesting learning about the origins of television.


Due to the advance of the technology all the modified today we are using LED tv.


Ha, interesting. Jon Stewart was a skilled soccer player in college and represented in the US in the Pan American Maccabi games in Brazil in 83.


The Daily Show Jon Stewart? Interesting, he kind of always pictured him as nerdy growing up. I have a hard time seeing him an athlete


Yeah, I think that's the one. Speaking of looks, do you know that Bill Nye got his break because he looked like Steve Martin?


Then he got his show on PBS I believe. Did you know he has a show on Netflix on now?


I will have to check that out! And Ronald Reagan was rejected for a movie role because he did not have the "presidential look". I guess looks can be deceiving!


Haha I think it's still up for debate whether he looks presidential. I don't think he was a good actor, but that's before my time


So do you like to do anything besides Netflix? Do you like to play video games?


I used to play nintendo back in the day, how about you?


Me too. I used to think that it was amazing. It could only display 54 colors!


It was finally discontinued it in Japan in 2003. I think they just actually brought it back here.


I'm a casual fan. I tend to only follow football during the World Cup, how about you?


Yeah I saw that but the mini version right? Surprising it lasted till 2003!


Sorry, I meant soccer, haha, got a little distracted. Well, I guess I would not be wrong in other parts of the world! We call it soccer because that's slang for association football.


I knew what you meant! Most of the world knows soccer as football. Do you follow any soccer?


I don't really. Though I really should folow women's soccer more since the AMerican team has never placed below third since 1991.


It's amazing how great the women's team, while the men's team didn't even qualify for the World Cup in 2018.


Right, but they did get 3rd place....in 1930!


Haha, long time ago! I think it's because the best athletes in the U.S. tend to play other sports than soccer. It's not where the money is here.


Even though worldwide it makes more money than football, baskeball, basekball, golf, tennis and hockey combined.


Yep, not here though! I've always heard the argument that like what if Lebron James played soccer all his life. Would he be awesome?


How many teams are in the National Football League?


That is crazy.    I wonder if Japanese baseball cards could ever be worth $3 million.


I heard about a man who found 3 million dollars worth of 1900s baseball cards in his grandfathers attic. What a score!!!


True.  Good thing he wasn't Canadian and a fan of kickball - called soccer-baseball up there.


Do you like the cubs? They play at Wrigley...have you ever been . I have only once. Pretty cool place.


Chicago, along with the White Sox. One is a member of the National League the other a member of the American League. I think that they recently won the World Series but not sure what year.


I think it was in 2016.    Some believed the 71-year hiatus was due to Billy Sianis and his goat.


I heard about that. Cursed!  They are one of the two oldest teams in the MLB. The other one is the Atlanta Braves.


There was some battle the year when both teams were formed, right?


Yep, battle of little bighorn. When they won the World Series in 2016 they said that 5 million people came out to the streets to celebrate. What fun!


32 teams. They are divided into the NFC and the AFC. Did you know that they have a 17 week season. I wish it was 20.


Funny stuff!   Thanks for the chat.   I'm going to go count my fingers, since I heard the cubs have had pitchers with 4, 6 and the usual 5 during their history!


BTW, Wrigley is just as ridiculous a name as Guaranteed Rate Field.    We are just used to one!    Later!


That would require more players.   Maybe adding some women.  Do you know if the rules allow that?


Yes, women can play if they meet the league's eligibility requirements. But if you are a New Orleans Saint's cheerleader you can't even eat in the same restaurant with any NFL player.


That must be difficult.  What do they call their "big game"?  I know it was played a few weeks back.


The Super Bowl. Patriots won this year. It is played every year between the champions of the NFC and AFC. Did you know that the average nfl game only has 11 minutes of live gameplay?


I heard that. The NFL has embraced technology and uses chips for lots of things!


Those chips are crazy. They track everything, velocity, rotation, ball speed and location. And those are the ones they place inside the balls. Players also wear them.


Baseball, on the other hand is much more old-fashioned.


Yes, my kids play. It is even popular in Japan. Did you know that managers wear uniforms because they technically are able to play if the need arises.


Hello, do you follow the NFL or the NBA?


Especially Croatia, they did excellent lath year. (And yeah, I meant world cup sorry).


Yes, croatia was great! and the fans really appreciated the team. they didnt win, but people in croatia were happy.


Yep, I would be too. Do you ever watch the world series for baseball?


I try to watch the series, no matter what the teams. the level of play is high and the players pull out all the stops. lots of fun.


I do not watch them too much. Did you know that the women's world cup had higher television ratings than the world series in the US?


I believe it. the world wants to see their countrymen (or women) perform on the world stage. a lot of pride at stake.


Well speaking of that, the US marine corps carried the canadian flag upside down into the stadium. That must have been embarrasing.


yes, they probably had no idea what the flag looked like. LOL


I wonder how though, they were part of the US marines. Anyways, thank you for your time! It was nice chatting with you!


Yes, it is embarrassing. they should know the flag of the next door neighbor. It was great chatting!


Talk to you soon, if the chat engine doesnt crash!


Ah, same here. I always watch the superbowl.


Yes, the SB can be fun. i didnt see it this year. i heard it was slow. it was great last year.


The only problem is that the average NFL game only has 11 minutes of live gameplay.


Yeah, it seems a little light. i could never pay for a ticket for just 11 minutes. the highlight reel on tv is enough LOL


The highlight reel on youtube that only lasts five minutes is plenty. I agree.


YOutube is a lot cheaper too LOL. I think baseball is the same way. 3 hour game, 18 minutes of action. ill check out youtube.


Well, at least 18 is higher than 11. What about soccer? The world series last year was pretty interesting.


World Cup? yeah, france did a great job, but i was happy to see small countries do well. dont have to be a rich country to win games.


Yeah for sure. Babies also dance spontaneously to music


Yeah isn't that cool, and I guess they smile more when they hear the beat to the music as well.


Yeah I really like rap from the early to mid 90's.  How about you?


Yes, the likes of Tupac, whose music is in the library of congress


That is pretty cool as well.  Tupac is definitely in my early 90's category.


He is ok, but a little bit after my time, how about you?


I like some of his songs. He originally wanted to be a comic book artist


Yeah I wonder what his art would have looked like had he gone that path.


Hello there, I do like it, although I am not very good myself, how about you?


Yeah me too. He likes Spider-man. Nice chatting with you


Yeah I used to dance tango but I know ballet dancers have it much more difficult


That is awesome, and yeah ballet is very impressive if you give it a chance.


Yeah it is gorgeous to watch and they go through 4 pairs of shoes a week


That is crazy, did you know Bruce Lee was a great dancer?


Yeah and he even won a cha-cha championship, what a talents


Yeah I heard that, I'm sure he was very proud of that!


Same with tupac, he was an actual ballet dancer


Yeah it sounds like Tupac was into doing all types of things back then including being in the school musical!


I know. Do you know the granny shot style?


Yea it is the best one to score but players do not use it much


Yeah because they think it is funny looking


Did you know AIr Jordans were initially banned in the NBA court?


Yeah but Nike was willing to pay the fine each time so it was all good


Yeah they must have made so much from the sales and it was nothing for them


Yeah. Did you know Duncan stayed in school first?


SMart guy he got both a career and a degree


I love it. Babies love it too since they dance to is as soon as they hear it


I watch it sometime but I am more into the NBA, and you?


yes and they smile more when they hit the beat


Me too actually. Do you know who Reggie Miller is?


Yeah the NBA guy who never managed to be better than his sister


Yeah she scored 105 points once in a game and broke 8 national records


Yeah what a talent all within a single family


I know right? Do you know who Allen Iverson is?


Yeah he is the guy that signed that contract with Rebook


Yeah he is make tons of money , $800 000 per year


yeah and then after 55 about 32 million , what a deal


I loved school house rock as a kid. What about you?


Jazz seems to be the root of a lot of modern music. It is really cool that such a well known artist studied it for his craft.


Yes, it is.  I read somewhere that Jazz great Ella Fitzgerald had taught herself to sing two notes at once by the age of 18.  That's impressive.


Wow. Jazz has really given us some of the most influential and amazing performers to come out of any genre of music I think.


Yes, it has.  On a side note, the Walter White character from the show, Breaking Bad, is alo the name of a jazz musician who has a new album entitled," Breaking Good."  How cute is that?


That is really neat. I think clint eastwood has an albumn too. That man is talented. I hope his son follows in his footsteps.


Clint is talented and that son of his looks just like him when he was younger.  I hope he's just as talented as Clint.


Me too. I'm encouraged by the work he has done so far. I wonder if the walter white guy or clint ever stop by that harlem apt where the woman gives the free jazz concerts?


That would be cool.  Did you know there were steam pianos that existed and could be heard for miles?


