Hi!
Are you interested in politics?

Hello - I do follow politics from time to time.

What about you?

Yes somewhat, I think that Trump and North Korean leader are due to meet somewhere again to discuss some issues, last time it was in Singapore I believe, forgot what came as a result of that summit.

Yep, it looks like a summit will be happening here soon again.

The last one was pretty positive so let's hope it's another good one.

Do you know if anyone else, like another leader from another country will also be there for the upcoming summit?

Not sure on that one.

Did you know that in 2010 the global tiger initiative summit in Russia pledged $330 million dollars for tiger conservation?

There's even a tiger summit, I didn't know that!

At the Brisbane G20 Summit, Putin expressed his true self when he told the Canadian prime minister as he shook his hand "I guess I'll shake your hand, but get out of Ukraine", I wonder how the Canadian Prime minister responded, how would you respond?

I would have been extremely mad lol.

Apparently, the tiger summit was the first time a gathering of world leaders was put together to discuss the fate of a single species other than humans.

Do you know how that money was delegated?

Was the money effective in its original mission?

Yes, I think I would be angered but would have to keep my cool.

Spain is the only guest that has been at ever G20 summit, I guess they didn't offend anyone like Putin did to the Canadian Prime Minister.

Not sure on how the money was delegated.

Switching gears a bit, did you know the only US president with a PHD was Woodrow Wilson?

He was the only one?

I did not know that, did Woodrow Wilson get a nickname for that like the President of Zimbabwe was called Banana.

I'm surprised he is the only one.
That would be a bad nickname lol.

Yeah, but that would be quite mean if he got a nickname for his accomplishment.

Did that make him one of the wealthiest presidents alongside Washington, JFK, and Jefferson?

I wonder if Trump is on the list of the most wealthiest?

Hmm, I'm not sure if Trump is on that list, but I know that he'd be on the list for most entertaining or something.

Wonder if he likes to entertain guests since the guest house is larger than the white house.

Haha yea he is very entertaining to watch!

Probably just as entertaining as Kim Jon Un, he learned to drive at age 3, but when you're the own boss of the country and the laws, I guess it could be safe and legal.

Yea he is a unique leader.

I didn't know that 5 presidents have been elected while still losing the popular vote.

Yes, do you think that voter turnout would be greater if the popular vote won the presidency seat rather than electoral college votes?

I'm not too sure on what the voter turnout will be.

Me neither, Kim Jong Un was voted most sexiest man alive, I wonder if there was coercion involved for that publication by The Onion.

HAHA!
It was good talking to you!


Hi, how are you?

Good thanks.

I hope you are well.

I was reading about Dwight Howard, apparently a skilled athlete.

He sure is, he is a character though, what did you hear about him/

I read that he helped the Washington Wizards have a better season.

Apparently he receives quite a big salary, and campaigned for the Wizards to get more athletic men on the team.

He is still a great athlete, I know that Gortat is also on that team as well, but he is old now

Yeah, it sounds like the Wizards are having trouble keeping their rosters full.

They signed on John Wall, a borderline MVP candidate.

I think he's one of their star players.

But with all the expensive players they have, they could be facing a tough season if they don't do well.

I know he was recently injured actually, John Wall, that is quite sad

I think he hurt his knee.

It's always hard for athletes to come back to such demanding careers after an injury, I think.

I think that's the same for other athletic careers like dance.

I agree, athletes have a really tough time, they are honestly underpaid I believe

I don't know.

I think they make other money on the side.

Like Allen Iverson, who signed an endorsement contract with Reebok for $800,000 a year.

That's quite a lot!

He needed a contract like that, he spends way too much, from what I know of him

I'm on the other side of the spectrum when it comes to sports.

I might do better shooting granny style than the other way.

I read that physicists proved granny style might score more points.

I'm not sure if that's accurate though.

I know that Rick Barry popularized the granny shot, just from what I know of the NBA

I didn't know who made it famous.

I thought it just happened.

Something else that just happens is dancing to the music.

Did you know that babies smile more when they hit the beat to the music, and that they like to dance when they hear music playing?

Tupac also danced ballet, which I find pretty interesting!

That sounds funny, Tupac dancing in something like the Nutcracker.

Bruce Lee was apparently also a dancer, winning a hong kong cha-cha championship.

I think Bruce Lee won a lot of awards; he seemed very competitive.

I know he won them in the 50s, that seems like a long time ago now!

Yes it does.

It doesn't seem so long ago that Michael Jackson was dancing on stage.

I didn't know he patented a device to achieve some of his dance moves.

That is interesting, I wonder which moves he needed it for?

I don't know.

All I can think of right now is the moonwalk.

I tried to learn some dance myself back in the day, but I didn't do ballet nor achieve the moonwalk.

Nice chatting with you!

Nice chatting with you as well!
I know the moonwalk was his big move!


Do you watch basketball?

A little, how about you?

Maybe if they shot granny style that would make it more interesting.

That is the proven way to consistently score points.

It is, its about the only way Im gonna score.

LOL

Haha.

I wonder why Air Jordans were banned when they were introduced to the NBA.

Did they provide an advantage or something?

Jordan wore them anyway because he knew Nike would pay the fine for the game.

Nike definitely made their money off them though, so it was a smart choice on their part.

Wasnt it the pump shoes that they always claimed made you jump higher?

Oh, those were hilarious.

Speaking of shoes, Allen Iverson has a lifetime Reebok contract where he gets paid $800000 per year until age 55 where he will get a lump sum of $32,000,000.

That is pretty sweet, getting money for a long long time.

his shoes arent as popular as Jordans.

I doubt any shoes will be.

Yeah I wonder if Reebok's money was well spent or not.

In my opinion, no.

I doubt in a few years Iverson will be relevant.

Unlike Jordan.

Yeah, that's what I thought.
What do you think of Reggie Miller?

I think he is one of the great talents.
Played for the Pacers.
Hall of Famer.

In high school his sister kept bettering all the records he had achieved.

Good thing he stuck with basketball though and didn't get discouraged.

Yeah, she was a force to be reckoned with.

105 points in one game!

And she had broken eight national records!

Didnt she play in the WNBA?

I'm not sure, I was about to look that up.

I hope she did!

She sounds like an awesome basketball player.

Tim Duncan of the Spurs was another stand out, he actually went to college before entering the draft.

I think that's smart, to have a backup plan!

He did the full four years.

So many players go broke 5 years after they stop playing.

Yeah, it's really sad.


Hello!
Do you listen to the radio?

i dont listen to the radio much these days.

i did when i was younger.

You?

Only when I'm driving.

In Canada, all radios are required to have at least 40% of the music played be Canadian, according to the law.

i bet the storms on jupiter are not happy about that rule.

they cant be canadian enough.

LOL

Haha yeah guess so.

In wwii soldiers made foxhole radios with razors and pencils.

that is amazing.
i wonder how they figured that out.
i think that was in a movie too.

Yeah pretty cool - I don't understand how you get a radio out of that

I guess you pick up a signal and turn it into something audible.

i dont know myself.

Before tv people listened to classic radio dramas and there is a website where you can still listen to thousands for free

I would love to listen to some old dramas!

thanks for the tip.

i will check that out.

Yeah I bet they broadcast some pretty interesting stuff.

I should look for war of the worlds.
that was a radio classic.

In 1989 a news program broadcast entirely in classical latin

I think that broadcast must be popular in Finland.

it has been around for years.

I guess classical latin is well know there

Or there is a cadre of dedicated fans.
I wonder.
I would not listen myself.

Me either since I don't know latin haha

I would love to listen to songs on the radio, but the problem is the commercials.

youtube is better about that.

I use youtube for listening to music too.

I like picking what I listen to as opposed to random songs on the radio.

Yes, i prefer choosing.
anyway, great chat!

nice talking to you

Yes, have a good day.


During the g20 summit, Putin shock the Canadian Prime Ministers hand the latter said I guess i'll shake your hand but i have only one thing to say, you need to get out of Ukraine.

Wow!

Yeah, that's quite amazing.

Russia is not a very nice country though, did you know that during a g20 summit they gave delegates & heads of state thumb drives & phone chargers containing trojan viruses that were 'capable of illicitly picking up computer and mobile phone data'.

That's a scary thought.

Yeah scary but sounds all to familiar.

You know Trump does not even rank in the top three wealthiest presidents?

Yeah, I know.

The top three wealthiest presidents were jfk, washington, and jefferson who were all honorable men.

Zimbabwe's first president was called president banana.

Wow really?

Better still would be the president of Indonesia, this guy has 3 pop albums.

Can you imagine trump singing pop?

No, I can't.

It's kind of curious, until 1805 in the us, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president, so with that kind of logic, Hillary Clinton would have been vice president.

Now that would have been a reality to (ROFL) about.

Wow bring it back.

You know Spain is the only country that has been a permanent guest at every g20 summit?

Yes, that is true, but ironically enough they have a government's policy to not request official membership.

I know whats that all about, i wonder?
Have you heard of Eve-online?

No, I haven't heard of them personally, but I do know that they're a multi-player online game that received a world summit award from the united nations for e-content and creativity.

Right can you believe that?

Reminds me of trying to figure out why the white house guest house is bigger than the actual white house.

Yeah, I know that is really funny.

What's even funnier though is the North Korean President Kim Jong Un.

Did you know that he's voted most sexiest man alive by the onion, and china totally believes it?

I imagine if they didn't they could expect bad things.

He also tried to change the history books.

Yeah, I know and what's even scarier, they claim that he learned to drive at age 3.

Can you believe that?

I'd probably be diving for cover watching him drive that young.

Me too!
Apparently no one knows how old Kim is.

Yeah, that's true, but he sounds like a big kid because they said that they're going to renovate the theme parks in North Korea on his orders.

Yeah an unfortunate for the rest of the world that he is a big kid.

I wasn't aware that Trump had a successful meeting with him last year.

Yeah, apparently Trump was the only one to ever hold talks with Kim-Jong Un.

Kim Jong-un is kind of scary though because he ordered the execution of his own uncle due to "treachery".

Right no different from Hussein killing his son.

Yeah, it's kind of spooky though because it was said that an australian satire group successfully impersonated the canadian motorcade to enter the secure zone of the apec world leaders' summit, and were only caught when one man stepped out of the car dressed as osama bin laden.

