I think Kyrie gets a lot of undeserved heat, when it comes to the Cavs. He asked to be traded, and that should be the end of it, Cleveland really needs to let it go.


Cleveland fans have a history of holding a grudge. They feel abandoned.


Actually, that's not true. We think of the players as one of us (I live here), and we get frustrated with how the front office does things.


So the fans feel ignored by those in charge. However these decisions are a crap shoot. Sometimes they do workout though.


In Kyrie's case, he didn't want to play with LeBron. I wonder if he would have offered him a role in Space Jams, would he have stayed.


I agree because ego can ruin your reputation and hurt you in the long run.


It does. Michael Jordan seems to have done okay though. Especially in the early days, when he wore his Jordan's, and Nike paid his fines for each game.


What about LeBron? He goes from hated to loved so much you can get whiplash.


LeBron is so whiny on the court. However, as a philanthropist, he is amazing. He gives back so much to Akron, and knows how blessed he is.


That's true. I still find his behavior sometimes to be that of a diva.


I know his mother has also been a diva, in my opinion! She used to wear shirts to his HS games that said how great he was, and how the other teams sucked. I still can't believe his tickets cost $100 sometimes.


Ok can you explain the Curry situation since his injury.


I have no idea, I don't really keep up with him. I only know he was born in Akron (like LeBron), and wish he would come play for the Cavs.


I think his injury might lessen the chance of that but I'm sure his wife can support him. lol


I only know about her cooking show and that one tweet about games being rigged


I've never seen it, but I do remember people leaving awful reviews for her new restaurant in TX, during the playoffs last year.


Sometimes the wives of get treated unfairly. What about Nike's bad pitch to Curry?


That was awful. Under Armour is better for it though.


So is it all worth it? you play ball for years and maybe someone will remember you.


I don't know. It seems like any other job, to me.


There are jobs that don't give you a fame addiction.


Not my place to judge how they live their lives. It's been great chatting with you, have a wonderful evening. Merry Christmas


Hello! I enjoy listening to it but I don't know much about it. Are you?


As I get older I've come to discover it.  Never would have caught me into it when I was a teen or in my 20s.  lol  Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast, pianist, and he scored several films!


I had no idea about Clint Eastwood! I thought it was interesting that Pakistan has a top jazz orchestra right now. I never would have associated jazz music with Pakistan.


Me neither.  I think of flutes and drums for some reason.  lol


Do you know much about Drake? I am not a huge fan. I know he's popular but I did not expect his singles to have received so many awards.


I know a little about him.  I think he's from the Toronto, Canada area.  Could you shed some light on him for me?


He is from Canada. He's a rapper/singer in his 30s who is pretty popular right now.


I know the name and face. I think he must have quit school and went back because he didn't graduate high school until 2012 when he was 25 years old.  No way someone could have stayed in high school that whole time.  If it was possible and could go back in time.  Sign me up!!!! lol


Really! Well, good for him for going back. Especially with that much fame and money.


Yes.  There is a Drake University and from what I heard, the students there wanted him to come there.  After the students gave up trying, Drake showed up there in the middle of the night during a tour stop.  That's a pretty nice story.


That's nice. I appreciate when famous people go out of their way to be kind. Do you like professional sports? I don't pay much attention but my husband enjoys the NBA.


I do.  I'm a huge sports fan.  Speaking of kind players Tim Duncan was always a nice NBA player.  He had good character.  He sacrificied money and stayed in college for 4 years instead of going directly to the NBA.  If my memory is right, I believe he did that to honor the wishes of his grandmother who he always promised he would go to college and graduate.


That's amazing. NBA players make an insane amount of money. I think Allen Iverson signed a contract that would pay him $800,000 a year until he retired and received $32,000,000!


I couldn't even imagine what that would be like.  To be set like that would be such a feeling of relief.


I know! Do you play basketball yourself? I can only shoot granny style.. but according to physicists, that's actually the most consistent shooting technique!


I do.  ....and next time I'm playing I'm going to do it and throw that fact out there to my friends.  LOL  Do you remember the Air Jordan shoes?


I do! I remember them being really popular. They are made by Nike, right?


Yes.  The NBA banned them, but Michael Jordan wore them anyways because Nike was willing to pay the fine each game.  They are still a insanely popular shoe with people.


That's funny. I guess rules are bendable when you have that much talent lol.


Yes I agree.  lol  It was nice chatting with you!


What do you think about Kyle kuzma? I think he's a little crazy haha, it's funny that he has a song about him too.


Hi! Haven't heard of him, What does he do?


Yeah they just have feuds between rappers and different basketball players apparently, apparently there's a song about him too, I don't know I don't listen to much hip-hop personally haha what about you?


Oh, I see, I listen to all music. I listen to some Hip Hop, I like Drake... I didnt know his real name was Aubrey?!


No I didn't know that either. Crazy to think he was born in 1986, and is also Canadian


I know! I wonder if he was bullied as a kid for his name, Kids can be mean sometimes, I as an adult wondered about his name I can imagine a child. Adversity really impacted his career, He is incredible.


Yes I agree with you. It's interesting that he only graduated high school at the age of 25. I'm sure that his high school was rough as you mentioned.


For sure! But that pain brought out so much and made him who he is today a rapper, singer, producer, song writer, actor, entrepreneur. I really need to tap into my abilities geez! Jazz is another genre that helps look within. Do you like Jazz?


Yes I listen to Jazz sometimes. I think I first heard it in one of Clint Eastwood's movies, apparently he has scored several of his films with jazz that he personally wrote


I like Clint Eastwood's movies! reminds me of my dad. You know who else was big on Jazz? Tupac Shakur! I would have never guess, he was a big rapper in my day.


I didn't know that he likes jazz. Thought he only liked rap. I'm a programmer though and there is a programming language you can write that will have a jazz like Harmony if it is functioning correctly, I should try that


Yea, he's full of surprises he studied ballet, acting, poetry and jazz.


Did he ever put on jazz concerts though? There's a woman in Harlem who does free jazz concerts at her apartment, she's been doing it for 20 years, that's impressive


I dont think so, and cool that you are a programmer, I didnt know you could do that with programming language! thats awesome! Im in Kansas City and have yet to visit all the Jazz places around here, maybe this summer. and I wonder how her neighbors feel especially the ones next door lol, although I personally would love it.


Haha that's a good question. I'll have to listen to some jazz music though, and check out this new Pakistani Jazz Orchestra, they're apparently topping all of the charts


oh, for sure! Me too, it's quite relaxing. Its hard to believe Jazz was barely introduced in the late 19th Century, I wonder how crazy people went when they first heard it. It makes my heart flutter.


Haha yeah jazz is great, I also didn't know that trumpeters would grow goatees because it made playing the trumpet more comfortable, maybe I'll have to grow one if I ever take up the trumpet


haha! True! I guess I never thought of that, Wonder if it was just slippery with all the slobber. I would Love to take on the Guitar... I love the sound of the strings


Guitar is a good instrument. I play piano personally and I like that a lot. Do you ever watch any sports though?


Nice, The piano is beautiful too and so romantic! I do occasionally watch sports. I watch some basketball although not too often, how about you?


Yeah I watch it from time to time. They only have one team in Canada, and I have friends in Canada, so that's the team I like haha. It's the Toronto Raptors


I love it. Did you know CLint Eastwood also loves it  a lot?


Yes true. Did you know a woman has concerts in her house everyway?


Yeah in Harlem, and famous people have stopped by


yeah. DO you know which country has the best jazz orchestra?


Yes that would be the unexpected Pakistan


Yeah. Do you know why the trumpeters grow goatees?


Yes it s more comfortable for them to play


me too. Did you know he graduated high school when he was 25?


True. Did you know the song Hotline Bling is sampled from another song?


Yes that is from the Why we can't live together song


Yeah. He also showed unexpectedly to Drake University where they though he would not


Yeah they had already given up after asking repeatedly for him to come


Yeah. During a tour he bought lots of books of Charlotte's Web and Winnie the Pooh


Yeah he is a great player but his sister was always better than him


Yeah she broke 8 national records in a single game


Do you know much about Kyle Kuzma and Lonzo Ball?


I know they play for the Lakers. Thats about it.


Not really my thing, I hear they like to give each other a hard time.


I think thats just young guys being young guys. I have certainly done some of that in my day.


I like the fact that Ball recorded a track to go after his friend.  That's showing commitment to the cause.


Yeah it is. I know they are just joking with each other but with it in the publicity like that. Its bound to draw negative attention. Especially if you mention a sensitive subject like someone not having their father around.


It's like you said, boys being boys.  It's just that in this day and age everyone can witness what you're doing online.  To get an artist like Drake involved is taking it about as far as it can go.


Yeah I'm not really sure who Drake is. I guess he is a rapper. Don't know what he sings though. Or raps, I should say.


I know the name and I know he's famous, but I could not tell you a single Drake song.


So are you an NBA fan. I used to watch it a lot more when I was a kid, but I still like to see the highlights from time to time. My favorite player was always Allen Iverson.


I know basketball about as well as Drake.  I know the main detail, teams and famous players, but I can't go beyond that.  I live near Cleveland, so I've very aware of LeBron, and that the Cavaliers suck now.


Yeah i thought it was pretty crappy of Lebron to do what he did to Cleveland. I mean he would have been one of the best ever no matter where he played. He could have done it for his home town team and been an even bigger legend in my opinion.


