Hi, do you like Lady Gaga?

Yes!
I love Lady Gaga.

Did you know that her real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?

I think I knew her name is Stefani.

I had no idea that she has two middle names.

Joanne, I believe, was the name of her grandmother.

That's cool.

I heard she first began performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights and acting in school plays.

What's your favorite Gaga song?

I did not know she did school plays.

I think my favorite song is actually the song named after her grandmother called "Joanne".

Do you have a favorite song by her?

Are you a fan?

I became a pretty big fan in 2008 when her first album, The Fame was released and contained Poker Face.

Did you see the new movie she is in with Bradley Cooper?

I cannot believe that album was nearly ten years ago.

I have no seen it.

I did see they won a Grammy for the song 'Shallow' the other night.

I think that is the name of the song anyway.

You're right, that was the name of the song.

The movie is very good too, you should definitely see it.

It's funny that Lady Gaga got her name from a predictive text glitch that changed "radio" to "lady"

This is what everyone keeps telling me.

I enjoy Bradley Cooper so I think I would like the movie.

I am really glad that she went with 'Lady Gagy' and not 'Radio Gaga'....

Yeah, it definitely wouldn't have the same ring to it.

It's interesting that she became so popular that the LAPD asked for her assistance.

They asked her to tweet to her 11.4 million followers about information for some upcoming road work so the word would get out faster.

I read that!

Good thing some celebrity influence can do some good...if that is considered good LOL I didn't know Elton John had any children.

Not surprised that Lady Gage is the godmother.

That's cool she's Elton's son's godmother...

Does Lady Gaga have any children of her own?

It's funny that she was on MTV's "Boiling Points" before anyone ever knew she was going to be famous

No, she does not have any of her own children.

I wonder if I can find that clip of her on Boiling Points somewhere.

Would be interesting to see what she looked like.

She had to have been 18/19 at the time I would guess?

Probably so...

It's interesting that many big artists appeared on television shows before they were famous.

Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears were both on the Mickey Mouse Club when they were much younger.

I remember reading about Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake being on the Mickey Mouse Club when they were children.

Ryan Gosling was on there as well!

Do you think Ed Sheeran was on any TV shows before he was famous?

I didn't realize he had written "Love Yourself" but gave it away to Justin Bieber, lol.

If he has been it was definitely in the

It's weird that Eminem is one of Ed's biggest musical influences... their musical styles couldn't be any more different.

It was definitely in the UK.

I don't know what happened there.

Ed Sheeran has had to have written for many people.

I would never have guessed Eminem for one of his musical influences.

That is strange!

Definintely strange... Nice talking to you!


Hi, how are you?

Good this morning!
Yourself?
did you watch the Grammys?

I did not.
I am not a huge awards show person.
What about you?
Did you watch them?

I did.

I was really disappointed that Kesha and SZA were snubbed.

I thought they would get some kind of nod.

I know Kesha but not SZA.
Do you know SZA?

SZA sings r and B.

She is pretty good.

When the grammy guy was asked why more women weren't nominated, he blamed women, Not a good move.

Seems like he was shirking responsibility for sexism.

It sure looks like it.

Although he did make a good point.

If women want to be recognized, they do have o step up and make their voices heard.

Kesha sued her producer for sexual assault and despite the evidence, he was let off.

Seems like she is not getting justice in either arena...

That is so true.

I loved her video Tik Tok too.

Sing it almost every day even if it is silly.

I thought Lady gaga would at least be mentioned for her music in that film she did with Bradley Cooper.

Her super bowl leap was crazy.
Did you see that last year?

No!

I'll have to look that up.

I guess Lorde was pretty ticked off at the grammy's too.

They wouldn't let her sing.

I do think they should add the most tone deaf spoken word statement award.

So many white males would be nominated!

They would!
I guess Ed Sheeran won for this year!
:)

I like him... Don't tell my judgmental friends...

:) I do too.

He makes loving music.

Fun stuff.

Did you see the white roses everyone wore to the grammy's by any chance?

I did not.
What did they signify?

The time's up initiative.

a legal fund set up for victims of sexual harassment!

Huge support for it.

Speaking of white males...

I found/find that whole movement disappointingly necessary.

Can't people just act right?

That would be nice, but men have run the industry for so long, they think it's their privilege.

Do you ever listen to Lady Gaga?

I have in the past.
Do you listen to her?

not too much.

I watched her video with Bradley cooper last night.

She is so much prettier without all the make up.

I watched her a little in american horror story.

Was really over the top.

Nice chatting with you!


Do you like Kesha?

personally I think shes a great artist with a lot of talent

ya I do like her, can't believe she was snubbed last year at the Grammys

Yeah and also Ed Sheeran had a controversial win, not sure if he deserved that.

ya I can't say I agree, do you like Lady Gaga btw?

Yeah I do, not only as a singer but shes also a great actress, what about you?

do you like her?

ya she does a good job, I guess she was born back in 1986 which is one year younger than me haha

Shes a young artist, she has a lot to give, many singles, many movies to come.

ya I could see that, its funny she got her name from a predictive text glitch that changed radio to lady

It is funny just like how the LAPD asked her to tweet info about an upcoming roadwork in the town

ya that was funny, also cool is Elton John who chose Lady Gaga to be his son's godmother, thats cool

Thats interesting, did you ever watch the shoe Boiling Points on MTV?

nope never heard of it, what is it about?

Its a show that used to ran on MTV it was like a reality tv kind of show, well Lady Gaga was on it

oh I see, ya I like her early hits like Poker Face and Just Dance I think those were some of her best songs

Those are great songs, I like the as well, Lady  Gaga has a favorite band, not the less than Iron Maiden.

wow that is crazy the music is completely different, and ya she has sold over 27 million albums and 150 million singles, shes one of the best selling artists in teh history of music

Yeah they have like completely opposite styles just like Ed Sheeran cite Eminem as one of fhis biggest influences.

ah that is interesting, he also has a better vocal range than freddie mercury which is crazy

Thats suprising since Freddie Mercury had a really great and unique voice, Ed Sheeran is a great artits but Mercury is in another league.

ya I agree, nothing Ed has made touches Freddie's stuff, although it was nice that Ed gave the song Love Yourself to Bieber to sing

Yeah that was a nice thing to do, I guess they must be really good friends, Sheeran had a rough road to becoming the artist he is now

ya it sounds like he did, had to couch surf for 2 years and sleep outside, that sounds tough

Yeah it souds that way


Do you like pop music?

its ok, did you know most pop hits use the same 4 chords

Yes, very interesting, you can do a lot with 4 chords.

Did you know that in a 2012 study they found out that pop music has grown louder and more musically homogeneous since the mid-60's?

I believe that accounts for the 4 chord harmony.

probably, i do like "we are the champions", which is considered the catchiest pop song of all time

Pop music is part of our culture and other cultures as well.

The President of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office.

funny, must not be too busy being president.

i read that some pop record labels send out rejection letters that start with "dear loser"

Ha, no doubt.

Still pop music is "popular".

Ricky Gervais was a pop singer in the 80's.

And, North Korea even has its own k-pop girl band named the "Moranbong Band" which is the most popular music group in their country.

wow, how about the beatles, regarded as one of the most influential bands in history

The Beatles were cool.

They started Beatlemania back in the 60's and they became integral to the pop music evolution and helped turn it into the art form that it is today.

nice, they broke in 1970 before any of them were even 30

Yes, they had political interests too.

Another interesting fact is that the Beatles's song "Come Together" was written for Timothy Leary's 1969 California Governor campaign.

interesting, and they used the word love 613 times in their songs!

Yes, the Beatles are known for that although none of the Beatles could actually read music.On top of that, they literally stopped touring because back in the day you couldn't hear them over the screaming in the audience.

i can imagine, and no touring needed, aerosmith made more money from guitar hero then any album

Yes, the Beatles have a Guitar Hero game as well.

Funny, another strange thing I found out was that Ringo Starr was illiterate for most of his childhood because he missed three years of school because he had tuberculosis and peritonitis.

did not know that, walt disney did double track vocals 10 years before the beatles did

The Beatles ran the gamet though.

They went from 50's type rock and roll to pop ballads and then to Indian music and finally to psychedelia and hard rock.

And, all the while they incorporated classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways.

quite resourceful, people stop traffic to recreate beatles image at abbey road too

Cool.

Yes, Abbey Road was one of their best albums.

They even had the best selling album of the 2000's.

Apparently part of that "Beatlemania" carries on in today's world.

definitely, nice chatting

Same here.
Have a good one.


Are you a fan of pop music?

i do like pop music.
also jazz and rock.
how about you?

I love pop music, especially the late 90s early 00s!

It has been around since the 50s

do you like 80s pop?

it has a distinct sound.

i think that it is popular with the kids now because it is nostalgic.

I don't know if I ever heard of that king.

I once heard music from Ricky Gervais in the 80s, that was interesting!

there are many wonderful pop songs from that time.

you can find them on YouTube.

impress your friends with your knowledge of ancient pop.

I will have to look them up.

I heard North Korea has its own pop style, that would be interesting to listen to!

i think that NK must have a pretty bad kind of pop.

probably syrupy and stuff.

i bet they sing about the dead leader.

For sure and then cry about it lol!
Do you have any favorite albums?

no favorite albums.

i usually listen to songs on youtube.

I do like some jazz albums on there i guess.

what about you?

I like Linkin parks hybrid theory, that best selling album in the 21st century.

I also liked the beatles albums, but now yes I listen to on youtube a lot now

LP made a great album.

they deserve to be #1. too bad about their singer.

right, sad that people battle those demons.

Were you a fan of NWA

i was not a fan, but they sure could spit mad fire.

For sure, they released their album and it became platinum without major air play or tours!

they knew that the streets was hungry for some real beats, real truth.

they did not need to market reality to the people.

For sure, they coined F the police I think, great song though.

Almost as good as the songs made by 2 100 year old twins from japan.

I want to hear what those twins released.

It must be about arthritis and stuff.

lol, and a lot of back pain and back in my days!

lol!

great chatting with you!

I enjoyed chatting as well!
Have a good day!

you too, bye!


Hi there, do you like fish

Hi, I sure do.
Do you know much about them?

I know some stuff.

There is a specis of them that can eat prety twice their size

WOw that is amazing.

Do you know how long a goldfish once lived?

hmm maybe 10 years, I am not sure how long they can live.

Well this guy lived to be 43, that is a lot

Yeah that is amazing.
Do you know which fish has a neck?

