Yeah, and he certainly isn't paid enough to replace them! Haha.Well, it's been nice talking to you!


I agree lol. Thanks same to you! Have a good night!


Hi. Have you heard about Charles Krauthammer? He was a journalist, disabled but inspirational to many.


No, I never heard of him.  Just reading about him now.


He seems to have been paralyzed from the waist down. Not really an issue for journalists in a newsroom, but still, it shows you just how much people can do if they don't drown themselves in self-pity.


Oh, wait, I thought he was blind?  Is that another journalist?  Let me go back a read again.


He died of cancer at 68, paralyzed from a ^diving^ accident. At first, I thought it said "driving."


Yes, I just reread that.  I mixed up Hackman with Krauthammer.  Sorry.


That's cool. It's an amazing array of journalists out there with limitations. I wonder what relationship he had with Presidents of the US.


Well, it would seem at least one President he may not have had a great relationship with, according to article section 3.


It seems that Krauthammer took any criticism about his disability in stride.


I agree. He wouldn't let his disability stop him from accomplishing anything wanting to be respected for the man he was and the work he provided.  He did not want to be seen as a charity case.  I applaud him and many other in similar circumstances.


I imagined that Trump would have been one of the wealthiest presidents in US history, but JFK, Washington and Jefferson were.


Yes, I am actually shocked by that.  I thought Trump was a billionaire.


I think he's got a big enough ego to release some pop albums like the president of Indonesia. Trump has released every other kind of product, it seems.


Ha, I would not put it past him to try.  I also see why he loves Fox news as the network was created by republican media strategist.


Fox is an interesting phenomenon. It gets more attention than CNN and MSNBC together. I didn't realize it had such a following.


Yes, reading that really surprised me especially with CNN being around longer than the other networks.


Trump proposed another global network to compete with the "fake news" of CNN.


Nothing surprised me with that guy anymore, I don't even react when he says or does anything.  By the way, did you know Alladin's pants were modeled after MC Hammer?


And here I thought that MC Hammer chose his pants to look like Aladdin's!  And Aladdin didn't even need to ride a horse!


Not really.  Do you?  I like that they thought of having a channel that just played the simpsons though lol


LOL. I do not watch it but know people do. I would watch a station that played just the simpsons though.


I hear that they threatened to sue the simpsons once.


That's pretty dumb. Fox distributes both...


Do you know much about the president?  I hears the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house


Trump told me size doesn't matter. Is that not true?


Well he didn't choose the size of the house he was going to live in as president. lol


I guess after the british burned it down, they did the best they could with what they had at the time.


The firs president of zimbabwe was president banana


Maybe he would have gotten more respect with a pop album.


Well, it was his last name,  I don't think he had a choice in what they called him lol Maybe a pop album would've made a difference I guess,  invite everyone to a nice concert.


LOL. I thought it was a derogatory term. I thought they were being mean to him...


lol no,  his name is President Canaan Banana.  Very unique name lol


Yes. Don't I feel like an idiot! My bad.


Not at all, its a common mistake. do you like trousers?


I agree,  or cold!  Collinsville has a law prohibiting saggy pants


Yes I do like comedies a lot, apparently sound, when it became big in the 1920's, helped to make sure that the comedy genre took off


I didn't know that.  Demetri Martin was accepted into Harvard law, but left out of boredom to pursue a career in comedy.  I'm not familiar with him are you?


No I've never heard of him, I've also never heard of Ryan Stiles, do you know who that is? Apparently he dropped out of high school


I don't know who he is either.  lol  I do know who Bill Murray is and he thinks Kung Fu Hustle is the supreme achievement of the modern comedy age.  Must not have been too good though because I don't know that movie. lol


Well that movie is actually kind of funny, I would recommend seeing it, but it's not better than Ghostbusters or anything like that. What did you think about these TV show 3rd Rock From the Sun by the way


I will have to check it out then.  I liked that show.  I like goofy comedy. lol  They won the golden globe for best comedy series in 1997.


That's impressive, but I do prefer Seinfeld and the show Frasier, so that's why I'm curious why that particular show one that year


I'm guessing that the other shows probably won the award before 97 and they probably decided it was time to let someone else win. lol


LOL that must be what happened. What else do you watch by the way? Do you like South Park


I did like South Park when it came out in the 90s.  Over the years I haven't had time to watch it.  I did see their Family Guy episode.  When they aired it the producers received flowers from the Simpsons crew.


That is pretty cool. I also like how there is an episode of The Simpsons where Bart never appears, I think they just forgot about him on that one LOL


Yes I listen to rap from time to time, used to listen to a lot of Eminem back in the day, what about you


Yes.  Not as much as I used to.  Did you know that Eminem's dream was to become a comic book artist before he became a rapper?


No I didn't know that. But I did know that his favorite superhero is Spider-Man, I wonder why he never made any raps about him


Interesting.  Yes...you're right too.  That would have been a good fit on a soundtrack.  Busta Rhymes voiced the Reptar wagon in the 1998 rugrats movie.  I didn't know that.


No I didn't know that either. I'll have to watch that movie again, speaking of Eminem no, did you hear that in a court case the judge actually delivered her verdict in the form of a rap to him


lol  No. I didn't.  That's really funny.  Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle called "compliment battle".


I would listen to that. I think it's a much more positive thing to rap to personally. do you like Tupac Shakur by the way?


I did like him.  Did you know his music is in the library of congress?


I did know about that, I think it's really awesome! Have you heard of That 70s Show? it doesn't have any rap, but they tried to adapt it to the UK Market LOL and it definitely failed after only 10 episodes


Hi, how are you? Do you feel like chatting?


Hi, I'm doing good. Sure what would you like to talk about?


I think that we have many things that we can talk about. For example, television. It is a marvelous invention.


Well, yes and no. I enjoy some TV but some people get really addicted to it.


I guess that it is easy to get addicted. It releases chemicals in the brain that make us oh so happy.


Ha, ha, yes I guess so. Do you think TV as we know it will be obsolete because of computers.


I think that that is good and bad. Everywhere we go there is a distraction. TV will distract us everywhere. On our phones. Soon our glasses.


I agree. I like to go hike in the desert to get away from those distractions. But not without my cell phone, Ha.


I do not want to be connected 24/7. Now when you watch the TV, the TV watches you. It knows where you are, what shows you are watching, your heartbeat, your brain waves.


That's really scary. I can't remember the movie but it was predicted that it would come to this.


I think that all entertainment will soon be our undoing. We will just be distracted all the time. An Infinite Jest rapping nonsense to our minds.


I can't argue that point. I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't addicted to my computer.


I am addicted. We all are. We lead hollow lives to be filled with ones and zeros and pretty pictures and emotion. We are sad little puppets dancing on the ends of digital strings.


Yes. One thing I admire though is the pioneers of TV and movies. They did all their special effects without all of the technology.


I think that they had to be clever without computers. They had to trick audiences in ways that we can only imagine now. Now entertainment has lost creativity.


True. Back then they also had movies that relied on clever dialogue and they actually had meaning.


I think that the art of dialog and plot have disappeared in the face of a CGI onslaught.


I think we are in perfect agreement about the state of entertainment today.


Anyway, great chat! Thanks for the interesting ideas.


And thank you for the interesting talk. Guess I'll go flip through the channels. Just kidding.


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


Haha I don't actually watch that much TV I guess. I do have Netflix but I don't have cable. Have you ever seen South Park?


I love South Park. I've seen every episode.


Did you see the one where they make fun of Family Guy in it? I thought that was awesome. And apparently the producers of The Simpsons that the South Park creators flowers afterwards


I did. It was very funny. I think it's hilarious that The Simpsons did that. Do you enjoy the Simpsons?


I do like the Simpsons. Apparently there's an episode where you never see Bart and he's also never mentioned. Have you seen that episode?


I have not. I find it surprising that there is only one since it has been on so long.


I know right. I need to check out which episode that is exactly so I can see it though haha. Have you ever watched the show Pokemon?