I would have loved to learn to play one of those. I really regret giving up piano as a kid. It seems like if you can play piano you can play any instrument with a little practice.


That's so true.  Did you know Richard Nixon wrote a piano concerto and played it live on the Tonight show?


Me too, Conjunction Junction, what's your function.  Brings back good memories.


Wow I wouldn't have expected that from Nixon!


I wonder if they still play them in schools now days. I mean as a kid when a bill becomes a law was super informative.


I know, I feel alot of adults need to watch School house rock and learn a thing or two.


So true-the civics lessons and basic grammer are sorely lacking in society today.


I heard that it had been revived twice for television and staged as a musical theater adaptation, as well.


That would be a fun show to go see. I wonder how many awards it has won over the years?


Probably a bunch.  Do you like Jazz music?


I haven't really listened to much but it seems quite interesting. Very free form music.


I was surprised that the rapper, Tupac Shakur went to the Baltimore School of Arts where he studied ballet, acting, poetry, and Jazz. That's wild.


Good morning! How are you? I am a sports fan, what about you?


I would think so. There is a ban on a swimsuit that is so good 94% of the swimming races in the 2008 Olympics were won wearing it.


Maybe it was just the trend that year. I dont see how a swim suit couldmmake you faster. MAybe more aerodynamic but come on.


It is weird. Almost as weird as humans being able to just weeks after birth swim as a survival response.


That is crazy. We have a strong will to survive I guess. Did you know that native americans introduced the front crawl swimming stroke to the west.


No, I did not. I wonder how they learned it?


I would say from swimming a lot and figuring out the fastest way to swim. Lol. They beat the british with that stroke though. The british only used the breast stroke.


Good for them. I think they were smart beyond their years. Swimming is a top recreational sport, so it seems its popularity has been around a long time.


Yep. Anywhere there is water people swim. With our competitive nature we are bound to turn it into sport.


I would have to agree with you on that one. Swimming lessons are even part of education lessons in some countries.


My school actually had a swimming pool in middle school. I think it is an important thing for people to learn.


Yeah I especially like basketball. Whats your favorite?


I agree. I think it is better safe than sorry. That's for sure.


It sure is. Well I better get some stuff done around here. Have a nice day.


I like all sports to watch. To participate it would be swimming, but just for fun. No way I could compete in a dolphin like swimming style with my arms and legs bound.


No I dont think I could either. Did you hear about kareem abdul jabbars dunking?


No, I did not. Was there something special?


He was just so dominant with it that they banned the dunk for  over a decade.


Oh that is a long time for a ban. So, back to swimming, there are more gold medals awarded to the US than almost the whole world combined.


Thats awesome. Go U.S.A. Did you know that all cornell university students have to pass a swimming test before they can graduate?


That is insane! Graduation should be based on academics!


Well it doesnt hurt to be able to swim. Im sure if there is some reason likemedically you cant swim then they will let you slide.


Good afternoon.  Are you a fan of Stephen King?


Do you have much of an opportunity to read?


I do every chance I can get.  I delve mostly into non-fiction though.


I am the same way. I wish I was Anne Jones, though, and could read 4,700 words per minute!  Imagine the books you'd get through, though you might miss out on the fun of just reading.


Very true, I do wonder how much she retains though.


My guess is something in order to have the record, but who knows?  Have you read either Starship Troopers or Ender's Game?


I have read Enders Game.  I thought it was a pretty good book, not sure if it needs to be on a military list though.


I guess Starship troopers is actually on the list for most of the military branches.


I havent read it, but I think I remember seeing the movie.  Not sure what makes it worthy about being on the list.


That's a good question, though I'm not sure.  At least there hasn't been any recent "moral panics" due to reading novels in the last few centuries.


Thank goodness.  It just sounds like people were trying to suppress knowledge.


I dont dislike him, I am just not a horror fan.  But I hear he played in a band with matt groening.


To be a fly on the wall when CS Lewis and Tolkien read bad poetry to one another in the hopes of trying to make the other laugh up, right?


That would have been epic.  I love seeing bad dad joke battles.  Stuff like that always gets me.


LOL!  Thanks for the chat!  I hope you have a great evening.


I wonder what music they play.  Maybe the band is called "Terrified of Bambi" because it really scared him and the master of horror thought it was the first horror movie he watched!


I found that so odd.  The king of horror films, the man who wrote IT was scared of a kids movie.


I know, right?  Speaking of "It" Ronald McDonald was actually one of the inspirations King had when coming up with that character.


Clowns are definitely creepy, so I can see it, no pun intended.


Lol.  I don't read a lot of his works, but it's interesting to know that most of his books, despite seeming so different, are actually connected in some way.


I thought that was cool too, sometimes it is characters that appear in others or are referenced.  But that just plays more toward his genius.


He might just be a genius.  He has written like 58 novels or more by now!


I think he has sold over 350 million copies too, he is almost a household name.


Hello, do you know much about the internet?


That's a lot of earnings. He deserves it. He's a very good actor.


Yes.  I love almost everything he's ever done.  The Silence of the Lambs came out on Valentines Day in 1991 and did over $270 million at the box office!


I love Silence of the Lambs. What a great movie.


It was a great movie.  Disney's "Treasure Planet" was one of the most expensive box office flops of all time.


That's a shame. Does it say how much it flopped by?


No.  But Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" was also a box office failure and Disney considered shutting down their animation studio after that.  I would think that their animation studio is the one strong thing Disney is known for.


Wow, that would have stunk if they stopped making animation. They make some very good movies for the kids.


Yes.  I agree.  Another movie that bombed at the box office was Trojan Wars.  It had a budget of $15,000,000 but only earned $309.  That number doesn't even sound right.


Wow....that sounds like an error to me. There's no way it only made $309 dollars. I find that very hard to believe.


I know.  lol  Do you like rap music at all?


Of course I do.  I would be lost without it.  lol


I do like some rap music. It was great talking to you.


Me too. Did you know the 3 horizontal lines on apps and websites is called the hamburger button?


That is funny!  I didn't know that.  The current library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.  I have no idea how that would happen.


That's crazy. Constant novelty from clicking links can actually cause a real addiction.


I believe it.  There is 3g cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of Mt. Everest.  Crazy.  I can't seem to get in spots where I live. LOL


That's pretty amazing. That's like 29,000 feet up in the air.


I know right?  Only 7 percent of people read the full terms of service when buying something online.  I have to admit I don't really read through everything.  I mainly though buy just off of ebay and amazon.


I never read the full terms. I don't have time for that lol. Do you know much about the box office?


I know that Tom Hannks is the highest all time box office star with over 8.5 billion in worldwide film earnings.


Hi there, are you a fan of cinematography?


Yeah, cool things about all this. How about universe and space, do you have much interest there?


I think the universe is full of wonders so yeah, that is a topic that I like to talk about


Did you know there is a region of space that is thought to pull galaxies outside of observable universe?


I didnt, that region must have like a massive black hole to have that level of attraction, there is also a crazy theory that the universe exists inside of a black hole


So cool and still so unexplored. And another theory says that there is only one electron in the universe.


I think that theory is a bit crazy for my taste to think there is much to see still, we only know a small portion of the observable universe.


yeah, it is a pretty big galaxy out there. And then you have radio stations like the one in Finland where they give the weekly news in latin.


I guess the rest of the galaxy is missing out on that lol, I live on Earth and dont find that interesting at all, it seems boring.


There is so much, like the stars that are so cold that a human can touch them by hand.


I share your point of view, so many wonders in the universe, there is a cosmic microwave background that is believed to be the link to a parallel universe, I wonder if this is really the case.


I am, I think that cinematography is an art, what about you?


That makes for something super interesting. Nice chatting with you today.


Same here, James Wong pioneered the wide-angle lenses, imagine how much that has changed how films are made


He did? I bet he won an award because  of that.


At least he revolutionized things. Sad though that no woman has ever been nominated for an academy award in cinematography. I think there is a lot of potential there.


I wonder why is that! there must be a lot of talented woman in the business, maybe in the near future this will change


I hope so, everyone needs to be recognized for their work. Roger Deakins on the other hand has been nominated 13 times and never won.


13 times? that must be really frustrating, I wonder if he will ever win the price.


I wonder the same thing. In Spartacus Stanley Kubrick was unhappy with the cinematographer and did it himself.


I see, I didnt watch the film but its a classic, you know Christopher Nolan prefers to prefer the film instead of using digital cinematography.


hello,  how are you?  The average american golf course consumes around 312,000 gallons of water per day.


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


It is, wow.  This is cool.  In Japan, at age 100, a pair of identical twins released a rap album in 1992.


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


That is a great album.  I new NWA's "Straight Out Of Compton" was platinum, but I didn't know it was the first to do so without airplay or a major tour.