Hmm there is a fish that has a neck?
Do not know, which one is it?

Yeah it is the seahorse actually and they are the only ones too

Oh cool, I did not know seahorses are qualified as fish to be honest

Yeah I know.

There is a species of jellyfish that is immortal.

Wow, maybe we need to study them.

And they evaporate in the sun because they are made of water mostly

Yeah they are pretty cool.

Do you know why there is so much research on zebrafish?

Hmm I do not know that, are they somehow related to us?

In a way.

Genes that are responsible for diseases in us can be found in them too

Oh wow then it totally makes sense to study them and invest in that kind of research

Yeah exactly.
Do you use the computer much?

All the time actually.

Do you know what Captcha is an acronym for?

I actually do not know that good question.

DO you know?

Yeah it stands for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell computers and humans apart.

WOw that is very long, I like the acronym much better.


So, is there a national Pi day, or is just someones hope?

That is funny.
It must be a mathematicians dream.

Actually I just looked it up, March 14th.

It's a day to celebrate mathematics, some people just buy pies though.

Oh I see.

Nice.

Many people think the world would be a better place if we can appreciate things beyond the scientific fields.

I used to enjoy doing math at school, until it got too theoretical.

Talk of quantum math just baffles me.

Yeah it is very tough stuff.

I liked biology and learning about fish.

So amazing they lack limbs with digits!

Math must difficult without fingers to do the basics on.

Ha ha yes I would imagine so.

There's only one fish who has a neck and that is the seahorse.

Is a seahorse a fish.
I suppose it can't be anything else.
What about jellyfish, are they fish?

Yes I guess it is considered a fish but I am not certain.

As for jellyfish I believe so.

There is even a breed of jellyfish that never dies.

Maybe a blessing or maybe a curse.

How would you know?

You can't ask it, and you can't watch it all the time, I'd need some kind of proof to believe that.

Yes true.

I would like to know more.

They probably get eaten all the time too.

By the black swallower fish perhaps!

Is that the one that eats ten times its weight?

That's how I feel after Thanksgiving meals.

Haha yes thats the one.

Also the zebra fish shares 84% of genes known to be associated with human disease.

If they are that closely related maybe the have the capacity to play chess?

Of course, we are back to them not having limbs and fingers, so maybe not.

Ha ha yeah I would like to know more about that.

Some people actually believe that chess was created by aliens.

Those people are probably more closely related to the zebra fish than just 84%.

I understand it came from India, mot Mars.

Very interesting.

There was once a chess grandmaster who beat somebody without even looking at the board.

That would be embarrassing.

I might be the one on the losing side.

I used to have a computer chess set when I was a kid.

I figured out how to cheat it, so never really learned anything from it, aside from how to cheat.

Oh interesting I would be curious to know how people cheat.

There are more possible moves in a game of chess than they are atoms in the known universe.

I know, there's this story of the invention of teh game, and how the creator asked for a grain of rice to be double every square of the board.

By the time you get to the last square there is more rice than exists.

Have a good day.


Do you like fish?
I love them!

I think fish are crazy how many are out there haha.

The oldest goldfish ever was 43 years old!

That is incredible!

lol  The black swallower fish can eat prey twice its own length and ten times its weight!

Dang that fish doesn't care at all lol.

Have you ever seen a species of fish that lives on land all its adult life?

No I have't.
What's that called?

I'm not sure either lol, was hoping you would know.

Have you ever seen a jellyfish evaporate in the sun?

I haven't!

But I know that there is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal!

I wouldn't want to mess with them!

They are 98 percent water so I'm sure it's easy to evaporate in the sun!

I bet!

Freshwater fish only drink through their skin via osmosis while saltwater fish drink water through their mouths.

That is one interesting fact!

Can you believe there was a fish that lived for 226 years?

I wonder how many owners it had?

That is pretty cool!

I've heard Koi fish can live a long time.

A seahorse is the only fish to have a neck!

You would guess there would be others but I guess not!

So what kind of computer do you own?

I have a personal computer.

They are in so many devices now it's crazy.

I agree!

Do you know what captcha stands for since we probably see it all the time on here?

I don't know.
What does it stand for?

completely automated public turing test to tell computers and humans apart.

Say that ten times fast lol.

lol  The space shuttle's general purpose computer ran on 1mb of ram!

That's crazy!

You would think it would take up more huh?

Have you ever played the game Doom?

I remember when that first came out in the mid-90s lol  Yes I played it back then.

That was the most installed piece of software on computers in 1995, ahead of windows 95 itself haha.

It was nice chatting with you!

Nice!
Have a great night!
It's been fun!


Hello do you like taylor swift?

Hey there!

I can tolerate Taylor Swift, she's not my favorite or anything, what about you?

Did you know that she'll walk backwards so that her picture can't be taken by paparazzi?

I like her music,  I dont know much about her.

That is pretty funny and probably effective!

Yeah I could see it being effective.

Do you know who Olaf the snowman is?

The one from the movie Frozen?

I guess she dressed up as him on tour haha that's pretty funny

wow thats awesome,  Yes I love Olaf lol Taylor swift accidently released 8 seconds of white noise and topped the canada charts lol

Haha that's funny.

That's some really expensive White Noise LOL.

I guess that she came from a wealthy family too, she lived on a tree farm that was about 11 acres in size

wow,  must be nice!

She does seem like she's a giver though, all the proceeds from her tour called Wildest Dream to an African Wildlife Conservation Center

Yeah Ive heard of her donating to a lot of charities and even others in need.

she gave Kesha money to fight her sexual harrassment case too.

Well that's nice of her.

Does a lot of pop crossovers too, which is cool.

It's also impressive that she started her music career at the age of 14.

Taylor swift removed her music from spotify because " music shouldnt be free"

That's interesting.

You like her song that's called"our song"?

Apparently she was the youngest person to write and perform a number one country hit, with that song,

No I havent heard of that one,  is it good?

No I haven't either.

I'm not a massive fan of hers, but she does seem very talented so I'll have to check some of her stuff out.

Do you like any other albums?

Not necessarily by her

Yes absolutely,  my favorite right now is Bryce Vine.

I hear linkin parks album hybrid theory is the best selling of the 21st century.

Ok I'll have to check that out.

What do you think about Aerosmith?

Apparently they need more money by lending their rights to the Guitar Hero franchise then buy any kind of record sales LOL that's crazy

I think that was a great idea in my opinion, guitar hero was a hit because of their contribution,  thats a lot of royalties.

Yes I agree!

I love playing those games when I was in high school, do you like Led Zeppelin by the way?

I love that they didn't name their fourth album just to mess with the rock press, wish they hated

I never really listened to their music.
Thats hilarious.

You should check them out, they're actually really good!

Just don't buy any records at Walmart by the way, they only sell clean versions of records, that would really annoy me

Yeah that is annoying, I wanna hear the music the artist released,  not some edited version.


Hey how's it going are you a Star Wars fan?

I actually really enjoyed the Solo Star Wars film!

I like some of them.

Did you know that Al Pacino turned down the role of Han Solo because he couldn't understand the script?

Hah that's kind of funny and sad at the same time.

I thought Ron Howard did a good job directing.

I thought he did so too.

Alden Ehrenreich did really good as Han Solo.

Yeah he was great.

I liked the movie because it took place 10 years after "A New Hope" so it gave some closure.

Yeah and that's what I feel that series lacks is closure.

There's too many open loops in the story line for me.

Yeah it always leaves you hanging.

But there were some answered questions.

I liked how Han Solo was a tie fighter pilot before piloting the millennium falcon!

Yeah and he also was an Imperial Lieutenant before his companionship with Chewbacca.

Interesting.

Did you know George Lucas originally intended Han Solo to be a large green alien or a black man?

That's pretty interesting, he also considered Christopher Walker for as Han Solo.

Oh he wouldn't be too bad.
Have you seen Deadpool 2 by chance?
I loved Ryan Reynolds in that!

I loved that movie.

Did you know that the video game cost more to make than the movie?

Wow how is that even possible?

It is also the highest grossing film of all time not directed by Lucas or Cameron!

That is wild!

In a 2004 comic book series, Deadpool described himself as "Ryan Reynolds crossed with a Shar-Pei," this lead Reynolds to believe he was destined for the role.

Haha very cool.
He really played the role well.
He even voiced the mystery villain!

I heard that the screenwriters released that.

That's pretty neat.

Very neat indeed.

In addition to watching movies I also love to travel.

Did you know the Japanese highway tolls are extremely expensive?

I would hope they have nice roads.

I've heard that it cost more than $300 to travel across the country.

I'd hope they use that money on the roads.

Yeah seriously I would hope so.

I wonder how much it would cost to ride in those Dutch buses that go up to 160mph?

I'm not sure, but I feel it would be worth it.

I wish I had one when I was going on business trips!

Yeah that would have been cool.

Also I love hawaii and they had a king who loved to travel too!

Nice chatting with you!


Hello, what is your favorite movie?

I really like the movie The Godfather.

One movie that I think is only ok though is Deadpool 2, did you see that movie

I have seen dead pool 2.

It is probably my favorite movie of all time!

Although I also do really like solo a star wars story

Yeah Deadpool 2 came out in 2018, I actually like the first one a lot but didn't really like the second, did you ever play the video game

No I have not, although I heard the video game was decent.

Have you ever played the video game?

Yes I did.

The video game is actually really good!

And shockingly it cost more than the first Deadpool movie to make

That makes sense, as it costs the video game developers a lot of money to design the graphics, and a lot more to market the game.

Do you remember in Deadpool to the mystery villain?

Apparently Ryan Reynolds does his voice, I wonder who the villain is going to be in Deadpool 3 though

I wonder too.

Deadpool is the highest grossing r rated film that was not directed by George Lucas or James Cameron!

No wonder it was so successful

Yes I agree.

You said that you like Star Wars movies right?

did you know that Han Solo used to be a TIE fighter pilot?

No I did not!

Han Solo was apparently also an imperial lieutenant before meeting up with Chewbacca.

Well that is interesting, also George Lucas wanted him to be a large green alien or a black man originally LOL that would have been a very different movie

I am glad that they chose for him to be a very furry person.

He is one of my favorite star wars characters.

Yep I agree, I love Harrison Ford, what if they chose Christopher Walken though?

He was in the running for it

I wonder what would have happened then.

Maybe we should just be happy that the things are the way they are because the movie turned out to be excellent.

Yes we totally should.

a lot of things came together well because if you was available, for instance Al Pacino turned down Han Solo's role because he didn't understand the script that would have been totally different too

It would have been very different.

