Yeah more than memes and cat pictures lol, theres also dog pics and memes but seriously the internet has become a great thing.


It is a great resource, I am so glad that there is a back up copy, you know just in case.


I am glad, there could be wars if the internet falls down, wars, riots and terrible consequences, a lot of deaths.


Or just people freaking out and hitting refresh, like when facebook went down a day or two ago.


Yeah I heard that confused a lot of people, so do you like physics? Its one of my favorite subjects.


I think it is fascinating, cant say I am any good at it though.


The universe itself could be a violation of physics, I guess we have a lot to learn still anyway it was great chatting with you


It was great chatting with you too!  Have a great night!


Do you fear that you have mold where you live ?


You know, what, actually I do!  We've had problems with flooding so, I always have this worry some mold might have developed somewhere I can't readily see it.  Gives me the creeps!


They could be in your attic if it is not well ventilated.


Yeah, I've heard about that.  Luckily our attic is in the garage where I don't go much... hehe.  I'm told you gotta watch out when seeking home improvement advice from the internet.  Course, I think that goes for ANY advice you seek from the internet, period.


Yeah, your are right, the internet multiplied our sources of information, but not our sources of verification.


Did you know that the novelty from constantly clicking links can cause addiction measurable in the brain?  So, it really possible to become addicted to the internet!  (I think I might have that problem some days..)


Yes, every time you click at something something else happens, it can be quite addictive for the brain that likes stimulation.


I think one "unofficial" sign you're addicted if you get up early in the morning just to check your email.  (Or perhaps in today's world, your phone!)


I like receiving email, but I dread work emails, I think it balances my addiction.


Haha.  I'm told young kids can get addicted to Youtube videos of people buying and opening those Kinder Eggs.  You know, the candy eggs that got a toy surprise in each one?  I'm thinking, "Is that all it takes to make a hit Youtube video?  Gotta try that sometime..." :)


I know Kinder Eggs, I live in Canada, they never were outlawed here.


Yeah, they have something similar here (US) but I'm told they're not the same.  Something about the toy being a choking hazard got people worried... I dunno.  Hey, did you know only 7 percent of people read the FULL terms when buying a product or service on the internet?


I am in the 93 %, they are too long, do you read them ?


I skim it, and look for key phrases like, "Give u your soul" and "Organ harvesting" etc.  :)


Sometimes, I read it, mostly when I install "free" software. Just to see if I install also spyware.


Yeah, we gotta watch that free stuff.  Speaking of stuff to watch, did you know the sun is actually white?  It only appears yellow because of atmospheric scattering.


Yeah, atmospheric scattering is also the cause of our red sunsets.


They say the sun's energy will undergo a radical shift in a mere 5 billion years, so make your plans accordingly!  :)


In what sense, will we receive more or less heat from the sun, maybe we should harness the energy that is in a lightning bolt, it is 5 times hotter than the sun.


Considering how hot the sun is, that's so mind boggling but yeah, it's hotter by a long shot.  Although I did some research once and the whole "catching a lightning bolt and using it for energy" thing wouldn't quite work out.  Still it's a neat subject to contemplate.


The solar system is well named, the sun  represents 99.86% of all mass in the system. It would be weird to name it the Neptunian system.


Speaking of Neptune.. did you know on July 11th 2011, it completed it's first full orbit around the sun since it was discovered in 1846?  That's one looooong revolution!


That is over 150 earth  years, don't get a mortgage from a banker on Neptune, your grand-grand-grand-children will still have payments.


HAHA, that's true!  And what's even crazier is as big as our son is, it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy.  I can't even imagine something on that big of a scale!


I wonder how much more energy than our sun it produces.


Again, couldn't imagine.  Well, hey, it was really awesome chatting wit hyou!  I hope you have a great day!


Hello Friend, are you interested in the Internet?


hi how are you? yes i am interested in the internet.


The Internet is a network of networks that uses the Internet Protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices world wide.


It has been around for decades. most people dont know that though. they think it is a recent invention.


I know a fun fact, did you know that the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button?


I have heard that name. it is a silly name. it is not a hamburger. the shape is something else. sandwich?


No, it looks like a hamburger to me. Did you know that only 7% of people read the full terms when buying a product or service on the Internet?


My hamburgers are wider in the middle. The burger must stick out of the buns! I am a purist about my buttons. The ToS are too long and dry for most people.


Yes, and the constant novelty from clicking links on the Internet can cause real addiction measurable in the brain.


i am already addicted, as far as i can tell. i figure that years of usage has rendered me helpless in the face of a computer.


Me too. The current library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the Internet in case the Internet burns down.


is this true? how could the internet burn down?


I know, right? The Internet consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks but they are all physical networks, so theoretically they could burn down.


The whole thing though? i figure each part has its own backups. How could the whole thing get backed up?


It's complicated. They are talking about the links. Speaking of burning, did you know that the Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System? It's a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma with internal convective motion that generates a magnetic field va a dynamo process.


The sun is a great force of attraction for so many planets in our vicinity. I am amazed at its force.


The Sun's diameter is 109 times that of the Earth and its mass is about 330,000 times that of the Earth. Wow, that's big.


Yes, it is gigantic. Cosmic. Stellar, even. I envy its size. So much energy, so much mass.


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


We need a place to store it all and I dont have any room at my house. That would be one big battery. Anyway, great chat!


I don't have any room at my house either, and yes nice chat.


He is ok. I didn;t realize he was an actor on the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation in the early 2000s.


I did not know that either. Interesting! Maybe his music career/acting career was in the way of his schooling because I did recently read that he graduated high school on october 2012 at the age of 25. Thats a little late.


Maybe. Better late than never, I guess. He quit the show in 2007 to pursue music.


Very true. I guess it doesn't really matter the age when you are at least trying. I know he has a lot of music fans! Did you know the beat of drake's song "hotline bling" is actually sampled from timmy thomas' 1972 hit "why we can't live together"?


I didn't realize that! "Hotline Bling" received Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Performance and Best Rap Song.


That is pretty cool! Rap music these days has definitely changed compared to what was playing when I was growing up!


Same here. I grew up listening to Tupac & Biggie. Tupac's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance". Pretty cool!


That was who I grew up to, as well! Those were definitely the days of rap music! Here is an interesting fact about rap music! The word rap, which predates the musical form, originally meant "to lightly strike", and is now used to describe quick speech or repartee.


Wow, neat! I always liked Eminem too. Before he became a rapper, eminem's true dream was to become a comic book artist.


Yes, he was one of my favorites as well. Check this out. In 2001 a michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit filed against rapper Eminem! I bet that was a sight to see!


Haha. She was a good sport. After hearing eminem's verse on drake's song forever, kanye west took two days and cancelled appointments to rewrite his.


I did not know that. While on the subject of rap, did you know, Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle, it's called "compliment battle"? Interesting. Not sure I have ever heard a Korean rapper.


I never have either! For this year's Grammys, half of the recordings nominated for the album of the year qualify as rap.


I'm not sure. No rap album has won since OutKast won in 2004.


Didn't Bruno Mars take the big prize last year?


Yes he did. There are a lot of female nominees this year. On the ballot for album of the year, four of the eight nominees are women.


That is awesome to know because we could use some more women in the industry! At least I think so, anyway.


I agree. For best new artist, it's six out of eight who are women!


Hey what do you like about the musician Drake? Do you ever listen to his music


Yes I really like rap music. Drake is one of my favorite rappers.


Yeah I never knew that Drake's real name was Aubrey Drake Graham, at least Drake is in his actual name


Me neither. It is kind of an unusual name. I really liked him in the show Degrassi: The Next Generation did you ever watch that?


No I never saw that show. Is it any good? Apparently he finally graduated high school when he was 25


Yes it is a great series you should check it out on Netflix some time. Wow I didn't realize he didn't finish school at 18.  My favorite album by him is Thank Me Later. What's yours?


I don't know any of his albums but I do like his single hotline bling, it actually received a Grammy award.


That is a great song! You should really check out his mixtape  More Life. It is kind of like a playlist.


Ok I'll check it out. What do you think about the fact that hotline bling was sampled from a 1972 song


That is cool I really love old school stuff. He has had produced some really famous songs and albums. The dancehall influenced album was at the top of the Billboards for weeks on end.


Yeah absolutely, and I always wondered if Drake visited Drake University LOL and he actually did! He did in the middle of the night


I heard about that. He is so cool to surprise his fans like that. I guess he has a lot of money and likes to spend obscene amounts on some of his favorite books as he travels on tour.


Well let me ask you this what other rappers do you like? I listened to a lot of Eminem back when I was in high school


I love Eminem too I still listen to him! Lil Wayne is cool too. I think Drake's career really flourished after he signed with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment.


Yeah I think he did. One thing I like about Eminem is his choice and superheroes haha I remember that he really likes Spider-Man as a kid


I wonder which superhero's Drake likes? I don't think his Comeback Season or So Far Gone albums mention superhero's.


Yeah I'm not 100% sure on that, I do also know that Eminem was in a court case and the judge read her verdicts to him as a rap LOL


Wow that's weird. I really prefer Drakes rapping myself. Drake does such a good job turning his poetry into music. He is so on point with the timing on his tracks.


Yeah he has a great beat going. Have you ever thought about suggesting that he do a"compliment battle"that was our apparently All the Rage in Korea


No I haven't but that is a great idea! I hope that one day his music will go into the library of congress like Tupac Shakur's did.


I could see that happening. What do you think about the 1998 Rugrats movie, I bet no one knows that Busta Rhymes did the voice for Reptar in that LOL


I do. Did you know air travel used to be faster in the 60s


Wow cool. The dutch are making a bus that goes 160 mph


Wow cool. Do you know why the baggage claim is so far?


I have no idea, there is a purpose for that?


Yes because that way they decrease the complaints from people


Nice smart. Did you know in Japan all highways are tolled?


Yes it can cost you up to $300 to travel by car around the country


Wow. Did you know you can find places to crash inn when travelling?


