Hello!

Do you like the NBA?

I used to play basketball.

Apparently physicists say the granny shot is the best technique for a free throw!

I am not much into basketball.

I followed Shaq when he was at my alma mater LSU and Michael Jordan when I worked in Chicago, but that's about it.

Did you know the NBA banned Air Jordan shoes but MJ wore them anyway?

Nike was more than willing to pay the fines for the free advertising!

Oh nice.

Yeah LSU is more football oriented for sure.

Yeah those shoes were nice.

Iverson also made a lot of money-About 32,000,000 with Reebok!

That's a serious lump sum payout after getting $800,000 annual up to age 55.

Endorsements are big business.

Did you know that Nike blew the sales pitch to Stephen Curry so badly he signed on with Under Armour?

Whoa I never knew that!

Wonder why it went so badly?

I think it's interesting how players skip college for the NBA nowadays.

Tim Duncan sacfrificed money to stay in college 4 years.

Pretty smart I think.

We know what the star players make, but the journeyman and 2nd string players make a lot less.

Considering the short duration of a sports career, having a fallback plan, i.e.

a degree, makes sense.

Stephen Curry played for Davidson College, and very small school in NC.

I wonder how the scouts were able to seek him out?

I had never heard of Davidson College till recently.

Yeah me neither.

I guess if you work hard enough and have talent you will succeed.

With a bit of luck too.

He is a great player.

The 2015 season MVP for good reason!

Well, he was really an outstanding player that major collegiate basketball schools, like Kentucky, missed.

He has really added emphasis on the 3-pointer as a game strategy and it shows in the MVP awards and the national championships.

Yea I agree.

I bet the only time he was scoreless was back in Davidson when the other team double teamed him the entire game!

Davidson still won though.

They may have shut him out by double teaming Curry, but lost by leaving his teammates open.

He really has made his mark on the NBA with 3 titles.

Yes most likely.

I wonder if they will ever make a movie about him.

I like Disney movies.

The Lion King was the first movie to be dubbed in Zulu for its African release!

I am not sure.

Perhaps he can get a cameo in the upcoming "Space Jam" sequel with Lebron.

But that's Warner Brothers.

What I find interesting is that ESPN is part of the Disney family.

Oh yeah true.

Wow Disney owns so many things-and now Star Wars too.

The first animated Disney movie directed by a female was Frozen!

She sure set a high standard.

Frozen is one that I was really  worn out on!

It seemed like that was all my younger nieces wanted - frozen dresses, frozen dolls, frozen hair pieces.

The merchande made it big money.

Did you know that the toy industry gets involved in the animations before filming?

I guess that gives them plenty of time to plan the merchandising.

Oh I had no idea.

All about making money I suppose.

If you notice identical scenes in old disney movies it's because they recycled a lot of animation frames.

In the old days with manually prepared animation frames, I could see why - that's a really time consuming process.

But the modern stuff seems more unique.

Computer animation has really sped up the process.

But sometimes, it still take a long time for an idea to form.

Did you know that "Wreck-It-Ralph" started development in the late 1980s and when on for three decades and though 4 working titles?

No way.

I should really watch that movie because I haven't seen it yet!

I love visiting Disneyland which is right near the Disney Studios in Burbank California.

I have visited Epcot in FL, but that is the extent of my exposure to Disney theme parks and resorts.

Its such a behemoth that its considered one of Hollywood's Big 6 film studios!

Yeah I totally see that being that case!

Epcot is cool though!

Well it was nice talking with you have a great day!

Same to you.

I like the way they bought Lucas and Pixar, but did not mess with their winning formulas.

They know well enough not to mess with something that is working - shrewd business!

Exactly!

The subsidiary of the Walt Disney company is the main producer of live action films and it took on it's current name in 1983!

We will have to see what is next from Disney acquistion blockbuster will be!


Have you seen the new jungle book?

hey I haven't seen it no, I know that Mowgli is the main character, and I did see the old one before, what about you?

Im in the same boat.

They say the new one is just as visually stunning as the old one

ah interesting, ya I like the old one, it's interesting that this one uses CHristian bale as a voice I like him

He helps bring a more adult audience I feel

ya thats a good point, how did you see the movie, did you see it on Netflix?

I did.

There are a lot of other thing to watch on netflix like Daredevil or the Punisher

ya I need to check those out are they any good?

have you ever seen the Netflix movie that is just a video of a live fireplace?

that sounds relaxing

That sounds really interesting.

I wonder how many of those people are a part of the 33% of bandwidth usage in North America

ya I wonder if most of that bandwidth is just from fireplace videos haha, do you know that netflix pays people to just tag the content of netflix videos?

they're called "taggers" haah

Thats neat.

I wonder if they spend more on that then they do postage.

Which is 20 times more than they do bandwidth

ya that would add up fast!

I like good movies, I guess Netflix has 150 movies with a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, I need to watch them all

That's a good amount of movies.
Are any of them walt disney movies?

ya I'm not sure but I bet there are some there, do you ever download movies illegally?

I guess Netflix looks at the number of downloaders and will put those epopular movies on their network

I wish more companies would do something like this.

It's better than just fining everyone

yup I agree, pretty funny that netflix wanted to merge with blockbuster to become their online streaming service, and they got laughed out of the office lol

Could have bought a $2 billion company for $50 million

haha yup thats true, do you like the disney company?

THey are coming out with their own streaming service btw

Yeah which is unfortunate.
I liked that they were on Netflix

ya it will be so many streaming services if they come out, did you know their company makes about 1000 dollars a second though?

That is really amazing.
Have a good day!


Do you follow the government?

I sometimes follow the government.
What about you?

Same, I think they hide a lot of secrets so sometimes I just try to stay away from that.

Wikileaks does it best to stop that.

They published the government's plans to destroy Wikileaks.

That is kind of ironic, Wikileaks frustrated their own plans to destroy Wikileaks, funny, I think that the founder of Wikileaks is a real hero

There is a lot that people needed to know about their gov't.

Sad that the gov't is hiding things that would help us make the gov't better for us.

I think the goverment has mostly its own interest at hand and none the interests of the rest of the people, for intance 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the goverment

The land is probably used for military purposes, but who knows what else.

I wish we had more knowledge about how our money is spent.

Yeah me too, know where my tax dollars are going, interesting fact but a man maneged to sell the Eiffel tower not once but twice posing as a government official

He must have had the gift of gab.

I wonder how much people paid for it.

Seems silly, but there's a sucker born every minute.

I agree in these case two suckers born every minute and a skilled conman that could sell just about anything to dumb people

I wish we had that guy to sell the government's land in Nevada.

We need the money!

I agree, we need the money, the US has a big debt, this debt can eventually bankrupt the country

Yes, very true.

We could use the money for good causes, too.

In 2008 the Norwegian government donated $1bn to help save the amazon rainforest.

That is a great deed, donating that amount of money for a good cause, the American government should do the same thing

I agree completely.

Instead we're getting the opposite.

In 2006, the US passed legislation that would protect government employees from being prosecuted for violating the Geneva conventions

I guess its a good thing the government wants to protect its employees but then again many of them could be corrupt public servers, that law is a bit shady

They can get away with crime in war zones.

I think Wikileaks might have some information about that.

I might look for that info later, so do you like to wonder about space?

My dream is to live in Mars

I guess you could get there pretty quick with the right technology.

There is a colonization projecet planned for the year 2023, maybe I can be on that ship towards Mars, what an adventure that must be!


Hi, how are you?
Are you ready to chat?

Hey there I'm good.
What about you?
You ever watch Netflix?

I used to watch Netflix.

Don't now.

It's got a tremendous number of subscribers.

Yes I agree with you!

It's crazy how much they spend on their exclusive content to, they went into debt of two billion dollars back in October in order to fund all of the new content that they're making

I guess the lenders saw the potential.

Their market cap is quite high, so I guess investors see the potential or they would have balked at that capex.

Yeah I agree, it's also crazy how much it would cost to ship the DVDs though.

It costs 20 times more money than just streaming.

It's all so crazy that Netflix takes up a third of all internet bandwidth from 9 a.m. To 12am

The postage is necessary to reach people in places with low bandwidth.

I would expect that arrangement to continue because those customers could eventually convert to Netflix online.

Plus, Netflix doesn't want other companies to take those customers now.

Yeah I agree with you.

I do think it's funny though how Netflix got started.

The founder was stuck with a $40 late fee for renting Apollo 13 LOL that is a good movie but that would really make me mad too

He did something to fix a problem that he thought many people faced.

He saw the opportunity and ran with it.

Good for him.

Yes I agree with you.

What about Disney, do you like the Walt Disney Company?

Disney has made quality family-fare for decades.

It really appeals to kids.

It is hard to find another company like that.

Yes I agree with you.

Disney is also the largest Independent Media conglomerate to.

They have a ton of money.

alSo they have 14 theme parks around the world

They are a behemoth.

No one can equal them.

They should probably branch out into other stuff as well.

Maybe online, like Netflix.

They are making their own version of Netflix actually.

And Disney movies are going to be on there and taken away from Netflix.

So that's going to be in true.

You know what Minnie Mouse's real name is btw?

Disney had to eventually move into Netflix's domain.

The Disney properties are too valuable.

Minnie?

Minnetonka?

Minneola?

Minimum?

Haha it's actually Minerva.

Very shocking LOL.

Do you know that people search out the"Hidden Mickey Mouse"images in all of the Disney movies?

Disney is cunning, hiding things in their products.

I bet that's a game that adults like to play as they watch with their kids.

Yeah I think so.

Have you ever seen the movie Big Hero 6 by the way?

I thought it was ok, but it took a 55000 core supercomputer to render that movie, pretty crazy huh

I haven't seen it, but the tech for animation is astounding now.

I figure in the future, million-core rendering is possible.

Yeah I think so.

I can't wait until we have 55000 core supercomputers in our houses LOL.

Have you ever seen the movie Flubber by the way?

Flubber?
Are there two of them?
Haven't seen either.

Right there are two movies.

One was made a long time ago, the other was made in the 90s with Robin Williams, apparently the Robin Williams one Bill Nye the Science Guy was one of the technical consultants LOL I don't know how realistic that movie is though


Hi do you watch Netflix?

A lot actually.

Have you heard of their movie Fireplace for your home

Hmm not sure I have seen that one, what is it about?