I have played some games but never watched the cartoon. I think it's been on for a long time.


I think there are like 750 episodes or something. I would never be able to"catch them all" haha


Ha ha. 750! That's a lot more than I thought. Are you familiar with Thomas the Tank Engine?


I did see that show when I was a kid. I had no idea that George Carlin was the narrator on some of the episodes though haha. I love his voice and he's really funny. I wonder if he makes any jokes on there


They had lots of big names for narrators. They also had Ringo Starr and Alec Baldwin!


Wow that sounds awesome! I wish that kids shows today had those kinds of big names haha. Have you ever seen the show That 70s Show


I have. I still quite enjoy it when I see re-runs.


Apparently they tried to create a version of it for the UK Market. Although it was only lasting about 10 episodes then they cancelled it. It was called days like these. And the name sounds really dumb I think


That rarely works. The only example I can think of that really worked was The Office. Off topic but do you enjoy going to concerts?


I do like going to concerts. I went to a lot of them last year actually. What about you? I went to Lollapalooza personally


I used to like going a lot but the older I get the less tolerance I have for the rowdy crowds ha ha. Did you know that The Ramones toured almost nonstop for 20 years and played 2,263 concerts?!


Wow that's crazy. They've been going for so long. Lincoln Park does a lot of concerts too, 324 in 2001 for instance


That's an insane amount of concerts to play for one year. I would be beyond exhausted.


Hi, there. How are you on this fine fine evening?


Great! Hope you're doing well! Do you by chance happen to be a fan of Elvis? I am and thinks he deserves the medal of freedom!


I don't know much about Elvis. Is he really dead, or is he living with the aliens at Area 51? Not sure. Medal of Freedom? Now?


It's hard to believe he's never received one considering his legendary status! Although many didn't like him because they believe he appropriated black culture and music.


The man was talented, and certainly relied on the culture of other Americans for his stylings.


Agreed, after all he was raised in poverty practically alongside African Americans in Tupelo, Mississippi!


You can't blame the man for being influenced by his surroundings as a child. He didn't have no choice in the matter. He could have growed up to be a country singer, if he had been born elsewheres.


So true! Are you into country music at all? Crazy to think in 2009 it was the most  listened to genre during the evening rush hour traffic.  Guess it's good for clearing your mind.


It's a spirited, wholesome, American genre, and the folks want to be inspired on their way down the highway.


Agreed! All started by working class Americans as well! Crazy to think Henry Ford of all people helped finance country music all because of fears over the urban decadence of jazz music.


Those jazzbos were bringing America down! People could have ended up having a sense of rhythm! Ford was right to try to put the kibosh on it.


It's amazing how far the genres come over the years and the family trees that have grown, like George Strait and Jeff Bezos being cousins. That's so weird!


Can George Strait hold a candle to the Ramones though? They played over 2,000 concerts. Non-stop, 20 years.


That's a good question. I don't even think he can hold a candle to U2. Heck they even pretended to be a country band opening for themselves one time. That's too funny.


I guess they got bored playing the same old songs, so they decided to play different same old songs.


Agreed. Would love to see them in concert one day. I would hope it's not like that one Creed concert that was so godawful, four of the attendees actually filed a lawsuit against the band.


I figure Creed deserved it. They should spend some time playing to empty amphitheaters.


No kidding! Would also love to hear someone like Ringo Starr. Speaking of which, did you know he is one of the narrators for the Thomas the Tank Engine show?


Ringo was a man of great talents, plus a distinct voice. Have you enjoyed chatting this evening? I have!


Agreed. He most certainly was. I'm surprised south park never parodied him considering they like to parody everyone. In fact, the south park producers actually received flowers from the Simpson's crew after the Family Guy episode!


The South Park guys haven't gotten around to him yet.


Agreed. Maybe they will. Or even the Simpson's could possibly do so. That's one of my favorites. Hard to believe there's actually an episode where Bart doesn't appear or is mentioned at all.


Ha! Probably so! There are so many great tv shows out there, namely cartoons like Pokemon which has aired over 750 episodes. That's mind blowing!


I'm great! What do you think of the Bible? One of the best selling books around.


Yes, boy, the author must have made a fortune in royalties! LOL I'd love to read Jefferson's version of the book.


Roosevelt and adams did not swear in using bible


i believe they used the constitution of the US. they thought they owed allegiance to the law and the people.


Ahhh, makes sense.  Soldiers carried metal plated bibles in ww2


yeah, i bet they were a bit heavy. Before 1963 it was not uncommon for students  to read from the bible as part of their elementary education. I figure that schools have changed quite a bit.


Heavy but they had designed pockets to fit and protect their hearts!


that is a good design! the soldiers probably kept it on themselves all the time then.


Apparently they believed it could stop a bullet.


it couldnt hurt. might help. plus it would give them courage and confidence. Did you know that the biblical tower of babel was likely based on a real building?


the etemenanki should still be in modern-day iraq!


That would be sad.  Did you hear about the painter who is suing because they told him bible study is required?


i understand his feelings. no one should be forced to learn a religion he doesnt accept. that is wrong.


I would just sue for a few years pay, not 800,000 though.


I guess he wants to punish them? teach them a lesson? sometimes numbers are just to scare people into settling. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, good information. I am sure he will win as it is against the law to discriminate.


I wish him well. He has a good cause. Have a good night!


Hi do did you watch a lot tv in the 90s?


I did! Mainly the Simpsons though, how about you?


I was a big Simpsons fan!  Also loved South Park and Family Guy when it came out.  Did you see what the Simpsons crew did whey South Park aired its Family Guy episode finale?


Didn't they send them flowers from the Simpson's crew?


Yes!  Did you know that there was only 1 episode of the Simpsons where Bart was neither mentioned or appeared?


I wish I knew which one it was to show others! That is so crazy! Do you like the show Pokemon?


I do remember watching that one!  I think they are still making new episodes.


I believe it! They have made 750 episodes so far, that's like 50 a years for 16 years straight!


Nice!  Here's one for you...can you name the 3 voice actors who narrated Thomas the Tank for at least 52 episodes each.


Was it Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alex Baldwin?


You got it!  do you remember "That 70's show"?


I loved that show! How did it do in the UK though?


It was called Days Like These in the UK and it was cancelled after 10 episodes.  Are you a country music fan?


That is crazy! They must not appreciate American humor haha. I love country music, how about you?


I like it!  First music concert I ever went to was the Oak Ridge Boys when I was kid.  Country music legend George Strait and the wealthiest man in the world Jeff Bezos are cousins!


That is so cool! Country music has come a long way though. There are only 2 african americans in the country music hall of fame though.


I wonder who they are?  Henry Ford helped finance the popularization of country music due to his fears over the "urban decadence" of jazz music.


I'm not sure. I can imagine Henry Ford doing that haha. What other concerts have you been too? I know in 2002, creed put on a concert so bad they were sued haha.


That must have been a bad show!  I wish I could have seen the Ramones.


You had the chance to lol they play over 2263 concerts! That is almost a nonstop tour for 20 years!


No doubt!  Linkin Park played 324 shows in 2001!


That is insane too! Anyways, I had a great chat, have an awesome day!


Hello, How are you tonight? Do you know the wealthiest presidents in American are JFK, Washington and Jefferson!!


No I didn't know that! I was shocked Trump is not on that list though, I was also shocked that the president's guest house is bigger than the White House itself, that doesn't make any sense


I know, I was thinking the same thing!! Did you know there hasn't been a president that was not a democrat or republican since 1853?


No I didn't know that. That seems like a long time, what do you think about the fact that back in 1805 the runner-up in the presidential election would become the vice president, that seems like it would create all kinds of problems today


Oh for sure, never work now!! Makes me think there wasn't enough qualified people then.lol


That could be it. what do you think about the president of Indonesia by the way? He made three pop albums while he was in office, maybe he is a rockstar over there haha


lol, maybe!! I would think he would be too busy for that!! lol Do you like Adele's music?