Do you think that we will ever be in a world similar to that of star wars?

No I don't think so, that world is too Fantastical I think, what do you think?

I would like to travel to outer space though

Speaking of travelling.

did you know that all of Japans highways have tolls?

It would cost over 300$ to travel across Japan!

Yeah that sounds expensive, it would be fun to ride that Dutch Bus 160 miles per hour on those road so LOL.

I wonder if there had been many accidents with those buses because 160 mph does not sound very safe!

No thats definitely really fast.

Maybe I'll take a trip to Mackinac Island though, they don't have buses or any kinds of cars for that matter, only horses


I tell you, this Taylor Swift is a magnet for controversy.

Ahhh.. you know, haters gonna hate!

LOL.

Seriously though, yeah, I heard she's being sued!

At least its not Kanye West suing.
I hear he mocked himself on SNL.

Really?

I didn't see that ep.

Course, I haven't watched SNL in a good while.

I did recently do a bunch of "Weekend Update" clips on Youtube though.

Norm McDonald is hilarious!

Yeah, he made fun of himself for interrupting Taylor at an award shot.

Yeah, I remember that happening... where was that, the MTV awards?

You know what's weird?

Taylor Swift often walks backwards to keep from getting her pic taken.

I bet the paparazzi love that.

Whoa.

She could always fly away from them in her Dassault Falcon 900 Jet.

I have to admit, as sappy as it is, I do find "You Belong With Me" a rather catchy song.

I would like to hear NWA do that.

Maybe put it on a re-release of straight outta compton

Get the feeling they'd add in a lot more swear words.

LOL.

Speaking of which, did you know Wal-Mart only sells "clean" versions of albums?

Found that kind of interesting..

Wow.

Remind me not to shop at Walmarts...unless I'm buying a  rap album made by 100 year old Japanese twins

there's a rap album by 100 year old twins?

What are some of the songs on it?

Lol!

It's almost as good as the 8 second white noise Taylor Swift once released.

Speaking of albums... you a big Led Zeppelin fan?

Yeah.

I like Zep and 70's rock in general.

I hear pink floyd's dark side of the moon was a best-seller in 2014, believe it or not.,

I just think it's funny how LZ didn't title any of their first four albums.

I've heard they did that just to annoy the rock press.

(Along with once releasing an album under a different band name...)

What name did they release an album under?

Linkin Park?

No, it was a bunch of weird symbols and stuff.

I don't know what it was "unofficially" called.

But from what I understand, they did it to prove it wasn't just the "brand name" that was bringing in fans.

maybe they crashed the rock press party by announcing they just recorded what had to be the best album of all time!

You mentioned Dark Side of the moon earlier.. speaking of albums with staying power, Legend by Bob Marley has been on the album chart for over 914 weeks!

I find that pretty amazing!

Whoa!.
I'm going to go jammin now.
Nice chatting.


Hi, do you like Taylor Swift?

I am not a fan.

I'm not a "hater" but I just never developed an appetite for her work.

I would rather play Monopoly... You?

Yea I don't really like her music.

I saw Kanye West did an SNL skit mocking himself for his interruption to Swift.

Interesting guy that Kanye...  Have you heard any of his albums?

Not as creative as Thom Yorke playing his laptop on a Radiohead album, but still pretty creative none-the-less!

He's very interesting.

I have not heard much of his music.

Swift owns a Falcon 900 jet that cost $40 million.

Poor girl...Couldn't afford a bigger plane... Maybe she will write a sad song about it...  Until then we will just have to listen to Legend by Marley, on the charts for over 900 weeks!

LOL.

She once released 8 seconds of white noise and topped the Canadian iTunes charts with it...LOL!

It must have been winter in Canada, where everything is white anyway!

I wonder if Walmart sells that "hit?"

They only sell clean music!

LOL.
That's interesting about Walmart.
I did see Linkin Park

They were quite popular.

I don't know if they made any games though.

Aerosmith made more money with Guitar Hero than from any album.

Guitar Hero was huge so I can see that happening.

Reel Big Fish once re-recorded all of their albums because they lost the rights to their old record company.

At least they are willing to work for it!

Taylor Swift dressed up like Olaf when she was on tour during the Halloween season.

That's working the crowd!

That's working the crowd for sure!

Two identical twins in Japan once released a rap album at 100 years old.

Cool!

I wonder if Swift will still be holding concerts at 100?

She probably will still have to walk backwards to avoid being photographed...

I bet so.
Do you like the game Monopoly?

Sure!

I may still be playing a game I started two weeks ago...  Long game... Nicolas Cage convinced Johnny Depp to become an actor while playing Monopoly, so I am keeping my options open!

Wow that's interesting and good to know.

I saw it was originally intended to be a teaching tool about injustices of capitalism.

Ironic how much money the game has made since then?

Another sad irony: Nearly every top McDonalds Monopoly prize from 1995-2000 was fraudulently won by  some insiders...

Send them directly to jail and do not pass go!

haha - that's a good point.
I've always liked playing the game.

Did you know that the Orange properties are the best ones, statistically speaking?

I did not know that.
Well, it was good talking to you!


Do you like to read?

I love literature!

I was just reading a fact about how there is an annual contest for writers to come up with the worst opening line in a novel!

That is funny.

I don't read a lot but apparently a lot of adults do.

Over half of adults have library cards.

Oh that's too bad, books are like living in another life, i am always reading something!

I love the library too it has everything under one roof.

You can even get CD'S and movies there!

In Sacramento you can even rent sewing machines and other things that you don't need to own long term.

I could definitely see myself using that library.

Haha!

Wow I didn't know that.

Definitely want to go there lol......there are more libraries in the US than McDonalds!

That's a lot.

Yep, libraries are pretty important, especially to UK Prime Minister William Gladstone.

He founded his own public library and wheelbarrowed his 32,000 books to the library himself.

He was 85!

What!

That's awesome!

I agree though they are important.

I heard in Norway if you publish a book the government buys 1000 copies and hands them out to the libraries, very cool!

I'm glad they understand the importance of libraries!

A man who was falsely imprisoned for 10 years also did-he spent all the time he could there in order to prove his innocence.

That is amazing!

Very smart man.

So do you ever watch comedy movies at all?

They are my favorite!

Yes, I like comedy the most.
They help me to relax.

Me too!

I have my favorites on DVD still lol...or I can stop by the library to check on out too.

Do you like any bromantic comedies like The Hangover or Harold and Kumar?

Yes!

Those are too funny!

One of my fav comedy's is I Love You Man, great flick!

Did you ever watch Seinfeld, Friends or Frasier?

Yes, love all of them.

I heard 3rd Rock From The Sun won a Golden Globe over those very tv shows!

Yes, I heard that too which is surprising because I never really thought 3rd Rock was that great.

I know, I never did get into that show.
I think Seinfeld is the best!

I used to like Friends a lot.
What do you think about silent movies?

I think Slapstick comedy is cool to watch sometimes!

Gotta love Charlie Chaplin!

It's interesting how comedy films evolved once we got sound!


Hi, do you like literature?

I enjoy reading, I just don't seem to get enough time anymore to read as much as I'd like.

Me too.

The FDA once burned six tons of literature in the US as an act of censorship.

You don't associate the US with book burning, kind of sad that it happens.

I agree.

I think it's very sad to censor literature like that.

Would you be reader, literature or otherwise?

I would be a reader.
What about you?

I am always driving the kids to places and waiting in the car, I get a little reading done then, for the most part I'm too busy at home to sit and read.

Me too.

In 1953, Churchill won a Nobel prize for literature.

He was an accomplished person.

Literature, and being a great Prime minister for Britain.

I believe he was also decent painter.

I agree.
Do you like going to the library?

We go often, my daughter loves to read and goes through book daily, I take her to the library to stock at least once a week.

That's good.

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

Finally some good news.

I like the idea in Norway were if you publish a book the government gets it in to the library system,

That would be very cool.

There was once a man falsely imprisoned and studied law to prove his innocence and became a lawyer.

I also like the library of things that they doing in Sacramento, I would absolutely use that.

I do too.
Do you like comedy?

I enjoy a good comedy movie, nice to relax after a long week and watch something with the whole family.

Me too.

Comedy is one of my favorite movie dramas.

Usually comedy movies are where we, as a whole family, can agree to watch.

Otherwise there is too much disagreement among us.

We all like Bill Murray.

I love Bill Murray.
Well, it was good talking with you.
Have a good day.


Do you like to read?
do you find literature interesting?

I do!

I honestly hate knowing the FDA burned six tons of literature to censor it from US citizens.

That really bothers me!

No telling what amazing work they destroyed!

That seems like an extreme act to hide opinions and the thoughts of others, it bothers me as well literature shouldnt be banned like that.

Agreed!

I wonder how Winston Churchill would have felt about that!

After all, he won a nobel prize for literature back in 1953!

Yeah in fact he had many nomitations, around 5 and only won in one occasion, he was a talented writter

Indeed he was!

And he won the prize one year after the Olympics got rid of literature as well as music, painting, sculpture and architecture.

Did he ever win a novel prize for peace?

I don't believe so!

I think it was only for literature!

Hey, I wonder if he ever entered that literature contest that makes writers think of horrible opening sentences for novels?

I dont know but its an interesting question, I will research that for sure and sounds like an interesting contest, I might win

That would be awesome!

Maybe they'll even put your winning work in a library!

You know, if you publish your book in Norway, the government will purchase 1000 copies and send them to libraries across their country.

Really?

I guess thats a great way to get started, it migh be really lucrative to become a writter over there

Agreed!

But hey, at least in the US, there are more libraries than there are McDonald's.

Plus over half the adult population still have library cards!

Theres no excuse for not reading then

Exactly.

I mean, if a man who was falsely imprisoned for 10 years  can spend a lot of his time at a library studying law to help prove his innocence, then we all should read!

I heard about that guy, he certainly study a lot its a good thing now he helps other people who have been falsely convicted

So true!

They could make a great movie out of that story.

Speaking of movies, are you into comedies at all?

I agree with Bill Murray that Kung Fu Hustle is the supreme achievement of the modern age comedy!

I liked it a lot but I wouldnt say its the supreme achievement of the modern age comedy, one crazy character is Ryan Stiles, he dropped out of highschool to pursue a career in comedy, thats a big risk

Agreed and it really worked out for the better for Ryan, didn't it?

Kind of like Demetri Martin who left Harvard due to being bored and pursued a career in comedy too!

