I did not know that.  I never got into rap; I don't carry an "urban dictionary" in my back pocket, so most of the time I do not understand the lyrics.  But it has caught on internationally, with Koreans rappers developing a freestyle rap called "compliment battle".


You too.  Now it is time to head off to the day job.


hi, did you know the earth is 71% covered with water?


unfortunately, 80% of our forests have been destroyed


Hmm,  i think 18.7 Million acres per year.


wow, polar regions are safe they are covered with ice


the U.N. appointed an ambassador for extraterrestrials in 2010


maybe some time appointed an ambassador for 2010.


did you know soccer is the worlds most popular sport?


Yes Absolutely Soccer is the worlds most powerful and very popular sport.


there is a variation where 3 teams face each other at the same time, that could be fun


also soccer is played in 200 countries/dependencies


Yes Really True Because Very Popular for this game.


there was a german player that donated his world cup bonus for 23 surgeries for children, cool


Yes Correct. he donated for 23 surgeries for children.


Yes Correct Around 200 Million Players in The World


How's it going? Do you stream music online? Spotify has been pretty popular since they launched in October of 2008


Actually, I just go to YouTube for music.  I have an old library of CD albums which is a collection of audio recordings.


I've gotten rid of most my cd's unfortunately, I do miss the old audio tape albums though


It is amazing to me that vinyl LPs are still issued today.  Audiophiles claim the sound is the best.


Yea I remember one of my old high school teachers telling me that vinyl LPs have the best sound quality, I do think they sound better than mp3s though


Yes.  That can be proven by examining the sound frequencies reproduced by each system.  Do you use the freemium Spotify service or do you pay for the premium subscription?


I have a free account but I haven't used it in years, I don't think it's worth it to pay a monthly subscription for improved audio or downloads


That makes sense.  I read that they have over 4 million songs that have not been played once.


Lol, that's 20% of their songs, I guess you can say mathematically those songs suck


Yes.  But there must be a gem in there somewhere!  Not many musicians must make minimum wage since it takes over 130000 plays per day to do it.


130,000 plays for minimum wage? Sounds like a ripoff for the artists, I wonder who get's the bulk of the money


I suppose the artists must make money on their songs from other places also.  Can you imagine getting enough plays from a silent album to earn $20000 from Spotify.  I don't know one person who would listen to a silent album.


Well technically I don't think anyone can listen to a silent album, I wonder if that 20,000 was made because no one had any idea it was playing


Lol.  Good Point.  Did you know that rap music is so ole that the word has existed in the British English language since the 16th century?


No, I had no idea. I guess that may explain why a judge in Michigan rapped a ruling in an Eminem court case


Really?  The Koreans have a form that is a "compliment battle"  I would like to see Trump and Pelosi engage in that.


If they had a korean compliment battle I think it would end in a stalemate


It would still sound better than Nicki Minaj's album "Queen"


I can't argue against that point.  Thanks for the conversation.


Hey do you ever watch the FIFA World Cup? I'll probably watch the one in Qatar in 2022


Yeah I love watching, very exciting. The city where it is set to happen doesn't even exist yet!


I know that's crazy! Also crazy that countries and cities that host Olympic and the FIFA Cup don't actually get a net positive economic impact, it cost the money, I wonder why they still do it then


Yeah good question. Maybe just for the prestige? I hope the USA does well. As well as the first ever world cup in 1930 where they got 3rd!


Yes it's strange how the Women's USA team is better than the men's though, they placed third or better ever since 1991


Yeah I agree not sure what the deal with that is. Football/soccer is a great sport though. It makes the most money out of any sport!


Yes I think it makes more money then every other sport combined! Even American football, which makes a ton of money here


Yeah very true. That's saying something. Jon Stewart, the tv guy, was a skilled soccer player.


Yes he played soccer back in 1983 I think. I wonder if he was really good, but yes he's most famous for The Daily Show TV show


Yeah sounds like he was good as he represented the US at the pan american maccabi games in Brazil.


Yep you're right. Did you hear about Mesut Ozil? And what he did for the 23 children in Brazil


No I'm not sure I know about that! was he a soccer player? Odds say so because there are 250 million players worldwide.


Yes he was a soccer player and he spent His World Cup victory bonus on surgeries for those 23 children in Brazil, a very nice guy


Oh wow that is so generous. I wonder how Americans coined the name soccer for it whereas it's football everywhere else?


I think because soccer was slang for the term association football but I don't know for sure


Oh I see, interesting. I like that soccer is a global sport but I wish the global population cared more for the environment. Almost 80% of the forests are destroyed on this earth.


Yes that is really sad. I also worried that Earth will run out of helium by the end of the 21st century, I don't know what we'll use to blow up our Balloons with haha, but seriously it is used for manufacturing computer parts


Haha oh I didn't know that's what its used for. We have to find a way to synthesize it. Back when earth was first formed billions of years ago a day was only 5.5 hours long.


That is shocking, do you think that the Earth days will get longer as time goes on? Will we have a 50 hour day at some point?


That would be pretty crazy I will have to google it! I do think it is cool that the Earths gravity interacts with the moon and the sun-everything is connected.


Yes that's really amazing. Also amazing that the UN has an ambassador to extraterrestrials, do they know something that we don't know?


Hello there, how are you doing? Do you watch the World Cup finals every 4 years?


I am great! I don't usually follow the world cup, but I have heard the American team has never placed below 3rd since 1991


I usually do, I get pretty excited for it.  And that is interesting, I think they are talking about the Women's team, they dominate.


Women's team dominate? That's awesome!  So who is the current World cup champion?


Yeah the US women's team has been the best since the sport started basically.  And France won it this year for the men's.


Very cool. Maybe I should get into it more. So I heard that the 2022 Qatar FIFA world cup final ....the city doesn't yet exist?


You are right, I don't know why they voted to do it there.  It will have to be played in December rather than the usual June/July due to the hot weather.


Wow, that is very interesting. So I understand that for the past World cup, the most tickets sold to fans in the USA more than any other nation?


I didn't know that but that is very interesting.  I am a bit surprised by that to be honest.


That was was the same case but for Brazil 4 years ago because the US national team failed to qualify.


Yeah that was really sad, I do know there are no economic gains for the country that hosts.


I have heard that. I would think with so many people attending that that would be huge for the country. People would need to eat and sleep so that seems odd.


I agree, that is very surprising to me, but I guess it costs a lot to build a lot of what they need.


Oh true, I didn't think of that aspect. So the money the country makes probably covers the cost of being the host.


Yeah I guess it must not, still boggles my mind though that it would be true.


Same here. It is amazing this has been going on since 1930


Yeah it sure has, I love how it can bring different countries together to celebrate.


Yes! I was reading an article about it. Sounds amazing to be able to join in on such an amazing gathering of people.


Yeah I hope to go one day, I think it will come back to the states soon enough though.


So I guess I don't understand how it all works but I think if it did come here to the US I would definitely consider going. Imagine how many countries and different people you could be in celebration with? Sounds awesome.


Yeah it sure does, I think it works well here.  Anyways, it's been nice talking with you, I hope you have a good night!


I sure do. Do you know where the world cup is taking place in 2022?


Yes it is Qatar however the city has yet to be built, weird


I know right? US got third place in the first fifa cup in 1930


Yeah but it has been downhill for them since then though


Yes that is true but the women's team on the contrary is doing very well


Yeah I know they have never placed under third place


Yeah that is pretty impressive, they are a strong team of women


THey sure are. Did you know host countries of the fifa cup do not have economic gains?


Yeah and I wonder why they still want to host, Do not get it


Me either. DO you know much about the Earth?


I know some stuff. I know that sadly we have destroyed more than 80% of the forests


Yeah that is sad. ANd the Earth is predicted to be helium free by the end of the century


WOw no more helium balloons and funny voiced for us I guess


Yeah I guess so. When earth was formed the days were short, just 5.5 hours


WOw that us pretty short indeed. Do you believe in extraterrestrials


I am not so sure I do but then again the universe is vast so maybe they are out there


Well just in case they show up the UN has appointed an amabssador already


Well then we are all covered, they can come anytime they feel like it


Hahha yes. Do you know why soccer is called as such here?


Yes it is actually just an american slang for association football


Yeah more a cultural thing than anything else


Do you like Nicki Minaj?  I have not really been following her music.


I don't really follow her that much. Her music is pretty good, but I don't like her image.


Yes. I was reading about her tour and delay in getting her latest album out.


Kylie Jenner may have misled her though. You know that Kanye West was actually behind that.


Yes, I don't like that industry, especially with the Kardashians and their group.


Yes. Did you know they actually got their money from Bruce Jenner and not from the Kardashian father. I always thought it was the other way around. Sorry, I mean Caitlyn Jenner.


well, Bruce was a big money maker WAY before he became Caitlyn, so it is really not too much of a surprise. Do you know that Linkin Park has the best selling album in the 21st century?  That's a surprise.


I am surprised at that, too. I don't really care for Linkin Park, either. They are a little too edgy for me. It's like the same chords at the same level of loud all the time.


I completely agree. I am so much more old school.  I am still getting used to having to stream songs instead of the old ways! LOL!


I stream music, but I don't use Spotify. To me, that is news from five yars ago. I use Pandora or Apple Music.


I did not realize that a musician needs to get over 130,000 plays per day just to earn minimum wage on Spotify. Seems like alot.


Yeah, as a writer, I can believe it. You spend a lot of time on your craft, and then you have to sell a lot just to break even. It seems like writing costs me more than I make.


I admire you for writing. What kind of writing do you do?


I do academic writing, and I recently wrote a children's book. I also wrote my first novel this year. I need to go back and review it....maybe I will....maybe I won't.


That is wonderful! So difficult to break into to getting things published.  I read that Spotify has 4 million songs that have not been played once. That is so odd.


I can believe it. I wonder how many books there are on Amazon that no one has ever bought or even read.


I've heard writers say they are lucky to have sold 10 books. I think that would be kind of discouraging. I wonder how artists get their songs on Spotify?