I like some of her songs. I like her song from the Daniel Craig James Bond movie, apparently he cried when he first heard it haha


Yes, I heard that too! She a great voice!  Her album 21 is the biggest selling UK album!!


That's impressive! It's also impressive that she was born in 1988 which means she's younger than me and also more successful LOL


Oh really, I didn't know when she was born!  Between my two children, the 80's were great!!


I agree with you! 80s is definitely full of great music haha, it's all so crazy that her first album went seven times platinum in the UK, that's very impressive


I remember that and felt she deserved it!!  Very talented!!


Yep I agree! It's crazy that she went to the same high school as Amy Winehouse, there must be something in that food or water in that high school that helps singing


lol, could be!! Did you know every president with a beard was republican? Surprising


That is shocking. It's also shocking that the Republican Party was started back in 1854, that's a long time ago


Yes, and democrat too!! I can imagine Harry Truman not wanting his picture taken while he was riding Dumbo the elephant while at Disneyland.


Yeah that seems kind of petty haha. It's also interesting how the different parties have appealed to different voter blocks overtime, for instance apparently in 2000 the Republican Party became firmly aligned with Christian conservatives


That's interesting and true!! Its hard to know what to believe in today's politics!!


Yes I agree! Politics are very tricky today. I miss the days of Theodore Roosevelt back in 1912, he created The Bull Moose Party which actually sounds interesting to me


That's a good idea? What did the Bull Moose Party stand for?


Well I think it was more of a mixture between Republicans and Democrats at the time. So it was more moderate and plus the name sounds awesome haha


Yes , Laurie made tons of money there, $700 000 per episode


I love him ,Do you know why he does not do dramas anymore?


Yeah because they do not project positivity


I listen to them sometimes, there is a free website for them


Yeah that is pretty nice. DO you know why Michael Caine became an actor?


Yeah all the pretty girls were going to drama class so he followed them


Haha smart guy. Howe about JOn Hamm, he was a drama teacher


Yeah and one of his students was Ellie Kemper, she is so funny


I guess she had a great teacher to learn from how to be funny


Haha good point. Do you like country music?


I like some of the artists and songs and you?


Me too same. George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins


WOw small world. Henry Ford paid money to make sure country music is not taken over by jazz


Yeah but I think there should be room for all types of music


Yeah I agree. U2 once opened for themselves under the disguise of a country music bad


Yeah and the ame is so funny, the dalton brothers grom galveston, texas


haha they are just too funny and creative. The fender stratocaster was supposed to be used in country music


Hello - good morning to you as well. Did you know Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because of his belief system?


I actually didnt know that. Thats a big shame because he had some fantastic dramatic roles


Yea he's a really good actor. Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for a TV drama. Made $700,000 per episode in House.


what would you ever do with all that money?? wow. Michael Caine became an actor because all the girls were in his drama class.


hey he was right! Speaking of babes, when Jon Hamm taught drama in his old high school, one his students was none other than Ellie Kemper! From the Office and Kimmy Schmidt


yea it is. Its funny because Jon Hamm actually has a role in her show


LOL. There's a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free which is pretty cool.


thats cool, I dont know if I would like. I usually like to listen to music or podcasts rather than dramas


Haha me either. Did you know there are only two African American singers in the country music hall of fame?


only 2?? wow, i guess the genre really is owned by white dudes but I expected more than 2. Maybe Darius Rucker will be the third


Yep, only 2 which is crazy. I'm thinking Darius Rucker will be in there.


I wonder if he plays the fender stratocaster, the guitar invented just for country music


Yes, I love country music. What about you?


oh i dont care for it at all haha. All of my friends love it so Im kind of exposed to it, and i tolerate it, but its not my cup of tea


HAHA that's funny. I like all kinds of music.


I prefer listening to the dial tone on my phone! big fan of phones


Hi there! How are you today? I'm just hanging out watching TV. Do you like TV?


Oh, I do not read very much, unless it's online.


Have you heard of the Guttenberg project? So many books whose copyrights have expired are fully uploaded to that site!


No I have never heard of that at all.About the only book I've heard about lately is Facebook.


Haha, good one. I remember when it first started. My brother attended an ivy league school in the US so he had access before they opened it up to everyone


Yeah, it's hard to believe that FB launched 2-4-04. It sure does not seem like it's been that long!


Also hard to believe that it went from this exclusive Harvard thing to a social media site that may have influenced the last general election in the US!


Now that I do not have any knowledge of.


Well, Mark Zuckerberg - the CEO - had to testify before Congress about it. Supposedly, a lot of "fake news" was circulating on FB that trash-talked Hillary Clinton.


Oh, okay. I remember a bit. Did you know the like button on FB is illegal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstien?


Yes! But I can't fathom why...or how it could be enforced?


It sure sounds like a weird rule to me! I guess FB is primarily blue because Mark Z. is red-green colorblind.


My dad had that (slightly). He couldn't be a pilot like he wanted because of it :/


Oh, that's too bad. Did you hear about Burger King's FB promotion?


Yep. Unfriend ten people and get free food :) I heard about it after the fact, though. Did you get to take advantage of it?


I guess people will do anything for a free Whopper. No, I did not take part of it, did you?


No, I didn't know about it at the time. I'm not the biggest fan of Whoppers but I like them more than Big Macs.


I do too. Can you believe that Myspace turned down an offer to buy FB for $75 million in early 2005?


One of the worst moves in history, if you ask me. FB outlived Myspace by so long!


Yeah, and to think FB is worth so much more now! It was nice chatting today!


Hello, how are you? So do you watch The Voice?


Im well, I usually only catch updates because of lack of cable but I heard about the new rule.  What do you think of it?


I am a huge fan of The Voice, I love singing and music in general so I think this show finds a lot of amazing talent. I love all of the coaches too, it is a fun show!


I have always loved the singing competition shows, I am a musician myself, and I remember watching the first season of American Idol in college.


I used to be a big fan of American Idol too. But The Voice is different and I just prefer it better. So much fun with the coaches and goofing off between Blake Shelton and Adam, love it. The new Block button, well that is pretty cool for the coaches to have a better chance to catch a person for their team. So what music are you into?


I will really listen to anything except country.  My favorite is Hard rock and progressive rock.


Mine too! I do listen to the Billboard country charts once in awhile, country music has some pretty good songs.


Blake Shelton is also an accomplished musician, I heard he supports the careers of the contestants who are on his team and win.


Yes, Blake is the best. He and Adam Levine help their contestants out after the whole thing is said and done. I like Blakes Music sometimes. He seems to be a great asset to country music and to the Voice.


I really think that it is neat that they can support their careers, it is a great bond.  I am sure they have fostered lots of talent over the years.


They have! I too think it is amazing that they help. But like Blake has said before he can only do so much and the rest is up to the singer to go forward and move up. Look at Kelly Clarkson! Some move up and some don't. Probably a lot of Drama involved in the life of a singer.


Likely so.  Speaking of Drama, did you ever watch the show House?


I love Drama shows, and yep House is a favorite of mine. Hugh Laurie earns 700,000 bucks an episode!


That is pretty crazy pay, but he is an amazing actor.  Do you know he is British?


He is British? Nope, didn't know that! Have you ever seen Jim Carrey in a Drama film?


No, i heard he doesnt do them any more because it conflicts with his beliefs


I heard that too. I am glad he made one drama film I love so much before he stopped. But he is a great comedian!


He is a very talented comedian, definitely portrays a lot of positive vibes.


Yes, love him. So are you a big fan of the latest technology in phones? I love my phone but won't pay a thousand bucks for one. I remember using a rotary phone as a child, haha...so long ago!


I remember rotary phones too.  I love my iphone!  I would say that I am addicted.


I think everyone is addicted to their phones, lol! It has been great chatting! I now want to watch some drama shows on my phone now...or listen to some country music...hahaha! you have a great day!


hello,  how are you?  The average american golf course consumes around 312,000 gallons of water per day.


