Hi there, did you hear that Amazon pulled out of its decision to build its second headquarters in NY today?

I didn't hear that.

They have so many locations, and such a wide reach.

Jeff Bezos certainly has vision

Yes, it's crazy that they started out as an online bookstore and now it's so big it's the largest internet retailer in the world

They even own imdb!

I guess it makes sense that once they had that property, they'd move into streaming video and producing their own content with Amazon Studios

They certianly have capitalized off their success, even getting USPS to deliver packages on sunday

Yes, and their own workers move a lot of packages, too.

A warehouse workers walks between 7 and 15 miles over the course of a daily shift.

That seems like a lot, I wonder how soon before they start replacing them with AI?

It's only a matter of developing the technology to a point where the automation is cheaper.

There is actually a non-profit organization for the advancement on AI, I wonder what kind of people contribute to that!

Facebook is even in on the development of AI, trying to understand human emotion, and predict user actions.

It is almost there with the fact when you search for something you start to see ads for it on Facebook.

Re-targeting as become amazing that way

Yes, we're at the point where tasks like OCR are often excluded from AI because they've become such a routine technology.

I personally am excited to see further development in the self driving car type of technology.

I love driving, so I'm not personally excited to use that, but I think it's better than dealing with all of the distracted drivers on the road because they're looking at their phones.

Google actually calculates traffic using the movement of Android devices on the road!

I didn't know that.

Thats pretty cool, I was wondering how they got that info, I knew it couldn't be just people logged on to maps.

Yes, I guess you have to watch what you agree to!

I bet the some agreements are even drafted by AI

Probably, those things I never read and now I owe them not only my soul, but all the winnings if I were to ever hit the lotto.

lol.

Ive heard Kristen Stewart co-authored a paper on AI

That seems a bit ironic haha.

Maybe she took Stanford's free class on AI that uses Google Plus Hangouts and shared her lovely personality.

Lol.
Maybe she did.

Yes, it's a good thing Facebook has so many users and photos with which to train its AI to understand emotion and recognize objects

It always gets me when I post photos that automatically tag me or my friends.

I guess the cost of a "free" product is privacy!

Maybe part of the next frontier with AI is using it to create believable fake identities to trick other AI algorithms with lol

That would be crazy.
Its been great chatting!

Good night!


Do you enjoy classical music?

I do, I listen to classical music when Im working what about you?

I enjoy listening to classical music in a serene space, but did you know classical music concerts originally had loud wild audiences?

I didnt thats a cool fact, another cool fact is that a computer composed a classical music master piece back in 2011

I wonder if it was any good?

In any case, classical music isn't just music.

Cities are using it to successfully deter crime in public space with remarkable results

They are?

that application is suprising and new to me have you attended any good concerts lately?

I recently attended Joe Hisaishi's concert.

He has amazing melodies and it would be perfect music to listen to in a beautifully scenic place in nature

I haven heard of that artist I might look him up in Youtube later today, there is a roman amphitheatre in Cratia that its still used for concerts, it would be amazing to attend a concert there

did you know creed concerts entered into 4 lawsuits, I think I would be fine

Thats too bad Creed used to be a great band, do you like Linking Park?

They are pretty good and they even had 300+ concerts in 2001 alone due to their sucess

Thats a lot of concerts for a year, I loved their first album it was a success indeed.

Speaking of concerts have you ever listened to the ramones?

They played a total of 2000 concerts and toured for nearly 20 years

I have too bad I didnt make it to any of their concerts, they are a really talented group.

I agree.

Personally I am a fan of the piano for most songs

Piano is a great instrument I really like it, it has such a relaxing tone, in the 30s the BBC network decided to broadcast piano music instead of the news

Did you know a group of climber reach britain's highest mountain peak and found a piano.

Someone must really like the piano

I agree I would be too busy getting freezed to play the piano, that must require a lot of hard physical work though.

I sure respect Bartolomeo for inventing such a beautiful instrument so far back in the 1700s.

Wow that was 300 years ago!

the piano is an old instrument, there is also an aluminum grand piano

I didn't know that.

In any case thank you for the chat.

I am going to look up what the aluminum grand piano looks like after this chat.


Have you ever visited Silicon Valley?
I know that it's in California

I haven't.
I am sure it is something to be seen.

You been to Google's headquarters?

It is in Silicon Valley, they are the largest search engine in the world

No, but we have a big distribution center in my city and I have been there.

Can you believe Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years?

No that's a really crazy thing to build.

What do you think about the fact that the first customer to buy something on Amazon got a building named after him

I wish I was that person!

When I was at Amazon I walked miles.

Did you know that the workers walk between 7-15 miles each day.

I believe it!

Wow that is crazy that's a lot of calories to burn in a day!

I'm just glad that Amazon has an exclusive contract with USPS to deliver on Sundays, that makes me happy

Me too!
I see them out delivering all the time!

Yeah I've seen them too, do you ever use the site IMDb by the way?

Yes.

When I want to find out more about a person who is in the entertainment industry.

Yep I use that site almost everyday, it's crazy that Amazon owns them, they own almost everything LOL

Yes they do.

Do you think it is crazy that instead of hiring a lawn crew that google had goats mow the lawns.]

I do think that's crazy.

But I guess it is environmentally friendly.

corraling hundreds of live goats to mow a law is a crazy thing to try to do

But effective!

Did you know that google maps calculates traffic on how fast android devices are moving on the road.

WHat about Apple people?

That is really interesting.

I love how these companies can use AI now, do you know who Kristen Stewart is by the way?

Not sure?
Who is she?

She's the actress from the Twilight movies.

Apparently she even wrote a paper about artificial intelligence which I did not think she would be interested in

I agree!

I know who you are talking about now.

That is kind of crazy!

I heard that there is a non-profit org for the advancement of artificial intelligence.

Yeah I think you're right.

It's all so crazy that Facebook is creating its own artificial intelligence to identify objects in photos

They are on the cutting edge.
That is really cool.

Yes I agree, they also want to be able to predict their users actions which is scary to me


Winter is getting old.

I'm ready to see birds migrating back north from Mexico; that would be a welcome sight.

Yea birds are pretty interesting, i find their light weight skeleton fascinating

It's hard to believe that their skeletons actually weigh less than their feathers with those hollow bones.

Yea, they are quite successful species with over ten thousand species currently living

I guess some in Australia can mimic lots of sounds like cameras and chainsaws.

Listening to them might be better than going to a Creed concert.

Some dissatisfied listeners once filed a lawsuit since a performance was so bad.

I don't blame them.

The foo fighters once did a concert so loud it was recorded on New Zealand's seismic monitors

Wow, that is loud!

But I'll bet it was fun.

I've never seen them live, but I have been to a few good amphitheatre shows: John Mellencamp, Tome, Petty, and KISS were really good.

Apparently Deep Purple has the record for loudest concert, it left three audience members unconscious

Holy cow, that had to be something.

Those classic acts had it going on.

The Ramones toured almost nonstop for 20 years; that is commitment to the craft, no doubt.

That is impressive, they've must of made a lot of money but probably not as much Abba was offered to do a reunion tour, they turned down 1 billion dollars

I did not know that.

For that kind of money, I think I could put grudges or reservations aside.

You could buy a lot of tacos for 1 billion dollars.

Yea I never even thought Abba was that in demand to offer 1 billion to do 100 concerts

I think I would pass on that one.

I didn't even know they were still all around.

Fame can take a toll on performers; Linkin Park was so awesome, but their lead singer faced demons and committed suicide.

So sad.

Yea that is unfortunate.

Do you follow world events much.

In 2010 there was a global tiger summit that russia pledged 330 million dollars to

I like keeping up on politics, but I did not know that fact.

However, I heard once that they gave out phone chargers and thumb drives infected with trojan viruses at one G20 summit.

That seems to go against the very nature of a summit.

Yes but I guess security is lacking at a lot of summits, in 2007 a man dressed as Osama bin Laden was able to get pass security of the Apec summit

Really?

You would think that security might be a bit tighter at these things.

Especially with the heads of state from so many powerful countries there.

It's almost like inviting someone to harm world leaders.

Yea but I guess security is hard to do with the increase in Summits since the end of the Cold War

True, now there has been an increase in summit events since then, so it's probably harder to keep them all safe.

Yea, they even have a summit on St Patrick's day where the Irish Prime Minister visits the US President

Really, that is cool.

That one is probably low stress compared to one with Putin or leaders from China.

Yea, especially the early ones with FDR, Stalin and Chruchill during WWII

It would have been amazing to witness those.

Those were three strong, influential, history-changing leaders.

well i got to go, nice talking with you


Are movies your kind of entertainment?

Yeah I like movies.

Im particularly fond of Stehpen speilberg films.

Do you have a favorite?

We just watched Empire of the Sun, it had a very young Christian Bale in it!

I like the jurassic park movies a lot.

Me and my son like watching stff like that he loves dinosars.

My son too, he keeps telling me when the new Jurassic movies are coming out, 2020 apparently.

Thats awesome.

I hadnt heard abot a new one.

Fnny thing about Speilberg.

When he rode the jurassic park ride he asked to be let off before the 84 foot drop.

I can nderstand what he is going through there thogh.

Im not a big rollercoaster fan.

Same here.

My son loves Cedar Point in Ohio, we take him and he goes on all the big rides while I sit and watch.

I guess everyone seeks their own entertainment.

Yeah I went on a roller coaster when i was little that did a flip.

Then it went backwards and did the flip again.

I have hated them ever sense.

I think I'll stick to the movies.

Have you ever seen the movie Moon?

It's about ten years old now, it was made by David Bowie's son Duncan Jones.

No I havent seen it is it good.

It's interesting in a small movie way.

Clever story with a nice twist at the end.

Ill have to check it out.

One of the earliest movies I an remember seeing is ET.

My mom liked it when I was a kid.

I remember that one when I was at school, I had to wait until it was on VHS.

I also recall be scared by Close Encounters, it took me nearly ten years to watch it.

I wasnt one for scary movies either.

My sister loved them even when she was a little kid.

Did yo ever see Schindlers list.We watched that one in school.

Yes, I remember going with my dad.

It almost felt like we had to go.

It's amazing how a movie maker can go from big popcorn movies like E.T.

to a serious movie such as Schindler's List.

Yeah that movie was deep.

I took an elective class in high school on the holocaust and we watched it.

That was a screwed up time in history.