Honestly just what the name says, an hours of a fireplace

Haha awesome.

Did you know netflix is responsible for 33% of bandwidth usage in the morning in NA?

Wow that is a lot.

And they have a job where all you have to do is watch netflix and tag content

Haha that is such an awesome job I want to know how you get into that

Me too.

Netflix has over 150 movies in Rotten Tomatoes with 100% rating

AMazing.

Netflix and youtube make half of peak internet in NA

I am not surprised.

In european markets they monitor illegal download to decide which shows to purchase

Wow they are really smart business people and know how to target the audiences for sure

I know, pretty smart.

The Disney channel does not accept outside ads

Hm is there a reason for that?
DO you know MInnie Mouses's real name?

I do not now that but for the ads, they like to stick to their and advertise only theirs

I guess they are very company oriented.
Minnie's name is Minerva

Wow I like Minnie better though.
Disney makes $1100 per second

Wow a fortune indeed.
Bill Nye was the consultant for Flubber

SO awesome, he is the science guy after all.

Have you heard of the short film Destino?

Hmm I have not actually, what is it about?

Is it a new movie?

No it is from 1945 and disney worked with Salvador Dali to make it

Wow what a collaboration, I want to check it out now


What do you know about mars?

As a planet or an ancient Roman god?

Both, but more so as a planet?

Okay, well, know it's called the "Red" planet, which may be why Romans thought of it as a god of war: red flames, perhaps?

Know, too that NASA has sent a lander to Mars' surface.

How about you?

Did you know a satellite was lost on mars?

Really?
Do you mean it crashed on Mars?
Wonder which one that was...?

Yeah, it crashed on Mars.

Because they used the wrong measurement system.

Yes, I remember now: the Viking mars NASA mixed up metric and US meas.

systems.

Wonder how much that blunder cost us?

I'm not sure, but probably a lot.
Do you like horror films?

No, hate them, but...love scary authors like Edgar Allen Poe (The Raven; The Cask of Amontiliado) and Mary Shelley (Frankenstein).

How about you?

I like some Stephen King movies, but he is scared of bambi.

Funny!

Have read a S. King book or two, but reading gives - distance - Seeing people get hurt, especially, and shockingly suddenly, doesn't appeal to me.

Funny films, though, like Rocky Horror Picture Show, I enjoy.

You?

I've never seen that.

Apparently while watching a horror film you can burn up to 180 calories.

Yeah, through fear!

Did you know that the 80's film, ET, was originally written to be a horror movie?

Can't picture that little alien as scary, can you?

I didn't, was that Stephen King as well, or Speilberg?

Directed by S. Speilberg.

Script written, I believe, by a guy who later also wrote ET in book form.

Name was William Kotzwinkle.

Did you ever see any vampire films?

No, I didn't know that.
I'm wondering why they changed that.

Family appeal, PG rating, perhaps?

My child, age age 8, shivered through Jurassic Park, but twice whispered that he didn't want to leave.

I myself was terrified for all the main characters..

Interesting.

They must have thought it would sell better.

I remember MnM also didn't want to sponsor it.

Well nice chatting with you.

You bet.

50 years from now, humans may sit on Mars watching its blue sunset.

No horror film - it'll be real.

Been real chatting w/you, too.

Cheers.

Hilarious, have a good evening.


hey there do you like the government?

Well I'm an anarchist so I guess I'd have to say no, but I understand it's preempted the field and a lot of necessary social functions are presently carried out through it, and it will take time to decentralize them and shift them to voluntary cooperative associations.

Do you?

ya I like certain things about it but there is a lot wrong, like how wikileaks unveiled a gov.

scheme that the gov.

was trying to destroy wikileaks itself

Yeah.

I remember being really excited about Wikileaks and the effect that publishing Chelsea Manning's leaks had on sparking the Arab Spring, Occupy etc.

I haven't been very happy with Assange's choices since then.

ya Wikileaks definitely has pros and cons, also weird with the government is that it owns almost 90% of the land in nevada

True of a lot of Western states IIRC, but Nevada's the worst.

I'd love to see that land either returned to Native tribes, or mining, logging &c companies charged full market rates for using it and whatever money comes from it used to fund a Basic Income.

yup, it should be utilized somehow, what is nice is that Norway I guess donated about a billion dollars to help save the rainforest

I like that.

The guy who impersonated a French government official and sold the Eiffel Tower is my hero.

There was a Beverly Hillbillies episode where a local con man sold the Clampetts the freeway, Griffith Park and a whole lot of other stuff.

that is very ballsy!

like he did it not just one time, but two times, like wasn't 1 enough haha

There's something appealing about that kind of shameless scoundrel.

I just wonder who actually fell for it -- must've been the perfect combination of rich and dumb.

haha yup that takes a special kind of person, like the kind of person who thinks Bambi is a horror movie haha

I can see how Bambi's mom getting shot, with that dramatic music and animation, would be pretty scary for a small child.

It certainly turned out to be a productive scare for King, anyway.

ya I could see that, don't know if thats horror but its traumatizing, I need to watch more horror movies though they can burn 180 calories

I love horror movies.

I wonder if that 180 includes base metabolic rate or it's over and above what you'd normally burn.

yup thats a good question, also if you check out art after watching horror, I guess you appreciate the art more

I wonder why that is.
I should try it.

ya I should too, would you ever go to visit mars?

Probably not -- I certainly can't afford it LOL.

But I like the idea of space tech becoming so cheap that permanent human settlements can exist there.

I loved Robinson's Red Mars trilogy.

Would you?

oh ya I would definitely go, I would have to check the sound difference though, i guess things are higher pitched on mars

As thin as the atmosphere is, everything probably sounds really faint and far away.

ya, well if we can figure out how to travel at 1g, we could get to mars in about 3 days, not bad!


Hi, how are you?

Fine.
Are you a movie fan?

Yes, I like movies.
What about you?

I love movies.

Netflix is my jam when I can't sleep at night.

Do you watch in the evening.

Netflix uses a third of North American bandwidth at that time.

I do watch it quite a bit at night.

Netflix does seem pretty popular.

Their own series always seem to gain awards.

Blockbuster really screwed up when they declined to buy netflix for $50 million.

netflix is now worth $2 billion.

Blockbuster definitely screwed up on that one.

Imagine the super company they could be today if they had a little forward thinking.

Blockbuster is down to one store.

Maybe they shouldn't have charged Reed Hastings all those late fees and inspire him to found their demise.

I wonder if netflix is going to strike a deal with disney to keep all the movies or if disney is still going to make its own streaming service?

Disney probably would look to buy Netflix using some leverage.

They could start their own channel, too.

Disney and Netflix have very different approaches to entertainment.

That's true.

I wonder how it would affect Netflix's sales though if suddenly all their disney movies were gone and the original series based on Marvel characters disappearred.

Good point.

I don't know Netflix makes a lot of its own content.

I don't know how much that accounts for their viewing.

I want to know how a person gets a job tagging netflix content.

That seems like one of the funnest jobs in the world.

Getting paid to watch movies?

Yes please!

Netflix still spend a lot of money on postage.

I wonder who still needs DVDs/Blu-Ray sent through the mail.

Someone who refuses to get internet or has no access to decent streaming?

It seems to be available in some poor parts of Europe so maybe that accounts for it.

That's true.

I guess the company has over 100 million subscribers worldwide.

Some of them will have bad (or no) internet.

What I am curious about is what 150 movies have 100% from rotten tomatoes?

I don't think I've ever seen a movie with a 100% from them.

I've seen a couple, but usually the number of critics is low.

I think those are not the most popular with viewers but with critics.

I find that I always enjoy the movies that the critics hated.

I find critic reviews something I view with skepticism because they can be so pretentious.

Yeah, they seem to review movies for other critics.

Well, I enjoyed chatting!

I did as well.
Nice talking to you


The federal government owns an incredible amount of Nevada.

IMO that federal land in the West should either be returned to Indigenous nations or charge full market rents and extraction fees to corporations and use the revenue for a Citizen's Dividend.

I agree!

The US government has shut down 17 times over the past 37 years.

It happened 3 times in 1977.

Yep.

And this past one in December and January was the longest one in history, IIRC.

Crazy.

JP Morgan bailed out the US government in 1895.

Yeah, and I'm sure he got nothing in return, LOL.

The whole idea that government should have to finance deficit spending by borrowing money at interest is just insane to me.

It is and the treasury dept.

isn't much better.

The US government published the full names of anybody who chooses to renounce their citizenship.

I also see Wikileaks is back in the news for exposing government crimes.

The government sure hates them.

The Chinese government has censored the word "censorship"

LOL that sounds like a Monty Python skit: "There is absolutely no censorship in China, by which we mean more than we would like to admit..."

lol Do you like to watch horror movies?

Definitely.

Scifi and horror are my favorite genres.

Do you?

I'm a fan of both comedies and horror movies.

Christopher Nolan meant for Inception to be a horror film.

It eventually evolved into a heist film.

I wonder how that kid in The Shining managed to record those scenes without knowing it was a horror film.

I guess they spliced in footage of him with Jack Nicholson chopping through doors and going berserk, so he didn't actually see it?

LOL That's funny!

The 1996 horror film Scream was originally supposed to be titled Scary Movie.

It would make sense, given all the movie spoofs with similar titles like Teen Comedy.

Yes!

The writer of the Rocky Horror Picture Show is the voice of the dad on Phineas and Ferb, which I've never seen.

lol

I've never even heard of it, but I loved Rocky Horror.

Not surprising Stephen King was terrified by Bambi -- the scene where his mother dies has to be pretty intense for a small child.

lol That doesn't surprise me coming from him.

ET was originally scripted to be a horror movie.

They really must've done some serious rewriting on it then.

I bet!

I never knew that fact before today.

On a different note before I have to go...the sunset on Mars is blue.

That would be neat to see.

It

Nice chatting with you!


Hello, do you like horse

Yes I would love to ride them one day!
What about you?

same as you.
Do you know the lifespan of a horse

No

Neither do I.

Did you know that Clint eastwood, the actor, had an allergy to horses

I read about it.

I am wondering how this affected him on a movie set

I found the two high school students riding their horses to school very interesting.

I want to see how everyone reacted.

If I have a chance, I would do the same thing.

It will be a memorable and unique experience

It's so shocking that a single google search requires more computing power than it took to send Neil Armstrong and other astronauts to moon

I am wondering that what kind of power the computer uses that requires that enormous energy

It's very interesting stuff.