Damn, that'a a lot.  But that is very little compared to the golf course in Dubai that requires 4 million gallons of water a day.  What a waste.


I know right,  so much water just for golf. Golf courses in america make up more land space than rhode island and delaware combined


I think Golf sucks.  I didn't know that Babe Ruth was once America's most famous golfer.


I really like miniature golf.  Yeah he was. Samuel l. jackson puts a golf clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf twice a week during production.


He most love golf. Changing topics, I'm a huge movie and tv fan.  I love the Simpsons.  Did you know there is only one episode where Bart is not seen or even mentioned?


I did, too bad they don't mention which episode.  When south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew


That was nice of them, lol.  My son loved Pokemon as a kid.  There are over 750 episodes.  That is about 50 shows a year for 16 straight years.


That's a lot of Pokemon,  I never got into it. Ringo starr, george carlin, and alec baldwin have all narrated thomas the tank engine for at least 52 episodes each


I only remember hearing Carlin's voice.  Along with tv, I love music.  The single vinyl LP records that played at 33 1/3 rpm came around in 1948.


That's interesting. Linkin park's "hybrid theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century.


It is, wow.  This is cool.  In Japan, at age 100, a pair of identical twins released a rap album in 1992.


Despite being released over 40 years ago, the dark side of the moon was still one of the best-selling albums of 2014.


That is a great album.  I new NWA's "Straight Out Of Compton" was platinum, but I didn't know it was the first to do so without airplay or a major tour.


Awesome, I did not know that either. Reel big fish re-recorded all of their hits for a best of album after losing the rights to their old record label.


I don't know them.  Going back to golf, I found out the hole/cup is 4.25 inches in diameter.


Thats cool Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century


Well the 21st century sales have mainly focused on cd's and mp3 format.


The audio cassette was a format used alongside vinyl from the 1970s into the first decade of the 2000s.


I remember cassettes.  There are cassettes, CD's, vinyl, audio tape, and MP3 formats.


Good morning! Did you hear about the squirt gun battle reenactments?


I'm not sure ... is that a specific teaching method in a school - or grown men reenacting something out in a field?


It's a high school history teaching method. It sounds like fun.


Oh OK, so that is where a bunch of kids in school are simulating a real battle event in history with squirt guns and water balloons, that sounds engaging


Exactly! It was developed at a Bay Area school in 1994. It sounds like it's starting to take off, but it's been somewhat controversial.


I wonder why it's controversial?  It sounds like a really good approach for children to gain a deeper interest in history - which I would otherwise think would be pretty boring.


I agree. It's been criticized as a "teaching war," and "too much about dead white males," but they're just using an activity to teach what's in the textbooks. So I'm not sure where the critics are coming from. Maybe the conclusion is that similarly fun activities could be used to teach other things too.


Oh OK, this is in California right?  Is the typical demographic in California Suburbs predominantly white or is it pretty diverse?  I think this is a really good exercise if they are required to do written projects on the exercise afterwards.


It really varies by community. California is very diverse. The Bay Area is very diverse. I'm not sure what this school's demographics are. But that is a good question.


War games are neat, requiring the children to transport toy guns, ammunition and bombs in the form of water balloons sounds really cool.  I think it's really hard to describe the affects of the "great wars" of the past considering how many people were really affected world wide, and this seems effective.


Yes. They use squirt guns and water balloons.


I feel like war today is very different than war in the past.  I heard in this history lesson that children which are "killed" in the make-believe war have to remain silent for the remainder of the day to understand the full affects of death in war.


Yes, I've heard that too. I think it's a good idea. We need to be reminded that war has devastating effects. That's hard to comprehend if you haven't experienced it.


Yeah, I wonder if kids today understand the full depth of chains of command, generals used to lead charges against countries on the ground, nowadays there is so much technology involved in war with drones, fighters and missiles that the individuals almost seem far removed.  I think it's neat to teach girls how to lead troops as well.


Yes, for sure. And our military is open to everyone. This activity started with honors students only, but now it's open to all students.


Do you watch much football by the way?  I think the Dallas Cowboys are playing today.  I think I prefer American Football over football in other countries like Australian rules, rugby or Gaelic football.


Yeah. I prefer rugby, but I don't follow sports much. Did you know there's a running back who never fumbled in his whole career?


Oh wow really?  That is amazing.  Who was he?  Sports are crazy today with players earning Millions of Dollars per year in the US.  Back in the 60's Professional Bowlers used to actually make far more money then Pro Football players in the NFL!


I know! The running back was Benjarvus Green-Ellis.


Well cool ... I am going to head out of here - I actually have a "Poiesis" project to work on - that's Poetry in Greek, derived from the word "making".


Fantastic! I wish you well with your form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language! Have a great day!


Hello,  Not really.  How about you ? Snoop dogg wrote a fight song for his son's high school football team.


I like to watch my team but not too much more.  And I didn't know that.  I guess in the 60's pro bowlers made more than football players.


Thats pretty crazy huh. The highest paid across all u.s. department of defense employees are three football coaches of the service branch teams


Wow I did not know that. Very interesting.


The high school football stadium in allen, texas seats 18,000 and cost $60 million to build


That is incredible for a high school stadium.  I guess Espn won an emmy for the creation of the fake yellow line on tv showing the first down line.


awesome. Those humungous american flags at football stadiums weigh 1,100 pounds and cost $50,000 to make


Wow, that is insane!  I guess the highest score in any football game ever was 222-0! What a crazy score.


That's pretty impressive.  I wonder who that was. Do you like poetry at all? There is a 274-line poem featuring roughly 800 irregularly pronounced english words called the chaos.


It was a Georgia Tech win I guess. And yeah I like it a bit.  That sounds like one wild poem!  Do you like poetry much?


i read some poetry.  Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry


That is funny, I really like Tolkien's books.  I guess Edgar Allan Poe only got only $9 for his poem, The Raven.


Nice!  Unfortunate for Poe!  The vikings were warrior-poets, and poetry was considered a gift from odin himself.


Interesting, the vikings were really neat people. Did you know there is a poem that is depressing, but when read backwards is inspiring?


Thats neat.  yeah,  Vikings are cool,  have you seen the show vikings?  Really enlightening,  their lifestyle is unique.


No I haven't but heard it is pretty good.  Do you have a favorite brand of jeans that you wear?


I like Kut by the kloth, level 99 and some others ,  what are your favorites?


I have never heard of any of those, lol.  I just wear levi's mostly.  Did you know that skinny jeans can cause nerve damage?


Wow,  yeah thats surprising. Blue jeans are illegal in north korea because they are a symbol of american imperialism. Wow thats weird.  lol ive been to south korea and they wear blue jeans.


You have been to South Korea? That is really cool.


I watch a lot of netflix and amazon Prime, so I guess that counts lol. Did you know there are over 750 episodes of pokemon? 50 a year for 16 years straight.


Wow, that is a lot of tv episodes! Sometimes my room mate watches Golf on TV, haha, very uneventful. I just listen to my albums I have downloaded on my phone haha


Man i feel you on that, I hate golf, has to be the most boring sport ever created. Do you like Linkin Park?


I know Golf is the worst even though there are so many Golf courses in the US they take up more land space than Rhode Island and Delaware haha very popular! But on TV wow sooo slow.


Yeah and there is a golf course in Dubai that requires 4 million gallons of water a day, seems like such a huge waste of water.


Wow! These Golf courses require a lot of care! And yes, I love Linkin Park! I have all of their albums on my phone and if given the chance watch them on Youtube on my TV....So sad Chester passed away.


Yeah it just goes to show no matter how much money you have, it is not a substitute for happiness. i doubt we hear any more music from them, at least not for a long time.


Even if we do hear any more music it will never be the same. But their albums will be here forever.


Yep same as Nirvana, i still listen to them pretty often, and the with streaming services it is easier than ever to listen to whatever you want from any age.