I was just thinking that! They obviously need some more effective criteria. What do you think about rap music?


I like some rap, but I am definitely not a fan of Tupac. I think he has been glorified by the rap community.


I agree. I certainly do not think it can be classified as 'culturally significant'.


No. I don't like it. My spouse's family members act like that.


No kidding. We need to be careful who we idolize in this country. Dangerous stuff.


Yes, I think people need to be held more accountable for their behavior not be allowed to make so many excuses for their actions. It isn't okay to harass people.


Absolutly right!  Hey, it was great chatting with you. Good luck with your writing.


Thank you! I hope you have a great rest of your weekend!


Absolutely. A great actor with a good head on his shoulders!  And a fantastic grape in the fruit of the loop commercials!


lol I recently found out he was a grape on that commercial,  thats awesome.


He has never done a sequel, but that is a role I would like him to reprise!


lol right!  I didnt know that his son plays fot the st louis rams


Neither did I. I bet he found his Dad's performance in Remember the Titans to  be inspirational!


He has memorable performance in a lot of good movies. Did you see Training Day?


Yeah. How about Glory? He won a best supporting actor award for that one.


Oooh,  I never saw that one!  Was it good?


Yes. Matthew Broderick was in that one too if I recall. Maybe even Forest Whitaker. Did yo know there is an actor named Denzel Whitaker, who was in a movie with Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker?


hahaha that is so weird!  How does that even happen.


Chance I guess.  I like Denzel in American Ganster too, but I was creeped out by the movie Fallen. It is a good one if you have not seen it!


I havent seen american gangster but I have seen fallen that was pretty spooky!  Great acting but I probably wont see that movie again lol


Understandable!  I never saw Malcom X. Did you?


How about Cry of Freedom?  That one was from back in 1987.


No I havent seen that either lol wow you must really like denzel washington movies lol last one I saw was unstoppable,  the one with the runaway train that they have to stop.


Another good one!  Yes, I am a fan. I think the best testimonies are that he got a Cecile B Demille Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 at the Golden Globes, and they don't give those out to everybody.


Yeah, I might try and do some denzel binge watching,  thanks for the recommendations!  Great chat!


Hello, how are you? Do you watch horror movies? They scare me!


Yes, there are some I can watch. I think Bambi upset most children.


I feel that horror can be very subjective. Many actors don't even know if they are in a horror film


Yes, I see that in the movie Shining, with Danny!


At least a pro is that you can burn up to 180 calories a movie


lol, that surprises me, If you look at abstract art before you watch a horror movie, you will enjoy it more?


I personally think that the waterphone used to make those eerie sounds looks pretty cool


Yes, I do too! Now when I watch Jaws, I will try and hear the clarinet!


Speaking of jaws, I think the sound track plays a huge role in the enjoyment of a film. Can you imagine jaws without duh duh .... duh duh... DUH DUH... etc


Ha, ha, ha! I know, the first thing I think of! Interesting name track titles for ,"Batman begins"


Oh! That's another great one. I thought that was creative and the soundtrack was amazing


I love all the Batman movies! Phil Collins had to do alot of recordings for Tarzan!


Oh tarzan is another classic. Did you see the recent remake?


No, I need to watch that! Surprised Pink Floyd  won one of the best selling albums of 2014.


If we are talking about albums, Hybrid theory is the way to go


Really sounds good! lol, you can rap at 100 years old?


Also another great classic is dark side of the moon


Yes, a classic! Genetic memories of natural disasters is why loud music might scare us!


Yet sometimes they excite us. How ironic


Faster rhythms evoke fight or flight! Great chat!!


hey did you know that watching a horror movie can burn up to 180 calories?


Hmm....but all the buttery popcorn I eat will probably make me gain calories. I don't like to watch horror movies. They creep me out. Maybe that's due to the metallic noices made by a waterphone.


haha that is possible, I know that I am eating bad at this superbowl party and so I'm going to have to watch a bunch of horror movies after today to lose the extra calories haha


Haha, I will be going to my superbowl party in about half an hour. Wait, why are you chatting while you are at a party? Have you watched the Shining?


haha we're all just hanging out, eating and drinking, and ya I have my laptop lol, I have seen it, it's pretty good what about you


I have seen it as well. Danny, who was the boy in that movie, did not know he was acting in a horror film until years later.


well that's good it would probably have disturbed him, do you like the movie bambi? I guess stephen king considers it a horror movie haha


Yeah I remember watching it when I was little and being scared when the gun was shot. Maybe I should watch more horror movies though so I could actually appreciate abstract art. Apparently watching horror movies before looking at abstract art makes you appreciate the art more.


ya I'll have to try that, do you play any instruments? I guess Spielberg played the clarinet in the jaws soundtrack haha


I used to play flute and piano but have not in years. Speaking of soundtracks, Phil Collins made an English, Italian, German, Spanish and French version of Tarzan soundtrack.


that is wild, ya I play the piano, did you like Phil Collins more as a solo artist or when he was part of Genesis?


I am not really a big fan. I prefer Linkin Park. Their album Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century


ya that's impressive, I'm more of a daft punk fan myself, I think it's funny they wore their helmets and ate pancakes when discussing their tron legacy deal


Pretty cool. Did you ever listen to NWA?


Not on purpose no haha, I don't really like rap, I do want to listen to the rap album released by those 100 year old japanese identical twins that sounds awesome


Haha, I will have to check that out. I think it's pretty amazing that NWA's Straight outta compton was the first album to reach platinum status without airplay support or a major tour. Before the internet, that seems pretty amazing.


that is impressive, do you like Reel Big Fish? apparently they lost the rights to their songs then just re-made them on their new record label haha


Was that a long time ago? The dark side of the moon was released a long time ago, 40 years ago, but it was still a best selling album as of 2014.


I'm not sure, I think it's recently, but ya that is great I like Pink floyd a lot, what about you? I think The Wall and Dark Side are their best albums


I'm not really into Pink Floyd. I'm pretty boring, haha. Speaking of popular music, The soundtrack to o'brother, where art thou is certified 8 times platinum. i will have to check that out


that is a good movie actually, I also liked batman begins, I guess on the soundtrack all the names of the tracks are named after bats haha


Hello there, I do play but need to buy a new system and keep up with the times, how about you?


Oh yeah, I used to love Nintendo, I remember my best friend had one growing up. How about you?


Yeah me too, I actually played until it was discontinued in 2003


Yeah I still have an old one, but it doesn't get used very much these days.


yeah that is true. did you know it only had 54 colors?


Really? I never knew that, very interesting.


Oh yeah of course I do, the science guy, what about you?


yeah. do you know how he got into the entertainment world?


Really, and then got into science I guess, or was probably into it but that's how he got his break.  Either way that's pretty funny.


yeah, easy way to get in. even Reagan auditioned once for a movie


Yeah I heard he was rejected because he didn't have that president type of look.


hahah that is funny. he went on to tbecome a real president


Yeah I always think of the line in Back to the Future when I hear Reagan and president or actor.


go figure. do you know much abut the universe?


About as much as the average person, I do think it is fascinating though. How about you?


It is a vast space so lots of onteresting stuff there. nice chat


I am well.  It's a ways off, but I am really looking forward to the Shazam movie


When I first read the title, I thought about the Shaq movie and didn't think that was good enough for a sequal... HA!


Lol.  That was Kazam I believe.  This one is about the DC comics superhero Shazam who used to go by Captain Marvel.  He is a lot like Superman, but his alter-ego is a boy named Billy Batson.


HA! I think Kazam would be a nice addition to the DC universe.


I think Shazam has the potential to be a hit, but it's funny because I swear DC comics doesn't want to ever use him.


Will it be dark like the batman movies or more upbeat (as much as it can be...) like Deadpool


I think it will be more fun than Batman and way more kid-friendly than Deadpool.


Yeah Deadpool was crazy bloody and not kid friendly at all. Do yo like comics? Marvel or DC?


I used to collect when I was younger and got into it for a few years after DC relaunched.  When I was younger it was Marvel, but it's been DC more recently. What about you?


I like DC more but appreciate Marvel. I am not an absolutist about it.


I like the flash but I think my love of the TV has influenced that. Yours?


I was all-in with Flash for season 1 and 2, but haven't watched the more recent seasons.  Believe it or not, but Shazam was always a favorite and Firestorm.


There actually was one in the 1970s, but it predated me a bit as I never watched it.  Shazam could also be a lighter offering on DC's CW network today. The others have gotten dark (Arrow / Flash) or too political (Supergirl).


I only watch super girl on the cross overs and I do agree that Arrow and Flash have gotten a little dark. I feel like this is usually the signal of the end because they do not know how to go deeper with it.


I just think Shazam could take us back to the fun I had with Flash when we all watched it as a family. I liked when Barry was more forensic scientist with powers, than just a superhero.


It's such a big universe of superheroes that it seems they could find something that works for everyone.  I do fear the crossovers get a little overdone, but they can be fun.


Hello, are you a superhero fan? There are over 300 registered in the US.


Did you say there were only 300 people registered in the US?  I do not like or dislike superheroes.  My grand kids like superheroes though.


I adore Stan Lee. He wrote 15 comics for DC, reimagining Batman and SPiderman


He must be very talented and has good imagination.


Yes, he did. There was even a Garfield comic, Pet Force


Do you know that there is a superhero called normalman?  That's a weird name.


I think it's cute, it's because he didn't have powers. The only one on a planet of superheroes.


Is there a movie about Normalman?  It would be hard to live surrounded by superheroes.


I'm not sure. Some people call female superheros a "superheroine", that is so weird.


I know, right?  I would people to call them superheros.  I understand that these superhero fictional characters have been around since 1930s.


I would like to read some from that time. Did you know there are stars you can touch with your hand, as they are cool to the touch?


No, I did not know that.  I always thought all stars are very hot, just like our sun.


I did too. There are some astronomers who think the universe is a giant superhologram. Thats wild.


It sounds wild.  Also, they think that there is a region of space that may be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe.  That sounds scary to me.


That is scary. so is the theory of their only being one electron in the universe.