I know.

Did you know that google once used hundreds of live goats to mow their lawns

I just read it and its very surprising.

Do you think google just wanted to be humorous

Not sure.

Can you believe that professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week?

I somehow believe that, but it is such a waste of shoes.

Hahaha

Yeah!

Well I didn't know babies smile more when they hit the beat.

Babies are happy go around.
And I like seeing them playful

Well Michael Jackson has a patent.

I see.
Btw, nice chatting with you.
Have a happy holiday

You too!

bye

Bye!

see you

Ok


Hey there.

You ever ride horses?

I have in the past.

I have also seen a Lipizzaner show, they give the classical dressage performances.

I have never had the chance to ride a horse.

It looks fun.

What is Lipizzaner?

You should try!

It is a show performance horse!

Very pretty.

Icelandic horses have a fifth speed called tolt, but most horses have 4 speeds.

Four speeds?

I didn't know that.

I guess each speed is for a different purpose.

Yeah exactly.

Clint Eastwood rode a lot of horses in his movies but he ended up being allergic to them!

That would make riding tough.

I wonder how that happened.

I guess the immune system gets confused.

Yeah it's odd how allergies can be developed at anytime.

Dalmations are associated with fire fighters because apparently they would calm and protect the horses back in the day!

I guess with the noise and the flames, the horses could become nervous.

The dogs probably were probably calm and helped the horses become calm.

Yeah good point.

Do you use google very often?

A single google search requires more computing power than it took to send neil armstrong to the moon!

I use Google.

I guess that power could come in handy when I go to the Moon next.

Haha yes I would love to go to the moon too.

At the google headquarters they use live goats to trim their lawn!

If the goats get stock options, sign me up.

I can eat grass.

I'm not proud.

Haha.

Well you will never starve that's for sure.

Do you have an android?

Google maps calculates traffic by how fast android devices are moving.

I don't like that google tracks everything.

Where I am, what I'm searching for.

Yeah they don't have the word privacy in their dictionary.

They are powerful though.

When there is a disputed border google maps tailors its maps to claims of each country.

I guess that is helpful for border disputes.

I would like them to think about the little guy, the individual.

Yeah me too.

It seems like they just care about making money.

Do you like dancing?

I don't very much but Bruce Lee was apparently a great dancer and was a champion dancer in 1958.

I bet he was!
Tremendous body control.
I guess he also had a sense of rhythm.
A real ladies' man.

Yeah no doubt all the ladies loved him!

I always wonder how Michael Jackson was able to do that lean move.

Apparently he has a patent on the device which allowed him to do it (RIP Michael).

Those shoes were really cool.
He knew how to pull off an illusion.

That's for sure.

Tupac was also a ballet dancer in high school.

I never would have guessed that because he never rapped about it!

He probably didn't want that fact getting out.

Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!

You as well!
Even babies can dance lol.
Have a good day!


Hi did you know the white house had twin buildings in other countries?

Yes, they are located in Ireland and France, but only one had a meeting with Trump and Kanye in it!

Which one was that, was it in an alternate universe?

Haha.

It only seems like it, unfortunately.

At least George W. installed solar panels there, so there's still some good coming out of there.

Yeah solar panels on the white house is what Americans look for to give them comfort, LOL!

Apparently they still use floppy disk as well.

What a funny juxtaposition in technology, but a great example that the government knows not to trust the cloud.

I wonder if Eminem stores his rhymes on floppy discs.

Well you think if anyone would, it be a wannabe comic book artist.

True.

Can you believe a judge rapped her verdict to Eminem in 2001?

Wonder what he did.

I don't know what he did but man i would have loved to have heard the rap!

Too Funny!

Tupac's music is in the library of congress.

That's pretty awesome.

Makes sense considering it's cultural significance.

I wonder if Busta Rhymes' Reptar character will be inducted to congress, too!

For his role as a Rug Rat character in 1998, that would be priceless!

Speaking of priceless, have you ever heard of a "compliment battle"?

Compliment battle, sounds like an oxymoron if you ask me!

What's that?

It's a new type of freestyle coming from Korean rappers!

I believe Andy Samberg has a pretty similar bit he likes to do instead of "roasting".

Do they just compliment eachother to a beat and make it ry

I guess.

I think it stems from the West African griot tradition of rapping, where they used to praise or critique each other.

Sorry, hit enter by accident.

Well the entire universe maybe a gigantic superhologram.

That would be nuts.

Does that mean we could evolve to be holograms if natural selection works with universes the same as it does with humans?

Who knows what these people are setting around concocting for us.

There is already a theory that there is only one electron in the entire universe.

I would love to be able to pick up a store.

Evidently there are some cool enough they can be held by a human hand.

Right!

To Funny!!

About those floppy disk maybe Eminem does use them!

Nice chatting with you.


The universe sure is a unique place, many things out there

Hello, it's very unique.

I saw there is a theory that there is only one electron in the universe.

And theres also the theory that the universe is just one superhologram, crazy theory

Very crazy.

There are stars in the universe that are cold enough to be touched by the human hand.

That must be aweosome, being able to touch a star and maybe take a selfie while doing so, would be a great thing to do

I agree.

There is a region in space that might be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe.

Wow, there must be like a massive super black hole nearby, a real planet and universe eater

I would think so.
Do you know much about the white house?

Some, I know it has two twin buildings inf Ireland and in France

I have heard that as well.
Do you know why?

No idea, I just know it has two twin buildings.

Maybe the US gifted them as a show of appriciation, I will have to google that

That's very interesting.

The white house still uses floppy disks for storing files which is strange.

That sounds a bit primitive, still using tech like that, I wonder why, its not like usb flash drives are expensive

I agree.

Maybe it's because floppy disks are actually pretty secure.

They are?

I guess that would make sense, keeping an old tech that is reliable,

I think so.

Bush had solar panels re-added to the white house.

Thats a great thing to do, using clean energy like that, I wonder who took them away in the first place

I agree.

I think we need to start using more clean energy.

Yeah and also start training the secret service better, maybe they are after the 2011 incident

I can't believe it took them 4 days to determine bullets had struck the white house.

Seems like 4 days too late, anyways its been great chatting with you a lot of interesting info about the white house

It was great chatting with you too!


I've been looking into a wild court case about a gang member named Siale Angilau.

Have you heard of this?

I haven't heard of it before.

Articles like this really bother me.

They are clearly trying to drum up sympathy for Angilau, but when he has attempted to murder people multiple times and clearly showed no signs of remorse or renouncing of his criminal behavior.

What do you think?

I'm not sure.

He was in trouble for robbing stores, shooting a clerk, and shooting at officers, but I think in the controlled situation of the court, his past doesn't justify the response.

But the situation was not controlled because he was able to jump across a court room and attempt to maim or potentially kill a witness.

It's clearly a pattern of behavior.

Should someone's history of violence not be taken into account when a person is clearly more than willing to commit violent acts whenever they can, EVEN at trial with the court/law enforcement watching?

But four shots were fired three of which were in the back.

It's easy to make judgement from the armchair, granted, but that response is deadly force, which regardless of his past, I'm not sure is justified in the situation.

I understand what you're saying.

What, in your opinion, would have been a suitable and appropriate alternative?

The witness was also shackled and had no way to defend himself or run.

I have to wonder if the authorities in the room weren't able to physically restrain him if they could make it to the struggle quickly enough, and even if not, could a single shot on target have been enough to stop the attack from happening?

Of course, the judge who reviewed the video didn't think so.

It would be helpful to know a number of things, like if the US marshal had any non-lethal means (taser, pepper spray, etc) on her.

I agree with you, four shots at close range seems gratuitous, but does the overzealous nature of the response invalidate the response entirely?

I don't know, I personally don't think so; if it was one lethal shot versus four, it would have been the same result.

Also, what on earth is the judge talking about with the "no pants?"

Who had no pants?

That was a thought I had too, but I'm not sure if tasers are carried in the court, at least at this time in 2014.

I would be surprised if not.

Then again, if the taser had missed or been ineffective and he had managed to harm the other inmate, we'd be hearing a different kind of story, with it's own lawsuits.

True.

Also, was Angilau not shackled, but the witness was?

A lot of things going on in this courtroom that don't make sense to me.

It's also strange to me that they take issue with the quality of the video, but what's even stranger to me is that of a lot of courtroom/interrogation video/audio I've seen in my life, they are all of terrible quality.

Seems like something that would be more than easy to upgrade by now, given how important the contents are.

The video really was a strange situation.

I sympathies with the family, disagree with their wrongful death claims, but I think they have a point about the secrecy.

I totally agree with that.

I wonder what was/could have been redacted from the video.

Also, the family was in the court room that day, so it seems like if they felt something was removed from or covered up with regards to the video, they would have a specific grievance.

I take they must have felt a bit powerless in the situation, wanting to share the video with news outlets and the public to show what they felt was a miscarriage of justice.

I'm not sure why the video would need to be kept so private after the event.

They could have blurred the face and modified the voice of the Marshal if identity was the issue.

That is true.

I wonder what protocol is for things like this and whether the actions of the judge in this case were not standard procedure.

It would be helpful to know to be able to form an opinion on this situation.

That's true.

It seems like more often than not, government and legal institutions operate on policies 20 years behind the tech, like you mentioned with the court video.

The same thing was echoed in the US Congress recently with the questioning of the Google and Facebook CEOs.

Oh, I absolutely agree.

It's pretty scary how behind-the-times and tech-illiterate the people dictating our laws, institutions...virtually everything are.

It definitely makes it that much harder to have any faith at all in these institutions, which you see evidence of everywhere, including in this story—from Angilau and his family to the AP and beyond.

That's true, and not the only way this story makes me question my faith in the institution.

I suppose I'd just assumed we had more of a right to know what's going on behind the doors of the systems we the people fund.

Government transparency is a laughable concept at this point.

Always has been, but I think now people have more means to voice their frustrations and find platforms to draw attention to obstruction.

What do you think about the fact that the FBI wouldn't identify the marshal?

Right thing to do?

If Angilau's actions were solely on his own part, it may have been alright to release the identity, but so long as it was legal, I understand the necessity to protect the Marshal from the retaliation of Angilau's gang.

Even then, that should probably become public record at some point.

I completely agree.