Right and sad.
nice chatting with you.

Yes, you too.
Thanks!


Hello!

How are you doing today?

I just read some very interesting things I would like to talk about

I am doing great.

I also read some interesting things.

Especially about radios.

I still have a hard time fathoming how they can transmit data through the air but it seems very interesting to me.

Well radios are very interesting!

I have heard that Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an am radio.

That's bananas.

I will have to try and see if I can pick up that frequency.

And apparently Canadian radios have to play 40% Canadian music.

I'm not even sure if I know what Canadian music is?

Im not sure if i do either lol.

I have heard that they HAVE to put a certain amount of Canadian entertainment by law.

That goes for the TVs and Movies too.

Oh wow.

That's a pretty weird law.

I'm guessing if there wasn't a law then maybe people wouldn't watch that much Canadian entertainment.

Haha.

Yeah lol.

I remember my dad told me that Soldiers in wwii made simple radios using a razorblade and pencil as the diode.

Wow.

i guess they had to use what they had back then.

Speaking of WWII, did you know that someone in France sold the Eiffel Tower not once but twice.

No I had no idea.
I wonder why they would sell it?

Well, He was a conman apparently.

He was impersonating a government official and then just keeping the proceeds from the sale.

It's pretty crazy what people think of.

The real question is do you know how much it was sold for?

Unfortunately I do not know that information.

But I will have to look it up sometime to find out.

Yeah that would be really interesting to know.

I have heard Wikileaks published the government's plans to destroy wikileaks and the goverment got mad.

I wonder what the plan was.

Oh the good ole government and their secrets.

I guess they don't like it when someone tells on them for doing something bad.

Yeah.

Today 86% of the land in nevada is owned by the us government.

I wonder what they are hiding out there?

I'm sure they are hiding a ton of stuff.

If a government employee were to do something illegal and violate the Geneva Convention did you know there are laws to keep them from being prosecuted.

No I have never heard that but that is kinda odd if you think about it lol.

I have however heard that In 2008 the norwegian government donated $1bn to help save the amazon rainforest.

I wonder what they did with that billion dollars?

Seems like a lot of money to make sure some trees don't get cut down.

Yeah I think a bunch of people take a piece before the rainforest gets its cut.

The whole too many cooks thing.

Yeah not too surprising.

That's how the government normally works.

Yup that is how government works

Well.
I think I am going to head out here.
It was very nice chatting with you.


Are you a fan of our president?

Hello, not a lot no are you?

same, not very into him.

He lies a lot I think.

I think it would help his popularity if he released a pop album like the president of indonesia lol

Now that would be funny!

For sure lol.

Him and Kim Jong-un were probably working on one at this failed summit

Exactly!

Could you imagine if Clinton became the vice president as the runner up?

OMG

that would be a great reality show for sure.

I don't think anything would get done!

I agree and i'm sure Bill would be happy to be back home as first Man haha

that would have been crazy lol.

That could be a show or a movie or something!

lol yeah for real he can just stay in the guest house which is actually bigger than the White house.

That is crazy, i saw the white house once, but never saw a guest house.

I wonder why that is

Probably to accommodate the family of the guests and not just for a single person plus the White house if more for Official business type things.

That is true, good point.

Did you know there is a nickname for Zimbabwe's president?

Yeah, i heard it was Banana or something along those lines haha

Right, interesting.
Trump needs one

That would be hilarious but very fitting too!

For sure, I like it.

Or Kim Jong-un's best friend sounds good too.

Yeah, i think they are buddy buddy

Even though nothing was done at this last one, oh well.

Trump is winning, lol.

It was so nice chatting with you!

Yeay, maybe they will eat big macs together, who knows!

It was great chatting with you too!

Bye

for sure, enjoy your day!


Did you know Studio theater is going to produce robustly an original season for 2018-2019?

Yes, I had heard that and I am super excited about it!

David Muse is artistic director!

Me too, funny thing.

It sounds like a lot of the people involved are DC locals.

I know, right.

The new season will include plays by two New York writers who grew up there.

The Studio is also rolling out some vintage work, the most ever.

Interesting.

Funny thing is, Levinson is from Bethesda, not NYC.

Oh, yeah.

Hmm.

I am excited to hear what Muse will be directing in the Spring of 2019, It has yet to be announced.

I am looking forward to hearing what he will chose, it will be epic.

yeah, it will.

Imagine if they had hired Hugh Laurie, it would have had an astronomical cost.

Good point, that would be crazy.

It is actually the fifth play of the season that Muse will direct.

I will be keeping tabs on this announcement.

Yeah, it will be very interesting that is for sure.

I heard the Nintendo entertainment system could only display 54 colors.

What!

Wow, that is nuts!!

I haven't played Nintendo in a while.

I was watching a Jim Carrey movie and learned that he wont play in dramas anymore.

Did you hear about that?

Yeah, it's probably a good thing.

I thought his comedies were good, but his dramas were always "meh" to me.

I agree.

He said that his belief system prevents him from playing in movies that are not positive.

So he's done with dramas now.

Interesting, after Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber his movies went downhill in my opinion.

Yeah, I liked the Grinch but I know that wasn't for everybody.

I guess he won't be in those anymore either.

I didn't see the grinch, but I can see him being good in that.

I think it was when he started getting too serious that I thought that he went downhill.

Yeah, I agree.

I love comedies, myself.

I love watching Third Rock From The Sun.

It won a bunch of awards in 1997.

interesting.
I didn't know that, who did they beat?

They actually beat out my other favorite show, Seinfeld!

Crazy, Seinfeld was at its best in 97, how could this have happened?

I know it, right!

That's insanity!!

They also beat Friends and Frasier in the 90's.

Ha.

WOW!

Those were all great shows.

Apparently there is a genre of movies called bromantic comedies!

Hilarious!

Awesome stuff, take care.


Hello - how are you doing today?

iM DOING GREAT HOW BOUT YOU.

I'm doing good - thanks.

Did you know Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for a TV drama?

I wouldnt have guessed that in a million years.

Me either.
it says he makes $700,000 per episode.

Dang, that would be nice to make in one year.

I agree lol.

Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because of his belief system.

think he is better at comedies anyways.

I agree.

I'm not a huge fan of any of his drama movies.

Yeah I think azce ventura gaame me this view of him that I cant take him serious for a movie like that.

I love that movie!

Did you know there is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free?

Thats awesome.

I may have to look that website up later.

It sounds like a pretty cool site.

Michael Caine became an actor because all of the pretty girls at his school were in drama class.

Sounds like a reason why someone might take a drama class.

HAHA - agreed!

Jon Hamm taught drama class at his old high school and even had Ellie Kemper as one of his students.

Didnt she play in the office?

I believe so.

Did you know Nintendo could display in only 54 colors?

I did know that actually.

Games have gotten a lot better over the years for sure.

They definitely have.

Nintendo was discontinued in Japan back in 2003.

It was a good system and it had a good run though.

It was good talking to you!


Hey there.

Do you like various forms of entertainment, like drama or comedy?

I like both comedy and drama, especially in films.

How about you?

I do, too.

Pretty much anything that tells a story and can hold my attention, really.

Entertainment evolves to suit any scale.

I'm not a big fan of bromances, though, like Harold and Kumar, although i did think The Hangover was very funny.

What's your favorite kind of comedy?

Oh gosh, there are so many types.

It's one of the oldest genres of film!

I like a good slapstick routine if it's done correctly.

Oh me too!

I even like the really old stuff, like Charlie Chaplin and especially the Marx Brothers.

Do you know them?

Of course.

The early 1900s stuff when there wasn't sound just yet.

I also like sitcoms like Seinfeld.

Did you know 3rd Rock from the Sun beat out Seinfeld, Friends and Frasier to win the best comedy series in 1997?

I barely even know what 3rd Rock from the Sun is!

Really?
It was a really good show!
That's why it won the Golden Globe!

LOL.

I see that it's available now on my Roku.

Maybe I should watch it.

My favorite sitcom is The Good Place.

Have you seen that?

Yeah, it's great.

Did you ever see Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt or the Office?

Ellie Kemper, from those shows, was the student of Jon Hamm when he was a drama teacher.

Been meaning to watch Kimmy Schmidt.

Loved The Office!

So many actors got their start , or got well known, from that one.

Yeah.

It's just funny that Jon Hamm taught her when he was still a teacher and she was still a student, then he was in Kimmy Schmidt with her.

Small world!

Here's something funny:  Ronald Reagan got turned down for a movie role because an executive didnt think he looked presidential enough.

LOL

That's pretty funny.

Did you hear about how Bill Nye got his start?

I did!

I actually have met Bill Nye.

He's from my hometown.

Very nice guy.

But I don't think he looks like Steve Martin at all!

Maybe way back in the day.
It must've been the 70s or early 80s.

That's funny because even back in the 80s Steve Martin looked middle aged.

I guess it's the white hair.

He looks exactly the same now LOL

That's true.

Well, it's been great chatting with you about this stuff!

You too!

Go stream 3rd Rock from the Sun!
Ciao!


Did you ever see Beetlejuice the movie?
I thought it was good.

Beetlejuice was the best!

Now there is another being made but it is a musical version....

I heard about that.

I wonder if they will bring back Michael Keaton for an encore?

Well it is in the theater on stage, so that would be interesting.

Yeah, I think so.

But I wonder how they would mimic some of the special effects?

Right?

I think it would be interesting to see.

They did a broadway show of School of Rock...but that would be a lot easier on stage.

Interesting.

I've only actually been to one show on Broadway.

Have you ever been?

I actually have never been to a broadway show, would like to though, I heard they made a Broadway musical about Rocky....it flopped after 6 months.

What show did you see?

I didn't hear that.

Maybe they did not use Andrew Lloyd Webber for the soundtrack.

It definitely would have been interesting to have seen it!

I would really like to see Beetlejuice though, curious how that will work out.

Timbers seems to be very pleased with the production thus far.

Yeah, I wonder who they will get to play Winona Ryder's part, do you know?

Sophie Ann Caruso I believe, it will be a big part!

My choice of entertainment is comedy or Drama films so the Beetlejuice show would fit right into that for me.

Hmm, I've never heard of her, what has she been in before?

I know she was in The Sound of Music Live show, and I think a tv show or 2 but not sure.

