I don't listen to many podcasts. Is there a website for them? I've been looking to listen to Jupiters storms myself.


I just listen on an app called podcoin, you collect points for podcasts you listen too.  I want to hear Jupiter's storms myself.  I bet they are interesting.


I'll have to look into that, thank you. I did look up the website where you can listen to old radio dramas. It was really funny!


That is cool, Ill have to check that out then.  It sounded interesting!


I listened to a horror one. Laughed my butt off. They are like from the 30's. Did you know in canada they have to play 40% of canadian music?


I heard that, I guess they are Jamming out to Bieber and Drake all day


Do you follow the news? I like the Fox news channel.


Hello,  not really.  Do you?  I heard the average age viewer was 68 years old.


I do, I like to be kept informed of latests events and Fox News was thinking about having a channel exclusively for The Simpsons and nothing else.


um that would be amazing!  Simpsons has to be one of the most viewed tv shows on Fox,  you would think.  Did you know there is only 1 episode that Bart is not seen or mentioned?


I agree, who hasnt heard of the Simpsons before, I just love that family and I didnt know that, seems like Bart is the one that gives the show essence.


Right!  Bart is almost the main character,  kinda messed up.


It is, well maybe the Simpsons are the reason why Fox is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


probably.  Do you vote?  Did you know in the 80's a chimpanze got 400,000 votes in an election lol


Wow! thats a fun fact worth remembering, I bet it got more votes than some politicians, but I do vote, I think its important to do so.


Yeah its pretty funny,  who wood vote for a monkey lol and what if it won lol


That would be akward for the runner ups and probably would rule better than some of our politicians lol.


Yeah, people vote for crazy things sometimes like the people of Austin, Texas, they vote to have their garbage dumps renamed after Fred Durst.


Haha but did they win that vote?  That seems like an extreme action just to insult someone.


Im not sure but it seems like a lot of people supported that action, and I agree seems like an extreme action.


I read something interesting,  FDR was the last pres to speak a foreign language!


I didnt hear about that, could you tell me more?


Oh I see, well returning to the topic did you know that astronauts are actually able to vote even from space!


I did,  that is very considerate of their situation.  Every vote counts!


Yeah, who know maybe one day an election will actually be defined by one vote.


I am well, thanks! I am not sure they mean this type but do you like happy hour?


I do not really have one! Do you watch the news?


I do watch the news. I find it sad at times though. Do you watch it?


Sometimes but I try to avoid it because it is mostly depressing. Did you know Fox news discussed possibly making a channel that would only air the Simpsons?


They also tried to sue the simpsons for liable. Fox news was not happy with the way the simpsons portrayed them.


That is hilarious. Fox is watched more than cnn and MSNBC combined!


I would not have guessed that. Wow. With a median age of 68, that might not last long though.


Apparently they are the highest paid state employees in 39 states.


I found the percent of airtime for opinion on msnbc and fox news surprising. I thought it would have been reversed.


I do. Only missed 1 election in my life.


It is cool that astronauts vote from space!


That is cool. I have thought baout the logistics of that and cant figure it out.


It is also amazing that not all men in the UK had the vote until 1918.


Really! JFK voted against the civil rights act so who knows! Maybe some men just should not vote.


Take for instance Alabama's ban on interracial marriage. 40% voted to KEEP IT!


They really shouldn't! It was nice chatting with you!


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


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


Will the Washington Caps do well this year?


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


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


Interesting, he was such a great baseball player.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Did you hear about that boy who took his mother to the prom? Nice.


I did not, but I think it is the sweetest thing that a son would do for  his mom to finally go to prom.


Yeah. Turns out she never went to prom when she was in school, and her son gave her the gift.


It is a perfect gift. Whatever the mom did in the past was worth the gift of a loving child caring for his mom's enjoyment.


Sure. She was 36 when she went to the prom, and she was already a mother to her son when she chose to miss the prom the first time. Awesome story.


Remember, age is just a number. Maybe, to mom wanted to save money due to financial problems with her family.


Could be. Another reason I like the story is that the Mom was a single mom, as her husband split 8 years earlier. She must have sacrificed for her son, so, it is nice he recognized her with a prom invite!


That is the best gift that she has ever gotten from her son. I believe that he noticed how hard she sacrificed to give the best future for her son.


His biggest sacrifice was wearing green for the prom, which happened to be his mother's favorite color.


Did you think there was a great meaning behind that color?


It was the mother's favorite color. They ended up wearing matching outfits made by a relative. Another friend did Mom's hair and makeup.


This seems like a dream come true, indeed.


And it happened near Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love!


Really? I did not think that Philadelphia is the city of love. I feel that love is everywhere.


Just like the song says, "Love is in the air, everywhere I look around!" I wonder if Mother and son danced to a song by Drake at the Prom.


Who's lyric was that? That is funny. What if they danced to a song by Drake, such as Hot Line.


Love is in the air was by John Paul Young. I am not familiar with the song, Hot Line. Is is rap?


I will listen to that song. That is a rap song.


Drake was a teen TV star on the show, Degrassi befor he made it big in music.


Yes! I do remember! That was a great show!


I do have a car, it is a cadillac, how about you?


Wow a Cadillac? really nice car, I have a Ford


nice both solid cars that came from detroit! I think cadillac was the founder of detroit, some French guy


Yeah it was Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac the founder of the brand, and both are really great cars I agree with you


Nice, that is such a french sounding name lol. I wonder if he invented the word trunk


No, the word trunk comes from a different background, its because of the old wooden trunks use to had in the back


that makes more sense, I wonder if people broke into those trunks easier back then


Yeah also not the best material for rain so I guess those were cheap to make


lol that is a great point also! Did you know Mcdonalds created the drive thru


Drive thru are my favorites so I guess I have to thank McDonalds every time I use one, do you know why they invented it?


something about soldiers in the 70s if i remember right?


I will have to google that up then, crazy how its legal to equip flamethrowers in cars in South Africa


that would be so awesome, yet so dangerous, I need to youtube that lol!


I bet there are some awesome videos on the net lol, thank God they are not legal in America we would be in so much trouble


for sure, lots of accidents for sure lol. Do you use an iphone?


I do, my phone is an IPhone actually, why do you ask?


I heard the iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent!


Wow that is crazy and also really scary, so I have more power in my pocket than the one the nuclear deterrant has


for sure lol be careful how you use it! lol! Good chatting with you!


I will lol, I dont want to cause any accidents or wars, good chatting with you as well.


Hi, how are youse doing tonight? It's a great night for a chat"!


Hi! I am great! it is a good night to chat!


Do you know who Megyn Kelly is? I think she spells her name kinda weird


I do! Lo, yes it is different! I heard she doesn't have very good ratings right now since her interview with Jane Fonda, that's not good!


Well, isn't she the woman that got some sort of insult from Donald Trump while he was running for president?


I think so, lol....she had a long career at Fox news I guess so I would think Trump would like her.


Do you watch Netflix? I think that Netflix has a great lineup.


I love Netflix! I don't even have cable anymore, it is too expensive and I can watch anything really on Netflix.


I think Netflix has filled a hole. They will green light shows that cost under $10 mill. Hollywood won't take the chance. Can you guess how much bandwidth Netflix chews up?


They have! I believe Netflix takes up over 30% of bandwidth! Wow, that is a lot. Netflix and Youtube make up around half of internet traffic!


That makes perfect sense. The kids love their music, and adults need their video entertainment in the evening to relax after a day of humiliation by the boss. Netflix, thank God, Netflix and booze!


Haha, very true! A lot of people are very happy that Reed Hastings started up Netflix.


Reed got angry, and anger is the best motivator! He started a company that changed the world! Though the postal expenses are still a bit high.


Exactly! getting 40 bucks worth of late fee's from a rental...that always sucked! Too bad Blockbuster didn't buy Netflix when they had the chance.


A mere $50 million?! I have that RIGHT now. I could've bought them with my spare change. But Blockbuster is poorly run!


Yep, only 50 mil....pocket change! Blockbuster is long gone now! They had good video's but I always just watched television.


They have one store left. One store! We must keep it alive to remember the folly.


They do? I didn't know that, they are lucky to still be in business since Netflix is so popular!


At this point, there is little need to watch the TV. I guess if you like Pokemon, you got your options.


I still watch TV for 2 shows but everything else I will watch Netflix.


Netflix is the way to go. Until it isn't. Anyways, I enjoyed the chat.


Exactly, Netflix is the best! Have a great evening!


I do, I try to stay alert on current events, do you follow the news?


Yes, I do and I can't believe Megyn Kelly had the audacity to ask Jane Fonda such a blunt question of telling her to admit on TV that "she's had work done", how would you feel if you were in that situation?


I would feel cornered its not a question I would like to get asked, specially on TV, did you hear about the movie Our Souls at Night?


Yeah, Fonda displayed her feelings when she kept her cool and asked Kelly "we really want to talk about that now?", I guess it's those kind of questions that draws in viewers and ads. No I have not heard of that movie, is it any good?


I havent seen it either but it looks interesting, it has an original plot, two old people with an extraordinary relationship and how their lifes go


Is that a movie I'd be able to find on Netflix? It could be, considering that netflix and youtube account for half of peak internet traffic in north america.


Yeah it seems that way, its a Netflix film, do you watch a lot of TV?


Not as much as I do Netflix, do you? Even with over 750 episodes of Pokemon, I have yet to catch one of them, have you seen them?


Ive seen a couple of episode back when there were only 150 of  them, 16 years of Pikachu that seems like a lot


Never really jumped on the bandwagon for 70's show or "Days Like These" either, I wonder why the success for it in the US wasn't translated into the UK version, any ideas?