I think there are probably multiple special considerations to be made when dealing with anything to do with gangs.

For example, both Angilau and the witness should have been shackled, and each with at least one marshal close by.

The family says there were multiple layers of security in the courtroom, but we don't really know what that means.

You're right, and I believe that brings it full-circle back to the discussion of how this whole situation was handled, with all of the knows and unknowns of the security.


Have you heard about Wikileaks publishing the Governments plans to destroy Wikileaks?

I'm guessing that plan was foiled.

Yes they leased the plan haha.

I also like knowing that Justice prevailed when a us Marshal killed that gang member in court, did you hear about that?

Yeah, the dude was about to stab a witness testifying against him.

That was wild!

Yep I'm glad that US Marshal was able to save him, itd be really painful to be stabbed with a pen

That wouldn't be a good feeling at all.

They say the guy was a member of the Tongan Crips.

The gang is made up of descendants of the Polynesian island nation of Tonga.

Well I'm glad he was put away.

It's one good thing the government did.

Scary how the government of China has actually censored the word censorship though

That is pretty scary.

Did you know that in 2006 the US government passed legislation that would protect government employees from being prosecuted for violating The Geneva Conventions?

No I didn't.

I wonder why they felt that was necessary?

It's scary that JP Morgan bailed out the USA in 1895, I wonder what the whole situation was where that was necessary

It is very crazy.

Wasn't that around the time that Guantanamo Bay scandal was going around?

That sounds sketchy with JP Morgan bailing the government.

I agree that does sounds sketchy.

Maybe I should move to Monaco.

They got rid of the income tax back in 1869, too much revenue coming from casinos made it unnecessary I guess

That would be nice.

I'd like to move to Norway, their government donated $1 BN to help save the Amazon Rain forest.

That's really nice of them!

I was thinking about how often our government actually shuts down, apparently in the past 40 years that happened like 17 times, so it's not that unusual of a thing

Yeah, I think now we just have more media coverage that makes us more aware than in times past.

Yes I agree.

How often do you wear clothing by the way?

I wear clothing almost everyday haha I'm wearing some right now

I wear it most of the time.

I'm mostly a nudist undercover though.

Haha.

Did you know that Apple had a clothing line in 1986?

No I didn't know that.

I also didn't know that once a man wore 70 pieces of clothes on top of each other to avoid paying a baggage fee that's awesome LOL

That is awesome.

I recently saw where somebody broke the record by wearing like 140 shirts.

That's a lot of shirts!

I'm just glad that people dont put their clothes in a geyser anymore, for cleaning them anyway that sounds dangerous haha

I agree that does sound pretty dangerous.

Would you ever wear clothing made of asbestos though?

Apparently the Greeks would do that I wonder if they got lung cancer

I don't seeing that being too safe.


Did you know 86% of the land in nevada is owned by the us government?

No i didn't.

THAT'S CRAZY.

i DID KNOW THAT THE NORWEGIAN  GOVERNMENT DONATED 1 billion to the amazon rainforest in 2008

Interesting.A man in france impersonated a government official, and managed to sell the eiffel tower not once, but twice

I hope he got in trouble.

Changing topics, dis you know Apple had a clothing line in the 80's.

No.

Pilgrim clothing was full of color.

they only wore black for special occasions.

I'm not a big fashion guy, but fashion experts can tell if your clothes are tailored by the collar.

Wow.

Rip curl makes clothes in north korea yet the label says made in china

Sounds like false advertising to me.

Here is a funny fact.

in alabama, there is a store  that only sells clothes, cameras, etc found in unclaimed baggage at airports

That's sad for who lost them.

A d.c. judge sued a small dry cleaning business for over $67 million for the loss of a pair of pants.

They must have been great pants.

I love that Collinsville, IL has a law that prohibits "saggy pants.".

The whole US needs that, in my opinion.

Some people dress silly.

In the United Kingdom, the word pants generally means underwear and not trousers.

Lol, that is funny.

I heard awhile back that Aladdin's pants were modeled after MC Hammer.

Wow.
They're making a live action Aladdin.

I saw that.

I also saw that people wear pants because of horses.

I heard they originated in East Asia.

Really, that is cool.In Rome, the romans saw wearing pants as a sign of barbarism.

Yes, cultural differences can be huge.

yes they can be.

Also the color, style, etc depends on geographic area.

True.

Just like clothes can be made from animals, but some animals wear clothes.

Dog and cats do sometimes.

Clothes are usually made from textiles, animal skin, or thin sheets.

Interesting.Have a nice day.


...so I've read that the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France... Do You know what does that mean ?

sorry i don't know exact meaning

Did You hear that The white house still uses floppy disks in part for storing files ?

It took the secret service four days to realize that bullets had struck the white house on november 11, 2011

what bullets ?

sorry i don't know

did You hear George w. bush had solar panels put back on the white house ?

I wonder who took them down ?

You wrote that already m8... Did You know that Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist before he became a rapper ?

yes i know i love eminem rap song i think he is a rap god

Really ?
What is so special in his rap ?
I could never understand that ?

i don't know how to say but  i feel hear it again this song

Any other music genres You like ?
I can't stand rap...
I wouldn't even call it "music"...

i like another akon songs

What's "akon" ?

i like akon  you don't know this person

Is it another rap artist ?

more rap artist is here but i love this person i\only

For any specific reason ?
Voice ?
Lyrics ?

i love this voice and lyrics also

great talking, Happy Holidays !


Hi, do you want to hear some facts about the white house?

Good afternoon,  sure hit me with what you got.

The white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France.

Did not know that.

Roosevelt banned Christmas trees at the white house because he was such a conservationist.

Good for Teddy, just bully!

I got one, I hear the white house still uses floppy disks for storing files.

Very old technology.
I wonder why they use those still?

Pretty smart on their part, good security measure.

Youngsters nowadays don't have a clue what they are or how they operate.

I've heard that as well.

Bush had solar panels put back on the white house.

Good green idea to conserve energy.

Do they call it the white house, because it's white?

I'm guessing that's how it got its name...

Sorry, that was just the momentary lapse!

Did you know the White House got shot and it took the secret service 4 days to realize it?

HAHA.

I did see that.

Crazy it took 4 days to figure that out.

Do you know much about the universe?

Sure, I do.
It's a very big place!

There are scientists who think the universe evolves through natural evolution much like species here on Earth.

Well, there's also scientists that think the universe is one giant superhologram and some that there is only electron in the whole universe.

So, I'm not too sure I believe all these so called "scientists".

Do you?

Interesting....I am not too sure either.

Quick question, do you believe there are aliens out there?

I'm thinking there are probably other organisms, but probably not actual real aliens.

What about you?

I think so too, not little green men types, but some type of organisms.

The buildings blocks are floating around in the universe, so the odds are in favor that they've hooked up somewhere else.

We just haven't located that place, yet.

Or we have and the government is just not telling us yet!

I agree.
Well, it was a pleasure talking to you.
Have a good rest of your day.


Do you like to read?

maybe read some of the Harry Potter books before?

I have read some of the Harry Potter Books.

My sons loved them!

I thought they were really long so I just watched the movies lol, there's even a Harry Potter Broadway show, popular franchise.

My son has auditioned for the Broadway show.

Was your son lucky?

maybe he even got the role at the Harry Potter Broadway show, he would be the first to play his role in Broadway

He is small and has dark hair.
and he would be a good fit.
I loved the movies.

Hopefully he gets the part then.

So do you like the Harry Potter character?

J.K. Rowling is a great writer a lot of imagination.

Did you know that Micheal Jackson wanted to do a Harry Potter musical but the author said no?

Thank God the author said no lol, JK Rolling also got turned down 12 publishers before she published the book

I had read that!

She said that she was basically on welfare went she wrote the book.

She wrote the book on a napkin isn't that crazy, I bet the other publishers regret that decision in the end.

I believe for a while, the books saved book stores from closing.

I sure the book did, you know that WB threaten movie theaters with blockage if they showed the parody movie of Harry Potter ?

That is quite a threat!

Did you know they had to open a british owl society to house the abandoned pet owls from HP fans?

No didnt know about that, cool fact though when did that happen?

JK Rowling also insisted that the movies be made in Britain and have an all British cast.

I am so happy that she did!

She is really creative Im glad too, so do you like drama novels or movies?

I love both!

I have always been a big movie buff!

did you know that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid tv actor in a drama?

He makes 700,000 an episode.

Thats a lot of money, I like the show House, its really cool so I guess he deserves a high salary like that one.

Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas any more.

He beliefs they are not positive.

I think that's great, keeping a positive mindset and all.

He is a great actor anyways its getting a bit late and I think Im calling it a night.

Nice speaking with you!

Nice speaking with you as well, thank for all the cool facts, good night.


Hey would you ever watch Harry Potter on Broadway?

I think they're coming out with it

I would watch it.
I loved the books and the movies.
Did you like them?

No I never read them, I only like some of the movies, so this probably wouldn't be for me but I might watch it if I had a free ticket LOL

Do you ever go to musicals or the theater?

I used to go to operas a lot.

We live by in opera house that is closed, but I haven't been there in a while, what about you?

And what is your favorite Harry Potter book by the way?

I loved the Prisoner of Azkaban.
I liked Sirius Black's character.
I go almost every year to a show.
I live in chicago so it's close

Yeah that makes sense.

I can't believe that JK Rowling was turned down by 12 Publishers before she finally found someone to make her books slow

So sad the an owl sanctuary was needed to house abandoned owls from the books...

People don't think through their decisions like getting pet owls unfortunately, it's interesting that Michael Jackson wanted to do a Harry Potter Musical though

Speaking of weird pets, Michael Jackson had a collection too!

Rowling wanted an all british cast.

Yes I think that makes sense.

It's funny that Warner Brothers was going to threaten movie theaters if they ever put up a poster that parodied Harry Potter, I guess they were worried about their bottom line

I suppose.

I wonder why that is the movie they drew the line in the sand on?

But when you

Yes I don't know, but I do know that Harry Potter made a lot of money at the box office, who do you think is the top worldwide star for film earnings at the box office by the way?

Sorry, the "'" is too close to the enter button...

But when you're that big, you can make demands...

I have no idea who the top earner is.

Do you know?

Yes it's Tom Hanks actually.

He's made over  8.5 billion dollars at the box office worldwide, that's insane!

Makes sense but that a lot of money!
Wow!