That is convenient. In Mackinac island cars are not allowed anymore, just horses and bikes


It sure sounds like it. DO you like dogs?


I sure do. Did you know they can learn more than 1000 words?


Nice. They have 12 blood types and there are blood drives for dogs


Nice. Yeah and they can reason better than chimps


Nice. Did you know Google is a dog company?


They actually claim that? Did you know dogs can have eureka moments?


Nice. Yes they have it in their code of conduct


Are you planning to watch the Grammys this year?


hello,  I am not sure.  Is that going to be on soon?


This year's Grammy Awards are in two days. They sound like they're going to be exciting.


Oh ok that is soon,  I might watch it.  do you like music?  did you know linkin parks hybrid theory was the best selling album in the 21st century?


I love music and I'm a fan of Linkin Park, so I did know that. Do you listen to their music?


I do!  I like all types of music.  Did you know that eminem wanted to be a comic?


He has a sharp sense of humor in some of his music and funny deadpan delivery, so I can picture that.


I hear Korean rappers invented a style of rapping,  compliment battle!


That sounds like a very positive spin on the diss tracks that some rappers make.


in 2001 a michigan judge delivered her ruling in a rap lol


That sounds like it would be very funny to hear! Who was the ruling about?


I wonder what Eminem thought about that. If it were me, I would be applauding.


Yeah that is amazing.  I hope people did lol


I wonder if any of the songs from Eminem's latest album will be nominated for an award at the latest Grammys. Some other rappers like Kendrick Lamar have been nominated.


I think his songs that got nominated were the ones from the soundtrack of the Black Panther movie.


It was great, and I think the music really added to how good the movie was.


absolutely!  Music adds so much to movies!


I agree, and I like the way soundtrack albums take me back to seeing the movie when I hear them.


I know he is from Canada and hangs out with Steph Curry near my house in Alameda!


I didnt know he graduated from high school at 25.


Thats interesting.  I think its cold they call him Waldo at Warrior games.  At least he has Rihanna lol.


He also spent a lot of money of first editions of Charlottes Web and Winnie the Pooh, I didnt know he was into childrens literatrue.


I wonder if he will actually let his kids read or touch the books haha.


With the cost of a new paperback, I highly doubt it.


I wonder if the timmy thomas 1972 hit song that Hotline Bling sampled from gets any royalties.


I would hope so, so many rappers use older songs in their music and just call it a remix.


Maybe that is a strategy since the originators maybe gone already.  Have you ever used vinyl record or cassette tape?


I have.  Up until a few months ago, my car had a cassette deck in it.  I still have a record player at home too.


That is awesome.  That lasted over 30 years, from the 70's to early 2000s.  Hold onto it.


I see people selling tape players for 100 and record players for several hundred dollars!


That is crazy, now MP3 is the new craze, I really wonder what the next development will be.


Instant streaming any song anywhere you want without storage.


Even just regular streaming is pretty incredible.  Music certainly has developed in terms of formats.


It all started from the West African griot tradition.


I wonder they developed it to make sure people were paying attention so they could disseminate traditions that way.


That would be a pretty effective method.  It has been great chatting, but I must go.


Same here take care of those records and tapes!


I like all music but country and classical. How about you?


I have been listening to rapping lately as it is a form of music that focuses on vocal delivery and rhythmic speech


Nice. I like classic rap a lot. Like Tupac Shakur. He had a large impact on our culture, so much that he is in the library of congress of "cultural significance."


I like that while rap share parts of hip hop, its history predates it and occupies a gray area between speech, prose, poetry, and singing


It's interesting that the word rap has been part of British English since the 16th century.


It is also interesting how rap continues to develop even to this day. For instance, Korean rappers have recently developed a new type of freestyle called a compliment battle.


That is funny. Rap is sometimes used in very surprising instances. A judge delivered a ruling in rap for a suit filed against Eminem.


Speaking of rap, how familiar are you with Aubrey Drake Graham?


Who is that, Drake? I did not know that Aubrey was his first name!


Initially finding fame as an actor in Degrassi, he pursued rap and released Comeback Season and So Far Gone before debuting with Thank Me Later with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment


He is full of surprises. During one UK tour in 2011, he spent an "obscene amount of money" to buy children's classic books, first editions.


Having achieved quadruple platinum status and success, he is a man with money to spend. He must have really fond memory of children stories and want the very best for himself.


I like the song "God's Plan," which is one of many number one singles.


I like Hotline Bling, which even received a grammy. The beat was actually sampled from why we can't live together tho.


His debut album was even number one on the US Billboards and went platinum. He has had a lot of success from early on in his rap career, it seems.


It makes sense he has money to spend on first editions, especially considering how many hits he has released


I am also a fan of Linkin Park. Their album "Hybrid Theory" is the best selling album of the 21st century


I think what makes an album great is its persistence. For instance, the dark side of the moon is still a best seller despite being released 40 years ago.


Straight outta compton by NWA was the first album to get to platinum status without airplay or a major tour.


Wow it was very interesting to talk about rap. Have a nice day.


Yes, I think I'm going to look up the rap album by 100 year old twins next.


I have in the past.    I haven't heard "Scorpion" yet.


Me either. I am not a fan though. I do listen to him at the gym though. I am more of a rock fan. What about you?


I enjoy many types of music, including rap and country albums


If you enjoy rap, did you know Tupac is in the library of congress for cultural significance?


I have heard that.        I wonder if Eminem is also in that category?


I would think so. He has done so much to help the genre. It would be a shame not to be.


Too true.     He even inspired Kanye West to improve his verse for the song "Forever".


It worked out for Eminem. He wanted to be a comic book artist though. I think he's doing ok.


I would agree, although perhaps not as well as Linkin Park who have the best-selling album of the 21st century!


Have you ever heard of a compliment battle?


It is! I had not heard of it until todya. It's from Korea.


Interesting that something that started in West Africa is so global now!


I hope they do not freestyle court rulings! Some judge in Michigan did that. Not very professional.


I don't know.     If a rapper like Busta Rhymes can appear in Rugrats, anything goes!


That's true! Hasn't he been in a lot too?


I don't know.        Do you know the names of any of his albums?


Did you know that NWA was the first act to have a platinum album without airplay or a major tour!


Hmmm....not really.  I know I'm not a fan of Paris Hilton.


Not too shabby!  Jenna Marble on youtube makes $346,827 annually from her channel.  Crazy!


Oh yes!  I wonder how much he makes per year?  Funny.  I don't like Paris Hilton and I see that in 2007 she was in the guinness book of world records for most overrated celebrity! lol


Well deserved, she can still get into Pixars secret room though.


Pixar studio has a secret room just for celebrities.


How neat!  I wonder why it's just for celebrities?  John Cena holds the record for wishes granted with the make a wish foundation.  He has granted over 400 wishes!


I have seen him at Make a wish.  Nice.  Ethiopia has a celebrity chef who combats hunger


That is pretty cool.  I can't believe they have hunger issues there still.  I remember in the 80s how hunger was an issue there.  There was a guy named Justin Bieber who was banned from facebook for sharing the same name with the celebrity.  That's not right for them to do that to that poor guy.


Agreed, if he is older, he had the name first!


Yes.  I can't believe it's been over 15 years now since Facebook was founded in 2004.


Mark Zuckerberg is near me in Menlo Park, Ca!


Nice!  30 percent of American adults use Facebook as their primary news source.  Oh boy...we're in trouble. lol


Maybe BurgerKing should have them unfriend more people for whoppers?


I dont know why but they had a promo for a free whooper if you unfriend 10 people!


Oh yes.  I would have been all over that promotion.  I would have gotten a bunch of whoppers. lol  Here's a different fact...there are more people on Facebook now that there were people in the world 200 years ago!


Have a good one!  It's been fun chatting!


Are you a fan of the Harry Potter series?


I saw all of the movies on the big screen but I had not read the books until recently.  Did you know that Harry Potter series was the most banned book in the thus far?  I wonder why?


I'm not sure, but the translation of the first harry potter book is the longest published book in greek


Given its popularity, I sure its been translated into multiple languages.  What I did not know is that the Harry Potter books I just read were translated to American English from British English!


oh wow, the author wrote an alternative ending to the series.


I did not know that!  Was it picked up by a publisher or is just out there, floating on the internet?  Somehow, I can't see Rowling being pleased about that!


she continuously edits the books to fix errors.


Since its been a while since the Harry Potter books were published, I would not have expected a very active Harry Potter FaceBook page.  But it seems its still being updated regularly.  Do you use FaceBook?


I do, there are more people on facebook than there were in the word 200 years ago.


I personally do not - too concerned about privacy and fake news.  But occasionally I see where it might have value.  Like with Iceland using FB to rewrite its constitution and allow the public to make suggestions and alterations.


yeah that's new. well talking about fake news, Facebook is considered the primary source of news for 30% of american adults.


I find that a bit disconcerting - anyone can be a "reporter" and put anything out there.  I also find the FB (and other social media) created a new type of celebrity.  Some, like the Kardashians are famous simply for being famous,


yeah just like YouTube and Instagram, they have a lot followers and they are called influencers because they post reviews and everything but their opinion is often biased. I don't trust them, do you?


Neither do I.  I like real celebs, like Lebron James.  He deserves his celebrity status with skills on the basketball court.  I recently learned he is the highest paid celeb, with Judge Judy coming 2nd at $123,000 per episode!


woow, that is interesting, there is a celebrity on YouTube called Jenna Marble that makes $346,827 from her channel.


Wow!  I never knew you  could make that type of money on YouTube.  On a more somber note.  What do you think of celebrity status being given to some of the students from Parkland High School after the shooting incident?


I appreciate that the media would want to interview them.  And I respect that they are entitled to their opinions on gun control.  But we also need to look at mental illness being at the core of the shooting.   I just hope that in their involvement in the school and social media that they also address that factor as well.


exactly, that is a serious issue. I enjoyed talking with you today. have a nice day.


