Are you in comedy movies?

I am!
Do you have any favorites?

I love watching Bill Murray movies, also I like bromantic comedies lol, how about you?

I love the same as you....I love the Hangover and Harold and Kumar.

Nice, my favorite bromantic comedy was Pineapple Express!

have you seen Kung Fu Hustle?

I haven't seen that one but I'm going to have to check it out since Bill Murray thinks that it's the supreme achievement of the modern comedy age.

that is interesting, I haven't seen it either but i know he made that comment.

How about Ryan Stiles, do you know him?

I'm not familiar with Ryan Stiles.

He was in the Drew Carey show and Whose line is it anyways.

He dropped out of high school to pursue comedy and was very successful

Ahh....ok...I remember him now.

He was the tall skinny guy right?

Did you ever watch 3rd Rock from the Sun?

yea lol.

I am currently watching that show right now, hilarious.

Have you seen it?

I have!

It won the golden globe for best comedy series in 1997.

I heard that, i think they beat out seinfeld and other good shows.

I can see why, John Lithgow was great in it!

I recommend it

I agree!
Do you like birds at all?
I love watching them.

I love birds, they are so interesting.
Their bones are so hollow!

Yes!

They are so hollow that their entire skeleton weighs less than their feathers.

How is that possible!

That is interesting for sure.

Did you know some birds fly from alaska to mexico without sleeping?

I did read that somewhere.
That is pretty impressive!

Right, I can't drive 2 hours without almost falling asleep!

It was so nice chatting with you!

Did you know that the extinct dodo is actually a sub family of pigeon?

I had a good time!

I never knew that, I wonder how it became extinct.

Enjoy your day!


Hi.
Are you a fan of newspaper comics?

I am!
I think they are funny!
How about you?

Used to follow Peanuts.

Did you know several comic artists, like Art Spiegelman and Looney Tunes animator, Chuck Jones, have received prestigious art awards?

I didn't know that, do you know what awards they've won?

Spiegelman & Jones both won the MacDowell Medal.

So did author Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye), painter Georgia O'Keeffe and playwright Stephen Sondheim (West Side Story, Company, Into The Woods).

That is so cool!
Are you into comic books at all?

Marvel comics, of course, and some of the films developed from them.

You

Same here!

I didn't realize the cinematic universe takes place in earth-199999!

In Marvel comics, yes.

Lots of time to develop all kinds of stories!

Did you know the 1st comic books were just compilations of comic strips, like a book of Peanuts strips would be?

That is crazy how far they've come!

I mean there are so many volumes!

I'd like to see Michigan States collection!

Heard it's the largest in the world.

Private collectors can be fanatic - someone may have a larger collection out there.

I'm sure there is!

Some millionaire probably owns all the originals haha.

Just one original of Charles Shultz's Sunday Peanuts strip sells for 10's of thousands!

Who knew?

That is very interesting!
Do you like to read literature as well?

You bet.
All kinds.
Do you have a favorite author?

You can't beat Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings!

You?

I can't believe the FDA burned six tons of literature in an act of us censorship!

Wonder when that burning took place?

Agree Tolkien books are great - love the strange locations & the languages of the different clans.

Imaginative genius?

Genius for sure!

Probably around the time they were banning everything else like alcohol haha.

I think it's cool that literature was an olympic event until 1952!

That tells you about its Greek origins.

They were big on literature, poetry, painting, sculpture.

Not considered "sports" today.

Are you a fan of jazz?

I like it but not in love with it!

Clint Eastwood is a huge enthusiast I heard!

Anyways, Great chatting with you!

Catch Winston Marsales & his jazz ensemble if you ever have a chance.

Like Louis Armstrong on trumpet, maybe better!!

Nice chat.

Cheers!

I will look into that!
Have a great day!


Hi do you like comic books?

I sure do and you?
I love Stan Lee, he was the man

He sure was, do you know how he ended his calls?

Considering he was Stan it had to end with Excelsior

Yeah exactly.

Do you know where Marvel universe takes place?

Yes it is earth-199999.

DO you know where the original comic book takes place?

Yes that one takes place on earth-616

Yeah.

Do you know how Marvel trademarked the terms superhero and supervillain?

Oh yeah they just published a generic comic book with those terms

Pretty genius of them.
Do you know what DC stands for?

Yes that stands for Detective COmics so it is very redundant

Yeah strange.

Do you know where is the largest library of comic books?

Yes that would be in Michigan State University

Yeah, I would like to visit I mean is the the largest in the world

Yeah me too.
Do you read much besides comic books?

Yes I read other stuff and know some facts about literature in general and you?

Me too.

Once the FDA burned tons of books during censorship, so sad

Yeah I know and literature used to be part of the olympic games

Yeah too bad it was no more after 1912 along with sculpture , music, painting and others

Yeah I know too bad.

Did you know Churchill won the Nobel prize for literature?

Pretty cool guy.

Did you know romantic kissing can hardly be found in older books?

Yeah it is a rather new thing IN ancient greek they did not even mention it

Yeah pretty cool how times have changed


Hello

Hello did you know that Art Spiegelman was the first comic artist to recevie the MacDowell Medal?

No, I sure didn't.
What is that award?

It's an award that goes to comic book writers

Oh ok.

The first award went to Thornton Wilder in 1960

I saw that.

Looks like it has been presented annually ever since.

I'm surprised the largest comic book market in the world is Japan.

Spiegelman has spent a half-century as an artist trying to help make sense of the shifting social and political landscape.

50 years!
He must have started when he was young.

Yeah no doubt.

He was part of the underground comix scene in the Bay Area in the early '70s.

In 1980 I see he started the avant-comics magazine called RAW.

Cool.

Spiegelman was also teaching courses in comics and aesthetics at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Nice.

