really? he's far from that dream. I wonder if he'll ever settle down and start drawing some art


It's a good question. He's certainly been successful in his chosen profession. Did you ever see the Rugrats movie?


i saw the original one and then the 2nd one, Rugrats in Paris but thats it. did you?


I only saw the first one. Did you know that Busta Rhymes voiced the Reptar wagon in that movie? I don't know how I didn't recognize that voice immediately.


i dont think the wagon even talks from what I remember! that reminds me that Bruce Willis voiced Spike the dog in the first few Rugrats episodes


I don't remember that. I will have to look that up on YouTube to refresh my memory. Did you know that Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle rap?


yea its a compliment battle! a far cry from the regular rap battles we are used to over here in the US.


I can't imagine how that would work. I understand the concept but it practice it seems absurd to watch.


I think it would be wholesome and fun! nice to see some people be nice to each other for a change. Thats a much nicer rap than that judge that delivered a ruling to Eminem in the form of a rap


That is so cringe worthy. Why would she do that? It's embarrassing.


How's it going? Did you know the USS Little Rock cost 440 million to make?


Ships are getting more expensive, along with everything else. I wonder why the Navy is still building ships at all, haven't they become rather obsolete?


Well if they end up getting stuck in ice they probably are


So true. When I was younger I used to wonder why ships had to worry about ice at all. I thought that their steel hull could just plow through but I didn't realize how hard ice can be.


Yea, I mean other ships were able to pass through the ice in the area by Montreal


True, but remember the Titanic. I spent 8 years in the Navy in the 60s but I was aviation so I never set foot on a ship except for a tour.


That's really cool. The USS Little Rock that got stuck in ice was named after another ship with the same name commissioned in 1945


I know, usually that only happens when the previous ship has been lost in battle. A sad occurrence.


Yea but the original was taken out of service in 1976 and is now in a museum in Buffalo


Have you ever visited a old Navy vessel? You'd be surprised at how cramped the living conditions are. like being a mouse in a maze.


No, unfortunatly there isn't any around near me. Apparently the USS Little Rock was commissioned alonside it's namesake.


I suppose that's appropriate. It sounds like it's pretty fast, 45 knots is amazing.


Yea that is pretty amazing. Did you know that it's apparently impossible to separate 2 phonebooks that have their pages overlapped together?


I had heard that years ago. It used to be a strong man stunt to rip phone books apart. I don't think I even have a book in my house thanks to the internet. And very few younger people have house phones anymore.


Yea, most people just use cell phones. Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child for every minute you do not use your cell phone


I should sign up for that. I get maybe one call a week from one kid or another that needs something. I still have the old flip phone that I've had for more than a decade. Not smart enough to use a smart phone!


Lol, I read an iphone has more computing power than the US nuclear Icbm deterrent, that's pretty scary


Yes it is! Wouldn't you think that updating defense systems would be high priority? When I grew up people didn't even have calculators.


Yea, they should also probably update the cables on the ocean floor that carry phone and internet acess too


I doubt if they'll do that everything is satellite now-a days. I wonder how much traffic still goes by hard-line cable?


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hey partner. Do you play videogames? Call of duty is a very popular game it actually started on the computer.


i used to play video games. dont play much now. is COD a shooter?


Yes it is. The earlier games are set in World War II but later games are set in modern times.


that sounds fun. i guess people play online in teams?


Yes there is the option to do that. In total there are 33 called duty games. That definitely speaks to its success.


33? ok, i guess there are millions of fans then. who makes the game?


Yes for sure. The game is made by Activision.


oh yeah, activision. i remember their games from so long ago. they made great games! i guess COD is another success.


Yes they must have very good employees. Prince William used to play call of duty too. It would be so fun to play against him.


Prince William? thats great! i know that he served in the military. he is a veteran, so i guess he loves games like that.


Yes they must be realistic.I'll call of duty map featuring A natural disaster takes place in the same location as the earthquake in Japan.I would like to play that map.


That sounds really cool. i like that spirit in the design team. Did activision do something to help veterans?


Luckily yes they did. They raised over $8 million to help returning veterans find work. Very cool.


Vets could use all the help they can get. Probably even clothing donations are appreciated.


No doubt about that. Clothes are very valuable.It is a feature of all humans in society. But no animals wear clothes!


well, they shouldnt wear clothes! I have seen people dress up their dogs and cats in sassy hats and coats.


Yes they look very uncomfortable like that! Some clothing can be gender specific although I would think the sizing would be different.


Yes, the proportions have to change. shoulders-waist-hips ratio is different.


Exactly. Apple even had a clothing line back in 1986. I wonder if those clothes were gender specific? Well it was nice chatting with you. Thanks!


I wonder if that clothing is available on eBay. Yes, i enjoyed chatting!


Hey how you doing good day. You play video games? I love call of duty and I didn't realize it began as a computer game.


hey, I am not a good video game player I think I do not have a good skills on them. But is very interesting to know that it was a computer game


Yes it is. The most recent game call duty black ops was released in 2018. Really fun release that one.


are you good on that game? I really like super mario games


I am ok. Mario is fun too! I wonder how many mario games there are? There are 33 call of duty games!


Wow, I can imagine why the game of call of duty topped $15 billion on sales


Yes exactly. They also use very realistic maps one of them takes place in the same location as the earthquake in Japan.


Do you know how they are able to be so realistic? it is very fascinating how they have that technology.


Yeah the technology is amazing. According to the Guinness Book of World Records call of duty black ops two has the best video game ending of all time.


interesting now I can imagine why Prince William used to play it on his night shift.


Yeah that's a really good point. The company who created call duty also raises money for veterans which is really cool.


that is a great gesture from the video game since they are basing their game and profits on all the bad stuff that the veteran go thru


Agreed. I wonder if that company makes clothing? The reason I ask is because Apple once made clothing.


That is crazy! so Apple tried on all industries to make it


They really did. Rip curl somehow makes clothes in North Korea but the label says made in China. Interesting.


wow but you know that the most important things about clothing is that it protects your body from weather conditions


Yeah absolutely. I wonder why pilgrim clothing was full of color and why they only wear black for special occasions?


that is a very good question. at least people are more conscious now a days on not wearing animal skins since a very cruel act


Yes it is. There is even a store in Alabama that sells stuff from unclaimed baggage at airports! If you lose your bag go to that store! It was nice talking with you today!


really they sell other people clothing that is crazy


Yes that is kind of funny and sad! Some clothing is gender neutral but others are more specific. Hard to tell these days lol. It was nice talking to you today!


I think gender specific clothing is not a bad idea at all


Agreed. Well I will definitely think on that one. Bye for now!


I like watching the hockey fights they sure can go at it, No wonder they can lose so much weight in one game.


Yeah thats amazing.  they can lose up to 8 lbs!


Well let me tell you I played Hockey in my youth but I never lost weight. But then again field Hockey for kids is a sport, today's hockey clubs (pro) are big business. Did you every play?


I have never played real hockey lol I have played broom ball lol ever heard of it?


No its like hockey,  its on ice,  but you keep your shoes on,  and you play with brooms and a small ball lol


Gosh that sounds like fun... until ya fall  lol. Maybe they could add that as an Olympic sport....


We did this while drinking,  I dont think it can be an olympic sport lol


Well no he he....But think what cool uniforms you could make up. Did you know that Baseball managers wear uniforms so they can play for their team if needed ?


Yeah I did,  I hope they never have to though! Baseball teams have like 20 players.


Oh yea that is true, wonder if most team managers could make it around... I am no spring chicken anymore  that is why I stick to mostly reading these days. Are you are reader ??


Yes,  I love reading.  I hear the fastest speed reader can read 4700 word per minute!


That is some amazing reading skill. Reading anything right now ?


Actually,  I should be reading the next book in book club,  but I havent started yet lol How about you?


Nothing right now, feeling like a good sci-fi might be in the near future...  do you have a favorite genre of book ?


I like a bunch of stuff, mostly mystery or fantasy.  How about you?


well I even read shampoo bottles... so anything goes.....and speaking of that I really need to get  going it was nice talking to you.


Hello, How are you? Do you like to travel?


I love to travel! Mostly by car, bicycle, or plane. I'm not a fan of trains or boats! How about you?


Yes, I love to travel too! I enjoy biking and flying. I live near the ocean so I love boating also.


That's pretty cool. I don't think I could afford to live in Japan, the tolls alone cost $300 to travel cross-country.


Yeah, that's a lot!! The dutch are making a 160 mph commuter bus.


Haha! Thank you, next. I am not about that life. I'd rather live on Mackinac Island where they've banned all motorized vehicles and still use horse-drawn carriages!


Oh I would love that!! I enjoy watching the old shows with the horse drawn carriages!!


Right? Though the novelty of living without a public rail system or a car would wear pretty thin. In Iceland, where they have no rail, those without cars have to fly between major towns.


That's true. I am surprised the first king to travel around the world is from Hawaii.


That was around 300 years ago, humans have been doing remarkable things for hundreds of thousands of years so it's crazy it took a member of royalty so long!


Very cool a humans rib that has been surgically shortened will regrow equally as strong within 2-3 months!


Like lizard tails? Weird. Did you know that we can't synthesize our own Vitamin C?


Yes, because the gene for this enzyme is defective. Its good I love oranges. lol


It's super weird that plants and all animals can make their own though... Probably a good indicator that animals and plants will beat us in the evolution department.


lol, could be. I love it when babies dance spontaneously when they hear music!


I know, it's precious. Apparently, they even get excited when they hit the beat!


Awww, I know, so cute! Professional ballet dancers go thru a lot of shoes in a week!


Did you know Tupac was actually a ballet dancer in high school?


That's surprising! MJ had a patent on the device to achieve the extreme lean! Who knew, Good chat!!


Apparently Bruce Lee won the Hong Kong Cha-Cha Championship in 1958. I wish we still had a Cha-Cha Championship! For the alliteration alone!


I love to travel as well, you know there is a project for a bus that can travel at 160 mph


Wow that sounds quite dangerous I am not sure how well that would work out.  A train would make more sense imo.


It would, that seems really dangerous indeed lol, the tolls in Japan are really expensive.