Very true. I love Nirvana as well. I could just listen to music all day everyday instead of watching TV and be fine with it lol. One of my all time fav old albums is Dark side of the Moon. it was released over 40 years ago and still one of the best selling albums.


Nwa's album Straight Outta Compton was the first album to reach platinum status without airplay or a major tour, to bad they did not last long. The movie is pretty solid to.


Definitely, I agree. I watched The movie on TV and really liked it. The album is awesome! So do you have a favorite TV show?


I like Game of Thrones, but I feel like that might be a lot of peoples answer haha, if I am bored I like to re watch episodes of Thats 70s show on Netflix though.


haha, I love that 70's show too, And actually I am one of the few people who has never watched one episode of Game of Thrones lol I don't know why, just haven't.


Well I read the A song of fire and ice books before the show was ever a thing and I loved them, though the show is quite a bit different from the books. I am still waiting for The Expanse to start on amazon.


Oh, cool. I usually like reading the books prior to watching them on TV or going to the movies. It's always different!


Yeah I read a lot, it's probably one of my main past times when I get bored or just have free time to myself.


Me too. I have a huge collection of books from throughout my life and even picked up some that I don't remember buying lol. Better than TV anyday, but I love my album collection too.


Yeah I am trying to get my nephews more into reading and not so much having screens in front of their faces 24/7. Anyway it was a good chat. Have a good day.


President Trump has been a very polarizing figure in many ways, including how he deals with the media.  Have you been interested in Presidential politics recently or for a long time?


I'm always reading up on politics, I know Trump had issues with cnn reporters such as April Ryan


Do you know if there were similar, if less publicized, issued between previous Presidents and reporters?  I can't think that people disagreeing with the President is new.


Well I know Nixon had issues with some reporters but not he wasn't as overt as Trump


Seeing how people in the public eye have become very rude (both the president and the media in some cases) makes me feel very old.  I just don't think that people should be disrepectful of each other.  And I also believe that you can disagree on a wide variety of topics but do so with respect.


Yes, it's unfortunate with the 24/7 news cycle has changed the way people behave and treat each other


If there were 24 hours worth of "news" to report, it might be different, but my first impression of most "shows" on CNN, Fox, etc is that they are not news at all, but opinion, editorial, and posturing.  But no one makes them put a warning label on the shows like they do on Diet sodas.


Yes, I don't think reporter and the president should be arguing or having a president revoke a press pass either


It must be hard, as a journalist, to try to get a whole story when you just get to ask one question - so I can understand the instinct to try to ask more and try to get into a discussion. But I've also wondered how open and transparent the whole press pass and access process is.  I have heard about reporters from non-major or new reporting media having a lot of trouble getting into the press pool.


Unfortuantly I think they only cater to national news networks and maybe the DC area news


I'm sure there would not be enough seats in the whole White House if they allowed everyone to have a place.  Have you ever been able to tour or visit the White House yourself?


No unfortunately not but I did see it once from afar. I read George W Bush reinstalled solar panels on the white house


Yes, When I read that it made me curious as to who had FIRST put the solar panels on?  Would it have been as long ago as President Carter?


Carter definitely seems like the obvious choice but were solar panels around during his presidency?


That was my first question as well.  I know that when I was in grade school (1980's) my friend's family had solar panels.  They were huge - took up most of the side of the house - almost 1.5 stories tall.  If it was that long ago, I'm sure they were not as efficient (or as nice looking) as they can be now.


Yea, if they were around during Teddy Roosevelt presidency then I would say him, he was a staunch conservationist


That's very true.  He was always one of my favorite Presidents - because of his personality and his environmental sensibility.  I appreciate that he liked nature and wanted to preserve it without feeling that conservation meant you should never touch or interact with nature.


Yes, Teddy was definitely a character lol


I once traveled to South Dakota and saw a "statue" of Teddy made of butter!


Hi.  Pretty good considering all the drama happening in the White House.  I wonder what Trumps approval rating is.  I know Bill Clinton's approval rating went up after the affair he had with Monica.


Very interesting indeed! I was reading about the White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France, very cool. I think we have had some interesting presidents!


Indeed we have had interesting presidents and wealthy ones as well.  The top three wealthiest were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.  I wonder out of the three who was the richest.


Wow, that is interesting. I bet they were all pretty wealthy. There is so much chatter about e mails within the white house and government and I find it funny Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails his entire time in office! lol


Lol and to think his wife got into trouble for over sharing her emails.  Goofy things happen in politics; for example, the first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana.


Hahaha, really? That's hilarious, I wonder why! Politics are very crazy, while Bill Clinton was president he once predicted the national debt would only be zero dollars! He was a great president though.


Zero dollars?  Wow what was he thinking.  He was over zealous for sure.  He even tried to find out about UFO's and Area 51.


I know! I heard about that too. Although finding out what is inside Area 51 would be really interesting! I would like to know for sure. So many mystery's in the government.


Well I think we would have seen aliens by now if they did exist.  Another goofy president was from Indonesia because he released 3 pop albums while in office.


True, but many people have reported many strange sightings so who knows lol! 3 pop albums while being president? Wow, must have had a lot of time on his hands! Talking about goofy the guest house of the U.S. President is larger than the White House, how odd is that!


So funny.  Would it be rude if I say I'd rather stay in the guest house than the white house?  I wonder if you can see the solar panels George W. Bush installed on the White house from the guest house.


I think staying in the guest house would be awesome! I don't think I have ever seen a picture of it. Yes, Bush did! Smart move I think. I liked Bill Clinton for having a centrist type or Third Way political policy thinking, we need change somewhere.


Bill Clinton was a good president.  On the other hand, did you know that Teddy Roosevelt was a strict conservationist that he banned Christmas trees from the white house.  I wonder what Melania thinks about that.


Hahaha, she had a lot of Christmas tree's in the White House for sure and she definitely would not have liked that rule hahaa!


I don't like her decorations and I don't really agree with the president.  Can you imagine if Hilary Clinton as a runner up would have automatically became Vice President like it happened in 1805.


I could not agree more. Too bad it wasn't 1805 now lol. That would be interesting to have 2 different parties working together. Yes, the Christmas tree's in the White House were creepy to me after seeing A Handmaids Tale on tv...just strange I guess!


I haven't seen that show yet, but I bet its good.  I love watching movies and even Bill Clinton is a fan of them.  He made an appearance on At the Movies with Roger Ebert in 1999.  He reviewed Fight Club and American Beauty.  Two controversial films.


I did hear about that, I love both of those movies. But in all the presidents we have had in the White House I think my top choice is Bill Clinton, I didn't know he was Attorney General of Arkansas, I knew he was Governor though.


I didn't know that either.  I also didn't know that he was a new democrat and his policies reflected a centrist third way political philosophy.


I know! That is what I liked about him so much, he had different idea's. We need more of that in the White House!


Yes I agree.  I hope we can get a better president in a few years.


Me too! We can't continue on like we are now, it's just not good. It has been really great having a chat with you!


I did too! I hope you have a great day! Bye!


Hey!  I love it!  It seems to be a pretty closed off industry though.  No woman has ever been nominated for the best cinematography academy award.


That's crazy I would have never guessed that.


It is crazy, and you get guys like Roger Deakins who have been nominated 13 times, but never won!


That's crazy. Gavin Free worked on the slow motion of Hot Fuzz, Sherlock Holmes, and some others.


That is a good selection of movies!  What type of movies do you prefer?  I like comedies and thrillers.


Nice, I was a big Jim Carey fan growing up.  I am glad to hear he is getting away from making dramas.


It says he doesn't do them because of his belief system. Do you know what his beliefs are?


He claims he doesn't want to do movies that do not project positivity, but I can think of plenty of positive dramas.


I think so too. Did you know Hugh Laurie makes $700,000 per episode in House?


That is wild!  That show was very popular though.  Aside from the money, I like the Michael Caine approach.  He became an actor because all the pretty girls were in drama!