Man the way they lined p the Jews and shot them in rows to save bullets.

That always sticks out to me as a prime example of how sick and screwed up the Germans were at that time.

Not worried about the lives they took at all just how many bullets they used doing it.

I know, it affected me a lot at the time.

I'd also recently been to Germany and seen one of those concentration camps.

I don't know how people can become like that.

I also remember the goonies.

That ones a classic in my book.

Speilberg flew the entire cast to Hawaii after they were done shootiIng Man they have made some money off that movie.

We just showed that one to the kids.

We had forgotten about all the swearing in it.

It's funny how memory works.

Yeah it is.

Well its been good talking to ya this morning.

I got to be gettin ready for work.

I dont want to though.

Its cold out there.

Have a good day, bye


Hi, how are you?

Me?
i guess im pretty good.
how are you doing?
everything going all right?
get enough to eat there?
thats good.
what do you think about the moon?

I'm good, thanks for asking.

It's so overcast, I can't really see it tonight.

How about you?

i have not looked at the moon recently, but i think that it has been doing all right.

The highest point on the moon is 1938 meters higher than mt.

everest!

I wonder if they have 3g and wireless up there.

I doubt it, but you never know?

Lol I hear moon dust can cut through Kevlar like material and is harmful to us humans.

boy, that is good to know.

i never realized the dangers of visiting the moon.

i guess ill wait until disney sets up a theme park there.

when does spielberg make his first dinosaur moon movie?

That's cool!

Well if anyone could make a movie like that it would be Spielberg.

He's made some good ones, Jaws, E.T.

The Color purple,and Jurassic Park, just to name a few.

dinosaurs on the moon.

shot on location.

that would be great!

Summer was considered a bad time to release a movie in the theater because of low sales until Jaws.

Now, it's the best time.

My how times change!

Did you know he played the clarinet on the Jaws soundtrack?

he is a gifted artist.

i wonder how good his clarinet skills are.

why did he get that gig?

he made enough as the director.

Can you say control?

I read he still makes millions from Star Wars off a bet he made with George Lucas in 1977.

yes, that bet about star wars and close encounters.

george really blew it on that one.

that is funny.

still george has billions.

What's a friendly wager among billionaire friends?

at the time, they were not billionaires.

but george learned the value of his franchise.

he made a ton off other movies before though.

On a side note, do you know that when Caesar visited Britain a long time ago, he saw the people there not eating chickens , but using them as entertainment?

there was not much for entertainment there and then.

i guess they had other sources of protein.

maybe the britons bet on the chicks?

I'm sure they were talking about cock fighting, still goes on today.

It's just illegal now if you get caught doing it!

Lol Still, I think I would have fried up the under performing birds and watch the better fighters do their thang!

the Britons probably ate something from chickens.

maybe the eggs?

I dunno.

They did not have the NES for entertainment, so they had to use chickens.

You know, that thing was only discontinued in Japan in 2003.

Hard to believe it held on so long, there!

i think that the Japanese are die hard fans.

they wanted to keep buying the games.

i dont know why.

there have been many better systems.

Yes, you're right about that.
Well, it's been nice chatting.
Enjoy the rest of your evening.


What forms of entertainment do you enjoy?

I like movies.

I really like Steven Spielberg movies like E.T.

and Indiana Jones.

What do you like?

I like most types of entertainment designed to give pleasure and delight such as storytelling, music, drama, and etc.

However, I too like Steven Spielberg's movies.

Entertainment definitely takes all forms.

Back in 50bc people in Britain bred chickens for entertainment.

I wonder if that has anything to do with the mass produced meaty chickens of today?

Personally I spent a lot of time with the Nintendo entertainment systems.

I like Nintendo too.

I don't care that the NES could only display 54 colors.

It's enough.

Too bad it was finally discontinued in 2003, but it has had a long run.

Aside from the NES, I also watched Bill nye the science guy when I was younger too

I watch him now with the Planetary Society.

Did you know he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest?

I would have never know.

I also enjoyed many steven spielberg movies like ET, which you previously mentioned.

Yeah, Spielberg is an excellent director.

This is a little known fact but he also directed some shows on tv.

Did you know he still makes millions for a star wars on a bet with george lucas in 1977

I didn't know that but I have to admit that it says a lot about George Lucas to still be paying on a bet from so long ago.

I mean it really shows how close both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are as friends.

It probably also helps that they are filthy rich.

That's true.

Spielberg is a nice guy.

He flew the whole cast of goonies to Hawaii and had a cookout.

I mean his hits are so amazing that he change the very concept that summer was a bad time to release movies due to historically low sales by releasing jaws and we both know how that turned out

Now it's a major thing to release movies in the summer.

I just wish he'd go back to making the kind of movies he did before.

I know he likes addressing issues in movies currently but I like adventure and fantasy.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a fanastic movie!

I can still hear the "musical communication" with the alien ship!

Speaking of jaws, did you know he personally played the clarinet in the jaws soundtrack?

I really like it when the creators participate directly in their creations.

I didn't know that.

I had no idea he could play an instrument for that matter.

I like it too when they do that.

You know Jaws is considered the first summer blockbuster.

I did not, but it makes sense since it changed the very perception of best times to release movies.

It really does.

Jaws planted a flag so to speak.

Just like NASA planting one on the moon.

Indeed.

In any case, it was a enjoyable chat, especially about Spielberg.

Yes it was.


Hi there!
Have you ever had a pet bird?

No I haven't but I have memories of friends who did when I was growing up.

How about you?

Yes, I have had pet birds.

I've had cockatiels, parakeets, and some fancier parrots when I was a kid.

Did you know the famously extinct Dodo bird, is closely related to the pigeon?

That is awesome, so you are quite the bird expert.

I didn't know that, very interesting though.

Haha!

I know a few fun facts about birds.

Such as in most birds the bones are so hollow that the feathers weigh more than the entire skeleton!

That is awesome, I guess it makes sense though when you figure they have to be able to stay airborne.

Apparently, humingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct and repair their nests.

I was always curious how they built such strong little nests!

That is so cool, I love learning about how different species in nature interact with each other to help themselves.

Yeah, we are learning so much about so many things, these days!

There are birds in Australia that can mimic the sound of car alarms, cameras and chain saws.

I wonder if they are mockingbirds.

That is awesome, and yeah good one.

I wonder why they would mimic them as well?

It's interesting, but I also find it kind of sad that they mimic human made objects.

Birds are amazing to me!

Some birds fly from Alaska to Mexico, without sleeping when migrating!

That is amazing for an animal to do that, sleeping is necessary, some animals sleep for crazy periods of time!

It would be pretty neat if we evolved wings from our forelimbs!

Birds are called Aves sometimes, which makes sense since we call large bird houses, aviaries.

That would be really wild, and I didn't know that, it does make sense though with the aviaries.

And, aviation is air stuff too.

Ah yes, aviation as well!

That one slipped my mind somehow!

My favorite birds used to be penguins, but they almost don't even seem like birds to me!

I would agree, penguins seem like a different breed in general.

I think birds are the closest living things to dinosaurs to be honest.

Yeah, in hindsight and without DNA, if we'd have known that some have feathers and some fly, and some lay eggs.

Maybe we could have put two and two together, after all!

That is probably true, I just think you can really tell when you look at a birds feet, they look like how dinos did.

Oh yeah and their cute little legs!

They all kind of remind me of tiny dinosaurs!

Emus remind me of pretty big dinosaurs!

I'd love to have one as a pet!

Their eggs are huge compared to a chicken's eggs!

Yeah good call they sure do to me too!

And yeah those eggs are massive, I know people eat those and ostrich eggs.

Yeah, it would be really interesting to taste an ostrich egg!

Hey, it has been so nice chatting with you!

I've got to get some chores done.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Ok sounds good, yeah it was fun, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!


Do you enjoy dining at interesting restaurants?

Hello there, I do enjoy going yes, how about you?

I do when I can.

I'd like to visit Mi Vida, a beautifully designed restaurant in Washington DC.

It sounds really nice, and DC is a really fun place to visit I will say that as well.

It's got torches on pedestals and it faces the water on the Wharf.

The drinks sound yummy too.

Yeah they do, and fresh guacamole is always so good.

I'd try chipotle infused tequila with my guac and chips!

Yeah that also sounds super good, I love tequila!

Have you had queso fundido?
It's like Mexican fondue, yum!

Yeah I have tried that before and it is really good I would agree!

Unfortunately it seems the service at the restaurant is not so great.

That is one of the most important things, for me.

Oh for sure, I have worked at a restaurant and it takes some skill to be good, but if not, bad service is the worst!

I'm getting hungry.

I'd love some chicken.

Chicken is the only bird I would eat, even at a fancy restaurant.

I like chicken as well.

Speaking of birds, did you know that they have regional accents?

That is funny.

I think I had heard that about cows, too.

So like moo, meh, mewww?

Haha Speaking of birds though, hummingbirds are smart.

They steal spidewebs to fix their nests and to make new ones.

I think I have read about that, very cool, would be fun to watch video of them doing it.

I bet they are really light.

Most birds' bones are so hollow that the skeleton weighs less than the feathers.

That is very interesting, I think they are the closest relatives to the dinosaurs as well.

Neat!

And the dodo is also a close relative to the pigeon.

Yeah it is!

Oh the dodo, I remember watching old videos of the dodo years ago.

Birds are persistent too.

Some can fly from Alaska to Northern Mexico without sleeping when they are migrating.

Speaking of sleep, I'd love to take a nap!

It was nice talking to you!


Did you know about the wild birds in Australia and their pecularity?

Can't say that I have.
What about them?

Well they mimic the sound of car alams, chainsaws and also cameras,

Oh, that sounds like the lyre birds.

I guess I have heard of them.

Birds are neat.

The reason they can fly is thanks to their almost hollow skeleton.

That must be really funny to listen at lol, you know that birds have bones that are so hollow they can even weigh more than their feathers

I believe it, especially when some of them are only two inches long.

Can you imagine being so lightweight?

It would be graet to fly, thats something I can imagine, I bet the dodo bird was a magestic animal

That depends.

Do you consider pigeons majestic?

Dodos are actually part of the pigeon family.

No, not really, but Dodo seem to be a lot different than pigeons, do you know that some birds travel really long distances without sleeping!

Like when they migrate?

Yeah exactly, when they migrate from Alska to the northern region of Mexico

I'm glad that all birds don't migrate.