She is a great entertainer.

Interesting, I bet she is pretty good.

I head the whole play is going to cost $28 million.

Wow!

that is as much as some films.

But for all the special effects in Beetlejuice I can see why.

Yeah, I almost was able see Spiderman which was an expensive play, but they shut it down before I could go.

Oh that is a bummer, that would have been awesome!

I really think this Beetlejuice will be worth it though, it has been in the making for 8 years.

I would go in a heartbeat!

8 years!

Wholly molly!

At least they didn't hire Hugh Laurie, I heard he is the highest paid actor ever.

Hugh LAURIE??

Wow, never would have thought that!

But I did love the tv show House, pretty good Drama.

yeah, it was good.
I only saw a few seasons though.


Do you like drama shows, movies, podcasts?

My favorite entertainment is Drama and Comedy movies!

How about you?

I love Drama movies and also tv shows, one of my favorites is House, have you ever watch that one?

I love House, definitely!

You know Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor for a tv  drama show?

He makes 700,000 bucks per episode!

That is a lot!

I also like the genre of comedy movies called Bromantic films lol

Thats a lot of money!!!

and Bromantic films are the best I guess you like Hangover and all its sequels,

Exactly!

One of my favorite comsedy bomantic movies is called ...I Love You Man...so such good entertainment!

I heard that Jim Carrey won't make Drama films any longer...too bad he was pretty great in serious films.

He is a great actor, but I see him more as a comedy actor, not really as a dramatic actor maybe I just got used to the goofy face he puts in movies

True!

He is great at comedy.

Did you know many years ago people bred chickens for entertainment....I guess they didn't have Nintendo back in 50 bc lol

Thats really odd lol thank God our generation did, man the Nintendo was fun

Yes, it is.

I like the Xbox better than Nintendo but loved it years ago.

Actually Nintendo was discontinued in Japan.

Yeah back in 2003, and I used to have the orignal 54 color system and the the Nintendo 64

That was a great system too!

So many choices these days for entertainment it can be overwhelming.

They even still show silent movies sometimes, what comedy!

I love old Charles Chapplin movies, that was some good silent comedy, you know that Reagan was once  rejected for a role of President because they didnt though he had the presidential look, thats really ironic

Hahaha, really?

That's funny!

I find it interesting that the comedy tv show 3RD Rock From The Sun won a golden globe over Seinfeld...Friends and Frasier.

Crazy!

3rd Rock from the Sun beat those other shows?

I wonder if the jury got paid lol, the show isnt that good.

I agree!

I heard that Bill Nye....Science Guy.....got a break into entertainment by winning a contest!

Haha...lucky!

That is a lucky break lol, what kind of contest did he win?

A look a like contest.... Steve Martin look a like .

Now that is comedy!

I think comedy and humor make the world a better place!

Can you imagine if there wasn't any humor in the world?

Thats funny!!

they do look alike lol, and it would be a sad and dark place, comedy is neccessary

Very true, but then we need Drama and sadness too, so we can appreciate the art of comedy and humor.

I just love all types of entertainment!

Yeah I can see your point I guess both are neccesary

Well, just happy to have the entertainment we have for sure!

It was nice chatting!!

I gotta watch a comedy or drama movie now!

Hahha!

have a great night!

I guess ill do that as well, great way to end the night with an awesome film.


hey there, do you like drama?

Sometimes, you?

yeah I do.

Have you ever watched the tv drama "house"?

I love that pill popping guy

yeah.

the show became so popular that he was getting paid $700 000 per episode

Wow now that's some serious green backs.

I hear Jim Carrey doesn't make drama anymore.

really?
do you know why is that so?

Apparently his belief system prevents him from playing those roles.

sounds strange to me, if your an actor then act.

yeah interesting.
do you ever listen to radio dramas?

Not for a while.

I hear there is a website that broadcast thousands of classical dramas for free.

yeah that is so nice.
do you know michael cane?

Alfred from batman?

yes.

He only became an actor because all the pretty girls were in drama class

Well that's one way to do it, i can't blame him.

do you remember Nintendo?

oh yeah I loved playing with it.
did you know it only had 54 colors?

Wow we have come a long way.

I heard Japan finally discontinued theirs.

yeah in 2003. many people were very sad because of that

Ronald Reagan was dined a chance to play the president because they said he was not presidential enough.

How funny is that?

I know .

Good for him he went on to play president in real life

I guess stranger things have happened.

Like Demetri Martin being accepted to Harvard then leaving because it was boring.

At least he pursued something he loved, comedy.

nice chatting with you


Hi, how are you today?

Pretty good, how about yourself?

I'm doing great!

What forms of entertainment do you like?

Action, drama, adventure and comedy as long as it is in fact funny.

you?

I prefer drama and comedy for films.

I think Jim Carrey is wrong for eschewing drama.

I think it's a form that can project positivity.

I agree!

especially because he tried to do some serious stuff that wasn't comedy.

Sunshine of a spotless mind was strange.

I never saw that, but I heard it was surreal.

Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school.

I believe one of his students was a man named Ellie Kemper who played in the office.

I guess Jon has the magic touch!

He trains his students well.

Michael Caine joined his high school drama club for the women.

I understand that motivation, too.

Well theres a debate about what really makes the world go round, for men at least.

33BC was the earliest works of drama.

they called it dramatic theory.

Drama will migrate more and more to video games, I expect.

Do you play video games?

I do and let me tell you it already has.

its almost like watching a movie now.

I don't play video games, but I can expect that film and games will merge and blend more.

People like interactivity, but they want to be entertained as well.

we come a long way the Nintendo system could only display 54 colors.

54 colors is so few, but the game designs were solid.

That's what made games on the NES fun.

I think the newer systems are more powerful, but not necessary more fun.

Apparently in Caesars day great Britain breed chickens for entertainment.

The Britons must have had other sources of animal protein.

Or they were easily entertained.

The highest paid actor ever for drama was paid 700,000 an episode.

Hugh Laurie is a legend, and he does a great American accent.

I agree not like some others

LOL!
Well, I enjoyed chatting with you!

You as well.

Bye!

Ronald reagan was rejected for a role as president.

go figure!

have a good day.


Hi do you watch dramas?

Hi there I sure do and one of my favorite is House MD

Nice I like that too, Laurie got paid $700 00 per episode there

That is a lot of money but worth it because it was a great show, too bad it ended

Yeah that is true, Do you like Jim Carrey?

I do actually.

Did you know he does not make dramas anymore?

Yes and he said it is because they do not portray positivity which I agree with

Yes he makes a good point.
Do you listen to radio dramas?

I do from time to time and there is a free website where you can listen too

Nice, maybe I check it out later.
Do you know Micheal Caine the actor?

Yeah , the guy became an actor because the pretty girls were in drama class

Hhaa what a guy really.

Jon Hamm was a drama teacher in  a high school

Oh yeah and one of his students was the super funny Ellie Kemper

Haha she sure is.
Did you ever play with Nintendo?

I did actually.
Dd you know it had only 54 colors?

THat is so cool and too bad it was discontinued in Japan in 2003

Yeah that is it was so good.
Do you know Bill Nye?

Yeah the science guy, do you know how the became popular?

Yeah it all started with him winning a lookalike contest for Steve Martin

Yeah pretty cool.

Reagan also auditioned for the role of the president in a movie once and did not get it

Haha well he did pretty well in getting the real role so good for him

Yeah exactly.
Do you like comedies?

I sure do and I love bromantic ones like the Hangover


do you like drama?

Yes I do.
Did you ever watch the show House MD?

Yes, Laurie made so much miney there, $700 000 per epsode

Yes.
DO you like Jim Carrey?

Yes I love him , he is so funny.

Do you know he does not do drama anymore?

Yeah they do not project positivity and he does not like that

Yeah I can see that too.
Do you listen to radio dramas?

Sometimes, there is a website where you can listen to them for free

Yeah that is cool .
Did you ever play with a Nintendo?

Yes I did.
Did you know it only has 54 colors

Yes and too bad it was discontinued in 2003 in Japan

Yeah I know.
Do you know who Bil Nye is?

Yes that is the science guy.
DO you know how he became famous?

Yes he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest

Yeah.

Even Reagan once tried his hand at acting but it did not go well

Yes he was told he did not have the presidential look, wow

Hhaa I know.
DO you like comedy?

I sure do.
DO you know who Demetri Martin is?

Yes he is super funny and he sacrificed Harvard for comedy

Yeah but he did well.

Ryan Stiles also did that but with high school

Yeah and he too did very well


Hi, do you like movies?
Comedies are my favorite.
I love to laugh.

I do indeed like movies, the type depends on my mood and the occasion, I'll usually watch comedies with the kids.

That's nice.

My kids have started watching seinfeld reruns but I don't think they get a lot of the jokes.

It has become a little dated, but I still find it funny.

I keep digging out comedy movies from my times as a kid that I think they might enjoy, we did The Goonies this weekend.

I love the Goonies!

I haven't seen it in forever.

While it was very funny it's also a great adventure.

When it is just myself and my wife we tend to watch dramas, now it is usually the latest HBO or Netflix drama.

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

Obviously he's known for comedy but movies like the Truman show were great.

We watched that  a few months back, I thought my son might not get it,but he really liked it.

It funny how these comedy actors often end up in serious roles.

Yeah, I guess after a while they want to branch out.

Look at the kid from 3rd rock from the sun, he was so funny in that show but any movie I've seen him in was serious.

I suppose you never really know how life is going to make a change based on a small event, like Bill Nye because of his likeness to Steve Martin.

I had no idea about that.
I love the science guy too!
What a strange fact.

I'm sure when he entered that is was for a bit of fun, now his life is completely different.

Not just his life, thousands of kids got into science because of him, and now he is one of the lead spokesman for the planetary society.

He probably would not have got that job either if not for his likeness to Steve Martin.

Crazy to think about.

I'll have to ask friends who I look like and find a look-a-like contest, could be my way to fame and fortune, or a life in entertainment.

LOL.

I guess you never know.

Speaking of never know, did you know in Japan they still produced original NES systems up until 2003!

I guess if it still selling you keep making it.

I've never really been much of a gamer, I would be happy with any one of those game consoles.

My son, however, is married to his Xbox.

Video games can be very entertaining.

The original Nintendo came out when I was a kid.