Haha, yup.  Speaking of women have you seen the NBC Good Girls?  It is about three moms robbing a grocery store with ski masks and toy guns!


I have not. Sounds funny! There is a website where you can listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free.


Wow, that would be entertaining.  I love listening to the radio in the car.  Better to have a radio than flame throwers, which are somehow legal to have on your car in South Africa!


Me too. That's a good deterrent to carjacking lol.


Haha yup.  The technology in cars has become so advanced.  The trunk is called that because back in the day, cars used to have big wooden trunks in the  back!


That's funny. I would like to see an older car with a wooden trunk.


Now, you do not even need gas on some cars!  Thank you Elon!


hey did you know that Martha Stewart was originally a model in the 60's?


Yeah i heard she modeled for Channel. they say the chance of dating a super model are higher than winning the power ball.


haha well that is good to know! maybe the odds aren't that bad after all, I would personally prefer to win the power ball though haha


I'm incline to agree with you my friend. I think the numbers were something like dating a SM 1 in 88,000 and winning the PB 1 in 175 million, so good luck, ha ha.


haha yes, what do you think of the theory that the Mona Lisa was based on Leonardo Da Vinci's assistant who was a young man?


I wouldn't guess one way or the other who knows. Did you know that the president of Zimbabwe was called by the name of a fruit?


haha I didn't know that, I wonder if he released any pop albums like the president of indonesia did, he released 3!


That's pretty cool, what do you think about the runner up automatically being declared the vice president?


I did hear about that, it was an old rule apparently but doesn't exist anymore, imagine the chaose with Trump as president and Hillary as VP!


That would be hilarious, i'm sorry iv;e already given in to the idea that we are simply reality presidency TV so im all for it!


yes it is more entertaining to think like that I think! what is crazy is that trump wouldn't qualify for the top 3 most wealthy presidents! He wouldn't be in the top three!


Apparently the white house has twin buildings in other countries, that's odd.


ya that is weird, also the white house still used floppy disks to store files, like that seems so outdated


Yeah but its compact and durable in case the we need to move that info. I think the countries were France and Ireland


hmm I wonder what those buildings are used for, obviously they are not their countries' capital buildings haha, did you know the president of indonesia released pop albums? Three of them while he was in office


Some security the Pres. has took the So called SECRETE service 4 days to discover that the white house had been fired upon.


wow that is scary, also crazy that the Guest House is smaller than the actual white house, like how is that possible?


I thought the guess house was larger than the white house...now that makes absolutely no sense.


yup I just don't get it, but I guess, did you know that Trump wouldn't make the list of top 3 richest presidents? this must be controlling for inflation


I don't think he ever released his tax information so how can we know for sure.


ya that is true, I wonder what they are basing his numbers on? Must be something weird becuase you're right


did you know that The white house has twin buildings in ireland and france ?


wonder why The white house still uses floppy disks


At least George w. bush try to conserve by having solar panels put back on the white house.


I wonder if trump would make the top three wealthiest presidents


I pretty sure has more than  jfk, washington, and jefferson


Is all the u.s. president's guest house is larger than the white house ?


I heard obama did not live in a big house


The first president of zimbabwe has a funny name


yes banana. I would not have called him that lol


I love models. Did you know that mona lisa's model might well have been da vinci's assistant, salai - a young, effeminate male


No, I also did not know that Martha stewart modeled for chanel in the early 60s


I did not know she was that old. grant imahara is a model too


Well I have 1 in 88,000 odds of being with a model lol


yes and winning the powerball jackpot are 1 in 175 million. You have better odds


It was nice chatting. I am about to learn more about Melania Trump design background


Thank.  Do you know that our radio can pick up radio storms from Jupiter


I did not know that. That is super cool and interesting.


I know.  Also, soldiers in wwii used razorblade and pencil to make a simple radio


THat is interesting as well. I am learning all new kinds of the things.


Just like you.  I learned these facts from reading these articles.


Yeah. Reading is a wonder in itself to attain a wealth of knowledge.


I concur.  Also, it is a law in Canada that all of its radio stations must play at least 40% of the music played Canadian


THats a stupid law. Play what ever is good should be the law.


I completely agree with you.  I think they will ban this law in the near future


They should ban it. It seems like they are trying to dictate and take away peoples decision or free choice.


I concur.  Also, do you realize there is a website that we can listen unlimited for free


but I do not know the name of the web site though


Oh. I will look later to see if I can find it.


Thank you.  Do you like drama by any chance


So do I.  I watch them in my free time.  Hugh Luarie is one of my most favorite stars


I am not familiar with Hugh. Is he a good actor?


yeah, he is a very good one.  He is the highest paid actor ever for tv drama


You should watch his show if you have time.  By the way, nice chatting with you.  Have a happy holiday


Not really. Do you like them?  I've heard that watching them can burn calories.


I dont really like them either but if I can burn 180 calories then I might give then a try lol


i hear that lol!  It's weird but watching a horror movie can make you like abstract art more for some reason.


I see, thats interesting, a movie I did like was the Shining, have you seen that one?


I saw that one a long time ago.  .  I guess Bram Stoker is the catalyst for my favorite horror movie if you can call it that. I have a deep fear of Salem's Lot.


I do too, well in the shining the boy, Danny, didnt even know he was in a horror film he was tricked lol


I guess they did that so as not to scare him maybe.  Have you read any Edgar Allan Poe.  HIs works are said to have inspired some horror movies today.


I have, he has great poems, I think that his contributions are important, authors like him, Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley have sure transformed things.


They really have.  I wonder what made them write what they did.  It was all so long ago. I mean, horror has been around now for over a hundred years.


I guess their stories were so dark that the horror genre was born, maybe they didnt have that in mind, to have such influence on literature.


Maybe not.  Literature has had an effect on television too.  Sometimes you can't tell though. I mean, pokemon has over 750 episodes but i really have no idea what old literature could have inspired that!


Well I love Pokemon, its been one of my favorite shows for over 16 years now although the original pokemons were my favorite


I like it too I just mean I don't see where it could have gotten it's inspiration.  Maybe it just comes from studying animals in general.  Perhaps the creators of Pokemon were into zoology.


Thats an interesting question, I think they were, afterall there are 20 quintillion animals on the planet so there plenty of places to look for inspiration.


That's definitely true.  You could even look back into early life when some animals had gills and lungs.


I think thats why we have hiccups, they are some kind of holdover from previous years


You're probably right about that.  Thinking about old dinosaurs and such makes me think of the Loch Ness Monster. Did you know it is a protected species in Scotland?


I did not know that, I guess its a good thing in case a hunter decides to get it as a trophy, it would be amazing to see the Lochness Monster live.


It truly would.  I like to think that it is real and somewhere in the deep, unexplored depths of the ocean.  I mean, over 1.5 million animals are known and it's estimated there are over 7 million so it's possible.


I think we just have to look harder and we might find it, I hope to be alive by then.


Hi there! I do, but much less frequently than I used to. I miss the day when it was restricted to college students! That's how it started: just some Harvard kids, then Boston-area schools and the Ivies + Stanford.


That's a cool way to how it got started. I saw MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million back in 2005.


Yes, and by 2012 at its IPO it was valued at $104 billion--big mistake!


That's a huge mistake and very big loss of profits for them.


It's a big profit for divorce attorneys, though; a third of all divorce filings in 2011 contained the word "facebook", so it's definitely playing a part in the dissolution of relationships.


I bet it is. That's pretty funny. I bet so many couples fight over Facebook.


Well, 30% of American adults use it as their primary news source, so they're probably starting their drama on there, too.


That's interesting. I feel like it's full of fake news.


It is a good medium for that, since there's so many users, and I bet plenty of them are fake, too. There are more users on facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago!


Yes very true! The like button is illegal in one of the states in Germany.


I wonder if that's a translation issue? Facebook engineers actually originally wanted to call it the "awesome" button--I wonder if that would have been acceptable.


It very well could be. I never even thought of that.