Yes exactly!

What do you think about Disney almost shutting down there Animation Studio?

Sleeping Beauty apparently didn't make much money yet it's one of my favorite movies

That would have been short sighted and such a loss!

Yes I agree.

Did you ever see the movie Trojan Wars by the way?

And only need about $300 at the box office LOL

$300!!!!????
What a dud!
Did you see it?
Well, the odds are that you did not...

Haha nope definitely didn't see it, have you seen the Disney movie Treasure Planet though?

It was based on the book Treasure Island


Hi, how are you?

Good, did you read about Harry Potter.

Yes, I I'm a Potterhead.

I love all things Harry Potter.

Read all the books and seen all the movies.

I am a big fan too!

Unfortunately, I have not read all of the books, but I have seen all of the movies.

Can you believe that she was denied from 12 publishers before she found one!

That's so funny.

Wouldn't you hate to be one of the 12 publishers that turned that down.

Ooh, what a BURN.

So true.

I honor her ability to continue trying and not accepting defeat.

That is definitely not easy.

She's a strong lady for sure.

She demanded that Harry Potter be filmed only in Britain with an all British cast, too.

I love that about her.

Also, I did not know she turned down Michael Jackson to do a performance!

I bet he was shocked at the time.

I'm sure he wasn't too thrilled about that.

I hate to hear that a new owl sanctuary had to be opened up to house all the pet owls abandoned by Harry Potter fans.

That's so sad.

Yes, that is sad.

Hopefully they are happy in the sanctuary though!

It was also interesting about how she did not want anyone to do a spin off of Harry Potter.

I don't blame her though.

Me either, the original is always the best.

What I didn't realize is that with Valentine's Day coming up soon, Silence of the lambs came out on Valentines' Day 1991.

I heard they made $270 million in the box office.

That's  alot of money and a very scary movie.

I read somewhere that Tom Hanks is the highest all time box office star, with over $8.5 billion worldwide.

He is in so many movies.

I am not surprised.

It was shocking that I learned trojan wars had a budget of $15,000,000 and only earned $304 in the box office.

I heard it was $309, but what's 5 bucks, anyway.

Lol Did you know Disney considered shutting down their animation studio after Sleeping Beauty flopped at the box office?

I am surprised they considered shutting down.

But I am not surprised that Sleeping Beauty was unsuccessful.

I was not a fan of that movie.

It's surely not my favorite Disney movie, but I'm glad they didn't shut down, they have really cranked out the classics of my childhood.

Do you watch any tv?

Yes, I love TV.

I heard that Hough Laurie gets $700,000 for every episode in house.

I would not know what to do with all that money.

Me either, but he's worth it.

I never knew he was British until I heard him being interviewed one time on tv and he was speaking British and I was like OMG, I would have never known, he's just that good.

House is one of my favorite tv shows, though.

I wish it was still on.

Yes, I did not know that either.

Erin from the office was taught by Jon Haumm.

That's an interesting tidbit.

Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning, I have to go and walk my dog.

Talk to you later, friend.


Hey!

Are you a big Harry Potter fan, they just released a play on Broadway

I heard about that!

I actually have not seen a Harry Potter film or read a book....do you want to see the play?

Yea, it looks interesting, the story introduces new characters

In heard that they are thinking it's ticket sales will break the internet lol I need to see a film!

That's a good idea, the books cover a span of seven yeats

Oh wow, everyone I know has seen Harry Potter or read a book or all of them so I will have to check it out.

I like J.K  Rowling a lot

Yea a lot of people love harry potter.

Unfortunately an owl sanctuary was opened due to abandoned owls of harry potter fans

That's sad!

I heard JK R owling was turned down by 12 publishers before finally finding someone to take her Harry Potter book

Hmm I didn't know it was that much.

I heard she turned down Michael Jackson to do a musical

I heard that too.

Did you know Tom Hanks is the all time highest b office star

No, That's a little surprising but Tom Hanks has been in a lot of good movies

Yes he has he has earned 8.5 billion in movie earnings!

Wow that's a lot.

I know DIsney makes a ton of money but they almost stopped making animation movies after sleeping beauty was a box office failure

That's insane!

How could that be?

I love that movie.

They had a real flop which was Treasure Planet it was one of their most expensive box office failures

At least they didn't do as bad as the movie Trojan Wars, that movie only made 309 dollars at the box office

What!!!
Wow, that's really bad!
Do you like Drama movies?

Sometimes I enjoy a good drama movie, Silence of the Lambs was a pretty good movie which made 270 million

Wow, not surprised that was a great movie.

Hugh Laurie in the tv drama House made 700,000 an episode!

That's insane.

Yea Hugh Laurie is awesome.

I like some of Jim Carrey's drama roles but he doesn't do them much anymore

I love Jim Carrey!
Yea, he wants roles that are positive,

That's too bad


Hello, are you interested at all in the election system?

Not really as I am not into politics.

I find it interesting that a cat named hank placed third in a Virginia senate election.

Wow people are crazy, must have been a really poor ballot.

Although maybe the cat was very tall, I hear the taller candidate tends to win the election the most.

Ha interesting!

And maybe it is because he did not blink a lot.

The faster blinker in presidential debates has lost every election since 1980!

Maybe they seem more nervous!

It must be nerve wracking to have so many people watching you.

And that's not even all of them either, like Astronauts vote from space somehow!

Nice!

In Oregon they vote differently too, as all elections are conducted by mail there.

Different places really do have such varied techniques it's crazy.

I think in India, they have a polling booth in  forest full of lions, just for ONE voter!

Wow, and I bet the lions are not up for vote.

A dog beat two people in a mayoral election and was mayor for 13 years.

Ahah wow, at this point I'm convinced the lions still get to vote themselves.

For some reason, 34% of the black male population of Alabama has permanently been banned from voting, that's crazy!

And I guess those of us who can vote don't always take voting seriously since there are various animals who have been elected or nearly elected.

I 1998 a chimpanzee got 400000 votes for mayor in Rio de Janeiro, coming in third.

Sometimes elections seem so pointless and strange, I can see why people are against them.

I read that in ancient Athens, officials would be appointed by a lottery system, because people believed elections weren't democratic in the long run.

They might actually have a point, haha.

In 2000 40 percent of Alabamans voted to keep the unenforceable ban on interracial marriage in their state.

Yeah that's very sad to hear especially in a modern society.

That's one case we can be glad at how low voting rates are, I think for presidential elections it hasn't been above 63% in a century.

Well a lot of things need to be corrected for sure in our society but at least our government hasn't banned the word censorship lik China's government has.

I never knew that, literally the word!

The US government wanted to destroy Wikileaks just so information couldn't come out.

Ironically, Wikileaks was the one who exposed them.

Did you know the US publishes the names of anybody who renounces their citizenship?

I went to Nevada once and someone told me over 85% of all the land there belongs solely to the government.

Wow interesting!

What do you think of the electoral vote?

If Canada were one state it would have only 50 electoral votes.

I think it doesn't make sense but I don't know enough to dispute the system honestly.

I think changes can be better in other areas, like one thing I like is Nevada having a "none of these candidates" option, would certainly stop people from just not going at all.

Living in Monaco seems kind of cool though.

They got rid of income tax because the casino revenue was sufficient to sustain the government.

I'm sure one day everyone will have similar government systems, we all tend to think alike at the end of the day.

Anyways it was nice chatting with you, have a good one!


You know, I've heard of John Coltrane in the movies several times, but I don't think I've every heard the music.

Are you a jazz fan?

No, I've never been a fan of jazz.

But, I have heard of Coltrane as well, mostly in movie references.

From what I understand he had a very distinctive sound.

I've never heard about his son, but thats nice that he is a musician too.

John must have died pretty young.

I could feel bad for his son, Ravi.

He plays all of his dad's instruments, but in a different manner.

I wonder how much people really expect him to sound the exact same as John.

Hopefully not too much.

From what I know about jazz its pretty fluid.

It is sad he never got to meet his father.

A bit sad, maybe.

But with his sound and style of music, he really worked more to inspire other music from other artists, namely his kid's, but other people take the same inspiration.

I didn't know jazz had some roots in European military band music.

Blues and ragtime sure that makes sense

I wasn't aware of that, either.

My understanding has been that jazz really got its roots in the deep south, in places like New Orleans.

Right it says that.

I've also never heard of the style Bebop that it says emerged in the 1940s

Bebop wasn't really a danceable music sound, though.

Jazz should be more of the cool jazz sound that developed after the bebop phase.

My article says that Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is topping the charts.

That's very interesting, I wonder what kind of a sound they have

Jazz is really just jazz, no matter where you are.

So, Pakistan having a jazz orchestra probably sounds about the same as it would in the U.S.

I do find it interesting that they would be topping any charts, though.

I'm sure there are cultural differences that make different sounds.

Interesting that Clint Eastwood has scored several films though.

I didn't know he was musically talented

I wasn't either.

But, it's really easy to score a film when you direct the film as well.

Million Dollar Baby was good, but I wonder if he would have been selected with a different director.

Did you see that Linkin park is the best-selling album of the 21st century?

That doesn't seem right

Hybrid Theory was a pretty good album.

Best selling of the 21st century is a bit of a surprise, though.

I wonder if it has the longevity of Dark Side of the Moon, though.

Never heard it.

I"m going to have to look up about climbers finding a piano on the top of britain's highest mountain in 2006.

Was that a prank?

I could have been.

But, a piano at the top of the mountain was probably brought there for the unique acoustics it would provide as the sound traveled down the mountain.

There must be an easier way to get acoustics than hauling a piano to the top of a mountain.

I'd never heard the name of guy who invented the piano.

Not surprising it came from Italy

I was just surprised that it was invented in 1700.

I would have suspected it being invented earlier.

Nice talking to you


What do you think about these new age summer camps?

I think practicing mindfulness can certainly help people.

I dont know about the whole camp though.

Perhaps so.

I guess yoga and meditation might be less threatening than dodgeball.

I think both are very important, with the constant bombardment of notifications, and social pressures it is important to be able to center oneself and remove yourself from that world for a while.

True.

I do think a name like Inward Bound Mindfulness Education is a little bit over the top!

Id be inclined to agree with that.

I would say I am equal parts meditate and go punch and kick something fitness like,  oriented.

I think dance can also be a way to experience mindfulness.

