People nowaday are very conscious about their long-term health.  Therefore, I believe that products with a strong tract of safety and scientifically proven are only ones that survive in this competitive market


yes that is for sure and also I will add that Products like coconut oil, which consumers don't quite understand or trust when it comes to health credentials, are inevitably going to suffer in a 'facts-first' world.


Exactly.  I don't believe in the term "superfood" because I think that a particular type of food has only a limited function on our body.  What do you think?


I totally agree with you. do you like animals, I adore dogs


I am an animal lover.  Do you know that there are 20 quintillion individual animals in the world.  It is a lot lot lot of animals


yes, its so interesting, Many modern animal phyla became clearly established in the fossil record as marine species during the Cambrian explosion which began around 542 million years ago, did you know?


I just know about this fact by now.  I think in the future there will be more animals because of evolution process.  What do you think?


There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth. Animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated. did you know?


Yes, usually. Did you know Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since 1989?


Yeah, they obviously have found out what works and really do it well.


Funny, the Green Lantern movie  was originally going to be a comedy with Jack Black!


I wonder what prompted them to change it?  No doubt Jack Black would have made it successful.


Dunno... Probably surveys... I miss 3rd Rock from the Sun.  It actually won a Golden Globe in 1997 over Seinfeld, Friends and Frasier.


That still shocks me, I always thought Friends was far better.  But I haven seen 3rd Rock in some time.  Ill have to see if it is on Netflix


I like Friends.  Do you subscribe to Netflix?  Funny that they still spend more on postage than bandwidth.


I do!  I have been Binge watching the Great British Baking Show.  lol  I am surprised there is still a mail subscription.


I thought so too. I bet Blockbuster regrets not buying Netflix for $50M.


For real, major mistake there.  I think it is great that it all started over a late fee!


They used to make me mad but I didn't use my anger positively like that.  Now Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth between 9pm and 12a,  They are popular!


I am totally a part of that bandwidth use.  I never used my anger over misfortune to make me 2 billion dollars.


Sadly, me either. Do you know Roger Deakins? He was nominated 13 times for an Oscar in Cinematography.


Nope.  Poor guy.  At least he was nominated.  No woman has ever been nominated for Cinematography.


That is pretty shocking, I wonder if there are a lot of women in the field?


I would suspect, no.  Have you ever heard of comedian Natasha Leggero?


I have, I dont recollect if I have ever heard her material though.  Sometimes I listen while driving and miss the name of the performer.


Yeah... I guess she was joking that having a baby was like getting a DUI from the universe.  No she makes it a successful part of her many jokes.


She has been successful with it. Its great when you can find humor in everyday life.


I think it's a necessary thing to remain sane. She's a veteran having been a comedian for over a decade.  Kids are a good source for humor.


I dont have any myself, but I teach, so I see some humorous things every day.


I do.  My whole family has a great sense of humor.  It's gets us by some rough spots...


That is certainly true, if it werent for humor, I would have not likely survived the last year.


Bad year huh?  Sorry.  I guess she likes to do anti-men stuff.  I'm getting kind of tired of that... Oh well, I guess men give them plenty of ammo.


Yeah, had cancer.  It sucked but keeping in good spirits really helped me though.  I named the tumor Fat Bastard.  With each radiation treatment it was all about Kill Fat Bastard.


Wow, I'm sorry.  It seems you have a great attitude about it.  I believe that is a healing thing.  I think that is a proved thing as well.


It really is.  It has been great chatting but I have got to go.  Have a great night!


I'm good, did you know that Bill Murray loves kung fu hustle? I actually like that movie I had no idea


I have no idea. That's cool. I have watch the movie and actually like it.


Ya I like it a lot, I also think Green Lantern starring Jack Black sounds way more awesome than the one we actually got, apparently that was what they were considering


I have not watch that one yet. I am actually interested in watching 3rd rock from the sun since it won the golden globe for best comedy in 1997


Ya I've heard really good things about that show but I've never actually seen it. I unfortunately don't watch comedy central anymore I don't think its as funny as it used to be and it says they cancelled 100 shows since their creation


I agree. It used to be good. Do you know that Netflix headquarters is in California? It's awesome because I am addicted to their shows.


Ah interesting, I didn't know that but it figures that they would be. It's crazy they spend 20 times more on postage than on internet bandwith for their shows.


Yeah, I do not get that one either since they have a lot of shows. I find their original shows really interesting like their new movie, Bird Box.


Ya I haven't seen Bird Box yet but I have heard good things. I do watch lots of youtube as well. I don't even have cable personally.


I watched it last weekend and it was good. Sandra Bullock is awesome. I think cable is overrated since people can watch their shows over the internet for free.


Ah nice I'll have to check it out. I didn't know that Kubrick took over the cinematography for Spartacus and did it himself. But it doesn't surprise me as something he would do haha


I know. Surprising on what he can do huh. I did not know that a Chinese american pioneered the use of wide angle lenses.


Nope i never knew that. I do like roger deakins though I think he does a lot of coen bros. movies, it's crazy he was nominated 13 times for a cinematography oscar


Funny, I have no idea who the guy is until now to think he was nominated 13 times. He must be really good. Though it is sad that no woman won cinematography award


Ya that is odd especially since movies have been around for so long. I actually program in python and I had no idea it was named python after monty python, it's crazy how much still you still don't know


Yeah? That's cool. I know and no oscar nomination for female either.


Yeah I'm gonna look up some because I've never thought about it but I can't think of even one female cinematographer


Yeah come to think of it I never heard of a female one too.


well it has been great talking with you :)


Have you heard of or seen performances by the standup comedian Natasha Leggero?


I have! I like her, and her husband Moshe Kasher, who is a fellow comedian. What do you think of her?


I seem to have a vague recollection of her on the Chelsea Handler show but have not kept up with her.  She and her hubby got a late start on the kid thing.  From what I read, it gave her a new line of jokes for her routine.


Yeah. She had her first child at age 44. Her comic voice has evolved over the years, and she definitely joked extensively about her then-impending motherhood in her "The Honeymoon Standup Special."


it has also seemed to have added a new line of anti-men jokes.  Have you seen her Netflix special?


Oh yes. It was released in April, so I've seen it a few times now! I really love watching Netflix, do you?


I have both Netflix and Amazon Prime and have cut the cord!  Did you know that Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth?  I wonder if that is still true since they have (or in the process of) ending the DVD mail service.


That seems crazy! Especially since from 9pm to 12am, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwith in North America!


Well Blockbuster really screwed up when they passed on buying Netflix for $50 mill.  Its now worth $ 2 billion.  I can't remember when I last saw a Blockbuster store!


No kidding! They have so many subscribers, that if you combine Netflix and Youtube, that makes up half of peak internet traffic in North America! And they have so much content these days


Do you  have a favorite comedy series or movie?


Well, I do love Seinfeld. I think it's one of the greatest shows ever, but did you know that in 1997 it lost the Golden Globe for Best Comedy to 3rd Rock From the Sun?!


I did not know that.  I tend to favor the Brits in both comedy and acting.  It is more actor performance and less special effects.  Monty Python is a great Brit classic comedy and has a computer science 'nerd' salute with the "Python" programming language!


Interesting! The Green Lantern film was supposed to be a Comedy starting Jack Black. That could have been pretty interesting, don't you think?


it definitely took a hard turn from the original plan.  How are you with a still / video camera?  I jokingly claim that they invented digital cameras just for me because I am a horrible photographer.  I can take 100 digital pics to get 1 good one!


I can take a photo, but I'm not cinematographer! Did you know the word cinematography used to refer to the art, process, or job of filming movies, but now it just means "motion picture photography"?


I did not know that.  What I find intriguing is that no woman has ever been nominated for an Academy Award for Cinematography.  Do you think it is because is was a male dominated profession for the longest time?


I heard that. Other than the obviously gender-specific awards, like Best Actor, it's the only Oscar category that has never nominated a female contender!


Well, time are changing and it was worse in the past.  James Wong Howe was an Oscar winning Chinese American cinematographer who did not become an American citizen till 1943 and and his marriage to a white woman was illegal until 1948 because of racial statutes.  I glad those days have been largely eliminated.


Wow! That is shocking, since 1948 is really not that long ago. There's nothing comedic about that!


No, not at all.  In the recent Oscars, Glenn Close has a record of 7 Oscar nominations and no wins.  Did you know cinematographer Roger Deakins has that  beat with 13 nominations and no wins?


Poor Roger Deakins! What about the guy who was cinematographer for Spartacus. Stanley Kubrick took the camera away from him and did it himself! Even though he did almost none of the work, when Spartacus won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, it went to the credited cinematographer.


I wonder how that feels, getting the award but not doing the work.  Well its been good chatting with you.  It's Mardi Gras time down here so I will head down the festivities this evening.  I will even try my hand at "cinematography' since my youngest is marching in the parade.  No promises if it will be any good.


Good luck with your cinematography! Have fun!


HI! i am great! Do you like playing Mario Kart?


I have never really played it. I know it and have seen it a ton but never really played but a handful of times... Do you play it?


I am the same, lol I have played Mario Bros though, I like Nintendo games. I can't believe these games have been around since 1992. But yes Mario Kart is the best seller of racing games of all time.


I loved mario brothers. My son plays mario run all the time and I get nostalgic...


Right? It is fun to see the older game consoles from long ago, all of my kids played Nintendo years ago all the time too.


My friend has one of the nintendo classic systems and I played Contra for the first time in a while. It was terrible graphics and really bad colors.


Lol, these game consoles have come a long way! They do have newer editions for the Nintendo game system though, They released Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in 2017...sold 100 million copies, it must be pretty popular to some.


Wow that many? There's a lab in waterloo that has a real mario kart setup.


I heard that! Pretty interesting! Nintendo is over 100 years old! I guess it was originally a playing card game.


They produced knock off legos too! How weird...


Hahaa, Really? That's funny....I was surprised to find out that Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners, Ya learn something new everyday lol.


That is strange. They made a handheld just for pokemon too.


I think I heard about that, my youngest still plays Pokemon Go, funny game but it gets him outdoors a lot. But he doesn't have one of those he plays on an app. Sometimes I have to jump in the car and go pick him up after he travels too far hahaa


HA! My son is 7 and wants to play that game. I will make sure to go with him when he plays.