Think of a 9 foot ostrich flying past in the sky!

That would be funny to watch, I like hummingbirds, spiders must hate them!

Why do you say that?

Because hummingbirds steal spiderwebs from them, to construct their own nests, that would make me angry

Understandably so!

There's close to ten thousand different bird species, so those spiders had better look out.

They must if they want to keep their webs lol, do you like Linkin Park?

Can't say that I'm much of a fan.
I was sad to hear about Chester though.

Yeah that was really sad, maybe the 2001 tour got to him, they played 324 concerts that year alone

That's quite the tour.

I wonder if all those stops finally took a toll on him.

I bet they did, all those concerts, drugs and then fame.


Do you like audiobooks?

Yes, do you?
I enjoy them a lot!

I do like them, it saves me a lot of time, I usually listen to one on the way to work, Katharine Graham memoir seems like a good pick

Yes, it looks very interesting.
I think I will enjoy it.
All the cover-ups!

I agree, theres a lot of interesting stories in her memoirs, like anecdotes about ''The Post'', ''The Iron Lady'', I might buy it and pick it as my next audiobook

Thats good.

The Wife Between us sounds like a drama!

Would have to be in the mood for that.

I like the plot, it seems a bit dark, an abused ex-wife  stalking her former husband, thats an odd couple

yes, I like period pieces, so the Revolution of the Moon sounds interesting!

That is a great book and Andrea Camilleri is a great author, I like her style,,

Good, I love anything on the solar system, the moon, saturn etc.

Do you?

I am in love with the moon, its so beautiful, I envy the astronauts that could see earth from up there, a unique landscape indeed

Agree, So glad Nasa made the right choice putting the US flag and not the UN flag!

Yeah, after all NASA is American and its our achievement, you know there might be life on Titan

I saw that, I think there are other earths out there, so exciting!

That is exciting!

there must be other moons like ours then, you know that moon dust cuts through kevlar and is extremely harmful to us

I know, can't imagine surviving that moon hay fever.Have you road the Jurassic park ride  or jaws?

No seems like a scary ride, too much for me, why do you ask?

I bet you have

Yes, love the rides and the movies.

Especially when my kids were little.

Star wars opening soon at Hollywood studios.

Do you like the movies?

I do like Star Wars and also movies one of my favorite directors is Steven Spielberg, he has so much talent

Agree, did you play Nintendo?

didn't know Bill Nye was a look alike for Steve Martin?

They look alike thats funny lol, and Yeah I play nintendo I have the original system at home I bought one before they discontinued it back in 2003


hi, do you attend concerts?

Hi, how are you?
Sometimes, when I have the money.
How about you?

Yeah me too , same here.
Do you know Linkin Park?

I've heard the name.
They're a band, right?

Yes a famous one .
They held 324 concerts in 2001

They must not have slept.
I guess it's good to be young!

Yeah I guess so.
How about Ramones, do you know them?

The Ramones are legendary, but I've never seen them live.

They have played concerts for 20 years straight

I guess they love touring!
I would get exhausted!

Yeah me too, so many concerts though, 2263 of them

I wonder if anyone follows the band around.

Pink Floyd recorded a concert in an empty amphitheater.

What is that about?

Yeah I wonder too.

A creed concert was so disliked four people sued them

They should probably have practiced in front of an empty stadium first.

Yesh that would be better for them.

in crotia there is such a theatre too and I wonder who has played there

I don't know if Croatia is a big destination for bands.

Maybe Creed could start their tours there.

I am not sure either.
do you have a favorite instrument?

Uh, I guess the guitar?
What about you?

Yeah me too I like it.

did you know mercury and mccartney used the same guitar once?

I think it was the piano.
Freddie played the piano.

Yeah that is correct, the piano.
so cool though, two legends.

There must be magic in that piano.
Well, I enjoyed chatting!

same here.


So do you go to a lot of concerts?

I actually do!
Love music and going to concerts!
Do you like Linkin Park?
They played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.
That's a lot of shows in one year!

Yes it is.
I don't like them though.
I'm more of a country person.

Country is good too!

I was never much of a Ramones fan but they toured almost non stop for 20 years playing a total of 2,263 concerts.

That's a crazy high number of shows.

Definitely!

I've never heard of them though.

Did you know that Creed was sued in 2002 because their concert was so bad?

I didn't know that!

They must have been really really bad.

lol  There's an old ancient Roman amphitheatre in Croatia that's still used as a concert venue.

That would be neat to see.

Yes it would.
Do you play piano.
I love it but can't play it.

I like it and tried several times when I was younger but couldn't get the hang of it.

In 1930 there was no news worth reporting so the BBC decided to just play piano music instead.

That is something.

I am astonished that someone managed to get a piano on top of Britain's highest mountain lol.

Wow.

Wondered how in the heck they did that?

I couldn't even imagine taking on that task.

Both Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney used the same piano to record their hits "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Hey Jude".

That's kind of neat.

Yes it is.

I love both those songs.

I love Paul McCartney on the piano.

He can make those keys sing I think.

Imagine putting an aluminum grand piano on an airship and it weighing only 356 pounds.

Wow!

That's neat that it was made out aluminum!

I wonder if it was on the Hindenburg when it crashed?

That's probable.

I don't know a lot about the violin but there are definitely a lot of variations of it.

Yes.
It country music they call it a fiddle!

Yes.

That's about the only thing I don't like in Country music lol.

The music from them just hits me the wrong way.

It does give it a distinctive sound though.

lol  There is violin that is made out of stone that is playable.

Wow!

makes you wonder how thats possible.

I'm very surprised that Einstein played both the violin and piano.

I never knew that.

He was a genius.

Joseph Haydn, who was a classical composer, one wrote a piece where the musicians gradually leave the stage until only 2 violins are left.

I wonder what that piece is like.

And in blind tests modern violins were preferred over million-dollar stradivarius violins when sound tests were blind.

That would be hard to tell apart I would think.

Larry Fine from the 3 Stooges burned his arm as a child and took violin lessons to strengthen his arm.

That's horrible that that happened.

I love the three stooges.

It must take a lot of strength in your arms to play that then.

I love them to!

I still will try to watch them from time to time just to get a good laugh.

Yes I know.

My kids don't know what to think about black and white tv shows.

I love them though.

I think they're still good.
I enjoy the Little Rascals too.
It was nice chatting with you today!


Hey there have you ever been to a concert before?

I know I go to them all the time

Unfortunately I've never been to a concert!

I would love to go to one soon.

Wow you've never been to a concert?

you need to go to one ASAP LOL, maybe go to a The Ramones concert Sunday?

Apparently they've been touring for almost 20 years straight, I bet their show is really good

That is crazy!

My mom really likes them, maybe I'll be able to take her.

Yes you should!

She would love it LOL.

I would also go to a Linkin Park concert, although I think they're singer passed away, back in 2001 they did like 324 concerts in only a year, that's like one per day almost

I grew up listening to Linkin Park and it hurt me when I found out Chester died.

That is a lot of concerts, wow.

Yep I agree with you.

Would you ever watch a concert in an ancient Roman Amphitheater?

Apparently Pink Floyd did a concert there, and there is one in Croatia that still does concerts to this day

That is insane, I think I would watch it just to experience it.

I don't know if you know who Creed is, but apparently they were sued by four concert goers because their 2002 concert was really bad.

That's pretty funny haha.

I would actually be embarrassed if I were them, do you play any instruments by the way?

I personally play the piano

I know right!

I don't really play any instruments, I use to play on a piano when I was a kid though.

Yeah I play the piano, I start to learn as an adult, I actually like it a lot.

I didn't know that back in 1930, there was a day where there was literally no news and so the BBC just played piano music instead haha

Oh cool, I'm glad you enjoy it.

I'm surprised there was no news, that is crazy.

I know right.

You would never see that today, they're always coming out with news about something, do you like Queen by the way?

Absolutely, he is a legend!

I agree with you!

Apparently the piano used in Bohemian Rhapsody, is the same one Paul McCartney used for the song Hey Jude, I do like both songs haha what about you

I do too, it's really cool to know the same piano was used.

If you ever think about climbing a mountain, maybe try Britain's highest mountain, you can play piano up there!

I should do that!

And put it on YouTube haha.

I wonder how it got up there too, do you know what the Airship Hindenburg was?

I have no idea.
What is it?

It was that giant blimp thing, remember it like exploded in the air, but apparently they had a piano on it and since it had to float, they used aluminum to create the piano, it only weighed 356 lb., I know that a real piano weighs a lot more than that

Wow, that is so interesting, I really had no idea that happened!

I knew about a violin that was made out of stone, and guess what, it's playable!

That's cool!

I always wanted to play the violin, I just heard it's really hard, it makes sense that Albert Einstein would play both the piano and violin haha


Hi, how are you?
Are you a music fan?

I listen to music whenever I can!

I haven't been to a concert in a minute, but I tend to really enjoy those when it's an act I'm a fan of.

I can appreciate orchestra, too, though.

Same, I do like some orchestra stuff like John Williams and the guy who does the Game of Thrones music.

Can't say I would ever go to an orchestra festival like Shift though.

Festivals can be very stimulating but also very underwhelming or disappointing if they're not organized correctly.

It sounds like Shift was not executed as well as it could have been, even if it was well-intended.

I think I haven't been to a concert myself in over 5 years, the last one being the Foo Fighters.

I saw REO Speedwagon and Chicago back last summer, and it reminded me that those shows are NOT fun if the music isn't loud.

I heard the Foo Fighters played a concert so loud in New Zealand that it registered on seismic monitors!

That's awesome!

I saw the first Global Citizen concert in Central Park that had Foo Fighters, Black Keys and Neil Young.

That one was amazing.

Huge venue in the park.

That sounds fun--I guess that's kind of the ultimate venue for a festival.

I was invited to a house concert last month and turned it down because it didn't sound fun, but there's a huge range in the kind of places you can have one.

I suppose intimate venues work well for solo performances or ensembles involving instruments like pianos or violins.

Have you ever been to cgbg in NYC?

The Ramones used to play there back in the day pretty often.

I'm familiar with both, but I think I'm too young to have experienced either of those things live haha.

Me too, but I've been to cgbg before it closed down.

I imagine the Ramones played a lot of similar punk rock scenes.

I think I'm too old for a venue like that now haha.

I guess the concerts that take place today aren't really the stuff of legend.