I never heard of this guy before today.

lol  Looks like he won a Pulitzer prize in 1992.

Comic book legend stan lee ends every phone conversation he has with the word "excelsior!"

I didn't know that.

Did you know Stan Lee just died recently?

I think it was at the beginning of December

Yes, I did hear that.

The dc from dc comics stands for detective comics, so their company name is redundant.

Looks like DC Comics is the 2nd largest comic book publisher in the United States.

Wow, that's cool.

The michigan state university library has the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world

Nice.

The comic book market is huge.

It was valued at 1.09 billion in the United States and Canada in 2016.

Yeah, that's crazy.

I don't understand those manga comics.
Are you familiar with them?

No, I'm not.
Thanks.

Wow.

By 1995 the manga market in Japan was valued between 6 and 7 billion dollars!

...and Thank you for the chat!

That's awesome.
Thanks for the chat.

We must be in the bonus round?

Yeah really


Hello, do you like comic books?

I do!
Do you?

Yeah me too.

Do you know how Stan Lee ended his calls?

No, how?

with the word excelsior

Wow!

Did you know he was in all the marvel movies as an extra?

I always tried to find him and giggle a little.

Cool I did not know that actually.

DO you know how Marvel trademarked superhero and supervillain?

I did not.
That's pretty cool.
How do people get away with using it?
Weird...

Well I guess you can use it but must give credit to Marvel.

THey just published a generic comic book

Wow.

Michigan state has the largest comic book collection.

Who knew!

Yeah I would like to visit that at some point.

Do you know what DC stands for?

District of Columbia?

It is actually Detective Comics, it is a redundant name

that's pretty cool.

Did you know the the marvel cinematic unviverse take splace in earth- 199999?

Did not know that.
DO you read other literature?

I read all sorts of stuff.
What do you read?

I like novels a lot.

Too sad the fda once burned tons of books.

Yeah.

What a waste.

There is an annual literature contest that challenges people to come up with the worst opening line.

I would like to read those.

Did you know literature was an Olympic sport?

really?

Why did they get rid of it.

I would love that.

Have hemmingway walk in the olympic flag???

I know, I guess they wanted to stick with sports only.

Nice chat :)


Hi are you a fan of Ed Sheeran?

I don't know who he is.

I've heard the name but can't say that I would recognize any of his songs.

Wasn't one about a hobbit or something?

I'm not sure.

lol  I'm not too familiar with him.

I'm reading up on him now.

Ed Sheeran cites Eminem as one of his biggest music influences.

That's not helpful.

I can't name an Eminem song either.

The only time I listen to music is when I take the grandson to school and other places.

He likes teenager pop stuff but they rarely announce the artist name.

So who knows what I'm listening to.

Is Sheeran the guy who slept rough near buckingham palace for a couple years?

I couldn't honestly tell you.

lol  He has a better vocal range than Freddie Mercury.

Do you know much about the Republican party?

I know that Lincoln was a Republican and that they have changed from right to left and back, who knows how many times?

Wasn't Barry Goldwater a famous republican?

I believe he was.

There hasn't been a US president who wasn't a Republican or a Democrat since 1853.

Those two parties do have a firm hold.

Nowadays we talk about red and blue states for the two parties.

I can never keep it straight.

I think red is a nicer, stronger color but politically I'm pretty blue.

Nice.

Did you know that consistent use of red and blue colors only started in 2000?

I could have swore I saw it a lot before then.

I guess that I'm just a slow learner.

I wonder how far back the elephant and donkey as mascots goes.

I know in the '50s when Truman went to Disney land he made sure there was no Dumbo in the background of any photos.

That's a funny story!

Before Trump, the last time a Republican was elected president without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket was 1928!

But they take the record for only President to resign, Nixon.

In the 1930's the Northeast and Midwest were Republican strongholds.

Now the Northeast is a lot of Democrats and the South has gone Republican.

lol True!

Every US president with a beard has been a Republican.

I never noticed that.

I guess those old guys like Washington didn't like beards.

I won't comment on our current guy's hair.

I'm sure it's unique in some way.

But who knows what's next in hair, supposedly we lost our body hair about 240,000 years ago.

What's next?

LOL That's funny!

Humans are adapted for persistence hunting making them among the best distance runners among all running animals.

Unlike the Cheetah that can make a really fast burst of speed but then has to rest for a while.

The other thing about our hunting is we use tools a lot more than other animals.

And I think we are sneakier.

Especially our politicians.

Yes!

haha  There is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.

So why don't we just set up some giant speakers and make the other army run away.

Maybe get a punk band to play that sound.

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

Odd fact of the day.

It's been fun chatting!

I don't buy that rib story.

Only crabs and such can regrow their claws.

Have a nice day.

lol Have a great day!


Hello!
How are you today?

Hello.

I'm listening to NWA's Straight Outta Compton, it reached platinum, without the support of airplay or a tour.

I love that album!

They weren't the best selling album of the 21 century though, I'm trying to think of who it was?

I don't know, I know Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was still going strong in 2014.

That is crazy!

Hasn't that been out for like 40 years now?

I think Linkin Park topped them though.

Maybe.
I bought it on vinyl a few years ago.

Vinyls are making a comeback lol.

I'm sure you can get Bruno Mars on vinyl now.

They never really went away, as they have always been issued.

I would love a recording of the sounds of Mars, they have a higher pitch than Earth sounds.

That would be awesome to hear!

It would only take 2-3 days to get there at 1g speed!

Evidently, Lockheed Martin lost a satellite, due to using the wrong measurement system.

I wonder what they were using haha.

They better get it right by the year 2023!

What happens in 2023?

There is a mars colonization project happening then, and they are funding it with a reality tv show haha.

Interesting.

I wonder what the Roman God of War has to say about that?