Definitely! My son is a 15 year old and goes with his friends so he can play pokemon around here and up to the park. I do go with my son a lot just to have fun, and get some exercise.


That seems like a good reason to go with him. That and some fresh air.


Definitely, it is better than driving my car everywhere, we live in a big city so seems we have to drive all the time. ....There is a person that became a professional race car driver by by beating 90,000 people in the video game Gran Turismo, I guess video games paid off!


good for him. If he can get rich playing video games, more power to him. I hopes he gets rich!!!!


Me too! Such crazy stories how people get famous. All these video games and youtube videos make a lot of money too.


Yes, I own a few cars but to be honest I want to play the real live Mario Cart in Texas! Have you heard of it?


Nice me too! I never heard of that, that would be awesome, do you use your own car or a cart?


Well, a lab named Waterloo Labs built a real life Mario KArt in an amusement park. They provide the cars and the entire experience.


wow, I will need to check it out. I wonder if you can equip flame throwers to the cars like in South Africa


Ha, yeah I wanna check it out too. I recently heard that flame throwers are allowed because they have a high volume of carjackings there. That sounds like a different video game Nintendo created.


I am not sure but some game about carjacking or auto theft probably. I am more of a Mario Cart person. It is the best seller race game of all time.


I believe it! That was like my college days every day. I was big into nintendo growing up, and they own the mariners who i liked growing up


Yeah, that's fun. I learned that the coins in super mario kart make you go faster the more I had, therefore I would dream of gathering those coins


I never knew that, maybe why I kept spinning out because I never could get them lol


Oh yeah, it also caused less spin outs or no spin outs.


Dang I will have to play again and be coin based


Yep, that will help out a lot. Did you know that Nintendo is actually older than the Mcdonalds drive thru?


wow I never knew that! I know mcdonalds drive thru started like 1975, when did nintendo start?


Nintendo was started as a card game in 1889. We don't think of it that way but it was originally a card game.


wow, that is awesome! I will have to check it out! I bet it is worth a ton of money right now!


That is a really good point, I bet that worth a ton of money. I wish I had ten! I heard that Jann Mardenborough became a pro race driver from playing Gran Turismo, I don't know if I want to look for old card games or practice video games to make more money?


I heard about that! I wish I played that many times when I used to play. It was so nice chatting with you!


Thank you it was great chatting with you too!


Thanks, enjoy your day, play some Gran Turismo and become famous!


I do have an account, I pay for the premium service, what about you?


well I use the free one haha, I remember when they started back in 2008, seems like a long time ago now


Yeah I just hated the ads, and its been more than 10 years now thank God we have Spotify,


oh ya the ads suck, did you hear about the band that released a silent album on there?


No I didnt, I bet that album wasnt successful at all,


well they actually had their followers listen to it constantly, and they got enough money to fund a tour!


That's really surprising!! did they also play silent music on their tour lol?!!


haah good question! I don't think so I think it was a scam to make money for the tour haha


I see, I bet I could make a silent album, $20000 is something that I need right now lol, do you also subscribe to Youtube?


I do I love youtube! Crazy that it was created back in 2005!


Yeah its been a long journey, good thing Google bought the site for $1.65 billion. I bet its worth a lot more now.


oh I think so too, its in 78 regions and has all kinds of free and paid content now


In fact it is the second largest search engine, so yeah they made the right call there, $1.65 billion might seem expensive but Google had the vision


ya they did, it's crazy that youtube is the largest search engine on the web, google is number 1, so google owns the number 1 AND 2 spots


Yeah, Google would have a strong competition if the directives chose not to buy YouTube back then, you know there's a police version of YouTube!


oh ya called blutube! I want to watch it. I guess they share law enforcement videos on there


Yeah I wonder what kind of law enforcement videos are available at the site, must be really interesting, another great service is Netflix


ya I watch Netflix for entertainment, it gives me delight and pleasure to see the shows, what about you?


I do, I currently follow some shows, you know that with YouTube they make up half of the internet traffic in North America alone


that is crazy thats a lot, did you ever play NES as a kid?


I did, I used to have one, I miss those old graphics did you have a NES?


ya I still have it, I guess it can only display 54 colors, that seems so bad today!


I agree with other consoles that are much more advanced than the NES still, classics are classics.


Do you listen to music? Do you know linkin park?


I love linkin park Sad about chester though


Yeah it is did you now they played 324 concerts in 2001?


Thats a lot of shows! They are very popular when they first arrived on the scene. I wonder what cool venues they played at


Ramones [played a total of 2,263 concerts and toured almost none stop for twenty years.


Thats dedication. The foo fighters played a concert so loud it showed up on the seismic scale. And there are concerts even louder


Wow that's too loud! You know creed had a concert so bad that ppl sued them?


Thats hilarious. Abba turned down 1 billion to do 100 concert reunion tour


Wow must be nice to be able to turn down a billion dollars. Pink Floyd recorded a live concert with no one in attendance.


I woman going to a dave matthews band concert stopped to help a cyclist. It turned out to be dave matthews


That had to be pretty cool! I like dave matthews band.


in 1972 Deep Purple set the record for loudest concert. It left 3 people unconscious


Wow that is pretty crazy, makes you rethink concert venues, haha! do you play chess?


I have, but i wasnt good enough to get the boy scout merit badge


haha, me either, but i do find it to be a very interesting game. there was a grand master who was only 5 years old, you know him?


I do not. I wonder if he is still as good at 3 person chess


Not sure, but the president of the world chess federation thinks the game was invented by aliens.


I like that story more than the chaturanga one


What story is that, not sure i heard it before?


Just that it came from an indian game of that name. Aliens sounds a lot cooler


They say that chess was invented in India during the Gupta empire.


I do! I just learned one of my favorite bands played an incredible amount of concerts. The Ramones played a total of 2263 concerts!


I know, great band!! I heard its was non stop for over 20 years!!


It's really impressive. So is Linkin Park. They played 324 concerts in just one year!


Yes, must have been non stop too! Linkin Parks Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century!!


I did not know that. Not all bands are as talented as Linkin Park and the Ramones. The band Creed played a concert so terrible that four concert goers filed a lawsuit.


Must have been bad! lol I can't remember any songs from that band.


They should have taken a page from Pink Floyd and play a concert with no audience.


Ha, ha, ha! Good one... True. In an ancient roman amphitheater in Pompeii! Very cool place!


I would love to see a concert in an ancient roman amphitheater. There is one that is still in use in Croatia.


So would I. I think the sound and atmosphere would be very exciting!! Love the fireworks in outside venues.


I am pretty easily entertained. I would go and see a competitive chess game. The President of the World Chess Federation thinks the game was invented by aliens.


Oh my goodness! maybe, lol  Chess was invented in India and improved by Persians! Who knew?


I did not know that. There are more moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe. I don;t know how that is possible!


That's just unreal. I agree. I love watch babies dance when they hear music. Its so adorable!!


Apparently they smile more when they hit the beat. That is such a happy fact.


Do you enjoy watching Ballet? I love the Nutcracker at Christmas time.


That is my favorite ballet. I just learned that Tupac played the Mouse King in high school


I know, I didn't know he took dance? I guess Bruce Lee like to dance too!


Celebrities are so multi talented. Ballet seems really difficult, professional dancers can go through 4 shoes a week.


True, very talented!! Not surprised MJ used a device to do the lean. Wasn't that in the song Smooth Criminal?


Yes and he had a patent on it. Well thanks for chatting. I learned a lot of fun and new information today.


Ditto, Good chat!!  Made me want to practice  my chess skills!!lol


Hi there, yes I do. About 20% of their songs have never been  played


WOw that is a lot of songs, I think it totals to 4 million


Yeah that is a lot. They have audible watermarks to in the songs, pretty cool


Yeah that is cool. They do that in iTunes as well as Spotify


Yeah. For musicians to earn minimum wage they need to get over 130000 listens in spotify


That is a lot of listens in a day. A band once made $20000 from spotify for a silent album


Oh yeah them and they used that moned to fund a free tour


Nice good choice. Do you know who developed Spotify?


Yes it was the same Swedish programmer that de
veloped utorrent


Yeah pretty smart guy I must say. Do you also use youtube much?


I do actually, It is the second largest search engine n the net


Yes it sure is. Did you know why they had to up their view count originally?


Yes it was all about Gangnam Style, that song is something all right


Yes it sure is. Do you know which is the most disliked video in there?


Yes it is Baby by Justin Bieber, I wonder how many views it has though


Yeah good point. Youtube nnd netflix make peak internet traffic in north america


I am not surprised actually. Have you heard of Bluetube?


I have actually, it is kind of like the youtube of police, right?


yeah and they have video of police stunts and such in there. Pretty cool


Yeah that is. And all this came from three former Paypal employees, smart guys


I can't believed they already defaced LeBron murals in LA


Oh, man, that's crazy!  I can't believe someone would be so petty!


Yeah...they didn't like him being described as The King of LA


Some people think it might have been a Kobe fan that did it, thinking only he deserves to be called "King".  I say opinions are fine, but defacing public (or private) property is never good!


Yeah...now i'm worried about the new LeBron Space Jam sequel posters


Yeah, I heard about that... posters aside, not sure how well that movie is going to work.  Making a sequel so long after the original is always an iffy proposition...


And he's stepping on Michael Jordans shoes again...not the nike ones though


I admit, I'm not the biggest basketball fan, but I do like how LeBron does so much charity work.


I hear he raised 6$M by televising the whole "I'm taking my talents to South Beach" thing


Yeah, I heard about that, thought it was a pretty neat thing to do.  They say he's one of the highest paid celebrities ever.


You mentioned shoes earlier, that reminds me.. he turned down $10 million from Reebok only get a $90 million offer from Nike less than a year later!


Good Biz instincts. He knew how to attack $$ back in High School. His HS games went for $100


Yeah. (Should've said "attract" $$). I'd pay to watch him shoot granny-style


Ahhh.. nobody will do that, it's too embarrassing!  :)  Speaking of shoes, did you know Air Jordans were BANNED when they were first introduced in the NBA?