I see I don't know much about Japan.  Where have you traveled?


I have traveled to Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, mostly South America and within the states, what about you?


I've been to a few states, Spain and South Korea.  I would love to travel to South America, but am worried it might be difficult to travel there.


Its actually cheaper than other places and with easy acces you should try it out, I would like to visit Mackinac Island


I definitely will.  Where is that island?


Its in the USA, motorized vehicles are banned there.


Ah I see that sounds like a good idea to be honest.  To ban civilian vehicles and create privatized public transportation.  I bet it is very nice to live there.


It must be, the air clean and things peaceful, you know that the first king to travel was the king of Hawaii


That is interesting I wonder why he was the first king to travel.  Did you know that Disney used a super computer for a movie.


I didnt, what is the name of the movie? I might search for it in Netflix later, hopefully its there


It's called big hero 6.  it's actually a really good movie you should watch it.


I will, if its not on Netflix I will rent it, did you watch Bill Nye the Science Guy?


Yea I have seen him its okay.  I prefer other peoples material.


Oh I see, well he appears in the movie Flubber as a scientist


I love that movie as well, I didnt notice he was in it either.


Yes a lot. DO you know why NY area code is 212


Yes that is because it is easy to dial on a rotary phone


Yes, Did you know the phone cables are only 2.7 inches wide and lay at the bottom of the ocean?


I did not but if two of them get stuck together they cannot be separated


Cool. UNICEF donates clean water when we do not use our phones


I wonder how they do that, if we know we can help more


I sure do. Sadly the FDA once burned tons of books.


yes that was an act of censorship, it sure is sad


Yeah. DId you know Churchill won a Nobel price for literature?


Yesh. Did you knoe literature was an olympic sport?


Yes that was until 1952 along with sculpture, music and painting


I go sometimes. Did you hear about that guy in prison that proved his own innocence?


Yes he studies at the library and then also helped other people


Yeah. In Norway the government buys your 1000 books if you publish something


Yeah and they give it to the local libraries


Yes and if it is children's books they buy 1500 of them


Are you an iPhone user?  They have more computational power than the entire US nuclear ICMB nuclear deterrent!


Yes, but I am more of a firecracker kind of guy... My iPhone is usually turned off.  You?


I've had one but I'm Android now. Did ya know that the NY area code is 212 because it was easier to dial with a rotary phone?


I miss rotary phones. I'm inventing a rotary cell phone. It will mostly be used for miscommunication.


Ha!  Sounds like a plan.  Maybe it can also separate two phone books with the pages overlapped to?


Well, that would be something worth communicating.  As is the news that UNICEF will donate to a needy child one day's worth of clean water for every minute someone does not use their cell phone!


That's really nice of them.  And to think all that information and data is carried by 2.7" cables under the ocean.  Must be fiber optic cable...


Amazing how much information can pass through that cable!  You could send an entire library's worth of info through one!


Speaking of libraries and books, I can't believe the FDA burned 6 tons of literature in an act of censorship.  I wonder what they were trying to do?


They obviously are an overly controlling partner. Bad form indeed.  Compare that with the UK Prime Minister that donated his entire 32k book collection to the public library to encourage spreading of ideas!


Or another UK PM, Churchill, that won a Nobel Prize in literature in 1953. I didn't know he was a writer.  He was certainly a talker.


Indeed! If you publish a book in Norway, the gov will buy 10,000 copies to distribute to libraries across the country!


Yeah, 1,500 if it's a children book.  I wonder if one could turn a profit even with something terrible!


Then there is hope for me!  If that doesn't work, I may open up a Library of Things like the one in Sacramento, CA.


Sure, I have things.  Wow, architecture, literature, music,, painting and sculpture were Olympic events between 1912 and 1952?  I draw a mean cartoon cowboy.


We have our next Olympic category: 40 Meter Cowboy Sketch. Sounds intimidating! Like the man falsely imprisoned for 10 years and devoted himself to becoming a lawyer to free himself and others falsely imprisoned, one could spend years learning that craft!


Ha! Yeah, that could hurt.  Yeah but it is some serous incentive.  America isn't so dumb, we have more libraries than McDonald's! Eat and read!


Half the books in the health section tell us that eating at McDonalds is bad for us. Dietary wisdom or competitive marketing?


That's puzzling... Also puzzling is that Greeks rarely wrote about romantic kissing.  I thought they would more!


I guess not... You know, there is a literary contest that challenges participants to come up with the worst possible opening sentence... Hmmm... Creative incentive...


I could do that -- I'm great at writing terrible sentences.  I'm just saying... Most of their sculptures are full-frontal...


I guess I'll be looking for Greek art this evening...  Did you know that half of adults have library cards...and one of them has mine...


Ha! The internet has a lot to offer... If you ever need a cartoon cowboy with a poorly written caption, let me know.


You would be surprised how often that need arises! Now, I am off to find some cultural stimulation. Cheerio!


Good luck!  Maybe start at a McDonald's!  Thanks for the chat.  You were excellent.


Yes, I sometimes use it.  I mainly use it to watch DVDs...Do you use the library?


I do.  I use it to get out books, cds, and dvds mainly.  I love it because of all the money I've saved.


Yes, it is a wonderful resource to have.  It's one place I don't mind paying taxes for! Did you know that when ships visited the city of Alexandria, they had to surrender their books for copying?  They put the copies into a library in Alexandria!


I didn't know that.  There are more libraries than McDonalds in the US


Wow, really?  That's good to know!!  I hope that never changes!  A man once opened a library from his personal collection because he wanted to "bring together books who had no readers with readers who had no books", I think that's just wonderful!


That is awesome!  I bet he had a huge collection!  The Sacramento public library started a library of things where people can check out items that they can use, but don't really need to own long term.  I think that's a great idea!


That is a great idea!  Like if you need a chainsaw because a tree branch went down in your yard, but you don't want to own one!  That happened to me...we had to pay someone to remove the tree branch.  It was a big branch!


That's what went through my head when I read that.  Every library should follow their lead and do that.


I agree...and maybe people would read more books too.  I guess when libraries started lending video games, to attract teenagers in, books started getting checked out at a much larger rate than before!


That's an interesting fact.  Nice.  If you publish a book in Norway, the gov't will buy 1000 copies of your book and distribute them to libraries throughout the country.  That's interesting if you're an author from there.


I'm sure that encourages more authors to publish, knowing that copies of your books will end up all over the country!  What is your favorite kind of literature?


I'm a fan of non-fiction.  I always wanted to try writing someday and maybe I could win a contest like that annual one they have where writers have to come up with the worst opening sentence to a novel.  lol


LOL!  What?  I never heard of that!  Now I'm curious...  Maybe you should try comedic fantasy?  An author was once knighted for his "services to literature" through comedic fantasy!


lol How interesting is that? In 19583 Sir Winston Churchill won a nobel prize for literature!


Wow, that's interesting!  But how about a gold metal?  The father of the modern Olympics won a gold metal for writing poems about sports!


That is pretty neat!  I didn't know before today that literature was an olympic event from 1912 to 1952.


OH!!!  I did not know that!  I guess that's how he won the gold metal.  I thought they gave it to him because of the Olympics connection...how interesting!!


How about the FDA burning 6 tons of literature in an act of US censorship.  I wonder when they did that and why?


Wow, not cool! It had to have been many years ago.  There is a doctor who teaches heavy metal as a form of literature.  Isn't that curious?


That is pretty neat!  I like it!  I have a meeting I have to get ready for.  Loved chatting with you!


Communication has sure changed over the years. Written notes and literary pieces have shifted to telephone.


You are so right! I mean, even iPhones these days have more computing power than our nuclear ICBM deterrent. That is amazing!


It is all about time these days. It's pretty telling that New York's area code is 212 just because it was the fastest number on those old fashioned rotary phones. Now we have so many things at the touch of a button in the way of communication.


No kidding... and isnt it incredible that the cables that carry internet/phone data across the oceans are 2.7 inches in diameter and basically lay on the ocean floor?


That is incredible! And we are all hooked on our cell phones. It is quite something that Unicef donates a day of clean water to a child who needs it for every minute we don't use our phone.


Good on them. Maybe that will encourage others to stay off their phones more and maybe go to a library or something! After all, there are more libraries than there are McDonald's here in the US and half the adult population still has library cards!


I'm glad that Libraries haven't been phased out by our technology, especially since there is so much information on the internet.There are so many resources there from books to Blue-Ray Discs.


Agreed. Plus you have countries like Norway where if you publish a book, the government buys 1000 copies and distributes them to libraries across their country! If only all counties would do that!


That is so cool. I am an author, maybe I should move to Norway! They distribute even more copies of a children's book at 1,500 per book.


Maybe so! It would be a huge help, wouldn't it? You know, I honestly can't believe the FDA once burned six tons of literature. What a waste!


Heartbreaking! Hey, did you hear about Sacramento's new library of things?


I have actually and hope to check it out someday. I think it's a great way to lure more people in by offering items like sewing machines that people may need to use but not want to buy for long term!


It would sure give you the opportunity to check out a hobby to see if you like it before spending tons of money on something you may later decide you don't want to ever do again. What a great way to give everyone opportunities. I especially like the sewing machine check one.


I agree entirely! I wonder if that was also the same library that one guy who was falsely imprisoned spent his time studying law to prove his innocence before actually becoming a lawyer himself!


It could have been. I so enjoy time with literature. I kind of geek out about it as an author. Their is a really fun annual contest where writers need to come up with the worst possible opening line to a novel. I want to try it.


That would be interesting and sounds like it could also be humorous as well! I wonder what Winston Churchill would feel about it seeing as how he actually won a Nobel Prize for literature and not peace.


He was such an important world figure politically it is funny to think of his award being about writing not his place on the world stage. That's 1953 for you. I couldn't imagine our political leaders doing much of their own writing these days. They rely a lot on ghost writers.


That is so true! You know, I also found it surprising that literature, along with music, architecture plus sculpture and painting were all Olympic events from 1912 up until 1952. It's too bad they aren't anymore!


It is sad. We are losing an element of culture and the value we place on it. We can learn so many things from books, like Romantic kissing being a new trend. It is hardly ever mentioned in ancient greek literature. How would we know these things without literature and the arts?