Awesome, I did not know that either. Reel big fish re-recorded all of their hits for a best of album after losing the rights to their old record label.


I don't know them.  Going back to golf, I found out the hole/cup is 4.25 inches in diameter.


Thats cool Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century


Well the 21st century sales have mainly focused on cd's and mp3 format.


The audio cassette was a format used alongside vinyl from the 1970s into the first decade of the 2000s.


I remember cassettes.  There are cassettes, CD's, vinyl, audio tape, and MP3 formats.


Damn, that'a a lot.  But that is very little compared to the golf course in Dubai that requires 4 million gallons of water a day.  What a waste.


I know right,  so much water just for golf. Golf courses in america make up more land space than rhode island and delaware combined


I think Golf sucks.  I didn't know that Babe Ruth was once America's most famous golfer.


I really like miniature golf.  Yeah he was. Samuel l. jackson puts a golf clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf twice a week during production.


He most love golf. Changing topics, I'm a huge movie and tv fan.  I love the Simpsons.  Did you know there is only one episode where Bart is not seen or even mentioned?


I did, too bad they don't mention which episode.  When south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew


That was nice of them, lol.  My son loved Pokemon as a kid.  There are over 750 episodes.  That is about 50 shows a year for 16 straight years.


That's a lot of Pokemon,  I never got into it. Ringo starr, george carlin, and alec baldwin have all narrated thomas the tank engine for at least 52 episodes each


I only remember hearing Carlin's voice.  Along with tv, I love music.  The single vinyl LP records that played at 33 1/3 rpm came around in 1948.


I had the playstation and playstation 2 but then jumped to xbox. I think it's cool the military uses playstation 3's to build a supercomputer.


That is very cool. They are super powerful devices so it makes sense to me.


Same here. I didn't know it was more popular in Japan than it is here!


Me either. It's a huge past time here in America. I'm excited for opening day.


I love the Cincinnati Reds. What about you?


I'm not a fan of a team but like watching it in general! Anyways, Great chatting with you!


I think the same. It was good talking to you too!


Hello, I'm great thanks for asking. Do you like video games?


I do! I've been playing for over 20 years now, how about you?


I have been playing for about 25 years now. I saw video games were originally called cathode ray tube amusement devices.


Say that ten times fast haha. Did you know it is illegal for kids 16 and under to play video games past midnight?


Haha. I did not know that, but maybe that's a good idea.


I agree. Do you have a playstation or xbox?


I have an xbox. I wonder when the playstation came out?


I love Sony so I've always stuck with Playstation.


Hey there what did you think about Pat Conroy?


That would be a long work day if it were a thousand our day haha. It scares me though that Earth will be out of helium by the year 2100.


Isn't that a wild fact, no more blow up balloons and making your voice super high I guess.


Nope it'll be a sad day! It's also sad how humans have only existed on this planet for a short time, humans would be about 1 minute if Earth's entire history existed for 24 hours


That is crazy, makes you feel very insignificant when you think of stuff like that.


Yep I agree with you. I think it's silly though that the United Nations has an ambassador to extraterrestrials, that guy has a very easy job lol


That is very funny, I wonder when they started that position and how many people have gone through that job.


That's a good question! It seems like a very pointless job. How often do you dance by the way? Bruce Lee was apparently a great dancer


I usually only dance after I have had some drinks, and yeah I think that is so cool, he was very talented.


Yeah he was. He won a Cha-Cha championship in 1958, he was definitely very quick on his feet lol


That is awesome!  I wish there was a YouTube video of that performance.


Hello there, I haven't read any of his work I don't think, how about you?


I would totally watch it! I also think it's cool that Michael Jackson has a patent on the lean device that he uses to do the extreme lean, I think he should be the only one who ever used it though


That is really cool, he was the king of pop and dance in my opinion. Good talking with you, I hope you have a good day.


I haven't seen his work either. But he sounds very talented. I'll have to watch the movie The Great Santini, I think my dad liked it


I do think that Robert Duvall is a pretty good actor so I think I will check it out myself.


Yes I agree with you. I loved him in The Godfather. What do you think about planet Earth by the way?


That is a classic, love that one.  I know that the Earth is very dense, like 4x as much as the sun even.


That is really cool. It does make me sad that 80% of Earth's forrests have been destroyed, I hope that we can reverse that someday


That is very sad, and we should all work together as a planet to help reverse that, but it will take time.


Yep I agree with you. I wonder if Earth days will keep getting longer, when the Earth was first formed a day was only about six hours long.


I think they will always be getting a bit longer, but it will take hundreds of thousands of years yet.


Do you like mayonnaise?  I do like it on certain sandwiches.  I guess it's binary in that people either like it or don't.


Do you read the full term when you buy something on the internet.  I'm bad about not doing that.


I dont, they are too long and also really boring


Only 7% of people do so 93% of the people agree with us.  The other 7% must be law students.


Well youre probably going to say yes anyway so why the hustle


I don't understand.  Do you like to travel?  You might want to check out the 160mph Dutch train if you do.


Yeah I do like to travel and that sounds like a great invention, a real time saver and plus you can admire the landscape


Beats traveling on a horse-drawn carriage or a bike on Mackinac Island...


I hear Mackinac island is a great place, its actually located in the US sounds like a relaxing place


Never been... I don't know Ed Sheeran but if he has a better vocal range than Freddie Mercury, I probably should.


Ed Sheeran seems like a great artist, great vocal range, Freddie had a more unique voice though


I do, Hellmanns is one of my favorie brands, I hear they want to make a mayo ice cream, crazy idea


Miss Freddie... Thanks for the great chat!


I think I'll pass on that. There is also a ghost pepper ice cream in Delaware.


Those flavors sound terrible and really unhealthy, Ice cream is unhealthy already as is


Yeah, It would be healthier for me since I wouldn't eat it.  I guess in the UK they really like mayo, more so than ketchup.


I heard there is also a ketchup flavored ice cream already, an Irish shop has it in tribute to Ed Sheeran


Yuk.  I think some culinary types have too much time on their hands like whoever invented edible birthday candles.


There are some weird inventions out there, there is also a breast milk ice cream, thats just disgusting


Eeeewwwwww.  Need subject change... Do you spend a lot of time on the internet?  I guess I would have to say "yes".


Yeah its been a disgusting topic, I do spend a lot of time in the internet yeah


I guess he had a yearning to be heard. He needed his voice to be acknowledged. Plus he wanted the cash.


Maybe but JFK, Washington, and Jefferson were the 3 wealthiest presidents and they never released any albums


Yes, JFK has his father's rum money. And the two others owned heaps of land. JFK has the look of a star but not the singing voice. his mistress did though.


I wonder if the first president of zimbabwe was rich, maybe he sold bananas since they called him President Banana


Perhaps given that nickname for a reason


Perhaps. Did you know the runner up in the presidential election became vice president until 1805?


that was an odd system. maybe the vp had more power then? now its a ceremonial position for the most part. i would not want it.


Sounds like way too much stress, I'd imagine the vice president and president probably hated each other


Yes, they probably were not on the same page and little got accomplished. Now it is a pointless position. Little real authority. Anyway, nice chat!


You too. I'm gonna go look up more info about the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice


Yea, it's pretty cool how sound is produce through electromagnetic energy waves through space


That man was a genius salesman. Have a good night!


yes, it is a great invention. i think it has helped many people around the world get their news and maybe get educated.


Yea, in Finland they even have a new program in classical latin called Nuntii Latini


I guess they have dedicated fans because that has been around for decades.


Apparently, I heard dedicated fans of classic radio dramas can listen to them online for free


there are some great dramas out there. i think the history of entertainment tells a lot about the stories we see now on tv


What's pretty cool is you can pick up Jupiter's radio storms on am radio, I wonder what frequency you have to tune to


i dont know. i dont know what they would sound like so i couldnt recognize them. strange.


Not as strange as the President of Indonesia releasing 3 pop albums while in office lol


right, talk about a great payoff! I wonder how blockbuster is doing now lol


I think Blockbuster only has 1 store left and kicking itself for not buying netflix for 50 million


I heard about the 1 store, I think it is doing awesome lol. They could have had the 2 billion net worth of netflix, they let it slip through their hands


Yea, I bet Netflix spends more on postage than blockbuster has ever made


I bet they do too. I figured they would have cut the mail service years ago. They are now like 21 billion in debt


Yea and their content isn't that good anymore. I can't even stream Kung Fu Hustle which is highly recommended by Bill Murray


I heard he thought it was comedy gold, have you seen it?


Not yet but I hear from a lot of people Kung Fu Hustle is pretty funny, it's never on netflix though


I want to check it out, I can decide if Bill Murray was right or not lol. It was so nice chatting with you!