Yeah...but Nike paid the fine. I'm sure they got their investment back


It's amazing how much money those guys make just one SHOE endorsements!  It's crazy...


Yeah..iverson's got a deal that pays him $32M at age 55


I'm told Michael Jordan's son cost his school a $3 mill Adidas contract because he wanted to wear his dad's line of shoes instead.  All that money just boggles the mind!


Yeah...I'm so boggled I can hardly chat anymore. Nice talking with you.


Not particularly. I think it is boring. Yourself?


It's ok. Did you know that lebron james is considered the best basketball player of all time?


I did not. I always liked Michael Jordan. Maybe because I see him on TV more.


Yeah, he was extremely popular in the 80s and 90s.


I can't believe LeBron James rejected a 10 million dollar offer from Reebok when he was 18.


I know, that's crazy. But then he accepted a 90 million dollar offer from nike.


All that money just to drop a ball through a hoop. Seems a little far fetched, doesn't it?


yeah, it does. And michael jordan's son cost his school 3 million just becasue he wouldn't wear addias.


I guess he really like Nikes. I think it's all a little ridiculous.


yeah, me too. did you know that the nba paid a fine for each game that michael jordan wore his air jordans?


Yes, I did know that. I can't think why anyone would be fined for wearing what they liked.


I know it's weird. Do you know what shooting granny style is? It's supposedly the best way to shoot a basketball.


I have heard of that but I don't actually know what it is. It must work, though. My granny never played basketball, lol.


Haha. It's where you toss the ball up underhanded, but players refuse to do so because it looks stupid.


If it worked, I would not care what I looked like. I can't see why it would look stupid.


yeah I'd be the same. Did you know that the nba has 30 teams?


That is a lot of teams! I wonder if they have a limit. I also wonder if women could play if they qualified.


I don't know, but I think there is a women's league, too.


Yes, but with all of this equality stuff I wonder why the Feminist movement hasn't demanded that they can play with the men.


yeah i wonder that too. well it was nice talking to you!


I do too, I wish it was a cadillac sometimes, do you know what they were named after?


No not really, how did the brand get its name?


It was named after the founder of detroit. Some french guy named antoine de la mothe cadillac. Cadillac sounds better lol


It does sound better I agree, I wish I had the resources to buy a Tesla that seems like a really cool car


Right, tesla is a great car company and expanding fast


It is, they're vehicles are the future, Elon Musk is a great CEO he sacrificed his paycut back in 2014.


right, I heard though recently he sent an email to employees about a bunch of layoffs coming, i hope not


That would be terrible so which model do you like better the S, X or 3 model?


I like the S but that is the only one i really know, it runs linux. How about you?


I like the X model I think its great the S model is tested indoors I think that's a bit odd.


Right, you think they would test them outdoors since they are used outdoors lol.


Elon Musck also founded Paypal and SpaceX right?


Yea that guy is mega rich and innovative. He also produced movies too!


He has? that is so cool I heard he was planning to colonize Mars, can you imagine that.


I wonder if we will be alive when that actually happens. I hope so, the guy can do great things with his money!


I sure hope we are, he will be remembered by many generations to come if he manages to do that.


I agree with that, he just needs to take a break sometimes, I heard he works way too much! It was so nice chatting with you!


I would take a break if I had his fortune or even a fraction of it lol it was great chatting I agree, bye.


Right I would buy an island and never work again lol! Have a great day!


Hello. Do know who this Elon Musk dude is? Souds like a fancy perfume for SciFi fans.


Gotcha. Do you like cars? The Telsa model S runs linux


Isn't that Elon Musk's car manufacturer?


I thought so. He also founded PayPal and SpaceX, tow other brands I avoid.


He holds south african, canadian and US citizenship.


I wonder how much that cost him. He probably didn't buy those the year he took at $78 mil paycut to his Tesla salary. Poor guy...


He produced and acted in thank you for smoking.


I did not see that one. Did Joe Camel appear in that flick? Sounds like this guy does it all. Maybe he can get a Mars colony up and running as he plans.


he wants to build vertical electric passenger jet. very ambitious.


Why not. He launched a cheese wheel into space. Now he has to go and retrieve it.


thats funny. Its legit in south africa to put flame throwers on your car


Ooooo, if Musk equips his SpaceX vehicles with flame throwers, they can make grilled cheese in space! I prefer the old Cadillac brand, named for a French explorer. Flame throwers optional.


i heard the guy it was named after founded detroit.


I didn't know it was lost. Diid he find it by car or by space?


Can you pull a jet through a McDonald's drive through? Drive thrus were created so that soldiers didn't have to get out of cars wearing their uniforms. I wonder if there were any pilots flying through those McDonald drive thrus...


Thats neat. The trunk of your car is called that because they used to have wooden trunks in the back


And the trunk of an elephant is the only part of him that will fit in a car. It all comes together! It's been nice chatting!


Hey how's it going. What do you think of Tesla? I think it's an awesome company. I love that it's electric and it's good for the environment.


I agree!  I think they are pretty cutting edge and really innovative.


Apparently Ellen musk found a PayPal space X and Tesla.


He did.  He has put a lot into his companies, he once got paid $1 so that he could return the 78 million back to the company, as his years salary.


Well that is impressive. As of June 2018 Tesla only sells three model vehicles I thought there were more.


Me too.  They release all of the patents to encourage competition too.


That's so cool I wish more companies did that. Apparently the Tesla model S runs Linux.


That is pretty neat, definitely different.  Maybe that is the secret.


Yeah good point. Maybe. Another cool fact is that the Tesla model S can be tested indoors because it doesn't produce any emissions.


True, I heard that it was so safe it broke the safety testing equipment too.


Wow that's pretty cool. Ellen musk is such a genius I think he was born in South Africa.


He was.  He has lived quite the life.  He was bullied really bad as a kid, and even beaten to the point he had to be hospitalized.


Thats terrible. Hopefully Canada treated him better.


I think so, after a while he really started to create, some things even worth 340 million.


Oh yeah are you referring to the web software company? That is amazing.


Yeah.  He is working on AI and founded OpenAI in 2015.  He is one of the great innovators of this generation.


Yeah without a doubt he is. He also found the Boring company in 2016, I wonder what that's all about?


I believe it is a tunnel construction company.


Oh nice. Do you think he is going to successfully colonize mars?


If anyone can do it, it is going to be him.


Yeah I agree. His heavy lift rocket that will help him do so is called the mars colonial transporter. Nice chatting with you mate.


hello. Let's discuss about Tesla, an American automotive and energy company based in Palo Alto, California


Hi sounds good. I really want to purchase a model S.


really? isn't it expensive? actually i am not aware of the prices. By the way did you know that As of June 2018, Tesla sells the Model S, Model X and Model 3 vehicles, Powerwall and Powerpack batteries, solar panels, solar roof tiles, and some related products?


Yes they are expensive but no fuel cost, and they run linux! The powerwall is also on my list. Much better then a gas generator for power backup.


Oh yes that is for sure, I drive bmw and I know that gas is spoiling the environment, though I adore my car's design lol


BMW's are nice but everything Elon Musk does is cool. I am a big fan of SpaceX as well.


really, and I adore sports cars, M6 pack is my everything. And did you know that The toyota group owns 10% of tesla, and tesla actually helped to develop their 2nd gen rav4ev?


That is interesting. Apparently in south africa it's legal to put flame throwers on your car to prevent theft.


really? I wasn't aware of that. So about Elon Musk, he was such a genius,  he is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer. He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S. citizenship and is the founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla etc... amazing person


I had no idea he held Canadian citizenship. That's cool because I'm from Canada. It was great when he shot a cheese wheel into space.


really? cool. I have never been in Canada lol, but I will come. Musk moved to Canada when he was 17 to attend Queen's University. He transferred to the University of Pennsylvania two years later, where he received an economics degree from the Wharton School and a degree in physics from the College of Arts and Sciences. You know Elon was very risky besides knowledge he had, because he was not afraid of trying, which is for me very important


Yeah he takes chances, and seems to really care about the betterment of mankind. He wants to establish a colony on mars. How cool is that?


wow that would be awsome and my dream will come true of flying to Mars lol. Musk founded SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company, of which he is CEO and lead designer. He helped fund Tesla, Inc., an electric vehicle and solar panel manufacturer, in 2003, and became its CEO and product architect... he is step by step achieving all his goals


Me too. I remember seeing the first dragon fly over with the ISS it was incredible. Musk even founded stuff you wouldn't think of, like PayPal.


Yes I was shocked, which means also ebay? because paypay and ebay have the same founder as i know..


They bought ebay in 2002. Originally they were separate companies.


yes now I got it.. did you know that Elon musk's spacex shot a cheese wheel into space as a nod to monty python's cheese shop sketch?


oh sorry lol So what cars are your favorite?


That's okay. As I said I really want a Tesla, but for now I've got a cadillac. Cadillac is named after the founder of detroit.


Nice, it was nice to chat to you about cars, though being female I adore cars lol


Hi I am well, thanks. I am a fan of Elon Musk. What about you?


I think he is brilliant but has made some serious missteps.


Yes, he is definitely a genius but lacks some social etiquette. How do you feel about this artist who has created the unicorn powering an electric car image? Do you believe he should receive compensations from Tesla?


I think if he provided value, then yes, he should. What do you think?


I agree that he should receive something. Perhaps not millions of dollars. But he actually sounds pretty reasonable and doesn't want to lose face with his friends who encouraged him to ask for compensation. Certainly TESLA can afford something to keep the peace.


Yeah. I wonder why they wouldn't want to pay him, if nothing else for the likeness.


Not clear to me either. I would have liked to have seen the image that is discussed in the article. Would you say that Musk is adversarial? He took a stand against that man who helped the miners and wouldn't let it go.


I think that was a fight he didn't need. I do not think he is adversarial but I also think he does not choose his battles well. And why would he smoke weed with Joe Rogan?


He's definitely not your typical CEO. I just looked up that unicorn image on Google and it is really fairly cartoonish. I'm happy that Mr. Edwards made money on his mugs but really don't think that is enough.


I don't know a ton about tesla. Do you? No idea it ran on linux.