I remember the first time he left when people were burning his jerseys.  They forgave him when he returned and delivered a championship.  I Guess he feel he did his job.  Now he has to deal with Ball and Kuzma.


Yeah I just dont understand it. I dont even think they will win one in LA.


Probably just wants to be in California.  I can't blame him, I hate Ohio winters.


Yeah I am right across the state line from Oh. I live in WV. Winters do get pretty bad from time to time.


I dont really have one. I just like the game. I think NBA players are the best athletes in the world and they do some amazing things athletically.


I once did an event with a couple of Washington Wizards, they weren't that famous.  Those guys are massive, I'm six four but I had to look up to them and then they are twice as wide as me.


That sounds cool. Were they nice guys though.


Yeah, it was charity event.  they looked lie giants compared to the average person.


That's awesome. Well its been nice chatting with you this morning. I gotta be getting to work soon. Maybe ill talk to ya again sometime.


I watch it occasionally, but I am a huge fantasy fan. I would like to watch with the kids Mary and the Witch's Flower.


Nice. did you know people fantasy draft the national spelling bee?


I could see that, sounds like you won't get much money for that though. Rather be a paid actor at that point.


true. did you know there is also fantasy congress?


That itself sounds very boring I'd rather shoot myself than to do that.


I guess there are people who enjoy it. Did you know there is a single fold in the brain that makes the difference about fantasy and reality?


yes, i've looked this up after watching the matrix. It's very interesting.


So amazing. have you ever watched The House?


No. I'd rather read the 15,145 page fantasy manuscript written by a janitor from chicago.


Well it took him 6 years to write it. I don't even know how if I could dedicate such time to do it.


I do not know a michael cane. I know a michael caine, a michael scott.


yeah, caine . He apparently became an actor because all the pretty girls were in drama class.


Not sure who that guy is. I know the famous people like Spielberg.


He is an actor and used to be a drama teacher. Do you know Ellie Kemper?


Yes, I love Ellie Kemper. She is beautiful.


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


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


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


Do you know how much he earns per episode?


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


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


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


Do you know why Michael Caine became an actor?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hmmm, I wonder too. Nice talking to you!


Do you like the actor Hugh Laurie that played the lead doctor in the television show "House"?


He got on my nerves, he seemed narcissistic and I didn't get into the show because of him.


I completely agree with you. It's very hard to believe he was the highest paid actor ever for that show, 700,000 an episode.  That's frustrating to hear!


I thought maybe the actors from Big Bang Theory would be making more given its success.


That's so true, I thought last season was going to be the final one, so I was happy to see it still on tv. Jim Parsons is a friend of our families, we grew up together.


Oh wow, that is very cool. I love that show. I do prefer Dramas over all other genres.


My favorite is Criminal Minds, it's pretty graphic sometimes but I like solving crimes, or at least a good "Who dunnit"!


That is a good show. A good drama needs good music in my opinion


True! Did you know that there's a website online where you can listen for free to classic radio dramas? It must have been weird, having to listen to shows, way back in the day.


I did not. Do you know the web address. I stream my dramas on Netflix or YouTube.


I don't know the name of the website but you could do an online search for it. I love Netflix, youtube and Amazon prime.  I pretty much stream shows and movies, we pay almost 200 a month for DVR cable tv and the only using it is my elderly mom who lives with us!


Do you have a favorite drama show on Netflix or Amazon. I have both of those too.


I really like Netflix's original called "The House on Haunted Hill" and "Black Mirror" series that's also an original, those are both Thriller and Fantasy thriller but they are great!


I will have to try those. I watch Luther and Mindhunter; they are good crime dramas


I just noticed Mindhunter and I'm going to watch it for sure, Luther looks good to. Did you know the actress Meryl Streep has an almost look alike daughter that acts too?


A couple of years ago She played along with her mom in that movie called "Ricki", it's about a washed up Rock Star that makes a comeback.  It was really good.


I have been a huge fan of Meryl's for a long time. She has won a lot of awards for her acting


She has been nominated for the Academy award 18 times and won it 3 times. She's very talented.


Her first award was a Tony Award in '76 I believe.


Meryl looks so young still, it's hard to believe that her first award was in 1976!


He is rapper.  Out of the top 10 most successful songs of all time, his "Gold Digger" song is in a minor key.


what did he mean when he said, "I'm not black, im Kanye?"


I have no idea.  He's out there when it comes to things he says.  He believes that aids is a man-made disease. I don't believe that he uses his mind much.


A man made disease. why would we make a disease like that? it is not a very effective disease. the flu can really kill. AIDS is a lot easier to avoid.


I agree.  He's out there. lol  He says weird things but then he'll go and do something nice like the one time he gave his mic to a fan in a wheelchair at one of his concerts.


i guess he has a good side, but i dont really know how stable he is. he met with trump. they seemed to get along. does that say something about him?


He's very different.  Sometimes I think he says crazy things just to get publicity.  He once did an SNL skit mocking himself for interrupting award shows.  Were you a fan of Michael Jackson?


Kanye spoofed himself on SNL before he did that silly thing at the awards show. LOL I was not really a fan of MJ, but i did like some of his tunes.


He was out there too.  Jackson wanted to build a 50 foot robot of himself to roam the Nevada desert. lol


Yeah, that makes sense. i guess when you're rich, you're not weird, youre eccentric. thats the word. eccentric.


Yes!  He even wrote a song for the Simpsons called "Do the Bartman".  Jackson was a massive Simpsons fan.


They did a great episode about him writing a song with Bart for lisas birthday. classic.


Neat!  I didn't know that.  Are you a Van Halen fan?  Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo on Michael Jackson's hit "Beat it" and did it free of charge as a favor.


Yes, i like EVH. he played for free, even though his friends told him not to. i think that it was the right thing to do. it was a great tune!


Yes!  I agree!  Do you know much about the history of cars?


I do not know much about the history of cars. what kind of car do you like?


I have a soft spot for muscle cars from the 60's and 70's.  I was surprised to find out though today that the first patent for a car was issued in 1886 to Karl Benz.  I had no idea they were being developed that early.


oh like the 64 mustang and the 69 camaro? great cars.


I agree!  It's been fun chatting with you!


Did you hear that Kanye claimed that 400 years of slavery was a choice?


I did, sometimes  I can't believe the things he says, like claiming Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X are too far in the past.


I know!  But each person has a right to his or her point of view.


I agree, everyone has right to believe and think as they wish.  I, too, am white, and would have no problem using currency with Tubman, it definitely wouldn't drive me to bitcoin.


I am old enough to remember Martin Luther King Jr. and he is one of the heroes of the last century.  It is interesting to hear Kanye's odd point of view.  There is some logic there like him claiming that Michael Jackson wanting to be white was destructive.


I only remember King from what I have learned through my schooling, but he was a visionary who championed for some of the freedoms Kayne definitely enjoys today.  I think every person probably has their fair share of outlandish thoughts, but those in the public eye seem to have theirs exposed at high levels.


Good point.  As an aside, of the 10 most successful songs of all time, only Kanye's is in a minor key.


As a musician, I find that odd.  I wonder what metrics they use with that, and if the key of the song influences popularity or not.


My wife is a musician and she is looking it up now.  Kanye also thinks that AIDs is a man-made disease.


When some stars do controversial things it seems to diminish their populariaty, but for him it only makes it better.  When he mocked himself for interrupting awards shows and then did it two years later it didnt seem to damage him with his fan base.


True.  He treated it with good humor when he was mocked about it later.  I think he forgives himself because of his mental illness.  He has done a lot as a singer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer and more.


He really has had a successful career, he has even helped others along in the industry, like Big Sean.


I agree.  They say he has changed cultural movements with his hip hop and pop music.  I am not a student of that, but I will believe until I am taught otherwise.


I think no matter how outlandish his ideas are, nothing can take away the fact he has had popularity as an artist, and despite that I personally feel that he isnt  particularly talented, he has made a mark on the industry.


Very true.  Michael Jackson had much more talent and he made a lot of difference in music too.  One of his albums had 5 number one singles.


He was indeed talented, but had his eccentricities as well.  He was going to sing with Freddie Mercury but Mercury cancelled the duet because Jackson insisted on bringing his llama to the studio.


I don't blame Mercury.  I listened to the Freddie Mercury guitar riff in "Beat it" the other day.  He performed it as a favor and did not charge Michael.


I though Van Halen did that riff, but either way that is a great service to another musician.


I meant Van Halen.  I guess I was reading your last post.  Van Halen caught the studio speakers on fire with that riff.  Thanks for the catch.


No worries.  I guess Michael paid it forward when he wrote "Do the Bartman" for the Simpsons, as he was a huge fan.


There was a child's mind there even when he was an adult.  He named the dance "Moon Walk" and that may be the longest lasting impact on our language.


There really was.  The moonwalk has become so iconic, it is even done by kids today.  That and his famous tilt, which I heard he wore special shoes for that assisted with leaning over.


It is hard enough to do that special shoes for the tilt makes sense.  Did you know that a car was invented in 1886 in Germany?


No, I guess I always thought the the Model T was the first ever car.


It was the first that was mass produced.  Benz patented the one in Germany.  I guess I will go now.  Nice talking with you!


How's it going, have you listened to any of Kayne West" music? He is known to incorporate baroque--pop, electro, and indie rock


Never heard any of his songs but iv'e seen him in the news lately. Do you like his music?


Some of his songs like Gold Digger which was his only top 10 song in minor key


Ok. Yeah i can't get with his politics, apparently 400 years of slavery to him was a choice.