You too, I'm gonna see if 3rd Rock's 1997 golden globe winning season is funny


Yea, I've been using Netflix since it started streaming in 2007


I am watching that right now, hilarious, check it out! Enjoy your day!


wow, you are in a original! nice! Did you ever watch Lilyhammer?


No, I've never even heard of Lilyhammer until recently lol, can't be that good


It wasn't too bad. I enjoyed the first two seasons. It was Netflix's original show they created


Netflix has come a long way since Lillyhammer, now they have Orange is the New Black and Stranger Things


Right, I love both of those shows. Stranger Things was thrilling! I watched it usually at 9pm


Yea those 2 shows are probably why netflix consumes 33% of bandwidth between 9pm and 12 am


I agree I am part of that 33% lol. Did you ever hear how netflix started?


Over a $40 late fee on Apollo 13 that must of really pissed off Reed Hastings


did you know that starship troopers is on the reading list of several military branches? I saw the movie, it is definitely not pro military haha


haha ya although my poetry is pretty bad they would probably laugh at me, did you know the YMCA invented volleyball, basketball and softball?


No, I did not know that, although I am a fan of softball, do you play any of those sports?


I am really good at volleyball, I like playing that at the beach and in my backyard, not so much the other two, what about yoU?


I used to play softball in highschool, and wanted to become a pro player, I heard the salary is around 5 or 6 thousand


oh wow that's it? I guess Jose Canseco has the record for the longest softball hit at 622 feet, that is really impressive


I know, that is really impressive! and another interesting fact is that the first sporting event to be broadcasted on ESPN was actually a softball game


wow that is interesting, and the longest softball game in NCAA history was 31 innings, thats a long time!


That sure is a long game, I think that happened back in the 90s, I like softball but that would be a boring game.


ya that would be boring, I saw that there is a species of jellyfish that is genetically immortal, do you think life would ever get boring if you lived forever?


I think it would, in order for life to be worth it and to enjoy it to the fullest is that at some point its going to end.


I didnt know it was a book as well, I did watch the movie, thought it was pretty good makes sense the milatary has interest in study it though


yes I think so, but I would be fine if they somehow got immortal jellyfish DNA into me so I could live forever haha


ya, do you read a lot of books? I can't say that I do, I have tried speed reading and I don't retain any of the information when I do that


I do, I think im a fast reader or at least I though so until I knew the record for speed reading is 4700 words per minute.


ya that is a wild amount of words, I would definitely not remember those, I guess Enders Game is also on a lot of military reading lists, now there is another movie I saw that was pretty bad haha


I know that would be really hard! and I didnt like that movie either.


I do think it's funny there was a moral panic because so many people were reading in the 1700's, if people read so much these days everyone would think that was awesome!


It would be great, people are stuck with there phones now, someimtes they seem like zombies, I miss the days of the great authouts like CS Lewis and Tolkien


ya apparently they would do competitions on who could go the longest without laughing while reading amateur poetry, imagine if you realized those two authors were reading and laughing at your hard work haha


How fun, I wish I could compete with them, I bet I would lose like in the first round lol


I know. I am shocked by that especially since they no longer send out that many DVDs.


Yeah I guess so. you know that Netflix actually proposed Blockbuster to use Netflix as an online service of their own but they laughed at them.


Not smart. There's only one blockbuster left in the US.


I agree, I bet they are regretting  their decision right now, well they had it coming I guess.


They did. I find it funny when supposed experts can't see a tactonic shift in their industry!


It is, it sure has been a long time since TV was invented, I used to love The Simpsons.


Did you know there is only one episode without Bart? I am trying to find out which one...


I didnt know that but it would be fun to watch, I would google it as well.


I used to love Pokemon its like 750 Pokemons now right?


Hello Im great, you? Do you like to watch series on Netflix?


Yeah. I think my son has seen them all. I know he has that many cards. I usually end up washing one or two a month then getting mad at him when I am cleaning out the basin.


I think the show is really successful I like it a lot.


I do like to watch netflix, what about you?


I love it, I  am excited about The Great British Baking Show, its one of my favorites so hopefully the new season is great.


It is. I watched all of them because it is a good show for my little ones. Do you like baking shows in general?


I do like baking shows, you know Netflix actually employs taggers who are paid to watch content.


From 9 - noon netflix is 33% of all north american bandwidth...


Thats a lot, I guess that a perfect example of how this company has grown, Netflix has 150 movies with a rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.


WOW! That many? They spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth though... Should cut down on that postage...


They should now you made me wonder how much they spend on bandwidth, must be a low charge.


Do you like to read? maybe read some of the Harry Potter books before?


She wrote the book on a napkin isn't that crazy, I bet the other publishers regret that decision in the end.


I believe for a while, the books saved book stores from closing.


I sure the book did, you know that WB threaten movie theaters with blockage if they showed the parody movie of Harry Potter ?


That is quite a threat! Did you know they had to open a british owl society to house the abandoned pet owls from HP fans?


No didnt know about that, cool fact though when did that happen?


2009. JK Rowling also insisted that the movies be made in Britain and have an all British cast.  I am so happy that she did!


She is really creative Im glad too, so do you like drama novels or movies?


I love both! I have always been a big movie buff! did you know that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid tv actor in a drama? He makes 700,000 an episode.


Thats a lot of money, I like the show House, its really cool so I guess he deserves a high salary like that one.


Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas any more. He beliefs they are not positive.


I have read some of the Harry Potter Books. My sons loved them!


I think that's great, keeping a positive mindset and all. He is a great actor anyways its getting a bit late and I think Im calling it a night.


Nice speaking with you as well, thank for all the cool facts, good night.


I thought they were really long so I just watched the movies lol, there's even a Harry Potter Broadway show, popular franchise.


My son has auditioned for the Broadway show.


Was your son lucky? maybe he even got the role at the Harry Potter Broadway show, he would be the first to play his role in Broadway


He is small and has dark hair. and he would be a good fit. I loved the movies.


Hopefully he gets the part then. So do you like the Harry Potter character? J.K. Rowling is a great writer a lot of imagination.


Did you know that Micheal Jackson wanted to do a Harry Potter musical but the author said no?


Thank God the author said no lol, JK Rolling also got turned down 12 publishers before she published the book


I had read that! She said that she was basically on welfare went she wrote the book.


Panhandling can be quite profitable, for someone with no income. Like in a busy place as Manhattan. But even if I don't consider softball as a legitimate pro sport, if was the first event televised on ESPN.


Can you win money through betting though? That always legitimizes a sport.


Yes, if it is your criteria, then video game is a legitimate sport. They have leagues and a lot of betting is done on matches.


Their is a physicality to what they do, but it's just in the hands.


As shooting, and it is even an Olympic sport, but it is strange to see a smoking fat man winning a medal. Do you play video games ?


I used to play video games. Not much now. Lost interest. Do you?


Me too, I have lost interest playing before I have lost interest in buy them so I have a backlog of a few games that reminds me  not to buy the next console. It is the more and more popular, 3 billon hours are played on video games each week on Earth.


Wow. So much time on games. I guess it's about the same as time spent watching TV.


Yes, but video are viewed more negatively than TV, that is why you have legislation in some countries limiting the time played by children.


It is important to keep the kids from losing themselves in the games. Which countries restrict video games?


There is Korea limiting kids under 16, and China I think. Mostly Asian countries.


The kids there go nuts over games. I know that there are pro gamers in Korea. Anyway, fun chat!


I like, the sport but there is not MLB team in my city, so I don't watch it. But I find it really interesting, full of small details, like managers wear a uniform so they could replace a player if they need to.


That is probably a holdover from the old days when a player was chosen to be manager. Nowadays, it wouldn't work.


Yes, I wonder if it could be even dangerous for some of them, like some could have an heart attack.


Yeah, no insurance company would touch the managers on the field, that's for sure.


I think they would be better at softball, did you ever watch a softball game ?


I have never watched a softball game, though I understand many women play it.


I think it is more a hobby than a professional sport, the average salary is around 5500 $ per year, some hobos make more.


Hobos? I never thought of income in terms of hobos, though I guess they do make money through their illicit means.


Yes, it will be the social site for grandma and grandpa LOL The kids will want a space of their own.


It will be pretty soon that everyone will use social media for the majority of their communication.


Yes, i worry about that. people communicate to digital spectres on the other end, kind of like you and I are doing. seems...distant.


I mean, facebook has its uses.  It allows people to stay in touch that live far away from each other.  Also it is a good way for small business to get their name out there


Yes, that is true. i think for a commercial front end, it is useful. too many people put their lives out there. I want to avoid having my data used.


It is hard to believe that they almost called the like button the "awesome" button.  Does not really have the same ring to it


Yeah, that sounds like a millennial terms. Like is fine. Awesome is juvenile, too bro-ish.