I didn't know that. I live in No. California and there are a LOT of Teslas on the roads here. They are very popular but then there are people with hefty incomes here. I did not realize there was a competitor of theirs called Nikola.


Seems like they didn't brainstorm their company name too much. They test them on an indoor track too because their's no emissions?


Interesting! I thought it interesting that J.K. Rowling thought the controversy was interesting enough to tweet about it. I'm not sure what "the spin-off you never knew you wanted" means though. You?


I didn't realize he started paypal too. Is that where most of his money comes from?


I think most of it came from Paypal. I just am impressed with his ability to find a niche and they are all really interesting. They don't mention his flamethrower though or boring tunnel. The tunnel idea I like but the flamethrower - nah...


I agree. I think the boring company could be useful for society but how is a flamethrower helpful?


Yeah.... Also, I found it interesting that an artist needs to license an image (like copyrighting) to ensure it isn't used by someone else. I had no idea...


That makes sense. I feel bad for the artist who never make it and are so talented. Or they make it after they die.


I read that the Tesla Model S broke the safety testing equipment because it was so safe. Would you buy one? We have a Chevy Bolt which competes with Tesla.


I love moving between locations. My preferred method is airplane. How about you?


For long distance, airplane. shorter distances, train.


Train is a cost efficient way to go. The japanese highways have tolls which makes cross country trips $300.


The trains in Japan are great. much better than the roads. the roads are generally fast and well maintained.


I wonder if a round trip is double the cost. You can travel one way or round trip.


You pay the toll per segment of freeway, so you pay both ways. the trains are more convenient.


I love listening to jazz while traveling. It originated in New Orleans and has roots in blues and ragtime.


Yes, it has evolved and changed so much. i am listening to bill evans right now.


Clint Eastwood loves jazz too. He's been a lifelong fan.


i know that he composes music as well, soundtracks and stuff.


He is very talented. Just like the jazz orchestra in Pakistan. They are at the top of the charts.


That is amazing. i guess there are lots of jazz fans in pakistan. i would not have expected that.


I assume their trumpeters all have goatees. It provides comfort.


i thought it was some edgy, cool jazzbo look. i guess it makes sense though.


Odd to grow facial hair given that people started losing major body hair 240,000 years ago.


I guess that it has sexual attractiveness? then it would stay in the gene pool.


Humans are amazing creatives. We can regrow ribs and it only takes 2-3 months!


Yeah, we are very adaptable. not very strong, but very clever with tools.


The fear we have comes from a sound frequency. If only we knew how to turn that off!


I think it is around 13 hertz. very low. Anyway, great chat!


Did you know that Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is topping the charts? I wonder what song it is


Pakistan is a hopping place for jazz! I wonder whether the trumpeters there have goatees too.


haha have you ever been there? It doesn't sound like the best place to travel I think


Probably better to just check out Pakistani jazz on YouTube. I wonder who the woman is that has free jazz concerts in her apartment. How big is her apartment? Do I have to bring my own beer? I have many questions.


ya I would definitely go to that, but ya like what is the capacity, is there a fee? What do her neighbors think of the noise haha


Neighbors might all be jazz fans. Clint Eastwood is a jazz fan. Plays piano, too.


I love Clint Eastwood have you seen The Mule yet? I heard its really good


Haven't seen The Mule, but I want to. I know Clint has scored films, and he performed at the end of Gran Turino.


Oh ya thats right, I did like that movie a lot, do you listen to jazz music? I have wanted to start but don't know what to start listening to first


I listen to jazz. You could start with Kind of Blue (Miles Davis). Also Bill Evans, pianist.


ok cool I'll put that on now, I do some light programming and I didn't know that there was a programming language based on jazz


I wonder whether the program can play the frequency that causes fear in humans.


ha that's a good question, that would definitely make me feel nervous while programming, I wonder if you could genetically edit a human to synthesize their own vitamin c, we are one of the few animals that can't apparently


The inability hasn't slowed us down thus far. We're the best animals when it comes to distance running. We've spread around the planet.


ya that is shocking, I guess our endurance is really good, makes sense since we started as hunters and gatherers I think


We can track animals over long distances. I guess we haven't needed body hair to be hunters and gatherers. We lost it about a quarter-million years ago.


Do you ever wonder what like, saber tooth tiger or wooly mammoth tasted like? Maybe they were amazing and we will never get to try them


Probably pretty gamey. They had a varied diet, unlike livestock today.


that's true, the corn they eat now gives a more mild taste, I'm traveling right now I think it's crazy that in Japan all highways are tolls, that would get real old


Not all highways, but the fastest ones do. Not many cars as a result, so you can get around pretty fast if you want. Well, I enjoyed chatting!


Oh wow I didn't know that, I'll have to take a trip to Japan sometime


Interesting place. I recommend going. They have high speed trains but not high speed buses like the Dutch.


Oh wow I'll have to check that out, i want to go 160mph


Do you like to travel? I would love to be like the king of Hawaii and travel the world.


Yes, I do love to travel also!! You can learn so much that way!! lol, I know who knew he would be the first?


I also would like to go to Iceland even thought hey don't have a public railway system.


Yes, very cold. They have to fly everywhere Kind of like the US Virgin Islands , they take fights from island to island.


Oh good comparison. Also the Japanese toll system would take a toll on my wallet!


Very high for a tolls!! Air travel is 10% slower than it was in the 60's. Helps save fuel costs.


Interesting. I would think it would be faster. But yes the toll system costs $300 to travel the country!


All the highways are tolls, Good grief, glad its not that way in the US!!


Yes me too! Do you enjoy jazz music? It was such a historic musical tool in the 1900's.


I love Jazz. Did you know its roots are from the south? They called it blues and ragtime.


Yes it has its roots in West African culture as well as European military band music in addition to what you mentioned.


Have you been to New Orleans? Its full of music, energy and talent! Now when I look at a trumpeters wearing a goatee, I will think how it brings comfort. lol


Yes I have. Bourbon street is crazy! That goatee fact is cool. Jazz is all over the world now, even in Pakistan!


For sure it has grown. Who knew, Pakistan has a jazz orchestra topping the charts!


Yes humans are amazing how they can play such great music. There is even a certain sound frequency that causes fear in music but luckily I have never heard it.


Yes your lucky! I think I have when we go to Halloween Horror Nights each year in those haunted houses at Universal Studios. Its probably that instrument the waterphone they use in horror films! lol


I love that I have been there. It was epic. Stranger Things was the best one ever. I ran so fast lol. Humans are actually designed for long distance running!


Yeah, persistence hunting in earlier days was suppose to help that. lol I thought the Pitch black was the scariest. I could see nothing for at least 20 minutes and  just lifted the side curtain and ran out! lol


haha that is hilarious. I was afraid to get stabbed and lose a rib. But luckily it would regrow back just as strong. Well it was great talking to you this evening!


lol, I know those crazy gouls!! Remember at the airports instead of fetching baggage faster airports just make you walk farther . Not surprised. lol


Yes I dislike walking so much in the airports. Maybe I should try to go to Mackinac Island where there are only bikes and horse drawn carriages! Well thanks again for chatting, I hope you have a good night!


I use it a lot.  I listen to music using my speaker system for my TV


That's cool.  I use it a lot also.  Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net.


Have you ever uploaded a video there? I have not.


Yes, my family has uploaded about 8 videos.


Just some fun videos with my kids, etc.  They like to watch YouTube.  Police actually have their own youtube called blutube, where they share law enforcement videos.


My daughter's family does a light show each Christmas.  They have 2 seventy foot tall lighted trees and a bunch of other lights that follow music.  They have some videos there.


That's cool.  We have watched some of those type videos.  Very neat! Justin bieber's "baby" is the most disliked video on youtube


I guess that was a song.  I have never listened to a Bieber song.  I do understand why Netflix and YouTube use so much internet bandwidth.


Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in north america


Makes sense to me.  I use more Netflix bandwidth than I do YouTube


I use them both quite a bit.  Psy's gangnam style got so many views on youtube that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


It is amazing how some videos like that just click with everyone.  How about concerts.  Who have you seen in the last few years.


I haven't been to any concerts in the last few years. Did you know that Queen's guitarist, brian may, has a phd in astrophysics.


I sure did not.  However, I love Bohemian Rhapsody.  That was a game changer in music.  I have a Gibson guitar purchased in 1956.


That's awesome.  My grandpa had a Gibson.  My dad has a Fender.


It's an electric.  Black/white and gold plated


Very nice.  I can understand how Brian May could use British coins for guitar picks.  The coins are not all as stiff as US coins.


Oh wow, I didn't realize.  Thanks for the chat.


It's hard to chose just one, I like so many different youtube channels. Did you know that youtube is the second largest search engine on the whole internet?


I take it google is the largest? Same company, that is very interesting!


Yep, also did you know that the police have "Blutube", where they share law enforcement videos with fellow officers?  Wow that would be something to watch!


I have heard that too! Apparently Netflix and Youtube make up half of North America's internet traffic!


That's a lot of video watching!  Did you know that the band Pink Floyd recorded a whole live concert for video in an ancient roman amphitheater in pompeii italy, with no audience at all?


Did they really? I know linkin park played an insane amount of concerts, but i did not know that!


Linkin Park is my favorite band, what's yours?


It may be breaking benjamin, rise against, then linkin park! but i admire that they played 324 concerts in one year!


I'd be exhausted doing just about a concert a day, I like RATM and Breaking Benjamin too!


I know, especially Chester (RIP), he strained his voice so much , every single day. best live performers I know


Yes they were the best live performers, I agree. Speaking of a lot of concerts, The Ramones toured almost non stop for 20 years, my goodness!!!


I have heard that, they played over 2000 concerts, that is insane!


Creed was a good band for their first 2 albums, but in 2002 apparently 4 fans at a concert said it was so bad, they sued the band!


because of the music or did something happen at the concert?


I don't know, but it sounds as though the band was bad, I will have to look it up, I'm curious about that.


Me too, let me know what you find! The ramones really did have a great stretch though, wow!


When Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for Michael Jacksons Beat It, he literally set the studio speakers on fire!


I guess that was a bit of ironic foresight huh? That was a great song!