I don't know if the theory (about one electron) is reliable though.


I wouldn't think so, but I haven't read Tycho Brahe & Johannes Kepler in years.


It seems to me that people from ancient Greek were very smart and were interested in science.  They came up with a lot of theories about our universe that are accepted by current scientists.


i agree. Caesar was amazed that the Brits bred chickens for entertainment.


I heard about it.  I wonder what Caesar thought about this type of entertainment.


He probably wondered what was wrong with them, lol. I think it is cool that Bill Nye got his break by winning a Steve Martin look-alike contest.


Bill Nye, the science guy?  It was an interesting fact.  I have to get going.  It was nice chatting with you.


What do you like to do for entertainment?


I like to watch movies and listen to music mostly. How about you?


me too, I play old school nintendo sometimes, did you know it only has 54 colors?


I didn't know this. Did you watch Black Panther?


I did watch it, I loved black panther, i love basically all the marvel movies. What did you think of it


It was a fantastic movie. I was blown away by the acting in this movie. I read somewhere that one of the actors made a series of campaigns and charities for kids to watch the movie.


that is so nice! I think black panther was named that before the black panther party was created


I believe that was the case as well. I was also impressed that other known celebrities also donated to the cause such J.J Abrams, Viola Davis to name a few.


wow, that is so great! I like when people use their status for good things. Too bad black panther wasn't real, he could do damage with that 500 billion dollars he is worth in the comics


I agree. I heard the Go Fund Me campaign for Black Panther was started by Frederick Joseph because he wanted to help children in Harlem to watch the movie.


That is awesome, wow! Do you have other favorite comic book characters?


Me too, those were great movies, not the new one though


I agree. I want to see more action and less talking.


That is how I felt with venom. I just watched that last night and was ehhhh about it


I wanted to see a better plot with Venom. Do you know who produced Black Panther by any chance?


For sure, I don't know who produced it, do you?


Yes it was produced by Marvel Studios. Do you know who directed it?


I do not know who was the director, were they famous or did other marvel movies?


I don't know if this director directed other movies by he did direct this one and he is Ryan Coogler.


I think I have heard of him, I will check what other movies he did, it was so nice chatting with you!


Yes me too. Do you ever shop their AmazonBasics line?


Yes they say it is basic but I think the products are pretty good


Yes I agree. Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain


Yes and it supposed to run for 10 00 years


Yeah. Did you know the first customer spent less than $30 on the site?


Yes and in honor of that they named of their buildings after him


Hahha what a deal. They deliver on Sundays now as well


Yes thanks to that contract they signed with USPS


Yeah so convenient. Do you ever play Minecraft?


Yes and in Sweden they have a school where you have to take minecraft lessons


Wow I like that. That world is bigger than Neptune itself


Wow nice. and they partnered with UN Habitat so kids can have a chance to showcase the changes they want to see in their places


So sweet of them . someone built a computer using only Minecraft building blocks


Wow impressive. It is the third best selling game also


Wow that is quite something. Do you know when it came out?


Yes that was in 2011 and it was developed in Sweden


Yeah by Markus Persson and then later was taken over by Mojang


I love it Have you read Spaceship Troopers?


Absolutely!  I use a lot of their services.  How about you?


Sure do! Jeff Bezos was a genius when he founded the company in 1994.


Yeah,  he also built a clock that should run for 10,000 years,  and built it into a mountain. lol


So bazaar, right? I am floored that the warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles during a shift. I would be so skinny if I worked there. :)


Yeah I wouldnt mind that,  getting paid to exercise,  its not heavy exercising,  just walking,  im down lol


Oh I agree. I didn't know that Amazon sold low end products under the AmazonBasics brand. Did you?


I have heard of it,  but I havent shopped on it.  That is definitely something I want to check out though.  I just figure they have low end and high end on the same platform so we have options lol


That is true. I find some pretty good deals. So good sometimes that I am surprised it is still the largest internet retailer in the world based on revenue and market capitalization.


I believe it,  it has everything and they deliver straight to your door, game changer lol


Yes! And I like that USPS contracts with Amazon to deliver on Sunday. Can't beat that!!


Yes,  I do like getting my packages on Sundays!  And I love the free 2 days shipping with Prime!  Prime has so many benefits!


Yes it does. However, I only do the trial during the holiday season for free. I know that's bad on me. I wonder how awesome the very first customer felt when he got a building named after him for only spending $27.95.


Yep, I get a lot of books from there. Are you a big reader?


I am but lately I have been really into Audible,  not sure if that counts.  I am just so busy it is easier to listen to audio books for me right now.  How about you?


You know I've never gotten into the audio books. Guess I'm old school. I read pretty fast but not anywhere close Anne Jones who holds the world record at 4,700 wpm. How is that possible?


yeah that is insane.  I wonder if she actually processes what she is reading.


Probably not a lot of it. How about the "moral panic" the reading of novels brought about in the 18th century! They probably thought the whole generation was going to the dogs. :)


lol thats so weird to me,  reading is good for you,  calm down.


:) now the current generation is into video games like Minecraft and no one communicates anymore. Sigh! Hey, nice chatting!!


Well, I have heard that it is the third best selling game of all time.


Supposedly the minecraft world is bigger than Neptune.


That is incredible.  Is it a memory hog because of that?


It might be.  I know a lot of young kids are very into the game.


It seems to have a lot of options like exploration, resource gathering, crafting and compat.


They get to build a lot of things and have their own world.  Very creative.


It is 3D also.  I wonder if there is music.


I heard something about a music festival called Coachella that actually had 2600 people attend.


I have heard of the festival, but Ive never been.


I don't know if it is a physical place or a place within the Minecraft game.  I guess I would have to do some reading to find out.  Do you enjoy reading?


I do.  It is my favorite way to pass the time.  Im really into non-fiction.


They say that only the best readers in the middle ages were capable of reading silently.


That is really neat, I never thought about that.


So, we would be really good readers if we lived 500 years ago.


It is on a military reading list.  It is about a boy fighting an alien race in what he thinks is a game, but turns out to be a real war.


That is an interesting set-up.  Did you know that Louis Braille invented his system of reading and writing for the blind when he was only 15?


Wow.  That is awesome!  Well Ive got to go, Nice chat!


Well, howdy, how are you doing tonight? It's a great night for a chat, don't you think?


I do think it is a great night to chat! Do you watch soccer?


I watch the World Cup because it's the best of the best playing. You?


I watch the premier league because it is on before college football and the NFL. Do you like any other sports?


I have heard that there are other sports than soccer, but soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined. I follow the money. The money is with soccer


I would say so! That's a lot of leagues to out perform.


There should be more altruism in sports though. Consider German soccer player Mesut Ozil, who donated his world cup victory bonus to pay for surgeries for 23 children in Brazil. Maybe one of those kids would grow up to defeat him in the WC. Maybe they would donate their bonus to him.


That's the circle of professional sports life. I find those stories so heart-warming. We hear too often of the bad things athletes do but never the good things. Good for Masut!


I think that athletes are just folks with a talent. Some are good and honest and generous. Others are greedy, shallow, bitter and evil. Sports are just another human endeavor. Even in a country like Brazil.


I like that perspective. Jon stewart played soccer in college. Who knew!?!?!


He had secret soccer abilities that took him all the way to Brazil! Then he showed up on our TVs!


At Billy May's funeral the pall bearers wore ble shirts and khaki pants.... HAHHAHA


I don't know Billy May, but I guesst there must be some irony in their sartorial selection for a funureal affair like a funeral.


He's the pitch man that had the beard. He would pitch the boat with the screen door on the bottom.


The man must of been a legend! I think he must be selling salvation to the Lord God in heaven! He must of done a deal with the Devil and got the good end of it!


He also did the oxy clean commercials. The official office attire of hawaii is the aloha shirt. I may move there.


I think the Hawaiians have the right idea. We go to work every day. We should be comfortable. The people in Manhattan would do well to take the example of the Hawaiians.


yeah! I wish I could wear jeans all the time but no, I have to wear khakis... No one thinks khakis are formal...


You are Steve McQueen! You wear khakis, or as the Brits say, carkeys!


U used to go to a lot of concerts. Do you enjoy concerts?


I used to like going, not so much anymore. I'm not a big crowd person. I did see Linkin Park back in 2001 one though. It was in support of Hybrid Theory. I heard they played over 300 concerts that year.


That's an insane amount of concerts. I can't imagine how exhausted you would be.


I can't either. I've heard that the Ramones played over 2,000 concerts. That's alot of concerts.


I would have loved to have seen that. I'm assuming a lot of those were at CBGBs.


I would have loved that too. I always wanted to go see a show a CBGBs back in the day.


It would have been a great experience. Did you know that there is an ancient roman amphitheater that is still used for concerts in Croatia?


I would love to see a concert there. It would be breathtaking.


It would be an experience for sure. Pink Floyd recorded a concert in an ancient theater in Pompeii but they did it with no audience.


I would love to have been a fly on the wall for that one.


Me too. Did you know that a lawsuit was filed against Creed due to a concert?


I heard about that. I guess it was a horrible one.


Yes it was so bad that four of the attendees sued them. That must be really horrible to make you want to go through that.


It must have been. I wonder if they won the lawsuit?


That's a good question. Off topic but I really enjoy clothes and I feel like your shirt is what stands out most in your wardrobe. Do you agree?


I agree, I have to wear polo shirts for work all the time. Did you know that they were originally invented for tennis?


Yep, they were invented by Rene "The Crocodile" Lacoste and only later adopted by polo players.


That's very interesting. Did you know that there is a difference between button up and button down?


Button down is where the collar tips are buttoned to the shirt and button up does not feature this. It was nice chatting with you.


Hi! As a rap fan, I can say I'm glad Tupac's music can be found in the library of congress! His music was a work of art!


Yea I really like tupac's music too like "all eyez on me" "me against the world", and "Makaveli", glad his music is in the library of congress too


That is so cool! I love how rap music has evolved. Even Koren rappers have introduced a new freestyle rap known as compliment battle that's very interesting!


