Do you listen to Country Music?

I do, actually.

I don't keep up with the gossip so it's interesting to hear that Miranda Lambert is mixed up in this divorce drama.

Do you listen to country music at all?

Apparently at one point U2 pretended to be a country band, were you aware of that?

I didn't know that.

It's some interesting music history for sure.

I love that they wore wigs and costumes.

Who even thinks of that?

Wasn't it also interesting that George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins?

I didn't know that.
Are you serious?

Yes, and did you know Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode?

The only celebrity who makes more than her is Lebron James.

Case dismissed!

OMG, no, but I can believe it.
She is highly watched during the day.

Oh wow, and Hugh Laurie makes $700,000 per episode of House.

That's unreal.

Can you imagine just making that much money?

Yeah, that is a lot.

I liked that show a lot for the first few seasons.

Yeah, I used to watch House back in the day.

Do you know if it's still running?

I don't think I've heard of it being canceled.

I don't think so.
I only watched the first few seasons.

Have you ever hear Hugh Laurie's real accent?

I think his American accent is so good!

I never would have guessed he had that British accent!.

Actually I have.

I can tell when he's acting that he has one though, I can tell with both British and Aussie actors that they are hiding it.

Wow, I can never tell with accents.

Oh wow only two African Americans are in the country music hall of fame.

Why do you think that is?

Country music has its roots in blues, which is very much created by African Americans.

I'm not sure.

I don't follow country music that well.

But the Fender Strat was originally intended for country.

Do you play guitar?

Oh not at all.
I'm not really musically inclined.
Do you play any instruments?

I play guitar.

The Strat is mostly used in rock, but it has a twangy sound.

I can see it being a country instrument.

I can understand that.
What kind of music do you usually play?

I grew up learning all of the early Van Halen albums note for note.

I used to be pretty good

Wow!

That's pretty cool.

Hm, did you know Henry Ford financed country music because he didn't like jazz music?

Wow, no.
But it wouldn't surprise me.
Well nice chatting with you!


Hello, how are you doing tonight?

I am great, how are you?

I am doing great as well.
Do you like many drama's?

I do like dramas?
How about you?

I do, I am more of a horror buff but House was one of my favorite of the categories.

Did you know house was one of the highest paid drama actors!

Hugh Laurie!

Who knew!

Yea he made 700k per episode!

I could only imagine what to do with that money.

I was shocked to learn judge judy was second with $123K.

WOW!

That is shocking, I hated when that came on when I was a kid and nothing else would be on tv.

I know, right.

It was like when soul train came on on saturdays.

You knew cartoons were over!

That was the worst or when you stayed up too late and that stupid blender info commercial came on you knew it was over.

I guess you could always listen to the radio and find some classic dramas there.

Do you listen to country music?

I like some, have you heard of the Dead South, that's about the closest I come to country.

I have not.

Jeff Bezos is cousins with George strait though!

That's interesting, did you know it actually originated in  the southern United States in the early 1920's.

I did not.

I did read that there are only 2 african americans in the country music hall of fame.

Really?
Do you know who they are?
I did not know that.

I am not sure but I would like to find out... Google here I come!

Did you know pixar has a secret room that is visited by only celebrities?

I did not know that.
I wonder what is in that room?

Me too, well its been good talking with you, have a great night!

You too.
Great chat!


Hi, how are you?

Hello there, I am well thank you.
Are you a fan of country music?

I will listen to it if it is on.
I will seek it out once in a while.
What are your feelings about it?

I don't mind it, but I don't own any of it.

I do like classic country though if I had to choose between now and old.

I agree.

I like the older stuff because I can understand the significance of it.

It is well chronicaled so there is a lot to learn about.

Now, it's just all Jack Daniels and despair.

I can't agree more, I feel today's stuff is just too cliche and doesn't have any real meaning.

Good call.

Did you pay any attention to the Blake Shelton-miranda lambert drama?

Not really no, didn't they get divorced a few years back?

Yeah.

I don't really pay attention to that stuff so it all passed me by.

And I was happy with that!

Yeah I am the same way about that.

Speaking of famous people, do you know how much Judge Judy earns per episode?

Probably more than I make in 2 years combined.

How much?

Yeah same here, and I guess it's 123,000 per!

That is some serious dough per show.

Yeah.

I'm not a fan of her.

She can be a little mean sometimes.

Do you know if she's actually a judge rather than just playing one on TV?

I think she is, I think you have to be a real judge to do those shows, but I am not sure.

Well, good for her!

I don't want to hate...

I hope she gets rich and puts me in the will though!

Yeah I wouldn't mind her doing that.

Do you know who the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street?

No, who?

I guess it was Carol Burnett, I wonder what year that was though?

I would have never guessed that.

That some nice trivia!

Do you think she has been Pixar's secret room?

That I'm not sure of but that would be interesting.

I wonder what they all have in there?

Nice chatting with you!


Hello are you a fan of country music?

I cant honestly say that I am.
how about you?

It's ok.

I like the older country music.

Did you know that the Fender stratocaster was intended for country music?

Really?

That is pretty cool.

George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins.

That's a lot of cash between the two of them.

lol  There are only 2 African Americans in the country music hall of fame.

I guess you dont see many African American country musicians.

I can only think of Charley Pride and Darius Rucker.

I dont think I would have even been able to name Charley Pride.

I only know his one song "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" because it was popular when I was a kid.

Henry Ford helped finance the popularization of country music due to his fears over the "urban decadence" of jazz music.

Wow.

That is kind of crazy, and somewhat racist.

I know right?
I never knew that about him.
Do you follow any celebrities?

I dont really, Id prefer to keep up with people making a contribution to society that isnt purely entertainment.

What about Sesame Street?

Carol Burnett was the first celebirty to appear on that show.

I loved it as a kid.
I still think it is great for kids.
Did she do the ear tugging thing then?

lol I remember that.

Who knows?

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

I wonder what's in there that it's such a big secret?

lol

I wonder if there is like a secret handshake to get in too?

It has to be pretty cool if it has become noteworthy.

That's funny!

...and I guess so.

lol  Judge Judy makes $123,00 per episode making her the highest paid celebrity only after LeBron James.

I've never even watched her show.

Never?!?!

It is classic trashy TV.

If you ever want a good laugh, check it out!

lol Robin Williams in Aladdin was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films.

I had a good time chatting with you!

It was a very nice chat!
Have a fantastic night!

Have a good night too!


Hello, do you like music albums?

I do, especially rap albums.
How about you?

I like rock and country, but rap also is good.

Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory album is the best-selling album of the 21st Century?

I believe it!

I feel like everybody owned the album that I knew!

I want to hear that rap album by those 100 year old twins though!

I agree.

That would be hilarious to hear how they rap at 100 years old.

I bet it was better than most people today haha.

I would never want to hear Korean rappers do a compliment battle though!

Me either lol.

I bet it would be very hard to understand and follow.

I'm sure!

I wish I was in the court room when the judge rapped Eminem's ruling to him lol.

That would be awesome to see!

Reel Big Fish re-recorded all of their albums after losing rights to their old record label.

I remember that band but I forget what song they were famous for!

I want to go back and re-watch Rugrats because Busta Rhymes voiced Reptar in it haha.

I always liked Busta Rhymes.
Do you know much about Earth?

Not really, all I know is that if earth's history was a 24 hour period, humans only represent 1 minute ad 17 seconds of it haha.

That's a very short time we've been on the Earth.

More than 80% of Earth's natural forests have been destroyed.

That is one sad fact!

It's also sad that we will be helium free soon!

That is sad.

I wonder what kind of impact that will have on the economy?

Balloon companies will go out of business.

It will be a sad day for clowns as well!

HAHA.

When Earth was first formed, a day was only 5.5 hours long.

I'm glad I wasn't living back there then!

I'd be tired all day everyday!

I would love to be the UN ambassador to aliens though!

Me too lol.

That would be a pretty cushy job I think

Yes just sitting there and waiting for us to find something!

I would probably get bored and start wanting to get into comic books like Eminem did!

Haha same here.
Well, it was good talking to you!


I'm happy that Hybrid Theory was so popular.

I love Linkin Park and White Stripes and all those other 00s bands -- they were like a holdover from the classic days of grunge.

Yeah they had some good sounds.

Also happy that Dark Side of the Moon is still popular.

You ever try that trick of syncing it up with Wizard of Oz?

No, I've never tried that.
What happens when you sync them?

I couldn't get it to work, but apparently a lot of people have -- when you start them both at the same time there are a lot of amazing coincidences between the movie scenes and the songs.

That's funny, I'm gonna try it when I have a chance.

Probably helps if you're stoned, LOL.

I'm surprised the earth's day was so short at first.

I wonder if the moon's gravity slowed it down.

Yeah I think it did.

I heard you can fit all the planets between earth and the moon and still have room left over.

I'm afraid they'd all be one big planet before long though.

We really need to reverse deforestation.

I recently read where reforestation and rewilding could suck decades worth of CO2 out of the atmosphere.

Yeah, that's pretty scary to think about.

Hopefully something will be done to reverse it.

Yeah, using land more efficiently would make a huge difference.

I thought it was weird that the Hudson Bay region of Canada has less gravity than the rest of the earth.

I wonder why that is?

Is the earth less dense there or something?

I don't know, I wonder if you would weigh less there too.

Presumably if the gravity is weaker.

I mean, you weight less on the moon, right?

Yeah, that's weird.

I also heard that Jupiter's gravity saves us from many asteroids.

That's a good thing.

I guess their gravity well vacuums up a lot of income debris.

Yeah, it's like a personal bodyguard.

It's a lot like the Earth's magnetic field protecting us from radiation.

Yeah, apparently the magnetic field reverses every 200,000 - 300,000 years.

I wonder when we're due for another one.

Nice chatting with you!


Are you a fan of hip-hop?

Somewhat, how about you?

I like the rhythm that the music genre has, not a big fan but I do like it do you like Kendrick Lamar?

Somewhat, dont personally care for him much though.

I see, well I like his album ''Damn'' it won the award for best rap album at the 60th Grammy Awards in Madison Square Garden

Wow.
Thats pretty awesome.
I dont doubt his talent.

He has a lot of talent, he had 7 nominations in the awards and Jay Z had 8

Jay Z is pretty much a legend!

Yeah he is a legend so what other genres do you like, heard any good albums lately?

I love Dream theater.