For example, in 1972, Deep Purple broke the world record for loudest concert, in which three audience members were rendered unconscious.

I can't see that happening today.

Haha that's crazy.
Do you like Creed?

Oh, God, I remember them being popular back in the day and people not realizing that they were basically Christian rock haha.

Haha yeah it was so obvious they were Christian rock even with their hits but it took people a while to catch on.

Apparently they were so bad that after one concert they were sued by 4 people who went for it going so poorly lol

I guess those people really didn't know what was up!

Although musicians can be tricky; once Dave Matthews was picked up by an audience member on the way to his own concert when he became stranded riding his bicycle.

Haha that's seems like something that would only happen for a Dave Matthews concert.

Is Dave Matthews still around?

I assume he's still alive--God knows he'd be able to sell out a tour as Gen Xers become nostalgic for the 90s.

DMB would make a ton of money, although I'm not sure they'd get a $1 billion offer for 100 reunion concerts like Abba did.

Haha what?

Abba got offered a 1 billion for 100 reunion concerts?

No way.

I can't even name one Abba song.

They only get played at wedding receptions so the old people have something that they remember haha.

I would have taken the money while that audience is still alive!

It's probably the other half of the demographic who would go to the Shift classical music festival.

Haha!
So they didn't take the money?

Apparently not, I guess those royalties are still pretty lucrative or they actually hate each other that much.

Nice chatting!


Festivals are really nice I remember going with my parents when I was a kid, really fun

Which festivals did you go to?

Just local festivals, I want to go to The Shift festival of American Orchestras, that seems like quite a show

Could you tell me more about the Shift Festival?

I heard the main focus was creativity

I sure can, so 4 American orchestras are playing on the festival, the music is great and presenters a re good as well, all the orchestras are famous and skilled so I can see why the main focus is creativity

Who were some of the present artists?

National Symphony Orchestra, Albanys Symphony, Fort Worths Symphony and theres even dancers from the texas ballet

That sounds like quite the lineup.

Do you enjoy going to such events like concerts?

It does sound like an interesting lineup, worth every penny, and yeah I like concerts

Any in particular you want to or wished you went to?

I regret not going to a Linking Park concert, that is one of my favorite bands, they performed 324 concerts in 2001 and I couldnt make it

That is a lot of concerts in one year.

I wanted to go hear the ramones who toured almost 20 years nonstop with over 2000 concerts under their belt

Thats a lot of concerts as well, they must have spent all their time touring, travelling around the world.

Ya.

Personally as long as it's not a creed concert or heavy metal, I think I would enjoy it

Yeah I heard Creed had a terrible concert back in 2002, they even got sued because of their poor performance

And it wasn't even once!

4 concert goers sue the band, you know theres an ancient amphitheatre in Croatia that is used as a concert venue still

That sure sounds like an amazing place to hold a concert

I know right, a lot of history present at the amphitheatre, Pink Floid hold a concert without an audience once

They did that at the roman amphitheater right?

I wonder if just no one came or if they just wanted to play at such an amazing venue for themselves.

I know I would

Yeah that happened at a roman amphitheater, it was back in the year 1972.


Hello!
How are you tonight?

Im doing great now that the server is back up.

How are you?

You and me both haha.
I'm doing well myself!
Have you been to many concerts?

i used to go to concerts when i was younger.

dont have the time or money now.

LOL You?

Haha same here!

What's your favorite one that you remember?

I saw Rush a couple of times.
that was great.
they were so good live.

I bet!

Can you believe Linkin Park did 324 concerts in 2001 alone?

I cant imagine having that much energy.
they must have slept on the bus.
how could they do that?

Pure adrenaline probably haha.

They could have been like the Ramones touring for 20 straight years.

I wonder how many concerts they put on?

Probably over 100 a year, so about 2000?

It looks like 2263 in total!

You were close!

At least they weren't as bas a Creed doing concerts lol.

Is Creed a christian rock band?
it sounds religious.

They were some terrible rock group in the early 2000s.

They were sued once for putting on a terrible show!

Wow, i guess they should have rehearsed a bit before touring.

that is terrible.

i wonder if the fans won their suit.

I hope they did because they were really bad haha.

Do you play any instruments?

I used to play the guitar.
i dont play much now.
You?

I've been getting into the piano.

I didn't realize it's only been around since 1700.

Yeah, it is a complex instrument.
it has a lot of moving parts.

I want to see the piano used by both Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney sometime!

That would be awesome.

I bet there is some magic in those keys.

You could write a hit song!

Anyway, great chat!

I hope so lol.

Great chat as well, have an awesome night!


Good Afternoon!

I love going to concerts, seeing my favorite bands, music live - how about you?

Hello, I do as well though I don't get to go often.

I have been to a few recitals in my day too.

I used to go to shows a lot more that I do now, kids and family will have that affect!

And, I like smaller venues - definitely not areas or stadiums!

I prefer smaller settings as well though I would love to attend a concert in an amphitheater.

In Croatia there is a roman amphitheater that they still use as a concert venue.

Nice!

Europe has so much history and the engineering / architecture was so great, that doesn't surprise me that a venue would still be in use - amazing!

True.

In 72, Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at the amphitheater in Pompeii with no audience at all.

That's strange - makes me wonder if you play a concert for no audience - is it really a concert?

Good question.

Are you a fan of Creed's music?

Four people at one of their concerts in 2002 sued them because it was so bad.

Yikes!

I am not a Creed fan, or that genre.

So I can totally understand why fans would be disappointed enough to sue - but honestly, what were they expecting?!!?!?!

I guess the opposite of that would be Linkin Park who played 324 concerts just in 2001.

They were definitely a success back in the day.

Pretty sure I was at at least one of those LP shows in '01.

It's a shame that the lead singer is gone, he was from around here...

How cool!

Have you heard of the Ramones?

Apparently they toured almost 20 years non stop.

Of course - a little before my time, but very influential in the Rock/Punk Rock scene.

Ramones kinda started the live rock scene in NYC - or at least were the kings of it for some time

Wow, I had never heard of them.
Do you play any musical instruments?
Piano/violin?

I do not - you mentioned that you had been to recitals in the past.

What type of recitals / instruments were featured?

I had a few friends who were music majors in college.

I attended a lot of piano recitals mainly.

Einstein was a musician as well and played the piano and violin very well.

Interesting!

I began to enjoy piano composers later in life, not sure why exactly.

Chopin and Vivaldi are some of my favorites!

A friend of mine in Cali has a baby grand in her house.

They had to use a crane to get it in their house and also remove a whole glass wall on one side of the house.

Course not as big as the grand piano built on the airship Hindenburg.

Fascinating - they had a grand piano on the Hindenburg?

Maybe that's why she went down!?!?!

Well it was aluminum and only weighed about 356 pounds!

I guess you(me) really do learn something new everyday!

In case this chat ends unexpectedly, it was really great chatting with you today!

Same here, have a great day!


Did you know there is a company that has robot dogs for sale?

I did not.
What's it all about?

It's Boston Dynamics and the dogs can do things like open doors and empty the dishwasher.

Oh, I have heard of a German company that is making a dog like robot  called Spot Mini.

Hm.

The one I mentioned can haul 30 pounds and may be used to work in dangerous environments like nuclear clean up.

That would be great!

It sounds like Spot Mini that is 66 pounds and 2 feet 9 inches tall.

Wow.

I heard it can also move on surfaces that wheeled robots cant.

It sounds useful.

I've also heard it can haul a 30 pound payload.

Yes.

Did you know Michael Jackson planned to build a 50 foot robot to roam around the desert near Las Vegas?

No, I did not!

Yeah and robots can be controlled by rat brains?

It will change personalities with the change of brains.

Wowl

Wow!

I know robot movement is so precise that they can debone a chicken with surgical precision.

That precise yet the military uses Xbox controllers to disarm and ID IEDs.

Really?

Wow!

I wonder if they learned that skill on Youtube?

Especially since users can upload, share, view and rate videos.

Probably... Why not?
Police have "BluTube" to share videos.

I have never heard of that!
Do they share law enforcement videos?

Yep.

Did ya know YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine on the internet?

I am not surprised.

I know Netflix and Youtube combined make up half of peak internet traffic in north America.

Yeah, computers have changed things a lot.

A far cry from 1936 when the Russians built a computer that ran on water.

I never knew!

Gangam style got so many views they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.

Hey thanks.
You were an excellent chat partner!


hey there, do you like robots?

I think they are pretty fascinating, actually the term robotics was invented by scifi writer Issac Asimov.

What about you?

Even Michael jackson took deep interest in robots.

Robots can be made to look human or not, which do you prefer?

I don't really mind them taking human form but in the end they are just machines.

I know so I am not sure why the need for them to look like humans

Apparently Boston Dynamics is making a 4 legged dog robot named SpotMini, so now they are creating a market for pet robots too.

cool.

they have trained robots to debone a chicekn with surgical precision

There are clips on YouTube about SpotMini.

It is a bit special since it is not wheeled it can move across all kinds of terrain,

That is so cool maybe I should check it out to see what it is all about

That is the joy of computers because we can access all this information.

And now they are controlling all kinds of industrial and consumer devices!

True.

the us military uses xbox 30  controllers to control theur eod robots

That is awesome.

I believe that robotics can help those who are handicapped, for instance a robotic arm a person could control with their thoughts.

Exactly.

ANd now they make exoskeletons that can help people stand up.

so cool

The scary part will be when a robot starts to think on its own instead of what has been programmed.

We don't want a real life Megatron!

That is true.

Do you weatch lots of videos of robst and other on yoututube ?

Sometimes I do.

Youtube basically has any topic you can think of.

The very first video was a guy talking about an elephant if you can believe that.

And now they have everything in there.

it is the largest search engine on the net

Well yeah they ended up getting bought by Google in 2006 and added the power of Google's search engine so that make sense for sure.

yeah.

originally they had a lower view count but were forced to upgarde it after gandnam style song

Now all kinds of networks like CBS, BBC and Hulu use it for their content.

But you can always watch Bob Ross instead.

I love Bob Ross, what a legend.
It was nice chatting with you


Do you like fish?

I love fish, looking at them and eating them also

Did you know a seahorse is the only fish to have a neck?

that is so interesting, I wonder why they declared that a fish if it is the only one with a neck

I'm not sure, what about eels?

Eels are scary, I always remember the little mermaid when I think of eels, lol.