The MacArthur Foundation provided 10 guiding questions to help them in their public involvement.  Like knowing the difference between having a voice and having influence, and getting from being a voice to being an agent of change.  I hope they use that guidance well in their civic engagements.  Take care...


So what do you think of Maria Butina appealing to men with guns?


I don't get it at all.  But I know there are men out there who think guns are just the best thing ever.  They can identify the models and the add ons just by looking at a picture.  Seems very weird to me.


I'm a gun owner and like to shoot.  I don't hunt.  I would not be turned on by a girl holding one.  I think the NRA isn't thinking about how scary that may be.  Especially those that went though a bad divorce.


I think there's more to Butina than just the guns.  She also portrayed the willing woman who would never disagree with her man and lead him on an enjoyable ride.


Yeah, I'm not buying it.  She has a Facebook feed and many think she's a fraud that would lead someone on then ask for $5k wired to her.


I guess she got in tight with the NRA leadership.  That's even odder to me.  The NRA are supposed to be so patriotic and all and then here they are falling all over her.


Yeah, a Russian at that.  Of course WaPo would make it a political thing (e.g., feminists nonsense).  So sick of American being so nasty and political.


The Washington Post was just reporting when the Michigan GOP told them she was friendly and flirtatious.  And I guess she was, the classic cold war honeypot.  Maybe we'll see the movie soon.


Dunno.  She's on Facebook. I didn't realize that Zuckerburg was color blind.  He probably has the bucks to be fitted with robot eyes.


I'm sure facebook and all that fantasy helped Butina make her way.  I was actually thinking more like it is the Star Wars style fantasy that she feeds off of.  After all Princess Leia handled a pretty mean blaster and was cute also.


Back to your previous comment.  Can you seriously image WaPo saying anything positive about the NRA?  I never got the Princess Leia turn on... It's been featured on Friends and The Big Bang Theory.


Just think if Leia had facebook in that future.  Imagine all the stormtroopers standing around looking at their phones!  That would be a hoot.  I knew about Zuckerburg's color blindness.  I used to wonder if any Facebook employee would make a fake page in all green and see how he would react.


One would probably get fired.  I think it's very interesting that one fold in the brain makes the difference between perceiving fantasy and reality.  I wonder if people like Van Gogh had something going on there as opposed to most thinking he was schizophrenic.


I guess it's thoughts like that explain why I had to keep changing jobs.  I am a big fan of fantasy literature.  I've got a long list of authors that I am working my way through.  Terry Pratchett is one of them, I guess he's British.


I like William Gibson.  I'm pretty sure he wasn't the Chicago janitor that wrote a 15,145 page manuscript.


That's a pretty weird story but I've heard other similar ones.  There was a French mathematician, named Able who committed suicide and when they searched his apartment they found reams of research work that he never submitted.


That's weird.  Also weird is that Burger King offered a free Whopper for unfriending 10 people on Facebook.  That's pretty anti-social.


Seems a little unnecessary doesn't it. We could just get along, would that be so hard?


I don't think so... We should all just chill.  Maybe Iceland is the place for that.  They are rewriting their constitution on Facebook to get feedback.


I doubt Facebook is the place to decide on something like a constitution.  Most comments on Facebook are negative at least in my limited experience.  When I worked in S.F. I used to walk by the last Myspace office on second street.  Usually pretty empty.  Weird how they couldn't buy Facebook.


hi how are you? no, im not on facebook. You?


I have a profile but rarely use it anymore. Myspace had a chance to buy it years ago but didnt


I guess they didnt see the potential of FB. I think that i would have made the same mistake myself.


Huge mistake, I wonder if myspace even exists anymore. Did you ever have a profile?


No, i did not. i looked at facebook and thought about persistence of info on the internet and decided against it.


You were very smart, I should have followed your lead. I did participate in a burger king promotion about unadding friends for free whoppers, it was great!


That is a bonus. I could have just made friends to unfriend and cashed in on the burger bonanza.


right lol. I wish I could have unfriended hundreds for free food lol! Are you a star wars fan?


Yes, i really liked the original trilogy. You?


Me too, much better than the new stuff coming out. The original star wars made George Lucas a billionaire!


Yeah, he was smart. he made money on a movie in the 70s, then got to do star wars. gave up the directors fee for the merchandising rights.


right, smart man! Even his wife got some awards for her ideas for the films and editing


She was a clever story writer. she knew how to create  special moments that the viewer would remember. i was a kid when i saw it, and it changed my view of storytelling.


I can't agree with you more! Did you ever see how much James Earl Jones made for voice Darth Vader


He didnt make much in cash, but i bet he made money in residuals.


That is a good point, I think he initially made like 7500 dollars for it, but made a ton after


Yeah, what a voice! he did the voice for lion king too.


Man, him and morgan freeman cash good checks with their voice, I wish mine did the same thing lol. It was so nice chatting with you!


Yes, i had a great time chatting. Morgan is one of my favorite actors.


Me too, do you like the new ones or the old ones better?


Old ones!  I was 7 when the first one came out in 1977.


wow, i wasn't even a thought yet during that but I love them still! Lucas became a billionaire because of those!


Too bad he didnt share that money with James Earl Jones.  He only received 7500 for recording the voice of darth vader.


right, but it as only for a couple hours work I think. I would like a job like that. I wonder if he got a big pay raise after


Idk how long he worked for it but Vader is one of the most iconic characters in the franchise.  And since it holds the record for most successful film merchandising franchise i would have expected him to make more money.


For sure and he was like the original villain that everyone loved. Did you know George Lucas wife won an academy award for editing purposes?


Didn't know that. I bet she got a lot of money in the divorce!  lol


nah!  cant stand facebook and mark zuckerburg


For sure, I don't care for his colorblindness either, I hate the blue look to facebook!


I would like to have the estimated 104 billion dollars that facebook is worth.


for sure lol! I would try selling it again to myspace for 10x the original amount that myspace declined it for, just to rub it in


lol...  I do find it cool that Burger King offered a free whopper for every ten people that you unfriend on facebook.  If I had a FB page I would unfriend 10 people everyday!


I would do it 10x per day also. I love a whopper and don't know half of my friends anymore lol


lol..  I would have to do the math, but with 2.2 billion monthly active users that would be a lot of hamburgers!


That is so much, I wonder when they had that going on. I missed out I think. Maybe I will delete some anyways lol. It was so nice chatting with you!


ditto.  it would be worth starting a FB page if the offer still exists!


Hey you like listening to music? Linkin Park was so good, there album was the best selling album of our century.


yes, i do like to listen to music. i have not listened to the Lincoln Park. they must have a great album then. they toured a lot too.


Yeah they did. NWA's straight outta Compton was also well received if you like rap!


NWA? they have a controversial name but they were tremendous. i figure they must have sold a million albums.


Yeah their first album reached platinum without a major record label.


They had real talent. They knew what a lot of people wanted to hear. They were cool.


Yeah they were awesome. Almost as awesome as releasing a rap album at 100 years old like those twins in Japan.


they must spit mad fire about arthritis and social security! LOL


Ahaha no doubt! Wonder if they will be as popular as the Dark side of The Moon...probably not!


Dark side of the moon! a classic album that will never stop being popular. i have you ever tried the dark side of oz?


No I never have what's that? Sounds like a Reel Big Fish song or something!


you watch wizard of oz. at a certain point in the film you start dark side. it matches up with the movie almost like a sound track. never tried it myself.


That is epic. I am going to try. Speaking of the moon and darkside of it...1938 meters is the highest point on the moon!


that is quite high. i wonder how many mountains on earth are that high.


I don't think any because that is even higher than mt. everest!


wow, that is tall! i bet it would be dangerous to climb even in low gravity. the moon is dangerous.


Yeah good point. Moon dust is also dangerous and can cause a disease in humans!


i bet it can. boy, you wouldnt catch me living on the moon, dark side or other! that is too dangerous for me. plus there are no hospital up there!


Yes good point. Not now atleast lol. Moons largest moon phobos, is 1/3 hollow! How do they even know that!


i guess they see how it moves and guess how much mass it has. then they figure it must be hollow. not enough mass for the volume. anyway, great chat!


True. I'm also glad there is an American flag on the moon! Good chatting wth you too, have a great day will ya!


I am great but it is freezing her! and yourself?


I'm doing good myself. Pretty cold here in Ohio as well. Where are you from?


I grew up in Indiana. I am now in kansas city.


I am a fan of some groups. I like Bon Jovi but have never been to his concert. How about you?


I love rock music. My favorite band is Linkin Park. The state rock song of Oklahoma is Do You Realize by Flaming Lips.


OMG. Yes. Linkin Park makes Bon Jovi look like they are ready for a nursing home!


LOL! Rock band Whitesnake has over 50 members throughout its history.


Could they possibly be the same band? It is more like an employer.Did you know that Hanson had the most requested song on an alt-rock station in Chicago because the djs did not reveal the artist?


Possibly lol. Sonic the Hedgehog was originally going to be a rock band member.


That is so funny. He does look like an '80s band member. I am sure he could pass for a member of Kiss.


LOL. Did you know Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001?


That is no rest at all. Obviously they must be sleeping on a bus, plane, etc?


Not sure lol. In 2002, Creed concert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.


That is bad. I wonder what happened? Pink Floyd recorded a live concert in the roman amphitheater in pompeii with no audience. Is that considered a concert?


I watched that concert on video. It was really cool.


Really? You are a rock fan. I myself loved Tom Petty. Dark side of the moon is still on of the best selling albums for 40 years? What is the band?


OHHH! I should have known! Can you believe that identical twins from Japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old? I wonder if anyone listened to it?


Are you a fan of rock music? I like Bon Jovi and he was a great performer too! He moved around the stage like his feet were light as a feather, it was hard to not bop my hand to his music.


ya he does great shows, I wonder how much he plays, definitely not as many as linkin park, they played almost every day in 2001


I heard about that and its just because of the success of their debut album, I've never seen them in concert, have you seen anyone live?


yes I've seen Tool and the rolling stones, lots of smaller acts, what about you?