Yeah  apparently things worked out for him, but he took a hard decision, Demetri Martin left college so that was also a hard choice to make specially if you study in Harvard

Exactly.

Wise decision, in my opinion.

Comedy seems to put  more focus on individual stars unlike so many other genres!

Comedy lighten ups the world, did you ever watch 3rd  Rock from the Sun?

I do!

In fact, I'm so glad it beat out Seinfeld, Frasier and Friends for best comedy series at the Golden Globes back in 1997.

It was by far the most deserving.

Well, it was great chatting with you!


Hi there.
Do you like literature?
I think it is a true honest art form.

I do like literature.
Do you have a favorite author?

Not really I like mixing it up.

You?

Winston Churchill is a classic scholar as he won the nobel prize in 1953.

I really tried to read the Last Lion and it was a tough read.

Did you ever read anything about him?

No I would like to though, he sounds like an interesting guy.

I always thought he won a nobel peace prize.

He didn't win one?

I wonder why?

I know he didn't have "success" until later in life but that surprises me.

Yes very surprising.

The arts seemed to be very important in the past, they were even apart of the olympic events until 1952!

Would you ever take a class in heavy metal?

It's taught at a college!

Yes I would love to!

I would probably be terrible at it though and cause people to laugh kind of like a comedy film!

Do you like comedy?
I love them!

Yes I do.
So humorous and fun to watch!
Many have happy endings too!

I agree.

Comedy Central has canceled over 100 shows.

Sad...

I wonder why?

Have you seen 3rd Rock from the sun?

It won a golden globe for best comedy in 1997!

I loved that show although french stewart was so annoying!

Do you think it deserved to beat out Seinfeld, Friends, and Frasier for the golden globe that year?

In general, no but there was some really great years for 3rd rock and a few stinkers for the others.

Yes I agree that tends to be how most shows go.

I really like movies from the bromantic comedy genre like The Hangover.

Zach Galifinakis is my favorite!

He is so funny.
I like step brothers too!

Oh man that is one of my all time favorites!!

Bill Murray said Kung Fu Hustle was one of the supreme achievements in modern age comedy.

Do you think he was being sarcastic?

I think so but who knows!
He is a little ecsentric!

Yes no doubt about that.

That comedian Ryan Stiles took a big chance by dropping out of high school but it paid off for him.

Hey it was really nice talking with you today!

It was great talking with you too.
Have a good one!


hi how are you?
do you like to travel?

I do like to travel always wanted to visit Iceland, what about you?

I have never been there.
it sounds like an interesting country.
the name is misleading.

Yeah the name is misleading but it has beautiful landscapes in it, Iceland doesnt have a rail service.

i think the terrain is probably bad for rail.

they probably have pretty good roads.

Yeah I bet they do and also a lot of airlines many people use air to travel between towns.

That could get expensive.

i would rather take the bus if its cheap.

Maybe its cheap, Japan seems like an expensive country to travel to, the tolls are expensive.

it is an expensive country, but travel is very good there.

air travel is a bit pricey, but the trains are great.

you dont need a car.

Yeah they are great, I heard the Dutch are creating a really fast commuter bus

I think that commuting is an unpleasant fact of life, so making it faster is great.

I agree I hate long commute times, it feels like a waste of time so a bus that travels at 160 mph is the solution to that

Yeah, as long as it is safe.

that is quite fast, and i would want a really good seat belt.

LOL

Yeah a seat belt and a couple of airbags just in case lol doesnt look like a safe way to travel

I suppose the bus would have its own lane on the freeway?

i would not want other cars around.

I guess its a private lane but still there can always be animals or even reckless people and then accidents happen.

Yes, that is true.

i guess they would have to plan that pretty carefullly to prevent anything from getting in the way of the bus.

Yeah I guess so, creating a tranportation service like that one requires a lot of planning

It is important though.

people need to get to work and get home faster.

too much time is spent on the road.

anyway, great chat!

I agree, that can generate a lot of resources, it was great chatting I agree have a nice day.

I enjoyed chatting too!
Have a great day!

Thanks for all the cool facts bye.


Hi, have you ever seen adrift?

I havent what about you?
it sounds like a good film.

I have not seen it but the critic does not like it.

What do they know...

I guess critics often have mixed opinions, the movie came out in 2013 right?

I am not sure.

I know All is Lost did, which she prefers over Adrift.

Yeah did you watch Solo: A Star Wars Story?

I did.

I thought it was good but I know it got panned.

Did you see it?

I did watch that one I thought it was good as well, Im excited for the second part, it was directed by Ron Howard.

Al Pacino turned down the role.
Can you imagine him playing Han Solo?

I can't Harrison Ford really nailed the role, I wonder if we will ever see him on Star Wars again, he did die in one of the last movies and that was sad.

Yeah.
that was shocking and sad.
I did not see it coming

It was a sad day, so the franchise was bought by Disney, I hope they can make the franchise great again, include more jedis in the movies make prequels to the stories.

I feel like disney has cranked out more films than I would like.

I want them to be every few years so that they are more special.

I think they will be watered down at this rate.

What do you think?

I think that as well, I guess we will tell soon enough, did you watch the movie Deadpool 2?

I did.
Did you see it?

I loved that movie, its one of my favorite movies, Deadpool is a badass so funny how Reynolds is also the voice of the mystery villain.

I did not know that.
That's interesting!

Yeah Deadpool is also the highest grossing R rated film with a different director than James Cameron or Lucas

I had no idea.

I would have guessed there was another film that made more!

And another cool fact is that the video game actually cost more money than the Deadpool movie

It did!
I had no idea!
Nice chatting with you!


Do you know that Taylor Swift is being sued?

I have heard that!

It's about her lyrics in her album Shake it Off...

To me, the two songs' choruses are different.

Exactly!

I think so too.

Besides that copyright does not protect the use of phrases

I agree.

I did not know that Taylor was born in Pennsylvania.

I thought she was born in Tennessee.

She was?

I didn't know that.

And it's funny Taylor once released 8 seconds of white noise and topped the canadian charts!

I heard about it.
It was amazing.

I didn't know about it lol....

Swift is one of the best-selling music artists of all time

I did not know about it.
Do you like her song Shake It Off?
My 5-year granddaughter likes it a lot.

I think it's really an upbeat song too, my 2 youngest granddaughters go crazy lol they love Taylor Swift.

I did not notice who she was until Kanye West interrupted her when she was accepting a music award.

I remember that, he's not a favorite person of mine lol......Kanye did an SNL skit mocking himself over that incident.

Perhaps he realized now how ridiculous he was when he did that.

True!

I hope so but he has done it to more than Taylor throughout the years.

I had to laugh but do you know Taylor walks backwards a lot to keep from getting her picture taken?

I think I would wear a face mask lol

Does she hate to have her pictures taken?

She doesn't like publicity unless it is under her terms....She even removed her music from Spotify because she doesn't want anyone listening to her music for free.

She is one of the wealthiest singers in history.

Well, artists need to be paid.

I thought she had the disagreement with Apple Co. not spotify.

Probably both lol...

I agree with her but why not advertise your music on the radio?

Why the radio?

How about social media or you tube instead?

True, but I am not sure how she advertises but spotify is just a radio app.

I see.

Do singers still use physical albums (collections of audio recording) to sell the majority of their songs?

Yes, you can buy their albums on CD or purchase a single song.

I have to run.
It was nice talking to you.


Hi there, do you enjoy music?

Sure, I do.

I like all kind of music.

I'm fond of the beatles.

They have the best selling album of the 2000s

Nice.

I like Linkin Park and their album seems to be the best selling album of the century

That is cool!
I like them too!
Did you ever play Sonic the hedgehog?

No I did not actually.

But heard it was supposed to be a member of a rock band

Yeah, I guess that explains his funky looks!

If you became a famous rock star, would you keep your old job?

Hmm probably not.

Oh and he was supposed to have a girlfriend by the name of Maddona who was a blonde

Haha, that is funny!

Viktor Tsoi is the biggest rock star in Russian history but still kept his job in the boiler room of his apartment.

Nice, he must have enjoyed that.

Do you know which is the stare rock song for Oklahoma?

I have heard it is by the Flaming Lips but I don't think I know it.

Yeah it is the song Do You Realize.

The band Whitesnake has had over 50 members in its history.

Seems quite confusing.

The list has its own WIkipedia page.

Wow that is a long list of people.

Do you know who wrote the beatles song come together?

I heard it was for a political campaign.

Yeah for the California Governor Timothy Leary in 1969

I guess they are still talking about and analyzing the song Imagine because it's almost the 50th anniversary.

Yoko Ono celebrated early with "Imagine John Yoko", a detailed study of the album and other things.

Wow cool.

Did you know Ringo Starr was illiterate for most of the chuldhood?

Interesting!

Was there a reason for that?

In this study of Imagine they interviewed people who are still with us but also combed through interviews of people like John Lennon.

He said that when he was saying "Imagine no religion" it was meant to advocate the freedom to believe or not to believe in any religion.

I thought that was interesting.

It sounds very interesting indeed.

Maybe I should check that out.

On the other hand, none of them knew how to read music

That is surprising!

They seemed so...well, musical!

Maybe they didn't have the patience for learning to read music.

Lennon only liked to run through songs two or three times.

After that, if the song wasn't right on take two ro three, then he would just be done.

Wow, I guess he had an ear for good music and just rejected other stuff.

Super chatting with you today.


Hello, are you a fan of rock music?

Yes.

But I am kind of dated.

I like Aerosmith an Queen.

I am from Oklahoma and did not know the state rock song is "Do You Realize?

"by the Flaming Lips.

That's fair!

After all Rock has been around since the 50s and mainly draws roots from the 1940s, its fair to say the whole genre is dated to an extent.

Good point.

Chicago DJs tricked their listeners by playing a Hanson song without revealing it to the listeners and it became highly requested.

I guess that shows it's still popular today!

I think even in modern times, one of the most famous Russians was Viktor Tsoi, the rock artist.

Although he lived humbly, and kept a job in the boiler room of his apartment even after becoming famous.

That is an unusual career choice for a wealthy person.

Sonic the Hedgehog was originally supposed to be a member of a rock band.

Oh yeah, and I believe the plan was to give him a blond girlfriend named Madonna too!

Guess they really wanted to go all out with the music aspect.

We have a Pastor whose wife is named Madonna.

When I first met him I asked what it was like to be married to Madonna.

Rock music is usually in 4/4 time which gives it that driving beat.