Yea he seems grossly misinformed, especially about Harriet Tubman


Right and watch out for the alternate universe, lol!


Yea, I don't agree with West when he says MLK is unrelatable


Yeah he said it about Malcolm X as well. Apparently he's not black either his name is his race.


Yea a lot of people aren't happy with West's comments like Snoop Dogg, Jordan Peele, and Samuel L Jackson


He was born june 8 1977 and his debut album was called college drop out.


Yea and West also has his own record label featuring Rapper Big Sean


I like cadillacs, I never knew they were named after Antonine de la Mothe Cadillac


And apparently this guy founded Detroit, strange. Do you know why the drive thru was invented?


yea US soldiers weren't allowed to leave their cars while wearing fatigues, seems like a weird rule


Yeah but i would have guessed that the invention happened way before the 70's maybe the 50's.


Yea It is kinda odd, I thought they had places like sonic where you drive up but maybe that's not considered a drive thru


Right i'm remember all the 50's movies with the guys that race the cars or even west side story. Seems odd.


Yea it does. Did you know in South Africa you can equip a flame-thrower onto your car to prevent carjackings?


Wow that seems like over kill but ok! lol! do you know where the term trunk came from for cars?


Yea, wooden trunks. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Yes I do,, Did you know they were nominated for 9 EMmys?


I did not know that, cool. Do you know how many times Day Lewis has won it?


I have no idea, how many? Did you know DIsney won a special oscar once?


No not really. He has won it three times for the same category,best actor


Nice. Yeah they won it for SNow WHite, a regular Oscar and a smaller Oscar


Yes he is so funny. Did you ever watch House MD?


He was a drama teachers and taught ELlie Kemper too. I have seen some episode of House


Nice. Well Laurie made $700 000 per episode in that show


Nice it was a great show and very popular so I can see that happening


I do he is funny. Patrick Stewart too is a drama teacher for the Master level in the UK


Nice. Carrey is not doing dramas anymore because they do not project positivity


Wow that is something. Have you ever seen the show Ikea Heights?


I have not and I have not even heard of it? Like Ikea the store?


Yes it is set up in California in an Ikea store and the stores do not even know about it


Wow cool. Do you ever listen to radio dramas?


Not really. Do you know why they are called soap operas?


I have no idea but there is a website with free radio dramas. Nice chatting with you.


Hi. Do you like fun facts and trivia about movies?


I do.  I know a lot about the Oscars - the big awards for artistic and technical merit in films


Did you know Daniel Day Lewis is the only actor to win best actor 3 times? Do you have a favorite actor?


I am a big fan of Leonardo DiCaprio - even though he does not have as many oscars as Enimen.


Wow. I am surprised Eminem has so many Oscars. It must be more for music than acting. He is nowhere close to Walt Disney, though.


Yes 22 Oscars is a crazy lot!  But his studios have made a lot of films over the years.


Yes, they usually win for animation. I wonder what it means that the Oscars were nominated for Emmys?


I have no idea - was the awards show that good?  I never watch awards shows - I much prefer watching dramas like House with Hugh Laurie.


I have not watched that show but it must be good. The actor earns 700,000 dollars an episode


It is amazing.   I think its funny that Michael Caine only became an actor because of all the cute girls in drama class.


That is a good reason. It is also kind of nice that Jim Carrey is no longer doing dramas because he only wants to portray positivity.


Yeah that is an odd one.  There can be positive dramas - just go to the website where you can listen to all the radio dramas for free - there are plenty there.


That is a great point. I like good stories. Like how Jon Hamm taught at his old school and ended up teaching Erin from the Office.


My favorite film recently was the 2018 Black Panther.  Have you seen it


I have. It was good. He is the richest super hero, $500 billion.


That is a lot of money - Tony Stark is only worth 100 billion!


I thought he was the richest and Batman makes even less only $80 billion/


I am not sure why they deserve that much money - the Black Panther script actually dates back to the 4th century


That is interesting. I felt like a lot of indigenious Nigerian information was in the movie


Yes there was.  It is interesting they changed the character's name briefly to Black Leopard to avoid confusion with the political group.


How interesting. Well I had a great time chatting and learning about movies with you.


Hello, I'm great. How are you? Do you have a Facebook account?


I'm well too! I do have one how about you?


I do as well. Did you know Myspace once turned down an offer to buy them out for $75 million?


I bet they kick themselves in the butt every day because Facebook is worth 104 billion dollars now!


I would be so angry at myself. The like button is illegal in one of the German states which is really odd.


Well it is Germany and they are always so serious lol. Did you ever partake in the Burger King promotion for facebook?


I did not, but I heard if you unfriend 10 people, they would give you a free Whopper.


That would totally be worth it. I would be eating so good lol!


Me too. Facebook is blue because Zuckerburg is colorblind and can't see red-green.


That is so interesting! Did you hear what Iceland is doing in regards to rewriting their constitution?


I saw they were doing that through Facebook. Very strange I think.


I think so too! I guess it gives every citizen the opportunity to make suggestions and alterations though.


That's a good point. Do you like Google?


I think Google does a great job for the most part! I can't believe it has been around since 1998!


I think they do too. A single Google search is more computing power than it took to send Armstrong to the moon.


That is so crazy, but yet again we get like a million results in less than a second! I think it's funny how they do their landscaping!


I do too. Google maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast Android devices are moving.


That is interesting, yet scary because they are basically tracking our phones haha. Anyways, great chat!


I agree it's scary too. It was good chatting with you as well!


hey, ya I love amazon, hard to believe they started way back in 1994


yup, and the first guy to buy some books on Amazon got a building named after him, cool!


haha that is amazing. all he had to do was spend less than thirty dollars


haha I know, sounds like a bargain, amazon is so advanced now, they have a movie studio, tv studio, and even a publishing arm


yeah. have you ever bought anything from Amazon Basics?


I have actually, I buy all my hdmi and charging cables from them, they seem like good quality, you?


Yeah I think so too. did you know jeff built a clock in a mountain?


I did! It's supposed to last 10,000 years, but my one question is why? haha I don't get it


Hahahaa yeah me too , I wonder what his purpose is.


I love that amazon deliveres on sunday, and apparently they have a special contract with USPS to do so


yeah that is very convenient. did you know their workers walk a lot during the day?


yes I think they walk up to 15 miles a day for work, that would definitely burn some calories!


yup, they must be really fit. did you know amazon ownd IMDB?


I didn't know that, I use that site almost every day, weird they bought them back in 1998


yeah, me too. do you know much about science?


well I do know the emperor of Japan is a scientist, he publishes papers actually


good for him. harrison schmitt was the only scientist to walk on the moon


that is weird, you'd think astronauts would all be scientists, I love the scientist that invented the internet back in 1989, what a great guy!


we are all grateful to him for sure. nice chat


It's okay. I wish they would treat their workers better. I like that other companies price match Amazon.


Me too. I wasn't aware that IMDB was owned by Amazon.


Did you know Amazon holds a patent on 1-click buying? Other companies have to pay them to have that


Interesting. Apparently, the workers walk 7 and 15 miles as each part of their daily shift.


Makes sense given how big Amazon is now. Did you know Amazon started started as an online bookstore?


Yeah, I actually new that. They also get a special deal with USPS>


They're also the largest provider of cloud infrastructure. That's impressive given how big cloud computing is.


Not really. I used to do, but I lost interest as I grew older. I wish I had
one of those reading bicycles that schools have now,


They sound pretty cool. I saw the movie Starship Troopers, but never read the book.


Did you know the inventor of braille was 15 when she did it?


Louis Braille. Just imagine how many lives she's helped because of it.


Interesting. That was a great invention. Did you know that the emporer of japan is a scientist?


I had no idea. I heard of a coach in the NFL being a rocket scientist. The first ever.


Yeah, I've heard that too. By the way have you ever read the book Ender's Game?


Well, it is a military book. Apparently they use it in the USMC. Well, nice chatting with you.


I've still got time. Did you know George R. R. Martin began writing by selling monster stories?


Well, nice chatting with you. Half of that didn't come fully through for some reason.


Yes I have, I love that show. I also just finished the last season of The Punisher.


The Punisher was a great show, too bad its getting canceled or at least Daredevil, Iron Fist and Luke Cage are


It is cancelled, season 3 was the final one. All of the marvel shows have now been cancelled, and I am guessing we will see them pop up on Disneys streaming service before to long.


That makes me really angry, they were great shows, Netflix will lose subscribers with Disney streaming service coming up


Yeah plus they just increased the price of the subscription for Netflix as well. Have you seen the show stranger things? It is arguably the best Netflix original behind Narcos.


I haven't, I heard good things about the show though, is it good? have you watched it?


Yeah I have watched both seasons, its very much styled like old shows from the 80s, and I love it. I can't wait for season 3. What is your favorite Netflix show?


I have to say House of Cards or Better Call Saul, what about yours?


If I am looking for little 30 minute sitcom types of shows, probably The Ranch, or Fuller House, but for longer shows I really like Orange is the new black, also Narcos, the show about Pablo Escobar, is really really good.


I agree those are really good shows, cant believe the services has 137 million subscribers all over the world,


What amazes me is that it has 137 million subscribers, yet not a single ad anywhere, it is a really refreshing feeling not to have an ad thrown at your face every 10 minutes, like you do on regular satellite or cable tv. Cutting the cord from sat and cable was the best thing I ever did. I only use Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon prime video now.