What do you think about them?

Not much.

Did you know there is a jellyfish that is immortal?

I would not want to cross paths with that.

I think there has to be something that could kill it.

I'm not sure, I don't think that can be real, can it?

I don't think so, maybe I will look it up lol.

One thing I wouldnt cross either is the black swallower fish, have you heard of that one?

Me either.
What about shoes, any interest?

I love my shoes!
I like nike mostly, how about you

I'm more of an adidas fan, but I have some Nikes.

Did you ever have the stephon marbury shoes back in the day?

No, but I had some air jordans?

Nice, I love air jordans.

The marbury shoes were sold at Steve and Berrys for like 15 dollars each.

They both don't exist anymore

Wow, that is pretty cheap, is that on an inflation adjusted basis?

I am sure they are more costly now on ebay since they are so rare.

Marbury promoted them when he was a star NBA player and never took a dime to endorse them, pretty cool

Yeah interesting.

Well, I didn't know that Apple had a clothing line in 1986, did you?

I did not know that, that would be some cool clothing to wear, I think I may go check it on ebay.

It was so nice chatting with you!

Yeah, pretty funny right?
Well, nice chatting!


Hello.
Did you vote in the mid term election?

Hi yes I did.
How about you?

I did.

I think it is very important for all of us to vote.

It is important.

I also like trivia about politics.

Did you know that the senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon cracked it?

I heard about it.
Why did Nixon crack the gavel?
He was not supposed to use it.

I doubt that he did it on purpose.
He probably just got carried away.
But I'll bet he felt pretty bad.

I said earlier that voting is important.

In India, they went even further.

They set up a polling booth in a forest full of lions just to give one person the opportunity to vote.

I don't think we would go that far do you?

No, I do not think so.

Did you hear about the senate and their candy drawer?

Yeah, it must be nice.

But I guess you have to give some of them free candy just to show up.

Look at the Senator they had to drag in by his feet in 1988.

Yes, I heard the obscure rule that was invoked by a US senator.

Do you know which senators got arrested and forced to come to the chamber to vote?

No

Oh, okay.
I accept your explanation.

Did you know astronauts voted from space.

Not surprising when you consider some other voters are lost in space.

Yes, I heard.

I don't how how they do it though because they cannot just say it to the people on the ground.

That's a good point.

Did you hear that Austin Texas voted to rename their garbage dump after fred durst.

I wonder what he did?

Texans were going to vote.

Did it pass?

I do not know who Fred Durst is or was.

I'm sure it was someone important to Texans.

Yes they voted to rename the dump.

I'm thinking he must have been a corrupt politician or something.

It's not exactly an honor.

You are right.

It should not be an honor.

I do not want my name to be on a garbage dump.

I will research further out of curiosity.

I think I will too.

Nice chatting with you, have a good night.

Nice chatting with you too.

Thanks.


Hi there did you know that the US Senate used the same gavel for 165 years?

I think I heard about that!

And then one day Richard Nixon broke it LOL he truly is the master in the art of ruining things LOL

To Funny!

Apparently the Senate set up a rule that the Sargent of Arms could round up missing members and carry them into the Senate chamber.

Wow that's interesting.

You know what I want to do though?

I want to raid the candy desk that's in the Senate, they have a lot of good stuff like milky Way's and Mars Bars and jelly beans lol those are my favorite

Right, haha!

It's a shame that women weren't allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor.

At least not until 1993, wow!

That is insane!

I'm glad that they fix that because that seems really silly, also I like Michael Jordan's quote.

he says that he won't endorse a Democratic candidate because"Republicans buy shoes to"I wish more celebrities would follow in his footsteps

That's some kind of sentiment, kind of confusing, why not just say he's a Republican, lol!

Haha that's true.

How often do you vote by the way?

Did you know that astronauts vote from space?

Wow that's pretty cool.

The indian Government set up a polling booth in the forest, it was full of lions.

Well that's cool.

And they did that all for just a single voter too!

Did you know that in the United Kingdom, not every man could vote until 1918, that's not a long time ago

Wow i didn't know that.

Also a shame that 34% of black males have been permanently unable to vote in Alabama.

I agree that is sad.

What makes me laugh though, is that the citizens in Texas voted to rename a garbage dump in Austin to"Fred Durst"that's definitely a diss on him haha

Yeah it is.

You know there hasn't been a US president who wasn't a republican or Dem since the mid 1800's.

No I didn't know that.

I think it would be interesting to have more political parties in the United States though.

Another interesting thing, is that every president with a beard has been a republican, I wonder why that is haha

Wow no republican has been elected with out a bush or Nixon on the ticket since 1928.

That sounds oddly weird to me.

That is really weird.

Although I think that information is old, because Trump was elected and he's a Republican.

What is really crazy to me, is that the red and blue colors for Republicans Democrats only started in the year 2000.

That seems like it's been that way my whole life, but apparently not

Yeah you would think it's been a lot longer than that.

At least to my relocation.

Yep I agree.

Do you remember Harry Truman?

He was president in 1957, and a Democrat, and so he wouldn't get his picture taken with Dumbo because Dumbos an elephant aka a republican lol

How ridiculous!

If didn't want a picture with dumbo so what how does at 60-70 years old.

haha!

Haha I know right!

does that mean that a republican shouldn't get a picture with Eeyore because eeyore is a donkey LOL I mean anything is possible now

Right!

There have been 16 US republican President.

Apparently that's the most from any one party.

That is interesting.

Also interesting is the evolution of the two parties.

it's even crazy that the Republican party started back in 1854, and before that they were known as the Whigs


Did you know Richard Nixon cracked the us senate gavel after being used for 165 years?

I was not aware of that, very interesting.

Are you really into politics?

just a little, i like to know whats going on

i live in Washington dc so its always on

i would not care for that, did you know astronauts vote from space?

That is awesome.

I am glad that they have the opportunity.

Do you follow the republican party?

yes, every president with a beard has been a republican:)

not sure how accurate that is, Trump does not have a beard

just meant the ones that have had a beard, it seems like red and blue has been used forever for rep & dems but did you know it only started in 2000?

I understand.

I thought the red and blue would have started earlier.

I feel like I have seen it forever.

same, also only dem or rep president since 1853, time for an independent?

I agree with that, they have least funding though

true, hows this for voting, Indian govt set up poll in a forest with lions

that is crazy

they had one voter, talk about restricting the votes

Hardly feels like a majority.
Do you follow the Senate?

not so much, i like the idea of the candy desk where they keep a drawer of candy for the senators though

I love that idea.

As well as women staging a protest for pants suits.

yes, hard to believe they could not wear pants until 1993!

Craziness.
Are you registered to vote?

yes, i think it is important

Me too, a way to make change

nice chatting

Same to you.


How does America make collective decisions.

By voting.

Do you know the difference between the United States Senate and House of Representatives?

One difference is 2 per state for the Senate while the House has 435 districts.

Those who are elected call the people who are represented "constituents"

Yes, and the Senate is considered more prestigious  and more deliberative.

They're both important in for presidential votes, I think.

Yes.

The senate has certain rules where 60 votes are required for many bills.

I think that forces more deliberatioin.

They used the same gavel for 155 years until Richard Nixon cracked it.

The only fun think I've learned about the Senate is that they started the candy desk tradition.

I remember my teachers always had candy drawers in their desks.

I have one in my office too.

One needs supplements if your blood sugar drops for no good reason.

Apparently Pennsylvania is the source of the candy right now.

Was that because of the Hershey factory there?

Did you know they let astronauts vote from outer space?

I think that's a good thing.

The astronaut voting sends a strong message about how important voting is.

I like that too.

For some reason, the candies are Mars bars and Milky Way rather than Hershey.

I'd think they'd have expensive candies from local shops.

I wonder why the Senate used to have a rule that women were not allowed to wear pants until after 1993?

I suspect that women set the dress code in years past so they would look professional.

Michael Jordan would not endorse a democrat because "republicans buy shoes too"

I heard that about Jordan but I really didn't understand what he meant.

I also don't understand why Republicans started out with ideals more like Democrats today and then switched.

Jordan has his own line of shoes made by Nike.

It is a separate brand and he does not want to offend almost half of the market.

But the GOP has always been small government and low regulations.

I get it now!

Well, Jordan was smart for that as far as business goes, it seems.

It's also interesting to me how the Republicans are associated with red and Democrats with blue.

Yes.

I remember one election where one network had those colors reversed.

But the color code is solidly established now.

It seems like it's been so since long before 2000, but that's the year it started, I guess.

I think it's funny that Truman wouldn't be photographed on a Dumbo ride as to not be associated with Republicans.

That is amusing.

It is also odd that all Presidents with a beard have been republicans.

Do you think a party besides Republican or Democrat will ever actually have a person elected as president like Independent or Green Party?

Ha Ha.

I think it is possible that one party will collapse because it is too narrow and a third party will become the second party.

It seems that the democrats are growing, particularly with immigration swelling their ranks, so the GOP is most likely to collapse.

Even though I don't fully agree with either major party, it does make more sense if Republicans faded before democrats because they seem to have the most restrictions that keep things fair.

Maybe Republican's numbers with the attitude of the strong survive is fading?

I understand.

However, I believe in free enterprise which has created the wealth of America.

I am not optimistic that dems will stay on that track.

Too many socialists.

Nice chatting.


Do you read much poetry?

I do sometimes.

What about you though?

I do read a lot of old Epic tales like the Epic of Gilgamesh

I've never read that one.
It sounds fascinating though.
I read more classics like the Iliad.

Yes I read that too.

They're very interesting I think.

We should put more effort to read those kinds of books in our school system

I totally agree.

Poetry and its word choices and writing structure makes it something that encourages creativity.

Yes and the interesting thing about the word poetry is that it drives from a Greek term, the term is poesis which means making

That makes sense since when it comes to poetry you are definitely making something.

I don't think it is as appreciated as a writing form as it could be.

Yes I agree.

No one really writes poetry anymore.

It's interesting how in Javanese, the alphabet will form a phone when it is read in order

Oh that's really neat.

I love when poems do cool things like that.

Like the depressing poem that you are meant to read backwards so it becomes a happy one.

Yes I'll have to check that out.

It makes me sad that Edgar Allan Poe only got $9 for the poem "The Raven" that's actually a really amazing poem

You would think that his family estate is getting royalties on that.