It can, I do martial arts, sometimes just practicing my forms is the best therapy and places where my mind is the clearest.

Bruce Lee was an expert at both forms!

He won the Hong Kong Cha-cha championship in 1958.

He certainly was a talented man.

I wonder if Bruce Lee ever wrote poetry?

I dont know if he did, but Tupac did.

Interesting.

Tupac also danced ballet in high school.

A Renaissance guy!

He also studied Jazz.

I never realized he was so all around talented.

I wonder if he could try his hand at a palindrome poem like the one Demetri Martin wrote.

That is crazy, it must be hard to make something make sense and fit that requirement,

True.

Another crazy poem is the depressing one when read forward that becomes inspiring in reverse.

I have seen a few of those.

That is pretty inventive.

TO think of the language and creative word choices.

Then there is the other end, where the Japanese alphabet, recited in order is a poem!

I wonder if it is like out alphabet song, or if it is a poem that makes sense?

Probably a bit of both.

Nothing like the Epic of Gilgamesh, I'm sure.

Poetry is a gift from Odin himself!

Too true.

Even babies dance and smile when music and rhymes are pleasing to them.

True, I wonder if they like the Moonwalk?

I am surprised the first person to moonwalk was Bill Bailey!

True, although I would guess one of the 20 quintillion individual animals on the earth once had those moves before humans.

Maybe, maybe they are the ones that taught Mr. Rogers to breakdance!

I wonder if Mr. Rogers would've agreed with Germany to give legal rights to animals.

Probably, hes Mr. Rogers!
Anyway, I must get going!
Have a great day!

You too!
I need to go cure my hiccups!

Try drinking some water, even though that is just a myth it might help!

Bye


Do you like to dance?

Hello there, I would say that I like to, but am not very good at it.

How about you?

Im not good either but I give it my best, Bruce Lee was a great dancer and martial artist

Yeah I heard he could do the Hong Kong cha-cha really good!

He was the champion back in 1958 so yeah I bet he has a lot of strong moves under his belt

Yeah and the way he would move in his movies I can see him being a good dancer.

Yeah great dancer indeed, too bad his life ended early, Michael Jacson was another great dancer

Yeah that is true, and I think Michael was the king of dance moves to be honest.

I agree, he patented the deviced he used for leaning forward

I didn't know that, very interesting, I'm sure he had some smart people giving him advice.

I bet he did, patenting that seems like a smart move, did you know ballet dancers go though 4 pairs of shoes in a week!

That's a lot of shoes

That is pretty crazy wow!

I'm sure their feet are like stones from all that work they put on them.

Yeah I guess so, Tupac was also a dancer, a ballet dancer in fact

Yeah I heard Tupac was pretty good too, I wonder if there is a Youtube video out there of him dancing.

I have no idea, but babies like to dance as well, the spontaneously dance when they hear music

I think I have read about that, I wonder how early that begins, like maybe while before even being born?

Maybe a lot of studies show that its beneficial to put headphones in the belly of a pregnant woman so yeah

Yeah I think that might be true, so you are probably right.

Do you like poetry?

Yeah I do, but don't read too often, how about you?

Do you have any favorites?

I like The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, what about you?

That is a classic!

I always loved that one, especially since the Simpsons parodied it!

That was a funny one, I have to look for that one in Youtube in fact I think Im going to do it now, its been great chatting friend

Yeah same here, have a good day!


Hello, how are you doing today?
Do you know much about yoga?

A little bit.

I've been reading about mindfulness summer camps.

That's interesting!

I have been attempting to learn the splits actually lately, its not yoga but its a start?

Perhaps so.

I heard someone describe yoga as your own private reality show.

Kind of wacky!

That sounds about right!

I am not sure if I would feel too comfortable doing some of the moves in front of so many people.

Imagine those classes where they do that naked!

A far cry from Kids Yoga.

Yea, that feels pretty weird to me.

It also is very expensive, and those camps even more so!

True.

Yoga and dance are actually quite related!

Yea?

Do you like to do much dancing?

I can do a few Fortnite dances now that my kids constantly do them but thats about it!

Anyone can dance a little.

Even babies will move and try to match a beat.

Yea I have even seen some videos of animals dancing, I find that kind of interesting.

Can you believe there are 20 quintillion animals on the Earth!

That's an impressive number, I actually worked for a reptile breeding facility and there were probably close to 500 thousand animals in that small building so I cant imagine whats out there.

The reports I've seen say there are over 7 million separate species!

Thats incredible.

No wonder there has been so much poetry directed at animals and our love for them.

Poetry is also quite diverse.

There is one poem with different emotional impact when read forwards or backwards.

Yea, have you ever tried to get through The Divine Comedy?

Its like a giant poem but action packed.

Interesting.

That is the opposite of the Javanese Alphabet, which is simple but becomes a poem when recited in order.

Really?

Did you know almost all of the hobbit characters names were taken from an old icelandic poem?

Interesting.

At least they didn't have to pay royalties.

Edgar Allan Poe only received $9 when "The Raven" was first published.

Yea, I believe things like that were common practice when publishers stole the royalties from writers back in the day.

Thanks for the chat!

I think I will look into the Epic of Gilgamesh in Ancient Sumerian!

You too, I hope that goes well for you!

Have a good one!

Remember, repetition, verse form and rhyme!


Hello, do you play the gitaur?

I love the guitar.
I unsuccessfully tried to learn.

Ah, same here.
I gave up a while back.
Do you play any other instuments?

I wish.

Did you know the Nokia ringtone was based on a classical guitarist?

Wow!
I did not.
Do you know which guitarist?

francisco tarrega

Ah.

Queen's guitarist also had a phd in astrophysics.

Queen is great.
Brian May built a home made guitar!

He also used coins as picks, mostly the english sixpence.

Incredible, parts from a fireplace, a knitting needle and coins!

Do you have a favorite album from a music artist?

Not really, maybe anything from Taylor Swift, you?

I should be able to get it at Walmart who only sells clean albums

Yeah, I respect that.

That way, even the children can listen to the albums that the parents are!

Kids!

Aerosmith made more from guitar hero than albums!

And "Hybrid Theory" is the bestselling album of the entire 21st century so far.

Did you know a Bob Marley album has been on the charts for 914weeks?

Wow!

How many years is that?

Like 18 years?

That must have been an excellent album then.

I think it is more than one album over the years but right now at 69.

Ah.
Anyways, thank you for the chat!

I think I might find my old guitar haha

Haha, I have never owned one but I should probably buy one.

Nice chatting with you!

Have a good one.


Are you a fan of Jazz musci?

I don't mind it.

It has a really rich history from New Orleans.

I used to listen to it when I was younger.

Did you know Clint Eastwood is a jazz enthusiast?

Is he?

I guess thats why Million Dollar baby had a jazz score

Yeah, it was in that movie.

Did you know Pakistan has a jazz orchestra?

I wonder if they also have goatees for playing the trumpet

I'm not sure, but it supposedly provides you comfort when playing.

Do you know of any good jazz albums?

I don't unfortunately, but maybe Clint Eastwood would know a few, he seems to really be into it.

Have you checked out the twins from japan?

They recorded a rap album when they turned 100

No, what do they do, play music?

No just rap artist.

Really cool at that age.

I wonder if it is as good as straight outta compton

Awesome, well technically rap is music.
Did you listen to Linkin Park?

I do!
I own Hybrid theory on cd

Apparently, it is the best selling album of the 21st century!

Oh wow!

Thats just as surprising as Dark side of the moon being one of the top albums of 2014

Still?

That is amazing.

Did you know they made an aluminum grand piano for the Hindenburg?

It was super light and weighed only 356 pounds

yeah, I think that is the airship that ended in disaster, right?

Yeah it was sadly

Yeah, that sucks.
Well nice chatting with you!


Do you follow politics in Asia ?

Hey, yes, I do follow politics generally.

What kind of news in Asia were interesting for you?

The was an "election" in Cambodia, where the ruling party "won" every seats.

Western countries don't know how to react to this "democracy" without pushing Cambodia towards China.

Well, true.

Election always doesn't mean that there is democracy, right?

Even Soviet Union had elections.

It was the typical autocratic election: main opposition party dissolved by the court, protesters where arrested, sketchy monitors (from China) .

But how do you impose sanctions without hurting the factory workers ?

I think it's just impossible.

Idea of sanctions is to punish government, but average people suffer more.

It doesn't bring democracy: hungry and poor people care much less about free elections.

There is something I don't appreciate in westen election like electing dog as mayor for 13 years.

Democracy wasn't created for that.

In ancient Greece, official were appointed by lottery, sometimes randomness is better than a dog.

True.

But they had not so many citizens.

Just of few percent of male population were citizens in their cities.

I actually didn't know that all elections in Oregon are conducted by mail.

I guess many people know it, but not me.

lol

That is interesting, maybe the voter turnout will be better since it does not involves going to another place.

I would appreciate that.

It could be.

But I'm not surprised about the fact that the whole Canada if were US state would be just 50 electoral votes - fewer than California.

I guess their democracy is much better.

I've never believed in democracy in large states.

The thing the bigger a State is, in population and physically, you end up with everyone is a minority.

So there won't be ever a true majority.

Absolutely.

I've read about government's shut down: it was 17 times for the last 37 years.

Were you affected by the last one?

No I live in Canada, we don't have this kind of drama.

If the budget don't pass you get new elections.

Interesting.
Is it required by law?
No budget means election in 100% cases?

It is because the budget come from the governing party, it can be rejected if it is a minority (when there is lot of small parties), if so it means the  government "lost" and new elections are declared.

You can't have a minority in a 2 party system.

True.

Did you have cases in Canada when dog was elected as mayor or chimpanzee received almost half million votes like in Brazil in 1988?

We had a joke party, the Rhinoceros party, with bizarre promises.

It is no more since you have to pay now to be a political party.

I guess it's kind of trend all around the world.

There is sort of joke party in Italy.

Trump is also part of this.

But it makes voting unpredictable  and you never know what people decide

There is a difference drama party, based on "strong" laws against criminal, polluters and a joke party where it promise to repeal the law of gravity.

The former is more dangerous because it is popular among disenfranchised.

I agree.

Anyway I consider elections all around the world are transforming and new elements will be introduced in terms not only a way to vote (like by mail in Oregon), but also in terms of politicians and how they rule countries.