I'm sure they're more liberal when it comes to other medium of communication, like radio.


I bet. Facebook is blue because Zuckerburg suffers from red-green colorblindness.


I know that kind of colorblindness is almost entirely restricted to males; did you know that facebook actually has 56 custom gender options in addition to male and female?


I did not know that, how different from the two options we've always been restricted to.


The world is not so black and white anymore; it was much simpler in the days of radio. Back in 1948, it's estimated that Bing Crosby recordings filled more than half of radio airtime,


I agree. It's definitely an ever changing environment.


Yes, before the internet, the dial tone on the phone was actually in the key of F to help people tune their guitars.


I know he died of age 60 what do you know about him?


I recently read that he was the visionary leader of the band called The Fall. As a follower of the three R's: (repetition, repetition, and repetition), he was often imitated but never matched equally.


I heard the band had a terrible tour in 1998.


True, despite his failures in other aspects of life, it can't be denied that he gave everything to and had the talent to achieve success and recognition in the field of music until his end, refusing victory laps on past achievements.


He was talented indeed, I think there are about 65 albums available in Netflix


I believe they are also available on Spotify. I think his at least one of his 65 albums is for every member of the audience. As his music evolve, Smith brought so much diversity and evolution into his work.


I see, so do you happen to use Facebook?


Well, Mark Zuckerberg suffers from colorblindness.


I recently read that that was why he chose primarily blue. I personally just like the color blue and didn't put much thought into it.


I thought it was a marketing strategy like the one Burger King had.


If you unfriended 10 people you would get a free whopper.


What did burger king have against facebook? Facebook took over the dominance of Myspace and is a powerhouse of social media.


Im not sure, but its messed up and I bet MySpace is regretting the decision of not buyin Facebook.


On the reverse I bet Spotify regrets refusing the offer of Facebook to buy it instead of it going public since its stock is now worth less than a fifth of what it was. On the contrary, Facebook's IPO was the largest valuation to date for newly listed public companies at $104 billion.


Really I didnt know that,   Facebook makes its revenue mostly from advertisements.


Facebook does a good revenue generating model despite recent controversies of fake news. One interesting fact tho is that in Schleswig-Holstein, germany the like button is illegal.


It is a controversy, that tells you of the power Facebook has, kind of like whats happening on Iceland


Indeed. I do think that people's opinions matter, but I won't deny some perspectives should be weighted more than others. I am curious to see how Facebook with proceed from here, either becoming obsolete like Myspace or growing to being even more colossal than now.


I wonder whats coming next as well, there are a lot of surprises to come.


Hello, I am well thank you. How are you? What do you do for fun?


I am well. I have two kids so I do not have a ton of free time. I do find time to work out though. I have to do it from 430 - 615 am.


I hear ya, I have three kiddos. My "free time" is before they wake up or after bedtime. I usually watch TV, or movies search through social media on my phone. Try to relax.


I usually end up doing that with them at night. If I am not careful, my entire free time can be spent watching TV. I really try to be productive, like doing MTurks while watching tv. How old are yours?


Agreed. My kids are 7, 4 and 3. How about you?


7 and 5. I do not know how parents with 3 do it. I can barely keep it together with 2! Are you on Facebook? Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook for $75M!


It wasn't that big of an adjustment. Yes I use FB, did you know that it is primarily blue because Zuckerburg is colorblind?


No clue. That is strange...I have been off of it since January 1, only on for work, which has been 4 times. I have so much freedom!


I mostly use it to see what is going on at my kids school. I can't believe that Iceland is rewriting their constitution using FB. Letting the public to make suggestions.


I fear for the future of Iceland. Can you imagine the US doing that and the impact of foreign impact that would occur?


Oh dear that would be terrible. Have you heard about the Burger King Promotion where you unfriend 10 people you get a free whopper?


I would unfriend them all. It would only be 10 whoppers though. Yes, I would sell out my friends for 10 whoppers.


haha... if it where chick fil a I would too, lol.


I would do it for a thing of waffle fries! This is more of a commentary on my love of food than my friends. They're great but they're not an original chicken sandwich great!


I do I have always liked them. I used to watch them with when I was pretty young with my older siblings. Have you heard that Stephen King was terrified as a child when he saw Bambi, he called it the first horror movie he saw.


I can see that. I cried so hard when Bambi's mom got killed. I think my parents didn't know and they felt terrible.


I do not think that the book was intended for children. Did you know that the little boy from the Shining did not know he was acting in a horror film until years later?


Do you think that was to protect the child or by accident?


Probably to protect him. It was nice chatting with you!


Yes, i love shopping online, i shop all the time.


yes, amazon is one of my favorite online stores to shop at. i love amazon prime.


Nice, yeah they are convenient delivering even on Sundays


Yes, thats the favorite part, i can order early in the day and receive my items the same day too


Yeah so convenient. Do you ever shop the AmazonBasics line of products?


It is a lower quality line of product but I find them to still be great.


great to know, i will have to check it out.


Yeah. A guy spent less than $30 once and got a building named after him because he was the first customer


wow, $30 and received a building named after him, that's awesome.


yeah pretty cool. The workers there walk up to 15 miles a day, they must be so busy all the time


15 miles, i couldn't imagine walking that much at work. that dedications but i'm grateful for their determination.


Exactly, it is a lot of walking. Amazon owns IMDB as well.


wow, you know alot about amazon. i didnt know that either. i wish i could afford to buy stock in amazon, they are really thriving.


Yes, i watch plenty of t.v.. what shows do you watch?


I like many but the Simpsons is one of my favorite ones


i haven't watched the Simpsons in years but i do like CSI shows


Nice, I enjoy them too actually, interesting.


Big fan here!  Do you remember Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?


I was not old enough to see him play but I do know him. Do you like him?


I did.  He was famous for his hook shot and dunking.  He dunked so much in college that they banned if for over a decade!


If you cannot stop it, get it banned???? Seems like a fearful reasonse.


LOL I think it was because they used to shatter the backboards back then and the games would have to stop.  The rims would just shatter to tiny shards of glass.


Good for him. He's trying to help recycle by breaking it up into smaller pieces. You're welcome!


The inventor of basketball and the losingest coach in Kansas history? I ma aware of him. If you invent the game, just change the rules to get a better winning record!


Yes! ..and lol!  In 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach!  Wonder how the tax payers feel about that in those states?


If it is Alabama and football, pretty good. Their total profit was $48M with a $2M surplus, which is $2M that the state does not need to subsidize.


Ahh...I didn't know that.  So if they make a profit then the state doesn't have to susidize?


Correct. They help offset the cost of the second tiered sports.


Ok.  Cool.  I didn't even think about taxes and state college coach salaries until today.  lol  Do you know what they call the basketball court that is on the top floor of the US supreme court building?


I do not know? The highest court in the land?


You got it!  lol  The New Zealand basketball team is nicknamed the "tall blacks".  What are they thinking?  That's nuts.


Yes I do.  Did you hear about the Facebook promotion that Burger King had?


Unfriend 10 people and get a Whooper! Nice chatting with you!


Good morning!  Can you believe facebook has been around since 2004?


Yes, and  it was worth 75 million 1 year later. They are successful.


It's really incredible when you think about it.  I guess in that year they moved it from just being for college students to being for everyone. They definitely went fast!


And now they are valued in the hundreds of billion, it is like a small country.


I didn't realize it until now but in 2004 it was for college students, 2005 adults, and in 2006 for anyone age 13 and above.


It thinks kids can get around that restriction, but do kids want to get on Facebook now  ?


I think they can too.  I don't know. I hear that they like Instagram better.  They used to like myspace but that's over.


They could have bought Facebook in 2005, and now they would be lucky if Facebook wants to buy them.


That is so true lol!  All facebook wanted was 75 million at that.


And the founders would be still rich if they sold at that time, but now they are mega rich. Are you on Facebook ?


I am although I am considering tapering off some.  Are you on?