It is his planet.

He would have wanted a better nickname to it than the Red Planet I'm sure lol.

It IS red though.
From all of the iron oxide.

I would call it the blood planet haha.

I'm sure he would have liked that better!

Can you believe Bruno Mars writes all of his own music?

That is rare these days!

I don't know who that is.
Is he latin?

He's a pop artist.

I think he is filipino but I could be wrong.

He was named after a professional wrestler though haha.

Weird.

I guess that's almost as bad as starting out as an Elvis impersonator.

You have to start somewhere.

Maybe I should do that too?

Haha it was nice chatting, have a great day!


hey do you listen to any albums?

I guess the vinyl album started in the 1972

I like a lot of albums!

apparently walmart will only sell clean ones though!

ya that is very weird, would you buy the album from those identical japanese twins?

They were 100 years old when they made it haha

i have never heard of that album, what is it like?

ya I haven't heard it, it's probably really weird and hard to find, it was made back in 1992

that is not too old!

Led Zeppelin once did not title an album to confuse the rock press

that is awesome, I love Led Zeppelin, did you ever listen to Straight outt compton?

I did not, well maybe just the one song, why?

well ya they got it to platinum status without any radio play apparently which is impressive

wow that is very impressive, maybe the street culture embraced it and spread the word?

haha it must be!

I do love Pink Floyd, and I like knowing that Dark side of the moon is still a best selling album in 2014!

Bob Marley was on the charts for over 914 weeks, that is long time appeal!

that is crazy!

that record is a classic, do you like the planet mars btw?

You know it was named for the god of war?

I know a bit about Mars, I know that there is a dwarf planet between it and jupiter!

wow that is cool, also cool is sounds on mars have a higher pitch than on earth, kind of crazy!

Is that true?

that is very interesting, I have heard that sunsets are blue there as well, odd place!

ya that seems screwy, also screwy is there is a mars colonization project theyre making for 2023, apparently it will be based on a reality tv show haha

really?

that news to me!

I heard some of the aluminum from the WTC was used to explore Mars

oh wow that is interesting, what is crazy is that if you travelled at 1g acceleartion, it'd only take 3 days to get to mars

how fast is 1g?

I know the curiosity rover sings itself happy birthday, which is cute!

haha well it is probably fast actually, what is cool is that lichens from earth would actally be able to live on mars

oh really?

that is great, i hope one day we can colonize to expand, that is a cool concept

ya I agree, I want to visit mars!

kind of dumb nasa mixed up imperial and the metric system and that caused a lost satellite


Bruno Mars has recently been accused of cultural appropriation.

I know and I am a bit confused as to why?

I guess he starting using various other types of music incorporated into his own.

They say because he isn't African American..

However, if thats the case then a lot of artist would fall into that category.

I'm not sure how I feel about the whole thing.

I didn't know he wasn't African American,  to be honest.

He's Puerto Rican and filipino.
However, I think it's ridiculous.
I've never thought that about him..

Ultimately, it shouldn't matter, especially in the time and age that we currently live in

I agree.

Shaun King had a valid question, Should Bruno not be allowed to sing?

He obviously should.

I think a lot of the arguments are ridiculous, as well.

He reaches all genres.. Rock, Funk, Pop, Raggae, Rock, ect.

Yeah, he does have an eclectic musical palette, from a variety of cultures and backgrounds.

His real name is peter gene hernandez..
I saw him in concert this year.

How was the concert?

It was amazing!!

The band he performs with "The Hooligans" played all kinds of instruments.. Ella Mae opened for him that night.

I'm glad you had a great time!
I will have to listen to an album soon.

It was his birthday as well.

We all got birthday hats.. Ed Sheeran came out at the end

How was Ed Sheeran?
I have heard good things.

Well, I did not know that he was going to do a surprise performance and we left as soon as Bruno exited the stage!!!

I could have kicked myself... Cardi B was supposed to open for Bruno but she just had her baby and canceled.

That is such a crazy experience.
I need to go to a concert soon.

I don't go to many but my husband surprised me with tickets.

You have inspired me to go to more.
Great speaking with you.


How's it going?

Did you know Mars is the second smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury?

I did actually.

Did you know that mars is the fourth planet from the sun.

Yea, Mars is quite an interesting planet with the impact craters, valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps it has

It really is quite interesting.

It sure is, sounds on Mars have higher pitch due to the differences in atmosphere

Well opera singer would probably love to sing up there huh.

Opera singers, Lichens, and cyanobacteria, all 3 would thrive on Mars

Lol.

They would all get to enjoy a blue sunset as well.

I wonder if there will be a way to reach Mars using 1g acceleration, then people can visit in 3 days

Im not sure but count me out.

Ill just stay here safely on planet earth.

Well I'd definitely avoid it if Locheed Martin designs the ship, they caused a satellite to crash on Mars from using the wrong measuring system

Sounds like he needs a new line of work.

Did you know that there is a curiosity robot on mars.

Yea, I've hear a little about it, and also the mars colonization project which will also be a reality show too

That sounds like something I could actually watch.

Probably be better than watching Bruno Mars, even if he does write his own music

I agree Im not his biggest fan.

Bruno was actually interviewed on mtv when he was 4 years old.

That's interesting, Mars was also named after wrestler Bruno Sammartino

I didnt know that.

Apparently he has been an entertainer for a long time.

He play elvis in a movie in 1992.

He was also signed and dropped by motown records, he's had an interesting life

Yes he has.

Well I have to go, nice talking with you


Did you watch the Grammy 2018 awards?

yes.
It was held in Los Angeles on Feb 10.

The 60th Grammy Awards, cant believe its been 60 years already, many history behind the awards

Yeah.

So many hard work and lot of creativity and dedication to their work.