Exactly. But at least in this age, print technology has allowed distribution of literature to grow, which has led to electronic literature!


That is definitely a plus of this modern age of technology advances. As long as there are people like UK Prime Minister William Gladstone founded libraries in their senior years, literature will live on.


Agreed. Even though the concept has changed over time from spoken/sung texts and non-written verbal art forms! You are right it will forever live on. Well, it was great chatting with you today. Have a great day, my friend!


All the time and for everything, to me it's not just a phone it's an extent ion of who i really am, haha!


Hahah I guess that speaks to all of us really. Did you ever have the chance to use a rotary phone though?


Yeah im a old dude! I hear the dial phone was created by a undertaker.


Yeah, those were fun but not to dial many numbers. took forever. Did you know the NY area code 212 is because of them


Yeah i heard that. Apparently someone from the 30's helped to invent cellphones, wifi and GPS. doesn't make much since.


Nice, they have made a revolution in technology with them. Did you ever use a phonebook, or maybe still do?


Nope just the extension of myself ( cell phone). However apparently dolphins communicate well over the phone and can recognize who there talking to.


Oh did not know that one, interesting. Apparently phone nowadays have more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent


I don't know what to sat about that. Did you know that there is almost no correlation between the bars on your phone and quality of service.


Wow, and yet I always look up at the bars. Rely too much on them I guess. Switching topics, do you enjoy reading?


I do but now a days i listen to audible books you can find almost anything. You?


That is very true. Yes I read quite a bit actually. Heard that there are more libraries than McDonald's in the US. I love that fact


Yeah that is awesome to know, you'd think it be the other way around but i guess with all the schools and universities beside the public ones it makes since.


I guess so. In Sacramento the public library now offers other things besides books like sewing machines and such


Sounds like a neat concept. Apparently there was a comedian that was Knighted.


Oh, who would that be? Speaking of Knights and that area of the world, Churchill actually won a Nobel Prize in Literature


Why are they always given out Nobel Peace Prizes for everything but peace? The comedian was Terry Pratchett.


Oh cool. Not sure about that on. But literature seems to have been pretty important back then as it was also an olympic event


I think i heard that didn't he write about sports?


Not sure actually. Nice chatting with you :)


Hey how are you, you hear anything about Nevada Days by chance?


Dunno too much about it, other than it was written by the fellow that wrote Youngblood and Kaboom... I think it's a thriller/horror novel, but not sure..


I think you're right, it's a Basque author, so must be Spanish right?


Yeah, from Northern Spain.  Speaking of horror, do you watch a lot of horror movies?  I'm a pretty big fan myself.  Catch them when I can.  Think the last big one I saw was Mandy with Nicolas Cage.  It was pretty wild!


What was that about? Was it as good as the Stephen King movies?


Depends, Stephen King movies are mixed bag... But it's basically about this cult group kidnapping and killing Nic Cage's girlfriend, so he goes insane and goes on a rampage of revenge.  Kind of a throwback to 70s grindhouse films and stuff.


Oh really, have you ever heard of Nic Cage referred to as "The One True God", its not in your notes, its from reddit.


Well, he's kind of popular around the internet.  There's about a billion memes to him.  Speaking of Stephen King, did you know he was terrified of the movie Bambi as a kid?


That's pretty surprising since he's got such an elaborate imagination, I wonder why that is?


I'm betting he probably found the scene where Bambi's mom gets shot to be rather terrifying.  Heard lots of kids got scared from that...


Oh wow, that would have been scary. Did you know the earth is 4.5 billion years old? I never knew that.


Yeah, course there's those that insist it's only like 40,000 years old, but I tend to think those guys are a little kooky!  They say if earth's history was 24 hours, we (humans) would only be about two minutes of that...


For sure, and civilization as we know of it today would be like the last 15 seconds of the calendar year, what the hell was happening the rest of the time on earth?


Fires, floods, ice ages, dinosaurs, you name it.  All kinds of crazy stuff.  Not to mention all the continental drifting!


For sure, you think climate change is for real?


I'm not sure.. I mean, I DO think the climate is changing, but I'm not sure why.  Is it man made, or part of a natural heating/cool cycle the earth goes through?  Or both?  I think it definitely needs more study to sort fact from fiction.  Too many people in the game have their own agenda, you know?


For sure, I'm sure it's been catalyzed a bit more by man, just look at the pollution levels the world has never had to worry about. It's scary to think people just think the rest of it is normal. The earth will be helium free by the end of the 21st century, I wonder what that actually entails.


Well, no more floating balloons for starters... You know they say when the earth was first formed days were only 5.5 hours long.  Dunno if that means the rotation was faster or the mass was smaller.. think I may have to Google that a bit more…


Hmm, that's interesting. I wonder how they calculated that and why it was only 5.5 hours long. I would assume the earth has always been the same weight right? Nothing can be produced or destroyed from nothing. Interesting stuff to learn.


Well, there's some that say a large asteroid crashed into earth and added to it's mass a long time ago.  But I don't know for sure.


Ah I gotcha, that would have to be a humungous asteroid. Anyways, great chatting with you, I'm going to take off. Take Care!


I think its a risk altering things like breast-feeding


I know, especially if you are taking certain medications. I believe the baby got ill.


Yeah that is a sad thing. it seems the baby was sick because of that, maybe the doctors didnt follow the protocols


It is very sad. I don't know if you live in New York, but the area code is 212 because it's the fastest to dial on a rotary phone!


Oh so thats why its 212, I guess it makes sense did you ever used one of those phones? it took forever to dial


My grandma had one, it took forever to make a call, have you ever had an IPhone?


Ok so apparently an IPhone has more power than the entire USA nuclear icbm deterrent, I dont know if its scary or awesome


It is scary right, have you ever tried separating two phonebooks with overlaped pages? apparently is impossible


No, i haven't even thought about doing that, that is crazy.


Somewhat, I like to escape everyday life every now and then.


I see well you should read some of Sr. Winston Chuchill's novels, he won a nobel price for his pieces


I have read his work and think it's amazing. You should go to Sacramento public library. They allow patrons to checkout items they find useful but don't need for long term use.


I might check it out, im in need of a sewing machine so that sounds like a great idea, hope they can borrow it for a long time


It might be possible. Did you hear about the man that was falsely imprisoned?


I did, what he did was impressive many would just cry and wait for the sentence to be over, I think its great how he helps others now


Yeah, 10 years he studied law, very impressive.


Very impressive indeed if you ever want to become a writter you should go to Norway, they really support writters there.


hello, what opinion do you have about "Nevada Days," by Bernardo Atxaga?


I never read it but the summary makes it look like a good read. Did you read it?


no but I heard about it. I also learned that For author Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Reno, Nev., was a city of new dreams and sprawling physical wonder, memorialized in his novel "The City of Trembling Leaves."


What does the "Trembling Leaves" refer to do you know?


It refers to me nothing yet, after reading the book it will refer to me an interesting meaning. Did you know that Originally published in Basque and Spanish, it's a book of meditations that blends together travelogues and memories from Basque country with a dark exploration of fading American empire


That is what sparked my interest was the meditations piece. I could certainly use a book like that right about now.


I have lived in Nevada so I am very curious to read the author's experiences


yes and it is also very interesting to learn that Atxaga's narrator is something of a wandering soul, which serves him well as he and his family arrive in Reno in 2007 so he can write and teach at the university.


I found that the author's experience at the funeral was eye opening for him.


yes, I guess so. Atxaga's bemusement toward military ceremony. It's honest. It's thoughtful... it's respectful


I'm a veteran myself and the fake patriots reference was a bit concerning to me, I didn't like it.


oh I understand, I think I better read NEVADA DAYS By Bernardo Atxaga .. to learn more


I am glad the author got the chance to experieence a military funeral. I think its important to truly understand the sacrifice.


Yes of course, and do you like watching horror movies? if so which is your favorite?


I am a huge fan of the classic horror flick The Shining


really, i have never watched it, do yo recommend me to watch? And do you like Stephen king? he was terrified as a child when he saw the movie bambi, calling it the first horror movie he saw


Stephen King is one of the greats; I definitely recommend the movie


I will watch then, and did you know that Watching horror movies can burn up more than 180 calories? its hillarious though lol


I find that hard to believe as well as the fact that King was afraid of Bambi as a kid


So, I'm reading the latest film from Studio Ghibli is out The Tale of Princess Kaguya. Dunno if you're familiar with them, but Studio Ghibli has made a LOT of great animated films, like Spirited Away, and Princess Mononoke


I don't think I have heard of them. I have heard that one of the directors recently passed away, and his last film was nominated for an Academy Award


Yeah, sadly, Disney (which owns the American rights to the films) doesn't tend to promote them very much.  I think they're worried they'll cut into their "home grown" market.  Anyway, dunno if you even like animated movies, but they're worth checking out.


I don't watch them very often. Apparently there was a showing of the recent film in a park in D.C. That's one U.S. city I haven't been to


Sadly, I haven't been to DC either, although I've always wanted to visit there.  Apparently there's a lot of interesting going down this summer.  They're having a Crab Feast at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium.  They'll have 100 GALLONS of crab soup!  Can you imagine that much soup?


I recently met a girl who lives in that area, and she said the nightlife is worth visiting for. It sounds like many of the events feature jazz music. Do you listen to jazz very often?


A little bit, I'm not too familiar with it.  I know is originated in New Orleans and a little bit about the history, but that's about it.  Heard Clint Eastwood is a BIG jazz fan, thought that was pretty interesting..


There's many different styles, probably derived from the various regions in the US where it has taken root. Kansas City is another place where it has prominence


You know there's a programming language in which programs are written in musical composition, and so the programs have jazz-like harmonies.  As a computer guy, I find that pretty fascinating.  So, you ever been to a live concert?  (Jazz or otherwise?)


That is interesting. I haven't been to a live concert recently, but I want to many when I was younger. Most of them were in smaller venues though.


It's been awhile since I've been to any as well.  Got a friend of mine he's big into the Ramones and seen them in concert a few times.  Get this, they've played a total of 2,263 concerts, touring almost non-stop for over TWENTY years.  Now that's dedication to your music!


