Ha ha that is hilarious. In 1934, North Dakota's governor declared martial law and seceeded from the US. I didn't even know that was legal!


Don't laugh too much at the dog. In Rio de Janeiro, a chimpanzee got 400,000 votes and came in 3rd in another mayoral race. Those mayors must be horrible people.


Wow that is so amazing! How does that even happen? When Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor of California he commuted three hours every day by private jet. Not exactly environmentally friendly.


Wow you are right about that. In Kentucky you can only become governor if you have never participated in a duel. Who even does that anymore?


Ha ha that is some old school rules right there. Do you remember the Beatles song come together? It was written for a California governor campaign!


Really, how cool. The governor of OK has a pool shaped like the state. I think that is awesome.


Yeah that is very patriotic. Texas elected their first female governor before some states even ratified the 19th amendment. It was the second elected female in the nation! It was nice conversing with you! I hope you have a good evening.


Girl power! :) I like how politics is progressing in that way. Same here. Bye!


Hey there did you vote in the last election?


I did not, I would have probably selected "none of these candidates" option if I was in Nevada


Yep I would do that too. I think that's an option everyone should have, would you ever live in ancient Athens? Apparently they would do elections like a lottery


Seem like they were trying to avoid oligarchy to form!


Yep it's apparently so. It's kind of sad that voter turnout maxes out at 63% in the United States. What percent do you think it should be?


Not sure but people just dont trust any politician anymore. did you know astronauts can vote from space?


Wow that's really cool! Another thing that I didn't know is that the taller presidential candidate has won 75% of the time since the year 1900, so the Democrats should definitely run a basketball player LOL


I am wondering if that is a coincidence because It has happened for more than 100 years and 75% is a high percentage


Yep I agree with you. I wonder which election was won by the shorter candidate actually haha. Did you hear that in 2012 International election observers were blocked in nine States from viewing the polls? Why would that be


That sounds pretty strange! It is strange also that a garbage dump was named after Fred Durst and that was voted by the citizens of Austin TX


That is pretty funny. I guess if you are Fred Durst you would be kind of embarrassed, but you have so much money you just don't even care LOL


That is true, they are just happy to make headlines, did you know how the indian government put a voting booth in a forest full of lions?


No I didn't know that. That's super nice of them though. What is it nice is that 34% of the black population in Alabama, specifically males, lost their right to vote permanently


That is crazy, talking about music, I did not know that the Beatles's come together was written for a political campaign!


No I didn't know that either. Are there any Governors that you like? I remember when Schwarzenegger was governor of California, apparently he would commute to work everyday


He commuted 3 hours wow, that is such a long commute, and it was in a jet!


Yep in a jet, seems like a waste of money especially for fuel but oh well, did you hear about the governor who seceded from the United States?


I heard something happenned in 1934 in North Dakota.I wonder why that ocurred?


Yes I wonder what caused him to do that. Very interesting that Texas had a female governor before the 19th amendment was ratified. That's impressive


That was something out of the ordinary!! And it was the second in the nation!


Yep that's why I think it was so impressive! Also impressive was the guy Ralph Laurence carr. he actually opposed in turning the Japanese-Americans during World War II, that was probably not a popular opinion back then


There good for the people as long as they aren't rigged!!


Well it seems like elections are rigged all the time, I wish we all had the option to vote none of these like in the state of Nevada


I agree, All of the states should have that option!  Its interesting the taller candidate wins most of the time in elections! 75% of the time! lol


That is an interesting fact, 75% of the time no kidding. Ancient Athens had a weird way to appoint their leaders.


Yes appointing by lottery wouldn't work in this day and age!! lol


It wouldn't, voting is a great way to chose a leader.


Did you know astronauts vote from space!! No excuse!! lol


No, didn't know about that, well 34% of the black male population in Alabama lost their right to vote.


That's true. Not all men had to right to vote in the UK until 1918.


So voting has changed a lot over the years we know vote to change the name of a garbage dump.


Poor Fred Durst, who would want the name for a garage dump?


They must hate him a lot in Austin, TX, go through so much trouble.


Must be? Indian government will set up polling booths in the forest full of lions for a single vote! Who knew?


I guess they take their voters real seriously there sounds like a lot of trouble for a single vote.


Crazy with lions!! Did you know Queen Elizabeth 2 was pranked called by a radio station pretending to be the prime minister of Canada!


That so funny, I bet she was angry after hearing she was pranked call and I bet the radio station got sued.


Yes, How would you like to get a silver cup if you live to 100 in Japan?


That would be nice, you would have to get to a hundred years old first but that sounds like a nice detail.


Yes, but Japan has so many people living to 100, they have to give cheaper cups! lol Good chat!!