Ahah that's funny, maybe he was the real inspiration for Sonic.

Yeah rock certainly seems timeless and like it isn't changing a whole lot, the band Whitesnake has had over 50 members throughout its lifetime.

That is a lot of turnover!

Most rock is about romance, but there are some tunes about political or social issues.

And I know the Beatles were one of the most influential bands in terms of covering a wide range of topics.They had the song "Come Together" which was actually for Timothy Leary's governor campaign.

Their music "book" is fantastic!
They were formed in 1960.

And yet somehow their music has been timeless, it was even the best selling album of the 2000's!

That is consistent with their book being fantastic.

My wife is a talented musician and says that almost all of the songs have been done better by someone else than by the Beatles.

Ringo Starr was illiterate for most of his childhood.

That's surprising although literacy doesn't necessarily mean musical talent!

In fact I think that goes for all of them, I don't think any of the Beatles could read music!

I hadn't heard that.

I wonder how Lennon and McCartney wrote their songs?

I wonder too!

It doesn't seem like they adapted well to entertainment life beyond making music to be honest, like they stopped touring because their amplification system couldn't drown out their screaming crowds!

That is incredible!

I have been in front of speakers that undoubtedly harmed my hearing permanently.

Maybe it was just before better technology improved the amplification technology.

I'm sure it was!

I wonder how modern tours are for artists that release new albums.

Like there were two twins that released a rap album when they were 100 years old, I bet the noise would be hard to manage no matter what the technology.

LPs were old technology but it is now becoming popular again.

MP3 is modern, but the quality of sound is not as good.

Definitely, but I think it's prioritized more than anything, well MP3 and CD formats, because I think the audio cassette has sort of faded out by now.

The new formats are simpler and easier to maintain.

Nice chat.


The Beetles are one of my favorite bands - I love McCartney - do you?

Hi!
I love the Beatles!
I had all of their Albums!

They were great.

Its amazing that none of them could read music

I have heard that about the Beatles, pretty amazing!

They also have the best selling album of the 2000's!

That is crazy since they formed back in 1960

Yes, the Beatles have been around a long time.

They some of the best Rock music ever, and so many great albums.

Yes And Ringo Starr was illiterate for most of his childhood due to tuberculosis.

Amazing he became so successful

Exactly!

The Beatles are so amazing.

In 1963 is when their popularity came as as Beatlemania, people went crazy!

Yes Rock Music had started taking off in the 1950s, and became a lot of different styles in the 1960s

Definitely, so amazing.

Do you like other rock music?

I like a lot of the older rock music Albums like Pink Floyds Dark side of the moon, great rock music back then.

Dark side of the moon was an amazing album.

I did not know until recently that Oklahoma had a state song

Oh yeah?
What is their State song?
Was it sang by Flamingo Lips rock band?

It is - the song is Do you realize?

Oh, cool!

I didn't know that.

Also interesting that the rock band Whitesnake had over 50 band memebers throughout their history, wow that is a lot!

Wow!

They must have been hard to get along with changing members so much.

I am surprised that the biggest rock star in Russian history kept his job working in the boiler room

Right?

Wow, I wonder why he kept that job if he was a big rock star?

I would run from that lol.

Maybe they didn't have a lot of Albums.

That is funny.

There are two identical twins from japan who released their first album at 100 years old.

Not sure how long their career will be!

Oh my!

Good for them!

Most people never get to have their album known, much less at that age!

Yes.

The first albums were released in the early 20th century - they might have been around for them!

I am sure they were!

Well, the history of rock music is really interesting, I am glad I had the album collection I had back in the day of rock music, especially the Beatle's!

Yes.

I had original LPS then cassettes and dvds.

Times have changed.


Hello, Do you like music?

Sure!
I like many kinds of music!
What about you?

Me too, I love rock, that is my favorite genre

Rocks is great!
I like pop too.
Do you have a favorite group or album?

I like many but I admire the Beatles because many musicians today have influence from them

I think the Beatles were the key to a lot of today's music.

They really changed how rock was structured.

They stopped touring toward the end.

No point, really.

I totally agree with you.

Did you know that come together was written for a political campaign?

Come Together?
Yes, I know the song.
What campaign?

It was for a man named Timothy Leary that was running for Governor of California

Timothy Leary?

THe LSD guy?

Hm.

Well, I guess he had a cool song for his campaign.

The same!
That was back in 1969

Well, maybe at the time Tim Leary seemed like a reasonable candidate to the Beatles.

They liked to trip on LSD.

I think their music was fine without the heavy substances.

It is a great song, did you know none of the 4 Beatles could read music?

That makes sense.

They came from humble beginnings.

They learned everything by ear.

I don't think they missed much by not reading music.

They are so creative!!

I would have wanted to watch them live but they stopped touring

I think they couldn't hear themselves play.

People just screamed the whole time.

They probably got pretty bad at performing too.

Better to stick to the studio

Yes it was too much too overwhelming and probably they needed better amplifiers but that is what technology allowed at the time

The times have changed, but the Beatles remain popular.

Perennial favorites.

Beatlmania remains.

They were excellent in rock and roll but they went beyond experimenting with indian music, hard rock and more!!

They Rock

I think that is the essence of great music.

Willingness to explore and experiment with other genres and ideas and make them your own.

They are from the 60' but they had the best selling album of the 2000's

I think they will have the best selling albums in the next century, too!

So many bands now just can't compare!

Well, I enjoyed chatting!

I could go on talking about music for days!

Yes gave a good one


Are you a fan of horror films?

Not really.

I don't like jumping out of my seat!

I liked Inception.

That was originally stupposed to be a horror film.

Is that the one with Leo?

That's right!

On the other hand, those filming the exorcist didn't think it would be considered a horror film.

Interesting, I didn't know that.

Apparently you can burn 180 calories watching a horror film.

Not sure with all the buttery popcorn I eat, haha!

Hilarious, yeah.
I'm not so sure that is true either.
LOL

Et originally was supposed to be a horror film too.

I can't imagine!

I loved it when I was little.

I can believe that.

I could see that being designed to be scary.

I guess he's a little creepy.

I loved ET though and thought he was adordable

I also know that MnM passed on them for marketing.

Interesting!

I once watched an anime film that was supposed to be horror but it was just funny.

Do you like anime?

Not really, I can't honestly say I've even seen one.

But I presume you've seen the Lion King?

It has been accused of copying an anime series.

No, actually I haven't seen it.
But was it?

Yeah, Disney's Lion King was accused to copying The White Lion.

Interesting.
Do you like Fish?

I like to view them at aquariums.

Apparently seahorse are the only fish to have a neck, what about an eel?

Interesting!

I once had a goldfish that lived over ten years.

The oldest goldfish was 43 years old though.

WOW, that is pretty old.
Well, nice chatting with you.

Yeah, nothing compared to the oldest koi fish though, 226 years!

Nice chatting with you.


Are you into horror films?

No, at least not the slasher type.

I like some movies that are labeled "horror".

I like feel good movies like "The Miracle Season" or "A Quiet Place".

Me too, I think a quiet place was a horror movie wasn't it?

No, it's about Pandas for ages 6+.

It's about them being able to survive in the wild.

lol I didn't know that.

I think there is a horror movie called a quiet place where they can't talk or they die, don't mess that up at the video store, lol!

There may be a horror film with a similar name.

Yes, that would be an unexpected twist in the story.

Have you seen the movie "The Miracle Season"?

That is actually about a team in my city I am living in, Iowa City right?

ABout volleyball

I don't know.

I do know it's about kids on a volleyball team dealing with the death of their captain.

She died unexpectedly -- it is said to be wholesome so Iowa City would work...

dang, I never knew that at all!

It makes sense why they did so good, so inspirational!

Sounds like a horror movie because of the sadness!

Yeah.

Do you like anime?

I guess "Big Fish and Begonia" that has Chinese myths and is fantasy-based.

It sounds weird but interesting.

I like dragonball z and powerpuff girls, they were great!

Do you like it?

I never got into it.

I'm sorry, you were right, A Quiet Place is a horror movie.

I hadn't seen either and I got it confused.

I have seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

lol, I haven't seen the other one, that one sounds better lol.

That is a great one too, did you ever get into any Stephen King films?

I read some of his stuff - it is still scary like "Apt Pupil".

I do like Edgar Allan Poe.

Yea apparently Stephen king got into horror after thinking bambi was a horror movie

Ha.

There was a scary fire as I recall...

I can't believe ET was originally going to be a horror film.

That would have been so crazy lol.

I am glad it wasn't but I think they could have made it an interesting horror film lol.

Did you know jellyfish are 98% water?

How can something that can produce such pain be almost all water?

right, I don't want to know what they other 2% is, lol.

Did you know there is a type of jelly fish that is immortal

I've heard that.

Why does something that can hurt people get that blessing?

Why couldn't it be a panda bear?

right lol, or my cute dog!

It was so nice chatting with you, you have a great weekend!


Hello, do you watch anime?
I happen to watch it all the time!

Hi!

I watch it and also know quite a bit about it.

I particularly love the Powerpuff Girls remake the Japanese did called Powerpuff Girls Z!

Ah, My favorite is probably no game no life or one punch man.

What other animes have you watched?

I actually enjoyed the first anime that was played on adult swim back in 2001, Cowboy Bebop!

Ah, that was a pretty good one.

John Cena is actually also a fan of anime.

I never thought that he was one!

I wouldn't either, honestly.

But seeing as how anime is classified into numerous genres that targets diverse broad audiences, I don't see how anyone could not like it!

I agree, although some people may not like that anime is animated.

Some might just prefer regular TV shows over animated ones.

That is a great point!

So did you know Mewtwo Strikes Back was intended to be the series finale of Pokemon?

That was a little surprising to me!

Well, there are over 750 episodes of  pokemon, dozens of movie and it does not show any signs of slowing down!

I wonder who has time to watch all of those episodes.

I know because I certainly don't.

Ha!

So what other genres do you like?

I also like horror as it's great exercise because watching horror films can burn over 180 calories, surprisingly enough!

I do not have a favorite genre although I try to stick to fantasy or isekai  genres.

I understand!

You know, if you ever go to watch a horror movie, be sure to check out abstract art right afterwards as they say you'll enjoy it more.

Really?

I wonder which scientist discovered that!

It seems pretty random to me.

Agreed, it most certainly does.

I tell you something else crazy, the kid from The Shining named Danny didn't actually know he was acting in a horror film until years later.

It's like, how did he not find out while filming?