Remakes are usually pretty bad so maybe that the reason, the cast isnt as good as the original one and also the name was pretty bad


Oh ok, they definitely needed a new one, maybe if they incorporated the story of racking up exorbitant fees by returning VHS tapes late to Blockbuster and leading to the creation of a wildly successful streaming site, then that would've garnered more views.


I used to hate those late fees its a good thing Netflix exists now, did you know that Netflix has about 150 movies with a 100% rating on the Rotten Tomatoes site!


That's a lot, does that mean the movies are terrible? Or are the movies really good? I get confused on what a higher percentage means vs. lower percentage.


That means that the movies are great, few movies have a 100% rating, did you know that in the year 2000 Netflix was offered to Blockbuster and they just laughed at them


I wonder how they feel about that decision now. I'm glad they didn't end up taking up the offer, what if Blockbuster's tactic of charging excessive fees carried over to streaming. That would be bad.


It would be bad, Im glad there is a service like Netflix out there, it gives jobs to so many people, it even has a team of taggers.


That seems like an entertaining job, do you think Netflix still spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth? I think a lot of people don't rent DVDs anymore, but I could be wrong.


They do? I though Netflix was an online only service, that is a weird fact, I saw this really boring movie the other day, it was an hour long of fireplaces for your home, total waste of my time


They originally sent out DVDs, I think that was meant for those fake fireplaces for staging rooms.


Hello.  Did you read the articles about the comedian from Nannette, Netflix, and television as well?


No, I haven't. I do enjoy watching Netflix though.


I do as well! I was surprised to learn that 20% of the bandwidth in north america between 9pm-12am is used on netflix- that's a lot higher than I thought.


Wow that is crazy. Youtube and Netflix make up half of the internet traffic in north america.


I believe that- mostly because my friends who have kids are always watching videos on YouTube and it keeps them entertained for hours


Same here! You remember Blockbuster right? Apparently they declined buying Netflix for 50 million and now Netflix is worth 2 BILLION!


Oh I remember Blockbuster- that could've been a dynamic take over to because to me, when Netflix first came out, the major drawback was that you had to wait for them to come in the mail.  I miss the employees choice section at Blockbuster!


I know, I forgot about Netflix sending movies and tv shows through the mail and now it is a huge company.


I honestly didn't even have my own Netflix subscription until too long ago- reading the article I had did make me want to go watch the Netflix special Nanette though.  I'm just glad I don't have to wait on the DVD


Yeah that is great thing. Do you enjoy comedy films?


I do! I find them a little easier to watch while I'm multitasking- more so than dramas.  Who's your favorite comedy actor?


I think Ed Helms is a good actor, he played in the Hangover movies.


Oh yeah- he was in horrible bosses, too, right?


Yeah he was, I loved those movies too. There is a genre called bromantic comedies, which the hangover and harold and kumar fall in.


That makes sense.  One of my from that genre ( I think) is I love you man!


Yeah I think I know what you are talking about. I like Bill Murray too.


Billy Murray is good, but honestly I haven't seen many of his movies. I think I saw Caddyshack many moons ago.


It's been a really long time I think since  he's been in  movie. I read somewhere he thinks kung fu hustle is the achievement of the modern age, in terms of comedy.


I have never seen that so maybe I am missing out.  Do you know if it's on Netflix? Maybe I will watch it tonight.


I'm not sure, it might be. You should watch the episode of the simpsons where bart isn't in the episode. I think the episode is Bart's Not Dead.


Hi! I do enjoy comedies. In fact, I enjoy all genres. I really loved the nine part history of world art called Civilizations on PBS as well. What about you?


I've never seen it. Did you know that Bill Murray thinks Kung Fu Hustle is the supreme achievement in comedy?


Ha! I wasn't aware of that but can't really disagree with him there! I wonder how he feels about Bromantic comedies like Hangover, Harold and Kumar, Pineapple Express, etc?


I do. In fact, I enjoyed 3rd Rock From the Sun. I'm so glad it won a golden globe for best comedy series back in 1997. It had tough competition but won and rightfully so!


I used to watch the Simpsons, there is an episode of him where bart neither appears nor is mentioned.


Is that so? I've never seen that episode but would love to. I bet it's weird not seeing him. I loved how the Simpson's crew sent the South Park producers flowers after they aired the Family Guy episode. Ha!


Yeah, that is pretty interesting, they must be pretty good friends I suppose.


Either that or they both hate Family Guy. Ha! Were you a fan of 70s show at all? I was curious to see the UK remake but sadly, it was cancelled 10 episodes in. I was pretty upset over that.


I was. I also heard that it failed in the UK remake, not a surprise though.


Hard to believe that failed 10 episodes in while Pokemon has filmed over 750 episodes which is basically 50 episodes for 16 consecutive years.


Yeah, that is crazy. even crazier is that I've never once seen it. But I've played Pokemon Go.


I haven't seen a Pokemon episode either. Maybe I can catch it on Netflix though? I mean between Netflix and YouTube, they account for half the peak internet traffic in north America so I'm sure they have some episodes of Pokemon.


Yeah, that is crazy, from 9-12 they account for 33%.


That and they actually spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth. Can you believe that? Like, how is that possible? Ha!


I'm not actually sure that is true, unless they have to send a lot of letters in the form of bills.


Agreed! It's very puzzling. But regardless, do you think Blockbuster is kicking themselves today for passing on a chance to buy Netflix for $50 million? Especially considering it's worth  $2 billion today?


No, I don't think so. They probably would have run it into the ground. It doesn't make a difference.


Well it's crazy to think a $40 VHS late fee inspired Reed Hastings to start Netflix. Where would we be today had that not happened? Ha!


Yeah, that is pretty hilarious, if it is true. Well, nice chatting with you.


I had no idea that Netflix was worth $2 billion. Can you imagine if Blockbuster had bought it back when it was selling for $50 million?


My thoughts exactly. This has to be one of the worst business moves in history!


Think about it: we could be saying Blockbuster and chill instead...


I didn't know that there are more international subscribers than American subscribers - that, too, is very surprising!


I had heard of services similar to Netflix in other countries, like Fox in Australia, so I was surprised, too. Netflix has basically come to replace TV


I would imagine they will dump there DVD rental service soon since there postage costs are 20x more expensive than their bandwidth costs.


Yeah, that was interesting. Who do you think it still renting their DVDs other than the elderly, I suppose?


Well, definitely the elderly, but also real cinema buffs, as their physical DVD collection still far outweighs their streaming library.


I didn't think of that. Netflix has some of my favorite movies, but they don't have as many old movies as I would like.


Too be honest, if Netflix didn't have great original content, I could find other streaming services as well. What's your favorite movie comedy, to switch gears a little?


The movie Wet Hot American Summer. Pure comic genius. How about yours/


I haven't seen it - but heard about it. Probably This is Spinal Tap, although I'm sure there are others in contention that I'm not thinking about.


That's a great movie, too. How about older comedies like Charlie Chaplin?


I like Chaplin's Great Dictator. But frankly stuff like Chaplin and Buster Keaton is too slapstick for me Do you have a favorite bromantic comedy?


I Love You, Man was a pretty good one. I think slapstick was much earlier though


That's a good one. Certainly, the Hangover is a classic bromantic comedy, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is a great classic one, though a stretch for bromantic comedy, maybe.


I've never even heard of that one. Speaking of movies and shows, do you subscribe to TV service anymore? I feel like it's dying with all the streaming services available


Yes, I do get Comcast Xfinity, but I'm close to be a "cord cutter." I've used Youtube TV and it's pretty great. Do you do TV service anymore?


I used to until about 3 years ago. All the shows I loved like South Park are all available on-line.


Hard to believe that there is only one episode in the Simpsons where Bart doesn't appear or is mentioned. There must be close to 1,000 Simpson episodes, maybe more


I wonder if there are any episode where Homer doesn't appear? Probably not


Maybe in one of the weird Halloween episodes, but yeah, you're right - hard to imagine Homer not appearing in an episode!


I also love South Park. I love that the Simpsons crew sent flowers to the South Park creators for the Family Guy episode


Merry Christmas!  I am just about to watch something on Netflix.


Merry Christmas ! What are you watching ?


I was thinking of watching Stranger Things. Have you watched that series yet?


Yes I did. They did a great job showing the 80s :) music, clothing, etc.


I am looking forward to it.  Netflix has really come a long way in just a few years.


absolutely, from like 2 movies in 2016 they went to dozens in 2018. They're doing a great job !


I agree.  They haven't completely eclipsed HBO, but they definitely put themselves in front of nominations.


...but didn't GoT got the most awards ? I don't remember...


I know it is the banner program for HBO.  I bet GoT is expensive to make, but it is still doing really well.


yes, but sometimes the fact that Netflix has SO many tvshows, it doesn't mean that the quality is high as well...


I guess if you put a lot out, something is bound to be good.  Can you believe that between 9pm and 12am, Netflix accounts for one third of all North American bandwidth?


sorry I didn't understand that ? Netflix accounts for one third of all North American what ?


Bandwidth is how they measure things like internet/wifi usage.  So what it really means is a lot of people are watching Netflix each night.


I believe whatever network you are using measures it.  Regardless, it's crazy to think that Netflix was started by someone who racked up late fees on a movie rental.


movie rentals ? Is that who founded Netflix?


Now he probably sits on a beach ans drinking whiskey :) he doesn't have to work anymore :)


I know!  His company is worth $2 billion, and another company decline a chance to buy it for $50 million.


