Did you know there's a Harlem woman has held free jazz concerts at her apartment for 20 years?


I did not. That must have been a large apartment. It was very nice of her. I was also shocked to recently discover that Pakistan has a chart topping jazz orchestra. I would not have thought that jazz would be big in Pakistan.


That's crazy - I would have never guessed that either!


It is shocking. Do you know why jazz trumpeters grow goatees?


Oh wow I didn't know that. Do you know why?


I do. It was to provide comfort while playing.


That's cool. Do you watch Fox News ever?


I do not but I am certainly aware of it.


The Fox News corp once discussed creating a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons.


That would be insane but with as long as it's been on it's totally possible. I can't see it being very lucrative though.


Me either. Fox News is watched more than CNN and MSNBC.


For me that's pretty depressing. I just discovered recently that Fox News network was created by Republican strategist Richard Ailes and Richard Nixon. That's concerning.


Did you know that they threatened to sue The Simpsons to stop them from making fun of their anti-democratic party agenda?


Good luck with that lawsuit with parody laws.


hello, do you know much about the US Senate?


Hey, I'm not really interested in politics. How about you?


Not so much , I just like to read fun facts about it.


Yes, there a lot funny facts. Did you know that US senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Nixon cracked it?


I really wonder if they were mad when that happened.


Are you very busy now? The second time the system started to count 3 minutes. Did you that there is the candy desk in US senate since 1968?


And I hear that they only have candy from a specific state.


Yes. That is nice that they can go there to make important decisions and have access to candy as well


I think it's not healthy option at all. Just changing topic. Do you use Youtube?


Me too. I actually didn't know that Youtube is the second largest search engine in the Internet. Number 1 would be Google. It's new fact for me.


Good thing that Google bought it so now they hold the top two spots. Good business decision


It was perfect decision to purchase youtube. I agree. I'm also not surprised that Youtube and Netflix generate half of traffic in some moments in North America.


DO you know what is the most disliked video on youtube?


Justin Bieber lol I hate him. I find him so annoying... "Baby" video, right?


Yes. my goodness. Did you know police have their own youtube channel?


Police of which state? Or just general channel?


I think it is just a general channel called the Blutube


Ok, good. No, I didn't know. It's just impossible to imagine the amount of content on youtube. There is about 400 hours of content uploaded each minute.


That is mind blowing for sure. Nice chatting with you.


yes I do, did you know its the second biggest search engine on the web


Wow, I had no clue. I use it to learn how to do house chores and fix stuff. What do you use it for?


ya I do that, I listen to music, its cool that a user can upload unlimited videos on the platform


Not all of those would be worthy of uploading though. My kids watch some weird stuff on youtube kids...


haha ya my friends kid watches Baby Shark, he loves that show haha


Mine do too. My 7 year old acts like he is too cool for it but I catch him watching it all the time. My daughter loves her some Jojo. The WORST!


haha I'll have to look into those, have you heard of the site blutube?


yeah its like youtube for for cops, I don't know if htey have a cop version of baby shark though haha


What is on there? Is it like porn to them where they watch how to take perps down?


haha I think so, but ya its like where they share law enforecment training


Justin Bieber's baby is the most disliked video on youtube. HAHAHA...


haha I don't think it deserves that though! but ya I don't think gangnam style deserves to have the most


That had to upgrade the view counter to 64 bits for that video. When I read that I thought it was the william hung. Ha!


haha I forgot about that guy! crazy that netflix and youtube make up half of all internet traffic!


wow that is a huge amount, crazy that there is like 400 hours of content uploaded to youtube every minute


Hello. I wonder how richard nixon cracked that gavel ?


I'm actually not familiar with that story. I don't know much about Richard Nixon but I know quite a bit about the Senate


I always thought that dogs were color blind but I see they are not


I thought they were color blind also so I guess I was wrong too. I do know that dogs can learn over a thousand words!


I've never heard of that before. How exactly would that work, do you think?


I think the same as humans but how would they stay still ?


Yeah, that would definitely be interesting. And I'm not sure who it would be helping. Dogs seem to be more like humans than we realize. Did you know that some dogs in Moscow have learned to use the subway?


interesting. I would love to see that on you tube


Speaking of YouTube, did you know the first video ever uploaded was of a guy just talking about an elephant?


Wow. And I wonder why the baby video is so bad


Justin bieber's "baby". People do not like it


Oh, interesting. I've never seen it or heard of that song so I'm not sure why people feel that way either.


I would love to see some law enforcement videos


That would be interesting. Do you know much about politics?


Just a little. The candy desk is interesting


a member would give candy to other members


Okay. I've never heard of that before. But I'm sure it cheered up whoever it involved. I know I would appreciate a candy desk at work!


And women could not even wear pants. wow


Apparently it's Korean Pop music. started in the 90's. Use to be called Gayo.


Sounds interesting, perhaps i will check it out.  I assume i can find it on the internet because everything is on the internet these days.


One of the most popular groups was called Seo Tajij and Boys they formed in 1992.


I think Jackie Chan manages a k-pop boy band.


Wow now that i didn't know, i love Jackie! Apparently they have their own girl band as well.


Interesting,  Frozen was a pretty good movie.  Did you ever see it?


Oh my god those songs are still ringing in my ears, lol! It came out in 2013 3D computer animated musical fantasy film.


Did you know Elsa was supposed to be the villain however "let it go" was so uplifting they changed her character?


Wow, that would have changed the movie a bit. Did i hear correct it's the first Disney film directed by a women?


Yes, Jennifer Lee was the co-director and writer.  I am surprised that it took until 2013 for a woman to direct a Disney movie.


That's awesome good for her and i hear it earned over 1 billion at the box office.


Alan Tudyk who voiced the Duke Of Weselton in Frozen has been in several other Disney movies


He has do you know any? I believe Frozen was Disney's 53 animated film.


I think he was in Frozen, Wreck-It-Ralph, Zootopia and Moana.  Perhaps there are others.


That's so cool. You know they renamed rapunzel to tangled because feminine titles were under performing at the box office.


That is unfortunately, but i guess i understand.  Boys might not want to see a movie with feminine title because "that is a girl movie!"


Ok i can go with that, lol! There is only 12 ppl who have one an Egot, Emmy, Grammy Oscar and a Tony.


Wow! You must really be talented to win all four of those.


Yes it was Robert Lopez co-writer of let it go from Frozen.


You too my friend. Just in parting did you know that an iPhone has more computing power than an entire nuclear icbm deterrent?


Its Korean Pop, it has several audiovisual elements and it's actually really nice, it goes back all the way to the 90s


No not really, I like some groups like Seo Taiki and Boys, but other than that I just like listening to some of the songs


Interesting, I've never heard of them. Are they from North Korea?


No, I think they are from South Korea, North Korea has a KPop girl band though,


Interesting. I should have guessed that. Are you a fan of films?


I  am I like Disney films, did you watch Frozen?


No, I haven't seen it. What is it about?


It's about a fearless princess who sets on a journey to find her sister. It's actually really nice, you should watch it


Interesting. I heard it was written and directed by Jennifer lee, is this true?


Yeah that is true, she is in fact the first female director of a film to earn more than 1 billion dollars in revenue


Nice, have you ever used a rotary phone?


I have, my grandmother used to have one and I used to play with the dial, she yelled at me when she caught me playing with the phone


Nice, did you know an Iphone has more computing power than an ICBM deterrent?


Are you kidding me? more power than an ICBM deterrent!! that gives me the chills, we should update that deterrent soon


Crazy. I have to get a new iphone, but they need to get new Missles!


Sounds like they have a higher priotity lol,


It is. Unicef has a great campaign, next time you want to use your cellphone keep in mind that Unicef donates a day of clean water for every minute you dont use you cell


That is interesting. Well clean water is good for everyone to have.


Not so much, but my wife does.  Parrots can dance perfectly in time with music and probably dance better than I can.


and same with Babies, my 9 month knows how to bust a move!


That's funny!  Well, if Mr. Rogers learned how to breakdance, why not a 9 month old?


I would have loved to see that. Tupac did ballet in high school, anything is possible!


I wonder if he wore those fancy ballet slippers that make drawings based upon the dancer's movements?


for sure, I think he was in the Nutcracker even.


Wow, that's a shocker.  Kinda like the first moonwalk being done by Bill Bailey in 1955.  I always thought Michael Jackson invented that move.


Me too, I thought he busted it out at a concert. He at least has a patent on the extreme lean


He was amazing, but really screwed up.  He almost seemed like a character out of some fantasy world that Jim Henson would have created.  Jim Henson wanted children never to be afraid, but if I was a kid Michael Jackson would creep me out.


For sure, I didn't like the way he looked. Do you like learning about the planets?


The solar system is interesting.  For example, all of the planets  could fit between the Earth and the moon.  I wouldn't have thought that.


I did not know that! I know Jupiter's moon could be a planet if it orbited the sun


did you know that that the Soviet union sent a spacecraft to Venus?


I did not know that! I wonder if they found anything, or if it even made it there, do you know?


They launched in 1975 and I think it was the first spacecraft to capture images of the surface of another planet.


I will have to search it on google, I did now know that. I would love to see what it looks like


Me too.  I bet Venus is very interesting looking.  So is Jupiter, but manned space stations cannot go there.


I bet not, I am excited to see if we get to Mars. Good chatting with you!


I love dogs and any animal that can speak with their eyes. Did you know that Germany has given animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights.


Yeah, I had read about that.  They did that in 2002.


I guess I am an animal person. I became a vegetarian as soon as I was old enough to be responsible for my own meals.


Oh, how cool!  I know it's the right thing to do, but I would find it so hard.  Good for you!  Do you realize the loch ness monster is a protected species?


I love the Scottish! I guess we have a responsibility for the animals we love. Did you know that animals who are domesticated are the only ones that get a white patch on their heads,


That's fascinating, though I'm not sure why they get a white patch?


Maybe so we can identify them as belong to us. I will have to look that up on Google to be sure.