Oh yeah, I've seen a couple in person, the most recent one I saw was Jessie J and the venue was in a warehouse unlike in Croatia, where there is an ancient roman amphitheater that is still used for concerts


ah that is cool, do you like the ramones? they tour a lot as well theyve done over 2000 concerts over 20 years


Yes I do, I haven't seen them in concert though, if they've been playing for that long, they probably didn't have the issue like the Creed concert where concert attendees sued the band for putting on a bad show.


haha that would be embarrassing to be sued for that honestly! Do you like Linkin Park? I guess they have an album that is the best selling of the 21st century so far


Yeah, but how do you provide evidence for a bad concert? Or maybe they just wanted to extort some money from the band. Yes, I like Linkin Park, especially sad to hear Chester passed. Do You?


ya they're ok I've never seen them live though, I do like pink floyd though, Its crazy that dark side of the moon is still a best selling album!


Yeah, me neither, Pink Floyd also recorded a concert at the ancient amphitheater with no audience! How awkward would it be to do that! I imagine it's not because there were no fans but probably recorded something to be played later.


ya I hope it was recorded! do you like NWA? I guess they had an album reach platinum with 0 airplay which is quite a feat!


No, I'm not too familiar with them, any recognizable songs? How does one obtain platinum status?


No I know that they made that movie straight outta compton but I never saw it, I guess I heard it's good I should do that


Yeah, I don't know either. I prefer to stream music now, can't believe how far technology has advanced, we went from vinyl LPs to tapes to CDs to mp3 and now we stream!


I know! now its all digital! you could even digitally get the album those japanese twins made! It was a rap album they made when they turned 100 years old!


To think people can still rap at 100 years old is an amazing feat and then to have studios releasing albums with 100 year old rappers, that's a risky investment!


ya definitely! do you listen to Reel Big Fish? I've never heard of them do you know their good songs?


Yeah, I have never of them either, from the name, it sounds like they aren't rock bands and rather are in the country genre, but that's stereotyping, I think.


ya, apparently they lost their rights to their old songs and then just re-recorded the songs for the new label haha


That's interesting. Lyrics are like poetry too, but too often they stress romantic love but I like how some artists use that as a platform to address a wide variety of other social or political themes too


ya I'd agree with that, I think music is like the modern day version of poetry, we will probably be judged by this for many years to come in the future!


Rock music is a form of popular music that originated as rock and roll in the US in the early 1950s


I like rock music, especially Bon Jovi. It's hard to believe his career has lasted so long. I didn't know he was almost 60!


He loves his profession. He is a very creative and lovable person.


Yeah he is, he's sold over 100 million albums and can still fill arenas.


Bon jovi wanted people around him to be as happy and fit as he is. He's the lead singer, and looks amazingly youthful.


Yeah he does, he's played for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in the past, but he doesn't make political comments, which speaks highly.


Music doesn't discriminate; all are equal before it.


Yep that's what I love about it. DId you know that the state rock song of Oklahoma is "Do You Realize?" by The Flaming Lips?


It was released in 2002 . It reminds me of my olden days. It's really energetic. This song always feels magical.


I agree, they say that Whitesnake has had over 50 members throughout it's history. There's been so many that the list has it's own Wikipedia page.


When a performance is done by a single musician, it's called a recital.


That's pretty neat, I've never heard of that. Did you know that Sonic the Hedgehog was originally supposed to be a member of a rock band?


Its very interesting ! Indoor concerts held in the largest venues are called arena concerts. Sometime its is very interesting to hear the song in the small area.


I like small concerts, it gives it that intimate feeling that you get nowhere else.


That's a long time. I heard Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001 following up the success of their debut album.


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


That's cool, I bet it sold better than their originals.


Hybrid theory is the best-selling album of the century.


I didn't know that, it was a great album. Creed once had a concert that was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.


Yeah it is. Almost as shocking as two identical twins from Japan releasing a rap album when they turned 100.


The dark side of the moon was still one of the best selling albums of 2014


Nwa's straight was the first album reach platinum status its very amazing to hear. Which is your favourite live concert program ?


Facebook appears to be in trouble in Ireland, that can't seem to stay out of the headlines right now.


Interesting, what are they in trouble for?


Pretty much the same as here, allowing its platform to spread false information and affect political debate.


There must have been some concern, Facebook stopped allowing adverts from outside Ireland.


Interesting, is it because the liberal party is going to lose an election over there?


I believe it was a constitution referendum, American agencies were trying to influence opinion there.  The Irish didn't like these groups trying to influence their constitution.


Interesting. I mean every country tries to influence outside countries elections, is that just a given? Like what we are doing with Venezuela now?


I suppose the feeling is that we shouldn't, whether it happens or not.  It would appear that they had little effect in Ireland, the referendum was passed easily.


I've never been there. Did you unfriend 10 people to win a whopper on facebook?


I'm not sure I have enough to unfriend, I have an account but barely use it.  Facebook makes people unsocial so I avoid it.


I don't use Facebook hardly anyways either. That's why I'm highly skeptical that it was used to change an election for Trump, but not Obama even though Obama went around bragging about doing the same thing Trump did with his firm Blue Labs.


I dislike that Facebook share information with so many, even of people that don't have accounts, sometimes personal stuff.


I just figured that is their entire business model, I mean what else are they going to sell?


I suppose so, but that does not make it right.  They need to be up front about what they are selling.  Mr Zuckerburg probably has enough cash now.


I just figured everyone knew that is what they are selling, I mean if you run a social platform using people's info, what else could they sell?


Eventually Mr Zuckerburg may feel he has enough money, maybe then he'll become more responsible.  Maybe he'll fix his colorblindness.


He doesn't own all of Facebook. Shareholders do own it as well. If you have a retirement and own index funds so do you.


I believe he still has over fifty percent interest.  Facebook will make up just one small very part of a retirement portfolio, any change in a single company will have effectively zero impact on any mutual fund.


Yup, but if the stock starts to fall it will really pull down the SnP500 and Nasdaq. People will complain. Actually this happened last year already.


The tech market is overvalued, these companies have taken the low hanging fruit, there is no way that they can reproduce the growth figures that their prices would indicate.  Stocks go up and then down.


I just use my wife's account, I don't really use FB much.


I need it for work but man do I dislike it. I used to love it but now I can see myself without it. I took a serious break from it beginning January 1 and do not miss it. I have to jump on occasionally for work but I jump right off.


We have strict rules at work concerning social media. I just couldn't be bothered. I check in on my kids school stuff and family photo's I'm good with that. Did you know that 33% of divorce filings have the word facebook in them?


I wonder how many now have snap chat in it... I get irritated with them selling our info and affecting elections. Cant be irresponsible and then sell our stuff.


I know like they don't make enough money all ready. FB is worth over $100 billion.


I cannot believe Iceland is using it to rewrite their constitution. What are they thinking?


Wow that is crazy, there are more FB users that there were people 200 years ago.


I understand the math on that but it just seems crazy. I want to take a break from technology on my next vacation.


It is nice to get away from it. People are glued to their phones it ridiculous. When I have family over almost everyone is using their phone instead of having a conversation. Haha I sound old, but people need to put their phones down. Lol


I agree. I teach and the kids need the stimulant. Everytime there is a break, they are on their devices.


Wow, I bet. I'm not looking forward to the day when my kids have cell phones.


Me neither!I am pretty fearful of the bullying they might get or give. Kids can be so mean!


Yes, they can be brutal. And you can try your best but your can't censor everything they will find a way. Did you know that FB has over 50 gender options?


50! I know there is now some grey (non-binary) but 50! Not all men had the right to vote until 1918. I wonder who couldn't vote...


58 to be exact, idk what they could be. A dog beat two people in a mayoral election and was mayor for 13 years.


Is that better than Austin Tx naming their garbage dump after Fred Durst?


haha, A chimpanzee came in third in a mayoral election in Rio. He did not win, he came in third. Why do people want animals to be in political offices?


Some people may say that we have animals in office in America! I personally think so!


Yes, and youth/hs player. Still love the game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball," to quote Bull Durham's catcher, Crash.


Nice. I didn't realize baseball managers could technically play.


Ask Pete Rose. Think he was the last player-manager. They included Joe Torre, Connie Mack and The Babe!


I had no idea! Makes sense why they are always in uniform, I guess.


Yes, but it would be rare for a manager to play today. Don't know if they play in Japan...


I'm not sure either. I know baseball is very popular there, though.


Absolutely. Only ever see Japanese pitchers, mostly, on American teams. Do you have a favorite MLB team you follow?


I like the Dodgers and the Rangers. You?


Was growing up when the MN Twins won the Series in '87 and '91. Still hope to see them win big again.


Can you believe that guy who found $3 million worth of baseball cards his grandfather's attic?


Wish I'd been him. I'd take a Hughie Jennings or Johnny Evers card from the really old days! Today, it seems computers are making a lot of baseball decisions. What do you think about this?


Got it. But they don't have hunches about how good a rookie might become...


No, probably not. Though computers are crazy complex and control a lot more than we probably realize; I'm sure there's a formula.


Facebook's got a few. Don't get me wrong. I'm glad computers run my smartphone and microwave.


You know, one day, we may be able to upload our minds to computers and memory sticks?


Far out! But we may just have ventured way out there into a fantasy future, Captain Pichard. You know?


Haha, did you know someone has actually been knighted for being a comedic fantasy writer?


They do that a lot in Great Britain. I'm glad for the guy, though. There aren't too many Isaac Asimov-type original minds out there.


Well, there was that janitor from Chicago who wrote over 15,000 pages of a fantasy manuscript with over 200 watercolor illustrations.


Paul Simon sings a song about that; it's called "Re-Write". Wonder if that guy's writing was any good? If not, the story sounds sad to me.


Or not. They discovered everything after his death. Maybe it gave Affleck and Damon their inspiration for Good Will Hunting?


Anything's possible when you "go where no one has gone before" (Star Trek Generations).  Fun chatting with you.