Lol I never knew there was a thing as compliment rap battles, I guess they are good for self esteem


Indeed! Rappers are so talented in so many different areas even beyond rap. Tale Eminem for example: his dream was to become a comic book artist.


Yea I heard he was a big fan of the punisher and his favorite superhero is spiderman


I think it's funny Busta Rhymes voiced the Reptar Wagon in the film Rugrats years ago. I'd like to see that movie just for that part. I wonder if it's on Netflix?


I don't know but I do remember seeing the film years ago, It didn't even come across my mind that the voice of the reptar wagon was Busta Rhymes


Same here when I first saw it. I suppose I can check Netflix since I'm part of the reason it accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America each night.


Possibly, or you can check for it on youtube too which together with Netflix makes up half of peak internet traffic


And that's wild if you think about it! And Netflix has 137 million subscribers worldwide. Blockbuster must be kicking themselves for refusing to buy Netflix!


lol yea, but Blockbuster was poorly managed. They would still be in business if only they coughed up $50 million for netflix


That is so true. And to think, where would we be today without services like Netflix and Spotify?


I don't know but Netflix needs to be careful, they just accrued another 2 billion dollars in debt for it's original content


Wow! I didn't know that!  Crazy to think they could be in debt with so many subscribers worldwide. Heck, even in the US alone!


Yea, I think Spotify doesn't have to worry as much about debt, they must not pay much for content if a artist has to get 130,745 plays per day to earn minimum wage


Agreed. But then there are some who make decent on there such as that one band that earned $20k and used it to fund a free tour!


Yea they had a silent album, what does that even mean and how did they make 20,000 off it


It's a mystery, isn't it? Well I wonder how Spotify would feel knowing they got two baristas fired over a vulgar song played in a coffee shop?


I don't think Spotify cares too much about those Baristas getting fired for playing Young Dolph's "get paid"


Agreed in all honesty. It was their own fault even if they weren't aware of policies regarding the type of music they could play.


Yea, I really don't blame Larry Moneta for being annoyed but I would probably not bother calling the store owner to complain about the song either


Same I wouldn't either. But when you're the vice president of student affairs, I suppose you have to live by a strict code of conduct. But I wouldnt apply it to others.


Yes, I do. How about you? Do you like Spotify?


I saw the appeal, but never dedicatedly used it. How about you?


I listen to Youtube more. Spotify has four million songs that haven't been played once. That's 20 percent of the songs they have


Yet at the same time, a band got 20K from a silent album


That is cool...I wonder who was listening, because musicians need to get 130,745 plays per day on spotify in order to get minimum wage. And by the way, what is a silent album?!


I'm pretty sure its a recording of no sound


Haha, wondered if it had some secret meaning. So I guess there are audible watermarks on universal group's songs on itunes and spotify so people don't steal them.


Maybe it just let people clear their minds, similar to white noise?


Hmm, I will have to look into it. Did you ever use utorrent? The same person who made Spotify developed it.


I didn't know that. So Ludvig strigeus also made spotify?


Correct. Do you think that people should be fired for what kind of music they are listening to over the speakers at work? I guess some campus baristas were listening to a song with inappropriate lyrics on Spotify and all of the staff on that shift got let go.


I think the person who play it should have been fired, but not the uninvolved parties


I think it was a playlist by spotify so it may not have started with that song. When a complaint was made the song was immediately turned off.


Then I don't think they deserve to be fired. It is not like they were watching netflix on the job


And also there were no policies regarding the type of music played. So maybe they need to institute a policy and then if people violate it, they can be fired.


Well if it is the automatic playlist on spotify they can't know someone will complain till they do.


Yeah and now Duke faces criticism for freedom of expression


Well it isn't Duke's fault. This just feels like something that got blown way over proportion. The official is free to comment that it was bothering him and it should have ended with the employee simply playing another song.


Yes, I agree. That would have made it a lot simpler story. There are also complaints of reverse discrimination.


In any case, I hope they sort it out and why people have to make things so complicated for no good reason. I enjoyed our chat and I hope you did as well. Have a nice day.


How's it going, do you use Spotify? I had an account since in launched in 2008


Hi, I do not but I do love music. It seems Spotify does have lots of songs since there are 4 million that haven't even been played yet.


Yea, that's 20% of Spotify's catalog lol


That's crazy. In order to earn minimum wage, musicians on Spotify have to get 130,745 plays per day.


I wonder how many plays it takes to earn 20,000 like that band who used it to fund a free tour


Good question. The main developer of Spotify is Swedish. Must have been a smart guy.


Yea Ludvig Stigues, he also was a programmer for Utorrent


Do you know what utorrent is? I have never heard of it?


Yea its an app that allows you to torrent  music, not sure it's quite as legal as spotify though


Oh, ok! How about Netflix? Do you have an account? I've had one for a while now and it has helped me through a lot of boring times.


Yea, I usually watch it between 9pm-12am helping to take up 33% of bandwidth in north america


Me too, occasionally. The guy who started Netflix did so after he racked up $40 in late fees on a VHS rental of Apollo 13.


Lol, that's crazy, and then Blockbuster declined to buy netflix multiple times for only 50 million


I know. I would be kicking myself right now if I was Blockbuster. But they had several offers so totally their loss.


Yep, blockbuster could of owned a company that along with youtube makes up half of peak internet traffic in North America


True, Netflix already has 137 million subscribers worldwide, probably more than that now. That is a lot!


Yea and Netflix is available in places like Brazil, India, and South Korea


Correct, but not available in China, Syria, North Korea, and Crimea. Wonder why? Probably government oversight.


Probably, maybe they don't like Netflix original content like Lilyhammer


Could be. :) I don't understand why it spends so much on postage though. I don't know anyone who still orders dvds.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


I love the earth, everything about it is so fascinating, do you like it/


i like the earth most days. some days the weather is not very friendly.


For sure, like when a polar vertex hits and its cold like all of february!


yeah, that vortex is going to make the next few winters pretty tough. I figure that we could use some more forests too.


I bet! I am not looking forward to it! Too cold here in Iowa! I am sure this is due to like 80% of earth's forests being destroyed


I figure that we are well on the way to destroying the last 20. we need to protect and maybe grow some new forest.


I agree! I wonder if there is a netflix special on this to make people aware!


I would hope so. that netflix, everyone is watching netflix now!


Right! I love netflix, do you have a favorite show on it?


i dont. i dont watch it any more. i think that netflix is going to keep growing though. they have great original content.


They have so much. I watched their first ever original show. It was lilyhammer, it was worth watching.


was it? i never saw it. i will have to check it out. i know that they have made tons of shows, some of which are good.


Yea for sure, i love the marvel series. This original content has created a debt of 21 billion though


21 billion? that seems too high. maybe 2 billion? that is a lot of debt. the stock is worth a lot though.


they are worth 2 billion but 21.9 billion is their debt. I think they will erase that in the next 5 years. Did you hear how netflix started?


that is an insane amount of debt. i wonder what the interest payments are on that. they had better continue expanding.


I think that is why they are charging more. Netflix started because of the owner's 40 dollar late fee bill to Blockbuster lol


yeah, they need more subscribers, here and around the world. 40 dollars sparked an empire. LOL Anyway great chat!


right, and blockbuster could have bought it but denied to! That worked out well, lol! It was so nice chatting with you!


I enjoyed chatting too! Have a great day!


I listen to it occasionally, but I have a hard time finding really good artists. Do you prefer mainstream hits or smaller artists you find on your own?


I like both, actually!  My favorite all time rap artist is Tupac Shakur.


Tupac's music is classic. I think he influenced the entire rap world. It's a shame we won't hear more from him!


I know, gone way too soon!  But, I hear his music is in the Library of Congress, so it will be preserved for future generations.


Makes you wonder what else is in the Library of Congress! I wonder if they have some of Eminem's music in there too. He's a favorite of mine.


They probably do, he's an icon of Rap music, also.  Didn't know he wanted to be a comic book artist before he became a rapper, though.  Very multi talented person!


He's also an inspiring one. When he was involved in a lawsuit once, the judge rapped her ruling at the person filing against him. I wish I could have seen that.


Me too, but it was super cool.  Good for her!


One of the things I really like about rap music is how good it is to dance to or keep time while exercising. Funny enough, your favorite artist Tupac danced ballet in high school!


Yeah, that's wild, isn't it.  Can't picture Tupac ballet dancing, at all.  Have you heard any of that new typr of rapping called compliment battle?


I haven't. It sounds a lot friendlier than diss tracks, though. Where did it originate?


Apparently, in Korea.  Wonder what they do try to give each other better compliments than the other person?


Maybe they have to make the longest or most poetic comment they can without missing the rhythm or breaking rhyme. If it's a freestyle rap, they'd have to be pretty inventive.


It probably suits their gentle nature better than American style in your face battles, that can get very ugly!


I'd definitely prefer a compliment battle. I think I'd feel bad in a rap battle if I was just trying to diss the other person, and I doubt an apology rap would win me any points.


You're so right about that! On a different note, did you know Steven Spielberg played the clarinet on the Jaws soundtrack?


I didn't even know he played music. Isn't it enough to be such a talented director? Leave some talent for the rest of us!


Control, is what came to my mind.  he knew what he wanted it to sound like and when it didn't, he took things into his own hands and got it done, his way.


It's like the old saying, "If you want something done right, do it yourself." If he knew he had the ability, I applaud him for also taking responsibility for making sure the soundtrack was what he wanted.


Are you into rap? I don't know much about the genre.


No. I don't like it. I think it is cool that the origins of rap are from West Africa.


I'm not surprised that the genre made its way from Africa to the US. And now it's moving from the US around the world, in every language.


Yes. It seems to be going everywhere, even Tupac's music made into the Library of Congress.


I heard that Tupac danced ballet in high school. I would have expected him to be a dancer, but not that kind. The guy was really talented.


I really would not have expected it either but many singers are multitalented-like J Lo, they do movies. Steven Spielberg played the clarinet in the jaws soundtrack. Go figure.