Me too, Ill have to find, I'm too curious , now.  I was shocked to learn that there are 20 Quintillion individual animals on the planet, right now.


Yes, but we lost a rat or muscat species in Australia last week to climate change. Extinction is real.


True and only getting worse, I fear.  Def climate change affecting many species around the world.  I only recently found out that hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs.


I think it is going to be up to the Billionaires like Jeff Bezos to make changes. If he can build a clock in the side of a mountain that will last 10,000 years he can put some money towards preventing climate change.


Amen to that!  Speaking of Amazon do you realize that the average Amazon warehouse worker walks between 7 and 15 miles each day as part of t heir daily shift.  Wow, no after work gym time needed.


Yes, I wonder if they knowingly created a healthy work atmosphere. I have heard that their offices in Seattle are innovated and started the casual work place that is now popular in all businesses.


They probably did.  It's just a good thing all the way around.  I read somewhere that the first Amazon customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him.  Have you heard about that?


I am going to spend around the same amount for my next purchase. I wish I would get something more then just a t-shirt for the money.


I hear ya on that!  I'm old enough I can still remember when Amazon.com was just an online bookstore, long before it blew up into what it is now.


Ya, then you could buy downloads and anything else you might want to get from any store. Do you like the google home or the Amazon echo?


Google home, only because I got it as a gift from my daughter, I don't know too much about the echo.  Which do you have/


I have Google Home because my husband like the google interface. I do not know which is better but I do know once you choose one you are have to go all the way. We are now moving into the light bulbs being controlled by google.


That is so true!  Kind of scary when you stop and think about it.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this afternoon, friend.  Hope you get to enjoy the rest of your day and keep loving the animals!


Did you like Mark Twains novels? I heard he had a hard time with his typewritter


Hi. Just i know that but I am not read his Novels. Did you read it?


I read some of his novels, so yeah I am a fan, his typewritter had a lot of problems, he decided to sell it for $125, that typewritter must be worth thousands now a days


ohh. Because of he is famous writter or The true worth of typerwritter is thousand $?


It must be, I bet a lot of collectors would pay a lot of money for it, its a piece full with history, Twain is an icon of our culture, it would be interesting to google that


ok. frnd.  see that new employees of google are called "NOOGLERS" and are given propeller beanie cap to wear on their first friday.


Thats a really funny nickname a bit messed up but funny, well its only for a day right?


yah.. beanie cap is wear on that one day only.


Sounds like a nice tradition, Google is a really big company now, to think it got founded all the way back in  1998


hmm yah.. its also a famous company also


Larry Page, Segey Brin are genius, they were PHD students over at Standford University


hmm yah.. Google is an unimagable source for  Internet.


Yeah I heard that back in 2013 the site went down for five minutes and it took 40% of the web traffic with it


90% peoples are check their Internet is work or not use google


I see, do you also use Amazon? I love shopping there


yah.. in india Amazon is very famous shopping site and last 4 year Amazon make all Indian to shopping very easily.


The first costumer has a building names after him, he spent about $28 dollars and got a building named after him crazy right!


I do like the service a lot of interesting books in the platform,


But hold a book to read its a very good feel so don't like kindle


I guess its not the same as holding a book I agree with you.


Hi are you a fan of google?  I'm a googler. lol


Yea, Google is a great website since being founded in 1998, much better search engine than yahoo and msn


I agree!  A single google search requires more computing power than it took to send astronauts to the moon!


That's insane, so is google taking 40% or internet traffic down with it in 2013


I wonder where I was on that day?  I can't remember.  lol  Google maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving on the road.  Interesting.


Sounds intrusive that Google maps uses people data to calculate data without most of their knowledge


I know right?  I would have liked to have seen when google brought in hundereds of live goats to mow the lawns around their headquarters.  lol


it's a good way to save money I guess, lol. I'd like to see if google maps really adjusts it's border claims based on the country you're in


Yea, hard to live without amazon since they expanded to streaming, mp3 downloading and selling electronics


Yes.  I use their streaming service as well since I'm a prime member.  Hard to believe It's going to be 25 years soon since the company was founded in 1994.


Yea, and they've grown so much and have even made a deal with the USPS to deliver packages on Sundays!


Yes!  The first Amazon customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him!  Talk about some bragging rights.  lol


I'd rather have the clock Bezos is building into a mountain named after me than a building


lol  IMDB has been owned by Amazon since 1998.  That makes sense. They probably link up the movies to Amazon so people can buy them.


That's a pretty good business move buying Imdb then, probably use to get tons of cash right after buying one


That's what I was thinking.  I wonder how that would be working in an Amazon warehouse?  Their warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day as part of their daily shift.  You would either love it for the health aspect or you would be miserable if you had any physical ailments.


I don't even think I walk 7 miles a week, it would suck doing it in one shift at Amazon


haha  Have you ever bought anything from AmazonBasics which is Amazon's in-house brand for low end products?  I don't think I have.


I don't think so but I have seen AMazonBasics show up in my search results


I have too.  It's been fun chatting!  Have a good night!


Its crazy to think how the moon of Jupiter, ganymede would be considered a planet if it would rotate in the suns orbit.


I know.  Jupiter is so huge that its gravity would crush a human if one were on its surface.


Yeah, besides all the storms and problems, I used to want to live there someday but it seems impossible for any life to exist there.


How about the shards of glass raining sideways?  I would think at that temperature it would be liquid instead of shards.


It is an extremely high temperature, I wonder why these shards precipitate in this planet.


It must be due to "storms" where pressure differences cause motion.  Yet 4500 MPH seems incredible.


Yeah it seems unreal and would be actually nice to see that, what do you think about the orbit of Venus?


I have always thought that the atmosphere on Venus was so thick that we cannot figure out what the surface is like.  Therefore, not having seasons wouldn't matter much.


Yeah, I see your point, the climate must be pretty much the same,  hopefully someday we can explore it.


Of course, the temperature might still be different at the equator than at the poles, so there must be some variation at different locations.


Do you think Venus was at some point of universe histoy a planet with life? Ive read that about two billion year ago this might have been possible.


It kind of looks like earth if you look at all the simulations, and also a hypothesis is that it could have had oceans about 700 millions years ago.


Yes.  And the atmosphere has many chemicals that we can identify.  Some life on earth survives is harsh circumstances such as on the ocean floor with tremendous pressures.


This planet, universe, has a lot of intriguing aspects, to think that there is much to learn yet.


I know, It is too bad that our lives are so short.


Yeah, there is too much to explore and not enough time to do so. I would like to visit the moon, other planets, but I guess someday the human race will do it easily.


I think so.  There is a theoretical "warp speed" which might allow humans to visit places light years away


I didnt know about that! guess we wont be able to see that


Probably not.  I have enjoyed talking with you.


Do you like to read? do you know who Mark Twain is? I love his books


I love to read! And I'm from near the Mississippi River, so I defiantly know of Mark Twain!


I heard he had a lot of fights with his typewriter machine lol


Yeah, I don't think he enjoyed using it very much, and gave his away a few times I believe.


It must be worth a lot of money now, to think he asked for a price of only $125, it must be worth thousands now


His typewriter, yes. Although honestly it's hard to find typewriters these days, not really something you can buy on amazon.


Not sure, you can buy almost everything in amazon these days, do you shop a lot on that site?


not really. I did buy a lot of books on there when that was all it had. I remember when it started selling other items as well.


It has grown a lot its now a giant, the first purchase was of $27.95 and want to know a cool fact about that purchase?


The guy who made the purchase got a building named after him, what a bargain


That's kind of interesting though. I'd probably be willing to make a $28 purchase for a building to be named after me. Now Amazon is basically a giant. You can buy almost anything off there.


Amazon also owns Imdb, I think that the success of the company is due in a great part to Jeff Bezos, his a genius


I didn't know they owned IMDB. That's pretty neat. I knew they created a new font to make it easier to read books on the kindles, which even though I prefer real books, is just kinda neat.


Really? what is the name of that font I might try it out next time I order a digital book


it's called bookerly. Any book you order on the kindle uses it automatically. It actually is a lot easier to read than other fonts.


I see, so I have seen it before then, its also a cool fact how the postal service has a sunday contract with Amazon, I guess theres just too much business that day.


I was surprised the first time I got a delivery on a sunday! My mailman said it actually boosted their hiring and was a really good deal for them.


I guess it does promote a lot of jobs, did you hear about the clock Jeff Bezos had built into a mountain?


No. He had a clock built into a mountain? Why?


Not sure, maybe because he has more money than God lol, the clock is supposed to run for 10,000 years,


Hello - how are you? Can you believe that google has been around since 1998?


wow, long time, it takes more computing power for a single google search then it took to send men to the moon


Wow - no surprise then that when it went down for 5 minutes in 2013, 40% of web traffic went with it.


i believe it, high tech but they have goats "mowing" their lawn


I have always thought that was cool - I want goats to mow my lawn haha


yeah:) their complex is nicknamed googleplex


Google maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving on the road.


interesting, another huge company founded a few years before google, amazon in 1994


It is a huge company - Amazon has owned IMDB since 1998.


hard to believe they started out just selling books


Yeah now Amazon has it's hand in just about everything... publishing, film, tv, electronics...


warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles a day!


USPS has a contract with amazon to deliver on sunday


The first amazon.com customer spent 27.95 and got a building named after him - that's pretty crazy


that is, now they are largest internet retailer in the world


Yes - I know I am a very regular customer. Just about everyone I know is...


Good morning! Glad we have www or the World Wide Web so that we can chat with each other today on the internet!


Indeed! It's so ubiquitous you can even get service on Mt. Everest!


True! It may be slow at 3g, but it works. It's funny that the library at Alexandria has a saved copy on the internet, in case it burns!


They would know what it's like to have things burn down. I wonder if they save all the terms of service that we all ignore when signing up for something or buying something?


Probably for the lawyers sake! I must confess I never read them. I wonder if they have a book on the cure for the constant clicking that can cause addition to novel activities?


I might need it if they do. You a Disney fan?