Yeah me too. Jackson once planned to build a robot of himself


Yeah and it was supposed to roam the desert of Nevada


Kind of strange but ok. They can be controlled by rat brains


Yeah and can change personality depending on which rat they are hooked to


Yeah pretty amazing. The US military is using an xbox 360 controller to control their robots


Nice, pretty awesome. And now they can debone a chicken with surgery


WOw tech has advanced quite a bit lately. Do you watch netflix?


I do quite a bit. Do you know how netflix came about?


Yeah the founder had to play a $40 late fee on a VHS and was tired of that


Yeah, smart guy. Did you ever use blockbuster?


I used to yes. Too bad they passed on that opportunity to buy Netflix back in the day


Yeah they could have paid $50 and make billions now easily


Exactly. THey make up 33% of the bandwidth in north america in the morning


No surprise there I guess and together with youtube that make up half of peak internet


Top two I guess. Netflix spends more on postage than on bandwidth


Crazy, what exactly are they still shipping? I mean, 20 times more is insane


Yeah exactly. Do you know much about the Earth?


I know that we have already destroyed over 80% of the forests in it


Yeah that is sad and I do not see it stopping at all actually


Robot is a machine which especially designed by the computer program to perform the specified task.


Yes, The branch of science which deals with the design, construction, operation and application of robots. The terms is called as robotics.


That's cool!  I read somewhere that Michael Jackson planned to build a 50 foot tall moon walking robot to roam the desert sands of Las Vegas.


In Industrial age, the robot is developed very much even they used in operation theater.


Exactly, I'd like one of those robots that can  debone a chicken for me in my chicken.  I hate doing that job.


In some field, Robot replace humans to work in a dangerous environment like at the bottom of the sea and in the outer space area we need it. To perform the repetitive task we used it.


Do you know robots can be controlled by using a rat brain?


No, Military use the robot for the security purpose to remove bombs.


I didn't know it either, I just found it interesting.  I had heard about the military using robots to remove bobs.  But, did you know the military uses an XBOX 360 controller to control one of their EOD robots?


Its very interesting. Domestic robots are used to clean and maintenance of in and out to the house.  Robots such as turtle used in school program.


Awesome.  On a side note, do you use Netflix?


To watch movie. It create half of peak internet traffic in north america.


Yeah, I had heard that Netflix and Youtube make up half of peak internet traffic in North America.  I contribute to that statistic, I'm sure. Lol


The company expanded in 2010 streaming online videos make next step to technologies.


Yeah, I bet Blockbuster wishes they hadn't declined several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million, because it's now worth $2 Billion.


In 2019 Netflix has 139 million paid subscriptions, US has more than 50 million subscriptions. But some countries China, Syria, North Korea and Crimea.


I feel bad for people in Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Crimea. They'd probably like being able to watch Netflix, too?


Yes. The earth is third planet in the solar system. Water is also present only in this earth in liquid form.


Ok, that's totally random.  But, I agree with you and it's a darn nice place to live, too.


Almost 71% of earth surface entirely covers with water but its not suitable for drinking purpose. Only 3 % is allowable for drinking purpose.


I like water, Did you know that more than 80% of the Earth's natural forests have already been destroyed?  It's so sad!


So only we are facing lot of issues like Global warming and sudden Tsunami and Volcano eruption.


Again that's totally random.  Well, it's been quite interesting chatting with you this morning. I need to go walk my dog, now.  I'll talk to you later, friend.


hi, how are you? i do like music. how about you?


I do too. Country Music is my favorite. What genre do you like?


i am not a fan of country or rap. Did you know that the fender stratocaster was intended for country music?


I didn't know that but that is cool. Henry Ford helped popularize country music too. I wonder if it helped with that too.


He thought that jazz was the music of the devil. Plus he was worried about the urban influence of jazz.


Oh Henry Ford and his views. I'm sure Eminem would have made him mad as a rapper.


yes, eminem is a trouble maker as far as ford is concerned. took much carrying on with the urban vibe and such.


Before being a rapper, Eminem even wanted to be a comic book artist!


i think he would have done just fine as a comic book artist. instead he went down the dark path, the one that Ford would not have approved of. Country music, that what's Em should have done.


I agree. I still can't believe there are only 2 African Americans in the country hall of fame!


i think there have not been that many AA artists, right? I dont know the genre too well. is there a bunch of AA artists?


I'm sure there is a bunch! Do you like to dance?


I don't either. Michael Jackson does. He even had a patent on one of his dance moves!


He had them shoes what could lock into the floor. I figure he knew how to defeat gravity.


That was so crazy to see it when he first did that dance move. I'm sure he didn't go through pairs of shoes like ballet dancers did.


Ballet dancers need better shoes. The 5000 year old shoes might hold up. Would you ever dance ballet? Or rap? I would not.


I wouldn't and couldn't do any of those things. I would maybe stick with comic book writing.


That is a good chance. Keep your feet healthy. Anyhow, good chat!


Have you ever been to Washington DC?  There is so much to do!


Hello there, I have been there twice, but when I was really young.  How about yourself?


I have been there before.  I love whiskey, so I love going to the distilleries such as Petworth's.


Yeah that sounds like such a cool place.  I would love to attend their roaring 20's themed party.


Yes!  On Pi Day (3/14) they also do a lot of great things.  I'm not much of a mathematics person, so I dont think I'd get a lot of free stuff.


Yeah that sounds like it would be fun as well.  I would take home a $100 gift card if I could!


Do you like ballet?  Washington DC has a great ballet.  Alvin Ailey is my favorite


I am not a big fan, but would still attend if I had the chance.  Do you know they make ballet slippers that make drawings from the dancer's movements?


I didn't know that!  That is such a great idea -- do you know how much they cost?


No I don't but think that the finished product would be really cool to compare to the different music they were dancing to.


There is also a great Museum of American History.  That would also have some stuff about distillery history too I bet.


Yeah I think all of those old distilleries are really cool and you learn so much about American history by touring them, not just about the booze.


On another topic, what do you like better?  Rap music or country?  I like country music better because I'm from the south.


Country is really good, I really like classic country.  I like rap, but mostly early to mid 90's stuff, I can't get into anything from today.


Yeah, I think Tupac Shakur was the best.  It is too bad that he died too young.


Yeah Tupac is for sure in that 90's group of really good rap.  And yeah I totally agree with that.


Did you know that George Strait is the cousin of Jeff Bezos?  Small world.


No I didn't know that, wow those two make up a ton of money!


Yes!  The sad thing though is that there are only 2 black people in the country music hall of fame.


Yeah that is pretty sad, I think that might change in the coming years but we will see.


There are some great up and coming artists.  I hope that changes.


Yeah same here, well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


Professional ballet dancers can through up to 4 pairs of shoes a week, no wonder their feet hurt!


Babies also spontaneously dance when they hear music. There is something special about dance and music.


And hear I thought it was just my newborn that did that. I was hoping she would be a professional dancer.


Tupac also did ballet in high school, would have never known that.


I thought he was a rapper and dropped out of high school?


He did. There are three contents to rap music- content, flow and delivery. Never knew it was that complicated.


Old school Eminem. He just told such a story through his music. Which would be the content.


He rapped about the struggles in his life and certainly made his personal life into artwork


I could relate to some of his struggles so I felt a connection to his music.


I consider James Brown as one this country's first rappers.


Before he became a rapper Eminem's dream was to be a comic book writer. I think he would be good at that too


I wouldn't think that he would be a good cartoonist. Is he better at drawing than rapping?


I am not sure. There are a lot of African American's in the rap hall of fame, but only 2 in the country music hall of fame.


I really like Korean rap. I have a couple of albums and some K-Pop too. How about you?


Not so much. I prefer country music to rap.


All time favorite would probably be Brad Paisley. Just love how he and sing and play guitar too, which is a large part of country music.


I am not big into the "fiddle" music myself


Do you have any pets? They are good for companionship, company, and protection.


We have a bunch of animals in the house, a dog, couple of rabbits and fish.  No cats though.


What a full house! Some people have odd choices for pets like crabs and tarantulas.


My daughter came home one day and said she wanted a snake for a pet, that's how we ended up with rabbits, it was a compromise.


That sounds like a fair deal! They can clone cats. Copy cat was the name of the first. Creative, right?


It must have had them rolling around the laboratory floor.  My daughter would be out of luck in Queensland Australia, only magicians can own them.


Another odd pet choice is the tiger like Mike Tyson had. As odd as it is, it's not that rare. More people in the US have them as pets than there are wild in Asia.


I think we'll stick with the rabbits and dogs.  I know nearly 100,000 people visit the ER because they trip over these pets, but I'd still sooner have a dog roaming the house than a tiger.


I agree! Pets run rampant in Japan where they outnumber kids under the age of 15.


I wonder what pets they have there?  I know cats are the most popular pet world wide but is that true in Japan?


I can see there being lots of cats in Japan. I would think they would have indoor house cats as well as feral cats in the wild.


Hamsters are a nice safe little pet.  I wonder what makes them illegal in Hawaii?


Hawaii has some odd rules. Maybe it is because of the amount of sleep that animals require. Cats spend 10 of 15 years sleeping.


Have you ever heard of those books by Ursula Vernon?  They have a hamster princess as the lead character, my daughter enjoys them.


I haven't but they sound cute. She should run for mayor like stubbs the cat did in Alaska.


There always seem to be some animal or other becoming mayor of some small town or other, I suppose people fear they can do less harm.


Another famous cat is the stray that appeared in the Godfather. Pretty cool role!


Some people try forever to make it in the movies and then a stray walks into a high profile role!  I bet it wasn't a stray after the movie, probably even had an agent.


Cats earn their keep by hunting vermin. They are pretty useful! Nice meeting you! Have a nice evening!


I wonder if they are effective as vermin hunter if they glow in the dark like the ones in South Korea?  Good talking to you.


Do you like theater? I heard the Round House announced a 14 million dollar restoration plan.


I do, just a little expensive for me to do it often.  I see that they are doing it mainly to break down the separation between audiences and artists.  I wonder if they looking to go more like a ancient Rome type play


Maybe. I think they had some sound and sightline issues they needed to fix.