Speaking of soundtracks, the one for the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" has gone multi-platinum.


Wow, I didn't know that. I've seen that movie and it deserves some attention. Did you know that Bruce Lee was also a great dancer?


Yeah, I heard that he was good. Didn't he win a contest in Hong Kong? Probably being good at dance helps with martial arts and vice versa.


Yes he did win the Hong Kong Cha-Cha championship in 1958.


I wonder how old he was. I know that babies respond to music by dancing. It's an instinct and yet I can't dance at all.


Yes and babies smile more when they hit the beat. :]


I guess classical music isn't so good for babies when they want to dance! Have you heard of Daft Punk?


They sound vaguely familiar. What soundtrack or movie did they do?


They wear robot helmets. They did the Tron Legacy soundtrack.


I haven't seen Tron Legacy. Do you remember when Phil Collins did the Tarzan soundtrack?


I never saw Tarzan. Is that an animated feature?


Yes, it is. It is a Disney movie circa 1999. Very good movie. Did you know that Phil Collins recorded that soundtrack in 6 different languages?


Wow! I guess he has a good ear for language. I should check out Tarzan, the English version of course.


Yes, it is funny if you are a Disney fan. Say, did you see Michael Jackson do the "exteme lean" in some of his dance moves. I wonder how he did it.


He copied it from someone else who had used special shoes to lock into bolt heads in the stage floor.


Good morning, how are you? Did you know that one of the founders of Netflix, Reed Hastings, decided to start the company after a $40 late fee?


Yes, that is a neat story. something good coming from something bad. It was for a VHS rental of apollo 13


Yeah, while Apollo 13 is a really good movie, I don't know that it's worth $40 (to me, at least). I found it interesting too that Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix-- and now Blockbuster no longer exists. I wonder if they're regretting that decision?


Of course!! they were offered that for $50 million, now it is worth two million! ouch


I also didn't realize that Netflix was pretty much global and available almost everywhere. And it's crazy to me that about a third of bandwidth usage in from 9pm to midnight is just in Netflix accounts!


extremely popular! Imagine 137 million subscribers worldwide!


I also wasn't aware that the first series Netflix produced was Lilyhammer-- I don't think I'd ever even heard of that show until probably the past year. I think the first one I was interested in or remember was Orange is the New Black.


And I did not know Netflix existed in 1997 and that they mailed the DVD's.


I remember them mailing the DVDs but didn't remember when they started. I don't think they were a really popular service until they started streaming services-- that's when pretty much everyone started subscribing to their services.


And are as popular as youtube , they make up to 50% of the internet traffic at peak times in North america. Everyone is on them.


Did you know that more than 80% of the earth's natural forests have already been destroyed? I find that really sad.


that is terrible, considering how beautiful is the earth and how much abundance of water it has, about 71% of the earth is covered with water.


And with only 29% being land-- it's kind of crazy to know that humans live on such a small part of the Earth's surface.


And is beautifully made, continents and Islands which I love to visit. I also enjoy the variety of lakes rivers and even the ice.


I can do without the ice, personally. But I understand that it all makes up an important part of the Earth and obviously provides a habitat to species that were made for it-- like polar bears. I'm glad that the days have gotten longer since earth was first formed-- I can't imagine a 5.5 hour long day!


But if you think about it, lots of water are stored on the poles, artic and antartic. It is so wise. Also did you know about how the earth's interior is so active?


I somewhat remember from earth science in high school. I've always found it interesting that Earth has it's own magnetic field though.


Beautiful design consisting of a solid iron core surrounded by a liquid outer core.


Did you know the dinosaur ancestors of the chicken had teeth? I didn't know that all birds today came from dinosaurs either!


I like dinosaurs, I found it impressive fossils are in the 50 states, they are everywhere.


How's it going, do you like dogs? It's interesting that dogs are more related to the originally domesticated wolf than modern wolves are


Hello - I do like dogs. Hard to believe there are 12 different types of blood for them.


Yea, I never knew they had 12 different blood types, I just assumed dogs had the same number as humans


That's pretty cool, I wonder if they have dog blood banks like they do for humans


I bet they do. In Istanbul, they have vending machines that dispense food and water for stray dogs in exchange for plastic bottles.


Nice, maybe the US should adopt vending machines that feed stray dogs and cats too


It's crazy that dogs and elephants are the only animals that instinctively understand pointing but both are 2 of the smartest animals


Dogs can also see as many colors as humans too, I wonder where the myth of them being color blind started


That's interesting. I always thought they could only see black and white.


Me too. Did you know google specifically states they are a dog company? That's pretty cool


I did not know that. Do you like to travel?


Yea, I'd love to ride the 160mph commuter bus the Dutch are developing


Yea, I'd love to visit Japan but they have too many tolls, it would cost $300 to travel across the country


That's so expensive just to cross the country!


Yea but Iceland cost more since there is no public rail and people have to use domestic flights to travel between cities


I can't imagine not having a public rail system.


Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


I'm great! How are you? Are you a big eater of hot dogs and other snacks?


I am not the biggest hot dog fan, but I appreciate their cultural impact!


I have never tried the dog at Perreloco in Maryland. Crushed up potato chips? I guess they're good for texture


Speaking of dogs, do you like dogs as pets? I have one, she is adorable


I have never had a dog as a pet, though in generally I like dogs. I think that they are a great way for children to learn responsibility.


I have heard they have 12 different blood types, I think that is really cool!


I wonder how dogs donate at a blood drive. A dog would need to be patient to have a needle stuck in its leg. I think it's great that Istanbul tries to help stray dogs.


that is great, vending machines for them is a great idea, i hope they are used often


I bet the dogs learn pretty fast where the food is, and probably teach other dogs, too. Dogs and elephants understand pointing. I have never seen a dog point, but I have seen elephants point with their trunk.


I have heard that they understand pointing, that is so cool, and they can learn up to 1000 words too!


I didn't know they could learn so many words! It's interesting that Google prefers dogs over cats. I would think the technical types like programmers would like cats just as much.


I think so too, but google knows what people really love more!


They've got the data, that's for sure. I had always thought that dogs were color blind, but they just see fewer colors than human beings.


that is interesting to me, I guess we assumed because they were not as good as us they saw way less!


I know a lot of people like to take their pets on planes and public transit. Did you know that the Dutch are planning a bus that clocks 100 mph?


I wonder if that will still be bogged down by traffic though, subways seem to be the fastest, other than planes


I like subways but they get crowded and dirty. I know that dogs in Moscow have learned to take the subway.


Have they really? that is crazy, dogs are so much smarter than people think


They're very good at working together. I think dogs will be around long after humanity disappears from the planet.


I agree with you there, hopefully we do not destroy our planet though


Hi, are you a dog owner or lover?  Dogs are unique in that they have12 different blood types.


I love them too. Funny, dogs and elephants are the only animals that instinctively understand pointing.


I didn't know that, now when I see elephants, I will think of that.


Another myth is that dogs are color blind.  They aren't they just can't see as many colors as humans.


I wondered about that, I was thinking it was black and white and some color. I that's so good!


Do you travel much?  I've heard that the Dutch are building a 160 mph bus!


Wow, that's fast! Omg, skinny jeans can cause nerve damage!


I can believe it, they aren't comfortable either.  Can you believe that all of Japan's tolls add up to more than $300 when crossing the country.


I know, that's interesting.Iceland uses domestic flights to travel between towns.


Yeah, there's no public rail service and few cars.  I'd get a horse...


lol, yes. I didn't know the small pocket in the larger pocket in jeans was made for a pocket watch.


Nobody has those anymore... Levi once made a denim tux for Bing Crosby after he was turned away from a hotel for wearing jeans.


I have never seen a jean tuxedo, can't imagine what that would look like.


Seems kind of tacky... The same company owns many jeans makers like Vans, North Face, Lee and Wrangler.  What is the company?


Levi, I wouldn't think the very first King to travel around the world would be from Hawaii!


He must have one helluva canoe.  Hawaii has a king?


King Kalakaua, I love having dog vending machines for food and water for plastic bottles, like in Istanbul.


Yes, the US should do that.  Maybe Google should do that since they are partial to dogs over cats?


Yes, So glad dogs have blood drives. Great chat!!


How's it going, do you like Hockey? Unfortunately there was a fatal bus crash involving a Canadian Junior hockey team


Yeah I remember reading about that, so sad.  I heard 15 people died.


Yea, it involved the Humboldt Broncos team, it was horrible


Yeah my prayers go out to all of their families, such a tragic incident.


Yea, it has affected a lot of people in the NHL like Capitals Coach Barry Trotz who played Junior Hockey a while back


And it sounds like those boys were from small towns were everyone is really close and knows each other, so sad.


Yea, a lot of the players were from small towns around Western Canada


Yea, I like the NY Rangers. They share an arena with the Knicks and the ring is under the basketball court when they aren't playing


That is interesting, I don't follow any pro team but I would start to if my home state had a team.


Yea, only a few places have teams were it's colder. It's crazy the average pro hockey player will lose up to 8 lbs in one game


That is a wild fact, they do wear a lot of heavy gear and skating is no joke!


Yea, I wonder how much weight the 1924 Canadian team lost since they scored 132 goals


Holy cow, that is a crazy amount of goals for a hockey tournament.


Yea it is, Canadians are serious about their hockey, and lacrosse too


Yeah they sure are, aren't they the only country to have two national sports?


I have no clue, it's possible. I didn't know there were multiple types of hockey like bandy and field hockey


Yeah I think there are some different versions that sound really interesting, wonder what they look like.


I don't know, I do know they play hockey in the US, Finland, Lativa, Czech Republic, and Slovakia too


Very interesting, I'm sure there are Youtube videos of those other countries playing.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


No, but I know a decent amount about it.


Ah, did you know that Bruce Lee won the Hong Kong Cha-cha championships?


It was back in 1958, I did not know he could dance!


Well, Tupac also danced ballet back in high school too.


Really? I did not think someone like Tupac would dance at all, and to think that he did ballet!