I only use Netflix and Prime video and will use the Disney streaming service when it comes out- and yeah, a lot of subscribers, mostly in the US


Have you seen the Expanse? It is on prime video, and its probably my favorite thing on there.


No I havent, how many seasons now? Im looking for a new show to watch, the name seems great


It has 3 season right now. It was on syfy first but it got too expensive for syfy to continue to make so Amazon took it, so now you can watch all the season on prime video, fourth season will come out sometime this year.


Ok thanks for the recomndation I will watch that show for sure, did you know Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix at one point


Yeah but I am glad they turned it down because they couldn't even keep themselves from going under, I hate to think where Netflix would be if they had bought it.


Maybe as a really expensive service, Blockbuster charged a lot of money for its serice and the late fees made me really angry


Yeah blockbuster really shot themself in the foot when they made you start leaving a credit card on file when you rent a movie or game so they can charge you the full price of it when it's late.


Yeah I can relate to Reed Hastings a $40 late fee is a lot of money for a single movie


Hello, Do you enjoy reading? I do and find it relaxing.


I love reading - I do it every night before I go to bed!  It requires creativity and I love it


I do too! Do you enjoy fiction?  It uses imagination!


Yes I love reading but cannot do speed reading like Anne Jones - 4700 words a minute!


Yes, I know she is unreal! Do you know how they measure that? They don't have to understand what they're reading?


I think they do understand it!  But at least there is no moral panic these days about reading like there was in the 18th century!


I would like to see her do it!  Yeah, the panic of spread of reading novels!


As opposed to other books like Ender's Game which was suggested reading for the marines


Yes, I heard there was a movie also. Did you know Julius Caesar wrote fan fiction?


I did!  Of Hercules and Oedipus!  That is awesome!


Have you read much of the famous Edgar Allan Poe?  He wrote the oldest example of a cyborg!


Yeah Poe was a crazy dude.   Some people dont like fan fiction however - George Martin says it is copyright infringement


Really, that's interesting. Wiki ranks fictional characters according to their powers!


That is pretty cool - sort of like the pokemon app on your phone!


Yeah, Do you like horror films? Good to know you can burn calories while watching! lol


Yes that is part of my new diet plan!   Back in the 1950's a judge tried to ban a sci fi comic because it featured a black character.  How dumb is that?


That's unbelievable, upsetting! Yes, I guess you can add that extra butter on your popcorn while watching horror.


I know I always try to check out a horror flick before going to see abstract art - it always seems to help me enjoy it more


I heard that it helps. Who knew? Can you tell what the waterphone sounds like?


It makes those creep metallic noises in horror flicks -  its very weird sounding


I can see why any child would be upset in Bambi when his mother dies!  Stephen King considers it his first horror movie. Good chat!!


Good thanks. Watch any good shows lately?


Yes. I just started watching Sherlock on Netflix. Its not bad


Did you know that the creator of netflix had a $40 late fee thats how he was inspired to create netflix


Blockbuster declined to buy netflix for $50 mil. It is now worth $2 billion


No. I have never seen that one either. I am more of a mystery or sci-fi fan.


That show has some bad marketing. It might be to blame why no one watches it. Counterpart, is a good show if you like sci-fi


I have watched counterpart before, a few times. But I lost track of it.


If you are into sci-fi, are you also interested in the universe?


What do you think of the theory of the universe being a giant hologram?


I am pretty much open to listening to most theories, just not crazy about the superhologram  idea


Im really interested in stars that are cold enough to be touched.


That is amazing i would like to read more about that


hello, quite a bit actually. I love shopping on amazon, and you?


nice , me too I shop everything from their more expensive stuff to AmazonBasics


Yeah they have good stuff in there. Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain?


Yes heard it is supposed to run for 10 000 years. I wonder why though


No idea actually. And they also own IMDB since 1998


Not surprised, they are everywhere. And they are delivering on Sundays
 now too


Yeah thanks to a contract with the USPS How convenient for us


That is very true. Their first customer got a building named after him and he spent less than $30


That is so cool. Did you hear that they are so busy their workers walk up to 15 miles a day?


I am not surprised actually but wow, that is a lot of steps in a single day


That sure is DO you follow up with science at all?


I do actually as I am one myself. I have not published papers like the Emperor of Japan though


That guys sounds pretty cool. Do you know who was the only scientist to walk the moon, not astronaut?


Hm I think it was Harris Schmitt. right?


Yup it was him. Do you know when and who invented the world wide web, www?


Yes it was a guy from England working in Switzerland in 1989 at the CERN institute


We are so grateful to him for sure. Scientists at Harvard stored gif animation into a bacteria. It was of a galloping horse?


WOw that is remarkable. Do you like reading much?


Yes I read quite a bit actually. Have you read the Starship Troopers?


Hello, How are you? Do you enjoy reading? I love to read and use audio books too!


I used to read more before internet stole my brain.  Funny, only the most skilled readers in the middle ages could read silently.


That is strange! It too is funny in the 18th century reading novels was a moral panic!


I think I'm having a moral panic with everything that's going on these days.  "Old Hickory" never attended school and was helped to learn the R's by his wife.


I know how your feel, everyday its something upsetting!!  Aww, I didn't know that is nice about Old Hickory!!


Wow, a man wore 70 items of clothing in China to avoid a bagging charge.  Times must be tough over there.


Did you know that people used to d o their laundry in Old Faithful?


No, that's interesting. Makes sense, kind of. lol Did you know apple had a line of clothing in 1986? I never saw any of it.


I don't remember it either.  I guess the plain grey shirt Zuckerberg wears costs him $300-$400?!


Ha, ha, ha that sound about right!! Yeah, would like to know the brand he is wearing?


Mine's Fruit of the Loom.  I am deeply grateful for whoever invented the t-shirt.  It was invented in 1904 for guys like me that are sewing impaired.


Yes, I buy that brand too! lol How do you feel about Rip Curl has their clothes made in North Korea but their labels say China?


I think it's very strange, I wonder why it's like that!


Very true, and we allow people to use them. Did you know gang fashion in China is layering shirts. lol


That wouldn't work in Atlanta of Hotlanta as it is known.  I wonder if that guy in the Chinese airport was in a gang?


Ha, ha, ha, that's what I was thinking, He was a gang member... Nothing new for him...In Hawaii, they dress so casual in office attire, instead of a suit, they wear the Aloha shirt.


I like that. So do you think kids have a legal right to protest during the school day? I didn't feel like I had that right when I was in school


That's true, same in my day. Its just ridiculous!! Not very smart! In one state they want 16 years old to vote. Its getting out of hand!!


True! I think these kids need a wake up call. I worry they aren't going to be able to cope when they grow up! Thinking everyone know Polo shirts were invented for tennis. Maybe not! Great chat!!


Yeah, I've never played polo in mine.  Thanks and keep the faith.  You were great!


Everyday! I guess anyone who is 13 can use it too


That seems really young! I didn't realize it has been around since 2004, that's 15 years already!


Thats a long time. It's valued at 104 billion!


Incredible. Myspace could have bought it for $75 million but they turned down the offer!


I'm sure they thought it was a lot of money then! Facebook's "like" button is illegal in the german state of schleswig-holstein.


I wonder why. Probably just one of those strict German rules.


Kind of strange. Kind of like Iceland! Iceland are rewriting their constitution via facebook; allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations.


Imagine what a mess it would be if America did something like that.


That would be awful! Burger king had a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people on facebook you get a free whopper.


I bet that got them a lot of attention! I didn't know that Facebook was just for Harvard students at first.


Yep! Cause that was where Zuckerberg was! Facebook is primarily blue because mark zuckerberg suffers from red-green colorblindness.


That's an interesting fact. Facebook was the highest valued company for a newly listed public company.


Crazy stuff! According to radiometric dating and other sources of evidence, Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago. Can you imagine the cycles the earth has been though!


That's amazing! In the beginning of Earth, days used to only be 5.5 hours long.


This is sad.. More than 80 percent of the earth's natural forests have already been destroyed


That's a shame! There won't be any left soon.


you are right. This is super cool! If earth's entire history was viewed as a 24 hour period, humans would only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds.


That's crazy to think about! 71% of the Earth is covered with water.


That is a lot of water! Apparently Elon Musk is having problems. Poor guy.


I guess lots of issues come with that kind of money!


Tesla's CEO lashed out at analysts and the media during a wide-ranging earnings call. He was mad!


It will be interesting to see how things pan out for him. Thanks for chatting, Have a great day!


I love to read, it requires so much from the brain, creativity and critical analysis, it is cerebral exercice.


For sure. Did you know Starship Troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading list for 3 branches of the military?


I know it is military themed, I have seen the movie, but did not read the book is it any good ?


I haven't seen it actually. The world record for speeding reading was 4,700 words per minute.


a line is around 15 words. that is 300 lines per minute. She must have hurt her hands tuning the pages that fast.


Haha for sure. There was a moral panic back in the 18th century because of the spread of novels.


They were like the video games of today. Nowadays, I challenge you to find someone complaining that kids read too much.


I agree. Do you like fashion and clothing?


When I have to money, I like to shop for clothes. I am not a pilgrim.


I do too. Did you know the pilgrims actually wore colorful clothing?


I thought they wore only black, should I buy new history books ?


I always thought that too. Maybe the history books need to be updated lol.


It would cost more since they cannot get away with black and white pictures anymore.


Most definitely. Rip Curl makes clothes in North Korea, but their tags say China.