You are right as society change the voting system has to reflect those changes.

It is cool that astronauts can vote from space, but it is sad that 34% of Alabama black males have lost their right to vote.

I honestly have no idea how black males in Alabama lost their right to vote.

What does permanently lost means?

It sounds very strange.

I'll google it after hit.

I think in some states if you are convicted of a crime, you lose your right to vote.

And small infractions are a crime like drug possession.

It could be.
Ok, it was to talk with you.
Have a good day!

you too, have a good week-end.


Hey there!
Are you a fan of jazz?

yes, I like jazz.
Rock and pop too.
How about you?

Been getting into jazz music lately.
Been reading about John Coltrane.

'Trane!

The guy was intense.

Critics said he didn't understand what he was playing.

Odd criticism, if you ask me.

Wow, that is odd.

Especially since he learned from Miles Davis, another great musician!

Miles was the man!
I think his father was dentist.
Came from a good family.
He liked to play few notes.
'Trane was about a flurry of notes.
Sheets of sound.

Did you know Coltrane had a son?

Unfortunately Coltrane died when he was 2.

The son's apparently taken up music as well.

I didn't know he had a son.

I bet he's gifted as well.

What albums have you listened to recently?

Destined to be great I supposed, being Coltrane's son and all.

He's even named Ravi, after Ravi Shankar.

No pressure to be great huh?

Hmm albums... been trying to listen to some Gypsy Jazz lately.

How 'bout you.

I listened to Bill Evans.
Good music for writing and thinking.
It's peaceful and sparse.
I like Bill.
He played in trios.

Hmmm... Not familiar with Bill Evans.
Gotta look him up.
You sound like an audiophile.
You got vinyl LPs?

No, vinyl is expense, at least to get the sound quality up.

I listen to youtube usually.

Jazz can be appreciated without the expense.

Completely understand.
Got any favorite pianists?

Bill Evans is first.

Probably listen to him the most.

He worked with Miles Davis.

Other than that...maybe Tommy Flannigan.

Wow, you really know your stuff.

I'm still learning.

It's amazing what these musicians can do especially when you think about how it's just a bunch of hammers striking strings.

It's amazing!

The piano is the universal instrument.
Valuable in almost every setting.
It's not that old either.

Really?

Feels like it's been around since the dawn of time.

:-)  Love the piano.

It was alway my goal to learn to play "Hey Jude."

Interesting fact: Freddy Mercury used the same piano to record Bohemian Rhapsody as Paul McCartney used to record Hey Jude.

There must be some sort of magic in them keys.

It's probably inspiring to use that kind of instrument.

Yes, much different than a sax or trumpet.

Not that those are any less worthy.

Just different.

Heard that even Clint Eastwood's a pianist.

Yes, he's a big jazz fan.

WRote soundtracks for his films and everything.

Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!

Same here!

Gonna go listen to this box set of Miles Davis & John Coltrane.

Take care.


Did you know that on April 18 1930, The BBC played only piano music because there was no news to report.

hi how are you?

Yes, the Beeb was good about the piano music.

they had no rock to play at the time so they went with the square music.

Do you like piano music?

I like piano music.
i like the piano.
i cannot play but i like it.

I can't play either.

I use to try but never got the hang of it.

I have watched people play.

it is an old instrument, centuries old, and beautifully made.

I figure that everyone should study the piano.

it is a useful instrument to learn.

In 2006 a group of climbers found a piano on Britain's highest mountain.

I wonder how it got there?

It probably flew up there and got stuck.

pianos can fly, but if they run out of fuel, there is not much you can do.

lol Are you joking with me?

Yeah, i guess i am.

the chat get to be a bit long and repetitive so i have to look for new ideas.

Helicopter?

I would think that is the only possible idea unless we get mystical.

Yes, i guess it is not appropriate to get mystical during one of these chats.

The mountain top piano is not supernatural.

it is super musical.

LOL.

You are funny.

I wonder if they played a tune on the piano or was it frozen?

I bet it was out of tune.

they played chopsticks but decided not to post it on YouTube.

LOL.

Do you think it was the piano in the Hindenburg and they pushed it out because it weighed too much.

No, that piano was a classic.
plus it went down with the hindenburg.
that was a piano tragedy.

I wonder if they were playing it as it went down like they played music when the Titanic sunk?

There was probably some brave soul playing a rendition of Ring of Fire to underscore the irony.

LOL.
That would be ironic.
It has been fun chatting with you.
Hope you have a good evening.

It has been fun chatting.
Have a good weekend

Thanks!


Hello!
Do you like listening to music?

Good afternoon and thank you for chatting with me!

As a matter of fact I do love to listen to music; all different kinds of music as well.

You're welcome!

Did you know that Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century?

I had no idea.

I had no idea of that either.

I do know that a group of climber climbed to the top of the highest mountain in Britain to find a piano.

I have always wondered how it got up there and by whom.

Holy smokes!

That had to have been a task.

I wouldn't want no part of that.

lol  Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was still one of the best selling albums of 2014 - more than over 40 years since it was released!

That's incredible to have that lasting power.

Some things can just stand the test of time and I certainly feel that music is one of them.

Music can do so much for one's emotional and well as metal state I feel.

Yes.

I agree.

I love how listening to music can immediately transport you back to a chapter in your life.

I totally agree!

Sometimes in one's life revisiting a chapter can be healing for the soul and music can certainly heal I feel.

I found it very interesting that Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast and has scored many films.

Yes!

I had no idea he scored films.

How interesting!

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

I find iconic players such as those provide great music.I still have a few LP's that belonged to my mother, I often listen to them just for the nostalgic feelings I get.

How neat!

I wish I never got rid of my vinyl albums.

It would be neat to go back and listen to them on a turntable.

Did you know that Jazz trumpeterers grew goatees as it provided comfort when playing?

I had no idea.

I did know that as I had an uncle that played.

I do not play any instruments myself but can sing along with the best of em knowing full well I cannot carry a turn to save myself.

I however, do not let that stop me, LOL Do you play any instruments?

I do play guitar but I'm not good.

I sing out of key with the best of them in my car though!

lol  I'm sure I've gotten a lot of looks through the years.

lol

I as well have gotten the looks a time or two myself; I just smile, wave and carry on.

I do know I have made someones day by either the song playing or my comical singing for sure.

I have always wanted to play guitar but afraid I just don't have the fingers for it nor the skill.

Give it a shot.

It's never too late to try and then you can at least know that you gave a go at it.

What's your favorite type of music?

I should but would not know where to even start.

I do not have any particular favorite type of music as I have grew up listening to everything from Gospel on Sunday radio to rap to country and can sing along with just about every artist out there.

I really loved listening to Aretha Franklin's music.

Her breakthrough hit "Respect" which was recorded in 1967 I think is one song that everyone in the United States can say that they know.

I totally agree and orginally that was an Ottis Redding song.

Aretha was able to make it her own with that and many other songs known from other artists.

Oh wow!

I didn't know that.

It's kind of interesting that she had a touch of jazz and piano in her gospel music.

Things that we just talked about.

I agree!

She had a full gospel upbringing as her father was a pastor as well as learned to play piano at an early age.

Nice!
It was a pleasure chatting with you!
Don't give up that guitar dream!
Have a great evening!


How's it going?

Did you know there is a programming language that are written in musical composition?

No I had no idea.

I dont even really know how that works lol

That's above my pay grade but the programs end up have producing jazz-like harmonies

I hear tupac also studied jazz

That's pretty cool, I never knew that.

I did know Clint Eastwood is a huge jazz fan

Have you ever heard of walter white?

He is a jazz musician who has a new album "breaking good"  lol

lol no, I wonder if he has played at the Harlem Woman's apartment that hosts jazz concerts

Oh yeah,  I dont know,  that wouldnt pay much for him though,  she hosts those concerts for free lol

Yea but top performers do stop by occasionally to play

Thats true.

I wonder if she invited the Jazz Orchestra that currently tops the charts in Pakistan

maybe!
Do you like the piano?

Yea, it's real cool the same piano was used in Bohemian Rhapsody and Hey Jude

Thats really cool.

I still havent seen that movie,  I really want to,  It looks good.

I read there was a mysterious mute man that was found in england who could only communicate using a piano

That's pretty spooky, so is the abandoned piano climbers found on top of Britain's tallest mountain

Wow yeah that is spooky.

I think its also weird that Mozart and Haydn 's pianos were both made from the same tree

That's one legendary tree.

Nowadays pianos can be made from aluminum and weigh in at 356 pounds

Wow thats cool.

Yea, the piano was built for the Lounge of the Hindenburg airship

One of the first type writers was called literary piano lol

Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hello, How are you today?
Do you like music?

I do, one of my favorite genres is Jazz, do you like music?

do you like Jazz?

Yes, I love music!
I do like Jazz.
find it very relaxing.

It is relaxing, it was originated in the African-American communities in New Orleans, back in the 19th century

Interesting, yes, I love to watch Aretha Franklin sing!

She could bring down the house.

Her voice was so strong!

Yeah she had a strong voice, she died at age 76 the Queen of Soul, or at least considered as the queen by many

Yes, agree.

Did you know of Cassandra Wilson?

Acclaimed as one of the best jazz singers.

I didnt, Im not aware of her songs, maybe not by name, I might have to look at song of her songs in Youtube

Aretha's father was a pastor of a Detroit church.

He was?

I wonder if Aretha followed her dad's religious belief and conviction, do you know much about that?

Not really, But, I think she did.
Did you see her funeral?
It was all over the television.

I didnt but I can relate, it was a sad day for music I will always remember her song Respect, it had a great one and her vocals for the song just sublime

I know I feel the same way.

I love that song.

It such an upbeat song.

Interesting that goatees give comfort to jazz trumpeters when playing.

Yeah too bad, too sad, you know that Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is actually pretty good

Really, I  have not heard any of it.

I like Clint Eastwood movies but was unaware of his lifelong interesting in jazz.

Didn't know he was a jazz fan either, I knew he was a pianist and even played in films, like million dollar baby, great movie by the way

It was.

All of his movies are great!

lol, Wow at 100 years of age you can release a rap album in Japan!

Yeah I heard about those identical twins that released an album, I wonder if they made a music video, that might be worth looking at,

Britain's highest mountain has a piano on it.

Great chat!

It does, wow, I wonder how that Piano got there, seems like a really hard task and a lot of trouble.

ha, ha, ha, yes!