They have a new one out, but I havent heard it yet.

Dream theater?

sounds like a nice venue, one of my favorite bands is Linkin Park I wonder if they ever played there.

Dream Theater is the name of the band, hard progressive rock/metal.

I do like Linkin Park too.

They have the highest selling album.

Oh its the name of a band, sorry thought it was a venue and yeah that was a great album one of my favorite ones.

Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd is pretty classic too.

It was released 40 years ago and its still one of the best selling albums, at least it was in the year 2014.

That is some true staying power.

So many albums today wont be able to claim that,

Music has become a lot more commercial and not as good as it used to, did you hear about the 100 year old twins that released an album?

Yeah, in Japan and it was rap if I am not mistaken.

Yeah that happened in Japan back in the year 1992, its never too late to follow your dreams I guess.

Very true, if you make it to 100 why not?

Yeah, surprised they made it that long and had the energy to do a rap album, anyways its been great chatting with you, I really appreciate it.

Same here!
have a fantastic day!


Hello there, are you a big hip hop fan?

hi, I can't say that I'm a big fan but I do like some of it, what about yoU?

I am a fan but mostly of early and mid 90's rap.

I think that is the best period.

Ya I like that period, a lot of new music doesn't really interest me.

What do you think of Linkin Park?

I think they're horrible.

Yeah I wasn't a big fan of them as well.

I guess one of their albums was the best selling of the 21st century.

Ya which I find like, crazy in a bad way haha.

I just can't believe it as well.

I guess Reel Big Fish had to re-record most of their hits after losing the rights to them.

ya that makes sense its the smart thing to do so they still have control, I haven't heard of other artists doing that have you?

No that was the first time I have heard of that happening but I'm sure it has before.

I wish I had a twin, apparently two identical twins in japan made a rap album when they turned 100 years old haha

What!

That is the craziest thing I have ever heard about rap music.

haha like not only could you have a twin to do crazy pranks with, but also do rap albums, I'm gonna check that album out haha

Yeah I think I will as well that is just too funny.

Did you ever listen to Tupac?

I have heard some songs, what do you think I should listen to?

I would start anywhere to be honest.

All eyez on me is good.

I guess his music is in the library of congress.

ok great I'll check those out, do you listen to anything besides hip hop?

Oh yeah hip hop is not my usual.

I love 50's and 60's and anything elephant six I'm into.

How about you?

ya I like most music except for country, I just can't get into that twangy stuff haha but I would say mostly 80's classic rock is my favorite

Yeah I can do some 80's stuff.

I can only do like classic country myself lol.

Haha ya I don't know what it is about country, i just can't take it, like seriously haha

Lol, I don't think you're alone when it comes to that.

Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good weekend.

thank you you too!

I'll check out those tracks you sent over

Sounds good, have a good one.


hi how are you?
do you like to go to concerts?

Yes, I love going to concerts!

I used to go when I was younger.
now i dont have the time or money.

Have you ever been to Croatia?

i have never been.
i hear it is a nice place though.

Me either.

I heard there is an ancient roman amphitheater that is still in use as a concert venue.

That is great!

the acoustics must be good.

i wonder how comfortable the seats are though.

I would like to see it!

I wonder if it also is a tourist attraction.

I wonder what famous bands have played there.

i dont think croatia is a typical destination for them.

I am not sure.
Have you ever been to a bad concert?

I have been to bad concerts.
usually i never see the band again.

Me too, have you heard about the lawsuit for a bad concert?

that sounds very american!
LOL who got sued?

In 2002, a creed concert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.

That is sad.

Creed is a christian rock band, right?

i wonder if they rehearsed before performing.

I am sure they had to practice.
I am not familiar with the band.

I dont know them either.

i wonder what happened as a result of the law suit.

I am not sure.
Do you like pink floyd?

I do like Floyd.
they are still popular.
do you like them?

I do.

They recorded a live concert with no audience!

That is quite artistic of them!
Anyway, great chat!

I am going to go try to watch.
Have a nice day!


I am a big fan of comedy.
How about yourself?

yes I enjoy it also.

The green lantern film was originally going to be a comedy with jack black

If I remember correctly that movie was a huge flop so it couldn't have hurt.

i remember that also.

3rd rock from the sun won the golden globe for best comedy series in 1997, i loved watching that show

I liked that show a lot when it was on.

John Lithgow is amazing in everything he does.Bill murray thinks kung fu hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy".

I love Bill Murray.

me too.

Comedy central has cancelled a lot of shows throughout the years, over 100

I didn't know it was that many but I knew it was a lot.

After Colbert left it feels like they've tried 10 different shows in that time slot alone.

true.

I did not know that python programming language was partly named after Monty python

I didn't wither but I love that fact.
I'm going to share that with others.
Do you enjoy concerts?

I do.

Linkin park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone due to their album success

That is way too much touring.

It would be exhausting.

The ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts...they toured almost non stop for over 20 years.

wow that's a lot.

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

That sounds amazing.

I would love to see that.

On a similar note, in 1972, pink floyd recorded a live concert at the ancient roman amphitheater in pompeii...with no audience.

wow that's awesome.
Creed fans sued them over a bad concert

Well to be fair I would imagine every Creed concert is a bad concert.

They knew what they were getting into ha ha.

that may be true.

Linkin park also has the best selling album of the 21st century with hybrid theory

I would not  have guessed that that would be the best selling album.

I would have been more likely to choose a very popular pop album if I was guessing.

me too.

The dark side of the moon is still one of the best selling albums of 2014 even though it was released over 40 years ago

It deserves to be.

It's an amazing album.

I'm glad generations keep discovering it.

Nwa's straight outta compton was the first album to reach platinum status without the support of airplay or a major tour.

Great album also.

I like the two twins from Japan who put out a rap album at 100 years old

I've never heard a Japanese rap album and certainly not one from two 100 year olds.

How strange.


Did you know that Linkin Park played over 300 songs in 2001?

No, I did not know about that.
Are you his fan

I think they seem like an interesting band.

They also had the best selling album of the 21st century, "hybrid theory"

I heard about this band, but have not heard any of their songs.

They must be very good to have that selling record

Yes they seem to be okay.

I found out two twins from Japan made a rap album when they were 100 years old.

It seems you're never to old to make music!

Hahaha.

I couldn't believe both of them lived that long, and was shocked that they were able to rap at that age

I know, I doubt I would be able to at that old.

The Ramones toured nonstop for over 20 years, some people can just keep going.

I am wondering where have they obtained that source of energy and motivation.

Btw, do you like comedy

I do too.

I do like comedy, do you have a favorite?

both The Big Bang Theory and Friends.
You?

I like Friends too.

Did you know the Green Lantern was originally going to be a comedy with Jack Black?

Not even a clue.
But I eventually paid off.
Also, I like 3rd rock from the sun.

I do too.

It was such a good show it beat Friends for a golden globe.

Do you like Kung Fu hustle?

I have not watched that show.
Is it good?

It's good.

Bill murray said it was a supreme achievement in modern comedy.

I see.

Did you watch Comedy Central's shows.

I think it was a waste of money when Comedy Central cancelled more than 100 shows since its creation

I do too.

Did you hear Pink Floyd recorded a live concert with no audience?

Did he video the concert and then sold the video or just for practice, I am curious

I'm not sure.

I guess it happened in Pompeii so maybe for a video?

I guess so.

I think they just want to borrow the scene for the purpose of the video's theme

I do too.
Well its been nice chatting with you!

likewise.

bye


Hey, looking for something to do in D.C.?

You should check out the Kennedy Center, it's pretty cool.

Yes, it's beautiful.

I saw at least one symphony there as a kid.

David Sedaris is speaking there.

He's pretty funny.

Interesting, I've never heard of him.

Me Talk Pretty One Day is a classic.

I've never heard of it.

Did you know that Empire Strikes Back was nominated for a comedy award?

Huh, never heard that before.
How did that happen?

I'm not sure it is true, I don't believe it.

Green Lantern was originally going to be a comedy with Jack Black in it.

I think that would have made it better.

I've never seen it, was it any good?

I think it ended up staring Ryan Reynolds right?

Yeah, pre-Deadpool.

He's come a long way since that Pizza place sitcom.

Ever seen Kung Fu Hustle?

Oh yeah, see I first remember him in Van Wilder.

I never saw Kung Fun Hustle, did you?

Yes.

It's brilliant.

Imagine a live action Looney Tunes cartoon.

Bill Murray loved it too.

That is pretty hilarious.
I liked Bill Murray in Groundhog day.

That's a classic.
Ever watch 3rd rock from the sun?

Interestingly, no I always thought Seinfeld was way better.

Yeah I think it holds up a little better now.

It beat Seinfeld for the Emmy back in '97 though.

Interesting, why would that happen?
I can't imagine that.

WHo knows.

Hindsight is 20/20 I guess.

I wonder if either of them would have survived being on COmedy Central?

Probably not.

I think Seinfeld was initially canceled if I remember correctly, and the brought back, right?

Don't really remember.


I didn't realize Robin Williams was the first celebrity to be the voice of a Disney character in a movie.

Yeah, that seems crazy to think since every major animated movie now has big named celebs as voices

Kids' movies are big money for celebrities now.

What is your favorite kids' movie?

Growing up, it was the Lion King, so I'm super excited for this remake coming this year

I didn't know they were remaking the Lion King.

I remember Elton John singing the soundtrack.

We saw the Lion King musical this past spring.

That's awesome!

Where at?

I saw it in Toronto like fifteen years ago.

It was really good!

I saw it Kansas City.

I have never been to Toronto.

I have only been to the Niagara Falls area of Canada.

Toronto is nice, but Niagara Falls is awesome.

I'm from the Buffalo area, so we used to go all the time.

And funny enough, we had a Cadillac growing up haha

That's funny.

I don't think I have ever ridden in a cadillac, bizarrely enough.

I have been to Buffalo several times.

They have a really big mall there.

Yeah, there isn't much else to do in Buffalo except go to the mall!

So, since you haven't had a Cadillac, what other cars have you had in your life?

I have been in a lot of different cars.

A Mercedes Benz was definitely one.

One of my coworkers bought an older model BMW to challenge herself to buy a newer one.

Then, she became an executive.

That's the way to do it; setting goals is definitely essential

I like to set goals for myself.

One of my goals is also to have a BMW or Mercedes Benz.

I used to work directly with executives, so I aspire to be more like them.