Over 1/3 of all divorces have the word facebook in the paperwork.  That tells you that something has gone a bit crazy


Yeah, people leave a trail of deceit and infidelity on fb. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, it has been good talking about the facebook juggernaut that plagues the internet.  I wish I had invented it


I do not really use facebook that much.  But most everyone uses it at least a bit.


i do not have an account. I was concerned about privacy and security.


It does concern me as well.  30 percent of US adults use facebook as their main news sources.  Also concerning


Yes, how much real news is actually left on that site? How many facts get distorted? Yes, concerning.


Facebook has really come a long way since 2004 when it first came online.  Zuckerberg is worth billions!


Yes, but he is still colorblind! He should spend that money on finding a cure. LOL


I think it is strange to think that there are more people on Facebook than there were people on Earth 200 years back


Yeah, the population is growing so fast. Soon we will cover every inch of this planet. I hear that the kids are moving away from facebook.


Even if the kids do, the adults will still keep at it.  And they are the ones that have to money to buy things that are advertised on FB


Have you ever heard of banned books week?


I agree.  Did you know that there are more libraries than McDonalds in the United States?


I didnt know that, there is a McDonalds in every corner so thats hard to imagine.


You are right about that.  Libraries can rage in size though from a few shelves to large buildings.


Did you hear about the guy that was falsy improsened, he studied law at the library for about 10 years and then proved his own innocence, that should be made a movie


It definitely should!  Just think libraries only came into existence in 1895. Imagine people before then without access to books.


Thats why people believed everything they were told back then, I glad we have acess to books now, its as easy as clicking the checkout button on Amazon.


Oh Amazon!  The largest online retailer in the world!


It is! I love shopping at amazon, to think the first purchase ever made was of $27.95


I wonder if that was for a book.  Amazon started as an online book seller.


It might have been, it would be interesting to google it out, I think its great how workers must walk 7 to 15 miles a day, that definetely helps with their health.


I havent heard about it but seems like its an annual thing, what about yourself?


I agree with that.  They can get exercise and get paid!  Did you know that Amazon has a publishing company?


I'm a little familiar with it.  I don't think it's right to call it that though.  Books aren't banned in this country anymore.


It seems like an exaggerated problem to me, I mean with the internet there are few things we cant access today.


I agree with that.  Some say that the young or people in rural areas can't have access to books but I disagree. The internet is practically everywhere, especially with phones now.


Exactly, information is available in your pocket, but I do wonder what those banned books are all about.


I think they are trying to fight those that challenge some books. But even those sell hundreds of thousands of copies a year.


Yeah, like books aren't really banned any more and most tittles are just because parents are concerned about age appropriateness, I agree they must be age sensitive but not banned.


It does seem too that this week thing just sells more copies to those books that are already selling well.  One of the authors is Bill Cosby.  He is challenged by some due to his criminal activity but even still, his books sell.


Yeah I did hear about his problems with the law, the content is good but because of the allegations it shouldnt be banned


I grew up with Nintendo. Hard to believe how much technology has changed over the years.


Definitely. But we still have roots in the past. Like how that circus I mentioned has changed so much culturally but still uses horses. In particular one with a name honoring Frank Sinatra haha.


I agree. Did you know Bill Nye got his break from a contest?


That's really interesting! Was the contest held in the Circus of the Senses? Did he compete against that horse Frankie??


It said it was a Steve Martin look alike contest which I don't think he looks anything like Steve Martin. What do you think?


I can see a young Bill looking like Steve Martin lol. But do you think he looked more presidential than Ronald Reagan did back then?


I would say no, but that cracks me up Reagan was turned for a role because of that. I bet the person that turned him down feels like an idiot.


Hindsight is 20-20 my friend haha. Us humans haven't gotten out of our animal brains. I mean we still have hiccups - and that's from when our ancestors had gills!


I do indeed. Horses are my favorite. Especially Icelandic ones that can tolt lol. But I unfortunately have to make like a horse and bolt soon.


I'm doing great! Of course I love entertainment! Did you know there's a circus that performs for people with special needs?


I love horses. Well, it was great talking to you!


Wow I didn't know that. Makes me happy to hear that though.


Yeah, it's really great. They even make accommodations for people with autism.


That's very cool. Did you know Britain bred chickens for entertainment and not food back around 50 BC?


I've heard something about that. Are you a chicken expert? Can you trace their evolution from the Cambrian explosion that happened 542 million years in the past?


I am not a chicken expert lol. That's interesting. All the way back to 542 million years ago?


Lol yeah it's crazy right? But don't you think it's crazy how we've used horses from everything such as warfare to putting on rodeo shows?


Very crazy. I do think that is pretty crazy. Do you like Nintendo?


You know I never got into Nintendo sadly. How about you? Do the 54 colors it can display drive you wild?


Hi there! Do you have a favorite genre of film or tv?


That must take serious confidence! Its interesting to see how those choices can change so much- apparently Michael Cain started taking drama in school because he wanted to be around more girls haha


That works too lol, I bet he didnt know that would eventually make him millions.


Crazy, huh? Do you like radio shows as well as tv?


I do like radio but prefer TV, did you ever watch Thomas the Tank Engine?


I didn't, but my kids love it! I heard they had some big-name narrators!


Yeah, Alec Baldwin, Ringo Starr and George Carlin, all big names


I knew about Alec Baldwin, but the others were a surprise! Did you ever watch 70's show?


Yes I use to love that 70s show, what about you?


Same! Although i guess it wasn't as popular with a UK audience- to was cancelled after only 10 episodes.


I can see why, remakes are usually really bad did you ever watch Pokemon?


Hello there, I do, I like watchinig House, what about you?


I never did! But I read that they have quite a few episodes. Its been good chatting with you!


I do to! That was one of my favorite TV shows. Did you know Hugh Laurie is the highest paid tv drama actor? I guess he made $700,000 per episode. Crazy!


I knew he earned a ton of money but $700.000!! that is a lot more than I imagine, its crazy I agree.


Right? I loved that show, but I had no idea it was popular enough that they had that kind of budget! Do you like comedy?


I do like comedy, one of my favorite comedy actors is Bill Murray, what about you?


I like him! But one of my favorites has to be Demetri Martin- I guess he was accepted into Harvard law, but decided to go for comedy instead.


I guess he took a good decision, if something is not for you then you must persuit your dreams right? Its crazy to leave Harvard though.


Yeah I agree, although leaving an opportunity like Harvard is pretty serious. But he has been a pretty successful comic so I guess he's doing alright for himself!


I  guess he is, he wouldnt be the only one, Ryan Stiles dropped out of highschool to pursue his dreams


Will you be watching the first round of the NBA playoffs that begins on April 21st?


LOL I have a few friends that used to do that.  We won't talk about the shenanigans we used to get into on the course.  lol  Golf courses require a lot of water to maintain.  The average course consumers 3112 thousand gallons of water per day!


I know.  There's a course in Dubai that requires 4 million gallons per day.  Do you like tennis or football?


Polo shirts were invented for tennis players but later were adopted by polo players.  That's a little useless info. to share.  lol


Interesting, I didn't know that. Do you play tennis?


The only time I played tennis was in college.  My best friend and I would play but we were terrible and didn't take it serious.  Mainly did it to kill time on boring weekends when a lot of students went home.


Interesting, well they used a helicopter to dry the grass in 1969./


Wow.  I bet that dried it pretty fast.  The longest tennis match went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days.  That's crazy!


OMG, that is hilarious. I couldn't handle that.


Crazy. lol  It was nice chatting with you!  Enjoyed it!


Probably not though I might tune in to watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs though.  Probably will watch the Columbus at Washington game.  Do you like hockey or baseball?


Will the Washington Caps do well this year?


I'm not sure.  I'll watch because Columbus is playing and I lived there when I was younger.  I'm a big baseball fan.


I used to when I had time to play.  Babe Ruth was once America's most famous golfer.  Who would have known?


Interesting, he was such a great baseball player.


I know.  Right?  Samuel Jackson puts a clause in his contracts that lets him play golf 2 times a week when he's filming a production.


WOW, that is so cool. Normally when I play golf I drink way too much beer.


HA! I think some people are so petty. I love it! He did go back though and win them a championship.


I guess there is no much going on in Cleveland, so they have to hold on to whatever they can get. Lebron is in LA now. I don't know how many seasons he has left in him.


He wants to play with his son, who is about 15 years old. Not sure he can make it that long. He got injured this year for the first time in a while.


Age takes its toll. Maybe he can coach his son, or be a cheerleader when his son plays. LOL


As long as he is not a cheerleader for the saints...


He probably could buy a restaurant that would serve just cheerleaders, with no NFL players allowed. Two years after retirement, 78% of NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress. In the NBA, five years after retirement 60% of players are broke. I don't think this will happen to Lebron.