Wow, it must have been scary then.

What if we are also being secretly filmed right now for a different movie?

Kind of like fish that don't know they're being filmed.

Ha!

Speaking of fish, can you believe that the only fish that has a neck is a seahorse?

Really?

There is also a breed of jellyfish that is immortal!

I need to study that jellyfish breed, then!

Ha!

I'd also like to study the black swallower as it can eat prey twice its size and also ten times its weight.

How is that possible?

Ha!

I wonder, although I also wish I could do that too.

If I could, I would be dumping sushi into my stomach 24/7!

Ha!

You and me both!

We're more closer to the zebrafish since 84% of genes associated with our diseases have counterparts in zebrafishes.

Wow.

We land mammals all evolved from these fish millions of years ago.

That's hard to believe, isn't it?

We evolved from gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that don't have limbs with digits.

So weird!

Well, it was great chatting with you tonight!

Take care, friend!


How's it going?

Are you a netflix fan?

I have been subscribing to netflix since it was founded in 1997

I am a Netflix fan, its crazy how the company has grown.

Yea, they have 137 million subscribers worldwide now, that's amazing

That is amazing, and 58.46 in the US alone I bet Blockbuster is regretting not buying the company when they had the chance.

Yea blockbuster screwed up, could of bought netflix for 50 million instead they are out of business

They are indeed specially when Netflix is worht 2 billion now and has a ton of subscribers to back that out.

Yep, it's ironic that blockbuster late fees inspired the creation of netflix in the first place

It is ironic I guess they were they provoked their own death, amazing what anger can inspire.

It's funny though now that Netflix accounts for 33% of bandwith between 9pm-12pm that internet providers punish users by throttling

It is, many of the movies there have excellent ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, 150 of them even reach 100%

I don't know if I trust rotten tomatoes ratings although I do agree with Michael Bay's film ratings of 38%

Yeah his films are pretty bad, and it might be biased as the company is owned by Warner Bros

Yea, I thought about that but I must admit the marvel movies do good on Rotten tomatoes while the Warner Brother's DC movies don't do nearly as well

I guess its not biased afterall or atleast in some segments its pretty honest, do you like Tom Hanks?

Yea, Tom Hanks is one of my favorite actors, A league of Their Own was a pretty good movie

He is one of my favorite actors as well, some of my favorite movies are Cast Awat and Green Mile.

I never knew he avoided villain type roles, I wonder if he could play a good one

I think he would make an excellent villain he is a great actor, did you watch Sully?

No I haven't gotten around to seeing it but I head he was good in it

He was, I though it was a pretty great movie and the skills of the pilot, to think the whole movie is based on real life events.

Tom Hanks seem to be good at playing pilots in dramatic situations, like apollo 13

He was good in that movie you know he always ends his emails with a pun

Lol, I would like to read an email pun from Tom Hanks.

Well I gtg, nice talking with you


I am not a huge Wes Anderson fan.

I think he is into horror films and I dont watch those.

I am not big into animated series

Are you into trivia?

Did you know there are 12 different blood types that a dog may have, and dogs can donate blood at dog blood drives

I love dogs.
I have a Boston myself

Nice.

Dogs are not colour blind, but cannot see as many different colours as humans

They are good at understanding pointing too

Wow, I did not know that.

Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for the city's stray dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.

How kind...

Yes, it is such a good idea.

I try to feed mine by hand as well as any local strays near my home

By hand?
Have you ever been bitten?

A couple of times.
Dogs are loyal but protective too

I hope you're ok. Google prefers dogs to cats.

their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company.

Seems like you would work well in Google.

Do they let employees bring dogs to work?

I am not sure.
If they did, they would be even better!

I wonder if they are friendly to the big mean dogs too, I suspect not

Probably not.

The C-Suite probably can bring dogs but not the entry level jobs.

Dogs were among the first animals to be domesticated

Huh... A physicist published his cat as a coauthor so he could write using first person plural without being criticized.

Silly.

I would have done the same but for my dog, I don't think a cat would be a good co-publisher.

lol

Probably not...
They would be copy cats!

LOL...too funny.
Do you have a favorite breed of dog?

I love my golden and labs.

Right now I have a St Bernard named Sasha...

You are very lucky.

I love those dogs but no patience for the shedding


Hi, how are you?

Good how are you?

Do you watch Netflix?

I love all the selection of shows and join one of the 137 million subscribers worldwide.

I do love Netflix.
What is your favorite show on there?

I like the Flash and Richie Rich.

What is your favorite?

I wish I would have thought of the idea for Netflix because they are worth 2 billion today.

I know, right.

You would be so rich!

I love the flash!

I have an episode from this week that I need to watch/

If only I would have been irresponsible and got the $40 late on vhs like Reed Hastings, maybe I would be the billionaire starting up Netflix.

Yeah.

I got the late fees but not the multi-billion dollar company.

I should have thought more about those late fees.

Most people like me are watching Netflix late at night in the 9-12 crowd.

Yeah.

I think most people watch during that time, don't they?

Do you agree with Rotten Tomatoes ratings?

Every video game film has not done so well with them.

I usually look at the ratings before I go to a show, unless it is something I will see regarless, like anchorman 2.

It got terrible scores but I was going to go regardless so I didn't look.

What about you?

I look at the scores before watching videos.

Since Netflix has about 150 movies with a 100% rotten tomatoes rating I trust those are some good movies.

Yeah.

I wish Netflix had a better scoring system.

I look at the ratings and usually get disappointed by the higher rated ones.

Maybe it's my epxectations with the ratings...

I'd go with their recommendation for Spykids as that is a great movie and very highly rated on Rotten Tomatoes.

I think my kids watched that.

I know my son used to love lavagirl and shrk boy.

Everytime I came home from work he was watching it...

One of my favorite shows have Tom Hanks though.

He has so many good movies.

I remember him starring in Splash, Big, Turner & Hooch, The Green Mile, Sully and the list goes on.

Yes and he was in bossum (sp) buddies.

I remember seeing that show on like spoofs...

I do like Tom Hanks though.

I cannot believe he was the first to play Walt disney in mainstream film.

He has the highest box office star in earnings, and definitely has earned it!

Yeah.

I always love his movies.

Unlike MIchael Bay who has gotten a 38% on Rotten Tomatoes!

Yes, and of those who weren't satisfied with his movies he was known to have refunded people the money they paid for the ticket.

Wow!
Nice chatting with you!


Hey there!
Do you have a dog or a cat?
Or any pets?

Yea, i have a dog, it's fascinating that they evolved from domesticated wolves

Yeah!

Dog's are definitely "man's best friend".

At least in my case!

:) Did you know there is a such thing as dog blood drives?

I guess, dogs can be in need of blood donations too!

I'd imagine it's hard to find blood for dogs since they have 12 different blood types

Yeah!

Now that I know about it, I'll look into possibly having my dog donate!

Dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing.

And I believe that because I just tested it on a cat and she didn't care!

Haha

Cats probably understand but ignore people.

In Russia they have a tomb of the unknow dog in honor of canine used in research

Aw that's so sad.

If I had my way, we would only research on willing humans.

Yea it's pretty unfortunate.

It's pretty cool that dogs can learn over a thousand words

Oh yeah, that is amazing!

My dog is so spoiled, she doesn't even know the word "no!"

very well.

Haha.

Interesting that Google prefers dogs over cats.

Their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company.

I like cats and dogs, personally.

I'm not a "giraffe" person.

I like all animals.

Yea both are cool.

In moscow some dogs even ride the subway

Neat!

Dogs are so smart or at least some of them can be!

In Istanbul they have a vending machine that the cities stray dogs can get food and water out of, in exchange for plastic bottles!

That solves to problems!

Hungry and thirsty dogs and plastic bottle waste!

Apparently dogs have eureka moment to when solving problems for rewards

Aw, that's adorable!

Dogs are so cute!

Hard to believe they've sent live dogs out into space, alone!

That's so mean.

Humans should always be nice to dogs.

They have helped us with many things, since their domestication over many millennia.

Yea.

What's crazy is over 86000 people visit the er from tripping or falling over a dog or cat

Oh wow!

I've tripped over both!

Haha!

not at the same time though.

Haha!

Woah, the first cloned pet was a cat, named copy cat!

Haha, how creative!

Lol.

Did you know there hasn't been a species of cat that has gone extinct in 10,000 years?

Wow!

No I didn't know that!

I doubt it will be that way for long.

I've heard a lot recently about large cat species that are struggling.

Yea that is unfortunate.

It's pretty cool that the Andrson House Bed and Breakfast offered a free cat companion

Yeah, that's nice of them giving animals a home and making their visitors happy at the same time!

Theodore Roosevelt had over 20 pets, including a bear and a hyena!

His house must have been a dangerous place to visit!

Haha

That's crazy, apparently some trantulas keep frogs as pets to protect their eggs from ants

Crazy!

An animal keeping a pet is the coolest thing I've learned today for sure!

and a spider keeping a frog nonetheless!

Yea that is pretty cool, well it was nice chatting with you


I had no idea dogs could have 12 different blood types.

I wonder what types my dogs are.

Me neither.

I have a friend whose dog donates blood at a dog hospital when they need it.

I didn't even know that was an option for dogs to donate blood.

Dogs seem to act more and more like humans.

Yes.

Dogsand elephants even understand what pointing is and how to interpret it.

Ever point over to where you threw the ball, and your dog runs right over there?

Pretty cool!

Yes.

My dog is very smart.

They can even tell the color of the ball, too.

They aren't color blind like many people think.

I don't think that they can see orange, or that the colors look quite the same to them as they do to us, but I agree.

Funny that Google is partial to dogs in their business rather than cats.

I know.

I wonder if more people google things about dogs than cats.

I wonder if YouTube is more partial to dogs.

I don't know.

Do you think it is true that there are more tigers living as pets in the USA, then living wild in Asia?

Wow!

I read that....

I don't know.

That seems to be an odd choice for a pet.

I wonder why there are fewer tigers in Asia.

Threatened habitat and poaching.

There used to be many pet tigers in Vegas and in California, where the regs are less strict about keeping exotic pets.

I guess the US has a history of having exotic animals as pets, since Theodore Roosevelt had a bear and a hyena as pets.

Yes, he was quite the outdoorsman.

Also, there are alot of wildlife sanctuaries with big cats across the country that cannot go in to zoos, so that is wonderful if they are treated humanely.

I wonder how people keep the cats under control.

Do you remember the incident with Penn and Teller?