I've enjoyed visiting Disney and I like to take my grandkids to some Disney movies. My kids watched Bill Nye the Science guy when they were young. He was the science consultant for Flubber movie!


Hard to believe where they've come since 1923. From hand drawn animation to a  55,000 core supercomputer on Big Hero 6.


Yes it's a large leap forward from the original technology for sure. I loved the Wall-e movie. I didn't know the name came from Walter Elias Disney, did you?


I didn't but that's pretty cool. I didn't realize Minnie Mouse was short for anything either until recently.


I think I read that one time but I guess I forget since we just always here Minnie Mouse. We are enjoying the Pixar and Disney Incredible movies. But we haven't seen the latest one yet.


Oh, it's awesome. It was a little scary for my niece. Edna, the designer, was voiced by the director.


That's really interesting. I bet that kind of thing doesn't happen very often. I'm glad to see that they brought back Nelson, Hunter, Vowell and Jackson to do their roles again for the second movie. It's good to have the consistency.


Yeah, it wouldn't have been the same. Sarah Vowell is an interesting choice. She's not normally an actor.


Right, so the movie has several different things that are out of the norm. That's good. I never heard of the video game version of the movie though it was 13 years before the sequel. My kids and grandkids play video games but I've not heard them talk about it.


Yeah, I didn't realize there was a game set so much earlier either.  I'm surprised it took them this long to make a sequel. The first one was in 2004.


I guess I didn't realize that the setting for the movies is the 1960's. I knew it wasn't the current time but didn't pick up on the clues as to the time frame.


Yeah, it makes sense I guess. The style of everything is really very '60s.


I liked the music in the movie too. I think it was done by the same person as the first one, Michael Giacchino.


Yeah, very suitable, and all under the Disney umbrella.


It was great talking to you! I hope you have a good and profitable day!


Yeah they are recruiting for the clan like its a every day thing.


You know the richest superhero is actually black panther


Dorothy steel is a 91 year old who made her big film acting debut as merchant tribal elder,


Marvel censored m'baku's utterance of "praise hanuman!" in indian releases of black panther


Chadwick boseman was accepted into a prestigious summer theater program at oxford university, but couldn't afford to go.


Wow. The marvel comics character black panther was not named after the black panther party it confused me too


Do you like fb ? it launched on February 4, 2004,


I love FB. I know that Myspace feels stupid lol


Facebook's "like" button is illegal in the german state of schleswig-holstein.


WoW. A third of all divorce filings of 2011 in the u.s. contained the word 'facebook'.


Facebook is primarily blue because mark zuckerberg suffers from red-green colorblindness


30% of american adults use facebook as their primary source of news and i am one of them


Iceland is rewriting their constitution via facebook; allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations.


Wow. Facebook engineers originally wanted to call the "like" button the "awesome" button. How awesome


Burger king had a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people on facebook you get a free whopper.


You know I love polo shirts. by famous player rene "the crocodile" lacoste


Until 1978 a tennis player was allowed to use absolutely any object as a racket.


The longest match in tennis history went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days.


Hey there have you seen the movie Black Panther?


No, I have not.  I heard about it.  Who is Wakanda, the character in the movie?


No, wakanda is actually the state that the Black Panther is from. If you haven't seen the movie you should check it out!


I will.  Please tell me more about it.  Did it get a lot of money during the first week of showing?


Yes it made a ton of money. If I'm not mistaken I think it was one of the highest grossing movies of all time.


Now, I need to see it.  According to an article that the superhero movie was based on Marvel Comics.


Yep that is true. Marvel Comics also makes Iron Man. And I guess that black panther is actually more Rich than Iron Man is in the comics


I see.  So, who was T'Challa who was crowned to become the king of Wakanda?


Yes that's right. Also the symbols used in that movie were based on actual historical symbols. I think that's cool.


Can we see the movie on Netflix now?  I heard that Chadwick Boseman did a good job in the movie.  He is a good actor after all.


I don't think it's on Netflix yet. Yeah he did a good job. Apparently Denzel Washington help him out back in the day. I think that's super cool of him


You were right. I'm hoping people know that the black panther movie was not based on the radical and controversial group from the past.


Nope. Apparently Marvel started using that name before the party came around. In fact they even changed the name for a time so that they weren't confused between the two


Marvel censored m'baku's utterance of "praise hanuman!" in Indian releases because they were afraid to offend people from India.


That's weird. I wonder what that means in India. Do you have Facebook by the way?


I do not know who does not have Facebook.  Yes, I do have Facebook.  It was created by a former Harvard student, Zuckerberg.


Yep that's true. Do you know why Facebook uses blue in their logo?


I remember reading about it.  Does it have to do with Mark?


Yes it does. Apparently he is color-blind so that is the best color to use. I don't like Mark Zuckerberg do you?


I neither like or dislike him.  Were you one of the ex-owner of myspace?  You know what happened, right?


Haha I was not. Yes they turn down the offer to buy Facebook. I bet they're kicking themselves everyday now haha


I see, I think he is a great poet, full with talent and really skilled


A self-proclaimed genius, his life trials and tribulations were quite astounding especially in regard to his body of work. He was surely talented.


I agree, his last words were ''My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to death. One or other of us has got to go.'' I thought it was profound


It's true that he was a comedic person until the very end. It seems as though he really enjoyed his life, however short it may have been.


It does seem that way, you know theres a fine for kissing his tomb, apparently it's a common issue lol


Even in the throes of the afterlife, Oscar Wilde is still demanding appreciation from ladies from the grave. His story is a great one that I would love to read in depth, along with his body of works.


I guess his legacy is big and that can bring affection even after his death, still $12000 seems a bit excessive to me


I too believe the fine is a bit outrageous. I also find it appalling that Oscar Wilde was convicted of being a Homosexual practicing sodomy. I believe that two years in prison was  a bit excessive for something so widely accepted today.


That is crazy, good thing that has changed now changing the subject a bit what do you think about Box Offices


I am not particularly fond of the box office we have today, however I am sometimes a patron at the local movie theater. I am more of a film festival type of person, interest wise. What do you think about the movies in America?


I think that they spend a lot of money and sometimes the investment doesnt pay off like the movie Trojan Wars.


It is definitely true that Hollywood film producers have a serious spending habit, and it certainly does not always pan out in their favor. American patrons also spend quite a lot at the theater to keep the movies coming.


I agree with you, one of my favorite actors is Tom Hanks, he has made a lot of money in his career in fact he's the highest all-time box office star


I am very surprised Tom Hanks is the highest all-time box office star, but I have really enjoyed all of the films he starred in, so his box office record is believable.


Yeah $8.5 billion that is a lot of money, I guess he is really talented and doesnt surprise me to hear he is the all time box office star


I ,for one, cannot believe Disney had several box office failures. I truly enjoyed one of their flops called Treasure Planet as a child.


Yeah that was surprising to me too, I guess Disney has learned from its mistakes since their movies are really profitable now


Disney has made so many films, I presume they're bound to have some not very successful ones. Apparently it's very hard to make a box office hit!


Yeah, I think most Marvel movies make it. did you ever watch the Silence of the Lambs?


Not only have I seen the movie, I also read the book as a teen which was much more vulgar than the film. I really liked that movie, and it seems as if everyone did as well when it arrived at box office over twenty years ago. I would assume the budget for that movie was not extremely high, but the producers still made a mint to the tune of 270 million dollars.


Yeah it made a lot of money, its curious as the movie came out on Valentines day.


Pretty good, did you happen to see Black Panther the film?


I did not see the film. I was surprised to learn that the character is not named after the political party.


Interesting, I think it was a comedy. I didn't see it either, but it could be good. I saw deadpool and thought that was pretty good.


Black Panther is actually the richest superhero at half a trillion. Not sure how he got his money. Software? Video games?


I don't know, good question. I always thought it was Tony Stark.


Stark's rich, but I guess Black Panther got bucks! Speaking of rich, do you know much about Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook?


I saw the movie about him, the Social Network, i thought it was ok. But other than that, I don't know much.


Way back in 2005, Myspace had a chance to buy Facebook for $75 million. Hm. They missed their chance!


I've heard that, that was a mistake, but then again Myspace failed.


Now people look back and dream of the privacy and data protection that Myspace had. Burger King had a promotion for unfriending people on Facebook. I wonder whether that worked at all.


I know, I participated in it for a free whopper!


Really? Did you refriend those people afterward? I expect people would make friends just to unfriend them.


No, I never use facebook. Half of them I didn't even know anyways. LOL


Iceland is rewriting its constitution via Facebook. I expect things to go wrong there somehow.


I know, I've read that. Facebook's like button is illegal in some German states.


That's an odd fact. I guess it's meant to stop addiction or something? Who cares if you like something? Can it hurt someone?


I think it probably is, it is pretty crazy.


I don't use Facebook, but I do use the Internet. I want to get information, but I don't want my life out there for everyone to see.


I don't use it that much either to be honest. In 2012 they were worth $104 billion.


Not as much as I used to, I have kids and they end up hogging the TV remote.  My wife liked House back in the day.


That was a good show. Makes sense that Hugh Laurie would be getting 700000 an episode for that.


That's still a lot of money.  He's pretty much set for life, there must have been at least six season of that.


Not to mention his other movies and tv shows. He is a masterful actor. He can do drama or comedy.


He's very talented, he used to be on a TV sketch show in the 80's.  Also a very accomplished rower in college.


I always thought of the comedy and tragedy masks as a symbol of the two aspects of the theatre. I had no idea that they represented drama itself.


Yeah, I kind of associate it with the theater.  Do you ever see any plays on the stage?


Yes I love the theatre. I've actually been in a few too. Do you like stage plays?


I don't really live close enough to anything now.  I have seen The Importance of Being Ernest in London many years ago, one of Oscar Wilde's.


Oscar Wilde was a true master of the stage. His novels and plays are some that will stand the test of time for sure.


I love his quote, " I have nothing to declare except my genius."


That does seem like a very Wilde bit a wit. He had a dry humor. He even made jokes on his deathbed.


Another one of his I like, which I'll probably get wrong right now is, " the only thing worse than being looked at is not being looked."