Since you're not a gamer you might not realize it was discontinued here in 1995 so it lasted a lot longer in Japan.

As the saying goes, if it isn't broke don't fix it.

I understand that it was limited to 54 colors, which in my mind seems plenty, I could name about twelve.

I suppose it is all in the shading.

Yes, these days video games have 64 000 shades of every color of the rainbow.

A kid would not be impressed seeing those old nes graphics today though.

I don't know, my daughter got given this cheap Tetris game over Christmas, she still carries it everywhere she goes.

Neat!

Most kids today won't play the old games anymore.

They have newer forms of entertainment.

Anyway it was nice talking with you.

I have some errands to run.

I might grab my sons Xbox while he's at school, have a good day.

Have fun.
Bye!

Bye


hi, do you like drama?

I do like drama its one of my favorite genres, what about you?

do you like it?

I do actually.
I like the show House

The show House is great, I love the leading actor Hugh Laurie, his the perfect actor for the role

yeah for sure, he made a lot of money off of that show

Yeah like $700000 dollars an episode, that sure is a lot of money, his the highest paid drama tv actor

yeah that is remarkable.
do you know jim carrey?

Yeah I know who he is, he is also a great actor

yeah he is.

apparently he does not do dramas anymore

Yeah, I think it has something to do with he wanting to porject positivity, I guess I understand that and his also not the best actor for drama,

yeah that is true we are used to him playing comedies

Yeah just like Michael Caine is a good fit for dramas

yeah.
do you know how he got into it?

No, not really how did he get in?

all pretty girls were in drama class

I see, well it turned out pretty well for him, did you ever play Nintendo?

I did it was so much fun.
did you?

It was fun indeed, the system displayed 54 colors seems primitive compared to current consoles

yeah, I was sad when it came to a halt in 2003

I was sad as well, it was a game system to bad it got discontinued.

yeah.
nice chat


hey there, do you watch baseball?

I enjoy watching the batting and fielding.

did you know baseball managers can actually play if need be?

I understand that is why they wear uniforms.

yeah, just in case.

Do you know what kickball is called in Canada?

I heard it was soccer-baseball.

Kind of crazy, since soccer, baseball, American and Canadian football are played there!

yeah for sure.

do you know who used to do the game schedule for major league baseball teams for 24 years?

I heard that is was a married couple, so a total of two people!

yeah and they scheduled 2430 of those

Something like that would take a scientist to figure out!

yeah, what a job.

did you know baseball is super popular in japan?

Yes.

Many Japanese are not even aware it is America's pastime.

yeah, all about perspective.

did you hear about that guy that found his grandfather's baseball cards?

Yes.

He ended making a small fortune.

Three million dollars or so from that discovery.

yeah that is a lot of money.
good for him

Maybe he could buy a radio to listen to the storms from Jupiter!

yeah I guess.

I want to try that too just out of curiosity

Radio is really fascinating, even a topic as dry as the weekly news in classical latin.

I know.

Did you hear about that radio in FInalnd?

Yes.

They probably could not do that in Canada, since the law requires all programming to be 40% Canadian.

talk about supporting local talent.

did you know soldiers used to make radios during WWII with razorblades and pencils?

Thanks for the chat!

I think I'm going to go listen to some classic radio dramas on a website!

same here.
have a good one.


Do you watch Baseball?

Yes.
Do you know much about paul rudd?

I like Paul Rudd, isnt he in a baseball movie coming out soon?

Yup.

Despite being unimpressive as a player he is quite a popular entertainment figure.

for sure, I like the Paul Rudd ant man movies

I haven't seen many of his other movies but I am interested in this one.

I do enjoy history.

me too, especially regarding scientists and the world wide web

Interesting enough, the baseball player played by paul rudd also had a law degree.

What a smart guy then!

Baseball is great, you can sell baseball cards for a lot of money

Oh yeah?

I never collected baseball cards when I had the chance.

Do you have any?

I love baseball cards and have a good collection, i sell them on ebay.

Someone made 3 million dollars selling some they found an their attic

Wow that's crazy.
What are some of your prized cards?

I have a Mickey Mantle Rookie card and a tobacco card from 1911.

Crazy old and so awesome!

That is pretty old!

I remember my friend having some old wax packs with the gum that disintegrated and I thought those where old.

Weren't there baseball cards from the 1800s too?

I don't think so, maybe a few.

My dad all the good ones but his dad made him throw them away because they were "worthless"

Yeah that is how it goes sometimes.
You happen to have any moe berg cards?
He seems like quite the character.

I heard about him, but I don't.
Maybe my next in the collection

Yeah I herd he also worked as a spy for the US government during wwII

man he does it all!

Maybe he was a scientist too, who knows lol

It's possible, he understood several languages and would spend his free time at museums.

Man, this guy is awesome!
Good chatting with you!


Do you follow the NBA?

I loved the Spurs when Tim Duncan played for them.

Yes I follow the NBA from time to time.

I have a hard time picking my favorite team out of the 30 though, but I think it would be the Pistons, what about you?

The athletes are good but I am not sure they deserve to have the highest annual salary of any league

Well do you think that Allen Iverson deserves $800,000 a year just from Reebok?

That is a lot!

Especially since it lasts until he is 55 and then he gets a 32 million lump sum

Yep I agree he's not going to have to worry about money haha.

Have you ever shot a basketball granny style by the way

That is the only way I can make a basket!

Would love to see a NBA player do it but they will not because it looks stupid

If it were me and I were going to make $800,000 a year like Allen Iverson though I would definitely do that LOL

laugh It might not help you with the girls though - Reggie Miller had that problem  - his older sister overshadowed him at every step

Yep she sure did.

Every time he broke a record she would break two it seems LOL, what do you think about Tim Duncan?

Tim Duncan went to my Alma Mater Wake Forest!

Graduated too!

I love him to death!

Was he a nice guy?

Apparently he stayed in school got his full degree instead of just going into the draft, that's pretty ballsy

Yes he was super sweet and everyone loved him!

And he raised lots of money for charities such as one to help his home country of the Virgin Islands after the hurricane!

He was a swimmer not a basketball player till high school

wow he sounds like a really cool guy.

do you like any dramatic actors by the way?

Michael Caine sounds pretty cool, he started acting just to meet girls haha

Yes - wonder if he knew Ellie Kempner - John Hamm taught her drama

Yes she played Erin from the office didn't she?

Have you ever listened to a classical radio Drama by the way

Yes - there is this awesome website where you can listen to them for free.

I love war of the worlds!

I'm going to have to check that out!

Have you ever watched the show House by the way?

it stars Hugh Laurie

Yes they paid him 700 thousand an episode!

That is insane

I agree with you!

He earned it though because he's the only person who could play that role!

he's really funny just like how Jim Carrey used to be LOL

Yes - Carrey will only do comedies now - he wants to be positive!

Yeah I don't know about that, I think that dramas can be positive as well.


DO you like Tom Cruise?

Good Morning!

I like a lot of TC's early movies and think his recent roles are formulaic and kinda boring.

You?

I do like his movies but I agree his early movies are much better movies like Top Gun or The Color of the Money.

Cocktail is probably my favorite TC movie, but not because of him - because of Bryan Brown who played his bartender mentor Doug Coughlin and his classic quotes!

Did you watch Born on the Fourth of July?

that is also a good one, it was premiered on 1989 so its also an old movie.

I did see Born of the 4th - very sad but good movie about what a lot of our soldiers experienced and went through at the time.

It was a sad movie so a cool fact about Cruise is that he spent about 10 million dollars on an underground bunker.

$10 Million bunker?

I wonder how much Scientology has do to with that - those people are crazy....

They are crazy I agree, he did that to protect himself against aliens, I guess he has the money.

Oh man, that's crazy.

That is crazy.

But he is a great actor with lots of money.

Surprisingly Seinfeld has a bigger net worth, even bigger than him and Tom Hanks combined.

Man, I love Seinfeld - probably my favorite show of all time!

I love watching reruns and they are everywhere - probably why he's so rich!!

That is a great show and could be his net worth is of $820,000,000 maybe he invested his money in the right way.

That is insane - and most of it from a show about nothing!

Larry David, co-creator is also one of my favorites and so funny!

I'm sure they both have great investments

Yeah I bet they do, so what other celebrities do you follow?

I like a lot of sports figures, local guys who play for my teams here in Phoenix.

I do not care for many of the reality celebrities - not sure why they are famous for being famous, seems kinda silly

It does seem kind of silly, Im guessing you like Lebron then?

he is the highest paid celebrity out there.

I admire what LeBron has done and continues to do, but since he plays for the Lakers now I cannot like him as a Suns fan.

Overall good dude, and I really like what he's done for the community as a whole though...

He has done a lot of good I agree Im excited about the new Space Jam movie so thats another plus for him.

I had a great time chatting with you

I heard they were remaking Space Jam - yet another rewriting of my childhood, but I'm sure my kids will love it!

Im sure mine will too, I bet Lebron will earn a lot of money because of that movie, take care and have a nice day.


Do you watch a lot of television?
I watch far too much.

I love watching TV and talking about it!

I'm so glad I was born in a time with TV.

It's only been popular in the United States since after World War II.

Now TV sets are common in homes.

What do you watch on TV?

So many things.

It seems like a lot of the good shows are streaming now.

Do you enjoy South Park?

I do.

South Park isn't bad, but I must say, I'm more a Simpsons fan.

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

That's pretty shocking.

I know he's such a big character that there would not be many but with as long as it's been on I thought there would be more than one.

I know!

The show has been on for so long, and there are so many episodes!

Probably even more episodes than Pokemon.

Did you know there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon?

I had no idea.

That's so many!

I didn't realize it had been on long enough for that.

That's about 50 episodes a year for 16 years straight!

I like other shows, too.

I like shows with with real celebrities, too.

What about you?

I do.

Have you heard of Thomas the Tank Engine?

Isn't Thomas the Tank Engine the show that had George Carlin as a narrator?

It is.

They have also had Alec Baldwin and Ringo Starr narrate.

Those are some big stars to come in and do voice work.

Wow!

That is some star power!

Those guys are big celebrities.

Did you know Robin Williams in Aladdin was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films?

I did not.

I guess when I think about it I don't really remember stars at caliber doing voice work before that and now many do.