I can only imagine how exhausting that must be as well. Sometimes I think it would be cool to travel to some of the ancient amphitheaters to see what they're like. Pink Floyd once recorded a live concert with no audience in a Roman one in Pompeii


Wonder why the did it without an audience?  Pretty sure people would have shown if they're heard about it.  Must be one of those "eccentric rock and roll musician" things.  Wonder how a concert would sound held in an old amphitheater...


It might be because an audience would affect the sound and acoustics in the theater. There's another ancient amphitheater in Croatia that's used for concerts. Those Romans really liked their theaters


Well, theaters were a big event at the time, plays, gladiator events, concerts.. you gotta remember, they didn't have the internet back then, so they had to do something for entertainment.  :)  So, what was the last concert you ever attended?


Now that I think about it, I went to one a little over a year ago around Christmastime, so most of the songs were Christmas songs. The venue was fairly big, but not as big as ones like where the big name artists perform. It was good still, unlike the 2002 Creed concert that was bad enough for concert goers to file a lawsuit


Oh, man, can't imagine a concert being so bad you get SUED by the audience members... guessing maybe they had mechanical problems, or one of the band members wasn't performing very well.  I recall news of a concert (not Creed, can't recall who it was) where the guy was DRUNK on stage, and slurred through his songs.  They ended up refunding the audience's money..


That's pretty sad. I wouldn't want to see them in concert. Back in 2001, Linkin Park's debut album was so successful they did over 300 concerts. That's incredible considering there are only 365 days in a year


Oh, yeah, I'm one of the people who own their CD Hybrid Theory, which I've read is the best selling CD of the 21 century.  I really liked their music.,  It was sad to hear about Chester Bennington though...


I know. Nowadays though, most people don't buy CDs. I wouldn't be surprised if vinyl records are more likely to sell more with its comeback


Well, I don't have a lot of money, so if I buy CDs, I usually buy them used!  LOL.  I find it interesting records are making a comeback, they say they sound better, but I dunno..


They also take up a lot of space. What's surprising is that Dark Side of the Moon is still so popular that it was still a best-seller in 2014


Do you like any dramatic movies? I know that Michael Caine is one of my favorite actors, he's in a lot of good ones like the movie The Cider House Rules


oh yeah, my favorite actor is Hugh Laurie. He's getting paid 700,000 an episode now. LOL


That is insane! But he does a great job, so I can believe it. What do you think about Jim Carrey not doing any more dramatic roles? I do think his best roles were comedy so I'm not too mad


I think it's sad that he can't do any movies that don't "project a positive image"


Yep I agree. Do you think it's a positive image to chase after girls? That's why Michael Caine started acting by the way


No. I wonder if Jon Hamm would approve. He was a drama teacher.


Yep he was. And he taught the girl Erin from the office. Have you ever seen that show, it's pretty funny in my opinion


I don't watch the office. It makes me uncomfortable. I'd rather watch an animal documentary. Did you know there are 20 quintillion animals on the earth?


No I didn't know that! What is your favorite animal by the way? I really like dogs, and apparently a lot of animals get white patches on their heads when they're domesticated, maybe that's why dogs have patches like that


Birds. I'm addicted to watch birds. Wish I could see something awesome like the extinct Dodo.


I do like birds myself. I like to eat them haha. Chickens are delicious, it's sad that the dodo bird is extinct though, but apparently they are related to pigeons, so maybe we can clone them one day


Well we still got a lot of really awesome birds. Like Humingbirds. Did you know they steal spiderwebs to make their nests?


No I didn't know that! That is awesome though, it sounds like the spiders need spider police to make sure the birds don't steal their stuff LOL. It's also weird that Australian birds can mimic weird sounds like car alarms and chainsaws, that sounds scary actually


Yeah, see there are lots of really cool birds. We're currently endangering 1,200 of them though :(


It is really sad. It's also weird too, that some birds can fly from Alaska to Mexico and they don't even sleep. They do this when they migrate, I wish I could stay awake that long haha


They've had 170 million years to practice, so it makes sense that it's easier for them.


Yep I agree with you. What is crazy to me too, is that birdsare  really lightweight, like their bones actually weigh less than their feathers, that is so screwy


yeah, and they're monogamous! So they're not much different than you and I.


Haha speak for yourself LOL just kidding just kidding haha. did you hear that the Scottish government has a law that protects the Loch Ness monster? It was passed back in 1912, I hope that thing is actually real but I doubt it haha


no, that's really cool. I like hearing about laws countries pass about animals. Like Germany gives animals a constitutionally mandated set of rights.


Yes that is a cool. Another cool law is the Loch Ness monster law that Scotland passed. It protects the Loch Ness monster if it's real LOL I hope it is but I'm not holding my breath


Do you know who wrote the novel "The Color Purple"?


Alice Walker. There is concert going on themed after the book


That is cool.    What kind of music is in the show?


Thanks!      I know the movie won an Academy Award.     Do you know if Isao Takahata ever won one?    I love his films.


As far as I know, His final movie was only nominated for an award.


Oh, OK.      You mentioned Jazz - do you know where that style of music originated?


It originated in black communities of New Orleans in the late 19th and early 20th century. It developed from roots in blues and ragtime


Wow!    What sort of notes and vocals make up jazz?


I cannot answer that. But Jazz trumpeters grow goatees for comfort


That gives them something in common with programmers who write software with jazz-like harmonies.


Yes.    I saw one given by a woman in Harlem for free one time on Sunday.


I hope it was better than a creed concert in 2002. Which was so bad 4 guest sued the band


I don't think the Ramones ever got sued, and the played 2263 concerts.


Touring non stop for 20 years must be really hard


True.     I would rather go in the studio and record an album like Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory.


That album was so popular they played 324 concerts in 2001


I wonder if any of those shows were like Pink Floyd in Pompeii -- which was played to no audience.


I wonder the reaction of not having the crowd get into our songs. Thats the best part of being at a live show


Thanks!     I would guess many smaller bands have a gig in private houses with only a handful of people in attendance.


And its probably cheaper but allows more accessibility


True!    All this music talk has made me want to go listen to some of my 331/3 rpm records!    Have a good day!


Hey I'm good thanks. I think rap music is interesting. It's often referred to as the primary ingredient in hip hop music but the rap origins predate hip hop!


Yes it does. In terms of style, rap occupies a gray area between speech, poetry, and singing.


Definitely. Tupac was a great rapper and his music is in the Library of Congress for cultural significance.


They say the earliest precursor of modern rap is west African.


Yes the ancient west African griot tradition. They had oral historians who would disseminate oral traditions and genealogies.


I remember Muhammad Ali using verbal taunts that were like poetry.


Yeah it's funny you say that because he used to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee! Do you like Drake?


I liked him back when he signed to Young Money entertainment in 2009.


I saw where a judge made a ruling against eminem using a form of rap.


Oh yeah looks like it happened back in 2001. Wonder what Eminem thought of it?


I have also read about Korean rappers inventing a new type of rap. I have never heard a Korean rapper.


Did you know eminem wanted to be a comic book artist?


I think that is very interesting. His favorite superhero is Spiderman. Glad he became a rapper though.


To say the least. Do you remember the show Rugrats? Busta Rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the 1998 Rugrats movie.


Yes  i do. I never knew that about Busta Rhymes.


Yes I need to re-watch that movie LOL. I wonder if Drake will ever voice a movie? Well it was nice talking to you.


I'm gonna go listen to some Drake. You too, bye!


Do you subscribe to Netflix? I love some of their original content.


yes. They do have some good original movies, and series


Do you have any particular favorites? I am currently watching The Punisher.


No. I was just looking around the last couple of days to see if I could find a series that I can start watching.


If you like action and comic book characters, the Punisher is really good. If you are a horror fan, Haunting of Hill House is one of the best shows I've seen in a while.


I will check them out. Been looking for a good mystery series


Sherlock is a good mystery series and does not have a lot of episodes to catch up on. There are only 3-4 episodes per season so they feel more like movies.


I find that a lot of British shows have a briefer and more consolidated television season. I believe it helps keep the quality of their shows higher.


yes. I was looking through them last week trying to decide if i liked anything


Besides Sherlock I also like Black Mirror, Luther, and the Great British Bake Off.


I was thinking about watching black mirror. I like sci fy too and heard it was pretty good.


I would compare it to the Twilight Zone but more focused on modern technology. Some of the stories are so imaginative


I have seen reviews that compare it too the twilight zone.


It's hard not to, I believe any sci-fi/anthology series would automatically be compared to one of the best all time.


I watched an original netflix western series that was pretty good. Godless.  Had Jeff Daniels in it


I have not heard of that show before. I will definitely have to check it out. Did you watch the Ballad of Buster Scruggs?


No. I saw it up there but didnt check it out


It's a series of short Western stories based on a book. It has some big actors in it like James Franco.


A final recommendation I have is The Good Place if you're looking for a comedy.


I use it a bit. It's pretty useful when you're bored. The only bad part is trying to pick something to watch!


That's true! There's a lot to choose from.  You can even pick an hour long video of a fireplace if you want.


I know! I put it up last year when decorating the christmas tree, lol. Netflix accounts for 33 percent of north americas bandwidth from 9pm to 12am!


That tells you what a lot of people are doing late at night.  Have you ever heard about a job at Netflix called tagging?


They get paid to watch shows on Netflix and tag the content. They are called taggers.


That sounds like a pretty cool job. I wonder if they are the same people who write those descriptions for the shows.


I don't know but that's a job I would love to have I've got to say.  Did you ever use the dvd side of Netflix?


I don't think I ever used it, but I do remember them having it. They use 20 times more postage than bandwidth!


That's interesting. Does that mean that people are using the dvd side more than the streaming side still?


I'm not sure! I would think it would be pretty inconvenient to have to wait for a movie. Do you use Youtube? Combines with netflix they make half of north americas internet traffic.


I do watch videos on there.  I guess from the sound of it so do a lot of people!  You know, I bet the execs of blockbuster hate themselves for rejecting netflix back in the day.


I bet so too, are there even any more block busters left?


I think I heard something about there being only one, maybe in Australia but I'm not sure.  Meanwhile Netflix is all over the world.