Hmm that has levels of potential meaning. I think a lot of his work can be viewed that way though. You see it differently depending on where you are in your life.


I know some people are obsessed with Oscar Wilde, I once visited his tomb in Paris, people bring gift and write note and do all kinds of things on and around it.


That seems a little strange to do.  I get he was an amazing man and artist but making a shrine seems creepy.


If he were around now I wonder if he would be a star at the box office?  Or was he someone of his time.


I think he would be a box office smash. The best part is I don't think his adaptations would take much of a budget so that would put it ahead.


That one The Portrait of Dorian Gray has been made into a number of movies over the years.  I think there was a version just a few years back.


I love that story. His inclusion in The league of extrodinary gentlemen made that movie.


I forgot about that.  Well I'm off, I'm going to go a read my copy of The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Have a good day


did you know in the Terminator, Arnold only says 18 lines


He does? I thought he spoke more words on the movie, he made 75000 on that movie.


that's crazy only that much, and then in T2 he made 15 million which was only 7 years later!


Not bad at all, you know a really strong plastic is named after that movie.


I didn't know that no, did you ever watch Futurama?


I used to love that show, did you like it?


I did I started watching it again, but also apparently Bender and the terminator both have the same 6502 cpu chip, which is the same one also used in the NES and commodore 64 in real life haha


That is really interesting I bet the authors of the series or the writers did that on purpose do you also like Star Trek?


I do like Star trek, I like the old ones though not the new movies, what about you?


I like Star Trek, its a show that has influenced a lot of people and popular culture as well, the animated series are also pretty good.


ah I didn't know there was an animated series, ya there was a flute used in star trek that was apparently sold for 50k thats crazy


It is crazy specially because its estimated worth was about $300 I guess diehard fans consider this object far more valuable or even priceless


haha ya that is true, it's especially funny because it doesn't even work! I wonder what the episode is I want to see what this flute is all about haha


I will definitely google that later lol, I didnt know the thirteenth film, Star Trek Beyond was released on the 50th anniversary of the franchise.


ah I didn't know that, also didn't know that the enterprise was named after a white in campaign, I would have thought that they just came up with the name


Or how the idea of Teleportation was born because of a low budget!!


yeah that worked out for the best for them! did you like star wars or star trek more? I guess there is a fued between Carrie Fisher and William Shatner about that


Star Wars is the best, I just think there is no comparison there lol, what about you, what franchise do you  like better?


well I used to like star wars more, but i really don't like the new movies, so at this point I like star trek but only the old ones, the new star trek movies are pretty bad in my opnion, or maybe I'm just old haha


I guess both franchises are great but the new movies are pretty bad, i dont like the new Star Wars movies either.


yes, I do like that Stephen Hawking portrayed himself in star trek, that is really awesome


Hey there! I actually do like Star Trek a lot, who do you like more as the Captain, James Kirk or Picard?


I dont know much about star trek,  the only ones ive seen are the ones with Picard lol


Haha. The old ones with James Kirk are actually pretty good. I used to like Picard more but now I do like James Kirk. Do you know why the space shuttle, the Enterprise, was named that?


My friend loves star trek so much,  he got his wife to agree to name their child James Tiberius kik


Wow that's awesome! And yes, it was named the Enterprise after doing a write-in campaign, it's interesting that they chose that name anyway though I think that was a really good choice


I think its really cool that they added teleportation because the budget didn't allow for expensive shots of spaceships landing on planets.


I agree with you. Sometimes necessity is the mother of all inventions. Also interesting is that a fake flute, which was thought to be worth only $300 but used on the show, was sold for fifty Grand LOL that seems very highly valued


What's interesting too, and you know who Stephen Hawking is? Is that he is the only person to play himself in the Star Trek universe. Everyone else is obviously an actor.


Have you ever watched the Terminator movies?


I have watched those. They're so awesome! I love James Cameron who is the director. What do you think?


Yeah he does a really great job,  with all his movies.  Schwarzenegger only has 18 lines in the whole movie,  less than 100 words lol


That's amazing! And he made it such an iconic role, so crazy that he only made $75,000 for his role in the first movie, but then made 15 million just seven years later for the second one haha


Thats is a lot,  and Im sure he gets royalties too!


Oh he definitely does! And I'm sure all the toys and stuff too, he made a lot of money, apparently the scientists who are studying it made a real life plastic that can heal itself, and they called it the T-1000 polymer LOL


Nicee!  Interesting fact!  bender from futurama and the terminator have the 6502 cpu the same processor that is in the NES lol


Wow that's awesome! I think it's cool too, that Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton are the only two actors to fight a Terminator, an alien, and a predator, those are all great movies by the way


Yeah thats pretty cool.  what a tough life,  they spend too much time fighting lol


Haha you can say that again. Do you drive a car by the way? I remember in The Terminator movie when Arnold Schwarzenegger drove that car into the police station. That was awesome!


I love horror films, especially Stephen King ones, how about you?


Eh, not a huge fan, but I've seen a bunch of them.


Yep, it was set at a hotel during winter. Apparently the boy in it didn't know he was in a horror movie until years later


That is pretty cool. What do you think of the universe?


I think it is mind blowing what may be out there, what about you?


Exactly. I used to watch this show called "The Universe." It is very good.


I will have to check that out. There is a theory that the universe may be one giant super hologram


Yeah, I don't think that theory is correct. Do you?


I don't think so, I think there are so many theories out there like only one electron being in the universe


Yeah, that is true. There are stars cold enough to be touched by the hand.


I would love to touch one! I don't think I will get the chance in this lifetime though


Yeah, me either. I bet the gravity of it would rip us apart anyways.


For sure. there is a region of space that may be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe


That sounds pretty cool. How do they know that?


I wonder too lol. If everything is being sucked away do they really have good data, or just another theory.


Yeah, I'm not sure. They have a lot of weird theories. That much I do know. Well, nice chatting with you.


For sure! It was so nice chatting with you also!


I havnt for a long time. Not since the adam sandler day. How bout you.


That is a long time.  Maybe once a year, but only by accident.  We use Netflix now for nearly all our T.V..


Yeah thats how a lot of people are doing it these days. I pretty much just have my computer and a cheap antenna to get local channels. I dont think it will even get SNL. Havnt tried tho.


I have one of those digital antennas, but I never have it connected. Do you watch movies?


Yeah that along with shows like walking dead I download on my computer. Never been much on horror movies though. How about you.


Walking Dead isn't far off being a horror movie, aside from being nearly a hundred episodes.  Stephen King considered Bambi to be a horror movie.


I would guess because Bambis mother gets shot. Dude would be scared to death all the time in my family.


I remember see it when I was a kid.  I found it sad more than horrifying  .


Yeah I never thought it was scary at all. I remember watching a movie called grandmas House when I was little. I had nightmares of it for a long time. Hated horror movies ever sense.


Never heard of that one.I think my kids play some computer game called Grandmas House.  What's your opinion on celebrities?  I don't understand how people get so excited about someone just because they are on television.


Me either. I can see being a fan of someone because they are a good actor, but come on who cares what they do with their personal lives.


I once met Robin Williams.  I was working at a store in downtown D.C. when he just walked in to do some shopping.


Thats awesome. Did you get to talk to him at all. He seemed like he was a pretty cool dude.


Not really, I figured people like that must get fed up with people coming up to them every minute of the day.  I recall he was once in a creepy moving, One Hour I think it was called.


Never saw that one. I just cant see him in that kind of movie. I guess I got Ms. Doubtfire in my head about him. Lol.


I know what you mean.  I think he was trying to shake that image and become a serious actor.  People just want the funny man, that's what we like about them.


I would much rather watch a funny movie than a scary movie any day.


Maybe I'll give SNL one more go, but I doubt it.  There's too much available now.  You don't have to put up with what the networks put in front of you.


I know right. I have seen it on a time or two but what I did see of it. It just was the same as back in the day with sandler and farley and those guys.


Well have a good day, good speaking to you, bye.


Do you like to travel?  You may want to reconsider Iceland.  They have no public rail service and most are without cars.


Yes I do, because of that Icelanders without cars fly to travel between the major towns


Maybe they should be like the Dutch and use a 160mph bus?


King Kalakaua of Hawaii was the first kind to travel the world


I wonder if he ran up $300 in tolls while crossing Japan?


I would like to visit Mackinac island where they don't use cars but use bikes or horse drawn carriages instead


That would be cool.  I bet rap isn't big there.  Or the Korean "Compliment Battle" style of rap.


lets talk about rapping next, there are three components to rap which are delivery, content, and flow.


To me, there are two.  Really bad  poetry and a totally worn out backbeat.  Not a fan really... Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist?


I have heard that before about him, Spider-man is his favorite superhero.


I wonder if he liked Busta Rhymes do the voice for the Reptar wagon in the 1998 Rugrats movie?


A judge rapped her ruling in a suit filed against Eminem.


I would have thought he would be disbarred just out of lack of professionalism.


The library of congress has Tupac's music because of it being culturally significant


If he is, so is Lady Gaga. Did you know Sir Elton John chose Lady Gaga as his son's Godmother?


Lets talk about lady Gaga, iron maiden is her favorite band


Lady Gaga was on an MTV show called "Boiling Points" before she became famous.


She has been asked by the LAPD before to let her followers know about upcoming road work


That's clever.  She would have the list... Funny her name came from a glitch that changed the word "radio" to "lady"...


She has had a long career even before becoming a huge star, she had a def jam deal, and was a song writer for Sont/ATV.


To be honest I don't think much of her, in that she rarely crosses my mind.  That Poker Face was good, but's about it.


My favorite was Bad Romance.  Did you see a Star is Born?


I have not, I do know of it, isn't it about the fourth time this movie has been made?


I dont know.  It might be.  I heard she won some awards for it.


I know it up for an Oscar, I think it might have won a Golden Globe.  Does Rap interest you?


I like the old school stuff.  Not to much into the current Mumble Rap


I have no idea what Mumble Rap is, I must be showing my age.  How about Tupac?