Similarly, Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on the children's series Sesame Street.

Being a celebrity really gives a lot of opportunity to earn revenue, doesn't it?

I did not realize that she was the first.

She's amazing.

Yes it seems that celebrities have many avenues for income now.

Did you know that Pixar studios has a secret room that celebrities often visit?

Is that right?

I didn't know that.

I wonder if Tom Cruise has ever been there?

Tom Cruise has been in so many popular movies, like The Color of Money and Cocktail.

He's even been nominated for an Academy Award.

But I don't remember him ever being in a Pixar film.

I don't either.

I don't remember him doing any animated voice work.

By the way did you know that Seinfeld is worth more than Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise combined?

That's shocking.

It is shocking!

Tom Cruise must have plenty of money though.

I heard that in 2007 he spent $10 million on an underground bunker to protect himself from aliens.

That's a lot of money!

I don't know if I'm more shocked that he spent that much money or that he felt that he needed protection from aliens.

He's an interesting guy, that's for sure.

He also threatened Tom Kruse, the guy that invented the hoveround over the usage of his name.

That's so strange!

That is very strange.

If that is the man's real name you can't keep him from using because it's similar to yours.


Are you a fan of the nba?

I like the NBA.

Did you know the league adopted the National Basketball Association name in 1949 after merging with the competing National Basketball League?

I did't know that.
That is pretty cool.
What about Drama, do you watch it?

I do like to watch dramas!

Me too.

Did you know Hugh Laurie is the highest paid TV actor for a drama?

I didn't know that.
How much does he make?

He makes $700,000 per episode.

Whoa!
Nice.
Do you like Jon Hamm?

I'm not sure who he is.
Who is he?

He was the main character in Mad Men.

I loved that show.

I guess he taught drama at his old high school.

Oh, I do know who he is.

Was he a high school teacher before or something?

I'm not sure.

I never heard of him until Mad Men came along.

Did you ever listen to radio dramas?

No, I tend to not listen to the radio very much to be honest.

What about you?

I never have listened to them but I see that there's a website where you can listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free.

I'm going to have to look it up.

I don't think I would listen to it to be honest.

Are you a Jim Carrey fan?

I love Jim Carrey.
What has he been up to?

I don't think very much lately to be honest with you.

Do you know why Michael Caine became an actor?

I think it was because he was chasing girls, lol.

Haha you're right!

He was chasing all the prettiest girls from his high school because they were in drama class so he decided to try it.

Hilarious.
Well it was nice chatting with you.


Hi there!
Do you enjoy basketball?

I love it!
especially the NBA.
How about you?

I am not a huge fan, but I can appreciate it.

I tend to like college basketball better, for whatever reason.

Did you know Tim Duncan played 4 years of college ball instead of going straight into the NBA?

That man is very humble because of it!

I would have been like Allen Iverson and gotten a lifetime endorsement from Reebok though lol.

It seems like a lot of money to pay someone who had a relatively short career, but I think his brand has value overseas.

In fact, the even though Air Jordans were initially banned by the NBA, the brand was valuable enough to Nike for them to pay Michael Jordan's fines for wearing them.

And now look at the brand!

Everybody is basically wearing it these days huh?

Yes, I guess there's some nostalgia for it these days when the NBA isn't quite as interesting as it used to be.

I mean, the Warriors are so dominant with Steph Curry!

I agree with you on that one!

Steph Curry is an all around good guy.

He donates mosquito nets to families in Africa.

That's nice of him, I guess, but he could probably do a lot more, considering his team earned $12 million by losing game 4 of the Finals last season.

You would think it was the opposite?

Oh well money is money.

In the last 20 years, only 3 number one picks have won the championship, do you know who they were?

I know LeBron is one of them, although he's no longer with the team he won with.

That's correct!

The other two were Andrew Bogut and Kyrie Irving!

I do not know so much about them.

I do know that Steph Curry's brother actually played with his Warriors teammate's brother on the Santa Cruz Warrior.

I guess the basketball world is pretty small!

I bet it is!

I think the real money is in drama acting though!

Theatrical drama certainly is on another level.

Hugh Laurie, for example, made $700k per episode of House, the highest ever for TV drama.

I think I would be up there if I took the drama class with Jon Hamm haha.

Especially if you ended up being a comic actor like

I agree!

Jim Carrey doesn't do dramas anymore because it doesn't project positivity.

I would do good at comedy then haha.

Like Ellie Kemper, I meant.

Jim Carrey's last project, Kidding, was certainly very dark for a comedy if he won't do drama; maybe he just means he doesn't do tragedy, which is the other half of drama in contrast to comedy,

Oh that's right I forgot about her!

You know I'd only do drama class if the pretty girls were in it like Michael Caine did!

That sounds like a way to create drama in one's own life haha.

It's been nice chatting!


Do you like the N.B.A.

Not really...

I prefer football.

I do know that Tim Duncan stayed in college before playing.

I'm the same way.

I do watch it from time to time.

I admire Tim Duncan for staying in college for four years instead of going directly to the NBA.

Yeah.

NBA seems full of self aggrandizing thugs.

Oh well, physicists proved that shooting free throws "granny style" is more consistent.

Yeah apparently no player will do it because it looks stupid.

I'd be trying to win games shooting like that and not worry about looking stupid.

I didn't know a team could make more money by losing.

The Warriors earned about $12M by losing game 4 of the NBA finals last year.

That's interesting.

I wonder if any of that money went to Steph Curry's foundation that donates mosquito nets to protect families in Africa?

Not sure...

Funny, even though the NBA banned Air Jordan's Jordan wore them anyway.

Nike, paid the fines.

They shouldn't have let him play - money corrupts everything.

I think it paid off for them in the long run.

It was a better deal than the lifetime deal Allen Iverson signed with Reebok.

They pay him $800,000 a year until he's 55.

Then he receives a lump some of $32 Million.

Crazy money for a few minutes of work a year.

Most people don't even remember him.

When you watch movies, do you like drama?

I do like dramas.

I really liked House.

Did you know that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for a TV drama?

Yeah, something like $700,000 per episode.

I went into the wrong profession...

I did too.

I wish my school had a drama class.

Michael Caine joined the drama class at his high school because all the prettiest girls were in it.

Smart man!

Did you know the Spurs were known as a consistent team but all that's changing?

Yeah, with Parker and Ginobli both leaving, and Popovich possibly leaving too.

Also, Leonard is injured and demanding mo' money.

Free agency just proved there is no "team loyalty"  -- it's all about money...

Yep, very few athletes play the game for the love of the game anymore.

I didn't know Popovich coached the Spurs for over 20 years.

I didn't realize he's been there that long either.

It really looks like the Spurs have seen better days.

After such a long streak of winning seasons, it's inevitable.

Maybe they can get it back together.
Well I have to run.
I hope you have a good night.
Nice chatting with you!


Hello there, are you a fan of the NBA?

I dont follow it,  but I do watch it sometimes lol

I follow it but mostly my team, did you ever hear about Allen Iverson's contract with Reebok?

Yeah thats a sweet deal!

Yeah I don't think Reebok looks back and thinks that, I think they might've been trying to sign the next Jordan.

did you know granny style is the best technique of shooting?

I read that, very interesting, I wonder why more players don't try and use it.

I think some of the best percentage shooters in history did it.

Maybe this is why my nephews are way better than me at chuck e cheese lol

Lol that might be true.

Did you know that the original Air Jordan shoes were banned by the NBA?

yeah thats funny,  its his NBa shoe why wouldnt he be able to wear them lol

Yeah I think they claimed they gave him an advantage and were a different color, it was marketing gold for Nike.

yeah probably cheaper than advertising.

Oh yeah and it was excellent marketing.

Did you ever buy a pair of Jordans years back?

Yeah I have one pair.
u?

Yeah I think I got one pair when I was really young.

I was really into basketball back then.

I used to love the old dunk contests in the early 90's.

Those are definitely entertaining.

do you like the warriors?

steph curry donated  mosquito nets every time he makes a 3 pointer.

Really, I have never heard that, but that is really cool.

Yeah you have to respect them, they have dominated the last few years, my team looks good going into the all star break though, hopefully we meet them in the finals.

Good luck!

I think its a funny fact that in 1975 the warriors stadium was booked so they had to go else where to play their nba game lol

That is pretty funny, I think they sell out most of their games these days.

yeah they do,  My family has season tickets,  they are so expensive,

Nice!

That would be awesome, and yeah i bet they are!

Nice talking with you I hope you have a good night.


Hey there, happy New Year.

Happy new year to you.

Are you excited about the Spurs game on Monday?

I am, I really enjoy Popovich as a coach, he brings a real energy to the game

Definitely.

When you think of San Antonio, you always think of the Spurs.

This is common knowledge for those who know or don't know basketball.

True, but lately it seems to be all about the Warriors, who were actually founded in Philadelphia in 1946.

They've been so dominant as of late, it's hard to think of anyone else, especially with Seth Curry playing the way he does

They played the spurs recently, and the spurs won.

Yea that's true, but the Spurs seem to be changing.

With three of Popvich's assistants possibly interviewing for head coaching jobs, and Parker aging (the guy is 36), they're going to be rebuilding possibly

Yeah, many say it's the end of an era for the Spurs.

Manu Ginobili retired at the age of 41.

I wonder who will pick parker up.

Yea but they held off Father Time for a while.

They shifted from Ginobli to Parker to Leonard, and won 5 titles along the way.

So it's not like they haven't had success along the way.

There doesn't seem to be stability left in the team.

Future may appear to be murky.

At least they'll still have Popovich.

He's been there for over 20 years, which is pretty rare in professional sports.

Strategies still work, I guess.
I wonder how much he gets paid.
Do they get more than entertainers?

I mean Hugh Laurie got paid 700k per episode in House, so even if there was 20 episodes a year on that, which would be $14 mill a year.

I'm not really sure how much NBA coaches make compared to that, but I doubt it's that high

they aren't the athletes who can get endorsements like Air Jordan.

I should investigate this on my free time.

That's true, I mean Allen Iverson signed a lifetime contract with rebook that paid him 800k a year until he's 55, at which point he'd get a final lump sum payment of $32,000,000

That's crazy.

I wish I got 32M.

I would have had to have started when I was a kid.

Playing all through my life, and hope that I don't stray away or get injured.