He portrayed the mouse king in the production of  the nutcracker.


His music is also in the library of congress of "cultural significance" I wonder who decided that!


Lots of rappers have weird pasts. Eminem's true dream was to be a comic book artist.


And Busta rhymes voiced the reptar wagon from the rugrats movie.


Have you heard of the original "rapper" DJ Hollywood?


I think so, he is credited for originating rap.


Ah, Korean rappers also invented a new type of freestyle.


I hear it's called a compliment battle, I wonder what they do?


Well I am assuming that they would be rapping in Korean. Maybe similar to K-Pop?


Well, since it's called a compliment battle, they probably find interesting ways to praise each other.


Ah, that makes more sense. Anyways, thanks for your time!


Have you ever heard of the rapper 2Milly?


is that the guy that is suing the maerks of 'fortnite'


Yeah, do you think he has the right to sue?


i am not sure what to make of it really. he is not the only one though to sue


Well, seems like everyone sues these days for whatever they can think of!


right? not too fair. do you enjoy rap music?


no I actually do not. did you know eminem wanted to be a comic book artist originally?


OH wow!  No i didn't!  Not sure if tupacs music really deserves to be in the library of congress!


i think so, he revolutionized the music type in a sense


Then i wonder if two live crew and the beasty boys are in there?


i am not sure about that. do you know busta rhymes?


he voiced the reptar in the rugrats movie


OH... never really watched rugrats!  I have to check out this "Compliment battle" rap that korea has started


oh man i wonder what that sounds like. a judge once delivered the ruling by rapping it


yeah in michigan. that must have been really cool


Yeah i would say so!!!  Great chat, have a good one!


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Same with tupac, he was an actual ballet dancer


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


Yeah for sure. Babies also dance spontaneously to music


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


I am terrible at dancing. I should not be seen dancing. Do you like to dance?


I do like to dance, I'm not as skilled as Bruce Lee was but I try hard


Bruce Lee, dance master! Many people don't know that, but I'm not surprised. Who would have guessed?


he did won a cha-cha champion, not only a great fighter but he could dance, and not me


I guess he had a great sense of rhythm. I do not. I could not rap either. Then again, I am not really into rap.


I like Tupac, he is a great rapper, other than that not a big fan


He was a ballet dancer in high school, I know that much. He really was talented. Too bad his life was cut short.


Too bad, he sure contributed a lot to culture, his music is in the library of congress, really sad


I think he spoke of the lives of a people that are generally ignored. He probably lent a voice to them.


Do you also like the rapper Eminem? or have you heard his music?


I don't know his stuff. I hear that he is quite popular. He is an anomaly in the rap world.


Did you know he wanted to be a comic book artists! good thing he chose rap


I think that he could start a comic book company now. He probably has the money. I wonder what characters he would create.


I bet he does, he earned a lot of money out of his music deals, so do you like to play video games?


I used to play video games. Now I don't have time. What about you?


I don't have the time either but yeah, used to play them as well, I  have an Xbox One so yeah


My favorite is Assassins Creed, do you have a favorite one?


Not now. I did play Doom for a bit. That was fun. Anyway, great chat!


That was also a good game, I enjoyed it.


hey did you know that Kanye West thinks that AIDS is a disease that was man made?


No.  I did not.  He is an unusual man.  His "Gold Digger" is in a minor key.  Also unusual.


hmm I didn't know that, I play piano so I guess I should have paid better attention haha, I guess he also gave his mic to a fan who was in a wheelchair at one of his concerts


Pretty neat!  He marches to his own drumbeat.  He has led changes in hip-hop and pop music with his leadership.


ya he does, I love that did mocked himself on SNL for interrupting an award show, which ended up being 2 years before he did that with taylor swift in real life haha


That is a surprise to me.  Do you know how old he is?


Is he like 41 or so?I know he is older than me, I do like the music videos that he does they're always unique and intriguing


That sounds close to correct.  You know, a concert is live music in front of an audience.  Have you been to any in the last couple of years?


I have been, I like music festivals more that concerts personally, I was in Lollapalooza for the past couple years and it was awesome, what about you?


Wow.  That is a good place to be.  I heard Garth Brooks in one of the larger concert venues, a stadium.


huh ya I have never seen him, I did hear that a creed concert was so bad one time that they were sued because of it haha


That must have been awful.  It generally costs money to file a lawsuit.  I have heard of concerts being performed in ancient Roman amphitheaters.


yes I think Pink Floyd did that once, I actually like Pink Floyd a lot, I wonder if they recorded that concert I bet it was awesome


I agree that Pink Floyd is excellent.  The concert was in 1972, so the recording quality might not be too good.


Ya that is true, I wish that kind of music were still popular, modern music isn't as good in my opinion, it's all done on computers and people don't play real instruments as much, there is no modern equivalent to Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin


I hear you.  I also like Queen and the Eagles.  Those concerts must be exhausting. Linkin Park played 324 in one year.


Yup I like those bands too, that is crazy, also crazy that the Ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts over a period of 20 years, that is so many concerts


Travel is tiring enough.  Travel then put on a show and you are really spending energy.  I don't think that many of today's venues will last as long as the ancient Roman amphitheater that is still being used today.


yes traveling is exhausting, I just got back from Omaha which I travelled to for work, with the airplanes and time difference and everything, you just want to curl into a ball and sleep haha


Yes.  The ozone at 35000 feet also drains you.  Did you know there is a Korean RAP where 2 people throw compliments at each other.  Strange battle.


haha that is a funny idea, a "compliment battle", I like that more than the a dissing battle that you usually see, also a Michigan judge rapped her ruling against eminem, I think that judge has too much time on her hands


A judge seeking publicity.  An interesting compliment would be Trump and Pelosi since they dislike each other so much. I wonder if they would have anything to say!


haha man even if it were silent I would still love to see that compliment battle, you've got an idea for ratings gold right there!


Hi. Have you ever heard of Broccoli City Festival?


Apparently it's a music festival and they loved having Cardi B perform but not Kanye.


Wow,  I dont know about you but Ive never cared for him.


Me as well. But a good rapper some would say. Rap is definitely an interesting genre though combining both content and flow.


It is, the worlds fastest rapper raps 14.1 syllables per second.  I dont even get how I could understand something that fast.


Whoa that is fast. The earliest precursor to rap is in West Africa.


It was to pass down traditions with the "praise singers"


Interesting. Tupac Shakur's music was even considered culturally significant.


Yeah, I heard it is in the Library of Congress.  Do you know how Donald Glover got his rapper name?


No but I would like to know! Eminem once wanted to be a comic book artist.


It was through wu-tang clans name generator....  out came Childish Gambino and the rest is history.


Haha awesome. Korean rappers created a new form of freestyle called compliment battle.


That is awesome.  I guess american rappers can call their insult battle.


Yeah I would say so. Concerts can be fun! Except Creed had a concert in 2002 that sounded pretty bad.


I heard people sued the band because it was that bad.


Yeah glad I wasn't there. Linkin Park on the other hand sound like they put on a good concert.


Their album Hybrid Theory is one of the best selling ever.


So good! The Ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts over 20 years!


Yeah. I would want to see them play at the ancient amphitheater in Croatia!


Hello, How are you? Are you interested in the planets?


You know, I used to be when I was younger and still naive enough to think that maybe someday we'd be able to live on another one haha. I think we have an awful lot going on here on Earth.


Yes, I agree we do! Astronomers detected building blocks of life in a system 455 light years away!


Seems pretty useless from a practical standpoint, but the information about other planets is interesting nonetheless. There's a planet where shards of glass rain sideways at 4500 MPH in 2000 degree weather...you can't make this stuff up!


They have gathered so much information we don't even know about! The different planet Uranus rotates sideways  and rolls instead of spinning like the other planets!


It's crazy, right? Venus actually rotates clockwise and it the only planet to do so. It's also not on a tilt in the way Earth is, so it has no seasons.


Yes, so interesting, very hot planet!  5.5 hours a day when the earth first formed.  Wouldn't get as much done.


Well, luckily it's done forming and now it the densest planet in the solar system. It's odd to think that at the center of it is a solid core of iron when all we see is land and ice!


Yes it is. The earth and the moon causes ocean tides. I love to walk the beach at night looking at the moon. Its so relaxing. In the Virgin Islands the stars are unbelievable!


Is that so? I bet there's not much light pollution the way there is in more developed areas; heck, over 80% of Earth's natural forests have already been destroyed.


That's upsetting! I love nature and old trees that been around for 100 years  Wow, the earth will be helium free by the end of the 21st century!


It's amazing how much damage humans have done in such a short amount of time. If Earth's entire history was 24 hours, human existence would only be 1 minute and 17 seconds long!


I was thinking about that! Our time here is so short. The United Nations has appointed an ambassador to extraterrestrials in case they make contact. I wonder if they will tell us?


We're so small in the context of the universe that it seems impossible; did you know that the sun is only a billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy?


Oh my that's unbelievable!! A lightening bolt is about 5x hotter than the surface of the sun!


That's incredible, especially when you consider that the sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the energy needs of earth for half a million years.


I know for a half a million years!! The sun is white but because of atmospheric scattering it looks yellow.


No matter what color is, it's absolutely huge compared to the rest of the solar system--it accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass.


That's true Jupiter has a moon called ganymede. Good chat!!


Yes, if it orbited the sun instead, its size would make it a planet.


Planets are just amazing, they are astronomical bodies widely available over the universe.


They are, there might even some outside of Pluto!


I bet they are, millions of planets across the universe I wonder if theres intelligent life in one of thsoe.


Same here.  Ive been listening to a podcast about that.  I think it is neat to ponder the existence of other life.


That sounds like an interesting podcast, funny how some moons would be considered planets if they orbited around a sun


Yeah.  I think it is neat how all planets rotate differently.  Like Venus.


Venus is beautiful but its a really hostile planet, there is a planet that has glass precipitation in it


And 2000 degree F weather!  That is just nasty.


It is nasty I agree, such a hostile planet, so astronomers found blocks of like in a system 455 light years away.