Yes, I log in once a day. Some people I know only use Facebook Messenger to communicate.


Do you mean that's the only thing they use or that they just use that part of facebook only?


I don't know I have never asked them, but they stopped using their email, and they respond faster if I use Facebook messenger, personally, I don't like it.


I am not sure I would either.  Facebook is getting too dominant as it is.  Did you know that a state in germany has made the like button illegal?


Do you what they tried to accomplish with that ?  But I don't mind, I have never used that button.


No I don't.  I can only guess that perhaps it was to get people to use facebook less?


Maybe, or so people won't show their support for controversial issues or just a political party, some countries have very strict political campaign/advertisement laws.


You know I hadn't thought about that but you could be right.  Some countries just the opposite though. Take Iceland for example.  They are rewriting their constitution via facebook.


I think that was the objective of FaceBook, becoming some kind of super network that would benefit society. I think it did not succeed. At least the benefit to society part.


Some companies might agree.  Burger King ran a promotion where if you unfriended 10 people you got a free whopper.  That reminds me, it's time for lunch.  It's been nice chatting with you!  Have a great day!


hey, I do like Amazon actually! I remember when they first came out back in 1994, I know Jeff Bezos started it


They started as an online place to sell books, then they did many more things as video downloads, mp3, video games, audiobooks etc


thats cool, and ya now they have a publishing wing, and also have film and tv studios, just so much!


ya that is scary, I use that site everyday and they also hold a patent on one click buying somehow


Interesting! It is also cool they remember what the first order was. On for a little less than $28. they actually named a building with the first customer's name!


ya that is cool! also cool is best buy and target will now match amazon's price, I know I've done that before


Talking about sales only Alibaba has higher numbers on total sales!!


wow I didn't know that, ya amazon I'm sure does a lot too, it is still the largest measured by revenue and market capitalizaion


It was succesful with their tablets, only Apple was above Amazon and overtook samsung in tablet making


wow thats a lot, its cool how amazon made up their own font so it'd be easier to read on their tablets haha


And their tablets are not expensive, something that apple would sell for $329, Amazon would sell for $150


right, I agree with that, do you know the arrow in amazons logo is meant to show they carry everything from a to z?


Yes, I did. It is a nice and simple logo. do you know that Amazon has a deal with USPS where they deliver packages on Sunday!!


I did I've used that many times! have you used amazon's other website? it sells like-new items for a discount


I have not .. yet. I found that warehous workers at amazon are used to walk between 7 to 15 miles during their shift


ya that is a lot! I would consider working there because I'd lose so much weight! What about you?


I think that is great! I would want  to walk that distance as part of my job. Do you use google often?


oh I use it every day, but I mostly use bing myself, but I do know that Google was created back in 1998


I use everyday all the time!!! Well I am going to let you go! have a good one!


Same here.  I think I'm connected almost constantly when I'm home.  Did you know that the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button?  lol  I never knew that.


Me neither, my colleagues would refer to it as that.  I always just called it the menu button.


lol  Me too.  There is 3g cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of Mt. Everest.  That's amazing.


You know, so you can check in and Facebook your accomplishment.  LOL


lol That's funny!  Only 7 percent of people read the full terms when buying a product or service online.  Do you read the full terms?  I go over them but it looks like I'm in the minority.


I vaguely do, so Ive probably agreed to some sketchy stuff not even knowing it.


lol Did you know that the space shuttles general purpose computer only ran on 1mb of RAM.  Crazy.


Wow.  I think about what we have in the things we use for looking at pictures of cats and then something that important.  Crazy.


I know right?  lol  In 1936 the Russians made a computer that ran on water.  I didn't even know computers were around that early.


Neither did I , i wonder how powerful it was.


Not sure.  But it's an interesting concept.  Someone built a working 16 bit computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks.  They must have been bored. lol


I know.  lol  Technology has come such a long way that an iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent.  That's amazing and kind of scary at the same time.


It really is, I remember going to school and teachers saying we wouldnt have a calculator in our pocket everywhere we went....  looks like they were wrong.


LOL  You're right!  I remember my Texas Instruments calculator now that you mention it.  I thought that thing was so high tech and now it's worthless.  lol  On the subject of phones...Unicef has a program where they will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone.  I'm going to have to look more into that.


Same here, I could definitely put it down to help out a good cause.


Same here and seems like an easy cause to contribute to.  I don't use my phone that much.  A little early history on the rotary phone reveals that New York's area code was/is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.  Wonder why they didn't pick 121?


Or 111?  and why wasnt it given to the emergency department?


Good point!  I sure wouldn't have wanted to be the one who had to lay the phone and internet cables across the Oceans.  That had to have been one heck of a job.


I know that is a long way even if they are only 2.7 inches thick..   Its been nice chatting.  Have a good day!


because it was the fast rotary number to dial, 212 is new yorks area code


thats covienient for them!  lol The cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.


if you overlap two phone books pages together it is impossible to separate them


Ive never tried,  have you?  Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone.  Thats pretty interesting,  I wonder how much they have donated so far.


no i have never tried, but did you know that on the internet only 7% of people when buying a new product read the full terms. that is crazy


I totally believe that lol An iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


it is also measurable addictive to the brain to constancy click links on the internet


The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.  haha hamburger.


That is funny but smoking makes warranties on apple computer to be void when they are smoke near them


I know,  they should fix that,  so many people smoke!


i know that right, i recently found out that Transhumanist want to up;oad to computers human minds and also on memory sticks


sounds like a Black Mirror episode hahaIn 1936, the russians made a computer that ran on water.


Did you know that general purpose computer that only run on 1 megabyte ram are ran on space shuttles


Yeah right,  that computer must be really slow!  No Netflix for them! Someone built a working 16-bit computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks


I did know that but did you know that Aliens Sans Frontiers was a lithograph


it is a new process, a procedure devised recently invented by Enrique Chagoya


Good to know!  The current library of alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.


A bronze sculpture of a woman and her spouse was made by Patrica Cronin it is said to be traditional. Can you imagine that


Not really,  and I wonder why its considered traditional.


I don't know, but I know this in 1936 A computer was made that ran on water by the Russians


Do you ever take selfies?  Apparently, the first was probably made in 1839.


I don't really take many. Usually it is for a work thing if I do. What about you?


No, I do not take many.  I do however enjoy the telephone.  I think it is such a great invention!


It amazes me how far we have come in such a short time. I remember 30 years ago the biggest thing was a cordless telephone now look at the phones we carry with us everywhere!


Yea, technology has advanced so much.  Rotary phones used to be top of the line and New York has the area code of 212 because its the fastest to dial on a rotary phone.


Have you ever seen the mythbusters episode where they tried to pull apart phonebooks?


No, but I am a fan of the show.  Did they succeed?


It took two tanks! I think it is safe to say for the average person we can't pull apart two interleaved phone books.


Wow!  How awesome is the internet?  A Global system of interconnected computer networks that link devices worldwide.  We can communicate with someone in India instantaneously!


The internet is amazing. We have access to info that would have been impossible to know before like the library at Alexandria.


Apparently, the cables that carry phone and internet data across the ocean are only 2.7 inches in diameter!  They just casually lay on the ocean floor.


I would have thought they would have to be way thicker than that! Must be a fiber optic line. I wonder what kind of internet you can get on Mt. Everest?


I've heard even on the top of MT Everest there is 3g cell service.  That is crazy!


I guess that is one place you could send a pretty awesome selfie.


Ya I would imagine.  What are your thoughts on computers?


I think they are a great tool if used appropriately. They can be really addicting though.


Very true.  Someone built a working 16-bit computer using nothing but minecraft building blocks.  That person must have been very talented.


That is cool. People build computers out of some neat things. I saw one that was entirely clear plastic once. It was awesome to see all the inner parts.


Even the Russians made a computer that runs on water back in 1936.  People can do some amazing things.


I love alternative energy things like that. I suppose water probably wasn't the best choice though because of the whole electric circuit thing.