True and It's funny because I'm a metal head girl but I love just about every MJ song, lol.


I like them, but I don't go to them very often. It would be fun to visit the amphitheater in Croatia that still hosts concerts


That would be a fun place to visit. Just as long as it's not Creed. I went to one of their concerts before they broke up and I wish I would have filed a lawsuit like four concert goers did in 2002.


Do you think they got anything in return for that? Maybe that was the official end to Creed's career


Probably not. They didn't seem to last too long after that. They didn't have a career like The Ramones. They played a total of 2,263 concerts, they toured almost non stop for over 20 years!


That's a long time to keep selling tickets. Linkin Park did a lot of touring when their first album blew up. 324 concerts in the first year is pretty successful


That was a really good album too. I also like Collision Course they did with Jay Z.


It's crazy to think that before recording music was possible, the only way to hear an artist was to go to a concert


Yeah it was. Did you know that in 1972 Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at the Ancient Roman Amphitheater in Pompeii....with no audience!


I wonder if it was due to sound acoustics. I know that can affect the sound, but hopefully others have used it with an audience because I'm sure the amphitheater is beautiful


I'm sure it is too. I bet it was an amazing experience.


Jay Z could do a concert there. Maybe he could even do his American Gangster album live, since he pulled it from iTunes so people wouldn't only get the individual songs


I can't believe he did that. I heard that he actually was the ghostwriter for a song on the "Space Jam" soundtrack.


That's how many artists have started out. They prove themselves as good songwriters and then break out and do their own thing. I should see if he was part of writing "Empire State of Mind" that he recorded with Alicia Keys


I like that song, I also like Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg's West Coast answer to that song with "California Gurls."


I had heard both songs, but had no idea that the two were meant to be connected. It would be neat to hear them do a mashup version of the two


Yeah it would be a really good mashup. I wish I would have went to the high school Jay Z went to. Notorious B.I.G., Busta Rhymes, and DMX were all alums there.


I would have liked to be in the lunchroom at the time Jay Z had a rap battle with Busta Rhymes


That would have been epic, I wonder who won?


Considering they're all well-known, they both did. Have you heard any songs from Jay Z's album Kingdom Come?


I have heard that album. It was actually named after the DC Comics miseries of the same name.


Hello, how are you? Do you have any pets?


No I don't. But I used to have a pet fish when I was a kid, what about you?


I have had many pets over the year, but currently only have a salt water aquarium. Was yours freshwater?


Yes I think it was a goldfish LOL. It's not as cool as a black swallower fish though, those fish can actually eat animals that are twice their length


That's cool, I wouldn't want one in my tank. I have been thinking of doing another tank of just seahorses. They are really neat creatures and the only fish with a neck.


Yeah I think seahorses are really cute! Also I think that we should do more research on jellyfish, there is apparently some kind of jellyfish that is Immortal and I want to be immortal LOL


Yes I have heard of it, it is like phoenix and restarts its life. We need to study it more!


Yep I agree! Did you know that freshwater fish drink water through their skin? I wonder how they can do that, I wish I could!


Oh wow that's weird I didn't know that. I thought that they sip water like my saltwater fish do. So interesting.


Yeah I think so. Also have you ever heard of the zebrafish apparently 84% of human disease genes also have counterparts in a zebrafish, we should study them to


Interesting. I did not know that. What else do you do in your spare time?


Well I read and watch a lot of movies. Have you ever seen the movie Starship Troopers? It was based on a book and the book was apparently on the US military reading list


No I don't think that I have. I like to read as well, I like to read poetry also. Did you know that CS Lewis and Tolkien used to have a competition where they read really bad poetry and tried not to laugh.


I would feel bad if I knew that they were laughing at my work LOL. Did you hear about speed-reading though? Apparently the world record is almost five thousand words a minute


Wow that's incredible that a person can process that much that quickly. I really liked Edgar Allan Poe growing up. Do you know that he was only paid $9 when his most famous poem the raven was published.


No that's really sad. I also think it's sad that there was a moral Panic back in the 18th century, people were scared that so many people in the general public were reading novels LOL


Oh wow I never knew that. Did you know that most of the Hobbit characters names are from an Icelandic poem called dvergatal.


No I didn't know that. I also didn't know that Ender's Game the movie was based on a book, I thought that the movie was really bad LOL hopefully the book is better


I saw that one, it was okay. I bet the book is better. It has been nice chatting with you.


Thank you you too. And it is shocking that it's also on the reading list for the United States Marine Corps!


That one does seem weird, but I didn't know they even had a reading list.


Yeah you wouldn't think so, and I don't know if you've seen the movie but it's not exactly pro-military either, great talking to you though


Hi! Hope you're doing well! I understand it's wrong, but I just don't see the big deal over an FBI agent giving Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum a ticket to Hamilton. What about you?


I don't think it's a big deal either. Do you like baseball?


I do, actually! Although I've always wanted to see a player catch a ball with his hat because the opposing team receives three bases if they do. Ha! Still waiting to see that!


Haha that would be awesome! Did you know managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play if needed?


I wasn't aware of that. That's interesting! Can you imagine seeing one of the older managers out there playing? Ha! It would be as crazy as seeing that 17 year old girl stole out Babe Ruth. Can't believe she was banned and not given a contract.


Haha that would be hilarious! Kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada which is odd.


Is that so? That's as crazy as that minor league team in Albuquerque  that was named after the Simpson's! Ha! That's hilarious!


LOL - that is funny! A man once found 3 million dollars in baseball cards in his grandfathers attic.


Really? I need to check out some attics, then! Ha! Wonder if he found any cards from the Cubs' back to back  World Series win years ago?


Haha. Not sure what cards he actually found. Baseball is really big in Japan too. Did you know that?


I didn't know that, actually! Doesn't surprise me though. Nothing beats baseball or a good concert. Do you like concerts as well? I'd like to have been at that Foo Fighters concert that was so loud, it showed up on the seismic monitormonitors in New Zealand! Ha!


I love concerts. That's nuts it was that loud!


It was loud but the loudest concert ever was actually Deep Purple's 1972 concert. It broke records and rendered three audience members unconscious. That is insane!


That is completely insane. Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001!


Did they really? That just sounds exhausting. Ha! But I think it's cool that Lou Reed and his wife put on a high frequency concert for dogs back in 2010. I bet that was hilarious!


I bet that was funny for sure! Do you like Jay Z?


I do, actually. He is very talented and smart - so smart he actually memorizes his lyrics as he thinks of them instead of writing his songs down before recording them! Amazing, isn't it!


That is amazing! Is he still married to Beyonce?


He is. In fact, collaborated with her to release an album last year entitled Everything is Love! They're two truly talented musicians!


Hi, how are you? Are you a baseball fan?


I used to be years ago when I was young. It's a nice team sport with much skill involved.


I think it's funny how a married couple scheduled all 2430 MLB games until 2005. I wonder how they got that job.


Nice. Even the games played in Japan? Baseball is so popular there, Japanese fans are surprised to learn that baseball is America's game!


It's a deep part of their culture. The managers there wear uniforms as well, though I doubt they were ever called into play. That was probably a hold-over from the early days of baseball in the US.


At least they are respectable. In Canada, they call kickball "soccer-baseball"


That's a pretty goofy term. I guess ice hockey would be "ice field hockey" then.


Nice. An outdoor concert would be Field Lung Hockey. I wonder if The Ramones" ever played Field Lung Hockey in canada. They played over 2200 concerts over their 20-yr career.


They were absolute machines! I wonder when they managed to sleep, if at all. I wonder what helped them stay awake for 20 years straight.


I wonder if they ever played a concert in Pompei's amphitheater when it was empty like Pink FLoyd did.


I wonder what Floyd hoped to achieve. I guess the acoustics might have been interesting. Still, how much did it cost to rent an amphitheater? Seems excessive.


Drugs explain a lot. Like the 2002 Creed concert that was so bad, concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.


Hm. I wonder what drugs Creed took before that show. The fans are supposed to get high, not the musicians. I bet the fans would never sue Linkin Park.


Right. Linkin Park was always too busy to take drugs. They played 324 concerts in 2001 alone. Amazing.


I bet they could have retired after that concert. How much did they charge for a ticket? They must have been insanely popular to book that many shows. Creed could take a lesson from Linkin Park.


Yeah. I wonder if they ever played in that ancient Roman amphitheater in Croatia that is still a concert venue.


I bet Creed would still get sued, even if no fans attended. The neighbors would probably sue them. Are you a fan of Shawn Corey Carter, AKA Jay-Z?


Sure. Jay Z. He went tot he same high school as Busta Rhymes.


They had a rap battle in the lunchroom. I don't really know his music, but he certainly married up.


He put a ring on it.  DMX went to that high school too. I wonder if they had a rap battle too?


Rap battles galore, no doubt 'bout it yo. Well, it's been good chatting with you!


You too. Thanks goes out to my homie, Busta Text. Word.


Hi I do like music, do you Like the rapper Jaz-Z


yeah he is pretty good. did you know he was a ghost writer


no I didnt, but I did know he was honored at the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017


nice. yeah , he was the ghost writer for a song on the space jam soundtrack


thats cool, ya I think the song he wrote was performed by Bugs Bunny right?


yeah it was, that one. do you know why he pulled his album american gangster from itunes?


well I guess because he thinks that since movies are not sold scene by scene, he does not want to sell individual tracks


I see. kingdom come album that he released was named after the dc comic kingdom come


ah thats cool, ya I guess that comic is set in the future about a retired superman, that sounds interesting


yeah, I am sure he was tring to send a message to new rappers with that


true, hav eyou ever heard the song California Gurls by snoop dogg and katie perry


yeah and didn't they do it a a west coast reply to jay z and alicia keys empire state of mind


yup they did, have you ever been to a Creed Concert?


no and I am glad I have not because once it was so bad , the people sued them


ya I wanted to see if they really were that bad, I don't watch baseball but its shocking that it is so popular in Japan


I kow and they cannot even believe it is pastime here


nope, and have you ever seen a baseball manager jump in to play for their team? apparently that is possible


yeah, i have not see that but good that they have all that flexibility


youd have to be flexible to play kickball, and I think its weird that Canadians call it soccer-baseball instead of kickball over there


yeah I wonder how the name came about. nice chat


I used to watch much more in my college years. What's your favorite team?