Absolutely.

Yes, it's tough, they are not meant to be domesticated.

Same with the orcas at Sea World.

Cats have been around for 9000 years.

I used to really like cats, but I don't care for the litter box.

Also, I saw on a documentary that house cats are the number one predator in the world.

I am an absolute dog person.

I have 2 right now who are like my children.

It is a novel idea that in Istanbul, they feed stray dogs by trading recycled plastic bottles for food and water from vending machines.

That's a great idea.

I am a dog person, too.

I have two dogs.

I wish we had dog water vending machines in our parks.

Me too.

And more efficient ways to help feed and house all the dogs that end up in shelters.

We adopted one of our dogs from a shelter.

My spouse refers to it as "doggy jail."

Mine are both shelter dogs too.

There are too many breeders out there trying to make big bucks, when shelter dogs are being euthanized every day.

It is so sad..

People think that shelters are "No kill," but that isn't necessarily true.

We went back to our shelter several times for two weeks to make sure we were able to adopt our little girl dog.

Cool!
It has been lovely chatting with you.
Take care of your furry family!

You, too!

Happy New Year to you and your fur friends, too!

Happy New Year!


Do you enjoy Netflix?

I do, I like the service, what about you?

It's definitely one of my major life necessities.

But I still remember the Blockbuster days.

Did you know that the inventor of netflix was inspired to start the business when he accumulated a $40 late fee on a vhs?

I didnt know that but that will inspire anyone $40 is just an excessive fee, I could buy two movies for that price

Or one DVD back in the old days haha!

Did you know that Blockbuster could have bought netflix back when it was small too and never did

Yeah they had the chance to buy the company for $50 million and now its worth a lot more than that

I guess they couldn't see the change coming, but Netflix probably didn't either really.

Most of their business is streaming movies and it definitely didn't start out with that as the focus.

Well Netflix also has the DVD renting option the spend a lot more in postage than on bandwidth

I wonder if many people even use that option anymore.

I'm too bad at planning what I want to watch next and got rid of that service pretty early on

You can always subscribe again, interesting how with Youtube, Netflix makes  up half of the internet traffic in north america

I know!

Isn't that shocking!

I would never have expected it to be so impactful but that makes a lot of sense.

I've also read that during the evenings Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth use in North America.

Clearly all any of us do is stay in and watch netflix these days haha

It is shocking, the company has grown a lot over the years, do you like the company Rotten Tomatoes?

I do, although I often watch movies even after I see they've received a low rating on there.

I like making my own decisions sometimes, especially since I know that Rotten Tomatoes is owned by Warner Bros

Yeah, that can make the site a bit biased, well there are 150 movies with a 100% rating  on rotten tomatoes available in Netflix, they must be pretty good

Rotten Tomatoes must be a great resource to a place like Netflix, when they're deciding which movies to add

Yeah I bet it is a great tool, do you agree with Michael's Bay's average rating, 38% out of 100%

I guess it depends on what you're looking for in a movie, Michael Bay movies are all hot girls and explosions so if you're looking for that and he delivers I guess your rating would be higher than 38% right?

It would, maybe a 60% he does have decent movies, I liked Transformers at least the first and second movies

Yes me too!

Although I don't know if I've ever watched a Michael Bay movie outside of a theater.

I wonder if they translate to being streamed on Netflix and a smaller screen?

Could be, thats a good thing to wonder about, so do you have a favorite actor?

mine is Tom Hanks

I don't think I do, Tom Hanks is a great choice though.

And I love that now that he's rich and powerful he refuses to play bad guys

I guess an actor like him can refuse any role and still come on top anyway its been great chatting with you

Haha you're right.
Nice talking with you!

Thanks a lot for the chat, it had a lot of fun bye.


Are you interested in Fashion Week at all?

To be honest, I don't pay attention to fashion trends that much.

I just wear comfortable clothes as much as possible.

Me too, I wear sustainable clothing or recyled clothes.

Better for the planet.

That's a good idea.

I tend to dress very plainly, but with cheaper clothes.

Apparently, Mark Zuckerberg's plain grey shirts cost $300 to $400!

Wow!

I don't need a 300 shirt, even if I am rich, LOL

Right?

But wearing expensive clothes isn't anything new since the greeks used to wear asbestos that used to cost as much as gold

Asbestos, huh?
No wonder they are ALL dead.
I'm just saying.......

Yeah people did all sorts of crazy stuff back in the day.

They used to wash clothes on Old Faithful too, like an explosive washing machine.

I'll bet they ended up losing a lot of clothes.

Also, who knew Pilgrims wore colorful clothing?

They only wore black for special occasions, I just found out.

I didn't know about that, I only ever see pilgrim pictures in Thanksgiving so I guess that makes sense.

Did you know that t-shirts were invented in 1904 for bachelors who didn't know how to sew.

I just see the image of Pilgrims dressed in black and white, with those big ole buckles on the hats and shoes.

Same here, usually they're eating some turkey with some Native American tribe.

And learning from said Native Americans how not to starve come winter, but I digress.....

The Native Americans didn't start dressing like the pilgrims though, unlike an African tribe that still wears Victorian clothes in the style of German colonizers.

Man, those colonizers were bad news...... That was a cool fact about the origin of the t-shirt, BTW

Yeah they were bad news, but at least the tribe kind of made it their own style.

I would trade land rights, and liberty over style any day, but I see your point.

Fashion is one way people can express themselves, and what people wear can give you an idea of their culture and their society.

I totally agree.

Fashion can speak for an entire culture or generation.

It expresses creativity, passion, individualism, etc

Definitely.
It's been nice talking to ya.

you too.
take care!

thanks


How up-to-date are you on the New York Fashion scene?

Can't say I know too much about it, I do know that greeks made asbestos clothing which sounds super unhealthy

Knowing what we know today, it undoubtable was.

It seems like major couture brands are under new leadership.

Carolina Herrera transferred the reins of her fashion empire to Wes Gordon.

thats interesting, i love how a man wore over 60 clothing items on his person in order to avoid a baggage charge, I think thats hilarious

I have overstuffed my carry-on, but have not tried that approach.

It seems like not all the transitions in couture fashion are well received.

Wes Gordon received a mixed score card.

Others such as Kate Spade endure in the make of its founder.

Ya I remember in the wolf of wall street with the steve madden fiasco, I guess it is common for the founders to get in trouble with clothing brands that they own, have you seen that movie?

No I have not.

Do you know how fashion and style experts look to see if your clothes are tailored or off-the-rack?

By looking for collar gaps.

hmm that is interesting, I like that there is an african tribe that wears clothes of the victorian era still, that's what the german occupiers wore when they first arrived, i want to see that haha

The orgin of clothing customs is alway intriguing.

it seems that history shows the Pilgrims to be wearing black.

However, they wore full color clothing; black was for special occasions.

ah wow I didn't know that, I always pictured them wearing their traditional pilgrim stuff, I guess it depends on the occasion, like how at billly mays funeral, the pallbearers wore blue shirts and khaki pants instead of the traditional black suits

To me, people's taste in clothes will always be unexplainable.

Like the movie "The Emperor's New Clothes".

Not only was the movie bad, but its soundtrack was wretched.

Ah I haven't seen that movie, I did like Michael Jackson's taste in clothes, I never knew that he helped write the soundtrack for sonic 3 that is a great game

I did not know that.

Did you know Spielberg played the clarinet on the "Jaw's" soundtrack?

haha I didn't know that, that is still a great movie, did you know the plain grey shirt that mark Zuckerburg wears is worth several hundred dollars per shirt?

like what brand is that

I don't think I could ever spend that much on a shirt, or any article of clothing.

Considering his $$$ Hawaiian estate, I am surprised I never see him in an aloha shirt.

haha ya, also wild that the t-shirt was invented in 1904, it seems so obvious but that was when it first appeared

And, back then, a tee shirt was purely an undergarment.

Today it is that an more.

We even have designer tees that go with a blazer jacket.

I guess we could call it clothing evolution.

speaking of evolution, did you know the princess bride's soundtrack was composed by the lead singer of dire straits?

like how could he be so good at so many things

Mark Knopfler is my favorite guitarist and a truly gifted musician.

While I did not know that, it does not surprise me.

One of my favorite soundtracks is the Venture's original Batman.

Did you know each track title is the scientific  genus or family  name of a bat?

No I didn't know that, that is a great movie though, do you like that Batman movie or the Tim burton 1989 batman movie?

It was one of the better remakes with "Bat Computer".

Speaking of computers, did you know Apple had its own shortlived clothing line in 1986?

No I didn't know that, i wonder if those clothes are worth money?

Like is it just big apple logos on everything?


Hello, are you interested at all in clothing information?

Yea, I never knew Pilgrim clothing actually had many colors, I guess they had a wild side after all

Yeah that's surprising right?

I always saw them in books dressed fully in black, it's funny to think that was only for special occasions, like the opposite of how we do now.

Yea, it's pretty crazy that Apple had a clothing line in 1986 too.

I wonder how much those original clothing is worth now

I wonder if you can still find them!

There's a store in Alabama that sells unclaimed baggage, maybe there's some Apple clothing there.

I wonder if they sell any rip curl clothes that are made in North Korea in that store

Rip Curl is an interesting brand too!

They say their clothes are from North Korea but I believe the label says "Made in China", it definitely takes away from the novelty.

I thought it was illegal to sell items made in North Korea in the US, I wonder how Rip Curl gets around that

Oh that's definitely true, I guess since it's clearly not truly from there it's ok.

The culture around clothing is interesting, like people can tell if your clothes are tailored or not based on if there are collar gaps.

Lol, I must have not met a lot of style aficionados because no one has mentioned my collar gaps to me

Ahah well I think you can look fashionable without going that far.

I like polo shirts, they were actually invented by famous tennis player Rene Lacoste.

Interesting.

At Billy May's funeral the pallbearers wore his bule shirt and khaki style oufit

That's a sweet gesture, it seems strange but you can see why they did that.

Similarly, in Hawaii, business and office attire is an aloha shirt, not a suit and tie like it is in the United States.

I wish I could go into my job in an alhoa shirt like they do in Hawaii

Oh definitely, instead we deal with a lot more strictness.

Like did you know button down and button up refer to different styles?

Depending on if the collor tips fasten to the shirt.

No, I thought button down and button up referred to the same shirt style lol

Yeah it's definitely too fancy for me regardless.

Are you interested in soundtracks as well?

Yea, O brother where art thou?

is a great soundtrack and it has been certified 8 times platinum

I haven't heard it but I wonder if it's been translated to other languages too!