Mumble rap is where it is kind of rap but you cant tell what they are saying.  LOL   I like Tupac


Doesn't seem much point to that.  I once did a book event with Tupac's mom, Afeni Shakur, when she was promoting it.


That is awesome!  His music is in the Library of congress.


Seems right, they some not discriminate based on the genre of music.  If it is important then it should be in.


I agree, it is a part of our culture and history.


Is the library of congress a place you can go in?  Or is it more of a virtual thing?  I wonder what it means for his music to be there?


I dont know.  I think it is like a place for records, Im interested to find out.


I used to live in DC, you'd think I'd know.  I don't really know about these murals that people mention.


I visited once, I dont think I paid attention to that.  I wish I had.  How do you find them?


As with all things now, social media.  The only mural I recal was one for a bar there called Madams Organ,  it was located in a part of town called Adams Morgan.  The mural was a bit risque.


There are apparently pink bubbles leading you to another one near First Street NE


It kind of brighten the place up, and something to talk about.  When I was there they placed these donkeys and elephants all around the city, representing the two political parties.  Different artists decorated them.


That is neat!  Where I live horses are a big thing.  So those are around the city and decorated too.


Well it was good speaking to you, I'm going to go on Spotify now and search Mumble Rap.


Excellent, you? Do you get to travel much?


I'm well, thanks for asking.  I travel alot for my job.  What about you?


I travel a bit, though quite infrequently via plane. Did you know that air travel is a bit slower now than 40 years ago to save money on fuel costs?


No, I didn't realize that.Travel was alot more luxurious back then in addition to being faster.


Well, you had alot more room, now I feel like I'm a sardine in a can and airlines actually served meals on flights.  It was just alot nicer experience, all the way around.


Apparently when continents/places were being discovered still, travelers left rabbits on islands for future food


Well that was smart and a very nice thing to do.  I've tasted rabbit before and it's actually very tasty!


Yes, I do.  Most people are shocked to find out that Tupac Shakur's music is in the Library Of Congress, but rap is a significant art form specific to America.  I think it's worth preserving.


Sure! the worlds fastest rapper no clue, can say 14.1 syllables per second, which I honestly didnt know was humanly possible.


That's impressive!  I didn't know it was possible, either.  I doubt I would be able to understand a word of it though.  I don't process that fast, anymore.


Do you think anyone can really understand that without being told...?


Probably not, but there's always that one person. Lol


Apparently McDonalds also pays rappers $5 to mention them


That's news to me, I don't think I have ever heard a rapper mention Mickey D's in a song?


I dont listen to enough to know, to be honest.


You know, I knew Eminem was a pretty good artist, but I had no idea he initially wanted to be a comic book artist.  Did you?


No idea, he has the creavitivy with words though


Yes, he sure does.  I read a Michigan judge rapped her decision when she tried a suit filed against him.


No not really. I would like to go around the world like king kalakaua


That is quite an accomplishment for royalty.  I would like to spend more time in Asia.  Did you know that all Japanese highways are toll roads?  Are their toll roads in your area?


No not here but there is a lot of toll in Chicago. It cost as much as Japan almost


I remember that when I lived in the Chicago suburbs for about 10 years.  Back then I commuted to work in Chicago via the Chicago & Northwestern commuter rail.  Did you know that in Iceland, no public rail service exist, so people without cars fly between major towns?


That would be so fun I love to fly. There should be no pollution in the Mackinac island with nothing but horse-drawn carriages or bikes


That is achievable outside major urban areas and is a good approach to maintain the local culture and limit pollution.  I read that the Dutch are developing a 160 mph commuter bus.  That is an impressive speed for a bus, but how do you safely travel that fast in traffic?


Too fast for me. Do you like rap ? I love Tupac


I am not into rap.  But, Tupac, while his life was cut short, was a groundbreaking artist.  Did you know his music is in the Library of Congress for its cultural significance?


Yes and It should be. I would love to check out Korean rappers compliment battles


That would be interesting to watch as two groups go back and forth. What are your thoughts about Eminem?


I love Eminem. I love that Dre brought him out. I wish I could have heard that judge rap her ruling lol


That would have been bizarre.  Doing a little homework, it seems the earliest communication form that is similar to rap it the West African griot tradition.  Oral historian would rhythmic techniques to pass on oral traditions and histories.


With me being of African decent myself. I consider myself as a oral historian or praise singer


My musical / historical culture arises from the "Acadie", that is the French who were exiled by the British after the French and Indian war.  Mixing that with the Creole and African traditions in Louisiana, we have Zydeco.  Lady Gaga has always been an unconventional and provocative artist.  Do you know if she rapped?


She does a little in song songs. She likes iron maiden just like me


I am a bit too old for Iron Maiden or to be big into social media.  But apparently she has 11.4 million Twitter followers.  Her following in Los Angeles is big enough the LAPD asked her to tweet about upcoming roadwork,


I remember her being on MTV's boiling points. She was not as loud as she is now.


I have never heard of MTV Boiling Points.  Elton John was big with my generation.  Did you know that Elton chose Lady Gaga to be godmother to his son?


That was nice of him and She will love his son. and I should have know that was busta rhymes voice in reptar wagon


I was never a fan of the Rugrats, but my kids were when they were younger.  In these animated movies, you get voice artists from unexpected celebrities.  Do you know if Lady Gaga has done any voice work for animation?


I would have to check. I know she has her own label now.


Hello, do you know the details of box office?


I know some of the big stars like Tom Cruise, The Rock, and Tom Hanks is the highest all-time earner of them all.


Under the supervision of the treasurer or box office manager, the box office staff's primary task is selling tickets to an event or performance


Yes, and the amount of projected revenue by ticket sales is really important as well.  Disney considered shutting down their animation studio all together after some poor performances.


Buy Really Useful Box Office Compartment Tray 4 Litres from the Plastic Storage Boxes range at Hobbycraft.


Ok.  Just finished checking social media.  I had no idea Myspace once had an opportunity to buy Facebook and turned it down.


Yeah, Facebook is huge now but there is a backlash.  Burger King has a promotion that if you unfriend 10 people you get a free sandwich.


But Facebook is still so big that some governments are using it.  Iceland is actually using Facebook to take suggestions from the public to rewrite their constitution.


Yes, it is a good way to stay in touch with people.  You only have to claim to be at least 13 years old to register.


Okay, thank you very much. Can you tell me some details about the universe?


Well, there are some stars that aren't hot like our sun.  Some can actually be cold enough to be touched by the human hand.


Is Planets, stars, galaxies such a things true?


Of course.  The universe is all of space and everything in it.


Some say that as vast as the universe is that it only contains one electron.  I don't understand that theory very well though.


Thank you for all that you have done so patiently.


Yes,  it is all I watch in the evening. I am not alone, Netflix represent 33% of all bandwidth consumed in the evening in the US.


33% of the bandwidth? really? that is impressive, that means a lot of users, Netflix must have some pretty big servers


Yes, but it is more efficient than sending DVDs through the mail system. Did you ever use Netflix with mail ?


No, never, didn't know that was an option. I do hear that they spend more on postage than on bandwidth.


Yeah I do, I am one of the millions of subscribers, the first series on Netflix was called Lilyhammer


I saw it on my recommendation feed, is Lilyhammer any good ? They continued releasing originals since then, they have 126 original shows now.


I haven't seen it, I don't think it is, I might look for it on Netflix tonight. Netflix does have a lot of original content on the site.


All those original shows are costing them a lot of money, they are 21.9 billion in debt.


That is a lot of money, but Im sure they will recover that money and more, did you know Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix several times.


How much they were asking to Blockbuster ?


Netflix was on sale for $50 million and now its worth $2 billion so sounds like Blockbuster lost a great opportunity


I think they lost more than an opportunity, they don't exist anymore. I don't miss them with their outrageous late fees.


Yeah in fact thats what inspired Reed Hastings to start Netflix, the excessive fees that the Blockbuster had, he even paid $40 in late fees once for a single movie, boy he was mad.


Mad enough to create a company that would eventually destroy them. They should do a Netflix Original about that. It won't cost a lot, they already have the rights.


Yeah they should do a movie about it, I would watch it, The Fall of Blockbuster, Reed Hastings.


Speaking of movies, have you seen Avengers: Infinity War ?


Yeah, I have seen that one, did you like it? I am really excited because of the second part of the movie


No I did not see it, do you know why the movies are responsible for the increase of Shawarma sales ?


I think its because of the ending scene on Avengers, the first movie, in the end the heroes gather at a shawarma place and eat.


Oh, that would make sense, who was your favorite actor in the movie ?


My favorite actor Robert Downey Jr. he is really talented, its was nice chatting with you by the way.


You too, I may see the Avengers on Netflix when I will have the time.  Have a good day.


Sure. I'm actually listening to Michael Jackson/Justin Timberlake's Love Never Felt So Good. How about you?


I do like music. I enjoy rock, pop and jazz. I'm not a fan of rap though. You?


I like all the ones you like, plus rap.So you don't like the sound of rap. But maybe you would like Signmark? He is a deaf rapper who rhymes in sign language.


That is righteous! I like that he has found a way to make music. I bet he busts rhymes pretty hard too.


I have appreciation for rappers who can rap really fast, though. There is one who can rap at 14.1 syllables per second.


How can anyone move their mouth that fast? Insane. Do people understand the words?


Right. And if I were rapping that fast, I would think, wait, what did I just say? Does it even make sense? Haha.


Yes, it could just be gibberish. Do you listen to Lady Gaga? I know a couple of her songs.


I am not really a fan but I like that she is cool towards her fans. She once bought $1000 worth of pizza for fans waiting in line for her.


That's great! I did see her in that recent film. A Star is Born? I thought she did fine.


That is cool. She said she relatees a lot to the character she played.


I think she does. It felt like it was her, not just some character. I think that she will do more film work.


She said she was bullied when she was younger, just like the character in the film. Her only escape was music. How sad but hey, it worked out for Lady Gaga!


I bet she was bullied. She's not very pretty, but she really is talented! Is she married?