That is bad, North Korea is not paying its workers, it is worst than than the low-paying job that you have in other countries. Have you shopped for used clothes ?


That's terrible to hear. I have never really shopped for used clothes. What about you?


No, but there is a store that sells clothes from unclaimed bagages, I am sure there are nice clothes there.


Not sure I would like to buy used clothes. I would have to think about that one.


Well, you have to travel to Alabama for it, and if you lose your baggage, it could end up  also there, it is win-win situation.


For sure. Well, it was great talking to you. Have a good day!


Hello there, do you like to dress up in costumes on Halloween?


I have always loved Halloween. I have heard during Comic Con Hugh Jackman walked around in full wolverine costume unnoticed.


That is pretty cool, that sounds like a fun Comic Con to attend.  Did you know that Panda researchers wear costumes to work?


No, but I guess if they want to interact with the pandas then it makes sense to wear a costume.


Yeah I think that is pretty wild that they would dress up in those suits to work with the animals.


I find it amusing that Gilligan aka Bob Denver dresses in full Gilligan costume to let make-a-wish kids rescue him from an island.


That is very cool, that sounds a bit like what Johnny Depp does, he sports his full Jack Sparrow costume for visits to sick kids in hospitals.


Speaking of acts of kindness, a guy that's Scottish has a homemade giraffe costume that he dresses in and does kind acts.


That is very cool, it sounds like costumes bring a lot of joy to a lot of different people.  Did you hear about the actor Sean Bean?


I guess that he is so afraid of flying, he would hiked to the locations for filming during the Lord of the Rings wearing his whole costume!


Oh my gosh, that is really extreme! I did not hear that on the news, but knowing that some stations like MSNBC are 85% opinion, I am not surprised.


I think I have heard that, I didn't know how big Fox News really was as well.


Even though the average age is 68 for a FOX news viewer, I still watch because they only run on 55% opinion.


That is better than the 85% I'll say.  Did you know that Fox News is more popular than CNN and MSNBC combined?


No, but I can see why it would be. There are 86 countries or territories overseas worldwide that provide FOX coverage.


Wow, that must be why, I never knew that they were that big around the world.


Did you know that president Nixon had a hand in creating the network itself?


Oh, that is ironic considering his popularity. Although it is a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.


Yeah that's what I thought as well.  Anyways, it's been nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day!


It's a shame Jim Carrey won't make dramas anymore.


I was unaware of that and it is a shame. Why has he decided that?


He doesn't want to star in any movies that don't project positivity. So I guess just comedies from now on.


That's interesting. If that is what makes him happy I can understand. Do you know who the highest paid actor for a TV drama ever is?


I thought it would be the cast of Friends, but Hugh Laurie beat them with earning 700,000 per episode!


Yes he did. I suppose it is only counting dramas but I wonder if that also considers premium channels like HBO. I find it hard to believe that the Cast of Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, etc. have not been well payed.


Too big of a cast to pay all them well! If you like dramas there's a website where you can listen to old radio dramas for free.


I do enjoy dramas. I will look into that. Were you aware that Jon Hamm used to teach drama at his old high school. I can't imagine him in a career other than acting.


I wasn't, I bet teaching helped him hone his skills.  I wonder if he taught anyone who ended up famous too?


Actually he did. One of his students was Ellie Kemper from The Office. What are the odds?!


Crazy. I loved that show. The crew really dressed them in appropriate costumes.


I also loved that show. They certainly did look like convincing typical office workers.


Have you watched Firefly? One of the best shows that only got one season, they used costumes left over from Starship Troopers, another of my favorite guilty pleasures.


I have not but I have always meant to get around to it. I hear it's fantastic and I like the cast. Interesting that they used the costume from Starship Troopers. I never would have guessed that. That movie is a whole lot of fun.


Binge it, it's awesome. You can't go wrong with a space western!  The writing is superb and the actors all really mesh well.


I will definitely check it out. Speaking of costumes, did you know that Panda researchers wear panda costumes to work? Why do you think they need to do that?


Probably so the pandas will accept them as one of their own. That must be a fun job, dressing up like a panda for work.


That was my guess as well. Then they would not be a disruption to the Panda's lives. It would be fun as long as it was not too hot.


I just read the most interesting thing about pandas the other day, apparently their stomachs can't digest bamboo well, but they eat it anyway cause they like it.


That is interesting. I wonder if it causes issues? Are you a fan of the movie Labyrinth?


I haven't seen it since I was a kid. I remember liking it though.


I love that movie. Apparently the costume for the character Hoggle was lost in shipping. It now sits in an unclaimed baggage museum in Alabama. Given the staying power of the film, I'm surprised it would be in such a niche museum.


That is surprising. Thanks for chatting!!


Good Morning! I'm from Cleveland and used to love Lebron James!


Hi, you used to love him?  You don't think he's the GOAT? Lol


LOL...I don't even know what the GOAT means, just heard it in the last 2 weeks. So stupid, Lebron is a good player and could never be a GOAT.


Greatest Of All Time.  I just thought he called himself King James?


Yeah, just saw that. Okay he's not the Greatest Of All Time, yet he's up there. He's got enough money, let him call himself whatever he likes I suppose. Michael Jordan still deserves the moniker of GOAT as he's got the rings!


I agree with you on that!   Michael Jordan is the GOAT in my mind.I still remember when the Air Jordans were banned in the NBA and Jordan wore them anyway, because Nike didn't mind paying that fine.


And that was cool of him. I love the fact that the garbage Lakers did everything they could to get Lebron James, and this is the first year he's gonna miss the playoffs. Cleveland laughs at Los Angelas. Lebron just wanted to relocate his family there for the weather.


Too funny!  You're right about the weather. You must watch alot of basketball?


Not too much NBA. I do love the NCAA College Tournaments though, so much more drama and teams to cheer for.


Do you get into the whole March Madness thing, filling out the brackets, and all?


OMG yes, I usually start with the Conferance Championships that are going on right now. So cool to see smaller schools with arena's of under 200 people in attendance fighting to get into the main March Madness field of 64


That's awesome, I've done it a few times, but I think I'm much better at video games. Lol


Video Games would me a lot less taxing on my gambling. I didn't do it this year, but last year I bet anywhere from $4-$20 on every single NCAA tournament game. It was insane. But almost $3800 last year, and ended up $4.00 ahead for the season...LOL


Oh my! My wife would not be happy, man. I better just stick to the video games.  Lol


Which is why I'm single....LOL. Nothing like being retired, betting some basketball games, cracking open some brews and not getting yelled at for it.


Man, I'm so jealous. Lol I did read that in South Korea it's illegal for kids under 16 to play video games after midnight.  That's so funny to me, because who is reporting them if they do?  Their parents or is there a video game police that tracks who's playing? I would have stayed in trouble as a kid if I lived there.


LOL.....I used to play video games back in the day, but I discovered a gambling site instead now. Though getting back to the NBA, Cleveland wishes Lebron James nothing but the best now. He got us to a couple of championship series and even won one. So, that's cool with us!


That sounds like a love/hate relationship you have with Lebron?


Always has been since he killed us by going to Miami for 3 years. You can always see right through Lebron James. He wants to do the right thing, but screws up doing it most of the time.


Ok, I understand.  Being that you're from Cleveland, did you ever attend any of his high school games?


No, though I live about 10 miles away from where Lebron James went to school. He's a good story, and will be for a few more years. Good talkiin' with you this early morning....have a Great day!


Yes I do, I love Youtube.  I know that it was created in 2005 and that Google bought it in 2006 for $1.65 Billion.


I did not know that it was created near where I used to live for 25 years (San Bruno, California).


Cool. Did you know that YouTube allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to favorites, report, and comment on videos?


I know some features but not all.  I mostly watch music videos on it.


Yes, me too but it offers a wide variety of user-generated and corporate media videos. Available content includes the music videos we watch but also TV show and other video clips, short and documentary films, audio recordings, movie trailers, live streams, and other content.


Those are a lot of features - mostly we can use them for free.   We have to watch ads but I think it's okay.


Ads don't bother me that much either. Mostly, I love watching educational videos along with short original videos and video blogging.  Mostly, I learned many, many things on educational videos.


My grandchildren learned a lot from youtube programs.  You just have to supervise them.  They like to press subscribe buttons - I did not like it.


I found loads of good educational ones from learning programming languages to repair videos on appliances. Actually, Youtube is the second largest search engine on the Internet.


That's what I heard.  I assume it's just behind their parent company, Google.


You probably have a good point there.  But, Netflix and Youtube together make up half of the peak Internet traffic in North America.


Yes.  When I heard about it, it did not surprise me.


Another interesting fact is that the police actually have their own youtube channel called bluetube where they share law enforcement videos.  Now is that cool or what?


It is cool.  I'm surprised that YouTube did not complain or sue for any reason.  I want to see the blutube.


Me too but it's probably in a VPN (Virtual Private Network) that is password protected so we are out of luck.  But still, we have access to a lot of information on Youtube especially if you are a registered user.


Yes, I'm a registered user.  Apparently Psy's gangnam style got so many views on YouTube that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.  Wasn't that amazing?


Yes, a 64-bit integer is very, very big. Did you know that Justin Bieber's 'Baby' is the most disliked video on Youtube?


Yes, I read about it.  I would like to know the reason why it's disliked by the majority of people who view Youtube.


Yes, I thought that was strange too.  It's probably the kids that don't like Justin. Since Youtube allows everybody to rate the videos, one could see that happening to someone so popular and rich.