Boston Red Sox. Do you know that baseball is very popular in Japan? I've just read about it and surprised why.


I have heard that it is very popular in Japan. Did you know baseball managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play for their team if needed.


I knew it quite recently. I didn't know it for long time. I'm wondering about any cases when it happened. Do you know?


Not sure of any cases where it has happened.


In Canada kickball is also called soccer-baseball. It's quite weird name from my point lol


What a very odd name lol! A man once found $3 million dollars worth of baseball cards.


Lucky man! I don't have such luck. Just want to change topic. Do you like Jay-Z?


Very lucky man! I'm not a huge fan of his music. What about you?


I'm not. Just read some facts about him. I didn't know he was born in 1969. It means he will be 50 this year if I'm right


Oh wow yea he's getting up there. I thought he was younger than that. Jay-Z was the ghostwriter for a song on the Space Jam soundtrack.


I also didn't know that this song "California gurls" was actually a west cost vs east coast answer song to "empire state of mind" by Jay and Alicia Keys


Oh wow I didn't know that either. I really like that song.


Yes, me too. I know that in 1972 Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at the ancient roman amphitheater in Pompeii with no people. It's interesting. I'll google it after this hit.


I've actually seen that concert on video. It was very cool.


That's cool. It was nice to talk. Have a good day!


I love baseball, played it in college. I like to go to games. Apparently a married couple has seen 2430 games together


Sounds like a lot of hard work, did you hear about that man that found 3 million dollars worth of baseball cards at his house?


a lot of money too! i believe that about the baseball cards, there are a lot of hidden gems out there. Do you collect?


I do not collect, but maybe I should start, make it an investment for years to come


For sure, I used to collect but I sold it all off, it probably would be worth more in many years


You know the sport is also popular in Japan,


I did know that, they have had some good players come to the MLB to play. I wonder if they took the idea from america or came up with it


I think they did, do you like to go to concerts?


I do, I once saw a linkin park concert back in 2001, it was my first one ever. Do you?


Mine was a Creed concert back in 2002, terrible concert, bad start


I heard people sued Creed because of how bad it was, lol. Was it really bad?


It was terrible I am a fan of the band but the concert was really low quality, 4 people even sue the band


That is crazy, lol! I wanted to see the Ramones but never got the chance. They toured almost 20 years straight so i had plenty of opportunities


They played a total of 2263 concets, I didnt get to see them either


I liked playing their songs in guitar hero for sure! almost the same thing, not really


Guitar Hero was a good game I agree with you there, Pink Floyd recorded a live concert without publilc once, it was t a great venue


That would have been awesome! Good chatting with you1


It was in a roman amphitheater so yeah, not only great music but a place rich in history.


I want to visit that one time in my life and see the magic


Doing good, do you watch youtube? It was created back in 2005


i do watch youtube. it is a great way to hear old songs.


Yea and youtube also has a bunch of tv show clips and even some documentaries


the documentaries and news shows are great. youtube originally allowed only 10 minute videos. now i think its ten hours.


I never knew that, I did know youtube is the second largest search engine


youtube was bought by google so i bet they share search engine technology. makes sense that people use it a lot.


I guess so, it's kinda crazy how Netflix and Youtube make up half of peak internet traffic in North America


people love video entertainment. i guess the number of subscribers on netflix is in the 10s of millions.


I know, Psy's Gangnam style was so popular youtube had to upgrade their view count to 64 bits integers


i never saw that video. i think the song was used in a super bowl commercial. he got his 15 minutes of fame.


Yea, I wish Justin Bieber's fame would end, he has the most disliked video on youtube


i wonder if people dislike the video or him. i dont know his songs, but i dislike him anyway.


Probably both. Do you happen to like the Harry Potter films Warner Bros. released?


i saw the first one. i liked it, but i havent read the books. i know that it is popular and rightly so. well told stories.


Yea, they even made two spin off movies called Fantastic Beasts


oh yeah, i heard of those films. are they good? are they based on books?


I heard Fantastic Beasts were good and I they are related to the books but not based on any of the books


yeah, thats good. i think the author is probably tired of those characters, Anyway, great chat!


You too, I think I'll read the unauthorized Harry Potter sequels china released


that sounds great! the chinese really know how to do it right. have a good night!


I actually am. do you like shakespeare and his plays?


Neat. I like Shakespeare as far as his words. I had no idea one could be so accomplished and win so many awards within theater? This guy in article Section 3 has won eight awards acting in theater. Amazing.


neat, good for him for managind to do that. did you know shakespeare and pocahontas lived at the same time


That's an awesome fact. They apparently only died a year apart as well. Shakespeare also invented names: Miranda, Jessica and Olivia.


that is so cool. did you know he intentionally made grammar errors?


He was such a genius. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and apparently are performed more than any other. Amazing.


he was just amazing overall. he did that to get the attention of his audience


Agreed. I had no idea he was married. He married, Anne Hathaway and also had three children. The man certainly lived a life.


for sure. there are 33 shakespeare gardens in the world


Fascinating. I am from an area that has a Shakespeare Festival every year. It's amazing. A real human skull was used in a few performances of Hamlet, how crazy,


yeah do you know who the skull belonged to?


Andre Tchaikowsky, a Polish composer. He donated it so it could be used that way.


yeah, good thing is that his wish was granted


Yeah, I find it fascinating. Apparently Shakespeare has coined a variety of terms and phrases we use today; "laughing stock, good riddance, brave new world." The man changed culture with words…


he did for sure. do you ever watch the academy awards?


Never. I hear about them. I feel like the 24 awards are a generic way to praise someone.


yeah and they were even nominated for 9 emmys


the oscars. i don't even know in what category.


Weird...... I honestly had no idea there where so many different institutions with award ceremonies.


Hi,  Do you follow radio?  If you like dramas, they have thousands of free episodes.


Yeah, I listen to it everyday before work. I also use a website where you can listen to episodes for free.


I like my drama on tv.  Apparently, though, Jim Carrey an actor I like no longer does dramas only shows that project positivity due to his believes now.


I love Jim Carey, he has some decent movies, and his not really the type of actor for a drama.


Yes, that's probably true.  Michael Caine is into drama and acting because he was following pretty girls in his high school drama class.


Guess it paid off lol, he is now a great actor I bet he didnt have that in mind. Do you like Shakepeare works? I think he is a great poat and writter.


He was a good poet, but I'm not into poetry really. He was called England's national poet.  I wonder if we have one of those today?


I think talet like that comes only once in a life time. To write 39 plays, 154 sonets, pure talent.


I guess he didn't have tv to distract him either.  Did he have any children?  He invented the names Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia.


Yes he did, three children in fact and WOW those are really popular names now, to think how much influences his had.


Interesting to think that Shakespeare and Pocahontas were alive at the same time and died only a year apart.  I wonder if he heard of her work?


Who knows, wouldnt it be crazy if they were besties?I wonder if there was any kind of awards back then for talented people.


Definitely we can give tribute to Shakespeare today for the the sayings "good riddance, laughing stock, devil incarnate and others.


He would definetely win an academy award lol, I bet Daniel day-lewis, the only actor to win the award 3 times, would be a great fit for one of Shakepears works.


Oddly, Tchaikowsy donated his skull to the royal shakespeare company hoping it would be used as a prop for the skull of yorick


Do you think they actually used it as the skull of yorick?


I don't know, but the skull did get used in hamlet at the courtyard theatre, stratford-upon-avon.  Wonder where it is today?


Nice fact, I will definetely search that later, it could be a nice topic for a dinner convesation, several friends would be surpirsed by this.


Do you like the Oscars?  They are also called the Academy Awards?


I do like them I follow them closely, I think they first got broadcasted by radio in the 1930s


Yes, then they made it to tv in 1953.  It's now seen live in more than 200 countries!  Walt Disney, my favorite holds the record for most oscars won by a man with 22.


Hi there, have any experience with Shakespeare?


Not much, I love his plays and novels, I also know he was born a long time ago


You're right it was a long time ago, he was born in 1564! Did you know that Shakespeare and Pocahontas were alive during the same time and died only one year apart?


They did, I wonder if they ever crossed paths, Shakespeare has inspired a lot of cultures and people around the world he even invented some popular names we use now


That's true and strange to think about, I wonder if his wife's name has anything to do with the actress who is also named Anne Hathaway. Do you think it is a coincidence?


I dont think it is, everything is connected. Do you like the Academy Awards?


Sure I watch them almost every year, you?


I do too, what are your thoughts on this years awards? I think the actor of Bohemian Rhapsody deserved it.


You're right he did a really good job. I wish more movies had won that were popular with the people though.


Yeah I wish that too, do you like the actor Daniel Day-Lewis?


Yes! Well sometimes, he's a great actor but his movies can be LONG! He's won three oscars hasn't he? Before he retired?


Yeah he won 3 oscars for best actor, he is the only actor to win 3 awards in that category.


That's surprising. I wonder if the same is true of the best actress category, I feel like Meryl Streep has won 40 times haha


Maybe for male actor lol, did you watch the movie Blazing Saddles?


Haha yes I've seen Blazing Saddles that's an old one. It was nominated for three oscars I think. Must not have won though because they don't usually count your nominations when you're a winner


It was, I dont think it won, interesting how Eminem has more Oscars than many great actors combined


Oh man that's a shocker, how did that happen? I thought he was only nominated for one movie?


I think thats because many of the actors mentioned in the list havent won any awards.


You're right, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas and Billy Murray don't have oscars. Leonardo Dicaprio only won his first oscar a few years ago


Yeah so maybe his tied with Eminem, did you know the oscars were nominated for  9 emmys back in 2013


Haha that's so meta! What a strange thing to hear, I guess it makes sense though it is a major event that happens on TV. But I guess they didn't win! Lol I wonder who did!


I have no idea, I didnt know an award could be nominated for another award in the first place lol, its a nice Google search topic, its been good chatting with you


I'll look it up later for sure! Nice talking with you!


It was nice chatting, thanks a lot for all the cool facts bye.