I like the idea that they are bringing people on as full-time resident educators, and rotating new residents every 2 years.  It should make for a nice educational opportunity for aspiring theater people.


Yes, and they have funding now for 30 new works.


It's nice to hear something that is not technology based still making an impact.  I see that the renovation accomodate multiple stage and crowd configurations for audiences ranging 285 to 400 people.  I wish I was in the UK to get a chance to see it once renovated.


Me too. Charcoalblue has done several things here in the US too, like Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater and Brooklyn's St. Ann's Warehouse.


I have been to Steppenwolf, it is a nice theater.  I was just reading how expensive it is to produce a play in the theater.  Construction can easily hit 9 million which seems like a lot for a play.  Makes me wonder how much they pay their artists


That does seem like a lot. I guess the 14 million dollar initiative isn't as big a deal as I thought.


Switching gears a little, I was just reading that Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas any more because his belief system prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity.  I wonder how he worked around that system to be in Kick-Ass 2, not really positive there.


I haven't seen that movie. I don't know too much about him. I watch House sometimes, Hugh Laurie was the highest paid actor for TV drama ever, earning 700,000 per episode.


I like him but that seems like a lot for just 1 episode.  Just seems like an insane amount of money when there are so many people who don't get to eat everyday.  I like that Michael Caine became an actor because all the pretty girls were in drama class.  He seems like that type of sauve, confident guy.


It seems like a ridiculous amount for an episode. Jon Hamm taught drama at his high school. One of his students was that cute girl from the office.


I find that interesting, goes to show that sometimes it helps to know someone.  I never knew that Disney almost shuttered their animation studio when Sleeping Beauty bombed at the Box Office


Their "Treasure Planet" was one of the biggest flops in history.


Yeah that is a really weird movie.  Have you ever heard of Trojan Wars, cost 15 mil to make but has only earned $309 at the box office.  I wonder who got fired for that one.  Makes me interested in seeing it, lol


Ha, can you imagine waiting to be called into your bosses' office after that? I would rather be resposible for silence of the lambs, that made like 270 million when it came out.


That is still one of the freaker movies I have seen.  Hopkins was great as the cannibal killer, I heard once that Jodie Foster's character was originally supposed to be played by Sandra Bullock


Oh I didn't know that. I kind of like Sandra Bullock, we just watched Birdbox last night. I bet she would have been good for silence of the lambs.


I am hoping to watch that this weekend, looks nice and freaky.  Reminds me of the movie A Quiet Place, check it out if you haven't seen it.  I just read that Pocahontas and Shakespeare were alive at the same time and died only a year apart.


I will definitely check it out, thanks. Did you know SHakespeare invented the names Miranda, Jessica and Olivia?


That seems like something that he would do.  I wonder if they will ever find his original manuscripts.  Well, it has been a pleasure chatting, have a Happy New Year!


I do! It is very interesting to me, how about you?


Me too, I love a good drama. Did you ever watch House years back?


I never got into that. Hugh Laurie made bank off that show though! Did you?


He made so much money, 700,000 per episode! That is like 14 million dollars on a 20 episode season!


Now I know why I never see him in shows anymore haha. Do you know how Michael Caine got into acting?


I would have bought an island after 7 seasons lol and never worked a day in my life again. I don't know how, do you know?


That would be the life! He got into acting because all the cute girls at his school were taking drama class lol.


crazy, now he is so rich all the pretty girls are flocking to him!


Oh for sure. I wish I would have taken Jon Hamm's drama class.


Me too, I heard another person took that, Ellie Kemper I think from the office


That is interesting. Do you know why Jim Carrey doesn't do dramas anymore?


Really, I never knew he did those first of all. Why is that?


He did the Number 23 movie. He says they don't project positivity.


True, crazy weird movie, I would have to watch it again. He is right, he should stick to comedy!


Have you seen any good movies lately at the box office?


I saw 50 shades of grey the other day. I always wanted to see Tyler Perrys new film too, looks super funny. How about you


Oh cool! Can you believe how much Tom Hanks has brought in for box office earnings?


I heard it was like billions. I want to create a movie and just have him in it, it should be successful then, right?


Exactly, you can even call it Tom Hanks starring Tom Hanks. Anyways, Good chat!


That is a good idea, I will get working on the script. Good chat, enjoy your night!


I am quite flowery today, just finished binge watching the punisher.


I am not sure I would equate the Punisher to flowery... The one on Netflix?


Nice. I liked that show but since they canceled all of those Marvel shows on Netflix, I can't get into finishing them. Are you on the latest episodes?


Yes. I do agree. it sucks that disney and netflix didn't work out.


Maybe Disney will pick it up and move on. Did you know Stan Lee used to end conversations with the word excelsior?


Must have drove people crazy with that. Marvel comics spent 10 years convincing the US govt that x-men are not human.


HA! Seems like the gov should have better things to do but....MSU has the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world. Wow.


I know. Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics in 1990 so he can play spiderman in his own produced movie.


HA! I am not sure he would have made the ideal spiderman. I think Toby McGuire and Andrew Garfield did fine on their own.


No way. It would have been interesting watching Spiderman do MJ's dance (moonwalk).


I can't even picture him as peter parker, can you?


Lols. With the right make-up... possibly. It's quite interesting what you can do in this universe.


the universe might be one giant superhologram!


Could be. The universe may exist inside a black hole!


Or that there is only one electron in the universe! Dibs!


Anything can happen in the universe, heck how can you explain Bert and Ernie's sexuality?


I am not sure you can but I can understand the importance of it for the LGBTQ community.


Sesame Street really opened a pandora's box with that relationship.


Good morning!  I generally don't like rap, but do like a select few songs/artists.  Dr. Dre, Beastie Boys, Notorious BIG, etc. are ones that I find some enjoyment in.  How about yourself?


I like Eminem. I think it is good that people have this way of expressing themselves musically also.


Absolutely; I do feel that it has much more appeal with the black community, but is also a type of music that any race or ethnicity can enjoy.  I have heard many Eminem songs and enjoy some.  My biggest problem with rap music is that many times its very explicit.  How do you feel about the explicit nature of many of the lyrics?


I do not like them. I think that music should be fun and enjoyable and bring out positive emotions. Rap can be very degrading and I do not think that the language is enjoyable. I can swear like that too but I would prefer to do it alone when I am really mad. It's not appropriate in a song.


Agreed.  Especially with how violent and hateful our current culture is, I feel the violent/degrading lyrics only help produce hateful emotion in people.  I appreciate the talent of rappers that can produce quality music without tons of swearing or using digitized auto-tuning.


We seem to live in a violent society right now. I don't think it got that way by accident. Our culture is being manipulated by people who hate and it's showing up in our music and videos. I am hoping the future will be better. I really enjoyed the 50's when people had moral principle-something that is lacking now.


Right, people seemed to have much more humility back then and were much more respectful.  I feel like a big contributor to the aggressive/violent culture is the anonymity of social media.  Anyone can say anything behind the shadow of a computer screen and it creates a lot of vitriol.  How long ago did rap become first introduced into our society?


I am not sure when rap showed up. Seems like it was a budding art form in the 60's. Black people invented rock and roll and they should have stuck with that and jazz-which are great music styles. I think after the segregation mess and Dr. King, this hatred became a part of their music.


Right. For many artists it certainly seems to be a way to express their inner anger and frustration.  Even though I'm not a big fan of rap, I am a very big baseball fan... playing it, watching it, everything!  How about you?


I like to play baseball but find it a little boring to sit through a whole Red Sox game. My Dad used to watch it on T.V. all the time.


So I take it you're a Red Sox fan?  That's funny because I've lived my whole life in St. Louis and am a big Cardinals fan.  Unfortunately, the Red Sox keep beating us in the World Series seemingly anytime we get there!


I am actually a Yankees fan. lol My husband is a die hard Yankees fan too. He is from R.I. and I am from MA but we just love the Yankees.


I see... That makes me feel better that you both are Yankees fans instead of Red Sox fans, haha.  Do you both ever go to Yankees stadium to watch games?  Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton are both supremely popular players... are they your favorites, or do you prefer any of the team's other players?


I have been to Yankee Stadium. We also saw the last game that Mickey Mantle ever played at Fenway Park. Boston gave him a standing ovation.


Oh wow, that's amazing!  That's an incredible experience that I'm sure you both will cherish forever!  Did you ever go to any of the World Series games over the years that the Yankees were playing?  Going to a Cardinals World Series game is certainly on my bucket list to do at some point in my life.


No we have never been to a World Series. But we have watched them on T.V. I hope you get a chance to be present at one!


Yeah, it's just so expensive.  Plus, with how sharp and detailed high-quality televisions are these days, it's almost more comfortable to just sit on a comfortable couch and enjoy the game from the comfort of your own home instead of spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on tickets and fighting crowds.  I'm sure its certainly a once in a lifetime type of experience actually witnessing it live though.


Yes-it's way too much money to spend on the tickets. And, at my age, I am a lot happier on the sofa than on a hard bench. The crowds, too, are getting nasty-a sign of the times.


Agreed.  Crime is also a big deal here in St. Louis.  Unfortunately it makes people think twice before spending time downtown, especially late at night.  I've had friends get their cars broken into while attending Cardinals games and also get harassed by "bad guys" late at night too.  It's just hard to argue actually spending money to go to the ballpark and watch a game when you have to worry about all that.  Watching baseball for free at home sounds pretty good.


Crime is a problem at these venues. It happens in all big cities now. I have never been to St Louis but a lot of my cousins live near Jonesboro, AK and they have. My cousin Sharon said it was a beautiful place. Really nice talking to you!


It is, you should visit sometime!  Nice talking to you too; enjoy your Sunday!


Hye there I actually do. Do you know what his real name is?


Yes it is Shawn Corey Carter but know as Jay-Z


Yeah. He went to the same school as busta rhymes and notorious big


Yeah and they used to have rap battles in the lunch room


That must have been awesome. Have you heard his album American Gangster?