Yeah, Netflix has definitely taken over. They have 137 million subscribers world wide!


I think a lot of that is due to quality.  They have almost 150 movies with a 100% rating on rotten tomatoes.


They do have a lot of good movies! And the shows they recently started producing are great too! I just finished one called You.


I haven't seen that one yet.  Have you seen any of the series they produce?


I recently saw the Haunting on hill house if that counts as a series. I don't know if Netflix will produce another season.


You never know, they just might.  Well, it looks like I have be going now.  It's been great chatting with you!  Have a great day!


I used to, but I had to cancel my subscription.


Sorry to hear about that.  Netflix currently has 137 million subscribers worldwide.


Interesting. I liked the show Stranger Things, ever see it?


Yes!  That's a great show.  We love it.  It reminds me of a new modern Goonies.  lol Netflix's first self produced series was Lilyhammer but I've never watched it.


I was gonna say that. They seemed to just steal the Goonies. LOL


Yes.  From 9PM to 12AM, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America.  That's when I'm usually watching it. lol


Interesting. I usually binge watch the shows, do you do that?


Yes.  We'll start one and go through the whole series if it's an old show.  Netflix and youtube together make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.  That means every other person online is watching videos. lol


I do have amazon Prime though. To be honest, I don't even use it that much either.


We also have that. lol People must still rent a lot of dvds still through the mail because Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than it does on bandwidth.


Yeah, I'm not sure if that information is completely up to date. I forgot that they used to mail their DVDs out.


I'm not sure either. lol  Blockbuster declined several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million.  I bet they really regret that move.  Netflix is now worth $2 billion and Blockbuster is down to 1 store location.


Yeah, but you have to wonder if Blockbuster would have just run the company into the ground.


They might have.  Did you ever have a Nintendo?


I did, I used to play Punch Out on it all the time. What about you?


Haha I did too.  I remember when the original Nintendo came out.  We all thought it was the best thing.  It could only display 54 colors.  Now that's nothing compared to the games they have now. lol


Yeah, that is crazy. Do you have a game system now, if so what do you recommend/


I don't have one now.  My kids do.  I played through the Super Nintendo or Nintendo 64...can't remember which one was last.  I was surprised to find out that the Nintendo was discontinued in 2003 in Japan.


I played both of those, I was leaning towards Playstation 4. Well, nice chatting with you!


I find it fascinating. The universe is cosmic, man.


It is interesting, time, space, planets, galaxies theres just so much to explore


Yes, we know so little. I wonder about the theory of natural selection of universes. what about our current universe? are we good?


I think we have a strong universe, there is also a theory that the universe may be a giant superhologam.


I think that sounds odd. what does that make you and me? are we tiny holograms? Am i chatting with a hologram?


No, your not chatting with a hologram so dont worry lol, I wish we could travel to other planets and galaxies.


Yes, that will happen in our lifetime, but i dont know what will come of it. it will be possible to put a person on mars, but not for long.


Maybe one day the human kind can adapt and a civilization can be started at the planet, hope Im alive when that day comes.


Yes, we would need birth certificates and passports for new planets. A brave new world!


A brave new world indeed, I guess you like reading and Shakespeare ?


I like reading. I havent read much shakespeare. I have read a couple of books from the military reading list.


Any that you would recommend? I liked Ender's Game, thought it was a nice novel.


It was a good book. i read it long ago. i never saw the movie. Starship Troopers was fun too.


It was a fun movie, I liked it I wonder if the book was any good? usually books are better than movies.


I have to agree. FIlms are good, but the written word is superior for some stories. I think film should not try to imitate or supersede prose. it is different.


Yes, I like Tolkien. I read Lewis a long time ago.


Both are really write authors, they used to have a funny game together.


Oh, who laughs, loses? that sounds great! i would love to witness that! ANyway, great chat!


It does sound like a great game to play, it was fun chatting I agree hope we can do it again, have a nice day.


Have you ever heard of the author/musician Jeff Tweedy? He had a band in the 1990s called Uncle Tupelo?


Yeah, I'm a fan. I've seen his band Wilco, which he founded in 1994 after Uncle Tupelo broke up, in concert several times.


That's cool.  I have never heard of them.  Wilco is one of the most beloved groups in modern music, yet I have never heard of them.  what are some of their popular songs?


"California Stars" is one that comes to mind. Jeff Tweedy grew up in Illinois and besides music has also delved into writing.


You either get up and play or you don't. It's not as complex as people make it out to be. I love this! It was said in an interview by Jeff, It can be said of most things in life.


Totally agree. Speaking of just getting up and playing, U2 opened up for themselves several times in 1987, disguised as a country group called "The Dalton Brothers".


U2 is one of my favorite bands and I had heard about this, that is really cool that they did that and people had no clue.


Too funny. Interesting to hear they covered country songs. Did you know there are only 2 black artists in the Country Music Hall of Fame? Crazy. I'm guessing one is Charley Pride. Maybe Ray Charles is the other?


That is crazy.  Definitely Charley Pride, I don't know who the other one would be. Did you know that the Fender Stratocaster was made for country music?


I knew it was used mostly in country, but didn't realize it was made specifically for it. George Strait is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos cousin! That would be an interesting holiday get together.


Wow, I didn't know that.  Here's an interesting tidbit, when Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo in Beat It he literally set the speakers on fire!


Haha. That's crazy. Queen's guitarist Brian May had a PhD in Astrophysics. Bet that helped when recording Bohemian Rhapsody.


The guitarist for Pink Floyd turned a houseboat into a recording studio.  That would be a cool recording studio.  Take a break and go fishing! LOL It was called the Astoria.


That would be cool. Muse's guitarist Matthew Bellamy has the Guinness World Record for most guitars smashed on tours. Seems like that would be an easy record to beat -- if you had enough guitars.


No idea. I'll have to find out. And back to Brian May from Queen -- he uses coins for guitar picks. Bet that's hard on the strings.


He really enjoys using the english sixpence as a guitar pick, I wonder how thick that is compared to a guitar pick


Good question. Those crazy rockers. Henry Ford was so scared of the negative effects of jazz music that he helped finance the popularization of country music. SMH.


That is crazy.  Did you know that New York's area code is 212 because it is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?!


Interesting. I always wondered why 911 wasn't easier to dial on an old rotary phone. UNICEF will donate a day of clean water for every minute you do not use your cell phone. At that rate, they should have donated a year's worth in my case.


I enjoy some country.     Uncle Tupelo is a great band.


I love country music. Country is actually used to describe many styles and sub genres of the music.


Interesting.     Have you heard anything by Richard Thompson or Mavis Staples?


They are famous singers that Jeff Tweedy has worked with.


Oh very cool and good to know. Did you know George Strait and Jeff Bezos are related?


I have heard that.     They are cousins, I believe.


Yep, that's what I heard too. I love George Strait. What about you?


He is good.    I am a big fan of the Fender Stratocaster guitar.


Yes me too. I heard it was originally created for country music.


Pretty amazing since it is now a rock staple.    Even U2 uses them sometime.


I agree. I saw Henry Ford helped make country popular.


True, but that was in part because of his fears over jazz music.


Very true. Do you know much about the telephone?


Not too much, but I've heard that UNICEF will donate clean water if you do not use your cell phone.


That's very awesome. I wish more companies would do things like that. Would make the world a much better place.


True!    Can you believe phone cables lie on the ocean floor!


I can't believe that. They are also only 2.7 inches thick! Good talking to you!


Have a nice day.    I think I will go practice playing my acoustic guitar!


Greetings! I hope you are well. These readings were certainly interesting!


Hello, how are you?  Do you like to read?  To me, reading is a simple word but the scientific definition that I read from an article sounded complex.


Yeah, we don't have think about reading once we do it well, so it's kind of interesting to think about it. Are you an avid reader?


I used to but I have been busy with work, grand kids, etc.  Apparently, in the 18th century there was a moral panic because people began to enjoy reading novels.


Yeah, that cracks me up.  I also like the idea of CS Lewis JRR Tolkien having a "you laugh you lose" competition.  I used to be a real book nerd, but now I'm mostly reading on the internet.


I read mostly on the internet too.   Yes, I heard about CS Lewis and the competition your were talking about.


All the articles were interesting. I had no idea the Sun accounts for 99.86% of our solar system.  Our little planet is pretty insignificant.


It is scary, isn't it?  I did not know that the sun is actually white.  I thought it was yellow.


It would be amazing if we could capture the power of lightening bolts. Dr. Frankenstein had the right idea.


Apparently, they are hotter than the surface of the sun.  I always thought that the surface of the sun was the hottest thing in the universe.


Even scarier, the next biggest star is a billion times the size of our sun.


Our sun is so tiny.  I'm not going to think about it.  It's way to scary.


I think you were trying to say something.  Apparently professional soccer makes more money than football, baseball, golf, basketball, and hockey combined.  How can it be?


Yes, my text box keeps disappearing. Sorry about that! I was trying to ask if you're a soccer fan.


I'm more into football but I watched some games on tv with my boss.  He is from England.  I like it that soccer is less harmful to players than football.


I didn't grow up around soccer, so I never really became a fan. It didn't make it to my backwater Indiana town.


Mesut Ozil, A German soccer player, donated his EU300,000 victory bonus to pay for poor children's surgeries in Brazil.  It was very nice of him.


I guess that part about soccer making more money than any sport is true. Yet, I've never seen a pro game in the U.S.


I've got to run now.  It was nice chatting with you.  Have a good night.


Hello,  how are you doing?  Did you know The sun is actually white, only perceived as yellow because of atmospheric scattering


I had no idea! Guess I hadn't thought of it. The Capital Gazzette is out of business now. The one where there was a shooting.


yeah,  that's really sad.  But, A lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun, about 5x hotter.


Thats amazing info!  "5 shot dead at The Capital," read the headline of the article written by 10 journalists on the day five of their colleagues were killed.


crazy.  The sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500 000 years.


Too bad we can't harness that! Atop the front page were pictures and names of those killed: Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters.


Yeah,  I saw.  On july 11th, 2011, neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun since its discovery in 1846


Jarrod Ramos, charged with five counts of murder in what authorities said was a targeted shooting, was held without bond after a hearing Friday morning in an Annapolis courtroom.