I don't know. I figure she is an interesting person and not just a pretty face.


She was on MTV's boiling points before she was famous. Do you know of boiling points?


No, I don't. Was this an important show? I never saw it.


I'm not really sure what it was about. She really struggled to get famous but it's cool that she succeeded. She went out to sing at clubs and pretended to be her own manager.


I like her story. She deserves her success. Anyway, great chat!


Yeah, unlike her character in the film, she believed in herself


Do you like opera?  I don't really care for it.  There is a flaw with how opera companies present new work.


I actually do like it, though I agree with you. Especially considering the Met Opera's announcement of standard operas that don't really push any boundaries.


There really isn't much diversity in opera.  That doesn't hold up very well in today's world.


Yeah, that's why I pretty much stick with movies. One of my favorites is The Silence of the Lambs, which was released on Valentine's Day in 1991.


I liked that movie.  Box office gross of over $270 million


Meanwhile, The movie Trojan Wars, which costs $15M, only grossed $309 at the box office. Talk about a flop.


And Disney's "Treasure Planet" was one of the biggest box office flops of all time.  I think "Water World" was up there too.


Speaking of Disney, they considered shutting down their animation studio after Sleeping Beauty. Crazy.


Yeah, you can't think of Disney without thinking of their classic animated movies.  I wonder how they project a movie's profitability  considering that is so important.


Good question. Maybe they should include Tom Hanks more -- his worldwide BO earnings are over $8.5 billion!


Agreed.  He's the highest all time box office star based upon earnings.


Wow. They measure box office by the number of tickets sold or the amount of money that is collected from ticket sales.


Yeah ticket sales are so important to the production companies.  Patrons can perform the transaction through many ways, but online will be the way to go in the future.


I wonder when you'll be able to buy tickets through Facebook, which was launched on February 4, 2004.


Probably at some point.  And then you could "like" the movie.  Except in a german state where the "like" button is illegal.


I heard that Facebook is mostly blue in color because its founder can't see red and green due to being color blind.


Yup.  Mark Zuckerberg went to Harvard.  Smart dude.


Rich too, even though MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook in 2005 for $74M.


That's just a drop in the bucket compared to their initial IPO valued at 104 billion


Yeah, that was the largest valuation to date for a company that was newly listed.


Pretty interesting.  Well, it's been fun chatting with you.


Enjoy the rest of your weekend.  Off to watch some NFL.


Do you think that it was okay for Scarlett Johansson to play the transgender role?


I know there was a great deal of uproar about it. There is controversy about people playing a role that they are not actually ethnically. They are actors, they act in parts that arent like them.


I thought the same thing, I don't really get it. I'm not surprised that she deigned to answer any questions about it and directed comments to her managers.


She directed it to the actors who play transgendered roles.


Oh, I see, I misunderstood that! That makes sense, I guess, they really shouldn't be putting particular focus on her. I guess maybe she is just attracting controversy since it's not the first time she took a role and made people unhappy about it.


Well, in this world of Netflix people can watch any type of movie or content they want, and not bother with the other stuff.


That's true, and people certainly take advantage of it considering that Netflix, along with Youtube, makes up half of peak internet traffic in North America.


If this holiday week you want a flickering fireplace Netflix has a video for you, so even during family socializing time they are part of the party.


Wow, that's a little bit over the top! But I guess that's what sort of tactics you have to employ to be able to rake in 137 million total subscribers!


If they ever get into markets like China it will get even bigger.


Wow, I can imagine why they aren't available in Syria, North Korea or Crimea but I wonder why they aren't available in a country as huge, modern and relatively stable as China?


I'm not sure those are the words I would use for China, a country that doesn't allow most of its citizens internet access. I am not sure about the other countries it isn't in, Syria, north Korea and Crimea.


Well, Syria, Crimea and even North Korea are all war zones, they're like "no go" zones so I am not surprised, but I actually had no idea that China doesn't allow their citizens internet access! Is that a legal thing or simply a lack of resources thing?


It is a censorship thing. Well, we are lucky we have internet access to watch all the Netflix, since it is all internet now and no more DVD.


Yeah I am grateful it's not like that here, and we'd be screwed without access to Netflix since they've even begun replacing the TV networks with their own series.


I would love the job of just watching it and tagging the content into categories.


It is a real job.  I don't know the pay or how many people do it. They have tons of content, they even have 150 movies with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.


It's amazing that it all started just because the founder was upset about a $40 video rental fee!


There are at least 58.46 million American households who are glad he started it.


And even more worldwide, I bet eventually they hope to fully spread to each country in the world.


Good afternoon! Thank you for chatting with me today! I have a great love of most all music, I do not have any one favorite album though.


Nice, I liked linkin parks hybrid theory when it came out, so many great songs on it!


I find I listen to the top charts from time to time to stay current on what it is the youngsters are listening to but find I love the oldies the best. Like Bob Marley; his hit Legend sits currently at 69.


Wow for sure or Pink Floyd, their album Dark side of the moon has been best selling for like 40 years straight!


I find it interesting that wal-mart will not sell an album if it is not clean; meaning wordage must be appropriate for all to listen.


right, I find that crazy too. So much money lost in profits, especially in rap albums.


I personally think they should sell them and let the customer decide if they do so wish to buy it or pass on the album themselves.


Right, as long as they have the parental advisory label they should be safe to sell and leave it up to the parents


I very much agree with you!! Something I find fantastic is that there is a rapper named Signmark that is totally deaf yet rhymes in sign language. I give huge cudo's to his parents for helping him reach his goals.


Wow that would awesome to see, is he popular for this?


I believe so within the deaf community. Do you know that Aerosmith has made more money from the game Guitar Hero than any album made.


I did hear that, I used to love that game lol! Did you hear about the twins from japan who released an album when they turned 100?


I did see an article to that fact and can't imagine how that must have felt for them to do so. I mean what a great way to spend a birthday, making a album as well as setting a record at the same time for age and doing what they set out to do; pretty cool!!


For sure! I wonder if anyone would do that again. Were you into NWA much?


I am sure somewhere, someone has a goal to surpass the twins! I am not really into NWA much but have listened a time or two. I find it a little bit funny that McDonald's has paid rappers five dollars for every time a big mac is referenced in a song.


No way, that can add up lol. I think I should make a song saying big mac like 1000 times. It will help buy a new car


HA HA HA! I totally agree that would be funny as well. Did you know that the rapper in Micheal Jackson's Black and White also did the theme song for Pokemon; Jason Paige?


No way, I never knew! It was so nice chatting with you!


I agree! Thanks for chatting; have a wonderful day!


No, I can't even list a song from Beyonce, I know that her husband is Jay-Z.


I was surprised that Jay-Z could even think of cheating on her, she is extremely talented and beautiful


Jay-Z has multiples professions so he does not have much free time, time is a factor for successful relationships.


I was glad to see that they were able to repair their relationship.


I am happy to see, that, even they created an album out of it.


I believe that their friends, including Oprah, helped them to get through the difficult time.


Friends are important, but they took time together in tropical getaways too, it must have helped too.


Performing together has helped too, like the current tour going on in Glasgow.


Their songs reflects their lifestyle too, being rich and famous can be stressful.


Agreed, Jay Z sings about running from the "lights", both the cops and the paparazzi


Jay-Z is also a great writer, he wrote a song for Bugs Bunny in Space Jam.


I remember that, but it is a bit easier to understand Beyonce's lyrics for the average listener


She is a great singer, "Hear about US " is her best recent song.


Jay Z started his career in the mid-90s with an album called Reasonable Doubt


The Black Album is a classic, I have even heard of it and I don't normally listen to rap music.


Two of the worst rappers in my opinion are Kanye West and Tupac, they are just thugs and criminals


Hip-Hop music and crime are often marketed together, like heavy metal and satanism in the 70s.


Rap is also aligned with R&B and beatboxing


Rap is older than we think, but now it is quite mainstream, a judge even delivered a ruling in form of a rap.


I am going to go listen to Beyonce's song Lemonade now


good for you, did you buy "everything is love"  ?


I do sometimes. Did you know that Fox news is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined?


I knew they were big but did not know that, that is fascinating


Yeah it is. It was created by Republican Media Strategist Richard Ailes and Richard Nixon.


Go figure. and they apparently are owned by the same company that owns IGN


I wish they would have created the channel that would only air The Simpsons.


it is ironic though because they were trying to stop an episode of theirs from airing once


I do sometimes. I like old school more so than rap today.


I do like Pac. Did you know that his music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance?"


Yeah I can see that, he changed the game there


Yeah he did, I didn't know this but Busta Rhymes voiced the Reptar Wagon in the 1998 Rugrats Movie.


nice. he almost did not become a rapper. he wanted to be a comic book artist


I'm glad he became a rapper. I heard his favorite superhero was spiderman. I wish they would have got him to play him in the movie.


that would have been interesting actually. do you know about compliment battle?


No, but I think that would be interesting.


How much do you follow national politics?


I like to keep updated, my favorite chanel for news is the Fox News channel


I consider Fox News to be one of my favorite sources, but I always cross-check - just too much fake news out there!


I agree its important to cross-check news, did you know that Fox News has more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined!!!


I'm not surprised.  All the others lean hard left.  Fox is the only one that leans center to right.  So for lefties you have news source options.  For righties, you have only one!  What surprises me is that it was created in part by Richard Nixon.  I just thought he resigned in disgrace and rode off into the sunset.  Unbeknownst to me he was still active and created one of the most powerful news organizations!


That does seem odd, maybe his no longer part of the network did you like the Simpsons? that was one of my favorite shows on the Fox channel


While Fox News and the Fox Channel are part of the same media empire, they are definitely no closely related siblings!  I wonder how they worked out the dispute in-house with regards to Fox News versus the Simpsons?


I think it was a threat, they didnt actually sue The Simpsons, they sure have a strange relatioship with the family, they wanted to sue them and then again they also wanted to give them their own channel


Yep, a bit like Sean Hannity going after AOC!  What are your thoughts about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?