That was Blockbuster which used to be a movie rental place, but I believe is now bankrupt.


I don't know who initiated, but I know they thought $50 million must have been too much.  Have a Merry Christmas.


Hi.  Do you subscribe to Netflix?  From 9PM to 12:00 AM it accounts for approximately 33% of all bandwidth in north america


Yup. I am part of the Netflix traffic each night. You? Heck, I've even watched their infamous  fireplace film.


Yes we do.  I'm glad to be part of the Netflix traffic.


I'd love to work for them. Maybe I could get a job as one of their paid "taggers?


Why don't you apply?  Blockbuster did not want to buy Netflix for $50M when it was offered.


Epic fail!  Netflix suggested to Blockbuster in 2000 that is use Netflix as their online service and Blockbuster just laughed at them.  Look whose laughing now!


I know, right?  I did not know that Netflix still sends dvds by mail.  They spent 20 timer more on postage than bandwidth.


I never liked mail service delivered DVDs. When the postal service fails the user would get blamed for it. Today's streaming Netflix allows us to bypass the hassle.  So we can enjoy TV without concern over the mail service!


I totally agree with you.  I have never ordered DVD by mail.


It seems like that would be something Homer Simpson would do. You know, in the first 400 episodes of SImpsons, Homer held 188 jobs? I wonder if one of them was working for Blockbuster?


Probably.  I read about south park producers who received flowers from the simpson crew?  What was the reason?


Good question... I don't know. DId it have anything to do with the episode whre Daniel Radcliffe voiced a paraody of Twighlight's Edward Cullen?  I think the episode was Treehouse of Horro.


What other topics would you be interested in chatting?  I do not watch television, that is sometimes shortened to telly, any longer.


How about Shakespeare? The only one of his plays not adapted to TV or film was The Two Noble Kinsmen. Know anything about that?  Shame yo don't watch TV. You miss the cultural advantages of being exposed to the likes of Monty Python..


I only watch news via internet.  I heard of Monty Python.  Please tell me all about it.


British comedy band. One of it's players, Graham Chapman, was a medical doctor before he gave it up to focus on comedy.


Oh okay.  Back to Neflix, I did not know that it has more then 137 million subscribers worldwide.


Nice. You can watch some good old Monty Python films on Netflix, like Search for the Holy Grail. Did you know, the creator of the Python programming language named it in part to honor Monty Python?


I will watch Monty Python films on Netflix.  Thank you for your recommendation.  There are a few countries that do not allow Netflix, do you know which one they are?


No. Do you? I do know that in some European markets, Netflix monitors illegal downloads to decide which movies to purchase.


Two of them are China and North Korea. There are more, I think.  Anyway, I've got to run.  Nice chatting with you.  I wish I could be as funny as you are.  Good night.


Hello there, I am well thank you.  Do you watch much television?


I watch a little.  I remember as a kid watching tv in black and white monochrome.  Do you?


Yeah I remember watching a bit on an old black and white at a friend's house when I was younger.  I watch a lot of sports now.


Yeah I sure do, my favorite team actually has the best record in the league right now, how about yourself?


That's cool.  My favorite all time player was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.


That's awesome, Kareem once played for my favorite team and won them a title!


Cool, his dominant use of the dunk, got it banned from college basketball for over a decade.


Yeah that is pretty funny looking back at it now, I wonder what those people who banned it would think of the game today?


They'd be shocked for sure.  Did you the know the Supreme court has a basketball court on the top floor and it's known as the highest court in the land?


I think I have read that before, what I want to know is what kind of bets are placed on those games!


Probably if the notorious RBG aka Ruth Bader ginsberg will fall and break her hip.  Sorry, I know I'm terrible.


That they might have bet on as well, and it's ok I like humor like that!  Too many people today are too wussy! LOL


Amen, you never know if you'll encounter a snowflake or two.  Lol  Do you realize the New Zealand basketball team is nicknamed the "tall blacks"?  How in the world is that allowed?


Yeah the New Zealand names for their sports teams are a bit weird.  I think their rugby team is nicknamed the 'all whites'.


And yet here in America, we can't even honor the indians by using a smiling one as the mascot for the Cleveland Indians. It's a good image, he's smiling, happy, and has all his teeth.  What's not to like about it, but oh, it's racist.  That's a bunch of BS.


Agreed, yes the native americans here were screwed over pretty bad but yeah really, the Indian logo is a problem?  It is a bunch of BS, like that Christmas song that was banned because now its sexist or something.


Exactly, I know what you mean.  Baby it's cold outside.  Somebody has way too much time on their hands to sit around and think that crap up.  Man, get a job. Do you watch any golf?


Exactly, and yeah I do watch a bit when I can, how about you?


Yeah, I watch and play.  I'm no good, but I keep trying.  I read somewhere that golf courses in America make up more land space than Rhode Island and Delaware, combined.


That is crazy! And yeah I tore my ACL and had to get surgery this past summer, so I didn't get out once!  Anyways, it was nice talking to someone with a sense of humor, I hope you have a good day.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


So, you much of a fan of basketball or golf? I find it neat that Babe Ruth was once America's most famous golfer!  Guess that was before he found his niche in baseball.


I like basketball yeah, not a big fan of golf but both are great sports.


Basketball isn't too bad... do you know they have a basetball court in the Supreme Court building?  The call it "the highest court in the land".  Wonder who they get to play there?


I didnt, must be great to watch a game there and probably Lawyers vs Judges or Criminals vs Judges


Criminals vs Judges would be rather interesting!  LOL.  Speaking of high things, they say in 39 out of 50 states the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.  Man, I picked the wrong profession!  :)


So did the inventor of the game lol, he was a basketball coach but a terrible one, how is that even possible! he made the rules for the game


Well, knowing how to play and being able to play isn't always the same thing.  I can tell you all the moves of chess, but there's not a lot of people I could beat!


Chess is a really challenging game, golf is also a challeging game


Always though golf would be cooler if they used hand grenades... but that's just me.  :)  Did you know Sam Jackson is a big golfer?  He requires his film contracts to allow him to go golfing twice a week during production!


He must be a really big fan then, golf couses require a lot of water, excessive ammounts of water


Oh, yeah, especially in Dubai!  The golf course there requires 4 million gallons a day!  I bet a lot of it evaporates in the heat!


4 million gallons wow, more that 10 times the water normal ones require,


I've read about this guy who's a diver for golf courses, he finds lots of balls (sometimes even entire sets of clubs!) when he goes down into the water!


He must have a lot of balls then, does he get to keep them?


Actually he cleans them and resells them to various golf shops.  Sounds like a neat way to make money.


It does sound like a great business idea, some balls must be worth a lot specially the ones used in pro tournaments


Especially if someone famous has used them, like say Tiger Woods or someone big like that.  Jumping tracks a bit.. do you watch much TV?


I do like to watch TV its one of my favorite forms of entertainment


Did you know That 70's Show was remade in the UK?  It was cancelled after 10 eps though...


The show must have been terrible, only 10 episodes! thats terrible how was it called?


They called it Days Like These.  Neatly enough, The Office is also based on a UK show of the same name.   It's had better luck though.


The Office is a great show, I like it a lot


Nah Everything digital. I do think its a good ideal to keep one around though.


Yeah just for the nostalgia or catching the waves from Jupiter


Well you never know what will happen in the future. There is a radio station that translates solar activity into sound and you can listen live to the sun's music.


A few weeks ago I tried to make a foxhole radio using only a razorblade and pencil. It didn't work for me.


Sounds interesting. Radio is the technology of using radio waves to carry information, such as sound, by systematically modulating properties of electromagnetic energy waves transmitted through space, such as their amplitude, frequency, phase, or pulse width.


Did you know that Canadian citizens must listen to Justin Bieber music 40% of the time on their radios?


Didnt know that but i was told that 80% of radio played in Canada must be Canadian. not sure if thats true or not.


Do you listen to classical music at all?


I love classical music when i get a chance to listen to it. One of the most popular radio acts of the 1930s was a ventriloquist.


Same here. I listen to free stuff on the internet and stream other music through Facebook.


Facebook grew into a monster.  Facebook held its initial public offering (IPO) in February 2012, valuing the company at $104 billion, the largest valuation to date for a newly listed public company.


I signed up for Facebook about 5 years after they first got their start in 2004


I wasnt into social media a lot. i didnt sign up until a few years ago, if you can believe that.


I think Facebook is not likely to last if they keep up with violating the privacy of their users unknowingly and act like they did not realize what they were doing


Its all an act, once they went public it open them up. Its one of the ways the government gets its information. A third of all divorce filings of 2011 in the u.s. contained the word 'facebook


Mark is a very smart man but his company will quickly lose value if he doesnt start looking out for his subscribers. Most have stared a movement called "quitfacebook" over the recent drama about selling user information to Netflix and Spotify


Didn't know that. There are more people on facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago.


Facebook dominated MySpace when it came out and now MySPace is a thing of the past. I wonder if there will be another generational platform soon


Well i guess its possible because technology is not slowing down at all. it will probably be virtual.


MySpace could have bought them out for 75 mil


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


How's it going, are you interested in animals? There are over 1.5 million living species


It is going well, Yes I am Interest in animals, I love horses.


Horses are pretty cool, I remember as a kid I wanted to be a zoologist until I found out that they aren't paid much at all


Yes you are right, they don't make that much, I didn't know Insects considered animals.


Yea, it's scary that there are over 1 million species of insects


Yes, I haven't thought there were that many animals.