There are a lot of wonders in the universe did you know that Jupiters moon, Ganymede, could be considered a planet if it orbited the sun.


No I didn't know that. I think that is fascinating!  Have you heard that Venus doesn't tilt so it doesn't have any seasons?


Im guessing its pretty much the same just extreme heat and high pressures.


You could be right.  Do you have a telescope?  I've always wanted to make one like Galileo did.


I dont have a telescope and that sounds like hard work, you know astronomers have already detected life 455 light years away.


I didn't know that!  It definitely fires the imagination and makes you wonder what is out there!


I know it definetely fires it like the planet where shards of glass precipitate at high speed.


I do wonder how scientists know that.  i know the Kepler telescope is searching the cosmos but is it really that precise?


It would be interesting to find out, so do you like sports maybe basketball?


I like sports.  I've been watching a little college basketball lately.  Speaking of, did you know that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used the dunk shot so much that it got banned from college basketball for years?


I didnt know someone could get baned because of that, what I also find strange is that the coach is the highest paid employee in a team.


That is interesting. I would have thought it would be the other way around.  You know, in my school we put the tallest people on the post position but I think normally they are supposed to be the centers.


Did you play basketball when you were at school? there is a team in New Zealand called Tall Blacks


I played a little. Do you or did you play?  I guess New Zealand isn't worried about being politically correct.


I guess they arent as it seems really racist to call a team like that, I didnt play Ive always liked football or soccer better.


I have to admit that i am more of a football fan myself.  Football makes me think of the different kinds of shoes football and basketball players wear.  I've heard that one football player leaves his cleats on the football field after every game just to raise awareness for people that are homeless and don't have shoes.


I think his name was Steve Smith, I think thats a good way to send a message.


I totally agree.  Did you know that 5000 year old shoes are better than today's shoes?


For real? 5000 years is a long time I wonder why is that.


I don't know. i guess they just made things better back then.  If you think about ballet dancers can go through 4 pair of shoes in a week so that could be why.


They must spent a fortune in shoes, I guess thats wy older shoes are better.


Good morning, are you a dog lover? I am, and think K-9's are adorable when their handlers dress them up.


Good Morning! I am! I have a border collie! She is really good at understanding pointing.


How sweet. My Husky understands, but he doesn't listen.He's a blood donor at our vet's office.


That is so cool! I think it's natural to love dogs, even Google prefers dogs over cats lol.


I think anyone sane would prefer a dog over a cat. I know many think dogs are color blind, they aren't though.


I agree, they just don't see as many colors as us humans do. Speaking of humans, did you know there is a sound frequency that causes fear in us?


I did not. That's interesting. What is the frequency?


I'm sure it is super low and depressing, but I could be totally wrong! I think it's cool how unique everybody is, we can even grow a new rib in 2-3 months after having it shortened!


That is weird, and I cannot imagine why anyone would want to do that, unless it's for a graft for another part of the body. It's weird that we cannot produce our own vitamin C, unlike most animal and plant species.


That is very surprising to me! It's all about evolution I think, given we've lost our body hair as early as 240,000 years ago.


Maybe it was for hunting? Species do evlove all the time, maybe that's why we are the best distance runners.


Maybe it was! Could you imagine chasing a lion for 10 miles and finally catching up because it ran out of breath?


No more than I could imagine wearing anything from the Apple clothing line. That had to have been interesting.


Yes, wasn't that in 1986? I wonder if those clothes are worth anything these days? I should check at that Alabama store that resells unclaimed clothes and cameras from luggage.


I've been there, it is a fun store to go through. I haven't found anything by Rip Curl, though.


oh cool! I think you should look for them with made in china tags and not north korea!


You don't look at clothes based on their country of origin labels, though. Unlike how you can look at a collar gap to tell if the shirt has been tailored or not.


You're so right! I wonder how you can tell Pilgrim clothing since it wasn't always black like we were taught.


Through their text they left behind. I wonder if they have any in the store in Alabama?


I wouldn't doubt that! I might have to go down there sometime!


You really should. It's a great drive. Speaking of drives, I've got to get to work. Have a wonderful day.


Some people around the world are getting their dogs tailored clothing. What a crazy world we live in.


It is. But I expect wild behavior in Italy, at least in the fashion world.


Some of them also think that it's perfectly fine as long as the dogs are wearing clothes outside.


Haha. Humans may have lost their body hair as recently as 240,000 years ago


True. I wonder if that's part of the reason we can make our own vitamin C.


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


Makes you wonder why we can't regrow other body parts.


Yeah, really.  Wouldn't that be nice.  I believe it goes back to Biblical times when Adam gave a rib to Eve.  What are your thoughts?


I'd rather rely on science, like how we know that humans became anatomically modern about 315,000 years ago.


Pilgrim clothing was full of color. they only wore black for special occasions.


Wow, because when you think of Pilgrims you only think of black clothes and hats with buckles. Interesting.


Haha, yeah really.  I think of Thanksgiving.


I'll be sure to dress my dog nicely for next Thanksgiving. As long as we eat outside.


Google prefers dogs to cats. their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company.


I prefer cats. Maybe that's why I use an iPhone.


Love dogs as well. Love them enough not to dress them up in tailored clothing.


Right. Me as well. I learned something about dog fashion, and Google. Not bad.


I know. Like that Apple fashion in 1986.


Hey there what do you think about planets? I know that I love planet Earth LOL


I wish Pluto were still considered a planet. I miss that ball of ice!


Haha I agree with you! I also have a soft spot for the planet Venus, apparently it doesn't tilt and has no Seasons, what a bummer LOL


I live in the upper midwest and wouldnt mind a stable climate! Which planet is your favorite?


Haha well I like planet Earth. But I also like the planet where it rains glass LOL that seems pretty cool although I wouldn't like to visit it myself, what about you?


I would say Uranus, the view with a sideways orbit might be interesting.


Haha yes I could see that, the name always makes me laugh LOL. I wish we could visit the planet that they think life exists on, the only problem is it's 455 light years away


Just a bit of travel! What's your favorite shoe brand?


Well I wear a pair of Nikes that is super comfortable and I've had for a while, what about you?


I like new Balance. Says here that professional ballet dancers wear out 4 pairs of shoes a week


Yes I believe it. I used to date a ballerina and she always had messed up feet haha. Like her toes Abby all beaten up, so I can believe that they would go through shoes quickly


Ouch, really.  I see basketball player stephon marbury promoted a line of $15 shoes but wasnt paid to endorse them


That's weird. Do you know who that even is by the way? I'm not sure who's Stephon Marbury is. but anyway, next time I have stinky feet, I'll put some dry tea bags in my shoes LOL I guess that will fix it


Basketball player. Shoes can smell terrible.. my wife doesnt wear socks often and hers are terrible.


Haha I can believe it! Well tell her to put some dry tea in there LOL. I want to try out the 5000 year olds that perform better than current shoes, I wonder how they were made


Probaby leather or animal hide, and thick considering how much they would need to walk or ride on horseback


That's a good point. They definitely didn't have plastic or anything like that. do you follow basketball at all?


Honestly, not really. Apparently Kareem abdul jabbar had the dunk banned in college basketball because hwe as so dominant


That's awesome! And yeah I don't watch it much myself. But I do know that the US Supreme Court even has a basketball court on it. It's on the very top floor


I wonder who plays there, considering their age?


Haha I know right. I just don't see any of them playing basketball, even to settle a court case. They could fall and break a hip!


No, but I do like dogs. Do you own a dog?


This is terrible timing but I had to put her down last night. So the answer is no... I would not however, buy her high fashion.


That's too bad. I'm sorry to hear that. I never owned a pet, but I understand that the relationship is close, like family.


Yeah. This is the 3rd dog I have had to put down and surprisingly, this was the easiest, but it was not easy if that makes sense... My first dog was so tough I had to take 3 days off of work.


Dogs can be quite clever. They can reason better than chimps, which are quite smart.


There are also 12 different blood types that a dog may have.


I was surprised that it was that many, but there are so many breeds, I guess it makes sense.


They can even donate blood at doggie blood drives!


Aren't the dogs uncomfortable with a needle in them? I imagine they would struggle.


I think they would be ok. Istanbul has a vendingmachine for stray dogs that dispenses food and water. How nice.


The dogs help the city, and the city returns the favor. The dogs in Moscow have learned to use the subway. I guess it helps them get what they need to survive.


They also understanding pointing. I wonder if they understand head nods.


I think they could figure it out, given time. They are attuned to human behavior. Plus they can breathe and swallow at the same time, unlike us.


They are not color blind either. I thought they were.


I don't think their vision is terribly acute, but their sense of smell is 1000 times better than ours. Their senses complement ours nicely.


They are man's best friend for a reason. And Google's pet of choice!


I agree with Google. An office full of dogs is a happy place. An office full of cats is chaos.


I recently read about a woman who was taking her child to college.  She was shocked at how quickly he grew up.


Me too! As a father of a 5 & 7 year old, it kind of made me sad...


It does go quickly.  She even found angst at the tour of the campus.


I already know I will be a blubbering idiot when I drop my two off. And I am not an emotional person.


We dropped 3 off.  My wife cried for an hour as we drove home after the youngest.  Since we were in a vehicle that held fewer than 8 passengers, what we were in could be called a car.  Cars were invented in 1886.


I didn't know that. Did you go through a McDonald's drive thru?


Not on that trip, but we have other times.  Of course the drive through was invented when it was against the rules for soldiers to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


I have my thoughts on why they did that but what do you think? Why do you think they didn't want the soldiers to come in?


I think the army did not want people in fatigues roaming around in society.  It wasn't McDonald's rules, but the government's.


I thought that post-vietnam war was not a friendly place for the US solider so McDonalds made a drive thru for them. They still wanted their money, just not the headaches...


I see.  It was good fortune for McDonalds since cars are so widespread in the 20th century and beyond so there is a big market for drive thru locations.  Ford started mass production to help cars become available.


Yeah. I heard Ford is stopping production of cars and focusing on the F150...


I think that is just at one plant.  I have been to South Africa and it is legal there to install a flame thrower in your car to prevent carjacking.


That's crazy! Did you know a professional racer beat 90,000 in a video game and that's how he became a pro?