A lot of dedication I agree with you there, what do you think  of the winners?

Lot of creativity and thinking different from others and hard work.

I think that Bruno Mars nailed it with his song ''Thats What I like'' it won the award for best song

In my blood is also good.
You hear it or not ?

I thought it was good yeah and what about 24k Magic?

nice song, great rythem.

Bruno Mars record of the year.

He is multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and dancer.

He is know for his stage performance.

Do you like him as an artist?

he is pretty young born in the year 1985

His performances is amazing surely we want to accept his talent.

"Hybrid theory" is the best selling album of the 21st cenutry.

It is?

that is a great album I wonde if one of Mars albums is close in sales to that one

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a collection on DVD.

It was developed in 20th century.

Wow, seems like albums have a lot of history,

Yeah.

You know another Mars.

It is a fourth planet in the solar planet.

It also called Red planet because it is always hot.

Must be a living hell, there is a project to colonize Mars, its happening in the year 2023, that will be an interesting show to watch.

Non-classical 24K magic Bruno Mars producer of the year.

Leonard Bernstein best engineered album.

Thats another great Mars lol, I wonder how Bruno Mars will sounds in Mars, the planet has higher pitchs than earth

Amazing.
Very nice chatting with you.
Have a great day.

You too have a great day bye,


Hi!

I do agree with Tom Perez that black women are in fact that backbone of the Democratic party.

If they do manage to pull off a blue wave, the democrats should thank black women for it.

That's an interesting point of view.

I try to avoid anything political, it's too depressing, lately.

What's crazy is there hasn't been a non Republican or non Democrat president since 1853.

They've all been either republicans or democrats!

I know, the consistent use of the red and blue colors for the Republican and Democratic parties only started in 2000.

Wow!

I wasn't aware of that.

I just assumed those were always the party's colors.

It's also crazy knowing there has never been a non-republican president with a beard.

In 1957 President Harry Truman visited Disneyland and refused to be photographed on the Dumbo ride  so he wouldn't be associated with the Republicans.

And people talk about Trump being childish, it's always went on.

Lol

Agreed.

Crazy to think that happened in the 1950s especially when figures seemed more mature.

It's the nature of the beast I suppose.

Politicians have to do whatever satisfies their base.

Like I couldnt  believe Regan campaigned for democrats and was once against high corporate profits!

Yes, it's gotten so divided in the country, it's sad.

Reagan was good in that respect.

He could honestly campaign for someone from a different party.

I know.

It's sad to think people wouldn't dare do that these days.

I was even surprised to learn democrats make up 15% of the party!

Yeah, you don't hear too much about the Tea party anymore, though.

True!

Just like I had never heard the Democratic party was the world's oldest active political party.

I always assumed it was the Republican party since it's referred to as the "Grand Ole Party"?

I didn't know that either.

Did you know that the astronauts vote from space?

Is that so?

That's very interesting as it saves them from having to worry about not being able to vote.

I guess it's better to vote from space than in a lion infested jungle like the Indian government does for a single voter.

That is plain wrong!

That is plain wrong.

I read somewhere that 34% of the black male population in Alabama have permanently lost the right to vote.

How does that even happen?

That's a good question.

Especially when you consider black men gave 93% of their votes to Doug Jones in the deep red state of Alabama.

True.

Did you know that not all men in The UK had the right to vote until 1918?

Really?

I Wonder why that is?

Can't help but wonder now that if not all men had the right to vote in Austin, Texas, would their garbage dump had been renamed Fred Durst?

Ha!

That's too funny.

I wonder how honored Fred Durst feels having the dump named after him?

Ha!

I bet he isn't too happy about that.

Just like many aren't happy about Republicans losing the popular vote in the last 6 out of 7 presidential elections.

Yes, they are lots of those disgruntled about the Republicans losing the popular vote but winning the election.

Read how your electoral system works, people.

It was setup this way for a reason.

That is so true!

I mean, the party was founded by anti-slavery activists so it doesn't bother me if they lose the popular vote, or any party for that matter.

Well it's been nice chatting with you!

Take care!


Did you see how Democrats won the house in the last election?

Apparently people think it's because black women were voting for them in large numbers

I did see that.

Interesting stats.

Seems like that percentages are tipped to where people are voting for their own race.

Yep that is what it seems like.

For instance with black men, they made up 11% of the electorate but 93% of them voted for Democrat Doug Jones

Kind of crazy.

Did you know that Hillary Clinton was president of young republicans in college?

Funny she ended up being a democrat.

No I didn't know that.

But what is interesting is that every president that has ever had a beard has been a Republican

That is interesting!

Never put 2 and 2 together.

The US congress has played a republicans vs democrats baseball game annually since 1909 with the republicans hold a slight edge with 3 more wins that the democrats.

Well that's interesting.

What do you think about the fact that Republicans and Democrats have always been a president since 1853, before that they were called other names

I didn't know that.

How interesting.

Since WW2 the us economy consistently performs better under democratic presidents.

Interesting stat.

Yeah that is interesting.

It's also interesting that the colors red and blue have only been associated with Republicans and Democrats since about the year 2000, I always thought it was much longer than that

Wow.

You're right...I thought it was much longer too.

Another funny switcheroo....Ronald Reagan was originally a democrat by switched over to be a republican.

Yeah that is interesting, originally he would campaign for Democrats and he would campaign against corporate profits and low wages, very shocking

Interesting.

Supposedly republicans are statistically more educated than democrats.

Well you have a lot of great facts don't you haha.

What do you think about voting though?

Did you know that astronauts can vote from space

I didn't know that.

lol  I do see where a chimpanzee received 400,000 votes in a mayoral election in Rio De Janeiro.

lol

Wow that's funny LOL I wonder if he did a good job being the mayor LOL.