Hi, do you like dance?

Not really.
Did you know Bruce Lee was though?

I heard he was a really good dancer.

I think he even won a championship for dance.

Yes he did, he won the Hong Kong Cha-Cha Championship in 1958.

That's pretty funny.

Professional ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of shoes a week.

I heard that.

Michael Jackson patented the device he used to get those extreme angles he got with some of his moves.

I saw that too.

Guess that makes sense given how far he was able to lean over when dancing.

Yes it does.

Did you know that Tupac was a ballet dancer in high school?

I had heard that.

That's pretty funny.

I can't imagine him being a ballet dancer.

I know.

He even played the Mouse King in a production of the Nutcracker.

Very interesting.

Did you know babies will dance to music by instinct?

I read that recently.

Don't they also smile more when they hit the beat?

I think so.
Do you like animals

I do.

Did you know there are 20 quintillion individual animals on the planet?

Wow - that's quite a lot of animals!

I saw animals get white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated.

It is.

I read that recently too.

In the 1912 Scottish Protection of Animals Act, the Loch Ness Monster was considered a protected species.

That's funny.

Hiccups are from early evolution when land animals had both lungs and gills.

That's weird.

In 2002 Germany became the first country to give animals constitutionally guaranteed legal rights.

Very awesome - animals need to be protected more I think.

Did you know there are 7 million animal species in total?

I did not.

That's a lot of animal species.

Well, it was a pleasure speaking to you.


Hello, do you like the guitar?

Yes I do.
I play when I can.
What about you?

I love the guitar sound,  but my talents only go as far as guitar hero.

I really like Queen's guitarist.

cool.

When eddie can halen recorded the part for beat it he set the speakers on fire lol

Queen's guitarist is Brian May.

I dont know him.

He has a PhD in astrophysics.
And he shreds.

Awesome!
That is impressive.

Have you ever smashed a guitar?

Nope.
Have you?

Once on accident.
Once on purpose.

wow.

Does it take a lot of power to break a guitar?

Ask Matthew Bellamy from MUSE.

lol sure,  let me just text him real quick.

He holds a Guinness world record for most guitars smashed on a tour.

What a waste.

lol wow, must be the heat of the moment on tour.

i wonder how many spares he carries with him.

He probably just stops by Guitar Center and gets another.

I'm sure he can get one for free by signing a few others.

Thats a good trade!

Do you like to listen to music on vinyl?

I dont listen to anything on vinyl actually.

Its been great chatting!

Thank you.


Do you play guitar?

I do, its my favorite instrument, what about you?

Me too, what type of guitar do you play?

I  have an electric acoustic guitar, Im a beginner but find it so relaxing, how long have you played the guitar?

A long long time, I learned by playing Van Halen.

I can assure that it is NOT true that he set the studio speakers on fire when he recorded the beat it solo.

Its not true?

it does seem crazy and like a publicity stunt, Brian May is a great guitarist

No, it isn't true.

What happened is Quincy Jones sent him the MJ tape, and Eddie overdubbed the guitar performance from his home studio.

Oh I see, do you know who Matthew Bellamy is?

No, who is he?

His the guitarist from the band Muse, apparently he has the World Record for smashing guitars on a tour

Interesting, what types of guitars does he smash?

Im guessing electric guitars, those must be really expensive the band is not that popular to afford new guitars for every song the band plays lol

Yeah, it must be.

Did you know that 2 identical twins from Japan released a rap album when they were 100?

Wow I guess the phrase 'its never too late'' really applies to them

Yeah, it must be hilarious!

Did you know an album from 40 years ago was the best selling album of 2014?

No, I didnt what is the name of that album?

that is really unusual

It was Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the moon surprisingly!

That was a great album, it makes sense, another great album was Straight Outta Compton

Yeah, I remember when that came out.
Was it by NWA?

Yeah it was by NWA, apparently it was the first album to reach platinum without a major tour or airplay,

Yeah, it was a great album.
Well nice chatting with you.


Howdy!

Are you a fan of comedy movies?

Some of the best have comedians playing on the starring roles, like Bill Murray or Dimitrius Martin.

Hi!

I am definitely a comedy fan, I think Bill Murray is an amazing comedic actor!

I watched the old movie, Stripes this week.

Classic!

Did you know Bill Murrar think "Kung Fu Hustle" is a supreme achievement  in comedic film.

I haven't seen that one, but I plan to!

I didn't know that!

Comedy is always surprising to me.

3rd Rock From the Sun actually beat Seinfeld and Friends for best comedy.

Surprise to me!

A lot of comedians are drop-outs--class clowns with better things to do than school.

Like Ryan Stiles, who dropped out of HS to pursue comedy.

That's a huge commitment, he must have been very sure he could be successful with it.

Have you ever seen Harold and Kumar?

Those type of movies with multiple male leads are called bromantic comedies/

Bromance?
I can dig it.
Like the movie, The Hangover?

Exactly!

On another point, do you have an opinion on rap music?

Not much of a fan.

My mind doesn't move as quickly as the lips move sometimes.

The comedian Demitri Martin has a mind that seems to always spin out of control.

Have you seen his comedy special?

Another classic!

He dropped out of Law school because he was bored.

He plays the guitar too.

I wonder if he raps...

He definitely could with all those talents!

Although anyone can make a rap album, did you know two Japanese twins made an album at age 100?

Nice.

I bet they set the studio on fire.

You know Van Halen literally set the studio speakers on fire when he recorded the guitar solo for the song, Beat It?

Sounds like a problem with the speakers too haha.

Are you a guitar fan?

I play a little.

I'm no van halen or mathew bellamy.

Did yo know bellamy holds the guinness world book record for most guitars smashed on tour?

I am too emotionally attached to my guitar to do that.

Wow, more than emotionally attached it sounds very expensive too.

Guitar is difficult and takes some great minds.

Did you know Brian May had a phD in astrophysics?

Great that he has a second skill set in case that music thing doesn't work out.

Brian May, guitarist for Queen, uses coins as a pick.

So if that music thing doesn't work out for him, I guess he can become a bank teller.

Ahah it's certainly a good side job.

It must be more difficult to use coins for sure though

Yeah, playing guitar is a challenge.

It takes skill and coordination to finger the chords on the fret with one hand while you pick or strum with the other.

Only the best become recording stars.

Have you ever heard of the guitar legend John Fahey?

He had a breakout album a couple years ago.

No.

Did he play for Pink Floyd?

Their guitarist turned a houseboat into a recording studio.

I don't recall his name though.

I don't think so, I think he is newer school!

Speaking of Pink Floyd, the Dark Side of the Moon was one of the best selling albums a few years ago.

Still a classic!
Hey, nice chatting with you!


I absolutely love to read.
How about you?

I love to read too.
I read all the time.
What kind of reading do you do?

I really love mysteries.

They were my favorite to borrow from the library when I worked there as a teen.

That is a great first job.

Learning about the library and about books.

A lifelong passion!

So true.

I think if we put more emphasis on libraries the world would be a better place.

Ive heard there are more libraries in the us than mcdonalds.

i cant imagine that.

People love fast food

Right?!

But only half the adults in the US have library cards.

I guess the half of us that do are using the heck out of those libraries.

yes, i think some people love the library and some people dont like books at all.

i grew up with lots of books.

I did too.

I think my favorites were always the classics.

I wish I had read more Tolkien and Lewis as a kid.

Tolkien is a good start to literature I think.

the plot suits the young mind, but the language is serious.

I think you can really see his personality reflected in his writing.

It is serious but with a bit of a mischeivious happiness too.

yes, the man loved language and languages.

You can see his whimsy in the pages.

He wrote the hobbit in 1937 and took 15 years to get LOTR done.

That is true dedication to your craft.

I just pray that we never get to a point where something like that is considered a banned book and burned.

I don't think I could sit idly by for that.

yeah, book burning and banning is a threat to civilization.

i think people should read and write what they wish.

if you dont like a book, then dont read it!

Exactly!

Why can't we be more like norway?

Their government actively supports authors and buys their books to give to libraries.

That is how a country should be.

yes, but norway is socialist.

they have high taxes and well developed social programs.

universities are cheap or free.

they love learning and reading.

Shame that people don't see the value of of the written word or education like that in the US.

I do love the californian library of things though.

That is a good movement to spread across the us

yes, people that needs tools or equipment for short periods yet cant afford it can finally get some help.

reduce reuse recycle.

this is a good program.

We participate quite a bit in our library programs.

I wish I could find one like the worst sentence one.

I think that would be absolutely hilarious to try.

That contest is held every year, I believe.

you can make your contribution to the disregard of literature.

Anyway, great chat!

Yes it has been very enlightening.
Have a good evening.


What are your thoughts on Quantom computers?

Hello, I need to do more research on that?

What do you think?

I think that they can be great but also dangerous, more dangerous than AI really

I see that!

Stephen Hawkings warned us about runway artificial intelligence.

He was a really smart man so we should pay attention to his comments, Elon Musk is another one that has warned us

Yes, I have seen him too!
I agree.
its a worry.
Do the planets interest you?

I am amazed by planets yeah, the universe is full with wonders and incredible planets

Yes, they say the universe may exist in a black hole!

For real?

that sounds like a crazy theory, but could be right, theres a lot of things we dont know about the  universe

True, The deepest note in the universe produces 57 octaves below middle c.

Interesting!

theres also another theory that states that the universe is a giant superhologram

Yes, very cool to think about!

In theory there is a cold spot  that has a link to a parallel universe!

I wonder if that's true, there's so much we don't know about the universes, for instance some stars are cold enough we could actually touch them

Really, I never thought of that.

That would be exciting!

Jupiter is so large it protects the earth from asteroids.

Its our savior I guess, must be nice to visit Jupiter some day, there is a region of space that is pulling galaxies away from the observable universe

Wow!

I didn't know in Canada the Hudson Bay area has less gravity than the rest of the earth!

You might feel lighter there then,  sad how 80% of our forests have been destroyed already

Yes, I saw that, upsetting!!

Now when I look up at the moon, the universe is so vast you could place all the planets between and still have space.

It looks so close by but in reality its so far away, the moon amazes me, a lot of beauty

I agree!

I wonder how they know the earths magnetic field reverses every 200 to 300 thousand years?

Good chat!

I wonder if we are close to that!
interesting chat, thanks.