I have and too bad that it is not on iTunes anymore as he pulled it out of theere


Yeah but he made a great comment about it how singled should not be sold separately as movie scenes are not


Yeah that is true. And how about his album Kingdom Come, do you know where the name comes from?


Yeah from the DC comics Kingdom Come where retired superman returns to teach the new guys how it id done


Yeah that an irony. Jay Z was a ghostwriter for a song on the space jam


Yeah that is so cool and it was performed by bugs bunny


I go from time to time. I hear Linkin Park held 324 concerts in 2011 That is amazing.


Wow, and the Ramones played for 20 years in a row


Yea a total of 2263 concerts. I wonder when they had time to sleep and rest


Exactly. Creed once out out a concert that was so bad, people sued them


That is pretty sad. In Croatia there is an ancient theater where bands can still play concerts


Wow I want to experience that. I hear Pink FLoyd played a concert in a similar one in Pompeii but without an audience


That is kind of a waste, too bad. Have you hear Linkin Parks's Hybrid Theory album?


I have and I love it, It is also the best selling album of this century


hey my friend do you like the company Amazon?


ya I like that they deliver on sundays that has saved me lots of times!


I actually ordered something on a late Friday night and was suprised by an early Sunday delivery


ya isn't that awesome! would you ever work there? It sounds like youd get a workout walking 15 miles a day


Maybe if I were younger.  Kinda amazed at how much they are in the market share across the board.


ya that is crazy, also I don't know why Bezos built that mountain clock, it seems like a waste


Do you know I forgot about that?  Guess my sentiments are the same.  Might google that and get an update.


ya I just don't know why it would need to run for 10000 years myself


ya my parents have one, it seems pretty useful, I don't think I'll get one though what about you?


Got one for Christmas.  Mixed on it.  Don't like the "big brother watching" cliche, but I listen to a lot of music and it is way easy to ask on a whim.


ya that is whats nice about it, do you wish you were the first person to order on amazon? I guess the guy got a building named after him


He should have had that building given to him.  HAHA


haha ya I agree, do you ever go swimming?


I do actually.  Was looking into places with indoor pools for recreational exercise.


ya I know here in michigan that swimming lessons are compulsory, like you literally have to pass the swimming test


That's a great idea actually.  Read that it is mandatory at cornell for graduation.


yup it is, I don't like watching swimming in the summer olympics though, what about you? Its boring to watch


Yes it is boring.  That's probably why I wasn't aware the US has won so many medals.


haha yup, I guess there is a super powerful swimsuit too, it had to be banned becasue it was too good


Maybe it had little microscopic fins.  I hadn't heard that before.


lol that could be! I wonder how fast I could be in that suit, maybe it had a propellar too


Hey there I go to concerts a lot of the time actually, I went to Lollapalooza last year among some others, what about you?


I don't remember specific venues! But I saw Linkin Park many years ago. I thought I was special till I found out they had 324 shows JUST that year!


That's so crazy! They must be exhausted at all year. What about Lou Reed? Him and his wife put together concerts for dogs, only the dogs can hear it though because it's a high frequency concert


Wow, that's sweet but definitely strange! People go crazy with tours, like the Ramones played over 2,000 concerts in total! They basically went non stop for 20 years.


That is insane! But I respect musical talents like Abba. They actually turned down a billion dollars to do a 100 concert tour. At some point you have enough money I think


Oh my good, but still I can't imagine turning something that much down. I wonder if maybe they didn't like the actual venues. Like there are ancient Roman amphitheatres still used as concert venues, maybe they are bad for acoustics or something.


It's a good point. But I also know that a billion dollars is a billion dollars LOL. Can you imagine if you saved Dave Matthews himself? Especially if you didn't know about it when you saw him. That would be so weird haha.


Ahah it definitely would be. Are you interested in other genres at all? I'm a fan of rap music to some extent.


Yeah I like rap music a little bit. I do like Jay-Z though. What about you, what do you think about him?


I think he's great! And definitely has an interesting background, he actually went to the same high school as The Notorious B.I.G., Busta Rhymes and DMX, and they even rap battled sometimes.


That's incredible! They need to put some kind of scientific studies on that high school to determine if it is responsible for excellent rappers LOL. Also Jay-Z has a pet for his own color? Did you hear about that


That's very very strange! I have never heard that haha. He's definitely an interesting character, he once removed an album of his from iTunes, citing that since movies aren't sold scene by scene, his album would be only sold as singles.


Interesting. He's also interesting because he never write songs on paper, he just memorize has the lyrics as they come to him


Yeah he's definitely very intelligent as far a music. Although I'd disagree with his point on albums, I personally enjoy albums as a whole the most.


Yes I agree. A lot of albums need to be listened to as a whole instead of in pieces aka songs. he's definitely getting up there in age though. I didn't know that he was born in 1969, it's kind of a long time ago


Oh absolutely. To put it into perspective, that's back when the Dark Side of the Moon was released. Although to be fair, it was still one of the best selling albums recently.


Yep I agree. I think Dark Side of the Moon, and Pink Floyd in general, are some of the best musicians ever in history. Also crazy though. Is the Foo Fighters concert that they put on. Apparently their loudness was picked up on a seismic monitor all the way in New Zealand which is insane


I can't imagine a concert being that loud. I'd honestly prefer the 1972 concert Pink Floyd recorded. It was a live concert with literally no audience, I imagine it was so peaceful.


Yeah I would like to go to that one actually. I hope they recorded that on video because that would be something to see. Also, make sure you never buy a record at Walmart, they only sell clean versions of albums and I like the full, uncensored ones myself


Oh wow that's interesting. And I know Walmart has a lot of random records, maybe I could find the rap album two identical twins released when they turned 100! Anyways it was nice to meet you, have a good night!


How's it going? Did you know Amazon was founded in 1994?


Yeah,  I cant believe its been around so long already lol


It's crazy they started selling books and now they sell everything to Mp3 dowloads to  jewelry


Yup.  Pretty much,  and they have created a lot of platforms to create jobs!  Theres amazon flex,  mturk,  amazon seller etc.


It's funny the first amazon customer only spent 27.95 and also got a builing named after them


I know,  lucky person!  amazon has a contract with usps to deliver on sunday!


I never knew amazon has a contract with USPS to deliver on Sundays, I still don't get my packages by then


lol yeah mine hardly comes in on sundays,  but I have seen it.


I'm just glad I don't work in an Amazon warehouse, I couldn't walk 7-15 miles a shift


I wouldnt mind it,  seems like great excercise while getting paid lol just wear comfortable shoes


I wonder what's up with the clock Bezos built into a mountain that is suppose to run for 10000 years


Yeah me too.  Why is it on a mountain,  why not a museum or something lol


Sounds like some type of conspiracy thing lol. Are you into swimming at all? Theres a swimsuit banned in the olympics due to 94% of the wearers wining their races


what?  thats crazy!  that seems unfair,  its the swimmers ability not their suit for the most part.


I think I heard their was some material in the banned swimsuits that did something like greatly reduce water resistance in the pool


I see.  Have you ever done the type of swimming where your hand and legs are bound and you swim like a dolphin?


Lol I've never bounded my hands and legs but I've tried swimming like a dolphin before


lol same.  Its really difficult.  Ive seen some youtube videos on it,  some people make it look easy lol


Lol I'm sure the dolphin swims are really difficult and you probably need to be in great shape to do it too


Did you know the U S has almost as many gold medals in swimming as the rest of the world combined?


Had no clue. Well I got to go, have a nice day


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Oh yeah and out of all characters it was bugs bunny that performed it


Yeah that is so cool. Have you been to any concerts?


I have been to some but they were not big names. Do you like Linkin Park?


I love them, too bad for the frontman. In 2001 they played 324 concerts


Wow that is a lot, when did they have time to sleep and rest.


Exactly. I also heard the Ramones played for 20 years straight


Yeah and they played a total of 2263 concerts in that timeline. Pretty crazy


Yeah that sure is. In Croatia there is an ancient theater where people can play concerts


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


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


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


Hello,  yes I do like reading.  How about yourself?


I do, it is one of my favorite things to do.


Awesome,  what kind of books do you like to read?  Do you speed read?  I hear anne jones can read 4700 words per minute!


I am not a fast reader like that.  4,700 WPM is crazy.  I mainly read non-fiction.


Cool!  Did you know in the 18th century there was a moral panic because people were reading novels?  lol


I heard that.  Crazy.  Closed Mindedness for sure.


I do!  I love how I can even get things on Sundays!


yeah super convenient!  Did you know IMDB is owned by amazon?


Yeah, they have owned it since 1998 or something like that.


I use the app a lot,  its really good,  so much info on movies,  actors/actresses and shows.


It is crazy to think amazon started as a simple online bookstore.


yeah and now they sell everything basically.  Even create a bunch of jobs,  with amazon flex, amazon seller,  mturk etc.


Im definitely thankful for them, especially mturk.


Same here,  its been a great opportunity.


Their warehouse workers walk 7-15 miles per day!


Wow thats amazing,  at least they are getting a lot of exercise while they work!


Yeah.  For sure.  I know I dont get that much exercise in a day.


Yeah me either,  so they get exercise and they get paid to do it lol


Not really but I know it is pretty popular and you?


Yeah sometimes I play. There are more positives moves in a game than atoms in the universe


Nice one, THe president of the world federation thinks it was invented by aliens


WOw. Judit Polgar beat a family friend at a game by not even looking at the board


Wow intelligent kid. There is a negative correlation between a good chess player and the IQ


Wow interesting. Do you know where the game was invented?


Yes in India during the Gupta empire and was improved by persians later


I do I love Linkin Park they are so good


me too and they have the best selling album of the century


Yes Hybrid Theory seriously made its rounds


yes it did, twins in Japan released an album at the age of 100


I go sometimes. Did you know Ramones toured for 20 years?


Yeah and played a total of 2263 concerts during that time


that is a lot. Linkin Park also played 324 concerts in 2001


Wow that is a lot indeed. In Croatia there is an ancient theatre where band can have concerts.