You are probably right.  Apparently the content on YouTube is also uploaded by media corporations such as BBC, CBS, etc.  It's getting late.  It was nice chatting with you.  Have a good night.


Hi! Do you like snakes? I used to have one. They are ectothermic so need a heating lamp.


I am really scared of them so not really, there is a flying snake


OMG really? I never knew that. There are also legless lizards that basically look just like snakes.


Yeah I am really afraid of them no kiddin, I would like to live in New Zeland because there are no snakes over there


Yeah there you go! Even though crocodiles look like snakes they are more related to birds.


I guess that flying snake makes more sense now,


Haha yes true. The legless lizards actually have eyelids and external ears which snakes lack.


Souns likd you know a lot about snakes, those overlaping scales just give me creeps, there are many poisonous snakes out there


Yes there are you gotta be careful. The snake jaws have several joints which allow them to swallow such large prey.


Dont worry I will run at first sight, run as far as I can, do you like to attend to concerts?


Haha. Yes I do. Luckily I never saw Creed apparently they were not great.


They had a really bad concert back in 2002, 4 goes sued the band


Wow must have been pretty bad. Crazy how often the Ramones played...2263 concerts over 20 years!


I used to love that group, too bad I didnt had the chance to go to one of those concerts, pretty big tours I guess,


Yeah sounds like it. Croatia would be a fun place to see a concert. They have an ancient Roman amphitheater!


That sounds like an amazing venue, a lot of history there must be awesome to attend to a concert in the place


Yes it would. Another ancient roman amphitheatre is in pmpeii where pink floys had a recorded concert.


I head he recorded that concert withou an audience, I wonder what are his reasons behind that


Yeah maybe the seating wasn't good? In any case I'm sure it was better than Creed's concert.


Yeah I bet it was, no one sued Pink Floyd because of that concert that is a sure thing,


Yea exactly. The Dark side of the moon is for sure one of my favorite albums, hard to believe it was released 40 years ago! Nice talking with you have a good day!


What do you think of Trump's plan to slash food stamps?


I think it can save money but will leave a lot of people who cant afford food without it.


It doesn't sound so bad. But I'm not confident in Trump ability to handle money. If he wasn't' born rich, he'd be on food stamps himself, from what I see.


I totally agree there. And the fact that he wants to stop food stamps and do an apron meal type of program is weird. It would cost more that way


Yeah. How many bankruptcies has he had. I wouldn't be surprised if a Frenchman scammed him into buying the Eiffel tower.


I think he makes snap judgements without really thinking. They say this program he wants to replace food stamps will cut what people get in half


Yeah. Now he;s in charge of the US Govt...which owns 86% pf the land in NV. We got a guy who managed to bankrupt a casino in charge of a lot of real estate.


True, if he listened to what people said like how people cancel meal programs like Harvest Box because they are too expensive he would realize they will not work.


Well, he's going to shut down the govt agains anyways. It almost like he's working for the enemy, like Wikileaks.


That is true. Should be shutting it down soon. They say the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France. Maybe he should go there.


Once he figures out how to use the Floppy Disk system in his office, I'm sure he might


Maybe go back to dial up so his tweets will take longer to post. George Bush put solar panels back in white house I am sure trump will remove them.


He probably thinks they're windows. I wonder if the thinks the Geneva Conventions are some get togethers in Wisconsin.


Probably would. What surprises me is that all the security at the White House and in 2011 it took them 4 days to realize bullets had struck the white house.


Maybe they thought the WH was as immortal as a Jellyfish.


That could be it. I did not know a seahorse was the only fish to have a neck. I find that interesting.


Sounds fishy. The black swallower doesn't even need a neck to eat something twice its length.


Yes and the black swallower can also add something twice it's weight . That sounds pretty crazy.


Man. Get those things some Blue Apron meals. They sound out of control.


And the zebrafish has 84% of the genes known to be associated with human disease. I don't eat fish so I'm not too worried.


hey there what are your thoughts on the USA congress right now


I think it's an exciting time, with so many women like Ocasio-Cortez getting in the game


yup a lot of interesting people for sure, did you know congress members have subway lines exclusive for their use in DC?


That's crazy, I wonder how they'e accessed. I guess that's one of the perks of the job, like naming honorary citizens, even though that's only been granted to 7 people.


ya did you hear that repubs and dems play an annual baseball game?


That's interesting. I wonder if they have Facebook groups, too haha?


ya I don't know they must, but ya Republicans are up by 3 games overall which is interesting


I guess they're winning somewhere. Did you know that they used their override power to pass the Volstead Act after President Wilson vetoed it? That's a win.


huh I didn't know that, what ws the Volstead Act?


It's what started Prohibition. There's actually a whole documentary on it; I wonder if excerpts are available on YouTube.


ah Ill have to check it out, how often do you watch youtube?


Not as frequently as I used to, but probably a couple times I week. Definitely not enough to get through all 70 episodes of The Joy of Painting that are available on the site, although I imagine some users could.


what is surprising to me is that youtube is the 2nd largest search engine, second to google probably


Yes, it was smart of them to buy it in 2006 for only $1.65 billion; they have great synergy, and it definitely helps that other media companies have developed partnerships with them.


oh for sure, crazy that it started back in 2005, that seems so long ago


Yes, I remember both YouTube and Facebook becoming a big thing back in those days at pretty much the same time; did you know that Facebook was initially limited to Harvard students?


ah yes I did know that, also their like button is somehow Illegal in one of the German states, weird


That's odd; the Like button was also originally going to be named the Awesome button, which seems kind of silly!


haha ya that definitely sounds dumb, did you do the facebook burger king promotion back in the day?


I don't think I've ever engaged in any promotion on Facebook; it kind of bothers me that it's basically an ad company and profiting from our personal information, but I guess that's a form of currency.


ya, if you unfriend 10 people you got a free whopper, pretty funny!


Hi. Have you ever visited the White House?


I did when Bill Clinton was the President. Have you?


No, but I think it would be neat to see. Every President has lived there since 1800!


They say that the White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France. I guess they liked the design.


I guess so! The white house has solar panels which is pretty cool.


I wish I had solar panels. I guess it was George W Bush that put them back up.


It's funny that they are advanced enough to have solar panels but still use floppy discs.


Yeah! Apparently they still use floppy discs to store some files!


I have no idea! I guess they're out of touch on a lot of things. They didn't know bullets hit the White House in 2011 until four days later.


LOL. That is really sad if it wasn't so funny.


You would think the Secret service would be a bit more aware!


You really would think that considering all the training they get.


Exactly! It's strange to think the White House is where the President lives AND works. I wouldn't want to live at my job.


Well, that's true, I guess a lot of people technically live where they work! Speaking of government, did you know a man in France sold the Eiffel Tower twice while pretending to work for their government?


LOL. There is a fool born every minute and a scammer.


Very true! Governments have a lot of power, ours owns 86% of Nevada's land for example.


I wonder why they would want to. I've been to Nevada.


No idea! I guess it's just a bunch of empty space for them to have? Who know! It's been nice chatting with you, Have a great day!


Hey there, do you have much interest in nature?


About the same as the average person.  I don't mind a short hike in the woods, or sitting by a river trying to catch some fish.


Nice, sounds fun. Did you know that there are species of fish that can eat prey twice their size?


I'd like to see what they look like after a meal.  Like I feel after Thanksgiving.


Hahaha so true. Yeah, they are called the black swallower, how fitting their name.


Is a jellyfish a fish?  I heard there is one that is immortal!


Yeah that is the one species of jellyfish that scientists have been studying for so long trying to crack their secret. I guess sometimes it is hard to tell what a fish is, like the seahorse.


I just don't know how you know something is immortal.


they must have studied them for so long. same as they do a lot of experimenting with zebra fish.


Speaking of science and up to date technology, it turns out the White House still uses floppy disks.  to store date.


Old school but there must be a good reason for it. speaking of the white house, it has twin buildings in ireland and france.


I wonder why that is and who built them.  I used to live in DC, we always looked forward to see the tree go up around the White House.


I do not know actually and I wonder also who lives there. Well good you got a chance to see it now. Apparently Roosevlet banned them from the white house


Yeah, bit of a conservationist.  Just like the Norwegians, they donated a billion dollars to the amazon rain forest once.


That is a  lot of money. On the other hand the US government has really shifted their focus towards protecting their employees from prosecution if they violate geneva conventions


I wonder if it's against the Geneva Convention to see national monuments.  A man in France pretended to work for the government and sold the Eiffel Tower, not once but twice!


That is just insane, wow. Do you know when the White HOuse started getting used as a president's house?


I understand since John Adams.  Isn't he the second president.


That house must require a lot of maintenance. I wonder if they still have the solar panel that George Bush put back in it?


'd like to think of Bush up there installing them himself, with his tool belt on and cursing as things don't go right. You'd think it would be a Democrat putting up solar.


Hahaha well there you go. It was nice chatting with you. Have a good one


The internet is an interesting phenomenom, someone can become famous in just a day


They can become famous, sometimes infamous. I'd rather be rich. You?


Yeah, I would rather be rich as well the life of celebrities can be tedious and without privacy,


I would rather have privacy than money. People bothering me all the time. No thanks! Do you use Facebook?


I do, I have my account since 2009 I think, what about you?


I do not use Facebook, for religious reasons. Pride and such. I figure it's better to keep my privacy as well. Do you use the "like" button much?


I can respect that, and yeah I use it often, its one of the things I like the most about Facebook


The like button has been outlawed in parts of Germany. That is odd, and a bit fascistic to me. I do wonder if 56 gender options is enough these days.