That's awesome!

I hit one of my goals a few years ago and bought my first new car.

It's a Jeep Grand Cherokee and I couldn't be happier with it!

That's great!

I haven't bought a "new" car yet.

I have bought several new to me cars.

My spouse has bought two brand new cars.

I think that is the way to go.

Yeah, sometimes you don't know what you are getting with the used cars, but there are definitely some reputable dealers in my area that I would be used from.

I have been pretty happy with half of the used cars I have purchased.

The two I wasn't happy with were old already.

I just needed something to get from A to B, and they both didn't last me very long.

I still have the "A to B" mentality to be honest.

I

We have a nicer car, now, and it's so pleasant to go places and not worry about if your vehicle looks good enough.

I also enjoy the more comfortable ride...and the heated seats are amazing!

I'm down south now, but if I was still in Buffalo.

The heated seats would be amazing!

I'm in the middle.

I love the seats.

I try not to use them if we are going very far because I do get relaxed when they are on.


Hello, how are you this evening?

I'm good!
Do you watch "The Voice"?
I used to, but not anymore.

No I don't either.
Do you ever watch Judge Judy?

No, I don't watch Judge Judy.

But I do watch Jenna Marbles, she's a Youtube celebrity.

Do you watch either?

Sometimes I watch Judge Judy.

I was reading that she makes $123,000 per episode.

Who is Jenna Marbles?

Jenna Marbles is a Youtube celebrity, she makes funny videos and how-to videos about make-up and stuff.

She makes $346,287 each year from her channel!

Wow.

I'll have to give her a watch sometime.

Did you know Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to be on sesame street?

I didn't know that, how interesting!

But yeah, on "The Voice" they had this kid who was 13 years old and it just made the whole crowd and the coaches go crazy!

There is some really good talent out there.

Is Miley Cyrus on that show?

I think she used to be at least, she might still be on the show.

I know Shelton, Levine, and Jennifer Hudson are on now.

Jennifer Hudson was the lucky coach who got the kid!

What do you think about Miley Cyrus?

I think she went through a really hard time being a child celebrity so early and then she kind of evened out.

I am not a fan of her music or acting but she's alright!

Pretty nice now.

What about you?

Yeah I think that she had to go a little crazy to shake the Disney brand.

I like her.

So Kennedy Holmes was only 13 years old?

Yeah!

I looked her up on Youtube and she is so, so good!

She sang Adele's "Turning Tables".

Do you like Adele?

I don't know who Adele is.

I have the feeling that I am somewhat older than you.

Is Adele a current singer?

Yes, her albums are titled after her age at the time, so "19","21","25".

She sings songs like "Rolling In the Deep" and "Set Fire to the Rain".

She's unbelievably good, not so pop-y but more soulful I think.

She's British.

Thanks.

I guess I should try and keep up with the times.

Did you know that Adele  said the spice girls were a major influence in her music?

Wow!

Her music is very different from theirs.

She originally wanted to pursue a career in talent scouting but then saw P!nk perform live and decided to pursue more artistic avenues.

Oh, well maybe the information I read is mistaken.

I think Adele went to school with Amy Winehouse.

Isn't that a coincidence.

No I bet she has multiple influences!
And yeah, that's a crazy coincidence.

Thank you for bringing me up to date on some of todays singers.

Have a good evening.


How you doing?

Have you heard of Fangoria, the horror magazine?

I recently read something about that!

Apparently, it's been around since 1979.

Yea, it's pretty cool Fangoria relaunched just in time for Halloween, perfect timing

Definitely.
Are you a fan of the horror genre?

Yea, I love watching horror movies with supernatural and macabre themes, you?

Totally!

Did you know Inception was supposed to be a horror film?

It evolved to be a suspenseful heist thriller.

I had no clue.

I know that Stephen King considers bambi a horror movie, but I disagree with that lol

Oh, I can understand that!

I remember being terrified when I saw it as a child.

ET was also originally scripted to be a horror movie.

Wow, I never knew that, they went a 180 on that.

Did you know watching a horror movie can burn 180 calories?

That makes sense.

I'm sure things that elicits fear produces a lot of adrenaline.

Yea, and apparently make you more likely enjoy abstract art too

I like that it overlaps a lot with fantasy and sci-fi.

I guess so.

I find it quite funny that the actor who played Danny in The Shining didn't release he was in horror movie until much later.

A lot of the people involved in the original Exorcist didn't think it was considered a horror film either.

Lol, I wonder what all these actors from The Shining and Exorcist thought they were starring in.

I guess "Scream" was a bit more straightforward, as it was originally titled, "Scary Movie".

Yea I heard that too, then the Scream spoof called itself Scary Movie.

Did you know the creepy metallic noises in horror films come from an instrument called a waterphone?

I didn't, how funny.
I wonder why it's called that!

I don't know but it make a good ringtone, especially on an iphone that has more computing power than the US Nuclear ICBM deterrent

Did you know there is a luxury ringtone maker that hires the London Symphony Orchestra to record its ringtones?

I had no clue, I will check that out.
Well it was nice talking with you


Do you like horror films?

I cant say that I do.

However Stephen King thought Bambi was a horror film and I enjoyed that one, so maybe?

That is crazy.

He called it the first horror movie he saw.

lol

He did indeed.

Danny, the boy who was in the Shining, didnt even know he was in a horror film during filming.

I wonder what his parents told him when they were taking him to the filming locations!

lol

Or how he perceived things during filming

Yes!

The majority of creepy metallic noises in sci-fi and horror films are made by an instrument called a waterphone.

Never heard of that before.

Neither have I and I am a musician.

That's neat!

Did you know that watching horror movies can burn up more than 180 calories?

lol  Are you fan of Walt Disney?

I love Disney.
It helps bring out my inner child!

During the 70's Disney recycled a lot of their animation frames resulting in identical scenes in some movies!

I have heard of characters making appearances in other movies, but hidden.

It is kind of like the hidden mickeys in the parks.

I've heard that too!
Kind of like movie easter eggs.

It is neat.

Did you know they started making Wreck-it-Ralph in the 80's

I had no idea!
I liked Frozen.

Me too!

It was the first Disney film directed by a woman!

Yes!

I was going to say that but I hit the button before I was done.

lol  The toy industry gets involved in the Disney animations even before the beginning of the film production.

Kind of interesting.

So they are trying to make a movie that revolves around selling toys and not a pure story line?

Maybe.

It could be that they want to make sure the figurines are able to be made?

I dont know.

I never thought of that before.

Kind of makes me think differently now towards them.

lol  The Lion King was the first Disney movie to be dubbed in Zulu for it's African release.

How interesting!

Yeah.
I wonder how many followed it.
It is neat to be ground breaking!

I agree.
I have to get going.
Loved chatting with you!


Hi!

Did you know that Adele went to a private school for performing in England?

Hi there, I did not know that but it makes sense!

Interested that she and Amy Winehouse went to the same high school.

Interesting.
Yes, I read that too.
Imogen Heap went there too.

Very neat.

Speaking of celebrities, did you know that Robin Williams was the first major celebrity to do voice-over acting in Aladdin?

Yes, and he started a trend!

I wonder how often it had been done before, and who came next.

Right!

I certainly miss him and his contribution to film and acting!

Truly an original.

Yes.

And guess who was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street?

That I don't know, who was it?

Carol Burnett!
Isn't that interesting?

It makes you wonder what modern celebrities are appearing on kids' shows!

By the way, have you heard about Pixar's secret room?

Yes!
A secret room for celebrities to visit!
I wonder who has been there.

I wonder what's inside!

Do you think Lebron James has been there?

Maybe!

And guess who's the second highest paid celebrity, after Lebron?

I know this one, it's Judge Judy!

I remember her shows were always on daytime television.

Hard to believe she's still making new episodes!

Yes, and earning $123,000 for each one!

I would keep at for that kind of money too!

I feel like she is the poster child for an entire genre of courtroom television.

Hahaha.
But what a great career!

You're right about that!

Talk about a great career, did you know that Jann Mardenborough started a career as a professional race car driver by playing a video game?

Yes!

By beating 90,000 people at Gran Turismo!

That's amazing.

I would never think that those skills would translate into real life.

My Guitar Hero skill definitely haven't!

Hahaha.
Well, it's been great talking to you!
Have a good evening wherever you are!


Hi, how are you?

Good, yourself?
do you listen to music?

I do listen to music.
Do you?

I love it.

I especially like Adele!

Do you know her full name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins?

Just rolls of the tongue!

she won the Brit Critic's choice award in 2007.

Seems like she has not been around 12 years

I know.

Daniel Craig actually cried when he heard Adele's skyfall theme!

I am not sure a song has brought me to tears.

Adele went to school with some talented people!

She did.
Adele also loves the spice girls!

Who doesn't!

21 is the biggest selling album in the uk in the 21st century...

Very cool!
Adele has really become a celebrity.

yeah.
Her voice is amazing.
Although she may be camera shy...

I've read that before.
Do you watch Judge Judy?

I do not.

I am too busy finding out if he is the father on Maury...

:) She makes 123,000 per episode!
I wonder how much Maury makes?

All the free DNA tests he can use.
Not as much as Carol Burnett though...

!!
Do you drive a lot?

I do.
Do you?

not a lot.

but did you know the term trunk comes from a wooden box that used to be on the back of cars?

I did not.

I am glad McDonalds made a drive thru though.

Can you imagine going in all the time to place your order?

that would not be fun.

I do want a flame thrower on my car though like they do in South Africa!

Remind me not to drive near you!
Nice chatting with you!

you too!


HI, Did you know that Jupiter has radio storms so strong that you can actually hear them by AM radio?

Yes i was listening to them on my AM radio the other day.

Its kinda cool

Wow, i didn't know that, I wouldn't even know what to listen for, what do they sound like?

A bunch of static really.
Much like canadian music.
lol

Ha ha, i think it funny that it's a Canadian law that 40% of their radio music played has to be Canadian.

That must be a ton of Justin Bieber music songs.

He is from canada.

True, I forgot he was!
I've never been to Canada, have you?

no.

I used to live near the border to but had no desire to go

Did you know that there are more libraries than McDonald's in the U.S.?

Really.

I did not know that.

I know McDonalds built the first drive thru though

Oh, I didn't know that!

It's interesting that an imprisoned man spent 10 years in the library studying law to prove his innocence, and it worked!