Beats NFL.

Yea no kidding, but even if you're not being injured, you've still got people telling you how to do your job.

Physicists proved that shooting "Granny style" is the best technique to score points on the line.

But that looks stupid, so nobody does it

And If i do become injured, I can become a coach!

Win Win..

Then you can coach players like Lebron and Kyrie Irving, both former members of the Cleveland Cavs, and then win a championship and make a ton of money that way.

Yah.

And they were two of three number one picks to have ever won a championship in the last 20 years.

Just having 1 player isn't enough.

It's a team sport!

Very true


I like many genres including drama.
Do you enjoy dramas?

I like dramas and comedies.
Is there a drama that you like a lot?

Oh there are many.

What comes to mind right of the top of my head is Goodfellas.

Are you familiar with High Laurie?

Hugh Laurie is a Brit who started out doing comedy work.

He's great!

He is.

Did you know that he became the highest paid actor ever for a TV drama for House?

He deserves the money.

He makes that show.

I figure that the other actors combined can't do what he does.

He did make that show.
Are you familiar with Michael Caine?

My Cocaine?
LOL.
Yes I know him.
Batman films, plus a lot of other work.
Great actor!

He is.

He got into acting in an interesting way.

He joined the drama class in school because all of the prettiest girls were in there ha ha.

That is a smart man.

I wish I had done that.

Then again, there were no pretty girls in the drama club at my school.

Ha ha.
I also really like Jon Hamm.
How about you>

He was great in Mad Men.
I guess he has done some film work too.

Yes and he seems to do more and more.

Did you know that he taught drama at his old high school before he became famous?

I heard that.

Didn't one of his students become famous or something?

Yes he taught Ellie Kemper from The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

That's right!

Jon must have been a great teacher.

He really helped her with her career there.

Apparently he was.
Off topic but do you like the NBA?

I like the NBA.
I sometimes follow.
I like Golden State.

In that case, did you know that Steph Curry does work for a foundation that donates mosquito nets to families in Africa?

He is a thoughtful and talented guy.

I think he is going to do a lot of good off the court.

Anyway, great chat!

He does.
That's such a worthy cause.


Do you follow the NBA and the Wizards?

No i dont actually.

Did you know Reggie miller, nba hall of famer, couldn't escape his older sister cheryl's shadow while in high school.

on january 26, 1982, he scored a career high 40 points.

he tried bragging about it on the car ride home, only to find out cheryl scored 105 points and broken 8 national records!

I disliked Reggie Miller when he was a player and I still do, as an analyst.

lol still an interesting fact though.

How about Nba player allen iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800,000 a year until he reaches age 55 to where he would then receive a final lump sum payment of $32,000,000.

Reggie's sister is far better player

Apparently.

Physicists proved that shooting "granny style" is the absolute best technique to consistently score points on the line, but nba players refuse to do it because it looks stupid.

I remember when only a couple players shot like that but now you don't see any players shooting like that

Air jordan's were banned upon introduction by the nba.

however, jordan wore them anyways, as nike was willing to pay the fine each game.

I have a pair of Jordans for each version up to the 10th edition, still brand new.

Wow,  awesome,  you collect them.

I do.

I loved Jordan and despised Iverson and his Reeboks

Tim duncan of the san antonio spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the nba.

Yeah, it was a very good decision I feel

He seems like a good guy,  really focused.

hes been playing since I was in high school!

I watched him play against the Lakers once when I was younger in San Antonio

Steph curry from the golden state warriors basketball team plays part in a foundation that donates mosquito nets to protect families in africa.

for each 3 pointer he makes 3 nets get donated.

I am a huge fan of his, mainly because I was a fan of Larry Bird as a kid

The golden state warriors played their home games in the 1975 nba finals at the cow palace because the oakland arena, their usual venue, had booked other events.

It is very hard to get tickets anymore since they won the NBA title

And they are super expensive.

My family has season tickets but I only get to go when she cant find anyone to sell them too lol The golden state warriors earned about $12 million by losing game 4 of the nba finals last season

Game time!


Hey what do you think about Tom Cruise?

He is one of my favorite actors of all time?

I agree I think he's really awesome!

And apparently he does a lot of charity work too which is very nice of him

I agree with you.
He is true awesome.
What is your favorite Tom Cruise movie?

Well I really liked him in Top Gun.

But he's in a lot of other good movies like Mission Impossible.

What do you think?

I liked him in Top Gun as well and also in Rain Man.

Are Rayman is good.

It's crazy that Seinfeld has a net worth that is more than Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise combined, because I guarantee that those two guys are already loaded LOL

Rain Man is very good movie and also Dustin Hoffman was in this movie as well.

I didn't about this regarding Senfield.

Wow!!

Yeah that is shocking.

It's also shocking that Tom Cruise spent years learning Japanese in order to be in the movie The Last Samurai, I personally did not like that movie

I didn't like that movie either.

Do you when Tom Cruise started his movie career?

I think you started when he was only 19 years old right?

It was a 1981, do you remember what movie that was?

Yes in fact I do, it was the movie Endless Love.

Yep you're right.

I also like the movie risky business, came out in 1983 and has that classic scene of Tom Cruise in his underwear haha

That was funny.

Ha Ha!!!

Do you know by any chance for which movie did he win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor?

I think it was the movie born on the 4th of July?

Wasn't that made in 1989?

I know that you said you like the movie Rain Man and that did win best picture

You're correct for both of the movies that you just mentioned.

Earlier you mentioned that he does a lot of charity work.

Do you happen to know which specific charity is he involved in?

No I don't know what the charity is called.

But I do know he works with Christopher McCrory who is a director, do you know what the charity is called?

I read somewhere that he is involved in for the end of motion smoothing.

Do you know what motion smoothing is?

I think it has something to do with framerate.

They want to increase the frame rate and movies which makes them look smoother, but I think it makes the movies look worse, like they were shot on home video, what do you think?

I agree with you.

I'm not sure but I believe it will make the movie look like a soap opera than an actual movie with this frame rate.

Yeah I hate when motion smoothing is enabled on TVs by default, I always change it on my friends TVs, it is funny to me that Christopher Nolan actually wrote a letter to TV manufacturers to tell them not to do this haha


I had no idea motion smoothing was such an issue in the minds of celebrities like Tom Cruise.

do you know There are so many crises in the world that it’s sometimes hard to keep track of who is shilling for which cause.

Definitely!

For example, I wasn't aware Tom Cruise was shilling for the cause of reducing motion smoothing.

yea sure

Wow, 750 episodes of Pokemon sure is a lot.

I didn't know they made so many.

yes i know

It's hard to believe Judge Judy is one of the highest paid celebrities.

i am also shockked

Pixar studio has a secret room that we can sadly never visit since we aren't celebrities!

The motion smoothing is already disrupting our entertainment

Yes, do you think you will follow Tom Cruise's recommendation to turn off motion smoothing on your TV?

When south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew

That's nice.

Sounds like the entertainment/film industry is very congenial.

Seinfeld has a net worth of roughly $820,000,000.

more than tom hanks and tom cruise *combined*.

There's only one episode where Bart does not appear!

Who knew!

'the last samurai' is plural and refers to the last clan of samurai and not just tom cruise's character.

Robin Williams was so wonderful.

I learned he is the one who started actors being voice actors.

70's show was remade verbatim in the UK - funny cause it's like the Office.

yes

Just goes to show originality isn't everything!

thank you happy weekend


Hello hows it going?

did you know there was a man in france who impersonated a government official and sold the eiffel tower,  twice?

That's pretty awesome!
That would take nerves of Steel!
What do you think about WikiLeaks?

I am not sure what that is.

You don't know what Wikileaks is?

Well it's an organization or that you can leaked government documents and they will post it.

Anyway the government was trying to shut them down and someone leaked that plan to WikiLeaks LOL

Ohh wow,  no I never heard of that.
That is pretty funny though lol

Have you ever been to Nevada?

Apparently the US government owns almost 90% of it

Yes,  I have!

I go there often.

Oh yeah,  thats probably due to maybe military bases and stuff.

That makes sense though,  a lot of it is desert.

Yep I agree with you.

I think it is mostly desert and that's why.

Did you know that Norway gave the Amazon rainforest 1 billion dollars.

They wanted to help save it

That is extremely generous of them!

Have you ever been to Norway?

I hear they have amazing snowboarding there.

I had a friend who went to Norway.
She said it was awesome.
Do you snowboard a lot?

Yeah I love it!
Do you?

Nope I've never snowboarded actually.
I know my sister likes it a lot though.
I guess I'll have to check it out.
Are you a dog or a cat person though?

I love dogs actually.
How about yourself?

Yep I definitely like dogs a lot more than cats.

I think cats are really stupid.

I guess they were first domesticated about 9000 years ago to which is weird

That is weird.

I just learned that when a cat turns 15 years old it has spent 10 years of its life sleeping lol

Isn't that wild.

Another reason why I don't like cats haha.

Apparently they have cat cafes in Japan where you can get a drink and play with cats.

They should have dog cafes, that is more up my alley

Same here.

Yeah,  in other places of the world they have like bird cafes,  meerkat cafes ,  raccoon cafes etc.

Haha these are all good ideas.

You should patent those and make one haha, have you ever seen the movie The Godfather Part 1?

They already exist....

Oh they have a raccoon Cafe LOL I thought you were saying that they should have that LOL.

Well anyway in The Godfather Part 1 there's a scene with a cat, and that cat was actually a stray, they just used it in the movie randomly

Thats good..
I hope the cat got paid!
lol Its been good chatting.


Hi.

Did you know WW I soldiers were able to make a radio out of razor blades and pencils?

I would end up cutting myself...

I wonder how those foxhole radios would work

I guess like a crystal radio... Not sure.

Wow, Canada requires that 40% of all music is Canadian.

Fair competition?

I don't really use the radio, but I do like its applications for deep space exploration

You would like Jupiter.

They have really strong AM radio storms.

I wonder if they are required to play local Jupiter music?

There is a radio station that translates solar activity into sound you can hear live

Sound cool... Do you like cats?

Fun fact: a cat at 15 has spent 10 years sleeping?

Cat Van Winkle...

That sounds wonderful.

I wonder if that has anything to do with their popularity

Not sure...

I kind of makes them a bit boring.