Individually there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on earth, I don't even know how much that is lol


either me I don't think that I can count that high, animals developed white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated.


That's pretty interesting. Did you know hiccups are an evolutionary hold over when land animals had both gills and lungs?


No I didn't know that, I heard that animals like some fish was able to live on land for a short period of time, gill and lungs.


I wonder if the loch ness monster is considered to have lungs or gills, it is a protected animal in Scotland


Wow I thought the loch ness monster was a mist, I didn't know that tv sighting was real.


Probably isn't but is still protected just in case. Germany also has strong animal protections and have given animals universal rights


That's true in germany a person will serve jail time for failing to yield the right away for animals.


That's pretty extreme. The German state Scleswig-Holstein has a weirder law that makes it illegal to like things on facebook


Yes true, do you trust facebook, If you trust them, do you have a facebook account?


I don't trust them but have had an account since it facebook was created back in like 2004


I have an account also, but I don't post anything on it or login my account, I am business doing other things.


Yea I don't post anything personal or let my work see it. Facebook has been going downhill since they let 13 year olds create profiles in 2006


Did you know myspace turned down  offer to buy facebook for $75 million.


Yea, that was a bad decision. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Good evening? Catch anything good on the radio today?


No, I haven't listened to the radio today. When I do, I'm usually an NPR person. How about you?


Oh, I'll listen to almost anything! Except maybe this station in Finland that has a weekly program conducted entirely in classical Latin. That might be over my head!


Did you know there was a Hanson song that become one of the most requested tracks in Chicago because the DJs didn't mention the name of the band?


Ha! Tricky! You can really listen to anything on the radio. Classical latin news, Hanson, or even radio storms on Jupiter. Did you know that ? Jupiter has radio storms so strong you could hear them on AM radio!


There's also a radio station that can translate solar activity into sounds so you can listen to the sun's music.


Wow. You know, soldiers in WWII made radios using a razorblade and a pencil. I wonder what
 kinda stuff they picked up?


The odds were likely Bing Crosby. He filled more than half of the radio time dedicated to music in 1948.


Wow! Is he Canadian? According to Canadian law,  radios are required to have at least 40% of the music played be Canadian.


Haha. Bing Crosby? No, he was an amazing singer from the US.


I couldn't remember if he was American or Canadian, but I can definitely remember his voice! He'd definitely go viral on Facebook if he was around today, don't you think


Oh, I'm not so sure anymore. His Christmas music is still regularly posted on Facebook.


Well I hope nobody in the German state of Schlesweigholstein is "liking" them, because the facebook "like" button is illegal there! I never would have guess that could be a law!


Originally, the engineers wanted to call it the "awesome" button, so I wonder if they would've been okay with that?


Haha! The "awesome" button?! It's crazy to think how common facebook feedback has become. Iceland is rewriting their constitution via Facebook! The public can make suggestions and alterations, right through facebook!


There are now more people on FB than there were people 200 years ago.


Wow! I guess that is why at it's IPO in February 2012 it was valued at $104 billion!


Apparently, a little over a quarter of American adults get their news from Facebook.


That is so many people! It's hard to believe that when it started, it was just limited to Harvard students!


When I first had Facebook, you had to have a school email and be over 18 years old.


I know! Since 2006, they've allowed anyone who claims to be 13 years old to register. Seems a little bit young to me. Especially since there are so many advertisements.


Definitely. Well, it's been nice chatting with you. Have a good night!


Great thanks! Yes I am. The earliest precursor of rap was in West African tradition.


Yes, it is a musical form of poetry. do you have a favorite rapper? i do not know the genre well.


Tupac is a classic. His music is in the library of congress of cultural significance.


He was an amazing talent. a great rapper and a dancer as well.


Yes very true. Today though rap is so closely associated with hp hop they almost mean the same thing.


I dont know how they differ, but I dont listen to either one. by the way, do you pay attention to politics?


Yes I keep informed! I definitely pay attention to what the president says as he is the head of state!


Yes, there are many interesting facts about the presidency. did you know that trump is not the wealthiest president?


Yes apparently the top 3 presidents ranked by wealth are JFK, Washington, and Jefferson!


I am not surprised by JFK. he got money from his father, who smuggled booze during prohibition.


Oh I never knew that interesting. The first president of Zimbabwe was called banana!


What a nickname. i bet he loved that! i wonder why banana, but fruit are as good a nickname as any, i guess. what about trump? should we give him one?


haha I think he has been given enough nicknames by the Dems. The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office. Wonder what he got done for his country though?


I guess he delegated most of the responsibilities to others. he needed to go stylin'.


Yeah that makes the most sense! Obama should have released an album! He had 8 years!


eight years is enough to get at least one album done, true. he could have teamed up with some musicians, and hit the charts.


Yeah that would have been funny to see. His secret service codename is Renegade.


That is a cool name. I wonder if he chose the name? What name did Trump get? Anyway, great chat!


Haha nice nicknames. He only vetoed 2 bills in all 8 years! Great chatting with you as well, have a wonderful day.


Only 2? that seems quite low. i guess he didnt need to veto. FDR was different, I heard. Have a great weekend!


How's it going. Do you know it's impossible to separate two phone books with overlapping pages?


No I didn't know that. I never tried it though, I also didn't know that an iPhone has more computing power than our nuclear missile deterrent system, that's scary LOL


Yea it is really scary the Iphone has more power than the icmb deterrent


Did you watch the Academy Awards this year? I never knew that it is made up of 24 individual awards


I watched a little, I never knew the first reward was given in 1929


No that's a long time ago. And the first broadcast was on the radio in 1930, definitely before TV haha


Now the Academy Awards are broadcast in over 200 countries


Yes that's very impressive. Also impressive is that over 3000 Oscars have been handed out ever since the Academy Awards started


Yea and out of all those Oscars Daniel Day-Lewis was the only person to win best actor 3 times


Yes he's very talented. So is the actor and rapper Eminem, Who somehow has more Oscars than Leonardo Dicaprio and Johnny Depp


But not more than Walt Disney's 22 oscars


No Walt Disney definitely has the most,  and im even shocked that Blazing Saddles was nominated for 3 Oscars because you would not see that kind of movie made today


No but Blazing Saddles was hilarious and deserved those Oscar nomination


Yes I agree. Do you have a car by the way? You ever go through a drive-thru


Yea, I never knew Mcdonalds invented the drive thru in 1975


Yes they invented it because soldiers couldn't leave their cars while wearing fatigues, I wonder if that rule has changed because I see soldiers in fatigues all the time now


Must have. It's pretty cool you can legally equip a flamethrower onto you car in South Africa


That is really cool. I would probably take that on picnics to help make me steak sandwiches haha, did you ever played a video game Gran Turismo?


Yea a long time ago but I'm nowhere near as good as Jann Mardenborough


Yep that's the guy that beat 90,000 people and actually now races in real race cars professionally, what a lucky guy


hey I'm good, how often do you wear clothing? I know I wear it every day haha


Hahaha! Yep, I do where clothing, everyday usually. especially while I am playing Golf. Did you know you can visit a store in Alabama that sells only stuff from unclaimed baggage from airports?


haha would you buy those? I would feel like stealing knowing that they were someone elses clothes haha


Hahaha!! No I don't think I would buy clothing from there...but the electronics I would! I wonder if they do have clothes there that were made by Apple when they had a clothing line back in the 80s!


oh I would totally wear that even today! I wonder if its worth any money now


I bet it is! I wonder if they have any Pilgrim clothing haha, they wore all black for special occasions, I love black clothing.


haha ya I would still ilke to see these colorful clothes they wore though, how come you dont see any pictures of that? haha


Hahaha, I have no idea! Would be interesting though! I wonder what color of clothing the president wears when he is playing Golf?


ya golf clothes are always colorful, I don't watch golf though I think 18 holes is too long and boring haha


I don't watch Golf either, way too boring. I wonder why the Golf courses use so much water, an average course takes over 300,000 gallons of water to maintain!


yup, and a course in the dubai desert uses 4 million gallons a day, thats insane and dubm


Wow, no kidding! I guess the green on the Golf course being in a very hot climate would take a lot of water, but that is insane!


ya, also insane was the babe ruth was a famous golfer, I only knew he played baseball


Really? Wow, didn't know that...interesting!  Or like Sameuel L Jackson needing a contract during filming that he gets to play Golf twice a week haha, smart.


haha yeah well played sir, its carzy though how if you add delaware and rhode island together, thats about how many golf courses are in the usa


Whoa, that is crazy! I didn't know so many people liked golf that much haha, guess it is a money maker too. I wonder why all the presidents like golf so much....I don't have the patience for it lol


ya I don't like it its very boring, also I never knew that the hole to shoot for is only 4.25 inches in diameter, just seems so small and hard to hit!


Definitely, very tough game. I wonder if the clothing industry makes a lot of money from golfers buying all their golf attire.


thats a good question, have you ever visited the white house btw?


No, never been to the White House. Although I have met one of the Presidents before when I worked at a medical Facility....


ah thats cool, well I wanted to know if it was true that the guest house is bigger than the white house itself haha


Hi, Very little. Iknow it it very very popular in the US


I have played a little, mainly just for fun.  It amazes me the amount of water it takes to maintain a gold course per day.


I imagine it is because it has to look perfect! It looks like there is a golf course in North Korea!


Really?  I know about the one in Dubai that requires 4 million gallons of water per day.


That is so much water!!  Opposite to Dubai, there is also a disc golf course in Antartica!!


That would be a really cool one to visit.  No pun intended.  ive never played disc golf,  it looks like a good time


Yes, definetely a cool place to visit. Did you know about a golf course in Australia that has something special?