Did you know that in India they set up a polling booth for only one person, it was in a forest full of lions LOL

LOL What were they thinking?

lol  If all of Canada was one state in the US, it would only have 50 electoral votes which is fewer than California.

Wow that's crazy!

What scares me though is that only in 1918 did all men in the United Kingdom finally have the right to vote, I wonder what was holding it up

That is weird.

Maybe because they were still ruled by a King and Queen?

I'm not 100% sure about that, what I do know is that in Alabama, 34% of the black male population can't even vote

Wow.
Why is that?

I think they lose the ability to vote once they go into prison, and so that is why they can't vote anymore


Hi, how are you?
are you interested in politics?

I am interested in it, but I know you have to tread carefully around it.

yes, many people have strong opinions on the matter, but in these chats, we can safely exchange opinions.

the two parties are not enough for this country.

Agree?

That I can agree on.

Difficult to see it changing.

The Democrats and Republicans have the system sown up.

yes, the money flows to them and those outside the system cannot get in without money.

too bad.

I know there have bee third party, or independent candidates, Nader, Perot, but they just act as spoilers and never have a real chance.

i dont know what else they could do except maybe run for a different office like senator or governor.

i think people want someone that can change things rapidly but that is not possible.

How about some voting facts?

A chimp received 400,000 votes in Brazil once.

the chimp probably did have some good social policies.

better than his opponents.

plus people like chimps.

especially when they wear tuxedos.

Maybe all votes should be based on novelty clothes.

There's always these animals gaining political office, I heard of a dog that passes away last week that was a three time mayor of some town somewhere in America

the dog was a good boy, one of the best, and was always ready to play fetch.

house trained.

perfect for the office.

House trained should be the very basic requirement.

That would be an interesting question at the presidential debates.

i think most of trump's family would do fine.

dont know about trump though.

the 2020 election ought to be interesting.

In terms of civility, yes.

I can't see it being a 99.85% vote to either candidate, like in the Norwegian referendum.

we could make a law that would mandate voting.

that would be interesting.

When 40% of a State votes against the inter-racial marriage that might not be the best idea.

yes, but then people would get the govt that they deserve.

they cannot complain that they did not participate.

I know in Australia you get fined if you don't vote.

Yeah, ive heard that.

the idea is that its your govt, you need to choose.

i like it.

anyway, great chat

Same here, and we didn't yell at each other about each other stupid beliefs.

yes, i get tired of the yelling.

im sure you and i disagree on many thing, but yelling has never changed another persons mind.

Have a good evening.
Farewell.


Hi, do you know who Bruno Mars is?

I do.
He is my favorite music artist.
Who is your favorite singer?

I am a bit older, so I am not up on current singers.

One of my old favorites was Janis Joplin.

What kind of songs does Mars sing.

I believe he mostly sings hip hop and funk.

Did you know that Bruno Mars writes his own music?

No I didn't.

I have tried to imagine how someone can put together a piece of music.

I guess you either have that talent or you don't.

Yep, Bruno Mars was actually named after the professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino

That is interesting.

Were his parents just big Sammartino fans or what?

Not sure, but Bruno Mars was originally an Elvis impersonator.

Talk about ironic.

Wow!

That is a big surprise.

So from what I understand his songs are nothing like Elvis?

I agree, they are pretty different from Elvis's.

Bruno Mars's music is pretty original, and it is paired up with his excellent dancing skills

I'll have to listen to some of his music.

I'm always open to new music.

Which of his songs would you suggest for an old rocker like me?

I am not sure since I am not the biggest music fan out there.

However, I believe Queen has had some huge hits like bohemian rhapsody.

Now Queen I am familiar with.

But speaking of mars did you know that sounds on mars have a higher pitch than on earth?

Is it because of the atmosphere on mars?

Maybe after we colonize mars, we can experiment with the difference of the pitches.

Yes.

I hope I live to see us land on mars.

I understand a colonization project is planned for 2023.

It was SpaceX's ambitious plan right?

I really hope that we can colonize mars before the end of the 21st century.

I would like to visit mars one day.

Yes I think so.

That would be great wouldn't it.

Some people think we are from mars but had to leave because they lost their atmosphere.

Yep, and since there are polar icecaps on mars, we could have come from mars as there used to be life on mars.

They say it could currently still be supporting life such as Lichens and cyanobacteria.

We would just need to restore the atmosphere and there we are.

It would only take us 2-3 days to fly to mars under 1g of acceleration.

That is a very fast speed!

That is fast if they can do it.

The length of time for the trip has been a major drawback.

Currently it will take a few months to get to mars.

If we do manage to colonize mars, getting aid to mars will prove to be a difficult challenge when mars is faced with an emergency

I would think that we would send several unmanned supply trips before the colonization starts so there would be an ample amount of supplies already there.

I agree, and maybe even some robots that could help organize those supplies, although I do not think robot technology is able to do that right now.

Robots would be good.

I don't think we are far away from that technology right now.

Look at what they're doing with self driving cars.

Google's self driving cars have proven themselves on the field, although I still think that it will take time for the government to allow people to own these cars.

I agree.

I have been driving so long I probably wouldn't want one.

But I could see them doing long range over the road trucking.

That would cut the cost of transport by a lot, but I am sure that there will be much job loss attributed to the success of self driving cars.

That is a definite downside.

It's really been great chatting with you, but I'm afraid I have to say good night.


Hello, were you aware that Fox News thought of creating a channel that would only air the Simpsons?

How cool would that be?

haha yes I would watch that!

kind of crazy they get more views than cnn and msnbc combined

I would as well.

What's hilarious, is that it threatened to sue the Simpsons, to stop them from doing parodies of their anti-dem agenda.