That is really neat.  Do you think maybe they are searching for us too?


I think they might, I guess there is a more advanced civilization somewhere around the universe so thats possible.


I always wondered if they passed Earth by, deeming that we were not intelligent life because they are so much more advanced.


Yeah, they must be, who knows whats out there in the universe maybe we are the only intelligent species in the whole cosmos.


It is a possibility, and a scary one at that considering the rate we are destroying out planet.  80% of the natural forests are gone.


That is sad, humans have really damaged the planet and we've only exist for 1 minute and 17 seconds  of the history of earth


We have made so much development, but it has cost us so much.  The Earth will be helium free bt the end of the 21st Century.


Sounds like we need to protect or helium reserves, no more balloons or funny voices.


I can get behind that.  Those arent necessary things, however I think helium naturally is kind of.


Another amazing cosmic body is the sun, the mighty sun is the center of our system.


The sun is 25% helium.  And it is currently in its main sequence as a star.


The sun is great it keeps us alive and I hope we learn to use its full potential some day, anyway I really liked chatting with you


I enjoyed chatting with you as well!  Have a great night!


Hey. yeah absolutely. Five planets are actually visible to the naked eye!


Really, I love to look at the sky, Have you been to the Virgin Islands and seen the stars at night there? Its unreal how close they are to you. Really beautiful!! I love the big one Jupiter!


Awesome no I haven't. The planet Venus is interesting because it has no seasons!


Isn't that because it doesn't tilt and rotates clock-wise?


Exactly right! There is also a dangerous sounding planet that precipates shards of glass at 4500 mph!!


Oh, Wow, that's scary. I bet the sound of that is really interesting. I would enjoy hearing!


Yeah me too. Another unique one is Uranus because it rolls around the sun.


Yes, I heard that, unlike the other planets that spin. Uranus is out there like Pluto!


Very much so! Earth is my favorite though! Maybe because I love water and earth's surface is 71% water!


Yes, most of that is oceans! I love water too! I love to go to the ocean and swim, boating too!


Yeah so much fun. One thing I hate is deforestation as it has already ruined 80% of our forest's.


Isn't that upsetting! They are saying by the 21st century the earth will be helium free? Do you know why?


Yes very. Not sure. Hope it's not our doing. Although the majority of the Earth's polar regions are covered by ice, that seems to be changing.


I know, I love the sun! Did you know the mass is 330,000 times that of the Earth?


Holy cow. I like having a day be 24 hours but when the earth was created a day was 5.5 hours!


lol, I know I couldn't get everything done with that time frame? How about you?


Yeah not even close. I need sunlight from the sun which accounts for 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System!


I know the sun is vast, But our galaxy is beyond my imagination if the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered out there!!


Yeah very true. Hard to fathom. The sun produces so much energy in one second to meet the needs of our planet for 500,00 years!


Wow!! The solar system is so interesting!! Good Chat!


Neptube completed its orbit around the sun on 2011 since 1846! You too! Have a good one!


Hey were you aware that Venus starts December shinning with -4.9 magnitude.  That you can see it in the southeast before sunrise?


Wow, I was not.  Does that coincide with the Winter Solstice?


No the Winter Solstice when we have the shortest day Jupiter and Mercury appear less than a degree apart.


Okay, very interesting.  I am looking forward to winter solstice.  I will gladly welcome more sunlight.


Yes for the Winter Solstice, Dec. 21, Washington will have nine hours and 26 minutes of light and then on Jan 1 we will have nine hours and 30 minutes of light.


That will be great.  I know a lot of colleges observatories and put on presentations.  Have you ever checked on out?


I looked into the University of Maryland's Observatory, College Park.  I haven't had the chance to attend yet but there are so many opportunities to visit the observatory and attend lectures.  For example there is a talk by Ludmilla Kolokolova a researcher astronomer on December 20th at 8pm on "Cosmic Dust Near and Far".  This sounds so interesting even my kids will have fun listening to this.


I bet they will.  I love how observational tools have improved since the first telescope.


Its so fascinating how the planets are just stellar remnants large enough to be rounded by their own gravity.  I do like that the observational tools are better as well especially since only 5 planets are visible by the naked eye.


Funny how the naked eye shows us things differently then they really  are.  Hard to believe the sun is actually white.


Yes and also that is  hot plasma, who would've guessed that is what it is made out of.  Its crazy the sun can create enough energy in 1 second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.


All that power from a star that is 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy.


And speaking of large things Jupiter's moon would be a whole planet its self it orbited the sun I had no idea about that did you?


I did not know that.  I recently found out that Uranus rotates sideways instead of spinning like the other planets.


That's interesting and I also learned that since Venus doesn't tilt it has no seasons.  Its the only planet that rotates clock-wise.


Very interesting stuff.  We rally do nee to protect the earth,  hard to believe that more than 80 percent of the natural forest have been destroyed.


That is true because we are set to be helium-free by the end of the 21st century.


The damage 7.6 billion humans can do is sad.


Yes but am i ever glad that the days have gotten longer.  When Earth was first formed the days were only 5.5 hours long.


nor can i imagine the job of these ambassadors that have been appointed just in case extraterrestrials ever make contact with earth.


The fact that they waited until 2010 to appoint someone is crazy too i would have thought that would have happened back in the 80s.


Did you know more than 80% of earth's natural forests have already been destroyed.


Did you know that Earth will be virtually helium free by the end of the 21st Century.


Oh wow, that is crazy to think about. Did you know that the Earth is almost 4x as dense as the sun?


No, I didn't know that. I cannot believe that is true.


I can't either, it's kind of surreal. They say that the Hudson Bay region of Canada has been found to have less gravity than the rest of the Earth. That's kind of crazy to me.


Did you know Jupiter has a moon that could be considered a planet if it orbited a sun?


I didn't know that, that's pretty wild. They say that Jupiter saves Earth from many of the asteroids heading towards it.


Yeah, I believe that, probably by its gravity.


Probably so, I've also heard that you could fit all the planets in between earth and the moon and still have room left over to spare.


Interesting. Did you know the sun is actually white?


I did not know that. That's kind of cool. I guess the refraction of it makes it appear yellow?


yeah. Well the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy.


That's interesting, did you know that the sunset on mars is blue?


I believe so. I think that would be a beautiful sight to see though.


Yeah, it would be interesting. Did you know Neptune just finished its first orbit around the sun since its discovery.


Oh wow, that's crazy! They say that the sun makes up 99.86% of the mass of our solar system.


I can believe it. The sun is huge, but a lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun.


That's got to be really hot. At least it's only in an instant.


Yeah, real hot. Crazy. Almost sort or scary! Well nice chatting with you.


I absolutely love the stars and everything in the sky! In December did you see the shooting stars and meteor showers?


No I missed them. I have to go outside to see that and I am usually in bed early before they show up. I am interested in them though.


It was amazing. First time I witnessed a meteor shower. I love the moon too and Venus was actually visible too.


Venus is in the sky now. I am in the Northeast US. and the 21st is the Winter Solstice. It's all uphill after that.


Very cool! I love the planets and it is rare to see. I am in the desert on the west coast so I see a lot.


Wow-the desert is the best place to see stars. No interference. I am in the suburbs but there is an airport nearby. I would like to be where you are.


It is amazing out here. The winter solstice was awesome with so few daylight hours. I would like to visit an Observatory one day.


I would like to go to Northern Canada or Norway and really see the Northern Lights. My Gram was from Sweden-land of the Midnight Sun.


Oh wow! That's really interesting. I too would love to se the northern lights....did you know Venus does not tilt...so it rotates clock wise?


There are no seasons. But it is too hot to have life anyway so how would you know? And there is no water, like earth.


Very true. I also am intrigued by the sun. It is 109 times larger than earth. Very interesting! And it is actually white!


And only one billionth of the size of the largest star in our galaxy. I can't even imagine that! It must be really hot near that star!


Exactly! It is mind boggling to think of how large it is and other planets. Earth is amazing When earth was first formed the day was only 5.5 hours long!


That would be good if you had to go to work-lol. I worry about our forest, since 80% have been destroyed. They produce the O2 that we breathe. We need to stop cutting them down.


Yes, it's very sad but I fear we will never stop cutting down the forests. I love how the earth and moon interact and how its gravitational pull causes the ocean tides ...amazing!


I wonder what the tides would be like if we had more than one moon.


Oh wow, probably a lot more activity and huge waves! Earth is just amazing at 71% water covered is odd to think about.


That's why we have life. I wonder what it means that the planet will be helium-free soon?


I don't know what that means either but I think I may research that. I hope it's not a bad thing for us. Amazing how the earths core is solid iron yet we have life on the surface. It's all very interesting!


Hi, do you like to travel, if yes where would you like to go?


I like to go to the beach, via car, how about you?


I hear it is nice. Travel can be done by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip.


I would like to travel by car so that I can see the Hoover river dam.


That would be fun. I enjoy seeing animals when I travel. There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth.


I didn't realize it was that many animals, because animals hunt animals also human need animals for food.


Yes. There are over 1.5 million species!


Yes, to think about it there are millions of animals that I haven't seen or heard about.


Yes, I took a course in school at the age of 12 or 13. It was so long I almost forgot.


I don't have much more time but would love to finish our chat. Did you know there are 1 million insect species? Yuck!


No, I didn't know, I wonder how animals breathe underwater.


Fascinating! Human Hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs.


Yes, that what I heard about fishes, they breathe through their gills.


Animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated. I'm not sure why.


I am not sure either, but that is fascinating.


Germany gives animals constitutional rights.


Are you referring to drivers have to yield to right of way when animals are crossing?


I'm not sure which specific rights they give to animals. Thanks for chatting. Have a great day!


Hi there, are you a frequent traveler? Any place you like to go?


I do travel a lot. I travel for work mostly though. I use a lot of planes and we also Drive sometimes. What about you?


Not a whole a lot. Mostly via car. I see that traveling across Japan can cost at much as $300!