No.  I hadnt heard about that one.  What is it?


There are bull sharks that live in one of its water hazards


Wow.  That is pretty intense, and cool.  Gotta admit, I wouldnt be chasing my ball near that hazard.


LOL Totally understood, but that is one fo the nice things of golf. Each hole is unique and has its own challenges!


That is true, each course is different.  Some courses even change the hole placement on the green once in a while to keep it fresh for local golfers.


I think that is so necessary,there are also variou types of terrains like sand traps, long grass and fairways


I know sand traps all too well.  I spend a lot of time there when I play.  lol.  Golf is also one of few sports that doesnt have a uniform, but does have a dress code.


Lol, do you play in the 18 hole o 9 hole courses?


Ive done a few 18, but it is far too slow for my taste.  So I usually stick to the 9.


that is cool! Talking about dress code, it reminded me of different types of clothing, I heard that a chinese man was wearing 70 pieces of clothing to avoid bagging charges!!


That seems a little extreme, and smart all at the same time.   There is a store in Alabama that sells all the items from unclaimed baggage, so none of his stuff would ever end up there.


That is cool! Do you know how bulletproof clothing is tested?


I would guess they shoot at it, but that seems too simple.


But with employees inside!!! I would never take that job


Me neither!  anyway, ive got to go!  good Chat!


No. I prefer helicopters, but they are a little out of my budget. I might like my car better if I could equip it with a set of those flame throwers that are legal in South Africa!


yes, a helicopter would be cool but a car with a flamethrower would rock.


It would be a high end one, stylish, probably run on expensive fuel. Elon would make an electric powered one. LOL


Detroit was founded by te French explorer, Antoine de la mothe Cadillac. Today's explorer, Space X takes, off using flame throwing rockets. Does that count?


Ok, that is pretty close. will a city on mars be named after Elon, i wonder.


Sure, if he can get there first, but he may be greeted by Chinese and Russian toll booth attendants asking him what's in the trunk?   Do you know what the trunk of  the car was named for?


If it was an elephant we were talking about, the rear compartment would have a totally different name!  Cars used to be equipped with wooden trunks secured to the back of the vehicles. Some elephants come with wooden trunks too, but they rest on top...


Hm, quite true. but why is it called the boot in england? what are they up to in that country?


But they are too civilized for flame throwers...  I'll have to check with my FaceBook crew to learn the ways of the British Boot


You would keep your flamethrower in the boot, like a civilized road warrior. they are rules to road combat.


Of course. We are not animals... We only eat them. At bURGER kING, THEY ARE HAVING A PROMOTION: DROP 10 fACEBOOK FRIENDS AND GET A FREE WHOPPER.


I would totally do that, if i had a facebook account. make a bunch of fb friends, then unfriend them for tasty calories.


If I had a Facebook page, I would "like" your comment. While this button is illegal in some places in Germany, we westerners still type on the wild side...


I think that germany is a bit extreme about the like button in that case, but i worry that people spend too much time on social media.


Occasionally, Facebook can be used for good (only occasionally). Iceland is rewriting it's constitution and is usig facebook to enable citizens to make suggestions and comments


Its good to get suggestions but i wonder if people could hack the system and make every thursday free ice cream day.


I like that... We can start the petition for the new Amendment... Thou shall partake of the frozen cream custards on Thursdays, courtesy of Trump...


Yes, that would be great! Anyway, great chat!


I am off to do some freestyle Korean rap, complement battle, and the first compleent with be sent your way! Adios!


One of the genres of film is comedy.  Have you heard of a bromantic comedy?


LOL.  I can't say that I have, but then again, I bet I probably saw them as "buddy" films in the past.  I think something like "The Hangover" fits that.


You are exactly right!  Harold and Kumar was another.  They are not my favorite.  If someone throws up in a movie I don't consider it to be funny.  Of course, before sound, they had to use a lot of slapstick which I also rarely like.


I like some slapstick, but it has to be done just right.  Do you have any favorite tv comedies?


I enjoy Modern Family right now.  I also never saw Everybody Loves Raymond when it was first run but really liked the reruns when I became acquainted with them.  3rd Rock beat some great comedies like Seinfield, Friends and Frasier for the golden globe in 1997


That seems crazy.  Seinfeld and Friends were on top for so long that I would have thought for sure it would have been one of those. To be fair, I didn't really watch Seinfeld until it was running in syndication.


Speaking of comedy, did you know that the Iowa visitor's locker room for football has walls that are painted PINK!


Yep, that is something I did know about because my team plays them. I do find it interesting that the coach that did that was Hayden Fry and there was actually a sitcom loosely based on him called "Coach" with Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox.


I remember that.  When I was high school, I was on a JV team that lost to another school's varsity 74-0.  Ga. Tech beat somebody 222-0


Ouch, but even worse to be on the one sided GA Tech beatdown.  That has to be some sort of record, right?


It is.  They let the clock run even on incomplete passes in our game.  Now one wants the score to hit 100.  ESPN got an Emmy for the yellow line that marks the line to gain for a first down.  That innovation improved my spectator experience.


It makes me crazy when a player doesn't reach for the line because it looks so real on the TV.  One thing is for sure, we love our football!  Over half of the world's largest stadiums are for college football teams in the US!


Wow!  That is a statistic.  Kiss bought an Arena Football team and offered a contract to Tim Tebow.


That would be an interesting meeting. I am not sure if they could be more different.  KISS seems better linked with the Eagles who had their own makeshift court at the stadium for a number of years.


Yes, but that is the Philadelphia Eagles, not Glen Frye and the boys.


Though they were no saints either and I'm not talking the New Orleans variety.  LOL  American football is definitely ingrained in our culture.  Could you imagine a time when bowlers made more than football players?


I cannot.  My neighbor was an average RB for the Cardinals and made $7 million his last year.  He coaches RBs now.  A high school team kept playing as is science building burned down behind the stadium.


Nothing keeps us from our football.  I recall one of the SEC schools (Auburn) having a building catch on fire during an ESPN broadcast.


I did not see that.  We even form theoretical dream teams that never play.


Sort of like those Team of the Century polls or "who is your starting QB for one game" type scenario.


did you know that fourteen of the 25 biggest stadiums in the world are linked to american football teams


Football is insanely popular, especially in states like Texas. I bet every one of the stadiums makes money.


ya, are you watching the superbowl right now? I wonder if this stadium is one of the top biggest ones


Not watching at the moment. I think the stadium is one of the more expensive ones.


that's true, I like the group KISS and apparently they bought an area football team


Arena football is interesting. The field is smaller and the game livelier. They wanted to hire Tim Tebow.


ah I didn't know that, well if Kiss did a halftime show I would definitely go see that team haha


I don't they would ever do the Super Bowl, which desperately needs a band like KISS.


ya I agree, I wonder if Kiss would paint the locker rooms weird colors? In Iowa the opposing teams locker room is painted permanently pink haha


Pink is supposed to soften them up, make 'em pacifists. I wonder if that works. Then other teams would try the same thing.


yes, I wonder if that makes them more or less likely to win, I would get mad and play better personally.


Football has come a long way. Bowlers in the 60s used to make more than football players. What?!


that is wild, also wild that the highest scoring football game was in 1916 with a score 222-0 haha


The Georgia Tech-Cumberland game! I would have bet on that game, but I wonder what the spread was.


haha good point someone probably made some money on that, I think I would give up once the score hit 100-0 haha


Cumberland would have done better in a bowling competition. It's funny that the Philly Eagles set up a court to try their badly behaved fans.


haha that is funny, I think it's interesting espn won an emmy for creating the yellow line in football, I've been staring at that all evening haha


It seems so simple, but it really makes the game easier to watch.


absolutely, do you like comedies? I like Bill Murray movies personally


Bill is a lot of fun. I don't agree with him on the matter of Kung Fu Hustle, but otherwise, yeah.


haha did you not like that movie? I haven't seen it but I was going to because he recommended it


So, I've been listening to a lot of rap lately. I didn't realize that the earliest precursor to modern rap was the West African griot tradition of oral historians or praise-singers giving oral histories. Do you like rap?


I do like rap! I've recently tried to delve deep into 90's rap, where it seems a lot of influential rappers came from, like Tupac!


Tupac is great! His music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance". Pretty impressive, right? What other rappers do you like?


Really impressive! I also really like Kendrick Lamar, who really fills that "black rhetorical continuum!" He always raps about his past and hopeful future, as if he's the voice for the impoverished black community!


Very true. The person credited with originating the style of delivering rhymes over extensive music was Anthony "DJ Hollywood" Hollaway from Harlem, New York. I'm glad the style made it to the West Coast thought! Otherwise, we wouldn't have Tupac and Kendrick Lamar!


Agreed! It's always interesting to me how much rap has influenced every day life, and bled into other facets like entertainment! Thanks to rap moving across America, we can credit Busta Rhymes with "voicing the reptar wagon in the 1998 Rugrats movie!" Rap seems to be in all of our entertainment these days!


No kidding! Even judges can get into it! In 2001, a judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit filed against rapper Eminem!


It's amazing to me how versatile rap can be! In Korea, rappers have even invented a "new type of freestyle," which they call a "compliment battle!" Now that's entertainment! Speaking of entertainment, did you know that Ronald Reagan once got rejected for a movie role, all because he didn't really have the coveted "presidential look?" How crazy!


Haha! If only they could have seen the future! Did you know that Caesar visited Britain in around 50 BC and discovered that they bred chickens for entertainment!