I think theres too much controversy about the issue, many questions that remain unanswered such as how much money does she really have


I agree, she is a bit of an enigma.  Yet, she is a child of social media, so I believe that plays a lot to her getting constant coverage.  Her twitter feed with her unfundable "New Green Deal" and other big $$ plans sends both the left and right to the battlelines!  But, for a newbie, she is pushing Nancy Pelosi further left, and I did not think that was possible!


Its a complicated issue I would rather talk about rappers, do you like the genre?


Not really, but I find interesting that AOC quotes Cardi B!   I did read up on Tupac, may he rest in peace.  I like the way the Library of Congress has his music in repository because of its cultural significance.


Tupac is one of my favorite artists, he is so talented, did you hear about that style of rap called ''compliment battle''


I had not until recently.  Apparently its and international twist on an American music genre from Korea.  What I find strangely amusing is a news article I read wear a Michigan judge rapped her ruling in a suit filed against Eminem.


Really? that seems really unprofessional of her, rulling in the form of rap? if you are a fan that ok but your job requires you to act in a profesional way


To me, all rappers I have heard about are from the left (or Democratic party) political spectrum.  Do you know of any Republican rappers?


No not really but I can tell you who is a republican, Dumbo, apparently Harry Truman refused to take a photo in the Dumbo ride because he didnt want to be associated with republicans


LOL.  It's just an elephant, but I guess since it was adopted as a mascot for the Republican, its in bad taste for a Dem to be seen with an elephant..  That's just taking it to far!!!   Well, I am a republican councilman from a small (pop 8000) town, so I can't rely on my stipend to pay the bills, so I have to go to my day job.  I am not quite sure were AOC, the Dems, and the Repubs will end up.  It seems like compromise an option these days.


It does seem that way, you know the last time a Republican got elected without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket was all way back to 1928


In a way, I glad we broke that trend and elected an outsider.  Trump is very far from perfect and he and AOC are complete opposites!  Trump is not your typical "Republican" on social causes but on economics he is in line with conservative economic principles of lower taxes.  Have a good day!


I agree, Trump is miles away from being perfect, his the author of many controversies we have faced in the last years, have a nice day, thank you.


Hello, do you like fun facts?  Jupiter has a moon that would be a planet if it orbited the sun.


I do, I love trivia! I didn't know Venus doesnt have a tilt, the way Earth does.


Really, that's cool.  I think it is the only planet to rotate clock wise?


Maybe? I know Uranus rotates sideways and rolls, instead of spinning. There always has to be one that has to be different.


That is cool info.  Venus doesn't have seasons.


That would be weird, like living in the tropics. I am still saddened that Pluto is no longer a planet.


Lol, poor Pluto. I read awhile back there is an planet where shards of glass precipitate sideways at 4500 mph in 2000 degree fahrenheit weather.


Guess there is no supporting life on that planet. The United Nations have an ambassador to extraterrestrials, just in case they decide to make contact. Isn't that crazy?


I didn't know that.  Changing topics a little, I saw that over 80% of the Earth's natural forests have already been destroyed.


Isn't that heartbreaking? Especially when you consider only 30% of Earth's surface is actually land mass.


Yes, it is sad.  The day was only 5.5 hours long when Earth was first formed.


Wow. That really puts things into perspective, especially when you consider that humans are only represented by a little over a minute if the history of the Earth was viewed in a 24 hour period.


That is true.  By the end of the 21st century, Earth will be virtually helium free.


I wonder if that will alter the moon's effect on the ocean tides?


I think it may.  A funny fact is that The UN appointed someone as the official ambassador of extraterrestrials just in case we ever make contact,


I know, that is funny. I wonder if their ships will be affected by the Earth's magnetic field (which is generated by the liquid outer core)


That is beyond my knowledge.  But I also know a lot about animals such as there being over 20 quintillion animals on Earth.


I never knew that the white patches on livestocks foreheads is due to being domesticated.


I did hear that somewhere.  I also heard that the Loch Ness Monster is a protected species, under the provisions of the 1912 Scottish protection of animals act.


Unfortunately, they think Nessie died. It's weird that Germany (of all places) gave animals legal rights


Hey! How're you doing? Did you know that Earth is over 4.5 billion years old?


Hi, I am doing great! How are you?  I did know the Earth is old but I didn't know it was that old!


I'm doing pretty good too. It's been a nice, relaxing day. I feel like knowing how old the Earth is, it's kind of sad to think about how much humans have damaged it.


I never really thought about it like that but you are definitely right.  I mean, right now over 80% of natural forests are completely gone.  I wonder what our planet would be like with them intact.


Lots more foresty! Haha. I feel like the loss of trees has really damaged the Earth's ability to cope with CO2 emissions. If there were more trees, we probably wouldn't have such an issue.


No, we probably wouldn't at that.  It might make a difference with helium as well.  By the end of the century the planet will be completely devoid of it.


I wonder what is causing the helium to go away? I know that the CO2 emissions are causing fluctuations in temperature, and melting of the polar ice caps, but what is responsible for the helium?


i don't know to be honest but it seems like everything on the planet is connected in some way so the forests probably have something to do with it.  Doesn't it seem odd though that the planet is over 70% water and yet the trees are so very important?


I do think it's odd, but it kind of makes sense then that the oceans hold most of the world's organisms. I think it's amazing how diverse the population of animals is. They can range in size from fractions of a meter to over 110 ft.


It is amazing.  We don't even really know about all of the animal species on the planet.  Less than 2 million have been described and there are over 7 million in total.


It makes me wonder where all the other animals are that we haven't found yet. I wonder how many there were back when there were more forests. I wonder what other adaptations we have as humans that are similar to the affect of gills on us.


That is a lot to think about.  Like you said, a lot of those species live in the oceans I suppose.  Most animals on the planet are alike in consuming organic material, breathing, and moving.


Right. And like us most reproduce sexually. What do you think about Germany being the first country in the world to universally give animals legal rights?


i like it but to a certain degree.  i mean, I do think animals like my dog for example should have rights.  I don't think dogs should be abused and such but on the other hand I think it can go too far.  Animals raised for food for example should only have certain rights.


I agree. I think farm animals and pets should have basic rights, protecting them from cruelty. What about wild animals?


Wild animals should be protected as well except for the ones that people hunt for food.  What do you think about the Loch ness Monster being a protected species?


I think that is incredibly hilarious! I thought the loch ness monster was a myth! I mean, I suppose all myths have a basis in fact, but it's still weird. And Scotland still hasn't changed it. What do you think about there being 20 quantillion animals individually on Earth?


I can't even imagine that many but I suppose it is true.  All you have to do is look around in daily life and there's animals from insects on up everywhere.


Ones that we can't even notice because they are so small. And ones that come out in different seasons. Did you know that Venus does not have seasons?


I do think I have heard something about it before.  That just seems so odd and also so boring.  Nothing on Venus ever changes.  It rotates different than all of the others as well, except for uranus that is.


Yea I thought that it was pretty weird how Uranus rolls versus rotating. I wonder how we'll every explore space, what with some life being up to 455 light years away.


i know what you mean.  First we need to decide what is a planet and what is not.  Pluto was a planet and now it's not.


Good morning! What is your favorite animal?


Hmmm my favorite might be a wolf, of all the 20 quintillion animals on earth.


That's a lot of animals! I saw animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they've been domesticated.


Maybe a signal to others? Germany also gave all animals constitutionally guaranteed rights in 2002.


Apparently Earth ill be helium free by the end of his century. Not sure if thats good?


That's probably not very good. Did you know hiccups are a holdover from evolution when land animals had both lungs and gills?


I also heard that yawns are the brains reaction to needing more oxygen


Interesting....did not know that. I heard the Loch Ness monster is actually a protected species....if it actually exist.


I'm sure they would be hunted otherwise anyway


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


A bit of a scary thought, though many countries are planting more than they cut down


I agree it's scary. When Earth first formed, a day was only 5.5 hours long.


Sounds like a mid winters day in the midwest.


Definitely. Do you know Jupiter has a moon called Ganymede that would be a planet if it orbited the sun?


That's crazy. The earth isnt exactly big out there!


It's pretty small in comparison to others.


Definitely. Apparently one planet has sidweays raining high speed glass.


Wow - that would really stink to have that here on Earth. Talk about painful.


Hi there!  How much do you know about Amazon?


Some, Disney wants to sell their channels? How about you?


I didnt know Disney wanted to sell their channels, they own so many!


Suppose to be deciding, they want to sell in a bundle. Its not accepted yet.


They have been cutting edge, on so many fronts.  The lion king was the first to be dubbed in Zulu for its African release.


Yes, My Goodness, Amazon warehouse workers don't need a gym membership with all the walking they do.


7-15 miles, thats more than I walk in a day.  Even on an active day.


I know.... $27.95 to get an Amazon bldg named after you. Only if your the first customer. Lol


That would be awesome!  Amazon is a powerful company, they even got the the USPS to deliver packages on Sunday.


I think the post office would like to get more days. I read amazon takes 1.50 from each pkg.USPS.


I didnt know that.  It is crazy to think that Amazon started as a online bookstore.  It certainly has flourished.


Agree, I didn't know Frozen was first animated Disney movie directed by a woman.


Wow, that took a long time, I would have though a woman would have directed much earlier.  I heard Frozen 2 is in the works.


I know I was surprised too! Wonder how many of those will be made. Little girls just love that movie. Have you been on that ride? I have at Epcot, its was good.


I havent, haven been to Disney parks in years.  I have friends who have little girls and they watched Frozen non-stop.  I bet that ride was awesome.


Cooling after walking in the heat! Do you like baseball?


I watch mainly during World Series time.  You?


Yes, I enjoy it! I didn't know the managers can play in the game.


I heard that, thats why they wear the uniforms.  I wonder if that ever happened where they had to play?


I know, I haven't seen it. How lucky to find baseball cards in your grandfathers attic worth 3 million dollars! Good chat!!


Yes, it is such a convenient option especially for last minute orders


Yeah, it is. I use it sometimes, but I don't know if I'll continue with the service to be honest.


did you know that Jeff built a clock on a mountain?