That's insane! Have you ever used Airbnb? I guess there's another site like that but instead of renting a house you can just rent a couch lol


Definitely heard of it. I have tried to use it and will be attending a bachelor party soon using an AirBnb. Have you use one?


Yeah I use them all the time. I think it's way better than staying at a hotel. Have you ever stolen a garden gnome?


That's oddly specific, and no. Not while sober. You?


Haha no I haven't. I just know that sometimes people will steal them take pictures of them on the trip and then return the garden gnome along with the pictures to the owner. That's a really weird thing to do I was just curious if you knew about it haha


That's actually really funny. There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on earth. I wonder how many are ants?


I wonder that too! What is your favorite animal by the way? I guess in terms of species that are about 7 million different animals right now


I like wolves but I like dogs better haha. I guess apparently dogs have a dominant paw like how we have a dominant hand haha


Interesting! I also see that Scotland treats the Loch Ness monster as a protected species!


That's cool I hope he's real LOL. what's weird in Switzerland there's a lawyer who will represent in animal in court. I wonder how that works


Probably for property right.. I hope. I also see that some animals develop white patches on their foreheads when domesticated


That's really weird! Also weird is that animals can have different dialects depending on their geography. you'd think they all sound the same


Interesting! people can develop accents pretty quickly too


That must be what it is animal accents haha. Did you hear about the special Bridges the Netherlands is constructing?


Yes they made bridges that connect Wildlife. This helps to keep the animals from being hit by cars which is really nice


Good! I've hit a couple deer here in the midwest!


I guess there is more light, Venus starts first!


Thats awesome. Do you watch the stars and planets a lot?


Yes, The first quarter moon appears underneath earth on the 14th of December.


Are you planning on going to the planetarium to watch it?


Yes I will be going a few nights before Christmas to see the meteor shower!


I heard it is very cheap only 3 dollars to get in!


Wow very cheap, The winter solstice is December 21st at 5:23 pm.


Washington will have 9 hours and 26 minutes of light that day!


I saw up north they barely get any sunlight those days!


Yes, The montgomery planetarium has a solstice program at 5pm as well!


Thats very interesting. Do you do anything special for solstic?


No I just try to enjoy the long day, Did you know Venus is the only planet without season because it rotates clockwise?


I bet you also did not know the sun is actually white!?


no again I had no clue!! I am in shock right now


Did you know socks are one of the most needed items at homeless shelters?


Hi, i did not know!! But that makes sense!


Also, the oldest know surviving pair of sock were for sandals.  I bet they were dirty...


Wow that is true!! Did you know in the 16th century they used peppers to keep the toes warm?


Wow, does that work? I'm grateful for cotton.  In ancient times, socks were made out of hair or leather.


Really! that must have been awful!! Did yo know where the expresion : put a sock in it "comes from?


Yeah, it was a form of volume control.  Funny.  Do you read a lot?


Yes I love reading! In the 18th century it caused moral panic!!


Yes, novels did.  If they could see us now with what's on internet!  I can't believe someone can read 4700 words a minute.


Yes!! her name  is Anne Jones and she won a world record!!


She's a reading machine!  I can't believe that Starship Troopers in the 1st SiFi novel on the reading lists in the military.  Do they run into a lot of giant bugs?


That is an interest taste they have!! i would like to see the "you laugh, you lose" competitions from CS lewis and tolkien


That would be great.  I didn't realize that Amazon owns IMDB.  Why not, it's a matter of time before Bezos owns my dog.


Wow yes I think he wants to own the moon! Did you know there is a record of the first amazon.com purchase!


Yeah and the guy got a building named after him.  I would settle for 1% of Bezos' net worth.


Yes, the first customer spent $27.95 i wonder where the building is located? I wonder how much the 1% net worth is!!


I bet it's a lot.  Bezos's employees walk between 7-15 miles a day in the warehouse.


hahaha That is probably why Amazon has grown so much! because it started on July 1994. It is not that old!


Yeah, that was quick.  It seems like Washington D.C. has some unpredictable weather.  Maybe it will was away someday.  (sound of fingers crossing)


Wow It is hard to schedule and event that is outdoors with that uncetanity!


Yes, like parades and the endless speeches... Thanks for the chat!


well I enjoyed the chat too!! Have a good night


hey how are you? I didn't know Jeff Bezos built a clock in a mountain


I'm not sure what that means, in a cave, placed in the side of, is it run some how by the rocks?


ya I don't know it's really weird, I know he has a lot of money so it could be almost anything, I also think its great that amazon has a contract with usps to deliver on sundays that saved me for this xmas


Is 10,000 a guess, I wonder who'll be around to check the accuracy?


Ya I think we'll have some major problems to stop that before we hit 10000 years, have you seen the movie Starship troopers? THis article mentions the book but I have seen the movie


I've seen it a couple of times, I did not realize it was from a book.  The movie was entertaining, to a point, I guess the book must be more impressive, especially if your in the military.


Ya I think so, this says Ender's game was suggested by a lot of militar organizations, I saw the movie and I didn't like it, what about you?


I know of the book but never read it, I never seem to have time to read what I want.  If I could read at 4,700 words per minute I'm probably get through more.


haha I agree, I think its funny now that in the 18th century there was a panic about reading novels but these days people hardly read


There is always a moral panic about something at some point, books, comics, movies, social media.  Reading is a strange one to worry about as it aides language acquisition, communication and the sharing of ideas.


ya, the Japanese could have used books to explain that chili peppers are meant to be eaten and not put in socks in the 16th century haha


I never knew where the "put a sock in it" phrase came from, seems obvious when you it's explained to you.


ha ya that is funny, that'll be good to bust out at my xmas eve dinner party, also funny how socks were worn with sandals and that is frowned upon today


My son makes that mistake, but he won't listen.  I suppose you can buy socks from Amazon?


ha ya you could do that, speaking of movies I didn't know amazon owned imdb, I check that site for all my movie needs


I think I was aware of that, the way they are going they own everything.  I know Bezos owns the Washington Post


ya I did know that, it also mentions the first amazon customer got a building named after him, I wonder what building it is.


Would hope it was something interesting, not the Joe Smith building.  Not bad to have a building named for you for just $27.95


I think its kind of good amazon works walk up to 15 miles per day because for me that would be helpful to burn off all the holiday calories coming up haha


I'd imagine they get through a fair few socks, we should donate socks to Amazon workers and the homeless


The sun is an amazing star, it keeps us alive and yet its so deadly


Yea it's scary how the sun is 99.86% of the solar system's total mass


Yeah, in fact the sun produces enough energy in a second to meet the needs of everyone for 500,000 years, we should really learn how to use that power.


That would help a lot, I wonder if the energy output is different near the sun's equator since it rotates faster than the poles


It would specially with climate change and all the issues we have because of unclean energy.


I wonder if that has an effect on helium, it's pretty cool helium was discovered on the sun before it was on earth


That is cool also its cool how a thunder bolt is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun, the heat must be unbearable on those.


Yea but I've read the surface of the sun isn't the hottest part of the sun, maybe it has something to do with all its mass


Yeah could be, interesting question but that makes sense, to think there are bigger stars in the universe than the sun.


THat's crazy. Did you know on Mars sunsets are blue?


I didn't those sunsets must be beautiful can you imagine witnessing that? amazing view.


They sure do so on another subject do you enjoy live music? concerts?


Yea I enjoy listening to concerts in parks and arenas, you?


I do too, I hear there is ancient Roman amphitheater in Croatia that is used as a concert venue, must be awesome to attend a concert there.


That sounds nice, much better than the High Frequency concert for dogs Lou Reed did


That doesnt sound nice, do you like the band Creed?


Not at all, I'd take the high frequency concert over Creed


Yeah I heard they had a terrible concert back in 2002, I do like their music but the band ended up losing a lot of fans.


Do you like Dave Matthews? A fan once helped Dave Matthews on her way to his concert


I do like him yeah and what are the odds lol that was a lucky fan thanks for all the cool facts by the way, I feel like I have learned a lot today.


I do. It's interesting that President Johnson's wife taught him to read, as he never went to school.


Wow, I never heard before!! that is very nice. Do you know who Anne Jones is?


She has the world record for speed reading! 4700 words per minute!


That is amazing. Is she a silent reader? That is a "new" thing that started in the middle ages.


Evidently, only the most skilled readers could read silently. That must have been the philosophers and scholars.


ok, interesting! Did you know reading cause "moral panic" in the 18th century?


That sounds weird. Almost like the school that replaced desks with reading bicycles. I guess their test scores vastly improved.


Wow, that is a great invention... great for the mind and body!


I would like one of those, lol. Interestingly enough, Darrell Green would stuff tootsie rolls in his socks before games, claiming they aided his speed.


hahah that is pretty funny, did you know there were socks designed to wear with sandals? I think that looks awful.


That look really needs to go away. I find it intereseting that the Japanese used to put chili peppers in socks to keep toes warm. I'm tempted to try it.


I would! I heard that the fun water balloons were designed by an inventor trying to create a special sock


I think that's something we can all get behind, lol. The inventor of braille, perfected it when he was 15.


Cool , he was a genius. did you know socks were even used to improve audio


I don't think there was something that socks could ever not do. There is a red deer in New Zealand that has fiber that is softer than cashmere, and at three times the price.


They did put a sock on phonographs to muffle the sound


I didn't know that Amazon created a font specially for kindles. It's called "bookerly".


Cool! so much to talk about.. have to let you go, nice chat


I'm not a huge fan, but I played when I was younger, what about you?


I dont keep up with the sport at all,  but I have watched a few games.  Soccer makes more money than most of our popular us sports put together!  crazy


I'm not surprised it is very popular around the world. Are you surprised?


Yes,  I am surprised,  I had no idea it made that much money.  I know its popular.


Interesting, if you go to europe everyone loves it.


I dont really know much about tennis,  are you a fan?


I play with some friends every now and then, what about you?


I think the last time I played tennis was in high school lol


I play with friends but we really just hit the ball back and forth.


Yeah, apparently the longest point in tennis was 29 minutes.


Thats really long.  I hear the longest match was over a span of 3 days!