He is now a lawyer that helps falsely convicted people.

That is why I don't borrow from Library.

I am too afraid of going to jail if I return my book late.

Ha, good one!

The guy who started Netflix, had 40 bucks in late fees on a video rental and thought that was insane so he started Netflix !

If I went to jail then I would likely spend all my time in the library too.

I would be trying to watch as many DVDs as I could

In 1895 the UK prime minister Gladstone founded a public library at age 85 and wheelbarrowed his personal collection of 32,000 books for 3/4 mile to donate them.

That is so cool, to start your own library.

Such a wonderful gift to his community.

Yes, I think so too!

His daughter said...He was bringing together books who had no reader and readers who had no books!

I wonder how he was able to collect so many books back then?

I was just wondering that also, growing up we had a library in our home, well it was the spare room with shelves, but we called it our library and we had hundreds of books but I can't imagine how he amassed that many in the 1800's

I wonder how modern libraries are able to keep up with all the demand for digital media these days.

Yep, everythings streaming and digital these days.

I see that Sacramento actually has a "library of things" to rent, like sewing machines, that's pretty neat.

I think I am going to the local library and check out a book now.


Fleetwood Mac seems to have a lot of drama in their band.

They are always changing their roster

It's true.

One of the core band member Lindsey Buckingham was fired.

I have heard he is a difficult band member and was fired due to tour disagreements.

Yes he has been in and out of the group a couple times.

Of course the McVies were married and getting divorced in the band as well

It could be their love triangle or perhaps pentagon.

As Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were partners and she had an affair with Mick Fleetwood while the McVies were getting divorced.

Yes it is amazing that the band stayed together through all of that but McVie was determined to stay committed to the music

Well drama is definitely an understatement for that band.

They wouldn't need lessons from Patrick Stewart who teaches classes for students in the UK.

For sure.

Heck Michael Caine just became an actor because of the pretty girls

Not a bad idea.

Jon Hamm probably didn't need acting help to meet girls but he ended up teaching Erin from the Office at a drama class in his old high school.

I just want to be Hugh Laurie - he got 700k per episode of House!

That is a lot of money.

I wonder is Aerosmith made that much money from Guitar Hero.

Apparently they made more through the game than any album.

That is very curious.

I wonder how much Linkin Park made on Hybrid Theory - that was the best selling album of the 21st century

I did not know that.

Nice to have an album name.

Led Zeppelin decided not to title their fourth album to confuse the hated rock press.

That would definitely be confusing!

I want to buy the rap album that two 100 year olds from Japan released

Me too.

They would have to make a clean version though if I wanted to purchase it at Walmart.

They only sell clean versions and if the artist won't make it, they won't sell it.

I wonder if Reel Big Fish albums are clean?

They re-recorded them all after a dispute with their previous label

Interesting, maybe Walmart was involved.

I don't think there needs to be a clean version for Bob Marley.

He has been on the album chart for over 914 weeks!

That is pretty impressive!

Dark Side of the moon was still one of the best selling albums in 2014 even though it was released 40 years prior!

Wow.

It must be that good to be liked for so long.

I wonder how good Radiohead is if their singer is credited with playing the laptop.

Doesn't sound as classic as Pink Floyd.

That is for sure.

I still do not get how Nwa had an album reach platinum status without even going on tour..

Entertainment is an interesting business.

Well thanks for chatting I learned a lot of new and interesting things today.

I am going to go listen to my favorite album!


Are you interested in clothing?

I wear them everyday so I guess I am, I like to wear pants and trousers, I hear they originated in east Asia

That is pretty cool

Did you know Apple had a clothing line back in the year 1986!

Was it just a shirt with their logo?

Im not sure, they dont have it anymore but I bet the logo was an important part of the design, would you buy an Apple T-shirt?

Probably not

Do

Yes?
Do I what?

Sorry I hit the enter button by mistake, I meant do you know the Rip Curl brand?

Not really.
Why?

Well the brad makes clothes in North Korea and the label says made in China

That is pretty messed up.
Isn't false labeling illegal?

I guess it is, maybe they corrected this mistake by now, Pilgrim clothes were full of color as well, they only wore black on special occasions

My childhood drawings speak otherwise lol.

T

T?

I have a problem with the chat window, I cant really see what I am writting sorry about that, I wanted to ask if you like to wear Trousers

Not really, I just wear jeans and tshirts usually.

A DC judge actually filled a lawsuit against a small dry cleaning company because they lost his pants the sue was of $67 million, seems really excesive

I hope he didn't win cause that seems excessive.

In any case, thanks for chatting.


hello!

Hi, Just finished watching basketball game, do you watch the Warriors?

No I don't, I don't have any favorite teams at the moment but one of my all time favorites is Michael Jordan.

I got to meet him once.

How was the game?

It was alright.

I was just reading LaVar Ball called Steve Kerr Milli Vanilli

Hahahaa, guess you could get offended by that lol

Kerr just ignored him though

That's good.

I read his facial expression said it all....

Yea, I guess Ball thought the previous coach did all the work but Ball doesn't know much about being a good coach

That's what I hear.

It's too bad.

And coaches are the highest paid state employees...college football or basketball.

Yea, in at least 39 states

Yes, seems crazy but it must be a tough job.

I wouldn't want it lol .

Yea, I rather be the player

Me too, definitely.

If I was as tall as Kareem abdul-jabbar I would love it!

Yea, dude got the slam dunk banned for over 10 years when he played in college

I read that!
He is an amazing player.

So was Michael Jordan, Kim jong-un use to draw pictures of him in school

Oh wow, didn't know that.

I love Michael Jordan....funny how he was about to ditch Nike when that newbie ended up creating Jordan's dream shoe lol

Wow, I heard his son cost his college a 3 million contract with adidas

Yeah, I heard that too, wow that's crazy but who doesn't love Nikes

Allen Iverson, he wears Reebok

haha, well I guess there's a few....

I'd wear reeboks too if I got paid 32,000,000

ummm yes me too!
It has been nice chatting!
Hope you have a great New Year!

You  too bro


do you watch the NBA?

Yes I do.
Do you know who Reggie Miller is?

Sure do, he is a hall of famer but his sister was always better than him

Yes she once scored 105 points and broke 8 national records

Yeah what a family of talented kids in the game

I know.

Did you hear about that deal Iverson signed with Rebook?

Yes they are paying him $800 000 each year until he is 55

Yeah and then he gets a lump sum of $32 million after that

They guy is safe to say that is set for the rest of his life

You bet.
Have you heard of the granny shot?

Yes it is the one that scientists have proved to be the most effective

Yes but the players think it looks funny so do not practice it

Yeah.

Air Jordans were banned when they first came out in the NBA court

Yeah.
Do you know who Kareem Jabbar is?

Yes he used the dunk shot so much that it got banned for a while

Yeah.
DO you know who invented the sport?

That was the coach of U of Kansas James Naismith who is also the only losing coach

Yeah, the coaches are still the highest paid employees in many states

Yeah.

Have you heard of the highest court in the land?

That us in the US supreme court building on the top floor

Yes, I wonder how many people get to play there


I am surprised that today's athletes have surgery on their knees all the time and that is not a deal killer like it used to be.

I know.

I find that weird.

Same with pitchers and Tommy John surgery.

Has surgeries gotten so much better that it can create a good as new player?

Derrik Rose seemed to have many knee surgeries.

I think so but there are some exceptions like Andrew Luck and his injury two years ago.

Derrik Rose seems to have gotten right this season and he might make the all-star team...

I wonder long term in retirement if all of these injuries come back to haunt the players?

I know a few players are just wrecked with daily pain, especially football players and tall basketball players.

Knees are always hurt.

I did not know that NBA players are the worlds best paid.

I would have guessed NFL.

No, it's funny when the MLB and NBA guys get monster contract to read what the football players say.

They're jealous!

But NFL games are so unaffordable to go see.

NBA games you can get in the nose bleeds for about 30.

It's about the TV contracts.

The NBA has 41 home games that has 41 tv games.

Also, the NBA has a stronger players union and gets a higher percent of the revenues than the NFL.

How about shooting granny style being the most proficient I would love to see them do that in a game.

I would much rather sign that contract Allen Iverson signed...

I cannot believe that 800,000 a year and 32 million at the age of 55.

I know.

I hope he has a good finance person... Michael jordan's son cost his school a $3 million adidas contract when he insisted on wearing his father's line of Nikes

But I like that Tim Duncan stayed in college for four years instead of jumping to the NBA.

That must have been hard.

Tim Duncan is a different dude.

Plus wake forest was really good.

He made it to the final four so I am sure he loved it.

So he is more of a experience guy than a money guy.

I wonder what other guys in the NBA waited to play.

There are a lot but not many any more.

Most of them want the jump to the NBA to start the clock on their rookie contracts, they are for 4 years.

Then they are 22 and have a huge contract infornt of them.

It makes sense but weakens college ball.

I wonder how many washout after 4 years and have no huge contract at 22.

But got a taste of the good life and can go back.

More than people know.

Especially the guys drafted in the 80s and 90s because they had small contracts compared to today's player.

Do they get a retirement check after 4 years that would be a good useless fact to know.

Nice chatting with you...


You a big fan of basketball?

Admittedly, that was more my brother's gig than mine, but I do find some things about it fascinating.

For instance, they say Kim Jong Un was obsessed with the sport and spent hours drawing Michael Jordan!

Weird, huh?

I am a big fan of the game Jordan is the  best his my favorite player, it seems like you like basketball as well

I like Jordan, he seems like a real down to earth guy.

They say his best friend is the limo driver that first picked him up when he arrived in Chicago waaay back in '84.

That tells you a lot about him as a person, you know he almost ditched Nike at one point of his carreer?

Really?

I didn't know that... something big must have happened to make him contemplate giving up all that money!

Well it seemed like they offered him a sweet deal as he didnt ditch the brand apparently, I loved the Air Jordans, great shoes

Interesting note, they were originally BANNED from the NBA, but Mike kept wearing them anyway, because Nike was willing to pay the fine.

I guess the publicity they got from Jordan wearing them was bigger than whatever they had to shelve out!

I guess Nike has the money to pay those fines and also they made a lot of money because of those shoes, Jordan is a legend of basketball

I tell ya, the money athletes get from shoes is just amazing.

For isntnace, Allen Iverson has a got a contract with Reebok that pays him $800.000 a year and will give him $32 mill when he reached 55!