No... I think professional athletes can often misguided and spend millions on stuff. I hope they do better.


Lots of cash comes in quickly, so they think there will always be plenty. Consider that Lebron rejected a $10 million offer from Reebok when he was 18. He said that Nike or Adidas might offer him a bit more. He later accepted a $90 million offer from Nike.


He's such a good business man. He later signed a lifetime deal with Nike worth $1B. Much more than the $10M reebok offered...


He will soon own an NBA franchise. He has a good business mind. He can help the NBA in many ways, I think.


I'm doing well, thanks for asking. How are you doing?


I am well, thanks. Do you like basketball?


Sure, I like basketball. Do you follow the NBA?


I do. Who is your favorite team? Mine is the bulls.


I like the GS Warriors. They have been doing pretty well for the last few years.


Yeah. Good team with a lot of talent. Do you like LeBron James?


LeBron is a great guy. He has done so much to help communities in Ohio. He deserves every dollar he gets.


I agree! And he has changed the game with his production company. He will leave his imprint on the game, for sure!


I understand why the people in Cleveland dislike him. When Lebron left Cleveland for Miami, his posters were  sold for $17.41 in reference to the year Benedict Arnold was born.


Facebook's "like" button is illegal in the german state of schleswig-holstein.


WoW. A third of all divorce filings of 2011 in the u.s. contained the word 'facebook'.


Facebook is primarily blue because mark zuckerberg suffers from red-green colorblindness


30% of american adults use facebook as their primary source of news and i am one of them


Iceland is rewriting their constitution via facebook; allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations.


Wow. Facebook engineers originally wanted to call the "like" button the "awesome" button. How awesome


Burger king had a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people on facebook you get a free whopper.


You know I love polo shirts. by famous player rene "the crocodile" lacoste


Until 1978 a tennis player was allowed to use absolutely any object as a racket.


Yeah they are recruiting for the clan like its a every day thing.


The longest match in tennis history went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days.


You know the richest superhero is actually black panther


Dorothy steel is a 91 year old who made her big film acting debut as merchant tribal elder,


Marvel censored m'baku's utterance of "praise hanuman!" in indian releases of black panther


Chadwick boseman was accepted into a prestigious summer theater program at oxford university, but couldn't afford to go.


Wow. The marvel comics character black panther was not named after the black panther party it confused me too


Do you like fb ? it launched on February 4, 2004,


I love FB. I know that Myspace feels stupid lol


What do you think about Trump supporters


It is pretty sad that in these modern times there are still incidents of ethnic cleansing


Yes, and if we get into military conflict with China, there is no guarantee we would win, they are pretty powerful as well


true. it would increase the death tool more than the ethnic cleansing. might have to rethink the balance of world power soon.


All I know is I do not plan on visiting China for vacation very soon.


i would visit taiwan. no ethnic cleansing. plus better water and air.


Actually if I visited Asia, I think I would prefer Japan.  I have always been interested in their culture


japan is an interesting place. the food is great. the air is good. water, safe. plus trains everywhere. no ethnic cleansing in recent years.


I do really enjoy Japanese food.  And their arts and culture is very fascinating.


you should go. choose the season wisely. august is really hot. Do you listen to the radio at all?


Not as much now.  Mostly Spotify if that counts


i usually go to Youtube. the radio is really struggling to stay relevant. i guess people listen during their commutes.


people are not as civilized as we would like to think we are


I know that a lot of people still listen to radio online.


There is ethnic cleansing going on in China, among other places. Humans can be so closeminded and intolerant.


genocide has been part of human history forever. it is hard to stop but we try. i hope that we can stop the cleansing in china.


I am not sure what all the US would be able to do in China.  However, it is sure that something has to change


yes, the chinese govt must come to understand that all people have a right to live. the US should do something. i dont know what though.


One would think that the UN would step in a try to curb their behavior.


the un doesnt have the power to do much. china is too big and has too big a military. i would like to see tariffs and stuff.


Yes, financial penalties would probably be the most effective strategy.  Military involvement would be unwise


too messy. financial penalties are slower but not bloody. plus other countries would be willing to help out there.


Merry Christmas!  I have a day off coming soon and want to watch some television.  Do you have any recommendations?


Did you know that YouTube and Netflix makeup half of the internet traffic in North America?


Really? Wow. Google brought Youtube 1.65 Billion Dolllars in November 2006.


I wish I had founded and sold it!  It seems like everyone uses YouTube.


Everyone in my family does and all for different purposes which is why I think it is so popular.


With all the video clips, tv show clips, music videos, documentaries, etc., its no wonder its no popular


To say nothing of the live streams and agreements with other media corporations.  It's no wonder it is the second largest search engine on the net.


I guess I like some, but it's not my favorite.  What about you?


I enjoy plays, operas, ballets and things like that.


Id would definitely recommend South Park


I guess I like those things too and I was really only thinking about television.  I have to run, but thanks for the chat!


I heard it is sort of like the Simpsons but more extreme.


It is more extreme but definitely enjoyable.


As long as it isn't a drama I will probably try it.  I don't care for a lot of dramatic shows.


No. Its not dramatic. Its an Adult Animation. Very enjoyable.


I may check out clips on YouTube to see if it is for me.  Do you ever watch YouTube?


Yes i do. Did you know that "baby" by justin beiber is the most disliked video on youtube?


Interesting.  I wonder what has the most likes.


Im not sure but it would be interesting to find out.


Oh wow! That is scary. Did you know the like button is illegal in german state of schleswig-holstein?


I wonder if there's a translation issue there? Seems like an impediment to free speech. Facebook engineers actually originally wanted to call the like button the "awesome" button--I wonder if that would've been acceptable.


I have never thought of that. The like button is so harmless. I wonder if they have a different version.


Maybe they have different gender options, too. At this point, there are 56 different custom gender options in addition to male and female.


Wow I did not know that! That is very specific.


Yes, it's very inclusive. There's so much information there these days, sometimes I just find it easier to watch non-news TV than keep up with everything on the internet.


My parents wouldn't let me watch it growing up for whatever reason, but I've come to appreciate it. Fun fact: in the first 400 episodes, Homer held 188 jobs.


I think most of the jobs don't exist in the real world haha. You can't believe everything you see on TV, after all; for example, most deals on the show Shark Tank are never enacted in real life.


Hello, I do sparingly. Definitely not as much as the 30% of adult Americans who use it as their primary source of news.


I am going to look more into Shark Tank. Have a nice day.


That is a high percentage. I hope they cross check sources.


I'm pretty sure it was never intended as a source of fake news, but where there's money to be made from advertising, there's room for misinformation. Facebook actually makes most of its revenue from ads.


Yes, through the years I feel like my newsfeed has been taken over my advertisements.


It seems crazy that it started out back in the day as a platform for just a select group of college students and now there are more users than there were people in the world 200 years ago, right?


Probably! Did you know Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook?


That sounds like a terrible business move, although there's no way they could've foreseen it being valued at $104 billion at its IPO based on their experience with social media.


I know! They could have bought it for only $75 million!


That's probably how much in attorneys' fees divorce lawyers have earned as a result of all the relationship troubles it's played a part in; a third of all divorce filings in the U.S. in 2011 contained the word "Facebook"!


Hi, Do you know who the highest paid actor is worldwide of all time?


Wow i don't know if thats being efficient or foolish. Did you know that the Russians created a computer that ran on water.


That's really cool! Did they do that recently?


It was in the 30's. Computer are fascinating inventions. So apple does not want you smoking near theres or you forfeit your warranty.


Amazing they were so futuristic. Someone buik,t a working 16 bit computer using nothing but the basic Minecraft building blocks.


Yeah that is inventive. Well Trashumanist would like to upload their minds to a computer memory stick.


Oh, come on! Like that would even be possible!


Hey who knows what these people are up to. you know they only tell us so much, lol!


Well, yes. It is amazing that computers are used as control systems for a wide variety of industrial and consumer devices.


Yeah including simple special purposes devices like the microwave.


Yes. I know I sure could not live without mine. Good chatting with you today!


Surprisingly it's Tom Hanks with over 8.5 billion world wide earnings.


He is a really good actor! I'm not surprised. Love box office hits. I know Disney considered shutting down their animation studio after Sleeping Beauty was a box office failure.


And then they brought it back again and again and again, well you get the point. Have you ever seen Silence of the Lambs?


Yes, I have. One of the only scary movies I could watch. It came out Valentine's Day 1991.


Yup and it grossed a whooping 270 million at the box office.


Wow! that's a lot of money. What a moneymaker compared to the movie Trojan Wars with a budget of 15 million and then it only made $309 in the box office. What a flop.


Right! what about Treasure Planet i think that was one of there big flops as well. What do you think of computers?