I heard that, I'm not sure what to think of that though, any thoughts on this?


I am not sure what he built it for. It is supposed to run for 10 000 years


I have no idea what it is made of or on what source of energy it runs


Interesting. Do you know how much it cost him?


No idea. I am sure more than the first customer spent on amazon


LOL, I heard they named a building after him. Did you know the USPS has a special deal with Amazon?


yeah they did and all he had to do is spend less than $30


I was unaware that they owned IMDB, did you know that?


Yeah apparently they bought it back in 1998


Interesting. Well, if you work at Amaon at one of their warehouses, you will walk 7-15 miles each day.


Talk about staying fit. do you like disney movies?


I do, one of my favorites is the Lion King, have you seen it?


It is a good movie. During the 70s Disney recycled a lot of their animation Frames, did you know that?


Did not know that but that is smart for sure, less work for them. nice chatting with you


Way more than I should lol.  How about you?


I do way too much lol. I didn't know that Amazon is trying to get into sports broadcasting, I guess they are into everything else


Even what we are doing now is off of Amazon lol.


Right! I think Amazon will take over the world soon lol. They are already causing stores to shut down because everyone shops online. Jeff Bezo's had the billion dollar idea!


Sadly, I was in retail and yes it has hurt.  He is diversifying into more than just videos for sure.


I was even surprised to learn that Disney is into sports broadcasting...I always associate Disney with movies but they are so much more.


I hate the idea as most teams agree that his plan to make subscriptions for local content will actually limit viewership.


Exactly. There's always more and more money involved in getting what we are used to having. They have said that some sports content would be only with prime...but others would stream free.


It has been a long time since Amazon started up....they even named a building at corporate after their first customer.


Really? That's pretty cool. They definitely seem to have it all figured out and growing and growing, I don't pay for Prime but I guess if I want to watch sports in the future or watch a baseball game I will have to join lol...I heard also that IMBD is owned by Amazon...didn't know that!


I hope Disney does not agree to sell.  They are a much better organization.  Did you know that Frozen was the first animation directed by a woman?


I agree! But there are other companies who want to buy this Disney Broadcasting Network so bidding is just in the first stages. I love Disney though, and no I didn't know that! I like how the toy industry gets involved in Disney films prior to even before starting the production.


True, but who can outbid Amazon, lol.  Yes, I have seen movie toys being sold before the movie even comes out a lot.


True, Amazon is huge. I guess we will see what happens. I just hope Disney Productions stays Disney and never sells out.


Same here.  Having live sports is an advantage I want them to keep.  After all, a company who takes the time to dub the Lion King in Zulu is my type


Exactly. They even recycled animation frames years ago, that is awesome and probably saves money.


Well they have 90 days to sell the channels...I hope they change their minds.


Me too! I guess that is a far off hope but ya never know. I think a lot of people would be upset if Amazon took over sports and you had to pay to watch Baseball games.


Game changer, the Department of Justice due to antitrust laws is forcing disney to sell.  I would think Amazon is a bad choice to the Department as well!


Hey, that is interesting! I would definitely think Amazon would be a bad choice!


Hopefully they sell to someone who has the interests of the teams and fans.  Nice talking to you.


Im doing great! sipping on my morning coffee. How about you?


Doing great. So what do you know about machine learning?


not a ton but I find it fascinating. There seems to be no limit to what we can do with machine learning


I know right. Ubisoft actually partnered with the british museum to have machine learning applied to reading ancient hieroglyphics.


wow, i heard about one that actually can write it's own rap lyrics


Did you know that human tests aid in the design of tests used for machine learning.


thats fascinating. I bet none of this machine learning technologies would not exist without the great invention of the telephone though!


Certainly not. I am so happy about having my phone. I dont know what I would do without it.


me too, i think everyone is pretty much addicted to their phone nowadays. We've gotten totally dependent on them


Did you know that unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child for every minute you do not use your cell phone.


thats such a nice cause. I think i can abstain from using my phone for a little bit if it means helping out children! That's easy


Heck yeah. Sign me up. Did you know that the cables to carry phone and data across the ocean is only 2.7 inches thick?


wow!! That's a thick wire if you think about it, but I wonder how the heck they got it down there any keep fish from tampering with it? must be really deep down


Im not sure. I dont even see why they need them these days with all the satellites.


they must be leftover from back in the day and theyre too much of a pain to remove at this point


Probably. Did you know that it is illegal to own a pet in boulder CO. You can however be their guardian.


thats interesting. Gives you a cooler title for sure. I wonder why that is


Probably some animal rights stuff caused it. In japan there are more pets than children under 15.


woah! I wonder if its because they're cloning pets over there. The first cloned pet was a cat aptly named Copy Cat


Lol that is funny. Well I better get off here. Have a great day.


I do, I have 2 cats and a dog. How about you?


3 cats, 1 dog, 1 snake, 7 chickens, all living together in perfect harmony...NOT!


That's funny, What kind of snake do you have? I use to have 2 ball pythons when I was younger.


Ball python. I am not as bad as Teddy Roosevelt, who had 20 pets, including a bear and a hyena, but  am moving in that direction.


I would love to get to hang out with a hyena for a bit. I actually got to go into an enclosure with one and it was very playful, but extremely strong. I never knew had so many pets!


Everything I know about hyenas I learned from the movie, Lion King... LOL  Of course, if we lived in Boulder, CO, it would be illegal to own pets... We can be guardians, but not owners!


That's a very interesting fact. Do you happen to know why that is?


Boulder is a very progressive place.  Humans and animals are considered equals there. In Japan, there are more pets than children under 15, which in some places can be much wilder than the pets too!


Yea, I have actually been to Japan, lots of pet rabbits and reptiles there.


I had a bearded dragon once. Nice pet, but not much of a companion animal.  You won't find a seeing-eye-dragon anytime soon!


Yea? I always think about getting on. I had 2 savannah monitors. They were almost like dogs, but they started getting after our cat once they got so big.


A cat would eat you if it were big enough. The first cloned animal was a cat named "copy cat."  It was paranoid, untrainable, and borderline psychotic... In other words, a perfect normal cat.


Sounds right, did you know domestic house cats are the only animal that kills for fun?


And yet we still love our maniacal feline friends... In fact, so much so that there are more tigers living as pets in the US than are living in all of Asia?  Big enough to eat you...


I know! Actually a few miles from where I lived was one of the biggest big cat tragedies in history when several lions and tigers escaped from someone who was keeping them as pets.


Then they end up in some rescue zoo.  Shame. When will we learn... Maybe machine learning is the answer?


Maybe, machines already do most of our functions for us as is.


Machine learning is is related to computational statistics. What sane human would want to do that?


I am not sure, although I have done several are you human tests here on this platform, how about you?


Sure. Are you human tests help in machine learning. But I don't own a computer..I am merely it's guardian.  And I don't know how much longer it will allow me to do that!


Who knows, someday maybe we can all own our own personal Lucy Lu bot!


Sure. There is a machine learning app that mines rap lyrics and then writes its own.  I am waiting for the Rapping Lucy Lu bot...


Well, its been nice chatting with you. Hope everything goes well for you and your pets!


Are you much into the modern rap / hip-hop scene?


No, but I know a lot about it from reading, what about you?


Me neither.  I am not into reality TV / social media drama.  But it seems Nicki Minaj feels she was dissed by the Jenner / Kardashian girls.


What does she think they did? I know she was fighting with Rapper Travis Scott earlier.


I am not sure.  Sometimes I think this drama and putting your life out on social media is to drive sales.  But sometimes I think they are just spoiled; like Nikki lashing out for a no. 2 debut of her "Queen" album on Billboard 200


It's really hard to understand why they do it, you are right. Why put your whole life out there like that? I guess Minaj is changing around her tour at the last minute too.


I am a Baby Boomer, so I remember vinyl albums and ranking based on radio airtime.  Now streaming media dominates.  Apparently  she has a beef with Spotify, think Spotify was punishing for releasing the album first on Apple Music.


That would make sense. I think I remember reading she was mad at Kylie Jenner for promoting her rapper boyfriends album.


She's also mad for Kylie / Travis Scott using their baby Stormi as a pawn in this dispute.  Supposedly Stormi is "ready for tour".  How ridiculous!!!


That is ridiculous! She's just a baby! Do you listen to music besides minaj? :)


I don't listen to Nikki.  Did you see that she compared herself to Harriet Tubman and Rosa Park?  I don't agree with that.


No!! I did not see that!  Pink Floyd's the Dark side of the moon is one of the best selling albums ever. I love this album of his. Do you listen to him?


I remember going to a concert with the original lineup in the 1970s.  I definitely burned up a phonograph needle on that vinyl album!   Do you still have physical media such as LPs, cassettes, and CDs or have you gone all in on digital?


I still have cd's. I live in a very rural area that loses internet at the drop of a hat! What about you? I heard a pair of twins from Japan released a rap album when they turned 100!


I have a few vinyl albums of local artist artists that never made it big.  I had them converted to MP3.  I donated my CDs once I converted them to MP3s.   Back in the day, a act rose to the top based on radio airtime and concerts.  What do you think of NWA's album making it to platinum without a major tour?


I think it is awesome! I have a lot of music on mp3 too, but there is something about popping a cd in to hear it!  I don't use Spotify, do you?


No.  I am a tightwad, so I used iHeart; its free with MS Windows account.  But Spotify is king of the streaming service and definitely a "kingmaker" in helping acts rise to the top.  Did you know that 20% of Spotify's songs have never been played?  That's about 4 million songs!


That is crazy! I like youtube myself. I did not know this, did you? In order to make minimum wage and artist needs 130,000 plays on spotify! I'm a tightwad too!


That needs to be shared with those who want a music career.  They will definitely need a day job unless they hit it really big!  Are you into rap?  Did you know Tupac's (may he rest in peace) is in the Library of Congress because of its cultural significance?


I had heard that, I think it's wonderful! Did you know Busta rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the rugrats movie? My mom and I were hypnotized by that show. We would sit and watch it with my kids.