Makes me wish I could dunk a ball!

LOL

I  agree lol, all that time wasted, learning to play basketball seems like an easy way to become a millionare

Speaking of Jordan, you know they're doing a sequel to Space Jam?

This time around it'll have Bugs Bunny with LeBron James.

Dunno if that'll work, I mean, make a sequel so long after the original.

I loved the original movie and who knows, maybe it will work out just fine, I think LeBron is also a great player so we just have to wait and see

going back to money, being a coach is also a lucrative field.

I'm told in 39 of 50 states the top paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.

Again, makes me wish I had a head for sports strategy.

Wow, the highest paid state employee?

I guess they do pretty good, I wonder why coaches dont ask players to shoot granny style more often, its the best shooting technique

Ahhh.. probably because the player wouldn't do it.

Best or not, it looks a bit on the silly side.

Doesn't have they coolness factor of the standard jump shot.

I see your point it does look like a silly thing to do, do you like Tim Duncan, he is also another great player.

Not too familiar with him, although I heard he passed up a deal with the Spurs to stay in college for four years.

That takes commitment to education!

A know a lot of people who wouldn't have done that!

Do you think that was the right call?

four years of pro basketball is a lot of money and college can be expensive

Well, the thing is, if something happens to your body, then your athletic career is gone, but education can never go away.

So, I guess it depends what you prioritize.

I agree, you can get injured and then you will have nothing, you know the supreme court has a court on the top floor, it has a cool name

Oh, that's neat, what do they call it?

They call it the Highest Court in the Land, I wonder if they use it a lot, who plays?

is it only judges?

I can't see some of those judges playing basketball.. not without breaking something...  lol!

Well, hey, this has been a good conversation!

It has been a good conversation and maybe they have a game of Judges vs Criminals.


Hello there, do you watch the NBA?

Hey there, I am actually a very big fan of the NBA.

Do you have a favorite team?

I do not but watch the games from time to time?

DO you know Reggie Miller?

Yeah.

Reggie Miller is a Hall of Famer in the NBA and was often overshadowed by his older sister Cheryl.

Do you know who Michael Jordan is?

Yeah he is the legend of NBA and also a great businessman after that deal with Nike

Indeed he is.
Did you know which NBA team he owns?

Actually I do not.

Do you?

The Bulls?

I know Air Jordans were banned when they came our first, in the basketball court

He owns the Charlotte Hornets.

I did not know that about Air Jordans.

Did you know that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got the dunk banned in college basketball for a decade?

That is insane, he was just too good at it I guess.

Do you like Iverson?

I love Allen Iverson.

He's one of the best players of all time.

Did you know the Supreme Court has a basketball court on their top floor?

Yeah , is it that one that is referred to as the highest court in the land?

It is.

Quite funny if you ask me.

Did you know the NBA used to be called the NBL?

No actually I did not know that.
What did that stand for?

It stood for the National Basketball League.

Have you ever been to an NBA game?

Oh ok that makes sense actually.

I have a couple of times.

Do you know who the best friend of Jordan is?

No I actually don't know that.
Who would that be?

Is the limo driver that gave him a lift when he went back to CHicago in '84

Wow that is very interesting.

Did you know there was 1 Canadian team in the NBA?

Yeah, the only one.

Even Kim Jong Un seems to have been obsessed with Jordan back in school

I think everyone did back then.

Did you know Jordan almost ditched nike?

I guess the design was not good at all.
Nice chatting with you.


Hi.
Are you a Fleetwood Mac fan?

I am, I like Go Your Own way.

That seems to be a theme song for the way the band has changed members over the years.

Latest news is that guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham has been fired and won't appear on upcoming tour.

Do you think that'll change their sound?

Really?

That's so crazy, haven't they been around since the 70s?

Band  formed in 1967, I think.
Who's your favorite band member?

I think McVie is the better singer, Nicks is the most famous though.

Yes.

Her voice is distinctive.

Seems like band picked up Mike Campbell from Tom Petty's band and Neil Finn, frontman for the Australian band, Crowded House.

Ever heard of them?

Interesting, I didn't know that.
Too bad about Petty, I was a big fan.

Keeping track of Fleetwood is as hard as remembering all the characters on Game of Thrones!

Do you watch this HBO series?

I saw the first 3 seasons, but couldn't keep up with it fully.

Just hard to follow along.

Agreed.

Watched 1st episode, picked up plot about exiled bro, selling off his sister to raise an army.

Thought, whoa, there's a LOT of nudity and explicit sex in this series....What did you think?

I think it is like every other show.

Cool plot, but gets redundant, and I don't have a lot of free time.

Yes, you're right.

There's appeal in the sort-of medieval setting, though.

Ireland, where some of series was filmed, is actually a sponsor.

Needs the tourist trade.

Yeah, I think there is some really good acting.

Like the kid that played the evil boy king was great as an actor.

Yes, and the lovely sister who rides dragons and is immune to fire.

Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter is a character, too.

Have been to Northern Ireland, Belfast.

Signs of big conflict are still everywhere there.

Ever been to Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, Croatia, Spain, Morocco, Malta, Canada, where series was shot?

I've been to a few of those.

That must be cool to be an actor and have that job.

Wouldn't mind the paycheck, especially if on series for 8 seasons.

Heard Hugh Laurie (House) is highest paid tv actor ever.

Did you like that series?

I didn't know that, how much did he make?

A reported $700,000 per episode.
Not bad, eh?

WOW!

that is a ton of money, how many seasons was it on?

Don't know.

See listings for re-runs all the time.

They earn the actors more $$$.

Beyond G. of T., I still like old, old drama, like Shakespeare's riveting Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, and Romeo & Juliet.

How about you?

Interesting, I'm a fan, I've read all of  Shakespeare.

Did you know Patrick Stewart was a Shakespeare actor before Star Trek?

Well nice chatting.


Hello, do you like cars?

Yes, I love cars.

Let's start with the definition.

A car or automobile is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

Most definitions of car say they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four tires, and mainly transport people rather than goods.

That is very informative,  thanks.

Here's another one, did you know that McDonald's added drive-thru windows in 1975?

Do you know what for?

I think it was for soliders.

Yes, they were not allowed to get out of their cars wearing their fatigues.

That is really considerate of Mcdonalds,  and now we can all enjoy the convienence.

Yes, and they can enjoy all the money they made off of that idea!

Do you know why they call the trunk of a car a trunk?

Yes, because old cars used to carry wooden trunks in the back.

Good old-time fact.

Yeah really fun fact.

Although it doesnt seen fun to lug around a trunk with your belongings.

Speaking of lugging around you clothes, did you know that Apple had a clothing line in 1986?

i didnt.
That was a long time ago.

Yes, I think they still have it.

Did you know that there's a store in Alabama that only sells clothes, cameras, etc found in unclaimed baggage at airports?

Thats awesome!

I wouldnt mind shopping there, who knows what you could find.

I would love to go to that store myself.

I know it would be like a thrift store but newer stuff.

Still speaking of clothes, did you know that Aladdin's pants were modeled after MC Hammers'?

I did,  that is hilarious.

Aladdins face is actually based off of tom cruises face.

Really?

In Collinsville, IL there's a law that prohibits "saggy pants" so Aladdin and MC Hammer would get trouble in that city.

Thats an interesting law,  does that go for homeless people too, what if those are the only pants they have?

Not sure about that.
Nice chatting.


Do you own a car/

Hello, I do, what about you?

I have a car, I wish I could equip a flame thrower on it like South Africa can lol

That would be hilarious.
Looks like it's to deter carjacking.

For sure, I guess it isn't a problem here but a major problem there.

Did you know that the first car was created in 1886 and not 1908 like most people think

I did not know that.

Did you know Cadillac was named after a French explorer?

I think I heard that, it was the founder of Detroit if I remember right, I can't think of his full name

Yep, he was also the founder of Detroit which is pretty interesting.

Now I remember, his name was antoine de la mothe cadillac, cadillac rolls off the tongue better lol

Yep that's it lol.

Did you know the trunk of a car got its name because older cars actually had wooden trunks in them?

I never knew that!

Makes sense though.

i wonder if they need flame throwers back then because it sounds like it was easy to break into old trunks

LOL.
Do you like clothing?

I love clothing, my favorite shirt is a 1986 apple edition shirt, you?

I love clothing too.

I wonder what those Apple clothes looked like lol.

I saw pilgrim clothing was actually very colorful.

I heard that too, we were taught wrong in school about their clothing, but then again thanksgiving was a special occasion

Yep.

Rip Curl makes clothes in North Korea even though the label says China.

wow, I wonder why that is, maybe even cheaper than chinese labor?

Do you own rip curl stuff?

I don't own any Rip Curl stuff.
What about you?

I do not either and don't care for them now lol.

It was so nice chatting with you!

It was very nice chatting with you too.
I'm glad you are into fashion.

You too!
Enjoy your day!


How do you feel about Fleetwood Mac?

A little dysfunctional but a great band...

I've never been impressed with them musically, but I can appreciate their longevity despite the drama.

Buckingham is a great guitarist and song writer but too willing to quit the band.

Big ego...

Mixes intimacy with business which never works...

Yes, love and money don't mix well.

How on earth did their album "Rumours" get finished with all of the relationship roller-coaster going on?

It was a drama a bet and not the kind that's fiction represented in performance.

I think there's good drama, that people will pay to see, and then there's drama that just infects everything.

Do you think there is any of the good drama in the band's history?

I'm not sure.

Christ McVie commented on the drama in an interview with Rolling Stone and it didn't sound good.

"We played through the hurt".

I've had bad days at work where a sour relationship just colors everything black.

I can't imagine having to play music with any sort of genuine emotion.

True.

I'm not sure I could pull that off.

I don't know what happened to all my albums.

I once owned "Rumors".

I don't even have a turntable now.

Are the type of person who can spend a whole afternoon with an album, just listening and not doing anything else?

Nah, I would get antsy doing that.

I need something more to occupy my mind, like watching Game of Thrones.

Are you a fan?

I like to put on music and then do more mindless chores like folding laundry.

It gets it done and you still get the benefit of the music.

Never seen it.

What do you like about it?

I do that too so I like the background music thing.

I put my  thousands of songs on random and let it fly.

Good times.

I think a show like Game of Thrones would be too involved to really be relaxing anyways.