Thats good,  justice for the people. The sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy


Tiny then. the star at the center of the Solar System.


Do you like reading? Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches


Thats fun! I do like to read, you? another fact about the sun, It is by far the most important source of energy for life on Earth.


I do like to read,  but I mostly do audible now so I can listen to books. The world record for speed reading is held by anne jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute


do you have to comprehend when you speed read? That is what reading is supposed to be, comprehension.


Reading requires creativity and critical analysis. I bet with speed reading you don't get that.


Maybe. Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry


I see that. I also see the Ender's game is suggested reading for the marines.


Yeah,  me too,  thats pretty cool. In the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels.


Could you imagine! Just because people were reading!


That kinda makes no sense lol reading is good for people,  why the panic?  Great talking to you.


Wow, I really hate these shootings.  This Capital Gazette shooting was bad!


Yeah. If I remember correctly, they didn't miss a paper though...


Five were shot dead in this horrific attack.  So very sad.


Yeah. This senseless violence needs to end. It bas become a plague on the country.


So true.  On a happier note, are you interested in astronomy at all?  For example, the Sun? Did you know it is actually white, not yellow?


I did not know that. I wonder why that is?


The atmosphere scatters the other colors, so we see yellow.


Huh... I had no idea a lightning bolt was hotter than the sun.


That is pretty amazing.  I've heard ts five times hotter!  But the sun still produces enough energy in just one second to meet the needs of our planet for 500,000 years!


Somehow we will find a way to screw it up... It is made up of plasma too. I thoguht it was gas.


Ya, but the sun is only one billionth of the size of the biggest star in our galaxy!


Now that's a big star! Neptune just finished its first rotation around the sun. Like 150 years!


That is a long time!  You ever read the book Starship Troopers?  It is on the reading list of three of the five US military branches.


I have not. I saw the movie though and that was a dumpster fire. Did you see it?


Ya, it is a guilty pleasure of mine!  Apparently the world's fastest reader can read 4,700 words per minute!


That's a lot of words! I read at like 50 words a minute. I am not a fast reader...


An interest in association football?  More commonly known as soccer.


A little. I know it is on before college football and the NFL so I will watch it while I wait for the games. Do you like it?


Yea sometimes.  Soccer makes more money than football, basketball and baseball combined.


Wow. That's a lot of money. I know it is the world's game.


Americans call it soccer because its slang for association football.


I had no idea. That's weird. Especially since it doesn't sound like it.


Jon Stewart was also very good at soccer in college.


I read that and was shocked! He doesn't look like an athlete, let alone an elite athlete...


Hey, how are you doing, you a Bryce Harper fan by chance?


No, sorry but I also  do not know who he is. Are you a fan of him?


Not really, I have only see him play a few times, do you like baseball at all? He is on the Nationals.


Ah, do you happen to play or watch golf?


I do not, I can watch it once in a while, I'm just not very good at all, what about you?


Neither am I, although I also do occasionally watch it. Did you know that American golf courses consume around 312 000 gallons of water a day!


I did not know that, what a waste. Did you know Michael Phelps is an under armour athlete? I would have never guessed.


Neither would I. Babe Ruth was once America's most famous golfers.


Oh wow, I never knew that. I always got the rough and fairway mixed up the first times I golfed, thought I was doing good but realized the tall grass is not good!


Well, neither is hitting the ball into a lake, which I have done once on the one occasion that I have played golf.


No doubt. There  is a golf course in Dubai that uses 4 million gallons of water, that is ridiculous.\


I wonder how Dubai even has that much water, the city is literally in the middle of a desert!


For sure, I can't believe there is that much disposable water there. There's more golf courses than land mass in Delaware and Rhode Island.


Well, they do take up a lot of land and that is exactly why they are so expensive in Japan and South Korea.


I'm not sure at all, it doesn't really ever have a standard playing area so that makes it interesting I guess too.


Do you watch Game of Thrones? It is a very popular TV show.


The fantasy drama show that is on HBO? I do. Did you know all the countries they film in, it's crazy long.


Yes. Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter plays the character talisa maegyr in GoT


Oh that is pretty cool, I have not read the novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, have you?


I have not either. Anyways, thank you for the wonderful chat!


It was, I hope you have a great rest of the night, take care!


Hi! I am not, but I was an athlete, so I do appreciate stories about comebacks from injuries.


With pro ball players playing over 150 games a year, it's not a surprise that some get injured.  That they can come back just a strong is usually a surprise to me.


I do think the offseason can go either way in terms of bringing back a fit or out of shape player, depending on the level of motivation. It seems like Harper is very motivated.


After missing out on 40 games, and coming back to be in the post season, I would hope so.  He's a good player, but with his focus and strength, it wouldn't be a surprise if he picked up another NL MVP award.


Personally, if I was in Gallo's shoes, I would harass him as well.  It's hard to beat Harper in the HR count.  A win is a win, even if it was only because he was injured for a quarter of the season!


Agreed. The motivation from a friendly rivalry can be just as productive as a hostile one when it comes to achievements.


I was surprised to learn that Gallo and Harper have known each other since they were kids.


Yes, most of the time you lose a lot of companions on the way to the top because there's not room for everyone.


But, having a friend at the top with you can help people know your non-professional, non-interview side.  Gallo would be the one to tell people how fun Harper can be.


Yes, plus celebrity golf invitationals help for PR!


I think it would be fun to play with someone like Phelps.  Growing up a swimmer, I know the personality type.


I was a swimmer, too! I've been on Phelps on deck before...he lies about his height lol. Given how awkward he is on land, I'm not sure he'd be very good at golf, but it could be fun to watch how he handles it.


The ones I knew who could do fly sank like a rock with breast.  But neither equates to golf.    VanDyken was my personal know.  She was great at overplaying her sportsmanship qualities.  :)


Van Dyken definitely has a reputation as a b*tch within the elite swimming community, but she was definitely a competitor in her glory days. It's too bad for her that she didn't see the comeback fire of someone like Dara Torres and use that to get back to the top in 2000.


I thought I had heard that she went to one of the pro-am tournaments for golf at some point as well.  Had she not been seriously injured, it could have been a Phelps/VanDyken golf tourney.


Well, in my opinion, her comeback to everyday life as paraplegic is more inspiring than recovering from a run-of-the-mill sports injury like Bryce Hunter.


I definitely agree with that.  Minor injuries in baseball happen all the time.  Some require surgery, some don't.  But, they're so well known, they can be fixed for the most part.  There's no fully coming back from a back break.


Yes, especially since even though baseball is demanding in terms of time, it does not ruin your body  or brain the way some other sports like football can. I don't think molestation or eating disorders are common in the sport, either.


At least, not in the MLB.  I would suspect that would be more common in the softball world, or in female oriented professional sports.


Well, the disparity of proper treatment for females in sports isn't just physical, it's professional, too, in the sense that there's literally one pro spectator sport in the world where women are considered professionally equal to men (tennis).


I would love to see women in MLB.  While I don't think wide adoption could ever be possible in football, baseball has no real reason why they would be completely excluded, and would be the most likely to break that barrier.


How's it going? Do you follow baseball? Bryce Harper missed 40 games with a bone bruise. That sucks


He's the Washington Nationals outfielder. He slipped running on a wet base


That's too bad. But he's back now, right?


I believe so but his teammate Gallo really stepped up when he was out by hitting 41 home runs


That's a great teammate! I guess it's good to have someone who can pick up the slack for you.


Yea. plus Gallo has a lot of fun playing with Harper so everyone wins


That's great! Do you like golf? Did you know that the US has more golf courses than the rest of the world combined?


That's insane, and the average american golf course consumes 312,000 gallons of water a day


The expense is crazy, isn't it? The US military operates 234 golf courses worldwide at an estimated cost of $140,000,000 a year.


That's a lot of money, I wonder how much it costs to operate the course in Dubai that requires 4,000,000 gallons of water per day


I wonder how much golf costs in North Korea? According to north korean state media, kim jong-il scored 11 holes-in-one over 18 holes in his first and only round of golf. He probably is the only one to play on that course.


Lol he must be a better golfer than Babe Ruth was


Kim Jong-Il has probably hit more home runs that the Babe, too. There is a golf course in Australia that has a group of  sharks  in one of its water hazards. Classic!


That's pretty cool, I wonder if there were any sharks on the golf courses Samuel L Jackson plays on during his movie's production


Sam the man loves his golf. If he were shooting in Antarctica, he'd have to play  disc golf, though.


That's insane, not as crazy as using a razorblade and pencil to make radios in fox holes


I wonder whether it could pick up the  radio station that translates solar activity into sound


That's so cool that am radios can pick up Jupiter's radio storms


Probably better than most of the Top 40 on the radio now. LOL


The winner of the $560 million Powerball is so lucky!


Yes, I wish I were her! Do you think she should have been allowed to remain anonymous?


I think that would a wise call, $560 million can create a lot of unwanted attention, crazy how $264 millions were actually paid in tax


I think so too. That is crazy, but it's still a ton of money! I am glad to see she gave a lot to charity.


Yeah $352 million is still a lot of money and I agree, seems like she has a great heart but then again I wouldnt know what to do with that much money


I would love the chance to figure out what to do with it! She gave some to Girls, Inc. and End 68 Hours of Hunger and plans to give more away.


I see, did you hear about the guy that won the lottery but then committed suicide? he left a creepy and odd note behind


He said that winning was the worst thing that ever happened to him! Other winners have ended up in violent situations, too.


I guess the grass is always greener on the other side, the worse thing! I would be jumping and dancing if I had $31 million in my account lol


Definitely! Apparently, one lottery winner was killed by masked men in his own home.


Having that much money can draw a lot of attention, I would hire a security team you never know what can happen


That's true! Some winners gamble their money away, too. Sad!


That is sad! having that much money and then loosing it, must be terrible, money can make people change so its a dangerous thing if you dont have the mental maturity for it


That's exactly right. One winner ended up in a mobile home.


That sucks! in a mobile home? wow!  but anyways do you like fantasy?


Occasionally, when I want a break from reality. How about yourself?