Like the Tarzan soundtrack was so big Phil Collins recorded it in 5 different languages.

It's kinda funny Phil Collins recorded his songs in 5 different language yet the Tarzan movie didn't do good at the box office

Wow I didn't know it did poor at the box office?

I wonder if Batman Begins did bad as well.

I know each of the song titles on the soundtrack for that movie is actually named after a genus or family of bat.

Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hey there!
Do you have any pets?
How about a hyena like Roosevelt had?

Yea I'd love to have a bear and over 20 pets like Teddy did

If you were in Boulder, you wouldn't "have" them, but rather be their guardian.

Now isn't that a cool concept?

That's pretty cool.

It's unfortunate there are more pet tigers in the US than wild ones in Asia

Yeah that is pretty sad.

Maybe we should start a tiger cafe to spread awareness!

Like the ones they have for cats in Japan, you know.

They have a cat cafe near my house so I don't have to take a trip to Japan

Woah, really?

That's awesome!

Do you get to interact with the cats there?

Yea there's like 10 cats just hanging around and you pay $10 for an hour with them

So cool.

Though personally I've always been a dog person - just like Google is.

I like dogs cool, it's pretty cool Istanbul has a vending machine that feeds stray dogs

That's how it should be in all cities!

Do you think it took the dogs long to figure out how to recycle there?

I don't know, dogs are pretty smart, they can instinctively understand pointing

They're so smart, they should rule over us.

I vote to elect dogs as our overlords.

They'd do much better than that cat they've got for mayor in Alaska.

That's pretty cool, it spent most of its time in office sleeping since a cat sleeps for 10 years in the first 15 years of life

They are some sleepy things, aren't they?

Though apparently one cat woke up long enough to help write a physics paper!

That's pretty cool.

The cat in Godfather 1 was a stray cat found on set

Lucky kitty.

Would you ever consider cloning your pets?

I know there's a service that does it for dogs, and they've already cloned at least one cat.

No I'm not into the whole idea of pet cloning

Ah, I understand that.

It is kinda creepy, just how there are more pets in Japan than there are young kids.

Maybe they can just clone the blood since dogs have 12 different blood types

Hmm, you may be on to something there.

But we'll have to wait and see I guess.

In the meantime, I've got to go walk my dogs.

Have a nice day


Hi!

Have you heard of the song 'Small Bump' by Ed Sheeran?

I have no until now.

It appears it has been in some the news due to irish antiabortion campaigners started using it.

Have you heard it?

I really enjoy Ed Sheeran's music but have not heard of that song either before.

Do you know what Sheeran's original intentions were for that song since he voiced he didn't approve of the anti-abortion usage.

It was about a friend who had a miscarriage which is a nice thing to do.

What do you think about people using stuff with permissions (such as songs)?

Oh ok, that's very nice of him.

All his songs are really good and catchy, I'll have to YouTube it later.

Well, there's two ways of looking at it, if I were famous, then I wouldn't want people using my songs without permission because I could get paid for it.

But, if I weren't famous, then I'd want people to use my song, because then if it went viral, I could be famous haha.

What do you think?

I agree.

However if you are promoting something you need to get permissions like reagan using bruce springsteen's song born in the USA.

Do you know other musicians that have spoken out?

I can't recall of any other musicians who have spoken out about that issue.

I'd imagine Eminem may be a potential candidate since he writes such personal songs.

Eminem also happens to be one of Sheeran's biggest musical influences!

What are yours?

I like eminem as well.

That influence drove ed to win lots of awards such as Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.

Do you know of any other awards he won?

I'm sure there must be a grammy to that list of awards Sheeran has won.

It's amazing how generous he is by giving away songs to other artists, like Justin Bieber's hit, "Love Yourself" was written by Sheeran but since he didn't think it fit in with his album, he passed it off to Bieber!

Ed is very talented when it comes to music.

He has a better vocal range than Freddie Mercury.

Can you sing?

Wow, that's impressive, I was reminded by Freddie Mercury with the recent film biography about him.

I can sing, but not in public haha.

Can you?

I think my lack of skill for singing has something to do with how humans have evolved, we've come to lose our body hair as recently as 240K years ago!

I will pass on the singing part.

Too bad my voice won'f fix itself like a rib can.

Humans will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original within only 2-3 months of having it surgically shortened.

Have you had surgery at all?

Wow, that's insane, ribs can grow back?!

I bet that's painful but what's more painful is the screeching sound of nails scratching on the chalkboard, does that sound fall in the frequency that causes fear in humans?

Yikes, I can imagine it does.

That might be due to our DNA.

Humans began to exhibit evidence of behavioral modernity around 50000 years ago.

I sure this was picked up then...haha

Thats' been a long time!

What benefit do you think there is if humans were able to synthesize our own Vitamin C like animals and plants do?

The only thing I can think of is probably savings on Orange Juice purchases.

I did not know that.

Did you know that humans are adapted for persistence hunting making them among the best distance runners among all running animals?

Hard to imagine all animals.

Humans being adapted for distance runners?

Wow, I'm really out of shape then and need to start hitting the gym because if I run even for one minute straight, I start panting like crazy.

How about yourself?

I'm trying to get back in shape.

I assume are earlier ancestors we in decent shape since all they could do was walk around and try to survive.

They would have been called hominins.

Do you follow the history of humans?

I don't follow much history about humans but I do follow politics and the colors red and blue used to signify Republicans and Democrats have only been in use since the 2000s, I thought it existed forever!

When do you think the animals were introduced?

I would imagine back in 1957 when truman refused to be photographed while riding a dumbo ride so he wouldn't be associated with republicans.

I think you may have a great point but could be earlier than that since there hasn't been a US president who wasn't a Republican or Democrat since the 1850s!


Hello there, I hope you are doing well.
Are you a fan of Ed Sheeran?

I like some of his songs, some not so much.

How about you?

Not too much, but I do think he is very talented.

Do you hear that antiabortion campaigners have used one of his songs to advocate for their own cause?

Yes and it was actually a miscarriage.

Yeah sounds like he wrote it about a friend who had one.

Did you know Bruce Springsteen once objected to someone using one of his songs?

Yes I wonder why they cannot sue them to stop using them, but I guess they can be used as longs as there is no financial gain?

Yeah you might be right, I know if I was an artist I wouldn't like it if a politician used it for their campaign.

Its interesting that the Republican Party in the 1800's is more like the Democrats of today.

That is funny, did you know that every president with a beard has been republican?

Or how about Democrat or Republican presidents since 1853.

Where is the other parties?

Yeah to not have a president outside of those two parties is not cool.

We need to come together and change that, have more than those options and not feel like you are throwing away a vote.

I vote third party in the last presidential elections because I didn't like either candidate.

I didnt feel like I was wasting my vote.

I voted the same myself in the last, I think that is just how the majority of people think.

How about Ed Sheeran having a better vocal range than Freddie Mercury or giving a hit song to Justin Bieber.

Yeah that is pretty wild to think about.

I guess he also claims Eminem is a huge influence.

I wonder why Eminem would be an influence.

I would have never guest that.

I know right, I thought the same thing.
Their musical styles are so different.

I guess creative types get their inspiration from many different areas so maybe its not so weird after all.

That is true.

Did you know he wrote and recorded the song I See Fire, for the movie the Hobbit, in one day, that is impressive.

I once saw a documentary on him doing his shows.

He seemed to have limitless energy so I can see that happening.

That must have been pretty interesting.

Well it was nice talking with you, I hope you enjoy the rest of the day.


Good Morning!

Call me crazy but, Ed Sheeran's song "Small Bump" has some rather unusual lyrics for a man to sing.

At 4 months there's really no bump.

That is pretty weird.

I don't think I've heard that one.

Ed sheeran considers Eminem as one of his biggest musical influences.

I don't think they sound too similar..

I can't say I'd recognize him in a lineup or that one particular song of his I could pinpoint as his.

I would however recognize Eminem and his work haha.

Rumor has it Sheeran has a better vocal range than Freddie Mercury.

That's a bold comparison, don't ya think?

That's definitely a little bold.

I'm not sure I've heard anything that good from him.

Did you know he gave one of his songs to Justin Bieber?

No, I did not.

Justin Bieber I've always considered a singer who appeals to tween girls and single crazy cat ladies, not a legitimate musician...

Same with Sheeran.

It's amazing what will sell to some demographics.

Yeah, that's true.

Did you know you can regrow part of your rib?

No!

Now I wonder why anyone would have their rib shortened?!

I also wonder why humans may have lost yet magically regrew body hair within the past 240k years

Yeah, that's pretty strange.

The human body is very complex and confusing.

Did you know there is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans?

I did know that.

We are born with only two fears - Loud noise and falling.

The rest is legitimately learned fears.

Kinda like people who are afraid to speak of politics...

If a person is scared, there's a reason for such!

Which side of the proverbial fence do you consider yourself to stand on?

I think there's many fears one can be born with.

I think fears are primitive ways of helping us avoid danger and survive.

Maybe.

Haha I can't really pinpoint what my biggest "fear" was before maybe the age of 3.

Did you know only Republican Presidents wore beards?

I didn't know that.

Did you know Harry truman refused to be photographed on Dumbo as it would be associated with republicans?

I did not know that.

I do recall the symbols of the two parties being either a donkey or an elephant, not merely red or blue.

I think those symbols are rather outdated and are due for a change.

That's true.

There hasn't been a president since 1853 that was not republican or democrat.

I've never understood why some people identify solely as one or the other.

I cannot really claim allegiance to one or the other as there's not one person alive who I agree with every.single.thing.

on.

Yeah, I do believe life is not just black and white and you can't just stick to one side the entire time just for the sake of loyalty.

Humans allegedly began exhibiting behavioral modernity 50k years ago.

Could it be we as a species are regressing?!

Losing that little knack as we did our hair?

That's interesting.

Did you know most plants and animals can synthesize their own vitamin c, but we can not because of a defective gene.

I knew that.

I'm a huge lover of the ocean and all things nautical: Scurvy didn't just climb onboard vessels lol.

Did you ever watch the show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver?

No, I didn't.
What was it about?

Evidently he was a comedian.

He mentioned a Tweet by The Dropkick Murphy's in 2016.

Evidently the-then governor of Wisconsin used a song of theirs on his campaign trail and they roasted him on Twitter.

That's interesting, I think I would have the same reaction if someone used my song without permission.

Well, its been nice chatting!

Bye!