56 gender options? I can only think of 6 tops, did you hear about the Whopper promotion BurgerKing had?


Burger King is always messing about in human affairs. What did they do this time? Human sacrifice?


No, no humans were harmed this time well at least not phisically a lot of them got their feelings hurt, they would give a free Whoper to anyone that unfriended 10 friends


Unfriending people to satisfy fast food cravings. Seems barbaric. Burger King is indeed the opposite of civilization.


Sounds like you have a lot of negative feelings towards Burger Kind?


I am impartial in general, but I have to draw the line at fomenting dissent to the point of ending friendship for the sake of appetite.


I can see your point, Iceland is reliying on Facebook a lot, they are rewritting their constitution using Facebook


I see absolutely no problems with that. Nothing could go wrong. 4-chan couldn't hack the site and mandate gun ownership and free ice cream. Or Whoppers.


Ive always wondered why Facebook has blue as its main color


Blue is the purest, truest color. The color of the sky. Plus the Zuck is color blind.


Oh I see, so his colorblind it makes sense now, not a marketing strategy afterall


FB probably owns stock in all the major divorce law firms. They are the root cause of so many troubled marriages.


Facebook must be sponsored by divorce lawyers, they are the root of many fights I agree,


I think it's ok but they are a little biased.


I know right! I think most ppl think that but some how they are watched more than msnbc and cnn combined.


Probably because they are in 86 countries worldwide.  Strength in numbers might help tip the scale?


Yeah your probably right. They broadcast primarily from new York.


Did you know that the gaming website IGN is owned by Fox corp., who also owns Fox news?


I did not know that. I did hear at one point they tried to sue the Simpsons to stop them from clowning them, lol.


That's funny.  Doesn't Fox own the Simpsons?  Interesting...lol


I know right, maybe that's why they tried to create a channel that only played the Simpsons.


I think that would have been something that would have worked.  Sometimes we binge watch the Simpsons in the winter time.


Did you know that there was an episode that Bart was not in or mentioned.


I didn't know that.  I wonder why they did that?


Mystery! Apparently Fox was created by two republicans.


I see that Richard Nixon was one of them!


Yeah and a Republican strategist named Richard Ailes. The two Richards lol.


Hahaha That's funny.  Speaking of funny...are you a fan of comedies?


Only when it's funny, lol. Have you seen 3rd rock from the sun.


I have.  I used to love that goofy cornball comedy they did.


Yeah the actually won a Golden Globe for it in 1997.


They must have had some good competition that year from Friends, Frasier, and Seinfeld.  Do you like Bill Murray?


Yes he's a goofball and Ghost buster's was hilarious! How about you?


I loved him in those movies as well as others like Caddyshack, Meatballs, etc.  I've never seen Kung Fu Hustle which he thinks is the supreme achievement of the modern comedy age.  I've had fun chatting with you!


Interesting! Do you remember the Nintendo Gaming system?


I do!  I had the original one that could display 54 colors.


Wow we technology has come a long way. Apparently they just discontinued it in Japan in 2003. It's been nice chatting with you!


You're right.  The way technology has come a long I'm surprised the Nintendo lasted that lone.  It's been a pleasure!  Have a good day!


Hey there what did you think about Pat Conroy?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


hey there, do you know much about earth?


I know a little bit. Did you know that Earth is almost four times as dense as the sun?


that is cool. and sadly more than 80% of the forests have been destroyed


Sad. I always worry about getting hit by an asteroid but we will probably destroy ourselves before that happens. Jupiter says earth from many asteroids that head towards it.


true. thinkig about it when earth was created the day was only 5.5 hours long


Cool! And the earth's magnetic field direction reverses every 200,000 to 300,000 years.


did you know UN appointed an amabassador in case extreterrestrials evern make contact with us?


I hope that person has other duties in the meantime before that happens. Haha. Speaking of outer space, you could fit all the planets in between earth and the moon and you would still have room after that to spare.


wow so far from each other, so much space in between. Did you know earth will be virtually helium free by the end of this century?


Sure! Did you know Michael Jackson wasn't the first to do the moonwalk?


wow interesting. even bruce lee was a dancer


That is cool. I would not peg him as a dancer but I guess it makes sense. Did you know there was an episode of Mr. Rogers where he learned to break dance?


oh cool. and of all people, tupac was a dancer, do you know what kind?


Ha, would have never have guessed. I wonder if he ever tried the ballet slippers that make drawings from the dancer's movements. That is pretty cool!


I don't know but they are such tough dancers, the ballet one, they go through 4 pairs of shoes a week


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


I love the circus... all the different acts are always amazing!


I can't remember the last time I have been to the circus.


yeah me either... it's very hard to find one these days!   Would of loved to have done one of those touch tours!


What was the movie that just came out about the circus. It was awesome. I didn't finish it and had to leave early, but I keep waiting for it come on Netflix. Do you remember the name?


The greatest showman... and yes it's an amazing movie!  Circus's are so great for autistic kids too!


Yes. That is it!!! Really about the autistic thing? I did not know. Can you elaborate? I have a very close friend of mine who has an autistic kid.


They are bringing the circus closer to the kids to help them with their sensory issues.  And the parents get something out of it too.


Ah very interesting. Does Barnum and Bailey still have their circus?? I think that was what it was called.


No they don't!  i believe they closed down a few years ago.  Sad :(


Ah, that was a good one. What was the article on the horses about?


it's cool how Dalmatians would calm the horses


that hiccups are a carry over from when animals had both gills and lungs


AH. Was hoping it said something about how to cure them. I get them and absolutely can't stand them.


hahaaa... yeah!  Don't think anyone really likes hiccups!


Do you do these hits often? I'm curious. I have participated in about two of these.


yeah i have!  See clint eastwood is allergic to horses?


Yes surprising. Would love to ride a horse. Such beautiful animals.


yeah they are!  Unless your riding it to school!  LOL


For sure. Been nice chatting. Merry Xmas.


Did you know the nintendo could only disply 54 colors?


seriously? had no idea, that seems like very little


yeah, apparently. I used to play it a lot, but not anymore.


I can't believe that they only discontinued the NES in 2003, and it came out in the 80's. It lasted such a long time


I meant to type NES, did you know that Bill Nye got his break in entertainment by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest? I don't see it, do you?


seriously? he doesn't look anything like him. I wonder who was those judges were, haha


They were probably drunk. I don't see it at all.


most likely, yeah. When i get drunk I tend to gamble, mostly on horse racing. did you know that icelandic horses have a fifth speed? They can speed walk!


Interesting, Icelandic horses, have fifth speed.


yeah, horses are facinating. they have actually evolved over the last 45-55 million years. they used to be small multi-toed creatures


Interesting. I don't know the difference between Icelandic horses and regular horses.


well, there are over 350 breeds of horses actually, and icelandic horses are just one of them, and they are from Iceland.


Interesting, apparently dalmatians are good at calming horses and protecting them.


wow, I had no idea. I hope to own a farm one day, with horses, so I guess i'll have to get a dalmatian too.


I've never ridden a horse, have you? Apparently Clint Eastwood is allergic to them.


Yeah, one or twice, it's really fun actually. Interesting. he's been in so many movies with horses, from my memory, so that surprises me


Yeah, pretty crazy. I like the movie Unforgiven, he must have been taking meds for his allergies the entire movie!


Honestly, that wouldn't surprise me, and actually makes the most sense.


Yeah, it is pretty crazy. Apparently 2 high school kids rode their horses to school on "no vehicles to school day" and got suspended.


I love a good prank like that, honestly. I just wish schools wouldn't be so uptight. Just accept the joke, and move on. No need to suspend the students.


Interesting. They take themselves to seriously.


Did you hear a lot of people that star on Fox are outraged by the coverage of the immigrants on the news channel they have?


I have heard that, I am not sure how I feel about it


Yeah. Me either really. They seem angry at Tucker Carlson as well, for defending Trump policies.


I get it to an extent, but the whole media seems to be against trump, and anyone who does not adamantly oppose him


True there. It's a shame. I think other forms of entertainment are better.


Nothing much worse than the news, that is for sure. I love comedy movies much more, but sometimes it is not a successful genre


Yes. Were you aware Ronald Regan was rejected for a movie role because he did not have the presidential look?


Like he was rejected for the role? That is hilarious. Life is like that sometimes though.


Yeah. An executive didn't think he had "that presidential look". What do you think about video games?


I am a big fan of video games, I love the nintendo switch so far!


Ah. Did you know that the nintendo entertainment system was finally discontinued in september 2003 in Japan.


that is a long time, like almost 20 years, that is quite the run!


Yes! In the beginning of it, the NES had 54 colors it could show.


that is insane, how much progress we have made in such a short time span! entertainment is honestly probably what keeps people wanting to be alive, it keeps us happier


Yes. It can be great for humans. Just like comedy. 3 rd rock from the sun was a good series.


i am a big fan of monty python, the inspiration for the coding language!


Yeah. It's funny, Bill Murray thinks Kung Fu Hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy".


I liked Evan almighty, it had a budget of 200 million dollars!


Wow. Far different from many movies.   There is a genre of movies called bromantic comedies and include Harold and Kumar, The Hangover, and Pineapple express.


Haha kind of. I saw harold and Kumar. The main characters were just very close and went on adventures so to say. Demetri martin was accepted into harvard law, but left out of boredom to pursue a career in comedy


not all comedy is a success though, comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows


I do on occasion, but I tend to spend more time listening to audiobooks. I'm also a fan of poetry


Oh that is nice. Did you know there is a poem that read backwards is depressing and read normally is inspiring?