Same in Italy , there is one too. Pink FLoyd once played there


Yeah but without an audience, that is strange


I am, a lot of interesting movies and series in Netflix. Do you subscribe?


I do!  I am one of the 137 million total subscribers worldwide!


Amazing how many subscribers Netflix has, 137 million world wide and 58.46 million in the US alone


Crazy!  From 9 PM to 12 AM Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America!


That is crazy, that speaks a lot about the brand, did you know how Reed Hastings got inspired to start Netflix?


Didn't he rack up a $40 late fee on a vhs copy of Apollo 13?


Yeah he did, $40 in late fees and then he got mad and decided to fight Blockbuster, good thing he did, the late fees used to be excessive.


Speaking of Blockbuster, they declined several offers to buy netflix for $50 million!


I bet they regretted that decision big time, there's hardly any Blockbuster stores left.


I think I saw the other day where there is only 1 left.  I think it was in Washinigton.


That one will disappear soon enough, do you like to watch movies? one of my favorite actors is Tom Hanks, he sure makes a lot of money out of movies


I do!  he's the highest all time box office star!  Do you have any guesses on how much his movies have made?


$8.5 billion is an impressive mark, and no idea I would say 25 if I had to guess but maybe more


8.5 is correct. lol  Disney's Treasure Planet was one of the most exspensive box office flop of all time!


And also Trojan Wars that movie was a complete failure as well.


I saw that.  Disney considered shutting down their animation studio after Sleeping Beauty was a box office failure.


It was? I love that  movie, she is one of my favorite Disney princess


I was surprised to see that.  lol  The Silence of the Lambs came out on Valentines Day in 1991 and had a box office of over $270 million!  Not too shabby.


That was a great movie, I liked it although its not a romantic movie at all lol, do you like comedy films?


I do like comedies!  But, I have to get offline unfortunately.  I had fun chatting with you!


No I didnt.  Id like to.  It had an amazing opening weekend and I have heard all good things.


Me too! They got a 93 on rotten tomatoes.


I might have to check it out on Netflix now!


Is it on there? I would totally watch it if it is on there. They opened with $35M! That's pretty good.


I thought I saw it, if not Ill have to check redbox or something.


It could be on there. I just watched the last jedi so it does have some recent stuff on there...


Awesome.  Ive been binge watching some shows lately.  When Netflix asks if I am still watching it always makes me laugh.


It makes me feel bad about myself when I get it. I usually shut down the tv when I see it. I mean if the TV thinks I am watching tv too much, I should llisten.


I usually continue watching, but while doing something productive like laundry and cleaning.


That makes sense. I tend to do laundry in my room while watching tv. I usually end up watching sports though. I miss too much in movies and tv to follow along.


From 9pm-12am Netflix accounts for 33% of bandwidth in North America.


They also employ taggers who watch the content and tag it.


I could do that job.  I should look into it.  Get paid to watch TV?  Im in!


I had a friend who worked at a tv station overnights to make sure they station did not shut down. It was a terrible tv station too! She hated it.


Lol.  I find it crazy that blockbuster declined to buy netflix.


Yeah, short sighted on their part. Do you remember them trying to catch up with a dvd mail service?


I do, blockbuster started to offer it too, and just couldnt keep up, along with their stores.


They made a serious, ilke $1.925B, mistake!


I saw a blockbuster store in a remote part of Alaska about a year ago it was like finding a Yeti!


Hi! I am and I love chess. How about you? One of the reasons chess is so interesting is because there are actually more moves possible in the game than there are atoms in the universe!


Yes i really like it as well, really makes one think outside the box. Apparently theres more movers in chess then there are atoms in the know universe.


Agreed there is. That makes it so interesting as well! Also, the World Chess Federation president believes chess was actually invented by aliens. That's crazy, isn't it?


Yeah that it kind of crazy. at age 5 Judit Polgar beat a friend without even looking at the board.


Now that takes serious skill! But a study from over 10 years ago shows a negative correlation between chess skill and IQ in strong players, believe it or not!


Wow sounds like it should be the other way a around. do you like or did you like linkin park?


I do love Linkin Park! One of the reasons I'm such a huge fan is because their album Hybrid Theory is the best selling album in the 21st century!


Yeah that is amazing, so sad how things turned out for them. Did you know that NWA's Straight outta Compton was the first album to reach platinum without airplay or a major tour.


Was it really? That's pretty interesting! It must have been a great album! Something else I find interesting is two Japanese twins released a rap album back in 1992 when they turned 100! At that age, they must have really been talented!


Yeah that's awesome, i'd listen to it just because of that reason. Have you ever heard the song Dark side of the Moon?


I have and it's an awesome song! Did you know it was one of the best selling albums despite being released over 40 years ago? That's wild, isn't it!


Yes it is but like you said it's a great song! Man i remember when music was on Vinyl records seems like forever ago.


Agreed. But you know, Vinyl LPs are actually still issued although most album sales this century have primarily been MP3 and CD formats.


Right and digital downloads. Technology is amazing and it continues to grow!


Indeed it does. But honestly, nothing beats a good concert, hearing it performed live in person, though. Unless, however, it was that Creed concert back in 2002 that was so godawful, some of the concert goers filed a lawsuit. I can't imagine how bad that must have been!


Wow that's to funny, i wonder if they won the law suit. Another theory about chess is that it was created in India during the Gupta empire and later modified and improved by the Persians.


I wonder if that's true? I do know it was derived from the Indian game Chaturanga and reached Europe by the 9th century. It's hard to believe it's been around that long, isn't it?


I know right! The pieces assumed there current powers in Spain in the late 15th century.


Indeed they were. Plus, the rules were also standardized back in the 19th century. And flashforward to today, it's played by millions of people across the globe! That is amazing!


I was just thinking about relations between the US and Russia. Do you remember the Cold War based Broadway musical Chess. It had a good soundtrack for its time.


I've actually never heard of it, but with a soundtrack half written by ABBA, I'd expect the music to be pretty good


It featured the song One Night In Bangkok which was a big hit.


I guess the guy who came up with the idea is the same one who wrote Jesus Christ Superstar, and I really enjoyed that one. Sounds like he wants to give Chess another try on Broadway


Michael Mayer is directing a new version of the story. It will be interesting to see if this version does any better on Broadway than the first.


From what I heard, the inspiration was more about passion and politics than it was about the actual game of chess.


The political climate of the cold war was a very popular theme in entertainment at the time.I wonder if the release of the latest version of the musical has anything to to with the US and Russian tensions of today?


I feel like a lot of politics can be compared to strategy games. It's possible that the game has been around since before the 7th century


I agree the chess game analogy has been used many times to describe politics.I was amazed to find out that there are more possible chess moves than atoms in the universe.Seems unreal.


I want to see a game of chess between three people. There's a board that allows that, and I think that would perhaps be a better analogy for politics


I agree with you again that would make for a great analogy. The game is very complicated. The President of the world chess federation thinks the game may have been invented by aliens. Not sure where he got that idea though.


There was a magician that simultaneously played and beat nine people. All he did was replicate their moves against each other


That is interesting.I heard about a five year old that beat a family friend without even looking at the board.


That is one smart kid. If he were in the boy scouts, he would get the badge for that for sure. They even have badges now for robotics, geocaching, and inventing as well


I heard that girls are now allowed in the scouts. Robotics in the Boy Scouts is surprising to me. I thought that the scouts were mainly centered around bush craft and nature awareness.


They're adjusted to the times, it seems. I don't know much about chess, but the knight can visit each square exactly once. That is, if he survives long enough


I dont remember much about the days when I played chess.Each piece has certain abilities and limitations.


That's what I've observed. I wonder what the different names for each pawn used to be. They were named after occupations held by the commoners


That is an interesting fact that I had never heard.I am curious as to what the pieces were named also.


Since the pieces as we know them now were solidified in Spain, it may have been based on the occupations that would have been held there


That is a possibility.I heard that the game was developed in India.


I guess there are several games similar to it, but the game we know now was finally standardized in the 1800s


Hello im great, do you like horror films?


I do not. I get too scared... Do you like them?


I do like them well you burn 180 calories with each movie so thats a good reason to start watching more horror films


I will have to start incorporating that into my workouts. Crunches and horror films.


Yeah I mean its a great way to lose weight if you think of it, you know the movie The Shining?


Ok so if you ever watch it pay attention to Danny, he is the little boy, he didnt know he was acting in a horror movie until years later.


Do you think that was by design? His parents trying to protect him from the horrors of it?


Yeah I think they were trying to protect him, he was only a child and a movie like that could leave scars on him for life.


Did you know the creepy metallic noises are made from a waterphone? I had no clue?


I had no clue either, maybe Bambi had some sounds made with that instrument because if you ask Stephen King that was a horror movie.


I cried like a baby watching that movie. I was so sad when the mom died. I was 37 years old...


I did too! thats not a movie apt for children lol, changing the subject a bit, we sure live in an amazing planet


We do. Although it is in a little danger...


I agree, the resources are getting depleted in fact 80% of our forests are already distroyed.


Maybe we can get an abassador for the forests like we have one for aliens.


That would be a good idea, at this rate we will ran out of trees and that will be terrible,


We're almost out of helium too. I wonder if that is a resource that can be made in a lab?


I think some kind of synthetic helium can be made, it would be a good thing to research as we dont know what can happen if we ran out of helium


Are you into music?  Did you know that the dark side of the moon was still one of the best selling albums of 2014 even though it was released 40 years ago.


I heard about it but I have never listened to it.


Interestingly 2 identical twins from japan released a rap album.  funny thing was that they were 100 years old.


That is amazing.  I wonder if they are still alive since they were 100 in 1992.


I don't know, would be great if they released another album!


I do not think they are alive.  Was the song translated into English?


I'm not sure.  Taylor Swift once accidentally released 8 seconds of white noise and topped Canadian itunes charts


She is a good artist. I wonder how it happened (re. white noise from her).