I bet the person that paid him so little was kicking themselves when he became popular.

Yes I agree.

Did you hear about the 224 palindrome poem?

It was created by Demetri Martin, that sounds interesting

That is a huge amount of palindromes.

I'm not even sure I can think of that many let alone that many sentences that could be palindromes.

Talk about talent.

Yes I agree!

What do you think about the Sun by the way?

It's amazing that the diameter is 109 times that of Earth's diameter that is so huge

That is really huge!

And to think it is still only 1 billionth of the size of the largest star ever seen in our galaxy.

Makes you really feel small.

Yes I agree.

Also I never knew that the sun is actually white, only the atmosphere makes it seem yellow, I wonder why we don't learn at school

You would think that would be something they would teach.

I know that we covered the lightening bolt being hotter than the sun at some point.

That is one of the random facts that sticks with you.

Yes that is a surprising fact.

Planets are so interesting though.

I never knew that Venus didn't tilt and that it also doesn't have any seasons

I did not know that.

That is way different that uranus which roles because of how much it tilts.

The name Uranus always makes me laugh haha.

I wish that we had another planet in our solar system no.

Jupiter's moon Ganymede could actually be considered a planet if it orbited the Sun instead of being a moon

I miss pluto being considered a planet.

It is hard to remember them because we can't use the first letter memory trick anymore.


Do you know much about the US senate?

A little, I know people are up in arms over Kavanaugh's Supremo Court nomination.

Yes very much so.

That was quite the rough battle.

Did you know that they had the same gavel for 165 years?

I heard that and then old Trick Dick broke it.

Yes he did.

Were you also aware that there is a candy desk in the senate?

Sounds about right is there anything good any it?

Yes, it's supplied with candy from Pennsylvania including milky ways, mars bars, and jelly beans.

Well i guess sometimes you need a snack.

Did you know that women until recently could not wear pants on the Senate floor?

That's very upsetting.
Do you know how recently?

It wasn't until 1993 and two women had to be defiant to get their point across.

What?!

That's far too recent.

I didn't realize sexism quite that blatant was so recent.

Very upsetting.

Yes it is.

In India the government set the polling booths in the forest full of lions.

That's extremely accommodating.

I knew that astronauts can vote from space which is also impressive.

Especially when there are so many people who would like to vote but can't, like 34% of black men in Alabama.

That's absolutely horrible and unacceptable.

There seems to be a decent amount of suppression going around.

Yeah and it's all unfortunate.

Wow apparently Austin Texas doesn't like Fred Durst much.

They wanted to name a garbage dump after him,lol.

Ha ha!
That's hilarious!
I wonder if they let them.

No president that was a republican did not have a beard.

Sounds funny must be including trump.

That's very interesting.

How odd.

I do know that with the exception of Trump the last time a republican was elected president with no Bush or Nixon on the ticket was 1928!

Strange...I didn't know that Mormons were mostly republicans.

There have been a total of 19 republican presidents.

I did not know that either.

I wonder how many have been Democrats for comparison?


Do you happen to own an iPhone?

I do.

I dont think Ill ever switch to a Microsoft or any other device

I have one as well.

Did you know that women are more likely than men to have an iPhone?

I wonder why.

Im not sure, they probably werent the ones downloading that game send me to heaven and launching them into the air.

Ha ha maybe.
Have you heard of the band Muse?

Cant say that I have, what do they do?

Kind of pop rock.

Matt Bellamy of Muse recorded his unborn son's heartbeat with his iPhone and used it on a song recording.

That is pretty neat.

It is certainly a huge part of our society today, I am glad it has developed from the first versions where Jobs had to switch it out because it kept crashing.

That's so embarrassing.

I hope he pulled it off.

Microsoft held an iPhone funeral when they released their phones.

That was presumptuous.

Very much so, I bet apple just laughed.

Apple's electronics are far superior, in my opinion.

Their clothing line from 1986, likely not.

Wow!

I don't remember that venture.

That was a bad idea.

Speaking of clothing, did you know that the pilgrims were colorful clothing?

I had heard that, but I guess i just remember the white and black from all the history books, or rather the illustrations and descriptions.

They always depicted it that way but they only wore black for special occasions.

I wonder why they always were depicted like that, I mean color is so much more fun.

That's a very good question.

There is a store in Alabama that only sells clothing and items found in unclaimed baggage.

It must be like a high end thrift shop.

I often wondered what happened to all of those clothes.

I think it would be interesting to visit.

This is off topic but do you know much about the white house?

I know some odds and ends, like they still use floppy disks for storing files.

I didnt even know they made floppy disks anymore.

I didn't either.

I have not seen one of those in forever.

Did you know that the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France?

I wonder why they decided to do that?

It also seems like twin buildings could pose a security threat, unless those are equally secure.

I agree but i am unaware of whether they are there for aesthetics or function.


Hi, how are you?
What do you know about the White House?

I know that there are identical versions of it in Ireland and France

That makes sense.

The US has had close relationships with those countries for years.

Their versions probably don't still use floppy disks for storing like ours does partially

I wonder if that is for security purposes.

Strangely outdated tech.

Hm.

That was my guess too.

I find it interesting how many times the White House has undergone renovations.

The West Wing wasn't created until 1901, and it was expanded only eight years after that

It was a modest residence.
The guest house is bigger, I hear.
I wonder when that was built.

Who knows?

I'm surprised Trump hasn't made any changes to the White House.

Solar panels were put on the back by George W. Bush, and I've heard that's not the first time they've attempted solar power

Carter put them on first.
Oil shock and that.
Reagan removed them.
Clinton did nothing.

At least none of them banned Christmas trees like Teddy Roosevelt did

Teddy was a conservationist.

He did like destroying nature.

Unless they were animals with heads for trophies.

Think he made clothing from fur?
I wouldn't be surprised if he did

He probably did.

I guess he thought he was being manly by killing wild animals.

Seems senseless.

There are other ways to prove your toughness.

True, though I'm sure it was good insulation in the winter

Yes, that's true.
He was an interesting guy.
Larger than life.

I wonder if he would have had an iPhone if he lived in this decade.

Women are more likely to own them than men, but maybe he would have preferred Apple

I think he would have hated technology like that.

He was an outdoorsman.

He might have tried the game "Send me to heaven" by throwing his into the air.

He wouldn't have minded a shattered phone if he won

LOL.
Probably not.
Anyway, thanks for the chat!

He definitely wouldn't have bought anything from Apple's clothing line.

Yes, good chat!

True.
Apple clothing?
LOL

It was a thing back in the 80s.
It likely died in the 80s as well


hi how are you today?
what do you think of shoes?

I think shoes are very valuable.

Can you relax with your shoes?
John Candy couldn't.
he had to take them off.
boy his dogs were barking!
I usually wear shoes myself.

I probably wear my boots more than shoes.

do you wear your boots to bed?

i had a friend who did that.

he was worried that someone would break into his house and he would have to fight them.

he didnt want bare feet.

I usually dont wear them to bed.

Unless I am really tired and just pass out.

i guess i would wear my shoes to bed if i lived in a bad neighborhood and had to fight burglars or raccoons.

That kind of sounds a little bit insane to me to ber honest.

yes, but in bad neighborhoods sometimes people break into your place and you might need to confront them.

you want your shoes on then.

clothing would be good too.

Yeah I guess your right.

did you know there are 17 ways to tie your shoes.

i wonder which one is best for fighting burglars and raccoons and other vermin.

i think that it should be a practical knot that can be tied quickly, just before combat.

I think as long a it keeps your shoe on your foot and is quickto tie it would be best.

yes, burglars can be pretty quick, so you need to "stay on your toes" when it comes to tying your shoes.

That certainly is true.

i knew that you would agree.

i have made a rational case for "bed shoes" to go with my bed clothes.

dont ever worry about burglars again.

you have your bed shoes and a knot in the laces that will stay tied in a fight.

You could just use velcro

velcro *is* speedy, ill grant you that one.

but will it hold, especially in the heat of domestic combat?

that is for someone else to test in the field, not me, oh boy, i made that mistake before.

Lol.

Well be sure to get your idea patented like Bill nye did.

Bill Nye.
now that man could tie a shoe.
he is a scientist.
he know how to make things stick.

I know right.
He patented som ballet slippers.
I think he could do better.

never misunderestimate good old Bill.
anyway, great chat.
i gotta go change muh shoes.

bye bye


Hello

Hey.

Did you ever get jealous of the kinds of clothes your friends had when you were a kid?

I totally did!

They were just bragging today about "shoes"  apparently they go on feet to comfort and protect them.

Bunch of snobs, I think.

I remember wanting the trendier clothes my friends wore, and once or twice getting made fun of for wearing hand me downs.

I hear ya there.

One of my friends is wanting to do a clothing line for fish.

I keep telling her that fresh water fish drink through their skin via osmosis.

That sounds more complicated than my aunt buying clothes for her dog!

Some fish drink water via their mouths, but the ones that soak it in through their skin would need clothes that wouldn't block that.

This is so true.

I think that's why I like Jack Purcell canvas shoes.

The dog never gets them dirty when we go for a walk.

I wonder if dogs ever get "jealous" of other dogs with clothes.

Can dogs even make fun of each other like kids or adults sometimes do?

I'm sure they do.

If crows understand economics, trade and barter, then dogs pretty much have to understand jealousy.

Hopefully that won't lead to anything like the coat ban in some schools to try to stop kids from teasing others for their clothing quality.

Can you imagine being banned from the dog park because your dog's Jack Purcells are too nice?

You have a good point, but my dog only wears Patagonia, so I'm not too worried.

I didn't know Patagonia made dog clothes too!

They have really nice human coats (that's funny to write), and they're usually less expensive than some designer brands.

Some of those get up to $955 or more!

I know!

Moncler coats cost more than my first car did.

I don't think I've ever spent more than $40 on a coat, but I have a hard time not being cheap about clothes, plus I live in the desert where I don't need them much!

I've never bought anything like a Moncler.

Poverty Shaming seems like it would take so much energy.

You always have to try and be original or it just starts to turn into a meme

It's really sad how petty or troubled of a person you have to be to do it too.

People put down others because they haven't learned to pick themselves up any other way, and it's indicative of deeper problems.

Oh totally!

They would be better off spending their time buying clothes for their dog.

Maybe people should be more like dogs sometimes.

Dogs aren't going to make fun of other dogs for not having smartphones or nice coats like people do.