Oh it's not relaxing and one has to pay attention.

I'm talking music like Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon...

I don't think I've spent enough time with Pink Floyd to appreciate them.

They bring back college memories for me.

I actually prefer newer alternative stuff.

The stuff not found on albums...

shorter releases that don't make up a full album?

I really meant to say "vinyl".

Most alternative I like was released on CDs and MP3s.

Nothing lasts forever...

Surprised that GoT is finishing in Season 8.

Bummer.

Not every show can be the simpsons.

I do like how such a popular show has effects on other parts of life ... like promoting Arya as a new baby name.

Yeah.

I think Big Bang Theory has longevity... Like the 40+ year-old Dark Side of the Moon that's still selling well as of 2014...

Agreed.

There are some things that just last, just like that.


Do you like to watch Netflix?

I watch netflix all the time.
What about you?
Do you use netflix?

I do like to watch it im one of the 59 millions of subscribers in the USA

Ah, well I am also one of them.

Netflix has almost 150 movies with a 100% rating on rotten tomatoes.

Sounds like it has great movies in the site, did you hear about how Reed Hastings got inspired to create the site?

Wasn't it because he had to pay 40 or so dollars on a late dvd?

Yeah he got so mad he got inspired to create the Netflix service.

Netflix offered to be sold for around 75 million but block buster rejected the offer.

I bet that they sure regret that now!

$75 million, that is a lot of money but nothing compared to the $2 billion the company is worth now.

Yep, and when netflix proposed the blockbuster that they should use netflix, netflix was laughed out of the office of blockbuster, I bet that they regret that now!

Did you know that Netflix spends 20 more times in postage than in bandwidth I wonder why!

Yeah, I thought it would be the other way around!

I thought that as well, I guess they still have the renting option.

Have you gone to any good concerts lately?

No I have not, although Abba turned down 1 billion dollars to do 100 concert reunions.

1 billion dollars really?

how can they turn down an offer like that one.

I agree, I would take that offer even if it was just one million dollars!

Yeah even for half a million dollars or even less, I love money, so what is one tour.

I believe that it is a trip around the world where you do a bunch of concerts.

The foo fighters had such a loud concert that it became a seismic reading.

Woah, that concert must had been really load, Pink Floyd had a concert with no audience once.

It was great chatting with you by the way.

Yeah, it was nice chatting with you too!

Hope you have a nice night, bye.


Do you like Fleetwood Mac?

I do not know much about him to be honest.

Me neither.

Apparently it's a band.

The members of the band have changed a lot throughout the years.

Oh really?
Can you name any of the members?

The true lineup according to fans is Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Chrstine andJohn McVie, and Mick Fleetwood.

But a lot of band members have quit and rejoined too.

Well that's good to know.

I am more of a Drama fan.

Drama comes from the Greek word meaning "action".

Do you enjoy drama movies or tv shows?

I like comedy mostly.
It helps me to unwind.

Do you know who Patrick Stewart is?

He teaches master classes for drama students in the UK.

No, I am not familiar with him.

Hugh Laurie is apparently the highest paid actor for tv drama.

Are you familiar with him?

Patrick Stewart was in the movie Xmen, among other movies.

No, I have never heard of Hugh Laurie.

Hugh Laurie sounds vaguely familiar to me though I don't know who he is exactly.

He must be pretty good if he earns $700,000 per episode.

That is insane money!

I don't watch soap operas, but i know they got their name because they were sponsored by soap manufactures in the past.

Do you like Jim Carrey?
He is a little too silly for me

No really.

I think he is nuts.

I really like the show Game of Thrones though.

Have you seen it?

Well, an interesting thing about Jim Carrey is he doesn't act in dramas because his beliefs do not allow him to act in things that don't project positivity.

Interesting.
What are his beliefs?

I am not really sure about that.

And, yes, I have watched Game of Thrones but it did not capture my interest.

Really?

I Love game of thrones.

Did you know it was based on the fantasy novels "A Song of Ice and Fire"?

I think I had heard that.
Have you heard of Game of Lions?
Now that I may be interested in.

No I haven't.

I am just excited for the last season of Game of Thrones this April.

Game of Lions follows the lives of lions like Game of Throne characters.

It is on Nat Geo.


DId you know that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor in tv drama making $700,000 per episode in House?

No, I didn't know that.

Did you know there is a website that you can listen to classical radio dramas?

interesting.

Michael Caine became an actor at his school because all the pretty girls joined drama club

Well I guess that is a good way to meet woman

jim Carrey doesn't make any dramas any more because he believes he should only play in movies that project positivity

That's too bad, he has some pretty good drama roles

Did you know that Harry Lloyd is related to Charles Dickens

No I didn't.

Did you know Charile Chaplin's granddaughter is in Game of Thrones?

Wow, it runs in the blood.

There is a National Geographic show called game of lions following lives of lions like the game of thrones characters.

Lol that's awesome, I wonder if they place they shoot it at funds them like Ireland funds Game of Thrones

Funny to think about, but two identical twins from Japan did a rap album when they turned 100 in 1992

Wow, that's interesting.

I read Linkin Park's hybrid theory is the best selling album of the 21st century

I'm not familiar with Linkin park, but the dark side of the moon seems to have been timeless after 40 years still best selling in 2014

Yea that's impressive.

NWA was able to reach platnium status without radio airplay or any touring which is impressive too

yes that is.

Vinyl LPs are still issued through album sales are mostly CD and MP3's in the 21st century

too bad they still don't release albums on audio tapes

Yes, I still have some with family birthday parties from the 70's recorded.

Special to me.

Used to rip though sometimes so thats probably why they went to CD and MP3's

Yea, It's funny that the band Reel Big Fish had to re-record all their his for a best of album

Drama comes from a Greek word meaning action

Interesting.

Drama used to be considered as a form of poetry

The two masks represent traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy

Yep, and drama is derived from "I do"


Do you like cars?

Hello, I do to some extent, I think they can be interesting, what about you?

Pretty much every car is named after the person that invented it....Ford, Cadillac..ex

That's interesting, I knew Ford but not about Cadillac, do you know who that's named after?

Some french guy, Antonie de la mothe Cadillac.

I wonder why he was so influential enough, huh.

I know Ford at least was influential in replacing animal-drawn carriages.

Right, I'm not sure about this but apparently this French guy founded Detroit.

Ahh that's definitely enough then.

It's interesting how different areas have different cars and rules too.

In Ohio it's illegal to warm up your car.

If it's cold im warming my car up.

that don't make since it's not good to drive your car if its not properly warmed.

Exactly!

It's a strange rule.

I know when Audi entered the Indian market, they had to make a new horn to be used a lot more.

That's a much more necessary rule.

Yeah, Hey listen to this it's illegal in south africa to equip a flame-thrower to your car to prevent carjacking.

That's crazy, I'm surprised they had to make that rule in the first place.

On the other hand, Google's self-driving cars have an "aggressive" mode.

Wonder what that does.

Did you know that Apple had its own clothing line in 1986.

I didn't know that, clothing has a lot of changes.

The Greek's used to use asbestos as clothing, wonder how that worked.

I think we know now how it turned out.

Rip Curl makes cloths in North Korea even though the tags say the same old same old " made in China", haha.

That seems illegal haha, or at least negligent.

The company mogul tests bulletproof clothing by shooting employees that wear the product.

Talk about being dedicated to your work.

Some dry cleaning got sued for 67 million over a pair of pants.

People are passionate about clothing for sure.

I know a man once wore 70 items of clothing to avoid a bagging charge.

Gotta save where you can i guess.

Apparently the Romans saw wearing pants as barbarian.

It's crazy how trends change.

An African tribe still wears Victorian style clothes, like the people who occupied them originally.

Thats a sad state of affairs.

I'm still hung up on the dry cleaners and 67 million dollars on a pair of pants.

nice talking with you.


I just read that at the start of WWi that all the diplomats in the US were sent out to the countryside into luxury hotels to stop them from communicating with their governments.

Nice!

I would love to send all the politicians to Jupiter for a few years to improve Earth's atmosphere!

Although I have heard that radio waves from Jupiter can be detected on Earth.

So, maybe we send the politicians to another galaxy instead.

i agree.

These hotels were so posh that the Italians complained about taking walks.

they didn't like Germans or Japanese in the same hotels as them either.

It was like a country club prison.

My heart bleeds for them.

All this to keep them from communicating to their governments.

They could have used radiowaves anyway couldn't they?

Electromagnetic frequency blasts only take an antenna and a well-tuned radio to receive.

I guess they would have to be allowed to have radios to do that.

these were actual prisons though with guards fences, spotlights, etc.

but they were treated well and even got paid their normal salary while there.

Even 6 babies were born while in these "prisons"

Oh, not just a weekend gig.

I wonder what the rules were.

According to Canadian law, all radios are required to have at least 40% of their music played be Canadian.

Oh, Canada...

Canada!

There were even weddings at these hotel prisons.

The Japanese complained that they could not get their cases of Johnny Walker Black from the Embassy.

Nice!

In World War II, soldiers made crude radios out of razor blades and pencils.

yes, the Foxhole radio!

Radio waves are naturally occurring but we create information in them by extracting and trasform back into their original form

Yup.

Now we listen to radio over the internet.

In fact, there is a website that has thousands of episodes of old radio dramas.

Some of them probably date back to WW2 I guess.

there is also a Finnish radio station that broadcasts entirely in classical latin.

wonder who is listening?

I wonder if any of it is in rap.

Do they have guest hosts?

I would love to hear Elmo rap in latin.

Elmo is the only non human to testify before congress.

Elmo testified in Congress?

I feel like there are hundreds of Elmos there now.

they have 3 subway lines that are exclusive for congressmen to move between the Capitol and the House and Senate offices.

Is there a stop at Sesame Street for them?

You know, there is a fantasy congress game where people draft members of congress and points are made off of legislative success.

Where is the legislative success?

Build the wall, or don't...  but do SOMETHING!

Congress has played a baseball game every year, democrats vs republicans.

That is their major accomplishment, but it explains why they will never build the wall.

They need baseball talent from central america.

This is too true!

Republicans win the series so far by 3.  can't they both lose?

They win, we lose.

Always something funny in Washington.

In 1918, the first woman was elected to congress even before she had the right to vote.

so a man who was falsely imprisoned studied law in prison and freed himself.

now he is a lawyer and helps those falsely jailed as well.

Yeah.