I wonder which one it is. Is it completely backwards, or is it reading the words in the opposite order. i'll have to look up that one later


Yeah check it out. The Javanese alphabet forms a poem if recited in order


I wonder who discovered that tidbit. Are you familiar with what palindromes are?


Yeah and demetri martin wrote one of them with just 224 words


How many hours did it take him to write that? Or is he naturally talented at poetry? Edgar Allen Poe wrote "The Raven" and only got $9, but it probably grew in popularity after he died


Yeah as it usually happens, sadly. DO you know where the hobbit characters names came from?


Didn't they originate from an Icelandic poem? Leave it to J. R. R. Tolkien to be versed in Icelandic poetry


Yeah that is true, it was the poem "dvergatal"


Something like that. Don't ask me how that's pronounced though. It would be interesting to see translations of the African hunting poetry during the prehistoric times


Yeah that sounds pretty cool actually. DO you like Linkin park?


I like some of their music. I don't listen to them often, but sometimes I'm in the mood for their first album. It's one of the most popular of this century


Yeah it is the best selling one. Did you hear about those twin in Japan that released an album at the age of 100


And a rap album, nonetheless. Maybe they also really enjoy poetry


Yeah that is so cool. Do you know who Reel Big Fish are?


I'm not familiar with their music, but I heard they rerecorded their popular songs for their big hits album.


Yeah after they lost the right to them. What a dedication


I know. It was probably fun to relive some of the bigger songs together though. Hard work, but fun


Yeah I bet and they managed to get them back out there. Nice chat :)


A little here and there.  Donald Glover got his rapper name Childish Gambino from an online Wu-Tang Clan name generator.


interesting, did you know that Tupac's music is in the library of congress of cultural significance.


yes it is interesting, Eminem's dreamed of becoming a comic book artist and he loved spider man.


Neat.  There is a deaf rapper named Signmark who rhymes in sign language!


that's creative, Korean rappers invented a new type of rap called compliment battle.


I like that ...lol throwing compliments.  Jason Paige the singer of the Pokemon theme is also the rapper on "Black and White" by Michael Jackson.


Noclue is his name.  lol He can rap at a rate of 14.1 syllables per second.


that's impressive, I bet I won't  be able to understand what's he is saying.


lol  McDonalds payed rappers $5 for every time they referenced Big Macs in songs. Never heard that before.


I have never heard of that either. a Judge in Michigan delivered her ruling in the form of rap during a case against Eminem


Haha That would have been funny.  Do you have any favorite album facts?


yes I do, Two twins in released a rap album when they turned 100 years old, that happened in Japan.


How cool is that!  Led Zeppelin decided not to title their fourth album to confuse the hated rock press. lol


haha that's funny, well it's been nice chatting with you


Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero than any album.  Whoa!  It was fun for sure!


Hi, how are you? I'm not really much of a rapper myself. Do you rap? Can you spit mad fire yo?


I am not sure, unfortunately he is dead but his music is in the library of congress


The Library of Congress likes rap? I never knew they listened to that music in a library. Usually libraries are quiet.


Actually it is there as music of cultural significance


Oh, so there isn' a boom box in the library? Tupac must be disappointed. He could have been a judge, considering that judges delivers verdicts in rap form sometimes.


I know . did you hear about that judge in Michigan?


Was that judge's name Tupac? That would be a heck of a coincidence.


No I do not think so. Have you heard of compliment battle?


Uh, no. Not much of a battle, if you ask me. How do they determine the winner? The more gracious person?


Hahhaa i guess. do you know busta rhymes?


Don't know the man. Is he a rapper of sorts?


yeah he is and he actually voiced the reptar wagon in the rugrats movie


Does he look like a wagon? Could be some sort of typecasting.


I am not too sure actualy. DO you like Linkin Park?


I have never been to Linkin Park. Is it nice? Lots to do there?


Actually it is a music band their album is the best selling one for 21st century


Huh. Never heard of 'em. I guess they must be good.


They are super good. that album was hybrid theory


I guess the kids must love them. I don't know their music. I'm too old. What about NWA?


I do not really know them. Nice chatting with you,


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


Nice! Have you heard of the japanese alphabet?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


I am surprised that show is still around!


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


I've always enjoyed reading. How about yourself?


Yes, I do like reading. It's a complex process, one that few appreciate.


Yes I also think it is done far too little. Did you know that Starship Troopers is the first sci-fi book on the reading list for three out of five military branches? What a strange book to pick.


Heinlein was in the military and he loved to write about war. I think the branches want to instill a military mindset in the troops.


Makes sense. Ender's Game is also suggested reading for military organizations.


Another military strategy/tactics books. I guess that there is something in there that resonates with military folks.


I guess so. I would expect more sophisticated military books. Do you know anyone who can speed read?


I've heard about people that can read fast. I wonder how much they retain, say, a week or two later.


I wonder that also. A woman named Anne Jones holds the record for speed reading. She can read 4700 words per minute. That's insane!


I would want to give her a reading comprehesnion test. I like the idea of reading bicycles to keep students exercising while reading.


That is a very good idea. It would help with our obesity epidemic. Did you know that in the 18th century there was a moral panic about reading novels? It seems there has always been a moral panic about something.


People in those days thought poetry was appropriate reading material. Novels were decadent and led to moral decay of the young. I wonder when silent reading caught on.


That's so strange. That's a good question. I learned a while ago that people always used to read out loud which is super strange to me.


I think it probably was a rare skill to read, and maybe you read to others who were illiterate.


Possibly. Off topic but I find the Earth to be fascinating. Do you feel the same?


The earth is a pretty good place. I call it home, myself. Spent a large part of my life here.


Ha ha. Did you know that when it was first formed a day was only 5.5 hours long?


Now it's just over 24 hours. I figure the work day will get longer and longer. Soon people will be working 20 hours a day!


Seems that way. Were you also aware that we will be out of helium by the end of this century?


We gotta find another source and soon. I guess a byproduct of fusion is helium. If we can get a fusion reactor going, we have a ton of helium!


That's true. I wonder how vital it is to our way of life though?


I do. Tim Duncan did not go to the NBA until he finished college


Nice, good kid. Miller was great but his sister was always better than him


Wow they must be a very talented family in the sports


Yes she once scored 105 points and broke 8 national records


Wow impressive, Most NBA players have financial difficulties though when they retire


That is unfortunate. Did you hear of the deal Iverson signed with Reebok?


Did not, did they make him a good offer?


Yes the guy is set for life, trust me. Do you like LeBron?


I do actually. Did you know he refused an offer from Reebok for $10 million when he was 18?


WOw how come ? He is going to be in the Space Jam movie sequel


Yes because he said Nike or Adidas will offer him more so he did not settle for that


Wow he knew his self worth did he get a better offer then?


Yes Nike offered him $90 million the next year


Nice, good deal then , Did you know he is the highest paid  celebrity?


Nice, he is involved in many things so I guess that makes sense


Yeah. He once raised $6 million when he televised the decision, it was all for charity


Nice. He was really hated in 2012 when he decided to join MIami Heats


Wow I guess people did not like him leaving his old team


Do you think prisoners should be allowed to read books?


Yea, I don't think knowledge should be denied from anyone. Messed up NJ attempted to ban the "The New Jim Crow" book


Yeah, that book was meant for prisoners or those who are isolated from society


Books have the potential to make people better, I think it's a good thing they have groups like Books Through Bars giving books to prisons


I'm glad the ACLU got NJ to reverse its ban.


Yea, and books help educate prisoners and can have a huge payoff


Yeah. Too bad for prisoners in Texas there are 11,000 books that are on the banned list, including Shakespeare works. They aren't allowed to read E=MC2: Simply Physics. I wonder why?


I have no clue, having access to education can lower recidivism by 43 percent, seems like a no brainer to let books in


It can also help them to get essential skills to help them find and maintain work after they are released.


Yea, a lot of prisoners get their GED's in prison too


Yeah, it's a cost effective intervention too that could help prisoners succeed in society.


Yea, reading is important and requires continuous practice, refinement, and development


I understand the regulations that rule out books that might facilitate criminal activity, when it comes to book that tells readers how to make weapons, to escape prison, or to incite riots. Other than that, it doesn't make sense.


Nope, I wonder if they banned Starship Troopers, it's on the reading lists of three US military branches


Hmm, and I wonder what Ender's Game is too. It was suggested reading for military organizations.


Who know, I wonder if it would be one of the novels in the 18th century to cause a moral panic


Wow, imagine what 18th century people would think of the internet. Haha.


I don't know,i wonder how they would react to Merida's curly hair in Pixar's Brave


That was some pretty awesome looking hair. Well, Pixar did take three years studying curly hair physics.


Yea, I don't know if that's more crazy than Kim Jong-Un having a degree in Physics


Wow, I didn't know that. I never thought physics could explain where the universe came from, but apparently it would not violate physics from coming from nothing.


I have a passing knowledge that it is the premier men's professional basketball league in the world


Good. I watch the NBA all the time. Do you have a favorite team?


I tend to watch the LA lakers. How about you?


Chicago Bulls. You all have a chance to Land Anthony Davis. Are you excited about the possibility?


I think that if they land Anthony Davis, there will definitely be a noticeable different. Even if they don't I feel the LA Lakers are relatively solid.