I have not heard of that one. I love computers! Did you know the space shuttles general purpose computer runs on 1 mb of RAM?


Yeah, very weird. Who knew that you could name a dumpster by voting--very weird.


ya I've never heard of that, and to name it fred Durst of all things, thats embarrasing haha


That's pretty shocking 34% of black men in Alabama can never vote again. Last year Florida voted to let felons vote.


ya that is shocking and sad, even in the UK it took until 1918 until all men could vote in that country


Yeah, can you believe that in India you have to vote in a forest full of lions? That's crazy!


that sounds scary, and they made a voting booth for a single voter, very shocking!


Yeah voting can create very weird situations like the runner up in the US election becoming vice president. Could you imagine that happening now?


that would be very crazy, especially with Trump and Hillary both in the White house, so much drama dont you think?


Yeah definitely, there'd definitely be lawsuits. Like the angry Creed concertgoers haha!


haha, thats true, can't believe Pink Floyed did a live concert to an empty crowd, I hope that was saved somehow


well I went to Lollapalooza last year, what about you?


Definitely, I'd love to see a concert at the ancient roman aphitheatre in Croatia.


ya me too, I'd have liked to see them at that concert that would be amazing!


Cool, I saw Blue Oyster Cult last summer. I can't believe that Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001, that's crazy!


that is a lot! or the Ramones who played like 2000 concerts over a period of about 20 years, wild!


I bet Presidents have heard a lot of good concerts. Who knew that the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums?


that is shocking! Do you think Trump should follow his lead and release some pop songs?


That would be interesting! I bet he's upset, that he's not one of the three wealthiest presidents (JFK, Washington, Jefferson)!


haha ya I was surprised to see that, also surprised that President Banana is in charge of Zimbabwe haha


Haha, maybe he was elected by astronauts voting in space! Who would have thought of that?


haha who knows! also who knows why the guest house is bigger than the actual white house, that makes no sense!


This Mueller guy is working fast, fast, fast.


I'm just a big fan of them.  Plus, they're sadly no longer with us (well, the leader singer anyway) so know I'll never get that chance.  You know they did 324 concerts in 2001 alone.


Well, you could always head over to Croatia and check out their ancient Roman amphitheatre thats still in use.


Hey, that'd be cool to visit!  Wonder what type of bands have played there over the years.


Probably George Strait. After all, Bezos could finance the whole gig.


Yeah, I heard they were related.  I imagine a guy like Bezos got all kinda of correspondence from "relatives" after he founded Amazon.  Hehe.  Did you know that Henry Fonda financed country music because he felt jazz music was "decadent"?


Henry Ford. Ha ha. He's one of those "very fine people"


He used to say, "You can have any color car you want, so long as it's black!"  He didn't like to diversify.  That's what lead to some of his biggest business failures.


Ha ha. Sort of ironic. No wonder there are only 2 blacks in the country music hall of fame.


I can say without Googling that one of them is probably Darius Rucker (formerly of Hootie and the Blowfish.)  Dunno off-hand who the other fellow is...


Yeah, I'll give him that.  You by chance a fan of country music?  I'm not the biggest fan, but there's some groups and songs I like...


Well the president of indonesia has made 3 albums, so maybe its him.


Oh, you know what?  I was wrong, I just googled it!  Lol!  Yeah, that's pretty neat, can you imagine any the current or past US presidents making an album (either in office or out?)


Well Trump is a reality TV star. So thats close. Apparently he's not really that rich...which may be why he needs those Russian Billionaires.


You know what's really crazy, up until 1806 the runner up in the Presidental race became the Vice President.  Can you imagine all the conflicts and bitterness that would inspire if we still did that today?


Did they get to live in the guest house. Because its huge.


With the way some of them probably got along, you would hope they'd keep plenty of space between each other.  LOL


Not a huge fan..but I like the Fender Stratocaster


Yeah, I've heard it was intended for country music.  Did you know U2 started off as a country music band called "The Dalton Brothers From Galveston, Texas"?  I can't see Bono singing country tunes...


I've seen U2 live. They put on quite a show. Definitely better than Creed.


Yeah, I heard Creed once had a concert so bad they were sued by some of the audience members.  Can you imagine performing that badly?  Wonder if they had technical probs or if they were just impaired (or maybe both...)


They must have performed so badly even the groupies sued. I think The Ramones have stamina.


Yeah, I read somewhere they've been touring almost non-stop for 20 years!  Now, that's dedication to the craft!


Pink Floyd may not have toured much. But when they did they did it in style..like the time they played in an ancient Roman Amphitheater.


Yeah, that's pretty awesome!  I wonder if the acoustics in the Amphitheater made it sound better. I tell ya, talk about tours, one band I wish I could have caught on tour is Linkin Park.


I do. I loved Jordan and despised Iverson and his Reeboks


Tim duncan of the san antonio spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the nba.


Yeah, it was a very good decision I feel


He seems like a good guy,  really focused.  hes been playing since I was in high school!


I watched him play against the Lakers once when I was younger in San Antonio


Steph curry from the golden state warriors basketball team plays part in a foundation that donates mosquito nets to protect families in africa. for each 3 pointer he makes 3 nets get donated.


I am a huge fan of his, mainly because I was a fan of Larry Bird as a kid


The golden state warriors played their home games in the 1975 nba finals at the cow palace because the oakland arena, their usual venue, had booked other events.


It is very hard to get tickets anymore since they won the NBA title


And they are super expensive.  My family has season tickets but I only get to go when she cant find anyone to sell them too lol The golden state warriors earned about $12 million by losing game 4 of the nba finals last season


No i dont actually.  Did you know Reggie miller, nba hall of famer, couldn't escape his older sister cheryl's shadow while in high school. on january 26, 1982, he scored a career high 40 points. he tried bragging about it on the car ride home, only to find out cheryl scored 105 points and broken 8 national records!


I disliked Reggie Miller when he was a player and I still do, as an analyst.


lol still an interesting fact though.  How about Nba player allen iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800,000 a year until he reaches age 55 to where he would then receive a final lump sum payment of $32,000,000.


Apparently.  Physicists proved that shooting "granny style" is the absolute best technique to consistently score points on the line, but nba players refuse to do it because it looks stupid.


I remember when only a couple players shot like that but now you don't see any players shooting like that


Air jordan's were banned upon introduction by the nba. however, jordan wore them anyways, as nike was willing to pay the fine each game.


I have a pair of Jordans for each version up to the 10th edition, still brand new.


Hey there do you like comedy movies? I think those are some of my favorites personally


That is kind of interesting. Have you ever been to Iceland by the way? They don't have a real service, so they actually just take planes between some of the major towns, that's very wild haha


No, I have no reason to visit there. That's pretty crazy, so like they fly everywhere?


Yes between the major cities. Apparently the roads are really bad so they can't always drive either. Have you ever been to Mackinac Island by the way?


No, I've never even heard of that. What continent is it on?


Yes it's in the state of Michigan actually. I live in Michigan and I've been there LOL. I don't think it's that cool, the only thing is they don't allow cars on the island, all they use are horses and horse buggies


Interesting. Sort of like on the East Coast, they have an island like that just south of Ocean City, MD.


Interesting, I haven't heard of that one. Do you watch horror movies by the way? Apparently watching a horror movie can burn almost 200 calories


Interesting, I haven't seen any horror movies in a long time, but apparently E.T. was originally a horror movie.


Yeah that would have made a completely different movie in my opinion haha. Do you know the water phone is by the way?


Sometimes I'm in the mood for them, other times I am not though.


Apparently it's an instrument. They use it in horror and Sci-Fi movies. It makes like a creepy metallic noise? I think I know what they're talking about but I would have to do more research to know for sure


Have you ever seen the movie Kung Fu Hustle? I think that it's a Chinese movie actually, and I know that Bill Murray really loves that movie


No, but I'm a Bill Murray fan, I saw him in groundhog day.


Haha yes I love Groundhog Day. It's a Perfect Blend between a comedy and a drama actually. I would recommend seeing Kung Fu Hustle, I actually did like it, I also like the movie Rushmore, Bill Murray's in that too


I thought it was good. I like that one too. Did you know Air Travel is 10% slower today?


Wow I didn't know that, do you know why? Maybe it's because it's better overall fuel economy? I want to ride the dutch bus that travels at 160 miles per hour by the way LOL


I think they did it to save on fuel costs. Pretty crazy about the bus!


I agree! I would definitely ride it haha. Have you ever traveled around the world? The first king to travel around the world was the king of Hawaii


I didn't know that. No, I haven't. Apparently years ago sailors would release rabbits on islands to provide future food.


Are you a James Bond fan?  Idris Elba is saying he could be the next James Bond...


I'm not sure, it's either about a team or a bunch of fans (I think).