Congress will not go out of it's way for us,  It is up to us to right the wrongs committed by Congress, because they will only pass the buck.

In Norway, the government will buy 1000 of each book written by their writers and distribute them in Libraries..

this is true.

there are more libraries than McD's in the US.

Yeah, and over half of adults have library cards...but few read books.

Nice chatting with you!


Are you a fan of stand up comedy?

Hello there, I am how about you?

I have never been to a live show though, I would like too.

Yes, I have.

I like stand up better than improv as I am always nervous that the improv actor won't come up with anything funny.

Yeah that is true.

Speaking of comedy in general, did you know that Bill Murray considers Kung Fu Hustle to be the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy?

I think I read that somewhere and found it surprising.

Thank heavens Netflix lets us watch comedy over and over again!

Yeah imagine if they took all of the comedy related content out of Netflix?

That would be such a huge chunk of their stuff!

Which just goes to show you that folks these days are looking for entertainment that allows them to possibly escape from their everyday reality.

Yeah and comedy is a great way to do it.

Did you that the Green Lantern film was originally going to be a comedy?

I can't imagine how that would have worked.

I  guess when I think of comedy, I feel it has to include some satire including political .

Yeah and satire is often the best kind of comedy.

Do you know how many shows Comedy Central has cancelled since 1989?

Were there a lot?
If there were a lot, I wonder why?

Yeah I guess it was over 100 shows, that is a lot.

But comedy is pretty tough to do so I can understand that.

I am thinking that one of the reasons Netflix comedies are so popular over attending a live venue is the admission cost.

Did you know that The Kennedy Center charges anywhere from $49 to $69 to attend comedian Patton Oswalt's upcoming live show?

Wow, and I don't think that is too expensive relative to other comedy acts, so that is too high for me to be honest.

In addition to the fact that one has to get dressed up and leave the house to attend a live comedic show.

Patton Oswalt would have to be pretty funny for me to want to do that!

Yeah he would, or else whoever I was taking out would really have to like him.

So we have come a long way from the days of Greek comedies where different groups of society were pitted against each other - and that was considered amusing.

Yeah that would be pretty wild to go back then and see what was considered funny.

I don't think it would be the same as now.

Although I suspect there is some of that in todays' movies - for example youth versus social convention.

Oh yeah and I think there will always be that, but I guess that is one reason why it is so great.

I found it interesting that Blockbuster basically went out of business and Netflix made the transition from the DVD rental business to live streaming.

I wonder what Netflix saw that Blockbuster didn't?

Yeah and they had the chance to buy them as well.

It was nice chatting with you today, I hope you have a good day.


I just learned that in WWII more than 1,000 employees were sent to live in luxury hotels.

Wow well that would have been nice ha ha.

I live close to DC

I guess it was for their own protection.

Can you imagine what war would be like if technology had been better then.

Look at things now.

It might have been even scarier.

So the diplomats complained about not being able to take walks and being cooped up with other guests

They didn't like the Germans, either.

Perhaps it was all that Nazi enthusiasm.

In April 1942, Germans donned their finery, pinned swastika buttons to their lapels and celebrated Hitler's birthday.

Apparently the enemy was given luxury so that our diplomats were treated well, so that there would be reciprocity

Yes I agree..They bought lots and lots of things in the hotel stores."

Solomon said a half-dozen babies were born to the confined enemy diplomats.

There were even some weddings.

Death followed by birth.
Them luxuries were great.

Yes, it seemed that diplomats lived in luxury for about six months before being sent back to their home countries

It would be interesting to know someone who was involved you know?

Yes, I would definitely want to research this topic further since it's the first I'm hearing about it

Yes you could do that in a library in your town.

Can you believe A man falsely imprisoned for 10 years spent most of his time at the library to study law and prove his innocence, and then became a lawyer to help free other people who have been falsely convicted.

That sounds like a good cause.

There are more libraries than McDonald's in the us.

over half of adults have library cards.

Do you have one?

I actually do but it has been over a year since I have been to one so it probably needs updated.

How about you?

I think I do have one somewhere.

It may need to be renewed.

The Public Library in Sacramento has a library of things so you can check out other things like sewing machines.

Thats cool I dont think any around me have that but it would be nice.

Yes.

It would reduce waste and save money to be able to check out things like that temporarily.

Yes what a great idea.
It has been nice talking to ya.

Nice talking to you.


Hi do u like basketball?

Hello, I love basketball.
The first basket was played 1891.

wow that was a long time ago!

Yeah, Basketball has a five position.

Its proven that granny style shooting is the most effective lol

The five position are center, point guard, shooting guard, power forward, small forward.

which position would you play?

I am just a fan.
I can't play.
Because it's very hard to me.

I see.

I dont play either.

the inventor of basketball is the only losing coach in the university of kansas.

Okay, i don;t know.

Michael Jordan was my favorite basketball player.

Its funny that michael Jordan's bff is the limo driver who gave him a lift when he first arrived in chicago lol

I love seven wonders.
Because it's all are awesome.

I read that kim jong un used to be obsessed with michael jordan and draw pictures of him.

I think kim jong un was volleyball player.

Oh really?

I didnt know that he played volleyball as well.

Is that a popular sport in north korea?

Kim jong un also a politician and soldier.

and is volleyball popular in north korea?

Yeah, very popular volleyball player and supreme leader of north korea.

Michael jordan is currently the owner and chairman of the charlotte hornets

Okay, Buy i don't know that information.

Been good talking to you.


Good morning, are you a basketball fan?

I enjoy the National Basketball Association!

Who is your favorite team?

I like the Los Angeles Lakers.

They're having an interesting season, a lot of media attention this year.

I think Steve Kerr is right to ignore some of the comments coming from LaVar Ball.

If I was a multi-time NBA champion coach I wouldn't listen to what a lot of people were saying.

That is true.

Michael Jordan certainly does not care what others say.

I think that is a trait of high level performers.

They're confident in their abilities and don't let outside noise affect that.

Michael Jordan reportedly ended Muggsy Bogues career with one line of trash talk.

I know that he hit Steve Kerr in practice before.

Kind of ironic that they both don't respond to other's trash talk.

I wonder if Michael Jordan or Steve Kerr ever shot free throws granny-style?

Neither of them shot granny style that I know of.

The last big name player who I can think of that did was Rick Barry.

I wonder why?

I know it looks strange, but physicists have proven it is best!

It's definitely the least coolest method but some of the best shooters in the past used it.

I know Cheryl Miller tried it, maybe that is how she got better than her brother Reggie!

I think Reggie still had her beat from the three point line though!

Perhaps so, but neither of them had a shoe deal like Allen Iverson.

He is one of my favorite players of all time, I am a diehard Sixers fan.

He also has lifetime security, just from the 32 million he will get from Adidas at age 55!

It was smart of his agent to set that up, he was not know for saving his money while he was playing!

That is one thing Michael Jordan managed to avoid!

Air Jordan's have kept his nest egg going consistently.

It's crazy that his clothing line made him enough money to be an NBA owner.

It was fun talking basketball with you, have a great day!

Have a good one, and remember that Jordan almost ditched Nike until an inexperienced designer created his dream shoe!


I've never seen either season of Westworld, have you?

Never, me either

I watch a lot of Netflix, I wonder if it's on there.

It stars Even Rachel wood though.

I liked her in Across the Universe

Well, I also see this a lot, and I enjoy many other things, but I had not heard about this

Oh ok.

I think the show is about robots coming to consciousness, sounds like my kind of stuff

Oh I understand.

I've seen movies like that, like for example a call chapie.

It's excellent, explain what you want to define me

I've heard that was good.

They're comparing the faceoff between the two antagonists to the duel between Walter White and Gus Fring in Breaking Bad.

That's the best show ever.

Yes?

Talk to me a little more about this, excuse me, I'm not very knowledgeable but I'm curious

I don't know much about it but I hear the writing isn't all that great though

And what about soccer field?

I'm not sure but apparently there's a ghost in this show?

A ghost?
I do not think so.

Yeah and apparently when Family Guy first came on, the Simpsons crew gave the producers a gift.

I do not believe it, haha.
Well, this is something fantastic

I think it's cute.

But not as crazy as they're saying robots can be controlled using rat brains.

The thought of that is amazing.

Go that yes

I didn't know there were no snakes in New Zealand.

That sounds like the place to be.

Nothing, nothing snakes?
Wow, that's good

I know.

But I think one of the craziest things is that the US military uses an Xbox controller to direct one of their robots.

Anyways, have a great night.

LOL seriously?
That's crazy

Have a great one.


do you shop online ?

All the time.
I prefer Amazon and you?

Nice me too.

Did you know that Jeff built a clock in a mountain?

Yes and it is supposed to run for over 10 000 years

Yeah.

DId you know they named a building after a customer?

Yes it was the first customer and he spent less than $30

Yeah.

Did you know they deliver on SUndays as well?

Yes that is because they have a deal with USPS to do that

Yeah.
Do you have any idea how busy they are?

Yes their workers can walk up to 15 miles a day, that is a lot.

Yeah it sure is.
Did you know they own the IMDB as well?

Yes since 1998.
Do you like rap music?

I like the rap from Tupac and Eminem mostly and you?

Me too.

Tupac's music is in the library of congress now for cultural significance

Yeah.

Did you know Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist?

Yes his favorite character is spiderman.

He still did great in music

Yeah he sure did.
Have you heard of compliment battle?

Yes that is a form of rap popular in south korea

Yeah.

Did you know Busta Rhymes was in the Rugrats movie in 1998?

SO cool, that guy really.
Nice chat

Same here , have a great one


Good afternoon.
Did you see how cold I was in D.C

Yeah I did,  that is pretty cold.
Do you like Amazon?

Amazon Is my favorite.

The first amazon.com customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him

That is awesome,  I wonder what the building is called and where is it.

lol I didn't know target and best buy price match amazon,  that is interesting,  they must be losing money since amazon came around.

United states postal service has a contract with amazon to deliver your packages on sunday

That is much appreciated!

I love when i get the notification that my delivery is delivered!

Amazon ceo jeff bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.

How cool?

That is cool,  but what is the significance of putting it at the top of the mountain?

haha

No idea.
Amazon started an online e book store.

Yeah,  I think that is how they started.

I used to always buy books from them,  but now I am really into audible and my kindle.

lol

Do you listen to rap?

Sometimes,  I love all music.
Do you/?