You do make a really valid point, but dogs also eat burritos off the ground, so it's a trade off really.

On the other hand, dogs don't waste food that way!

It's a money-saving method that I don't know if I have the stomach to adopt.

Alright, you're right!
Dogs should be more like people!


hello,  do you vote?

did you know Indian government puts their polling booth in a forst full of lions?

That is crazy!

That sure is crazy and yes, I do vote.

DO you?

Astronauts are so cool, they vote from space

Every vote counts lol

It sure does.

In the UK not all men were able to vote until 1918

Thats weird.

I wonder why that was.

Did you know the us sante used the same gavel for 165 years!

Yeah until Nixon broke it.

I wonder if they were mad at him for that

haha,  maybe he just had to pay for a new gavel.

Maybe.

In Alabama sadly a large portion of the male balck population cannot vote

Wow,  permanently too.

I wonder if thats due to people in jail?

Maybe?

I think that is what it is.

On the other hand in Texas seems people are more interested in voting to change the name of the garbage dump

That seems so dumb to me,  are there not more important things to vote on?

Also,  that is so negative towards that person,  arent we voting to make things better,  for positve outcomes.

Yeah go figure.

In Senate women were not allowed to wear pants until lately

Yikes they must have been cold!

I wonder why the topic of women wearing pants is such a big deal in that time.

Well, it is about equality and they must have opposed it until those two senators decided to protest by wearing pants.

Good for them

Heres a fun fact,  Every us pres who had a beard was republican lol

Cool.

And we have either had a republican and democrat president since 1853

Yeah thats interesting!

Looks like Truman refused to take a pic with Dumbo when he was at Disneyland so it wouldnt be associated with republicans.

Why does dumbo related to republicans?

do you know?

Yeah the Republican logo is an elephant and Dumbo is a baby elephant so I guess he did not want to be associated with that

Oh wow lol But its just Disneyland lol

I know right?

Go figure.

Did you know both parties adopted the blue and red as late as 2000

Yeah,   i thought that had been around forever lol I guess not.

Have a good one!


Do you take much interest in the first lady, now or in the past?

Some, I always try to pay attention to whats going on in the world.

I always feel that the first lady is in position by chance, not act.

I know people like to know what they are wearing and stuff, but it seems trivial to me.

Very true, but no matter what they must conduct themselves with dignity, and their past all of a sudden becomes more in the public eye.

I never care who/what/where people wear.

Id rather see their actions.

The first lady is damned if they do and damned if they don't, get involved in policy that is.

It is sadly true.

Supposedly Melania wore a Jacket saying "I dont care.

Do U" to the boarder separated children

Probably not the best choice, but I'd hate it if every choice I made was monitored by hundreds of people every day.

Very true, It is hard to make any statement without a certain base of people hating on it.

The thing now that everyone has iphones and can take pictures of you every second of the day.

That does make things so much harder.

In the past, you might have to worry about some secret cameras, but mainly only got photographed  at big events.

Now it can be at the store.

The only place they can escape the constant media is in the White House, or any other private residence they may have.

Very true.

If they did sneak photos they might catch her using floppy disks.

The white house still uses thos for storage

That would be scandal, they'd accuse her of being a technophobe.

In the days of iphones I thought floppy disks would be non existent.

It really would.
A laughable one at that.

At least they are advanced enough to have solar panels on the building, Bush put them back after Reagan took them off.

I heard that, I wonder why Reagan took them off.

Solar is such a great benefit!

Probably making a political point.

usually everything Presidents do is to make a point.

Can't see any other reason.

Unless the reflection was getting in his eyes.

True, It was like good old Teddy banning Christmas trees, because he was a conservationist!

It makes sense if that is your belief.

Can you imagine the uproar now if a President did it today, the media would be full of their assault on Christmas and Christianity.

It would, unfortunately.

People just read into a situation only what they want to see.

Well I need to go and get some clothing on, have a good day.

Same here.
You as well!


Hello!
Are you into politics at all?

Hi,kind of how about you?

Same here, but only recently.

Did you know astronauts can vote from space?

I didn't know, that' cool.

I know that a chimpanzee received 400,000 votes in Rio de Janeiro in 1988.

Haha He would have my vote too!

I didn't know not all men in the uk could vote until 1918!

haha mine too.

Do you that all votes in Canada are equal to all the votes in California minus 50 votes.

I believe it!

I wonder what Canadian politics is like.

I wonder if they used the same gavel as long as the US senate did?

I'm not sure.do yo know that JFK voted against the 1957 civil rights act.

And he was a democrat wasn't he?

Crazy!

He didn't have a beard so he had to be, since every president with a beard were Republicans!

not necessarily, at some point Hilary Clinton was the president of young republication in college.

I wonder what made her change her political party.

Very interesting!

Harry Truman was so anti republican that even at disneyland, he refused to be pictured on Dumbo!

interesting.

He was selected to be the vice president under Roosevelt because he was able to expose corruption and he saved the government $10-$15  billion when he ran the senate Truman committee.

That's one way to get into the office!

I didn't know we only associated colors with the parties as late as 2000!

Really?

I didn't know either.

but yeah some did a really great job like Strom Thurmond.

he holds the record for the longest filibuster by a lone senator because stayed on the senate floor speaking for more than 24 hours non stop.

I remember hearing about that!

I would have been sitting at the candy desk during that one!

Haha that's funny, in 2000 40% of Alabamas voted to keep a ban on interracial marriages.

what did you think about that?

I think they all need to lose their right to vote!

I think it's funny that Austin TX citizens voted to rename their dump Fred Durst.

Fred Durst, the singer?
that's kind of weird.

Yes probably because they think his music was garbage lol.

Voting is just a cool thing people do.

India even set up a polling station in the jungle for a single voter.

haha that's kind of funny and I feel bad for that voter.

He or she had a fun time finding it I'm sure.

Well it was great chatting, have a good night!

thank you, you do the same

Thanks!


Hello!
Do you like fish?

I do like fish.
Do you?

I've always like them since I was a kid.

Did you know that freshwater fish only "drink" water through their skin via Osmosis?

I had no idea.
How do salt water fish do it then?

They ironically drink through their mouths.

Weird.

Yeah.
The black swallower fish seems legit.
And also has a big stomach!

That must be why it can eat prey twice it's own weight and 10 times it's weight?

10 times its weight is crazy!

I weigh 245 and cannot imagine eating something that weighs 2450 pounds!

LOL  Did you know that the seahorse is the only fish to not have a neck?

No but I do rememebr seeing a cartoon with Aquaman using the seahorse like a regular horse and it made me happy and laugh!

That's right!

lol  There is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal.

That's kind of neat.

I would like to know his secret!

Maybe not immortal but give me until 125...

I hear you there!

I hear people say they don't want to live long all the time.

I'm the opposite.

I would love to live to a long time.

There must be some immortality in shoes as they say 5000 year old shoes perfom better than modern shoes.

That's some old shoes!

I will get a pension in a few years and I want to live a long time to build wealth!

lol Speaking of shoes.

My feet stink really bad and they make my shoes smelly.

Do you know how I can get rid of the smell in my stinky shoes?

lol

HAHAHA... A really self-depricating transition but I appreciate the work!

Either tea bags of trash can...

Nice!

I will have to try that before I get a rash or something.

hahaha  Did you know that professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week?

I wonder how much ballet shoes are?
That seems really expensive.

I'm not sure.

But that's what I was thinking as well.

They must get paid pretty good or the ballet companies must buy them.

Are there shoe contract in ballet like in basketball?

I'm not sure.
Be curious to find out.
I have to get going.
It's been a pleasure chatting with you!
Hope you have a good day.
I have smelly shoes to take care of!
LOL


Hello, my good friend!

How are you doing today on this fine fine day?

Hi very good thanks.

It is interesting learning about the Republican party back in the 1800's!

The Republican party has deep roots, it has a long history, but it has changed.

Now we are down to just two parties.

It is not good.

Yeah I agree.

Since 1853 there has been no president other than republican or democrats.

I think that the red/blue division has made politics unsatisfying for many voters.

They want other options but there are none.

True.

That whole categorization didn't start until 2000 surprisingly.

I think that the polarization of politics came with the Bush/Gore election.

I am not happy that it has not changed.

Now we need for independents.

Yes I agree with you there.

Interestingly every president with a beard has been a republican!

I think that the beard conveys wisdom, the deep wisdom that comes from age.

I think that the republicans want to look like Lincoln.

Yes good point.

In the pas they used animals to associate with parties.

Truman took that very seriously.

I think that Truman knew that the elephant was his mortal enemy and could not be trusted.

Even at Disneyland.

He knew the impact of media.

True.

He just didn't want to be associated with Republicans!

I think that he was smart.

The Republicans were probably trying to set him up.

They laid a cunning trap, but he was too smart for those

Yeah Truman was a smart guy like you say.

After the Voting Rights Act in 1965 the southern states became more reupublican.

Yes, the voting issue made many people in the South angry.

They did not want the change so they went to the other party, the one with the beards.

Haha the beard party yes.

Interesting that the GOP used to endorse values of classical liberalism.

That is the odd thing about the name.

It is liberalism from Europe, not the liberalism of the socialists.

I do not understand politics.

The confusion seems intentional.

Yes it would be so nice if there were simpler terms.

The Senate also confuses me.

It is the more prestigious body than the House of Representatives.

There are fewer Senators and they have 6 year terms.

They are special in politics.

Interesting.

The presiding officer of the Senate is the Vice President!

Yes, the VP has power to cast a deciding vote if there is a tie.

Wow so much power.

The senate once used the same gavel for 165 years!


do you like jazz music?

I sure do.

Did you know CLint Eastwood is also a huge fan?

Yes and he also loves the piano too

Yes.

A woman in harlem hosts free concerts in her apartment every day

Yes for 20 years now and many people stop by there

Yeah.

Do you know who has the best jazz orchestra in the world?

Yes that is Pakistan, strange a bit but good for them

I know.

Do you know why trumpeters have a goatee?

Yes because it is more comfortable when they play

Yes.
Do you like Pixar?

I sure do, they also have a room where only celebrities are allowed in

Yeah.

Did you know RObin Williams was the voice of Aladdin?

Yes and he started that trend of celebrities doing voices

Yeah.

Did you know LeBron is the only one that makes more than JUdge Judy?

Yeah.