I did know that! I wonder what it means to have chickens for entertainment lol! These days, video games are most of the entertainment I need! Did you know that the original nintendo system could only "display 54 colors?" A far cry from what we have now!


54 colors? That hardly seems entertaining now.That Nintendo Entertainment System was finally discontinued in 2003 in Japan. That's quite a run.


What,2003 seems crazy, that's much longer than I would have suspected, especially with so much competition from Xbox and Playstation! Speaking of Playstation, have you heard of Jann Mardenborough? They became a professional race car driver, when they beat 90,000 people in the Playstation exclusive game, Gran Turismo! Who would have thought!


Wow! That is crazy. I like car racing games. I love cars in real life, too. It's hard to imagine that   not too long ago people were still using animal drawn carriages and carts in the US. Cars really took off quickly here.


Me too! I also like cars in real life, the history of them especially! What's most interesting to me is that one of the first accessible cars to the masses was the 1908 Model T, which was produced by the Ford Motor Company, which is still around today, which is amazing!


Indeed. They've come a long way since the 1886 Benz Patent-motorwagen, to the 1908 Model T, to the South African cars equipped with flame throwers!


Oh yeah, not to mention how reliant the economy became on cars and those who used them! I didn't know about the south-african cars, I wonder why that is? I do know, that in 1975, everyone's favorite fast food place, McDonald's, added drive-thru's to their restaurants to accommodate soldiers who weren't allowed to leave their cars while in uniform!


Yes. South African cars can have flame throwers to prevent carjacking. I suppose this makes sense, since cars are so essential to people. Developed economies really depend on them.


That's terrible! I wonder if that's part of the reason why cars took so long to catch on in other parts of the world, as opposed to the US?  America obviously doesn't have as large a carjacking problem as South Africa, otherwise we'd have cars with modded protection on it lol! Fun fact for you, the trunk of a car is called that because old cars used to have wooden trunks strapped to their back! As those were replaced with what we know today, I guess the name stuck!


Interesting! That reminds me, car is a mess, especially the trunk! Most cars seat one to 8 people, but mine is such a mess, I can barely squeeze in there! Better go clean it out now!


Lol! I wish my car could fit that many people, but I'm the same as you, my car barely fits myself and a passenger, even though its the size of a boat! It's just not very well designed, the roof slopes down to much for anyone above 3 feet to sit in the back! Maybe Ford could go back to their 1908 roots, and design a car that the masses really loved! Keep it simple!


Maybe, but simple cars are harder to rap about!


That's true! For example, Tyler, the Creator would have never been able to rap about Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, if Tesla's cars weren't exotic and the opposite of simple! Awesome point!


Wow! I never knew he did that! I'll have to try to check that one out. I'm gonna go put on some rap and clean out the trunk. Talk to you later!


Yes, He played entire 18 years NBA carreer with Indiana pacer.


Yes. Did you know that in high school he was constantly overshadowed by his sister? She broke 8 national records!


He was considered as the Pacers greatest player all the time. He retired by 2006. Great loss to the NBA sports and fans.


I agree. They have determined that granny style is the most effective way to score points on the line. That's so surprising.


In 2002 Miller single handedly eliminated New jersy nuts in fifty and final game of the first round of the play.


Wow. I did not know that. Were you aware that Air Jordan's were banned from the NBA when released?


It worked out for Jordan though because he still wore them and Nike paid his fines. I'm sure it was worth the exposure for them.


Physicsts proved shooting granny style is the best technique to score point on the line.


I wonder why they don't use it more in that case?


Hard to say. Probably movies but I love TV, books, and video games also.


Music, drama, dance and storytelling is the different kind of performance in all culture we must support and encourage the actor and want to develop the culture.


Did you own or play an original Nintendo by any chance?


No, I heard nintendo entertainment system could display only 54 colors.


That's correct. We've come a long way. Did you know it was only discontinued in Japan in 2003?!


I'm assuming it had finally just run it's course. I haven't seen new ones for sale here since the early to mid 90's.


I have but in name and murder only. You?


I sadly didn't start listening to his music after his murder, he has done what Bowie and Prince didn't do by having a posthumous #1 hit. I guess because of his murder more it got his name more out there.


Yeah. It was all over a stick up too. I find the tragic loss of life associated with music depressing.


It is depressing. So many great artist have died before their time. Just like Notorious B.I.G., after he died his anthem "Mo Money Mo Problems" raced up the charts.


Yeah. There's a history of that happening. I think it happened to 2pac too. And Michael Jackson too.


Did you know that 2pac's music is in the Library of Congress?


I did know that! I wonder, of all the music, why they chose his music?


I guess it was because of his "cultural significance."


Wow. Did you know Canada radio has to play at least 40% canadian music? That's a lot of Celine Dion!


I've heard that. They play what, Celine Dion, Bieber and Drake?


HA! What a bunch of bad music. Maybe some Nickleback and Avril Levigne too!


You can't forget about them! I'd try to make a simple radio like soldiers in WWII made. They just used a razorblade and a pencil as the diode.


I would try that but I would probably slit my wrists trying to channel the channel.


Nickleback alone would make me want to do that. Did you know that Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st Century?


What a great line! HA! I know I wore out that CD when I went to gym when it first came out. I loved that one. Have you heard that mix between them and Jay-Z?


Yeah, that was one of my favorite CDs too. Collision Course was that CD with them and Jay-Z. It was a really good mix!


Yeah! That comes on my spotify every once in a while. It's a banger! It makes me happy. Was Collisiono Course only LP and Jay?


I believe it was just those two. I keep that and N.W.A's


When Chester died, a small part of my youth died that day. I was sad about it.


I hit enter too soon, sorry. But N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton" is a constant rotation for me. It was actually the first album to reach Platinum Status without the support of airplay or a major tour.


Never really got into them but always meant to. Nice chatting with you.


Hi. are you interested in rapping facts? Rapping is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular".


i am interested in many facts about rap. do you know a lot? please tell me.


I know a little.  Rap differs from spoken-word poetry in that rap is usually performed in time to an instrumental track.


yes, it has to be rhythmic to be rap. i guess the words should rhyme too.


Surprisingly, I recently learned where rap came from. The person credited with originating the style of "delivering rhymes over extensive music", that would become known as rap, was Anthony "DJ Hollywod" Holloway for Harlem, New York.


I did not know that. i know that the sugar hill gang made a tune called rappers delight. that was a hit.


I remember the Sugar Hill Gang from the 80s I think. They always said "CeeMooSaabEEE", lol.   Did you know that the rapper Tupac Shakur's music is in the library of Congress of "Cultural Significance?"


Tupac was a great guy and a solid musical talent. his music deserves recognition as a contribution to art.


I totally agree.  Did you hear that back in 2001 a Michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit filed against rapper Eminem? That's funny.


i guess she thought she was pretty cool. i would refrain from rapping unless i was good. i wonder if it was a good rap even.


Maybe Eminem started it, that just came to my mind. LOL.  Before he became a rapper, Eminem's true dream was to become a comic book artist, his favorite superhero was Spider-man.  That's awesome.


I think he would make a good artist. with the money he has, he could start his own comic book company. LOL


No doubt.   Did you also know that rapper Busta Rhymes voiced the reptar in the 1998 Rugrats movie?  That is pretty cool as well.


i never saw that movie. i think busta has been in a couple of movie. finding forrester? ??


I'm not sure, but I do know that that a Korean rapper invented a new type of freestyle, it's called "compliment battle".


that must be a reflection of their culture. one of respect for your competitors. that is cool. i wonder what they compliment each other about.


Probably instead of hating each other, maybe.  I found out something else I didn't know before about the word, "word".  The word predates the musical form, and originally meant "to strike", and is now used to describe quick speech or repartee.


Rap! That is good to know. Well, it has been fun rapping at ya! Thanks for the chat


I'm more of rock guy, but I definitely like good rap. How about yourself?


I do like rap yeah, it has a great rhythm and one of my favorite rappers is the late Tupac.


Tupac was awesome. What's your favorite Tupac song?


I like Hit Em Up, do you have a favorite song?


Yeah I really like Changes. Kind of a positive message. The opposite of Hit Em Up lol. It's kind of funny that Tupac actually grew up as a theatre kid not a thug.


It is funny, but I bet he was respected by his friends. Do you like Eminem?


I do. I really grew with Eminem at his peak. I remember trying to buy his albums and all the outcry from adults. He's a legend in my book. Do you?


I do like him, his a rap legend I agree with you there. He wanted to become a comic book artist once.


I could see that, based on the Real Slim Shady. And I think he's used comic book imagery in some of his videos. Do you have favorite Eminem rap?


I like the Lose Yourself song, its one of my favorite ones when I work out I also like Without Me.


I'm not sure. I really like Superman, Role Model and Sayin' Goodbye to Hollywood. There's a song that he did with Kendrick Lamar called Love Game which a lot of people don't know that is seriously underrated.


Yeah so on another topic do you like cars?


I drive one, but I'm not necessarily a car guy. I can appreciate a cool looking car though. Yourself?


I can too, one of my favorite brands is Cadillac


Ahh named after the found of Detroit. Cadillac is one of my favorite American cars, probably right behind Jeep. I wish I had a Jeep.


Yeah Jeeps are also really cool, they are expensive also I would like a Mustang or a Camaro as well.


Do you like to race cars? I definitely drive in the fast lane in the highway a lot of the time, but I'm no race car driver.


I like to watch car races but Im not a racer, Im a safe driver lol, its been good chatting with you tonight.


It's always good to be safe, but I don't think we need to equip cars with flame-throwers like you can in South Africa lol. Take care, nice chatting with you as well!