Did you know the cat in the opening scene of the Godfather was a stray the found on the set?

Ah that is so cute.

Did you know there are glow int he dark cats in south korea?

That could be handy for those late night trips to the fridge...

There is a town in Alaska that has a cat for their mayor.

His name is "Stubbs".

Well he is the public face lol

Yeah, like Norway is for giving $1B to save the Amazon rain forest.

Nice of them!

Indeed.

I wonder how efficiently that was used.

Seems like there is still so many problems in the rain forest

Yeah and that's a lot of money.

I wonder what $1B would do to make Nevada a garden spot?

As it is, the US gov't owns 86% of it and it's doing nothing to be productive...

Except maybe Vegas...

I mean at least the us goverment does a good job walking the fine line between tyranny and individual freedom

They do?

Have you been following the war in Syria?

Our gov't under Obama and Secretary of State Hillary made a big mess there.

I guess there is a great photographer there that is showing what is really going on...

I mean I won't say it is perfect and there are parts that I don't condone, but they do their purpose in providing security and stability domestically

Seriously?

We have disease, crime, human trafficking, drug gangs and most likely terrorists pouring in our southern border.

No other country in the world would allow that.

Syria is sane compared to that.

We need more photographers and real journaist to cover it.

Really?

So we are doing worse than north korea, libya, afganistan, etc?

In terms of protecting their borders from invasion, yes.

This photographer in Syria is needed in the U.S.

He can take pictures of people crossing.

Measles and TB are making a comeback.

Be careful!

Thanks for the chat.

Thanks for the informative chat as well.


Summer break seems so much shorter than I was when I was a kid.

I felt it used to last forever.

I agree!

We would go for road trips.

We took the car for transportation.

We had a four wheeled car that sat four people.

Yeah, summers aren't actually shorter.

They're about the amount of time as they used to be.

Sigh, still wish I could go back to my childhood summers without a worry in the world except for boredom!

I wish we had the google self driving cars with aggressive mode back in the day because that would have made spring break road trips a lot more fun!

Haha, sounds pretty scary.

I wonder if Cadillac will come out with a self driving car.

Cadillacs are named after the explorer who founded Detroit.

People in Detroit are lucky they can warm up their cars this time of year.

It is illegal to do so in Ohio!

Really?

Speaking of legalities, in South Africa it is legal to equip your car with flame throwers to ward off carjacking.

Imagine having that in America!

I am grateful for the pump arrow in the car because I always forget which side the gas cap is on.

I never knew that existed!

Check it out!

It is a lifesaver!

It is something they didn't have to worry about pre 20th century when cars weren't accessible to the masses.

I always stick my head out to double check when I'm in a rental, haha.

Speaking of neat features, glad I have a trunk.

The trunk used to be just a wooden trunk on the back.

I love going to baseball games and using the trunk as a cooler and food station.

Baseball is a game where two teams either bat or field.

It's fun to play and watch.

What about kickball?

That is called soccer baseball in Canada!

I enjoy kickball, but I prefer baseball.

They go through 160,000 balls in a season.

Wow.

In Japan they love baseball too.

Many fans are surprised to find out that it's America's national pastime.

My favorite team is the Cubs because they were the first to win back to back world series.

Nice!

Do you collect baseball cards?

A man found three million dollars worth of baseball cards in his grandfathers attic

I don't, but what a lucky find!

Almost as lucky as the research showing that Pluto is not a planet.

Speaking of planets, Venus doesn't tilt so it has no seasons.

It's the only planet that turns clockwise.

That's so odd.

I wonder why.

Earth is also referred to as Gaia and Tellus.

Jupiter's moon has an interesting name.

It's called Ganymede, and it would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun.


Hello, do you like summer break?

I love it!
And I love vacations!
What about you?

I do too!

Unfortunately being an adult, Summer feels so much shorter than it use to when I was younger!

Same here, but I enjoy having breaks and vacation time spread out over the near.

What about you?

I do also!

I like having a break around the fall, around the spring, and of course around Christmas!

I think it is important to have breaks scheduled throughout the year.

For example, working in the winter can seem long and dreary if you have no time off.

I definitely agree!

Being from the Midwest with our pro longed winters, I am ready for Spring!

Same here.

It is true that summer seemed longer when I was a child, but due to the cold weather in the Northeast, I enjoy my summer weekends off a lot.

I bet you do!

Definitely appreciate the warmer weather!

One thing though that I am not too fond of is the humidity we get here and states like Indiana get.

What sports do you like to watch in the summer?

I really enjoy baseball!
How about yourself?

My favorite sports to watch in summer are soccer and tennis.

I love it when the World Cup takes place in June and July.

But it is also nice to sit outside at a baseball game for the experience and ambiance.

I do enjoy soccer also!

A fun little fact for you, Kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada!

Wow, that is funny.

Did you know that baseball managers wear uniforms too, because they could also play for their team if there was a need, like if someone was hurt.

I didn't know that is the reason!

I wonder if one ever had to play?

Up until 2005, it was a married couple that scheduled all 2430 MLB games each year.

That kept them busy.

That is cute.

Do you ever like to watch the stars in the summer?

Did you see the eclipse last summer?

I love watching the stars!

And I also did catch some of the eclipse, how about you?

Did you get to see the eclipse?

I did see a part of the eclipse.

It was really cool.

I think there is another one in a few years.

Did you know that the planet Venus doesn't tilt, so it never has any seasons.

I think watching an eclipse is much better in summer than winter.

I agree, the warmth helps also.

There is a dark sky park that I like to go to for a little mini vacation up in Mackinaw.

I didn't know Venus has no tilt!

But any how, it was nice chatting with you!

Have a great night!

Thanks, same here.

As far as seasons go, I like driving my car the best in summer, although the car can get hot.

Did you know that McDonalds drive thrus began in 1975 as a way to serve soldiers who couldn't leave their cars wearing army fatigues?

I did not know that!


hey hows it going?

Hi,

did you know the first mcdonalds drive thorugh was in 1975?

doesn't seem like that long ago even though that was before I was born haha

I was a wee one so I always remember it being there.

Did you know the trunk of your car was called that because old cars have wooden trunks on the back.

ha I didn't know that, also that the brand cadillac was named after the founder of detroit, I never knew that

If you are in South-Africa, you can put flame-throwers on the car

ha I wish I had a flamethrower on my car, I'm in Michigan and it's cold here

Jann Mardenborough became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in the video game gran turismo

I played gran turismo as a kid, never really liked it its too much like a simulation, it's not as much fun as other videogames, Jann is probably the best at it though

Must be.

Venus doesn't tilt so it doesn't have seasons

ya I didn't know that, this says astronomers detected the building blocks of life 455 light years away, I wonder how they can tell that

Not sure, but strangely they say that Uranus rotates sideways and "rolls" around the sun instead of spinning.

hmmm that sounds cool id like to see a video of that in fast speed, this says there is a planet where shards of glass rain, which sounds metal as hell

I guess that Jupiter's moon is really huge because it would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun

ya that does sound big, I don't watch baseball do you?

this has a bunch of baseball facts

Sometimes, but not as much as when I was young.

Did you know that a man found three million dollars worth of 1900's baseball cards in his grandfather's attic

no thats wild, also that kickball is called soccer-baseball in canada, they need to use a different name haha

Baseball is so popular in Japan that many fans are surprised to discover its status as america's national pastime

ya that's screwy, theyd be shocked that up until 2005 a married couple scheduled all major league baseball games themselves

Wow that sounds busy!

Do you think summer breaks are shorter or is just the author?

ha great questino I have no idea, this does say baseball managers wear uniforms though just in case they have to jump in to play, which I didn't know they could do that

I don't know how well they would play though.

Just in case, they could go to Canada and play kickball also called soccer-baseball there.


Do you own a car?

Yep and I couldn't live without it!

Would love to drive a 1908 Model T at some point.

That would be pretty cool.
I used to have a 68 camaro.

Oh that is dope!

I like Cadillac's too!

They were named after the founder of Detroit!

Interesting.
Was he french?

Yes good call he was.

He was the French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.

That is a mouthful!

Interesting.

Did you know it is legal in South Africa to equip your car with a flame thrower?

I wonder how many people actually do it?

Is carjacking that prevalent there?

I'm not sure.
To me it doesn't sound to be very true.

Yes who knows.

Did you know the trunk of your car is called that because it used to contain an actual wooden trunk?

I can believe that.

Did you know the planet Venus does not tilt?

I wonder why?

I love learning about planets.

Since Venus doesn't tilt it has no seasons!

Yeah.

I'm not sure.

The planet Uranus rotates sideways, so who knows?

Interesting.

So it actually rolls around the sun instead of spinning!

Yeah, apparently.

Also astronomers detected building blocks of life in a system 455 light years away.

Whoa...aliens are out there for sure!

Jupiters moon is called Ganymede.

Sounds like a drink from Lord of The Rings.

That it does.

Did you know kickball is also called soccer baseball in canada?

Haha no but that makes perfect sense.

Baseball is great and is surprisingly popular in japan.

I'm not surprised.
I've known that for a long time.
It would be cool to catch a game there.
Well, nice chatting with you!

Yes the japanese are surprised to hear it is America's past time lol.

Nice chatting with you too, bye!

Take it easy!


Seems that if you are in the DC area there is a lot going on this week.

yeah stevie is the man!

and the drink specials at 2 birds 1 stone

Yeah, sadly the bar is closing after its five year anniversary party.

Seems bitter sweet!

I love the idea of the BYOLP there are some amazing albums  I would love to hear on vinyl.

Was the disco era before or after vinyl?

There is going to be a Disco Fest celebrating the Disco genre evolution.

def during vinyl.

disco was some sweet music to dance to!

I play disco for my baby and they just start dancing when it comes on.

idk if it is because they have seen me dance to music but they always smile when they get it with the beat.

Yeah I heard all babies can find the beat.

I wonder why some of us adults lose that ability haha

who do you think is the greatest dancer of all time?

a lot of people say michael jackson but I know that he used machines to get some of the leans he performed, he had a patent for it though idk if he created it.

Oh, I thought those leans were unreal but never knew they used machines!

I still think he is the best dancer!

Tupac was a dancer too, a ballet dancer!

He attended a performing arts school with Jada Pinkett.

He was a soulful dude.