That's unreal.

ya that sounds really dumb, also weird that Richard Nixon was a founder of Fox News

That is surprising, I didn't know that he and Richard Ailes were friends.

ya I didn't know that either, its interesting its in 86 countries, so a lot more than just the USA

If I'm not mistaken, the international markets have Fox Extra segments during commercial breaks.

I guess they are everywhere.

ya it would seem so, do you ever do fantasy football?

I do not.

I'm more into poetry and classical music.

Did you know Shakespeare invented the name Miranda?

I didn't thats impressive, crazy that he and Pocahontas were alive at the same time period

What's crazier, is that everything we know about him privately, has been recorded by others.

ya he i still a mystery, and yes he also invented the names olivia and Jessica

It really makes you wonder.

The same with Tchaikowsky, he donated his skull to the Shakespeare company.

To be used as a prop.

People were so strange back then.

ya that is screwy, also screwy is that in his time people had a different accent and way to pronounce things, so things that don't rhyme now would have rhymed back in his day

That's why modern translations often don't make any sense.

Kinda like how people do the fantasy draft of the national spelling bee.

haha, ya they even have fantasy politics, like these people will bet on anything haha

At this point, I bet the fantasy politics is better than real, lol.

Then again, I guess it's the allure of the wealth.

Like that one guy who won the lottery and bought a waterpark.

haha that sounds awesome!

have you ever read anything by Terry Pratchett?

I guess he was knighted, so his books must be good

No, I haven't even heard of him.

Is his work anything like that janitor in Chicago, who wrote a 15,000 page fantasy manuscript?

I don't know, but that janitor also did over 300 watercolor paintings in the book, it sounds kind of awesome actually

It truly does.

I'm always in awe of people who can do things like that.

Thank you for chatting with me, have a wonderful evening.

you too, and be careful with fantasy stuff, only a single brain fold is the difference between realizing something is fantasy or reality!


Do you think lotto winners should be obligated to make their name public?

No.

It invites criminals and other slime.

Should should be able to remain anonymous.

I really think it's a safety issue.

I don't buy the argument of the lottery people.

Do you think people would believe that there was actually a winner, if it were not disclosed who it was?

I don't know but it's not worth getting someone killed.

The lottery company could prove to some independent agent that's sworn to secrecy.

That is a good idea.

The law might not be on her side according to open records laws.

You can form an anonymous trust but needs to be be done before signing her name.

Yeah, it's a mess.

I guess I would argue the case of personal safety because there are some horror stories of lottery winners being the victims of crime.

Yeah, and lottery winners often get swindled.

Yep.

So are you into fantasy stuff.

I really did like "The Lord of the Rings".

It's the only fantasy film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Not that much.

I do like a good fantasy film I can really get into though.

A single fold in the brain makes the difference between knowing reality from fantasy.

Some people in politics seem to be missing that feature.

Wow there is a university where one can actually study ScFi and fantasy... Wonder what school has that?

In LA no doubt...

Some people take fantasy seriously.

Comedic fantasy author Terry Pratchett was knighted for his services to literature.

I think there is a case for Tolkien in that regard.

He foresaw Hitler and WW II though fantasy.

Henson used it to teach children to some degree...

Interesting.

Did William Shakespeare write any fantasy?

I would say he had characters that were fantastic but not really a fantasy writer.

Funny that he intentionally made grammatical errors to get the audience's attention.

And a lot of phrases he coined are still in use today like laughing stock, wild good chase and good riddance.

I think he proved that human nature is a very unchanging thing.

Wow, there are 33 Shakespeare gardens that only grow stuff that he mentioned.

Stay clear of the hemlock!

I would love to visit.

There are also several popular names that were invented by him like Jessica, Olivia and Miranda.

Cool.

I recently read that MSNBC is 85% dedicated to opinion.

I'm skeptical... That only allows for 15% being dedicated to news.

Interesting.

Apparently Fox News is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.

That I actually knew.

That's why I don't believe that the median view age is 68 for Fox News.

That doesn't even make sense unless there are a lot of 100+ year-olds out there.

They discussed the possibility of making a cable cahnnel that would only air the simpsons.

Would you watch?

I like the Simpsons so yes...

I stream on my laptop more than I watch TV.

Speaking of which, I'm in the mood to watch the simpsons.

Have a good night!


hi, do you like fantasy?

Not really.
I prefer comedy.
How about you?

yeah somewhat.

did you know people fantasy draft the spelling bee

I didn't know that.

Do you like the Lord of the Rings?

The Return of the King is the first and only fantasy film to ever get an academy award for best picture.

I actually like it a lot.

do you know what keeps the reality from fantasy separate in us?

I'm not sure.

What is it?

Jim Henson made "The Black Crystal" because he felt that children should never be afraid.

He wanted them to return to fantasy's darker roots like Hans Christian Andersen tales.

wow did not know that.
do you like any news channels?

I prefer not to watch the news.
I find it depressing.
How about you?

yeah me too but i heard fox news is the most watched

I hear the median viewer age is 68 though

do you know who created it?

Who created it?

richard nixon and richard ailes

Interesting.

I did not know that.

Fox News threatened to sue the SImpsons because they didn't like them parodying their anti democratic party agenda.

yeah and at the same time they want to create a chanell to play only simpsons

Ha, interesting.

Would you watch tv all day if you won the lottery?

Travel?

Do something else?

definitely travel and maybe try and catch some shakespeare dramas

Is there a such thing as too much money though?

There was a lottery winner who wanted to remain anonymous.

There have been reports of lottery winners getting killed after they disclose their names.

wow did not know that.

did you know shakespeare made up a bunch of women's names

I did not know that.

He also made grammatical errors on purpose to emphasize points in his plays.

that is remarkable.
nice chat


Hi!
Do you play any sports?