The quick reflexes in a video game are undoubtedly useful in driving a race car.  I know the Superman could do well driving one.  Did you know he was originally introduced to be a villain?


Really? I had no idea. Based on Nietzsche too? That's interesting.


I learned too that he used to be able to contort his face to disguise himself as other people.  What do you know about the character?


Superman, yes. I love superman. Do you like comics?


I do.  I prefer DC to Marvel, but I have enjoyed some of both.  It is humorous that Dracula once bit Superman and exploded because Superman is powered by the yellow sun.


HAHAHA. That's just great! I like DC a little more too.


Were you very good at Physics in school? I remember I was until I had this problem about turning and jumping while in a moving train. I was so confused for awhile!


I was terrible at physics in high school. turning and jumping? what do you mean?


We had this horrible word problem where we had to say where we'd end up if we jumped in the air on a moving train at different speeds and then also had problems about the physics of doing the same while the train was in a turn. Complicated!


The train is moving. you are moving. you are moving at the same speed. if you jump up, your speed does not change. if it turns and you dont, then you will slam into the wall.


lol I hope not too many students actually tried it! I remember once in high school I had a teacher that send me and another student to get supplies at the store across the street. We ended up driving the car through McDonald's Drive Thru, too.


What? the drive thru? what exactly was going on at that high school of yours? Respect the drive thru! it was made for the troops!


We were troopers getting supplies for class and also the yearbook club! Did you know in South Africa you can legally have a flamethrower on your car? I can see Die Antwoord using that.


you were saviours! you provided sustenance to the troops! i did not know that. You should get a flamethrower and take it through the drive thru!


I saw this YouTuber FPS Russia drive a tank thru a McDonald's drive thru. I wonder if any of the original troops the drive thru was invented for went that instead of a normal car? Would have been talk of the town!


I bet they could drive just about anything through there. no restrictions were specified. if they want to drive an Abrams through,it should be legal.


What do you think Superman would drive thru in? I remember as a kid seeing one of the original Superman movies. Have you seen any?


I saw the one with chris reeve. that was great. he was the perfect superman. Drive thru? Does he eat fast food?


Most likely not, but if he's busy saving the world he might be forced into it from time to time. Maybe batman would lend him his batmobile car to take? I loved Reeves as Superman, too.


so the rules are that you must drive a vehicle through the drive thru? no flying? no horses or other quadrupeds?


In my town, some of the girls in 4-H used to ride their horses through in stead of going in cars. They'd go to Taco Bell, McDonald's, there's a Mexican restaurant they'd go to also, along with a few Mexican ranchers in the area. Was fun to see.


That is great. the girls had the right idea. if you are not on foot, you can go through the drive thru. by those rules, superman can use the drive thru.


I really liked the horse from the movie "Brave." Have you seen it? I heard it took three years of studying curls in hair by Pixar for them to make Merida's hair!


I have not seen it. That is great! they take their animation quite seriously there.


It was a very beautiful film. I can't imagine taking three years on physics of hair, though! Did you know that Kim Jong Un has a Physics degree?


Um, i have my doubts about KJU. I figure that most of his backstory is about as real as a superhero's. Anyway, great chat!


Very true! He most likely doesn't know basic level physics! Thanks, and you too! I think I'll go watch a Superman film, now.


hey did you know kim jong-un has a degree in physics?


I did not know that. I wonder where he got it from.


ya I wondered if they just gave it to him because like, he is the supreme ruler and can kill people if he doesn't get his way


I mean... I would give him the degree cause I wouldn't want to get killed over it.


oh I agree, he could also be named genius of the world just so myself and my family would be harmed hah


Yeah. He's a weird little man... I wonder what he thinks of his meeting with Trump?


ya I wonder how that all is going to go down, I guess it's good they are finally talking but it will depend on what happens with the talks


Pixar spent three years studying the physics of curly hair in order to correctly render merida's hair in "brave". They should study Trump's hair! That would be great!


haha ya I'm definitely wondering about the science of his hair lol, like how does it work exactly?? haha


I would think they would just team up with a hair or shampoo company to figure it out. I did like the move and her hair was great!


haha, have you seen the movie hair with john travolta? People said it was good but I haven't seen it yet


I have not. Isn't that old or am I thinking of hairspray?


ah you're right, ya the movie hairspray, they made a movie with john travolta of that play and he plays a woman, I just don't know how that works haha


I haven't seen that one... Not too interested in it. Did you see Mrs Doubtfire with Robin Williams dressed up as a grandma?


haha I did see that, I thought he did a great job I loved that movie as a kid what about you


I have not seen it. I watched the documentary on him and it was brilliant. He was such a great talent with so much trouble in his life.


ah what was the documentary called? I want to check that out I bet it is good like you said


Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind. It was really good. Made me appreciate him in ways I hadn't before. I really didnt like him and thought he was annoying...


haha I mean I can definitely see him being annoying, I do like him in aladdin though, I don't know how will smith will compare to him in the new movie


That will be interesting to see. When does the new one come out?


I think that it comes out this year? oh I looked it up its in may of this year, I won't be seeing that in a theater I can promise you that haha


Hi, how are you doing? Do you watch Netflix?


Doing great!  Yes,  I love Netflix.  Watching anything good?


I don't watch Netflix anymore but I do know that they have a lot of quality programs. Their movies have won Oscars I believe.


Yeah they have a lot of good stuff on there.  Did you know blockbuster declined serval offers to buy Netflix?


I guess BB thought there was little potential in the Internet, or that they could do it themselves. They thought wrong. Boy, were they wrong. Now there is no BB.


Yeah they did try and do it themselves,  bot with sending out dvds and streaming lol they obviously failed though.


They probably didn't want to abandon the bricks and mortar business. Netflix never had to worry about that. They still spend money on postage.


Right,  that was smart with never having to own a store front.


Still, people need the DVDs in the mail because they have slow internet or no computer. That market might stay around for a while. I wonder if another computer will ever displace Netflix.


Well,  even if you order the DVD from Netflix you need to have internet to put it on your list to be sent.


I guess that's true. I wonder if people use the library in some areas or something. I know some people might not have computers. Maybe a smart phone? Some older folks don't like the new technology.


Yeah.  Netflix and Youtube make up half of the peak bandwidth in North America!


People love staring at video. Youtube is owned by Google. Google, Netflix, Facebook, Youtube. Is there life outside of the Internet?


Yeah they are all pretty great though.  lol I really like Netflix and Youtube.


I try to catch dramas and comedies. I like both equally. Did you know that Green Lantern was originally supposed to be a comedy? Seems odd.


Yeah that is pretty crazy,  it couldve been an entirely different movie with Jack Black,  so different personalities.


Jack Black is inherently comedic. His presence as a super hero would be awkward. Do you watch Comedy Central?


Not really,  I dont watch much tv usually only things that can be streamed.


Comedy Central is a graveyard for shows. They've cancelled over 100 since 1989. I guess it's tough to survive in comedy.


eeeeek thats horrible. Do you like any disney movies?


yes, I saw Fantasia when I was younger. I was amazed at the artistry. What about you?


I have a bunch of favorites!  Little mermaid,  aladdin, lion king, frozen, lilo and stitch, moana.


You know your Disney films! I enjoy animation, but usually the ones for adults, not kids.


Yeah I like the disney pixar stuff too,  I really like inside out that definitely had some jokes only adults would know.  Been good chatting.


hey my friend do you have a Netflix account?


ya it's crazy that they have 140 million subscribers! over 60 million in the USA alone


I know everyone has one it seems. They are one of the biggest.


ya for sure, and they pay 20 times more money on USPS postage than on the bandwidht they use


Yes, that would come with being so large a company.


right I agree, it's crazy that Netflix started at 50 million dollars in value and is now worth about 2 billion


Yes, they also have taggers who are paid to watch and tag content.


ya that makes sense they'd have that, what is crazy is netflix and youtube take up half of peak internet traffic though


For sure, Netflix alone has 137 million subscribers worldwide.


yup with 60 million in the USA alone, that is about 20% of households, can't believe they even exist in countries like China and Japan


that is true, did you hear the story about how Netflix got started?


Yes, very interesting subscription-based streaming.


well the creator was charged a $40 late fee for renting Apollo 13, kind of silly that's what inspired him


Crazy fee, Matt Groening's Disenchantment is interesting.


did you like it? I didn't really myself, but it makes sense to me that about a third of internet traffic is netflix from 9am to noon


Somewhat can be addictive to watch.  Yes that time frame is not what is expected.


do you like comedy movies at all? have you seen kung fu hustle by chance?


No I have not yet. I did not realize Drew Carey had served eight years in the marine corps. How interesting.


wow that is interesting, also crazy that the green lantern movie originally was going to star Jack Black, totally different!


Yes I do. Did you know slovakia beat bulgaria 82-0 once?


It was the women's team but do not know the year, it was 1 goal every 44 seconds


Wow. Canada also scored 132 goals in the first winter OG


Nice. USA olympic team lost to a high school team once


Really, what was the score there, was it too bad?


Wow. Did you know Canada has two national sports?


Did not know that, which ones would that be?


It is hockey but also lacrosse, pretty different ones


I know that he is a great player but that is all I know


You are right but his sister was always better, broke 8 national records once


Wow amazing. Tim DUncan decided to get a degree and then get into the NBA


Good for him. Iverson signed a crazy contract with Rebook in 2001


How good was it? Most players have trouble financially after they retire


That is too bad. He is getting $800 000 per year till he is 55 and then $32 million


Wow I guess it is safe to say that he is set for life


Did you know Canada is the only country in the world with 2 national sports?  lacrosse and Hockey


Well no wonder Canada scored 132 and let 3 in  during the 1924 olympics


Wow.  An average professional hockey player will lose up to 8 pounds in one game!


Speaking of hockey players, a hockey player was traded for 1$ in 1993 and that play went to win four Stanley cups


Well not really, I know more about basketball than I do about hockey


I'm a big Cleveland Cavs fan and love college basketball.


Ah, I am more of a Golden State Warriors fan because of Steph Curry


He's awesome!  The Warriors earned about $12 million by losing game 4 of the NBA finals