I love fantasy, creativity flies, do you play fantasy sports?


I don't. I heard there is even a fantasy spelling bee and a fantasy Congress!


Yeah I was surprised by that, I guess people will make a fantasy league out of anything, congress fantasy, sounds boring, spelling bee fantasy sounds like a sleeping machine


I agree, not my idea of fun! I would prefer reading Shakespeare to those "games". Thanks for chatting!


I guess Shakespeare can be boring but his been really influential in our culture,


A lot actually. DO you know the highest grossing all-time box office star?


Yes that would be tom hanks with $8.5 billion internationally


Yeah pretty impressive guy. Do you watch disney movies at all?


I do sometimes. Did you know they were going to shut their movie studio after Sleeping Beauty flopped?


Yeah good thing they did not rush to that decision and kept going with movies


Exactly. The movie Trojan Wars was a total flip though, only earned $309 and cost 15 million to make


Oh that is a waste of money but Treasure planet was still the works for disney


Yeah it is. Did you ever play with Nintendo?


Yeah a lot actually until it was discontinued in Japan in 2003


Yeah, did you know it only had 54 colors?


Still a lot of fun though. Do you know who Bill Nye is?


Yeah that is the Science Guy. Do you know how he got into entertainment?


Yeah the won a Steve Martin lookalike contest, I guess they look pretty similar


Yeah I know. Even Reagan tried his hand at acting once but did not go well


Yeah he did not have the presidential look, ironic no?


Very much so as he came to become a real life president


I do actually. Do you know why the managers wear uniforms?


That is because they can play if the need arises if I am not mistaken


Yes that is it. DO you know what kickball is called in Canada?


Hello.  I am just fine, thank you.  Have you ever attended live baseball games with your local team?


Yes, I have. Have you ever attended live baseball games of your local team?


Yes but I found it to be quite expensive.  Going to a game in my city can be as much as $100/ticket.  I guess some teams are trying to incentivize people to come by offering specials and deals.  How about your team?  Are they offering anything?


No. My team is the Chicago Cubs. They can pack that place without incentives so they do not give anything away. Who's your favorite team?


My favorite team would be the NY Mets.  When I was younger I decided I wanted to go to a game and packed my kids in a car and went to Shea Stadium -- hundreds of miles -- to see a game.  it was great entertainment and we had a double header!  What other entertainment do you enjoy?


I like TV and sports. Did you know managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play for their teams? Can you imagine Bobby V trying to hit?


I did not know that!  How about Bill Nye the science guy.  He got his break winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest!  I think that's hysterical!


That's funny! I guess they do look alike... Did you know that until 2005 a married couple did all of the MLB schedules?


Now there's dedicated baseball fans!!  We had a Brit over for dinner last night and we talked about "football" vs "soccer" etc., and how the names differ in the US and overseas.  It was fun chatting about that!


I feel like we need to change football to another name and soccer to football as that is more international. What do you think?


Yes.  I think that would be good but it likely will never happen!  My husband spent several months in Japan and they LOVE baseball and golf!  They're surprised it is the national pastime of the US fans!


Have you been to a Japanese baseball game? I have never been but watch them on TV. They are so fun! Almost as fun as find $3M in baseball cards in an attic!


I have not.  I did live in Turkey, however.  Soccer is popular there but no other team sports to speak of.  I wonder if that's why there are so many star Japanese baseball players within the leagues?  Who is your favorite pitcher -- any team?


I like the cubs so I would have to say Jon Lester. You?


Nice! He's married to a swim suit model, isn't he?


Ha!  Yes.  He was a Tiger for many years and gave up his high school sweetheart for a Victoria Secret model after he made it big in football.  He lost a lot of fans for that but has since recovered them.  Fans often have short memories!!


I didn't know that. It's hard to be mad if he was no longer in love though. So many of those guys cheat on the road so I hope this makes him faithful.


I wonder if that is the same for all entertainers?  Box office success often brings groupies.  Hard to resist when you're on the road away from your family, isn't it?  What is your other favorite entertainment?


Play with my 2 kids. Do you have any kids?


Yes.  I like to play with my grandchildren!  I watch movies on our tv but rarely go to the theater.  I suppose that doesn't help their box office stats very much!


No but Im sure they are doing just fine without your revenue. Silence of the Lamb came out on valentines day? Seems odd.


Probably a great movie for date night (Valentine's Day) .  I love all Disney movies -- they really know how to touch the hearts of people of all ages!


I am a fan of dramas yeah, I like the opera and ballet as well.


Interesting, have you ever heard of Michael Caine?


Not sure I have, is he a famous drama actor?


Oh I see, he is a great actor I do like him. Do you like soap operas?


Not really, I haven't seen any in a long time. Are you a fan of Jim Carrey?


I am a fan, he is a great actor his more of a comedy actor though


Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of his dramas. I don't think I've actually seen one.


I don't think so either, his comedy movies are great though, celebrities sure have it hard but they earn a lot of money too.


Yeah, that they do. Did you know that Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode?


No didnt know about that, she sure is lucky, thats a lot of money. YouTube celebrities also make a lot of money


Apparently she is the highest paid celebrity other than LeBron James.


She is? wow, that is amazing, I wonder how much money LeBron makes then.


I'm not sure, but it is a lot. Apparently Pixar Studio has a secret room that is visited by celebrities.


They do? that is crazy, I wonder who has seen that room, another cool facts about celebrities is how Justin Bieber a guy in his 30s was banned from Facebook because he had the same name as the celebrity


Interesting, but not surprising. I don't use facebook all that often.


I see, I dont use it much either I prefer Instagram.


I think instagram is probably a better platform. Well, nice chatting with you!


Yea I do like it more, its been great chatting with you as well have a nice day bye.


I have! I love that movie, Leo is one of my favorite actors


He is awesome!  Pretty diverse in his abilities!


I did, even three times in the theaters I believe and a few on TV.  I loved it.


wow, that many times? Did you ever notice Elon Musk's wife on screen?


No, I didnt.  Although I dont quite know who his wife is.


I'm not sure either, thats a cameo I probably wouldn't notice. Did you know the movie was supposed to star WIll Smith or Brad Pitt as Cobb? That would have been entirely different movie


It would have, I can imagine anyone other than Leo in that role.  It took Nolan 10 years to write Inception, so he was probably thinging about it the entire time.


I hope he was happy with the end result! 10 years is so long to be working on something.


It really is, I think the film did pretty well over all.  I think the Dream within a dream concept is neat.


and definitely very unique. The plot was hard to follow at times but I think they did an awesome job to make sure the audience never got too lost.


oh man, do you think the top fell? Or was he still in a dream?


Part of me thinks he was in a dream, but the top wasnt his totem, it was his wifes.  So  maybe it was her dream all along.


That's a good point. I like the ambiguity about the ended, it keeps people talking!


It definitely does, and leaves you open for a sequel if you so desire.


You remember that rotating hallway fight scene? That wasn't CG at all. It was just a massive rotating set. They were really committed to making that scene cool


Wow, that is pretty cool, was that one of the ones where were flying and floating because of the dream?


Such an incredible movie, it was supposed to be a horror film to start too!


Im glad it wasn't. i'd be too scared to watch!. I'm going to go watch it now. Good chatting with you!


Nice chatting to you too!  Have a great day!


How's it going, do you watch Horror films? I enjoy watching supernatural one sometimes


Sometimes.    A Quiet place was pretty scary.


YEa, Krasinski and Blunt did a great job in A Quiet Place


What was the name of the family?   I forget.


In the film they were called the Abbotts


Thanks for that.     It is amazing how many mainstream movies started as horror films.


I find it amazing Stephen King considers bambi a horror movie lol


Perhaps so, but can you imagine ET as a horror film!


No, I think my childhood would be more ruined than Kings when he watched Bambi


I also find it Ironic "Scary Movie" (the original name for scream) became the title for one of its parodies.


Not as strange as Danny from the Shining not realizing he was staring in a horror film as a kid


True.    Did you like Inception?     That movie also began life as a horror flick.


Yea Inception was pretty good, Leo and Tom Hardy were great in it


I agree.   Ellen Page was also great.     I heard it took Christopher Nolan a long time to write that script.


Sounds like it, I know Brad Pitt and Will Smith declined offers to play Cobb


I heard the snow fortress was based on some actual building.


That's pretty cool, did you know the rotating hallway wasn't made with any cgi?


Pretty amazing the lengths they will go to!    Amazing it was based on a Poe story!


I never knew that, or that Elon Musk's wife was in Inception either


Very cool.    On a less serious note, there was a Donald Duck comic with a similar plot years before the film.


Never knew that. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hi! Guess what's the only kind of fish that has a neck?


Hello! I have zero idea what fish has a neck, can I have a hint?


Cool!  I might have guessed right if I had known seahorses were considered fish.


Yes, not everyone knows that. Did you know that there is an immortal species of jellyfish?


I believe I've seen something about that on a nature special.


Yes, fascinating. And there is a species of fish that can eat animals twice its own length and ten times its weight. Guess what it's called?


Would that be the black swallower fish!?


Yes, the black swallower! I wonder how big it is.


It's only 10 inches long, can you believe it? Very fascinating.


Indeed. Fish are a taxonomic group defined by exclusion. I wonder if the way they're categorized will change as we come to understand them better.


I believe so, it's just so much to learn! For instance, do you know how fresh water fish drink water?


By osmosis! But salt water fish can also swallow water with their mouths.


That is correct! I wonder if there are any genetic studies being done that correlate with humans.


That would be interesting. Like the zebrafish studies.


Ah yes! 84% of the genes associated with human disease can be found in the zebrafish.


Yes. I wonder what kinds of studies have been done using zebrafish.


It seems like there have been genetic studies to help humans find cures to certain ailments, that's awesome.


So do I. Just like I think this chat has been very helpful.


Service dogs recently had an outing at Disneyland - a special day for dogs assist vets and the disabled. Great idea or what?


I think it is a pretty cool idea. Are you a fan of Albums?


Yeah, did you know Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero than any other album?


Really? Remember the group. Did they mostly have hits in the '90s?


No, I'm not familiar with who they are. Are they a band?