Not really so much anymore, but I used to.

How about you?

I used to play volleyball but with only three players instead of six like what is typically played and we always tried to slam the ball.

That's pretty interesting.

Did you know that volleyball and basketball were both invented at the YMCA?

I didn't know that!

I wonder if they patented or licensed those inventions!

I knew that our local YMCA basketball height was the same regardless of gender, but wasn't the same for volleyball nets, the women's nets were much shorter.

Do you think that's fair or reasonable?

That's not too fair.

They say that the best female volleyball player in the world is nicknamed "Game Over."

Lol, that's a great nickname!

That would definitely strike a sense of intimidation and fear in me if I new that the opposing team had a player like that.

Maybe she got her nickname by kicking the volleyball, it's actually not against the rules to do that!

That's pretty interesting, so I guess you can use any part of your body in volleyball?

Yeah, none of it is against the rules, that would've been useful to know since my wrists were in so much pain from hitting the ball.

I bet.

Did you hear that Fedex actually returned a volleyball that washed up after the Japanese Tsunami?

How did they know who to return it to?

I'm glad no sharks got ahold of that treasured volleyball.

Sharks were existent even before dinosaurs and trees!

I was wondering that myself.
Sharks are amazing!
They can be trained like dogs to bark!

They can bark?

I think I'd be too afraid to wait and listen to their sounds the moment I see their mouth open and sharp teeth even though they can rescue sailors, like dolphins.

I think I'd much prefer to hitch a ride with dolphins than sharks, you?

Yeah, I'd feel safer with the dolphins than the sharks.

Apparently Great White Sharks congregate in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in an area known as The White Shark Cafe.

I don't think I'd want to go there, I have a feeling that I'd be the entree.

Lol, as friendly as it sounds to enter that cafe, I wouldn't want to enter either even though they have no rib cages, their massive size can cause them to literally crush their own bodies, I wonder if any other animals have no rib cages like sharks.

That's pretty interesting, I wonder if Wikileaks leaked that information.

Wikileaks actually published the Government's plans to destroy Wikileaks.

Was it in those documents that revealed that 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the US government?

I'm not sure about that.

I wonder if most of the land there consist of military bases and test sites?

I mean Area 51 is there I believe.

Yes, I think that's what its used for mainly, but maybe its in those Wikileaks that reveal the actual purpose of housing bases there and perhaps even information regarding whether anyone has attempted to sell the Statue of Liberty like a man in france who managed to sell the Eiffel Tower twice!

I wonder who the prospective buyers were.

That is pretty crazy, what would be even crazier is if it was the same buyer both times.

Yeah, but hopefully those documents reveal how much the US government has done, maybe something like the Norwegian government where they donated one billion to help save the amazon rainforest!


Are you familiar with computers?

Yeah.
Use them all the time.
Wish I could use one in the pool.

That's too bad, they're not waterproof.

But they can easily carry out tasks called programs.

Well I was thinking of that because the Russians made a computer that runs on water.

Oh really, I think I heard something something about it now I think about it, what year was it?

You can't even smoke in font of an Apple, so what the Russians did is pretty impressive.

Well, technically you can smoke in front of an Apple, you just void the warranty, which I guess is a bad thing as well.

ahh, I see.
Well, better not to smoke.

Ya, scientists have done many research on it

I hear bones become magnetic when exposed to radiation.

So scientists measured them in order to determine how much radiation people absorbed in Hiroshima

Really?

Akihito, the emperor of japan is a scientist and he still publishes papers.

that is impressive.

not as impressive as walking on the moon, like Harrison Schmitt did, but impressive nonetheless

Harvard scientists have also managed to store a gif of a galloping horse in some dna.

Ha ha.

Too much time on their hands?

That should definitely be in Sacremento's Library of Things

It must be a pretty big achievement to have done that, I don't think they would give it to the Library of Things .

what if it were a library founded by william gladstone?

Well, William Gladstone's library only had books, although there were about 32,000 books, which is still impresive.

Yeah, you'd need a big ass wheelbarrow to get them all there

It was 3/4 of a mile, must be a hard task for a man aged 85.

yeah.

he should've just asked Norway to do it, since they are always distributing books to library

That sounds like a great idea!
Anyways, it was nice talking to you.


hey there do you like going to the library?

I enjoy a good library.

Just got a great book about Hiroshima and the atomic bomb.

ah nice, ya I go all the time, I wish my library were like the one in the UK though where you can get things like sewing machines, that would be useful

I've heard about those.
Library of things they call them.
There is one in Sacramento

oh nice, maybe I should move there haha, nice to know that over half of adults have library cards though

Reading is FUNdamental.

Did you ever hear about the man who was falsely convicted that used his prison time to study law at the library?

lol, I did, and then he became a lawyer to help free other people, thats so nice!

I wonder if it is worth it to publish in Norway.

You are guaranteed 1000 copies will be bought and distributed to libraries!

haha yes, and 1500 if its a kids book, you're guaranteed to make money!

True.

I would like to find instructions on building a water-run computer like the russians built in 1936.

ya I am so curious how that works, also how someone could upload their mind to a usb drive

That is not so far out when you consider the Space Shuttle Computer runs on 1MB of RAM.

ya that is impressive, do you have an android or an iphone btw?

I use an iPhone, even though one cannot smoke near one since that is a biohazard!

right, I dont smoke but thats kind of crazy, did you know the emperor of Japan is a scientiest?

I have heard that.

Scientists like John Von Neumann are amazing people.

ya and Akihito the emperor still publishes papers even today

It is amazing the term scientist has only been around since 1833.

ya thats not long, and for the record I love the scientist who invented the internet in 1989, what a genius!

True.

Now they can even store binary software in bacterial DNA!

that is crazy!

and ya I wonder how they did that gif of a galloping horse

Thanks.