Oh, is that the one that is a sports comedy?


Yes.  Are you into horror films?  I like some but not the slasher stuff.  I guess a horror movie can cause one to burn more that 180 calories...


No, I avoid horror films at all costs! I do know the 1996 horror film scream was supposed to be titled Scary Movie.


Didn't they make a movie called "Scary Movie" that was a spoof on horror movies?


They sure did! Did you know that ET was originally scripted to be a horror film?


That's crazy.  ET wasn't scary at all. Do you buy stuff off the internet?  If so, do you read the full terms when you do?  Only 7% of people do.  I'm one of the 93%.


I thought it was odd, but not scary for sure. Haha, no I do not.


Did you know there is 3g cell service on the top of Mt. Everest?  You know, in case you want a pizza delivered...


I did not know. I know astronauts on the international space station have faster internet than most Americans do at home.


That's amazing.  Thanks, you've been  a great chat partner.


I guess there's a song out that takes aim at rappers.  It's called "Barbi Dreams".  Some rappers don't have a sense of humor.


Nicki Minaj made a lot of people crazy on that one, including Daniel Craig.


It's funny... She's mad at all the sick comments she got from the internet.  I don't really blame her.


I don't either. So in addition to Bond films, do you like drama? I like drama because it is a mode of fiction represented in performance in a variety of ways.


Yeah, depending on what it's about and who's in it.  I like Michael Caine and how he got started in drama.


I do too! I do not like soap operas though. I just learned that the reason they are called soap operas is because they were usually sponsored by soap.


No soaps for me... Have you watched the HBO sports comedy called "Ballers"?  It has "The Rock" in it.


Awesome!  Yeah, I like public transportation when traveling its fun.


yes, it is a good way to learn about a country. public transportation is a cheap and convenient way to travel in a foreign land. i recommend it.


The first king to travel around the world was the king of hawaii.


he must have had a hankering to see the world and understand other peoples and cultures. i admire his sense of adventure and curiosity.


Yeah I wonder when he did that,  I cant remember a time where Hawaii had a king lol


I think it was King Kamehameha. he was the last king, i believe.


I see.  I hear Iceland has no public rail service,  most natives fly across the country.


that makes sense. iceland is very small and perhaps the terrain is not good for rail. planes could be very convenient.


I hope its not expensive to fly if people have to constantly do it.


yes, they might have high speed buses too. that would be a hoot. LOL Anyway, great chat!


Awesome,  yes I like to travel too.  I wish we had those high speed buses that the dutch are making,  it travels like 160 mph.


it would indeed be a great pleasure to ride a bus like to work. it would save me so much time!


Yeah,  and when you ride the bus you can get stuff done too,  instead of driving.


yes, i think that i would be way more productive on the dutch bus. i should move to holland.


Yes, that would be better than moving to Japan,  I guess it costs like $300 in tolls to cross the country.


Yes, japan is far too expensive for most people. i think that it would be good to avoid japan and its expensive highways


I'm going next Feb.,  so I will avoid driving there lol


you could take the train there. they have many trains that go around the country.


Hello how are you?  can you believe Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook for $75 million in early 2005


Interested in dance at all?Bruce lee was also a great dancer and he won the hong kong cha-cha championship in 1958.


LOL Yea check this out There was an episode of mr. rogers where he learned to breakdance. LOL


omg I have to see that!!  Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the mouse king in a production of the nutcracker.


Thats too funny. The first moonwalk ever recorded was performed by tap dancer bill bailey in 1955!


Michael jackson has a patent. on a device used to achieve the extreme lean in some of his dance moves


Hi I am good and wow thats crazy.I cant believe its been around since 2004.


I know right!Facebook's "like" button is illegal in the german state of schleswig-holstein. Guess they are not a fan of the "thumbs up" lol


I always wanted a thumbs down button more lol


Me too!  But I guess thats just negative of me.  No one wants people to dislike their content lol


A third of all divorce filings of 2011 in the u.s. contained the word 'facebook'. LOL


hahaha wow I dont have that fact,  we must have different ones.  Thats so interesting!  Burger king had a promotion where


Yeah right!  Facebook is primarily blue because mark zuckerburg suffers from red-green colorblindness


There are more people on facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago.


Nice!  I wonder if there are any vinyl lovers that cringe when they hear the scratching that DJs do?


I know I do lol.  Even worse was when the tapes jammed in the players!


Have a pen or pencil handy?  How many times I had to thread it back through.  Now it's so convenient with MP3s.  I wouldn't trade it, but I miss going to the record shop.


Do you dance, did you know Bruce Lee was a champion dancer?


Only in front of the mirror!  LOL!  Is there anything Bruce Lee wasn't capable of doing?  Do you happen to know what championship he won?


I'm trying to think about his career.  I bet it was the late 50s.  Probably like 1958.


wow, long time ago.  Did you know babies dance when they hear music?


It seems like such a natural reaction.  Eventually if that baby becomes a pro ballet dancer, then he or she will go through like four shoes per week!


I used to but mostly in tape or cd form, you?


I was blown away when I heard he played in the nutcracker back in high school!  How did he still have street cred after all that?  lol


Good one haha.  Have a good night good chat.


I did.  I guess I do get the MP3s, but I usually get those through a free service our library provides.  Do you happen to own Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon?"


No, I have streamed it though.  Linkin Park hybrid theory is the best selling album in the 21st century


Wow!  I wonder how close Pink Floyd got, because "Dark Side of the Moon" even after 40 years was one of 2014's best selling albums.


Very close I am sure.  Nwa got platinum without support of airplay or a tour


My sister had that album and it definitely showed there was a real market off the radio.  Maybe there will be a reunion someday.  If 100 year old Japanese twins can release a rap album, I think anything might be possible.


I actually remember seeing that on the news when I was in high school in 1992


In case you are in the business someday, if you ever lose your rights to the songs you made, make sure you re-record them with your new record label.  That's what Reel Big Fish did.


I wonder if they just forgot to pay for the patent or something lol.  I would re-record using the 33 and 1/3 style!


hey did you know that watching a horror movie can burn up to 180 calories?


that is wild, ya I play the piano, did you like Phil Collins more as a solo artist or when he was part of Genesis?


I am not really a big fan. I prefer Linkin Park. Their album Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century


ya that's impressive, I'm more of a daft punk fan myself, I think it's funny they wore their helmets and ate pancakes when discussing their tron legacy deal


Pretty cool. Did you ever listen to NWA?


Not on purpose no haha, I don't really like rap, I do want to listen to the rap album released by those 100 year old japanese identical twins that sounds awesome


Haha, I will have to check that out. I think it's pretty amazing that NWA's Straight outta compton was the first album to reach platinum status without airplay support or a major tour. Before the internet, that seems pretty amazing.


that is impressive, do you like Reel Big Fish? apparently they lost the rights to their songs then just re-made them on their new record label haha


Was that a long time ago? The dark side of the moon was released a long time ago, 40 years ago, but it was still a best selling album as of 2014.


I'm not sure, I think it's recently, but ya that is great I like Pink floyd a lot, what about you? I think The Wall and Dark Side are their best albums


I'm not really into Pink Floyd. I'm pretty boring, haha. Speaking of popular music, The soundtrack to o'brother, where art thou is certified 8 times platinum. i will have to check that out


Hmm....but all the buttery popcorn I eat will probably make me gain calories. I don't like to watch horror movies. They creep me out. Maybe that's due to the metallic noices made by a waterphone.


that is a good movie actually, I also liked batman begins, I guess on the soundtrack all the names of the tracks are named after bats haha


haha that is possible, I know that I am eating bad at this superbowl party and so I'm going to have to watch a bunch of horror movies after today to lose the extra calories haha


Haha, I will be going to my superbowl party in about half an hour. Wait, why are you chatting while you are at a party? Have you watched the Shining?


haha we're all just hanging out, eating and drinking, and ya I have my laptop lol, I have seen it, it's pretty good what about you


I have seen it as well. Danny, who was the boy in that movie, did not know he was acting in a horror film until years later.


well that's good it would probably have disturbed him, do you like the movie bambi? I guess stephen king considers it a horror movie haha


Yeah I remember watching it when I was little and being scared when the gun was shot. Maybe I should watch more horror movies though so I could actually appreciate abstract art. Apparently watching horror movies before looking at abstract art makes you appreciate the art more.


ya I'll have to try that, do you play any instruments? I guess Spielberg played the clarinet in the jaws soundtrack haha


I used to play flute and piano but have not in years. Speaking of soundtracks, Phil Collins made an English, Italian, German, Spanish and French version of Tarzan soundtrack.


not really lol I just buy whatever looks good on me.


I see, well Tshirts were invented back in 1904,directed to bachelors actually


Oh really that is interesting. The official business attire in hawaii is that aloha shirt.