Yeah that seems excessive, good thing they arent legal in America, have a good night, bye.


I love to be entertained. How about you?


Gladiator, What we do in life will echo through eternity, lol! Speaking of Romans/Greeks Caesar visited Britain in 50bc and found that they use chicken for entertainment.


Hilarious! By the way did you play nintendo?


Yes i loved the Nintendo and it's 54 colors display. We have come a long way!


That we have. Do you have a game system now?


PS4 and 3. How about you? Did you know Reagan got turned down for a role because they said he did not look presidential enough. How ironic!


Well, I'm looking at PS4 or XBox , but I really don't know which is better. Any opinion on that?


Have you ever had a gaming system before? PS Controllers were molded after Nintendo.


Yeah, I had a bunch, sega, nintendo, wi, PS2....


I would stick with the PS. Hey fun fact do you know who was responsible for the dunk being banned for almost a decade?


You know it the jam master, lol!! Do you know who James Naismith was?


He invented basketball, he was a kansas university coach who apparently never won a game.


LOL, he must have really struggled then!


I know how do you create something and then be no good at it, lol! Hey at least he gave us a his legacy right.


That's true. Doesn't sound like it helps though. I've never heard of him.


Me either, maybe for that reason, lol. You know in 39 of 50 states the highest paid profession is a basketball or football coach.


Interesting. Well, nice chatting with you.


You too!! I think some of that money should be allocated to the teachers and books and stuff.


I'm doing pretty good. Are you a basketball fan?


I am especially the NBA! The NBA was founded in 1946. Do you like it?


I do, I liked the players in the 90s. Jordan, Reggie Miller, Allen Iverson, Jerry Stackhouse.


Allen iverson is set for life with his Reebook endorsement! As long as he doesn't keep spending all his money!


I think he got the good end of the deal. I don't see Reebok making that much off of him. I guess they were hoping he'd be as big as Jordan. They just didn't want Nike to be able to get him.


I remember getting his shoes they were awesome! Nike did well with Jordan though, even paying his fines back when Air Jordans were banned in the NBA.


I'd say that investment paid off for them big time. Jordan's are the highest selling shoes in basketball.


Oh for sure! I applaud Tim Duncan though for sacrificing money to get a college education first and then going into the NBA.


That was a very responsible thing for him to do. He had a very long career in the NBA too so I think that helped him out a lot.


It really did! Do you know what the most effective way to shoot a free throw is?


Granny Style, they say it's the absolute best technique to consistently score but NBA players refuse to do it because it looks stupid. I'd be out there granny-ing it up!


Same here if it's getting me paid! Reggie Miller was another great wasn't he?


Yeah he was really good. He just could never escape his sister Cheryl's shadow when he was younger.


One time in high school he scored 40 points but the same night his sister scored 105 lol. Sibling rivalry much?


That's crazy, she even broke 8 national records. I think she went on to be a pretty successful coach too, if I'm not mistaken.


She did! Have you ever been to the highest court in the land?


Yeah isn't that the court on the top floor of the US Supreme Court?


It is! I think that is so cool haha. Basketball is definitely a national pastime in the US as well!


Yeah it is. I'd like to see them playing.


I agree that would be cool! Anyways, great chat! Have a great day!


Awesome! When I was a kid you were able to dial zero for emergency. 911 didn't exist.


Yeah!  Back in the good old days!  I used my telephone twice today while I was watching baseball.


Speaking of baseball did you know that managers wear the uniform so they can jump into the game if they are needed?


I had heard that before.  I think it was during a Yankees game.  The best thing is that it's so fast to dial 212 there.


Ha! yes, seeing that the first area code for New York was 212!


I know!  I wonder how long it would take to speed read 212.  I bet Anne Jones could read it really fast.


I guess, they put lots of stuff in braille.  It's in braille on my elevator.  The one I take to go watch baseball in New York.


Hey, back to phones, did you know Unicef will donate water to children in need for every day that you don't lose your cell phone?


I know!  Isn't that nifty of them.  I could probably go without using mine for maybe 10 or 15 minutes or so, probably.


All my friends say she reads really fast.  Like 4700 words a minute fast.  She must be a blast at parties.   Always reading stuff quick.


Probably.  I know a lot of women who like to talk a lot.  Maybe she can talk really fast while reading terrible poetry.


Like the competitions between CS Lewis and Tolkien must have been.


Exactly!  That reminds me, as soon as I'm done here, I'm gonna go read Ender's Game, like they do in the Marine Corps.


I've never read Ender's game but we don't want to cause a moral panic reading too many novels like they did in the 18th century.


That's true and if you don't like it, you can always read Starship Troopers.


The first sci-fi novel on the reading list of three of the five military branches!


The military really knows how to pick good books!


Good afternoon! Read any good books lately?


No, I have not.  I would like to read Starship Troopers.  I saw the movie and thought the movie was good.


Normally the book is pretty good if they made it into a movie. Did you know it's the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of 3 U.S. military branches?


Yeah.  I wonder why the book is on their reading list.


It must have something to do with combat situations. Ender's Game was actually suggested reading for the USMC, probably for similar reasons.


Centuries ago the reading of novels was feared.  That is a sign of how powerful books are.  Obviously the military considers books powerful, otherwise they wouldn't make military members devote such time to read them.


Yes, words can be very influential, but the entertainment value is unlimited, as well. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien used to have "you laugh, you lose" competitions when they read terrible poetry.


I never read a Harry Potter book.  I think that I should some day.


They have some creative aspects, like the game they play on brooms, Quidditch. Definitely less straightforward than real sports like baseball.


Reading books is a great way to spend time.  Better than being absorbed by technology.  Unicef will donate a day's worth of water to a child for every minute you do not use your cell phone!


That's admirable, although I wonder how they compute that figure. Did you know that an iPhone has more computing power than the entire US ICBM deterrent?


Yeah, that is amazing!  Or how about that there are cables for phone and internet data that lay on the ocean floor!


Yes, that seems a bit too simple for such an important piece of infrastructure, but sometimes simple technologies are strong. For example, two phonebooks with their pages simply overlapping cannot be separated.


Yeah, the way the world works is so fascinating.  The history behind it is interesting too.  The New York area code was chosen as 212 because that was the fastest number to dial.


Those were the days, when people used rotary phones and collected baseball cards.


Reading books is useful to remember history.  Annie Jones could read 4,700 words per minute.  Imagine how up to date with current events and history she could be if she read all day, or at least as much as she could read all day.


Well, I imagine it's hard to actually move all of that information from short term memory into long term memory or engage in critical analysis.


I think reading is necessary to remember history.  It'd be interesting to see the difference between cultures that have no reading and writing and therefore don't remember history and those that have tremendous amounts of writing like in the United States' culture.


Oral histories are certainly more malleable and open to modification than written ones; I'd think the biggest drawback would not being able to move forward with science without recording procedures and proof in order to verify accumulated knowledge.


Yeah I agree.  Lack of technology would be prevalent in cultures without written history.


Yes, they certainly wouldn't develop the fantasies like the telephone or Starship Troopers that seemingly come to life haha.


Yeah.  Well it was nice chatting.  Have a good day!


The factual section 3: Literature appears to have some questionable "facts" in it.


What are some questionable facts? They seem pretty reasonable-- it's crazy that Terry Pratchett was knighted, but I believe it.


That the food and drug administration engages in censorship? That is well outside its legal framework.


I'm not really sure where you're seeing that, but the FDA definitely engages in censorship. They manipulate the information on foods about their sugar and calorie levels.


Censorship of food and drug labels, yes. Censorship of literature? That's harder to believe. I see that in the line "The fda burned six tons of literature in an act of us censorship"


I'm not sure if we're supposed to mention specifics like that, but I definitely don't have that fact. But if it's true, that's insane (and believable). There's some shady things going on in America... On another note, did you know the man considered to be "the father of modern Olympics" won only one gold medal for a poem he wrote about sports?


I did not know that. The grammar and capitalization errors throughout the entire work (all sections) make me dubious of a lot of these.


That's fair. But just because something has errors in it doesn't mean it's entirely wrong... It could just be translated or done on purpose. Also, when you read it I assume you read it silently. That's something relatively new-- only really skilled readers in the middle ages could read silently and instead read like young children today-- aloud and sounding the words out so they could understand it.


True, it just makes you question to care put into its creation. Yes, I read it silently. The article seems like an amalgamation of the nanny case in Boston years ago and the more recent ones in NYC.


Yeah, I heard about those. That's probably what made the book so popular all of a sudden, though it all happened a few years ago. But it's a persistent idea-- is there an ideal nanny? An ideal person? Can we trust anyone?


As a parent, this terrified me. My desire to read a novel like this is essentially nil.


But wouldn't it be better to know what could happen to be prepared for it? To see the red flags?


I would suspect that the title gives away that there were none.


Well, I mean, you can read in between the lines. Sometimes there's suspicious things that go unnoticed by the general public or even the author... Like the idea that "the author is dead"; once and author publishes a work it's open wide to the public to read it and interpret it how they want.


Speaking of reading between the lines, novels like these come across as a vague attack on working mothers. You can't trust anyone, so don't.


That's true, I haven't thought of it that way... You might as well trust everyone because it's more likely than not that they'll be trustworthy. And if you're always scared of everyone, you'll never make friends to anything. But then why do books like this catch so much attention?


They play on some of our darkest fears. The death of your child is probably the greatest fear of a lot of people.


That's true. Isn't there something called the Crashed Car Effect? How when there's something very terrible happening, you can't help but look at it?