I think Im going to go try some minecraft!

you should!

and you should try making a 16 bit computer with the blocks!


Hi.

Do you like going to the library?

I think it's cool how many things are available to borrow.

I love going to the library but now a days I pretty much search and check my books out online.

It is amazing at what all is available at the library.

Yes so much more convenient.

You are right from newspapers to manuscripts to films even CD's!

I know and video games.

Did you know they try to lure the teenagers into the library with this?

Quite funny I bet it works!

If you publisha book in Norway the government will buy 1000 copies and distribute them to libraries.

I wonder if they do the same with children's books?

Hmmm.

Not sure.

All ships visiting the ancient city of alexandria had to surrender their books for immediate copying.

Then they put the originals in the library of alexandria.

Oh wow.

Interesting.

One cool fact is that there are more libraries that McDonalds which makes me have hope for us!

Thank goodness!!

Did you know that a jawbone revealed how much radiation a Hiroshima bomb victim absorbed.

I am sure the results were frightening.

That is fascinating but scary at the same time.

I bet a scientist came up with that idea.

Hard to believe it wasn't until the 19th century that the term scientist came into use.

I am surprised at that!

I am also surprised that it is illegal to own a rabbit in queensland without having a magicians license or being a scientist.

What do they have against pet rabbits?

Haha hilarious.

There are too many wild rabbits there.

Only one scientist has ever walked on the moon...Harrison Schmitt.

That is neat.

I am amazed at scientists.

Did you know that Harvard scientists managed to store a gif animation of a galloping horse in the dna of bacteria.

How did they really know it was there?

Sounds sketchy/

Sounds very sketchy!

The emperor of Japan was a scientist and he still published papers!

Hmmm.

Did you know that the first computer algorithm was written by a woman named Ada Lovelace?

Sounds like a Harry potter character lol!

I am thankful to the english scientist who invented the world wide web in 1989!

So is Al Gore!
LOL.

haha hilarious.

That english scientist who discovered the web did it with a state-funded organization.

They should be proud.

Absolutely!

The first google computer at Stanford was housed in lego bricks.

Not sure what that says!

Haha I would love to see that in action.

Also never smoke near apple computers as it voids the warranty!

I had no idea.

Thank goodness I don't smoke.

I am sure that I would be the one to void it if possible.

Haha maybe so.

The russians even made a ocmputer that ran on water once.

Well on that note I will say goodbye.

It was lovely talking with you.


Hello, what's of interest to you?

I think libraries are a fascinating entity.

An entire building of resources that can be borrowed for free!

Me too although the internet has kept me out of them for years.

Yeah that's true most of the information can be accessed online now.

But one library in Sacramento has things like sewing machines you can borrow

Wow, that's cool.

I've only been to Sac once.

It would cool if they did that with power tools.

Hopefully more libraries will do that.

Whoa yeah power tools would be sweet and a great idea.

They can be very expensive to buy.

Yes, I don't use them enough to justify the expense.

Yeah and I didn't realize how many libraries there were in the US (more libraries than McDonalds) and over half the population have library cards.

Libraries are cool.

I used to frequent them.

It is one of the best things one can do for free.

Yeah I don't use them enough either.

Now computers can basically do everything and it's basically like having a library at home.

The internet and computers have taken on the role, perhaps too much.

There is something satisfying about turning pages.

Yeah I agree.

In addition, the technology continues to improve every day.

Transhumanists for example want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks!

Yeah, I heard that.

As long as they stick to smart people like the English scientist that invented the www.

Yeah good point, I can't imagine how smart that guy must be!

Smarter than me!

We also don't really need weapon makers like the people that built the bomb that erased Hiroshima.

Yes that's true.

Atleast some good has come of it with the Brazilian physicist Mascarenhas making all those advances with measuring radiation levels.

I worked in the nuclear industry and radiation is scary.

A dirty explosive would be enough to paralyze a city.

Wow I can't imagine that!

Have you ever been tested for radiation?

We wore a TLD badge that was tested regularly (Time Lapsed Doesmeter).

Kind of like they did to test people in 1945.

Oh that's good.

Yeah the current technology-electron spin resonance sounds pretty cool.

Yes.
Technology booms.
Nice talking to you.

You too thanks

Over and out...


Do you like to play volleyball?

I do but only really play a few times in the summer.

Hi I love volley!!
I was in the team in high school

Nice!

So was I.

Miss those days.

Volleyball has been a part of the Summer Olympic games since 1964.

cool did you know kicking is legal in volley?

I actually did know that.
lol

me too, what i did not know is that the women's net was 7 inches shorter in volley

Knew it.

lol  I didn't know however that the best female player in the world is called Game Over.

Funny.

Oh my, what a name!!

LOL..

I like when the team actually make the three touches before passing it to the other team

Nice.

lol Fedex returned a volleyball that washed up after the Japanese tsunami.

lol

Wow what a story, cool.

wonder where it was found.. And it's also crazy it was not eaten by any sharks!

Right?

Both volleyball and basketball were invented at the YMCA!

Let's talk about sharks!

I learned that, if trained,  sharks can bark and that rhymes

Isn't that something?

Have you ever heard of the white shark cafe?

No.
Tell me about it

It's in the middle of the pacific ocean in an area where great white sharks congregate.

I like to visit  that , from a distance!!

!did you know sharks rescue sailors

I didn't know that and I wouldn't like to be the one to see if they could.

lol

I am both terrified and amazed of them , maybe I will go to the shark cafe one day!

lol  Sharks evolved earlier than dinosaurs and trees.

Maybe that's why they know how to bark and rescue sailors?

lol It's been fun chatting!

well I love to talk about animals!
!

Me too.
Have a great day!