Carol Burnett was the first celebrity on Sesame Street

Yeah.

Did you know Texas elected their first female governor when some others statements had not even ratified the amendment?

Yeah.

DO you know the songs Come Together by the Beatles?

Yes it was written for a California Governor's campaign in 1969.

Yeah.

Do you know where Schwarzenegger lived when he was governor?

Not in Sacramento, he travelled everyday there though

Yes and he used a private jet every day


Did you listen to Led Zeppelin?
There's a new book out about them.

I was not aware of that.
Have you heard it?

It's a book.
They do have many good albums.
I remember Houses of the Holy the most.

I know they were hugely popular.
They were a bit before my time.
I do kind of like "stairway to Heaven".

That song got sooooo much airplay and some their best didn't.

This last book actually is actually from the remaining 3 members.

I enjoy books like that.

It is interesting to get insight into great bands.

This one may be good.

It has a diverse set of photos from all kinds of sources.

Very cool.
Have you ever tried to play the guitar?

I tried but I wanted to play well immediately and it made my finders hurt.

I'm no Jimmy Page...

I tried to learn many years ago.

I just didn't have the patience.

My daughter has taught herself the ukulele.

No patience here either...

The guitarist from Queen uses coins for pick.

Maybe that would have helped...

Have you seen "Bohemian Rhapsody"?
I think it would be interesting.

No, but I used to be a Queen listener.

I don't know much about Linkin Park but they have the best selling album of the 21st century call "Hybrid Theory."

Growing up I was a little indifferent to Queen, but now I really like a lot of their stuff.

Which band do you think is beater, Queen or Led Zeppelin?

Different styles but I'd go with Led Zeppelin since they were more prolific.

They named the song "Black Dog" after a dog that hung around the studio.

Yeah, That is interesting.

I guess naming a song can be a challenge.

Naming software is the same way...

I'm surprised that Led Zeppelin helped fund Monty Python's "The Holy Grail"... Classic...

That is also interesting.
Have you seen "The Holy Grail" lately?

It's been a while...

I've seen it many times.

Funny, two identical twins in Japan released a rap album when they turned 100 in 1992!

I prefer to watch that in scenes because the whole movie is a bit boring.

Could you imagine raping when you are 100?

I can't imagine breathing when I'm 100.
Thanks, you were a great chat partner!


Hello,  how are you doing?

Did you know There is a programming language in which the programs are written in musical composition, and functional programs have jazz-like harmonies.

That's interesting.

I guess there is a reason some jazz trumpeters have goatees.

It provides comfort when playing.

hmmm didn't know that.

Clint eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast, pianist, and scored several films, including million dollar baby

Speaking of celebrities, Pixar has a secret room that is often visited by celebrities.

I wonder what is in it.

thats awesome!

Robin williams in aladdin was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films.

And apparently we even need celebrities in our kids tv shows.

Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear in Sesame Street.

Thats interesting.

Judge judy makes $123,000 per episode, making her the highest paid celebrity only after lebron james.

Some celebrities try to do noble things with their fame.

Ethiopia has a tv chef that thinks he can combat the country's hunger

Thats amazing!

Speaking of celebrities wanting to do things for greater causes, did you know that the Beatles song "come together" was written for a campaign?

I did,  but I dont know which one.

It was for Timothy Leary's 1969 California governor campaign.

Good to know!

Ralph lawrence carr was the only governor to oppose the internment of japanese americans during ww2

That is kind of depressing!

I know right.

Texas elected their first female governor, the second in the nation, before some states even ratified the 19th amendment.

Well, that is kind of encouraging.

Did you know that in 1934 North Dakota seceded from the US because North Dakota's governor declared martial law?

Interesting.

When schwarzenegger was governor of california, he never lived in sacramento.

instead he commuted 3 hours everyday... by private jet.

I wonder whose dime that was on.

Good question!

That seems like a long time to have to travel each and every day though.

yeah I know right.
Good talking to you.


Are you aware of the music genre called jazz?

Yes, I like jazz very much.

Jazz originated in the African- american  communities of New Orleans.

Yes, it originated there in the late 19th century.

There's all kinds of jazz, there's swing jazz, gypsy jazz, bluesy jazz, ragtime and European military band music.

Jazz was often played at faster tempos and used more chord-based imprvisation.

Uh-huh.

True.

New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation.

In the 1930s, heavily arranged dance-oriented swing big bands were the prominent style.

But by the end of the 1940s, cool jazz developed.

Yes, cool jazz developed with its calmer, smoother sounds and long, linear melodic lines.

Did you know that Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is currently topping the charts.

Wow, that's awesome.

Jazz trumpeters grew goatees as it provided comfort when playing.

I think many of them became well known celebrities.

Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast, pianist and scored several films including Million Dollar Baby.

Speaking of celebrities, did you know Judge Judy makes $123000 an episode.

Yes, how's that for a pay raise?

Woohoo.

Did you know that Pixar Studio has a secret room that's visited by celebrities?

I wonder who visited it, I want to know what inside now.

Me too.

Did you know that Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street?

Isn't that cute?

Thats interesting!

Speaking of other actors, Robin Williams in Aladdin was the first actor to star the trend of celebrities being voice actors.

Yes, Robin Williams was a trend setter that way.

Did you know that a Harlem woman has held free jazz concerts at her apartment every Sunday for 20 years?

There were top performers stopping by sometimes even!

Yes, and even more interesting is that there's a programming language where programs are written in musical composition and function with jazz-like harmonies.

That's very nice to know!
Great chatting with you!


Do you like jazz ?

Hello there, I sure do, it's such an expressive form of music.

How about you?

I like jazz, especially cool jazz.

Do you know where jazz first originated?

I guess the United States, but I don't know where in the US, do you ?

Yeah you are right!
It was way down south in New Orleans!
Back in the late 19th and early 20th c.

Oh so New Orleans music could be considered as Jazz ?

It is very upbeat.

Do you like that style of music ?

Yeah I would definitely say that it would be jazz!

I really like that style myself, how about you?

Have you ever visited New Orleans?

No never, is it worth it ?

It seems that every city has its style of jazz even Kansas City.

That is very true, Kansas city jazz is much more hard-swinging and bluesy, so cool how different regions have different styles.

Do you think gypsies have anything to do with Gypsy Jazz ?

I have never heard of any gypsies communities on US soil.

I am not sure, that sounds more like an eastern european type jazz with the musette waltzes, very interesting though.

But I a more interested in "challenging" jazz styles, the less "dance-able" the better it is for me.

Interesting, did you know that Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is super popular?

Yes, I have heard of it,  if jazz is new to them, they have 100 years of jazz music to play to their audience.

That is true, there also is a women in Harlem who has been hosting free jazz concerts at her apartment every Sunday for 20 years, wonder how her neighbors all feel about it?

Yeah, and it is a weekly think, I tolerate a party once or twice per year, but every week, I would start to complain.

And you what do you think about this ?

I think that they all must really like jazz and like her, because 20 years of every sunday is a crazy amount of jazz concerts to hold!

It must be on the lease of the neighbors, "must love jazz".

And "not be afraid of people with goatee".

Lol, good call!

Yeah I was very surprised to read that those goatees started as a functional thing, not just looking cool.

I wonder how they found this, was it a guy who had already a goatee and did not complain or a guy that complained a lot and grew a goatee in last resort.

Lol, hey that's like the chicken and the egg thing.

Anyways, it's been fun talking with you, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!


DO you enjoy jazz

Love it!
How 'bout yourself?

I also love it, its a genre with a lot of history and interesting roots, all the way back to th 19th century

Doesn't come from african roots type music?

Yeah in the late 19th century, in communities of New Orlans, such a great genre, relaxing and nice to listen at

Did you know Clint Eastwood is a huge Jazz fan?

No, I didnt know that, I always liked him as an actor, didnt thought he was a Jazz fan as well

Plays jazz too.
Also plays the piano and scores movies.

Talented guy, what are your thoughts on the goatees some of the pleyers grow?

I like them.

kinda sets them apart from other musicians.

1970's was the era for jazz.

It surely does, its characteristic of the genre, apparently they grow them for comfort

I could see that.

Especially with a sax leaning on your chin all the time!

Yeah, the hairs can reduce the frictioin and help them, Pakistan has a great jazz orchestra maybe they all have goatees

wouldn't that be something to see!
Have you ever met a celeb?

Only soccer players other than that no, what about you?

I saw Bill clinton from a distance once.

I also swear I saw tiger woods one time too!

Pixar studios has a secret room just for celebs.

That room must be awesome, I wonder who has access to that room, maybe Robin Williams did

Maybe Judge Judy?

She is one of the highest paid celebrities so yeah, that would makes sense,

I wonder if Carol Burnett ever got to see it?

Another top celebrity so yeah, that would make sense, I bet she did.


Hello!
How are you?

I'm great!
Do you like Led zeppelin?

I do!

I didn't know they were formed in 1968 though!

Do you?

I listen to them every now and again.

Did you know they partially funded monty python and the holy grail?

I didn't know that!

That's awesome though!

Do you know how "Black dog" got its name for a song?

It appears there was a dog wandering around the studio!

Interesting, I never knew that!

Speaking of recording songs, NWAs straight outta compton was the first album to reach platinum status without a major tour.

That is so cool.

That means it was really good haha.

Did you know Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory is the best-selling album of the 21st century?

That's actually pretty surprising!

Two twins in Japan released a rap album when they turned 100.

It's never too late I guess.

Well said!

I would love to hear it sometime haha.

The Dark Side of the Moon was still one of the top albums in 2014, 40 years after release!

That's pretty awesome!

Reel big fish had to rerecord all their hits for a best of album after losing the rights to their old record label.

Ouch.

Well at least they could remember how the songs went haha.

That is crazy how that could happen!

Yeah, that really sucks.When eddie van halen recorded the solo for beat it he set the speakers on fire!

That would have been a sight to see lol.

He must have been rocking hard!

Yeah, that would have been insane!

Queen's guitarist has a Ph.D. in astrophysics!

He looks smart haha.
He uses coins as guitar picks too.
That must take talent!

Yeah, he's a pretty interesting guy.

Pink Floyd turned a house boat into a floating recording studio!

I wonder how that would be on the drums lol.

Muse's guitarist holds a record for most smashed guitars on tour!

I wonder how many!
Well great chatting with you!

It was great chatting with you too!

Thanks!
Have a good one!