I love his poem 4 Jada that was in the rose that grew from concrete.

I wonder how many shoes he wore out while practicing, I hear it's an average of 4 sets of pointes a week.

That sounds so painful!
Bruce Lee was also a great dancer.
I guess that makes sense!

its wild that they have a hong kong cha cha championship (that is fun to say!)

but I guess the cha cha was a lot more popular in the late 50s.

I wonder if I can find a picture of it on the internet.

Its great that we have that resource these days.

Interesting!
Do you like hip hop dance?
And what about rap music?

I dont dance myself but I like to watch it.

I like some rap music, it depends.

the language towards minorities sometimes gets me.

but I love how clever it can be with words and imagery.

I love listening to tupac for that reason.

but I also sometimes dont love tupac because of his language towards women and nonstraight identifying people

Yeah, maybe the rap album released by 100 year old twins is a lot more tame!

That was so long ago in 1992.

Around the same time Pac was getting big.

Rap is a different game and sound now.

An inferior one over all i think.

It's complicated though.

NWA has really rough language and I still love their album Straight Outta Compton because of it's influence.

First to reach platinum even though the man tried to keep them down.

yeah, without help of radio play or major tour.

That is amazing.

The governments reaction to that was so whack.

I love to read about eazy e on the web.

It's so broad and diverse.

There are a lot of different theories about how he died.

Interesting.
I don't remember who that is.
I just remember Biggie and Tupac.

he was in NWA.

it was a lot more hardcore than either big or pac.

Oh, I see.

So there are conflicting stories about his death as well?

Yes.

He died of AIDS related complications, but there's a conspiracy that he was either infected with AIDS maliciously, didn't have AIDS at all, and was poisoned, etc.

It's interesting.

Interesting!
I will have to look that up.
Good talking to you!


Did you know Uber has already started using driverless cars?

I thought Google was still developing/testing those

Yeah that is pretty crazy, I for one am on the fence about how i feel about self driving cars, I feel like a driver should still be required to be behind the wheel just case.

Some poor woman in Arizona was hit and killed by one of those cars.

But can we be sure that it was specifically because the car was driverless?

Could've happened with a human driver, too

yeah or it could have been something the woman did, without much information to go on we dont really know what happened.

Exactly.

And I guess there are always risks (and casualties) when new tech is being tested out in the real world

Did you know that 80% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government?

No!

I guess that's why there are so few people there?

Not a lot of private land up for sale?

Or maybe the gov snatched it via the eminent domain doctrine

Maybe they did, and they for sure are not gonna let it go now.

Wikileaks also published the governments plans to destroy Wikileaks.

That's hilarious.

Even funnier: some dude pretended to work for the French government and sold the Eiffel tower to - get this - two different buyers.

Haha I bet they were not happy with that dude.

I wish more places would do what Norway did in 2008 and give billions to save rain forest, our planet needs the help.

Absolutely.

Question: would you rather be fooled by someone who says they can sell you a landmark like the Eiffel tower or by someone who says they're going to give you a billion dollars towards your cause?

I would rather be fooled about buying a landmark, because if I thought I had a billion coming to me I would end up making some real dumb choices to only find out it was a lie.

But if you thought you were buying a landmark, you could get swindled out of money, whereas in the other example you just don't get money you think is coming to you

If I thought I could buy a landmark and was really that gullible, I probably deserve to be swindled lmao.

Good point.

I'd feel even worse if I were the guy who cracked the ONE GAVEL that the US Senate had been using for 165 years.

Did you know that President Nixon did that?

Well I think in the long run Nixon had much bigger problems to worry about than that gavel.I think is crazy that women were not allowed to wear pants on the senate floor in 1993 and before.

What???

No way.

I mean, they're still not legally allowed to wear pants in Paris, but it hasn't been enforced for decades.

Was it enforced until 1993?

It was enforced until two women staged a protest by wearing pantsuits.

Wow.

How could the government pass legislation protecting gov employees from prosecution related to violated the Geneva conventions but make a big stink about women...wearing...pants?

humans are a fickle creature, we make silly rules and laws for every little thing, even when those things are not hurting anyone, like gay marriage, if two people want to be together and they are the same gender...who cares?

It's not hurting anyone, yet a big stink is still made, but we seem to be getting better in some aspects.

EXACTLY.
I feel the same way

Well it was real nice chatting with you, have a wonderful night!


Hi.

Do you enjoy reading about celebrities?

Sometimes they aren't always that exciting!

I am never too excited about them.
They are only human!

True.

But they are very wealthy and are often associated with money!

Judge Judy is the highest paid celebrity after Lebron James, making $123,000 per episode.

Oh wow impressive for sure.

They also get perks like being able to visit special rooms such as the one in Pixar studio.

Yeah, I would want to go to a secret Pixar room!

So I guess we love celerbrities so much that we have them in children's series like Sesame Street.

Yeah that's true.

Carol Burnett was the first but I don't even know who she is.

And for voice overs, Robin Williams was the first of celebrity voices in animated films.

Oh that is cool.

So sad he died.

Ethiopia even has a celebrity chef that believes he can combat his countries hunger problem.

I hope so!

Speaking of helping others, Unicef donates a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone.

Not sure how this program works, like if you have to sign up or what.

That is so good to hear!

Yeah good question.

The cables carrying phone and internet across the oceans are only 2.7 inches thick.

I think that's neat that they lay on the ocean floor.

Yeah hopefully they don't get disturbed!

An iphone is so powerful more so than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.

Phones have come so far.
I used to have a rotary phone.

Oh wow!

Must have been fun to transition to the new stuff!

Back when there were phonebooks it was impossible to separate them if they had their pages overlapped.

New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest to dial on a rotary phone.

Interesting.

Do you like horror films?

Funnily enough Stephen King was scared of the movie Bambi a a child.

I don't because I get very jumpy, ha.

Speaking of kids, the actor from the Shining didn't know he was acting in a horror movie till many years later.

Oh I am glad because that was a very scary movie and it could have been harmful to him I would think.

Watching horror movies can burn up to 180 calories, so no need to go to the gym!

Haha, except I eat a ton of buttery popcorn!

Oh yum!

Well the waterphone makes a lot of the creepy noises in horror movies!

Still scary though!

Have a good one!


Have you ever met someone famous?

I met Sandy Duncan at Disney briefly and a famous children's author we know.

I think it would be fun to meet Judge Judy too.

I wonder if she'd share any of her fortune since she makes $123,000 per episode.

She deserves every  penny of it!

I'd like to believe that I'm one person away from Carol Burnett, since I've met many people from Sesame Street, and she was the first celeb on the show.

Now, of course, those people are famous in their own right.

If I watch Toy Story enough, maybe I could qualify like the celebrities do to go in their secret room!

I wonder what's in there?!

I love the Pixar movies.

I also love horror movies, because they're a great calorie burner!

Robin Williams had always been a favorite of mine in the cartoon realm.

I'm glad he started the trend of performing using his voice in animations because there have been a good share of excellent movies because of that.

I just saw Aladdin on stage.

It was amazing.

Can you imagine seeing Robin Williams onstage as Genie?

That would have been something.

I would have called so fast to NY to see him on stage!

Of course that wouldn't be hard since 212 is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.

I kind of miss rotary phones.

But I do love my iPhone, it's got a ton of computing power, but I use it to play games and surf the internet more than anything.

If you like to help others, Unicef donates clean water to children in need every minute you get off the cell phone.

I wonder how they do that?

Do I sign a pledge?

Can you believe how small the cables that carry all the internet and phone data across the ocean floor are?

Just 2.7 inches in diameter.

They say they just lay across the ocean floor, but I'd be worried that sharks might eat them.

I'm not sure sharks go for inanimate objects, but if they hear the human voice instead of the electronic signals they might be confused and try to.

They might be interested in the waterphone!

It's used to make eerie metallic noises in scary movies.

Lol.

If Danny from the Shining knew he was in a scary movie, he might have asked to use the Waterphone to call his family for help.

That's hilarious!

I think it made his performance more natural, not knowing it was scary.

I like when things are unintentionally scary, like Bambi was to Stephen King.

I like taking my kids to see scary movies because then they are more willing to go to the art museum with me and enjoy it.

That sound like quite a fun day!

Do you think that artists should go into debt to go to college?

I don't know too many people who didn't go into debt going to college.

Having a full scholarship to one school may pay off better than taking out debt to a school like Cornell as Jennine Capo Crucet talks about.

It's a real gamble it seems like.

It absolutely is a huge gamble.

I can't imagine my parents remortgaging their home to afford to send me to college, especially if I had a full ride to a closer school.

I'm sure it's fairly common.

That definitely is a hard choice that family's seem to sacrifice for their children.

What sacrifice is too much?

Hopefully, the children are appreciative and give back to the older generation.

I would hope so.

A more famous name on a piece of paper doesn't get you a better job, I would think.

I would do almost anything for my son, but I don't know about going into crushing debt so he could get Cornell on his diploma instead of FSU.

Colleges are enough of a cost to basic ones even to make people remortgage their homes.

I wonder if the US will change to a system more like some of European countries where college is paid for by the government?

Nice chatting!

I would love the US to get the college situation figured out like Europe has!

This has been a pleasure!

Yes indeed.
Take care!
Good luck in college paying decisions.


do you like music?

I love it.
Do you have a favorite singer?

I love the band Linkin Park and you?

Me too actually and they have the best selling album of the century

Yeah Hybrid Theory was a huge success for them indeed

Yeah.
Have you heard of Reel  Big Fish?

I have, they had to rerecord their hits because lots the rights to them

WOw what dedication.

Twins in their 100s in Japan released an album in 1992

WOw impressive.
Do you like dance?

I love it, Bruce Lee used to be a dancer too in cha-cha

Nice and Tupac was one too but in ballet

Nice one and he stared in a production of the nutcracker too

WOw the guy is just everywhere whether it be music or dance

Yeah true, Babies are also good at dancing as soon as they hear music

Yeah and smile more when they hit the beat

Yeah pretty smart and in sync with the music

Yeah that is true.
do you use the internet much

I use it a lot actually.

Do you know what the hamburger button is?

Yes that would be the thee horizontal line menu

Yeah.

Did you know you can develop addiction by clicking too much?

Yeah I can see that, anything too much can lead to that