Yes. Seems they released an album with a track called, "The World's 1st Ever Monster Truck Front Flip" which fans like. Song title sure is a mouth full!


No, not anymore. Too much invasion of privacy and control of news content users see. Do you agree w/Zuckerberg's responses to congressional committees?


I'm not sure, he's just a kid in my opinion. He's not a business guy, that much is clear.


A smart kid. And a rich kid, since Facebook is now worth well over $104 billion. What is the best use of Facebook, do you suppose?


Yup, he is pretty smart, luck has a lot to do with it as well. I don't know, I don't use it anymore either. LOL


Somewhat, when I was younger I was. What about you?


As a kid, yes. Liked "The Lion King". James Earl Jones voiced the father lion. Plot had good message about overcoming loss; learning to accept responsibilities. Do you agree?


I didn't know that. He also voiced Darth Vader.


Right. Did you know that Lion King was the 1st film Disney dubbed into Zulu to release movie in Africa?


No, I didn't kow that. The Disney's Big Hero 6 was made on a 55,000 core supercomputer.


Didn't know that. Wonder what they type of computer looks like. Have you seen it?


I'm not entirely sure. But it was nice chatting with you.


Hey how's it going. What do you think of fish? I think they are pretty interesting. They don't have any limbs or digits for Pete's sake.


I adore fish! I've had many fish in my life. I've even had small sharks in my house,when I was a kid. I still have fish. Goldfish, koi, guppies, etc. Did you know the oldest known living goldfish was 43 years old?


That is epic. I want a big fish tank like that. Thats amazing. The black swallower can even eat prey twice its length and ten times its weight.


I would love to see that in action! It seems impossible. I'm not familiar with the black swallower. But I do know that Koifish which are related to goldfish, can live up to 226 years. Which blows my mind! What a long life!


Truly amazing. The only fish to have a neck is the...seahorse!


I love seahorses! What a neat fact! I had no idea! They are very hard to keep in a home fish tank but I've had some before. Here's a fun fact! Jellyfish are 98% water which is why they evaporate in the sun. Can you imagine being 98% water? Weird!


Haha that is hard to believe! There is apparently a jellyfish breed that is immortal!


That's just mind blowing! I think that aquatic life is truly amazing and so unique compared to other species of animals.For example, there's a species of fish that lives on land for its entire adult life! I'm not so sure I'd classify those little guys as fish even!


Wow yeah good point. I always thought freshwater fish drank water through their mouth but apparently that is only saltwater fish!


Hm, that's interesting! I should know more about that but I don't. I do know that some fish like goldfish and others can breathe atmospheric oxygen through their mouths which is pretty interesting.


Yeah cool. Another interesting fact is that Zebrafish have 84% of genes known to be associated with human disease.


Oh wow, I wonder how that may be playing out with scientific advances in medicine and such. I'd definitely look into it, if I were aiming to cure human diseases. I think my favorite fish might be the barreleye fish, which has a transparent almost see-through head!


Whoa I need to look that fish up! Do you ever see fish videos on FB? I don't use facebook that much they just get too much money from ads.


Oh yeah. I had to stop using Facebook a long time ago! It feels like they are taking over the world! And I don't feel comfortable with that! Haha. I was reading about how one third of all divorces mention the word facebook in the divorce filings. That's just too much reach that facebook has in my opinion!


Yeah FB is influential in so many things. It has come a long way since 2004 when it was launched.


I don't like it at all! I mean, something like 30% of all American adults use it as their primary source of news! How scary is that? Haha. Not that I can't blame them for wanting more from news, than news stations on TV give. But getting it from FB! That's crazy.


Very scary. I wonder how different things ould be if Myspace purchased facebook in early 2005. They had the chance to buy it for 75 million!


Wow! Myspace really must regret their decision not to buy FB at this point, Crazy! I wonder how different life might be if instead of calling it a "like button" facebook called it "the awesome button" like I heard they almost did!


Crazy. Celebrties also use facebook a lot to increase their wealth! Well nice chatting with you!


Yeah , for sure crazy! I don't miss facebook at all! Plus it didn't increase my wealth. Ha! For sure, it was very nice chatting with you as well!


Hello there, I'm good thank you, I hope you are too.  I use it all the time, mostly for music, how about you?


I use it to listen to music and sometimes watch shows. Did you know that Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net?


I didn't know that but that is very interesting.  I find is crazy how popular it is with kids these days.


I guess it is. So many people go there and upvote things. Psy's "Gangnam Style" got so many views that Youtube  had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


That is hilarious!  Do you know what the most disliked video on YouTube is?


I bet I could guess. Something by a boy band? A pop star?


Yeah you are on the right track.  It's a Justin Bieber video for the song, 'baby'.


I don't know the song, and now I really don't want to. Police departments actually have their own Youtube called Blutube, where they share law enforcement videos. I wonder what's on there.


Yeah i wonder what kind of stuff they could show on there but not on regular YouTube?


I guess it has to do with weapons, drugs, gangs, stuff like that. Maybe the cops even do some rapping on there.


That would be pretty funny if there were some cop rap videos.


I don't think they'd have much cultural significance though.  Tupac Shakur's music is in the library of Congress for its "cultural significance."


That is really cool and I think that is really deserves to be in there as well.


He was a talented guy. Danced ballet in high school  Eminem is another talented guy. Before he became a rapper, his true dream was to become a comic book artist.


That is an interesting fact, I wonder what type of characters he would have created had he gone into that field.


His favorite superhero was spider-man. Probably something along those lines, maybe?


Yeah I think that is a safe bet, I think he would have come up with some really cool villains though.


I'd like to see Eminem do like the Korean rappers that invented a new type of freestyle, it's called "compliment battle".


That would be a cool YouTube video to watch!


Very true. Anyhow, I enjoyed chatting! Have a good night!


Yes I use it a lot as well. There is a group of people called transhumanist's who want to want to upload their minds to computers! A bit odd.


Yes you are right! But if you own a apple computer make sure not to smoke near it as it voids the warranty.


Yes a bit extreme if you ask me! People are so innovative. For example, someone built a working computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks!


It was a 16 bit computer, which isn't extremely impressive but still cool!


Is that more than the space shuttle computer that had one mb?


No it would be less! I wonder how many megabytes the computer was that ran on water, built by the Russians...


Yes it really is impressive. Especially since it happened in 1936!


Agreed. Do you ever dance? I think it is a beautiful, aesthetic, and symbolic form of human movement.


No but I heard Tupac was a ballet dancer?


Yes! He actually portrayed the Mouse King in the Nutcracker!


Crazy. I heard professionals wear out 4 pairs of ballet shoes per week?


Yes I think the shoe makers need to work on durability. Have you heard that babies spontaneously dance when they hear music?! How adorable lol.


Hah that is hilarious. I like when baseball players dance when they hit a home run. It is funny to watch. Hey it was really nice chatting with you tonight!


I'm on it quite a lot.  My kids still like Psy's Gangnam Style video.  So weird.


lol what a great dance! I heard that song almost broke youtube!


Can't believe how popular that was.  My daughter's also a Justin Bieber fan.  I'm unfortunately am not so we get into arguments sometimes about what she's watching.


lol I disliked that video when it came out, I am with a lot of people because that is the most disliked video on youtube lol


You're talking about Bieber's song "baby?"   Yeah, I didn't like that song either.  I've been trying to find older albums on youtube.  Stuff like Linkin Park or Reel Big Fish.


yea, terrible song lol. I loved Linkin Park, especially Hybrid Theory


I heard it's the best-selling album of the 21st century.  You listen to anything in particular?


Just rock and some rap here and there. How about you


Been trying to revisit some older rap groups.  I was pretty square in my younger days so didn't listen to it much.  Was told NWA's Straight Outta Compton is a classic.


I loved NWA's straight outta compton, nothing better than being a high schooler back in the day bumping that lol! They went platinum


Yeah, didn't know how well that album did.  I used to like beatboxers.  Always found that fascinating, how they could create all those rhythms without any accompaniment.


for sure, I practiced that and got decent at it and busted it out sometimes at parties lol. Did you ever hear about the twins from japan who released an album at 100?


That sounds awesome.  I've got to look that up.  Seem like it of "cultural significance" for many cultures!  I think rap's even pretty big in Korea.


I heard about Korean rap, they have rap battles that are compliment battles. I would like to see that


That sounds cool.  Guess rap is a legitimate form of music.  I know my dad hated it.  But hey, the Library of Congress seems to think it's a worthy art form.  Think they deemed Tupac's music as culturally significant.


That is a good feat by Tupac, making rap music significant. My dad hated it too lol. Did you ever watch the rugrats movie, Busta Rhyme was the voice of Reptar


Really? That was the dinosaur thing right?  Kind of "bad boy." Speaking of which, isn't that the name of P. Diddy's record label?  Sorry like I said, I'm pretty square.


Yea lol, the dinosaur. I think it is lol, bad boy records. It was so nice chatting with you!


Nice chatting with you as well.  Gonna go look up some LL Cool J and Run DMC now.  Take care.


I will too! loved those rappers! Enjoy your weekend!


Hi, how you doing tonight? Do you use YouTube?


Hey there I use you to almost every day. What about you? It's crazy that it's the second largest search engine on the internet


I'm not surprised. Youtube was bought by google. I guess the search engine technology is great.


Yeah it's crazy that they bought them. I would imagine Google is the number one, and then with YouTube as number two, they are definitely controlling a lot of the internet have you ever seen the music video to Psy's Gangnam Style?


No, but it was crazy popular. I saw a commercial that used it.


Yeah it was definitely popular. YouTube had to upgrade the integer that does view counts on their site to 64-bit just because that video has so many views


Wow. Psy broke the counter! Amazing! I guess I should check out his video.


Yeah you should. You should also check out the music video Baby by Justin Bieber, it's the most disliked music video on YouTube actually


Um, maybe I won't check it out if people hate it. I'm not into Bieber, but I guess people hate him as well.


Yeah some people love him and some people hate him. Did you know that Netflix and YouTube makeup half of all internet traffic? Imagine if one went down, that would be insane


If YouTube went down, it would be bad. If Netflix went down, civilization would stop.