I haven't heard of anything with that name, but it makes sense. It's also a form of ritualization: if I worry about something enough, it keeps it from happening.


And that usually makes it happen faster or worse in some cases... Focusing on something too much can be bad.


The transition between a murderous nanny and random facts was jarring to me.


I love it!  The first king to travel around the world was King Kalakaua of Hawaii.  I would love to be able to say I've done that.


He must have great stories to tell I wonder if he ever stole a garden gnome, many people steal those when they travel and then return them to their owners


lol That's funny!  I always wondered when I saw pictures of them in odd places where they shouldn't be. lol


Yeah I think thats a really funny tradition. Did you know air travel is 10% slower now


Airlines reduce the speed to save fuel costs, I bet that will change in a future, planes should use solar energy


Ahhh...that makes sense.  The Dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to travel at 160mph.  Weeeeeee!  lol


That sounds really fast, insanely fast and really dangerous not sure if I would step in in one of those.


I would if I knew I could make it safely.  All of Japans highways are tolls and it costs more than $300 to travel across the country.  I'll have to remember that if I ever go there.


$300 dollars, woah that seems expensive, still might be worth it, Japan is a country with beautiful landscapes


Yes.  It looks beautiful.  Have you ever been to Mackinac island in Michigan?


No I havent been there? what about you? is it nice?


I haven't but it sounds nice.  They banned motorized vehicles there for over 100 years and most travel by horse drawn carriages or bikes.  Sounds like a good place to get aways for a few days.


It does sound like a relaxing place I would like to go there and have a relaxing vacation time.


Are you a fan of tv?  Did you ever watch "That 70s Show"?


I used to love that show yeah what about you?


I loved it.  The remade it verbatim in the UK and called it "Days like These".  It was cancelled after 10 episodes!  It's been fun chatting!


I guess remakes of shows tend to be really bad, it was great chatting bye, have a nice day.


i dont watch tv too often. i sometimes watch at the gym when i exercise.


yes, i do remember the simpsons. i enjoyed watching that many years ago. do you watch the simpsons?


Not anymore really.  I read that there is an episode where Bart is not mentioned or seen.  Weird huh?!


yes, i guess there had to be one that he wasnt in. i wonder which episode it was.


And he is not in it at all? That is a strange name for an episode without Bart. Boy, those SImpson writers sure have an odd sense of humor


that makes sense. the simpsons likes to play with the audience. Oh well. LOL.


Yeah its so random.  I also learned that Homer has had over 180 jobs in the simpsons lol


he is such a loser. putting him in a job is a good way to show just how incompetent he is. there is so much humor in that situation.


yeah that is pretty funny,  but Homer is very, uh, special lol


Homer is one of the greatest TV characters ever. I think that he know how to read but he has no knowledge of literature.


I love reading. Reading is a complex process that requires many parts of the brain. I think that it is an excellent way to learn.


yeah absolutely.  Anne jones speed reads at 4,700 words per minute!


she must be very smart indeed. and her eyeballs must move at a mile a minute! but i have to wonder whether she can remember everything that she reads.


I know right,  what qualifies as speed reading,  does she understand everything she is reading.


Yes, it is useless to read fast but not remember anything LOL. Anyway, this was a great chat!


I  stayed up so late watching the tele. Do you like watching television?


Me too! Obviously I prefer the entertainment to the advertising, and usually to the news. What do you like to watch?


I agree. I love The Walking Dead and Animal Kingdom. What about you?


I like The Simpsons. Did you know there is only one episode where Bart neither appears, nor is mentioned?


The Simpsons are great. Hard to believe only one episode he didn't appear in.


Also, did you know when South Park aired its Family Guy episode, they got flowers from the Simpson's crew?


Wow I didn't know that. Pretty cool they gave them flowers.


Yeah. I wonder how many episodes of the Simpsons there even are? I know there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon!


I know there are a ton because it's been going on for 30 years. Tons of Pokemon episodes too!


Yup! There are enough  Pokemon episodes to watch 50 episodes a year for 16 years straight! I also love to watch travel shows because I love to travel. Do you like to travel?


That's crazy. I love traveling. It's one of my favorite things to do.


Me too!I love to travel by train, but an airplane will do, I guess. Did you know Iceland has no public rail service? Most Icelanders without cars use domestic flights to travel between major towns! That seems crazy!


I did not know that about Iceland. I saw air travel is 10% slower than in the 1960's in order to save on fuel costs.


Wow! I wouldn't have guess that. Everyone seems to want to go faster, faster, faster! In fact, the Dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to travel at 160 mph!


It sure is. Faster than an average bus or car. You know, Mackinac Island, Michigan has banned motorized vehicles for over 100 years. Most people travel by horse-drawn carriage or bikes. Nobody is going 160mph on Mackinac Island!


it would probably be pretty relaxing! I'm going to go research it more. Have a good day!


I think it would be relaxing as well. I love traveling.


I hope you get to travel somewhere good soon! Bye!


Sounds good you too. Good chatting with you!


Yes when we have a reality TV star as president many people look for cult of celebrity in politics


I heard that he had his own defense minister killed.


Yes he has killed many people.  He tortured witnesses and his own family members


I've heard that about him. I don't even think they have the internet in North Korea.


The regular people do not but the king does.  He has a lot of things while his people are starving


Apparently Kim Jong Un cuts his own hair too.


He is unlike most celebrities with money and fame for sure.


He also apparently orders the repairs of theme parks himself.


I did not know anything about North Korea having theme parks.  Many celebrities in the US make lots of money - even minor ones like Judge Judy.


I believe that she makes a lot of money, she is on TV every single day. It is hilarious.


Yes.  I love that Ethiopia has a celebrity chef who believes he can combat hunger by encouraging diverse eating


That is very interesting, I've never heard of Jenna Marble the youtube celebrity, but apparently she makes $346,827 from it.


Wow.  I knew youtube can pay some people a lot for ads!


They do, you have to wonder how long something like that will be able to last though.


But some are even teenagers making much more than working at McDonalds!


This is true, I wonder if people in North Korea could earn a living off of Youtube.


I don't think the people in North Korea have access to the Internet


I do not think they do either, apparently not good barbers either!


Yes North Korea is an awful dictatorship run by the Kim family for years.


Do you know many facts about celebrities?


I know some, Lebron James is the highest paid which is not surprising given both his salary and endorsements. You will never guess who the next highest paid celebrity is. Unless you already know.


Hmmmm....I don't know who it is? Who is it?


Judge Judy if you can believe that! I mean I know a lot of people watch but still it's not that great of a show and it's on during the day.


Who would have thought that?  I do know that Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street.


Interesting. I forgot Sesame Street had celebrities on it. Of course when I watched I had no idea who those people were!


Me too!  I remember that show in the 70s.  Pixar has a secret room that is often visited by celebrities.  I wonder why they get exclusive access?  Hmmmm


A lot of celebrities want to be in pixar movies. I think for them it's fun and a change of pace, however I'm sure actual voice actors get annoyed that they often use big name celebrities who are regular actors.


True!  Speaking of voice actors...Robin Williams was the voice of Aladdin.


Yes, he was one of the first big name guys to take on voice acting. Shame about him.


That bummed me out when I heard about it.  I loved all the different roles he played and his stand up act was good too.


Yes he truly was gifted. I guess it's kinda funny I was somewhat complaining about celebrities taking voice actors jobs. Nowadays so many celebrities want to enter politics.


No doubt!  It's kind of funny.  Obviously, there is Trump and Reagan.  But there's been a lot of others...Arnold (gov. of CA).  Clint Eastwood was a mayor.  I remember Sonny Bono was maybe a mayor too?


Yes you're right! and with Trump's  "success" it's probably only going to get worse. It's not just in the US though. Indonesia elected a pop star as president. He's even released more albums in office!


I wonder if his albums were any good?  lol


Some people must like them. He's made 3 in office so clearly they are doing well.


yes...obviously they sell otherwise he wouldn't have made 3. lol  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential elections automatically became vice president.  I wonder how that would play out today?


I don't think it would end well. It wouldn't be a bad idea to have the runner up work with the winner, but having them become vice president was probably a bad idea if they stopped doing it so long ago.


That's what I was thinking.  Kind of a different fact for a different country....we don't actually know how old Kim Jong Un from North Korea is.  I'


Personally I wouldn't believe almost anything we know about Kim Jong Un. They say he learned to drive at 3, how could he even hold the wheel? No information about him is reliable.


Could you imagine driving at 3?  You're right!  I've had fun chatting with you!


It can't be done. At least not in a standard car! Bye!


Are you a tennis fan? I have to admit I do not know much about Maria Bueno. She played in a time I am not too familiar with.


I don't know much about tennis at all and I have never heard of Maria Bueno.  What years did she play tennis?


She played in the 1950s and 1960s. I wasn't even born yet. She recently passed away due to cancer.


That's sad.  Was she any good?  Did she ever play and win at Wimbledon?


She did play in Wimbledon and in fact won 3 singles titles. With that many wins I'm surprised she isn't brought up more.


Wow, that's true.  I would think they would mention her on tennis shows and competitions.  Seems like announcers would make comparisons with her and new players.  The only female tennis player from back in the day that I've ever heard of is Billie jean King.


I know the Williams sisters have dominated modern tennis but Bueno own 19 Grand Slam events in various formats and she was ranked first overall in multiple years.


I wonder why it is so quiet about her.  She sounds like she may have been the Serena Williams of her day.  Do you know what happened to her after she stopped playing tennis?


Unfortunately I do not, only that she became ill and passed away.