Same here.
I like the rhymes.

There is a rapper that can rap 14.1 syllables per second

is that a record.

The world record for speed reading is held by anne jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute

I do not know.

That is crazy,  I cant imagine reading that fast.

That's so fast.

How is the that processed.

In the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels

haha why would there be a panic,  reading is good for people!

It was a long time ago.

Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches

Yeah that was a fantastic movie!

I think Enders game is a recommended military book as well.

Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry

I feel like that " You Laugh You Lose"  could totally be a game show based on this terrible poetry lol its been good chatting.


Good Morning!
How are you?

Im great, wanting to know the forecast to the DC area, do you rely on forecasts?

sometimes they are really off

They are off.

We'll see about today in Colorado, we are supposed to get a blizzard with 75-85 mph winds so let's hope they're wrong haha.

Where are you from?

I guess I dont trust them either lol I am from Boston, and the forecast are usually off there, do you use Amazon?

Yet the make good money forecasting haha.

I do use it how about you?

They sure do, maybe some day those forecasts can improve and yeah I love shopping at amazon im kind of addicted to the site lol

Me too!

I'm even buying hygiene products from there now instead of going to the store haha.

I wish I was the first customer ever though!

Why do wish that lol seems kind of random

The first amazon customer has a building named after him!

Woah that is nice, what a great bargain you get your stuff and then a building gets named after you as well.

I didn't know this but they also have owned IMDB since 1998!

Yeah its owned by Amazon, did you hear about the contract the company has with the US postal service?

Isn't it for Sunday delivery?

Those post office people look annoyed when they are out on a Sunday because that usually is their day off!

They do have a job thanks to that too they must earn extra hours as well.

Amazon sure moves a lot of money

I'm sure they do!

Just think, they started off as a book company!

Do you read?

I did know that, now they sell just about anything they even have a low end brand of their own and I do like to read.

Can you read as fast as Anne Jones?
She read 4700 per minute!

No, nowhere near as fast as her, she holds the record right?

how can they even measure that

I'm still learning how they do that too!

Anyways, nice chatting with you!

That is a good topic for a Google search, it was nice chatting with you also have a nice morning.

Thanks you as well!


Have you ever watched Westworld?

Yes.
I like Ed Harris.

I've never seen it, but it sounds interesting.

Do you watch a lot of television?

No.
HBO is usually good.
TV can mean the device or show.

That's true.

A lot has changed with television over the years.

I remember black and white TV.

Like The Twilight Zone.

There are over 750 episodes of "pokemon."

that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight.

Wow!
That's crazy.
Are you interested in Robots?

They scare me.

70's show was remade verbatim in the uk.

'days like these' was cancelled after 10 episodes.

I hear that before!

I didn't know that robots can be controlled with rat brains!

Very creepy!

Like pickle rick.

Gross.The us military uses an xbox 360 controller to control one of their eod robots.

That's interesting.

I guess robots can be valuable sometimes, like in robotic surgery.

Yeah, like My 600lb Life.There are no snakes in new zealand

Some monkeys are afraid of snakes.

I'm afraid.

There is a genus of flying snakes that can launch themselves at prey

Snakes only have one lung!

I never thought about it but was surprised to learn that.

Probably to help with swallowing.

There are legless lizards that are basically lizards without limbs, but not snakes.

Interesting!

They have eyelids and external ears unlike snakes, too!

Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws

It's freaky to see a snake eat!

Grant imahara from mythbusters created craig ferguson's robot sidekick geoff peterson

Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca

It has been interesting chatting with you.

Happy Holidays!


Hello do you shop online much?

Hi there, yes I shop quite a bit on Amazon and you?

Yes me too.

Have you ever bought stuff from the AmazonBasics line of products?

I have actually and they are pretty decent.

Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain somewhere?

Yeah and it is supposed to run for 10 000 years, wow

Yeah I wonder why though.

Did you know they deliver on Sundays now?

Yeah all thanks to that contract with USPS

yes very convenient for us for sure.

Did you know they named a building after their first customer?

Yeah and all the guy needed to do was to spend less than #30

Exactly, what a feat.

Their worker seem to be super busy as they walk up to 5 miles a day

Yeah  they do walk a lot for sure.
Did you know Amazon owns IMDB?

Sorry I meant to say 15 miles, opps.
Yeah they have owned it since 1998

Yeah they are just everywhere nowadays.
Do you like rap music?

I like the old stuff from Tupac and his music is in the library of COngress now

Yeah of cultural significance and I agree with that Do you like Eminem?

I like him too.

Did you know he wanted to be a comic book artist originally?

Yeah because he really liked spiderman and wanted to get into that game

Yeah it seems.
Have you heard of compliment battle?

Yeah that is a rap battle that takes place in South Korea, would like to hear it sometime

Yeah sounds fun.

A judge once delivered a ruling in a suit against Eminem in rap form

Haha that is so fitting to the case for sure


do you shop online?

SUre I do I prefer Amazon, and you?

Me too.

Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain?

Oh wow , did he have a reason?

Do you know they have invented a new font?

Did not know that.
The clock will run for 10 000 years

Wow.

THe font is called bookerly and is good for kindle and similar devices

Nice.

Did you know they deliver on SUndays now?

Wow did not know, that is super convenient

Yes it is al thanks to the deal they signed with USPS

Yeah.

Do you know what the arrow in the logo means?

No I am not sure, I have not thought about it actually

Well it means that they have everything from a to z

WOw nice.
Do you like rap music?

I sure do I like the old stuff more though.

Do you know who the fastest rapper in english is?

Nope I do not know but I know that Tupac's music is in the library of congress

Nice what for?

The fastest guy is noclue at 14.1 syllables per second

Wow amazing.

His music is there for cultural significance

That is just about right.

Do you know how childish gambino got his name?

Hmm I have no idea, how.

Did you know eminem wanted to be a comic book artist?

From an online name generator and I did not know that about Eminem

Yeah he really liked Superman and that is a great way to get a name

It sure is, it is different too


Do you watch TV ?

Yes I do.

I  think it's interesting that signals were switched from analog to digital.

Do you when it happened ?
It seems not a long time ago.

Seems like it happened around from 2000 to around 2010.

Yeah, but I don't miss the analog era of TV.

Now we have so much better tv shows, like Westworld do you watch it ?

I've never seen it.
What is it about?

It is about robots created for a western-themed amusement park.

It is quite complex.

Hmm, sounds like it could be interesting.

Who's all in it?

There is Evan Rachel Wood and Thandie Newton.

And James Mardsen

Cool.

So are the robots good, bad or some of both?

As in complexe shows, like Breaking Bad, it is both.

It is not a kid show.

Sounds like it maybe a science fiction show.

I guess the story lines are as such?

Yeah it involves human-like robots.
Do you like robots ?

I do like robots.

Robots are predicted to be in our homes in the coming years.

That could be helpful.

In what aspects do you think they will be the most helpful ?

Well they can do labor around the house, be remote controlled to mow a lawn for example.

Or do thing that we don't want to do like deboning a chicken.

They have robot specialized in that.

That could come in handy.

I wouldn't want like michael jackson wanted.

He was going to build a 50 foot tall one.

Can it moonwalk ?
Since it is a Micheal Jackson Robot....

I imagine it would knowing him.

I think he wanted it to roam the desert sands of las vegas.

That would be a sight to see, thanks to the conversation.

bye


Hi, do you watch a lot of TV?

If you watch Pokemon, there is a lot to see.

There are over 750 episodes.

Over 750 episodes?

wow I used to watch the show as a kid, only 150 Pokemons back then

Did you ever watch the 70's Show.

They tried a UK version and it was cancelled after 10 episodes.

That show was great, and yeah?
I guess the remake was pretty bad then

Not sure, it may have been a cultural difference.

I wonder if they like the Simpsons.

There is only 1 episode where Bart doesn't appear or is mentioned.

That episode seems interesting, I have to watch that one for old times sake

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

I didnt know that, robots will eventually take over society, Im afraid of them

Most robots are industrial and don't even look human.

There is one now that can debone a chicken with surgical precision.

That could be handy, but dont be fooled robots can be dangerous foes

I used to program them.

They are what they're programmed to do.

AI is a little iffy.

Now they are programming them with rat brains.

Thats a bit of a relief, snakes are also scary beings

Yes, the poisonous ones are.

I used to catch them when I was a kid.

Maybe you should live in New Zealand where there are none.

That sounds like a great place to live, snake free zone for me please!

As I got older, they got creepier.

I didn't know that crocodiles were more related to birds than snakes and lizards.

That is an odd fact, I dont see the relationship there, doesnt make sense at all

It's really odd that there are flying snakes that can launch themselves at prey.

They must be really scary,  are you trying to scare me?

Hee.

No.

The fear of snakes in hard-wired in human and monkey brains.

Strange...

Because that would be mean, and yeah that is strange, I guess we have a lot of things alike with monkeys

Yeah, we are both primates.
Thanks for the chat!


Rhiannon Navin recently wrote a novel about a school shooting through the eyes of a six year old child.

I heard about that they said it takes great skill to maintain the the voice of a child for the novel

I wonder how much was based on reality.

I don't know but that is awful I heard it could be inspired by a game played on the Xbox

The six year old character stated that the sounds he heard were the same as in his Xbox games.

I wonder what Microsoft was thinking when they made the xbox it seems to be a gateway to violence!

And how many six years olds are allowed to play shooter games, or even be able to work an Xbox controller.

It's insane, I heard the army is using the Xbox to control bombs.

Flying drones and controlling weapons remotely are not unlike working video game controllers.

That's a skill that many modern recruits have these days.

The way the world is heading I think we may be heading to a galaxy far far away!

And some xbox controllers are created for quadriplegics.

I wonder how that works.

I actually saw something about that, the controllers have huge buttons for people with limited functions.

I understand that Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin narrated Thomas the Tank Engine.

That's an interesting series of narrators!

They are but I wish Star Wars had a narrator for the beginning introduction!

I've never been a Star Wars fan.

Too many movies, books, theme park attractions.

That's too bad it's a great franchise, you catch the new TV show Titans?

No, haven't even heard of it.
What's it about?

It's a new show on the DC streaming service it features Robin, Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy from the comics, you should check it out the season 1 finale is today!

If I get the time, I will.

Good talking with you, enjoy the holidays.

You too, glad to catch up with you!

Bye.