Life expectancy is a lot higher over there I guess, its been a great chat thanks a lot.


Do you think its fair how India is treating prime minister Trudeau?


I'm not sure.  I'm not a fan of Trudeau but Modi should at least greeted him.  Can you see Gandhi doing that?


Gandhi is all about peace and respect so no, not really, I think they should treat him better, he is a visitor from a foreign country and deserves respect


Yeah, the Trudeaus had to go on their tours alone.  They dressed in ethnic Indian clothes but Modi wasn't there.


I guess there is a lot of controversy about this issue, so prime minister, the head of a cabinet, sounds like a really big responsibility


There are reports that this trip is an election thing for Trudeau.  He wants the Sikh vote in Canada.


What are your thought on this? I dont care much about politics really, it seems like Trudeau is a good leader but there are also controversies surrounding him


It's a thing between India wanting Trudeau to distance himself from Sikh separatists and Trudeau wanting their votes.  I really don't have an opinion. Hope they can work it out.


I hope that too, theres an interesting fact about Japan and when you turn 100 the prime minister sends you a silver cup to celebrate it.


Yeah, that's cool.  Meanwhile in Australia, the PM's not even defined in their constitution.


Really how can that be?  the prime minister is the ruler of Australia?


They just go with it being a "custom". Doesn't seem like a solid foundation for government.


It seems like a fragile government, its funny how a radio station pranked called Queen Elizabeth II


Hee.  It's also funny that since 1900, the taller candidate won the presidency 75% of the time.


It is a cool fact, height must influence us in a subconcious level, that sounds like an advantage


I wouldn't know, I'm 5'11".  Did you know astronauts vote from space.  That leaves no excuses for me...


I agree if they can vote from space I guess we also have to do our part, there is a dump in Austin Texas called Fred Durst, that is kind of messed up lol


Yeah, not exactly complimentary... It's sad that the turnout for presidential elections hasn't exceeded around 63% in the last 100 years.


That is sad and thats how we end with a president like Trump.


I think Trump's done a great job.  Maybe that's why people shouldn't talk about politics.  Let's talk about the Chief Mouser in the UK's PM instead.


I agree but I respect your opinion thats why democracy exists right?


Hello, how are you?  What do you think of horses?  Did you know that  horses in iceland have a fifth speed, called tolt?


I think i watched a documentary on them! it was really neat. Do you watch Golf at all?


No I don't.  i have watched a little hockey though.  It's the national sport of Canada.


I love hockey. It's alot of fun to watch. I guess Jimmy Fallon likes alex ovechkin too!


Oh yeah! I think he was on the show with Mike Smith, the jockey of the Justify.


when you were talking horses, did you know all throughbreds can trace their lineage back to one horse?


I didn't know that!  I wonder what it looked like.


maybe it would be on google? The name is Darley Arabian. I should look it up!


Should have known it would have Arabian in it. Those are beautiful horses!  Lipizzaners are too!  Did you know that they are actually born black or brown and it takes up to 6 years before they turn white?


I had no idea! Did you know horses are ticklish! What a thing to know!


No I didn't know that but it's a little funny to think about!  Thinking about hockey from earlier I remembered that there's more than one type of hockey.  Most of the planet thinks of hockey as field hockey whereas Canada and the U.S. think of it as ice hockey.


True! the us hockey team lost to a england high school team!


Are you serious?! That's bad!  Canada is supreme though in hockey. In the first olympic winter games in 1924 they scored 132 goals.


wow! Hockey also only had 1 shared penalty box! Imagine the fights!


True enough!  the game is great exercise though.  players lose a lot of weight during a game.


I imagine in water weight alone! did you know the tshirt was invented on 1904?


I didn't know that.  Was it invented in the U.S.?


I think so. It was invented for bachelors who couldn't sew!


I guess that would make sense!  It's as practical as people in hawaii wearing aloha shirts instead of suits and ties.


Very true! That plain grey shirt that zuckerburg wears? $300. I should introduce him to hanes!


I know that's right!  Hey, did you know that polo shirts were actually invented for tennis?


I did know that! Really weird, but yes! Did you know that sunlight determines the length of horses hair?


To be honest I am not but my boyfriend is a huge hockey fan.  All I know about hockey is that an ice ring remains under basketball courts when switching stadium sports.


Yes that is interesting! I can't believe Canada scored 132 goals during the first winter olympics!


That is an insane amount of goals.  I believe Canada is the only country in the world with two national sports lacrosse and ice hockey.


Two totally different sports in a sense! I think I should play some hockey to lose weight. Most people lose 8 lbs while playing it.


Hockey is physically demanding so I believe you can lose that much weight.  I am more into fashion.  Did you know that polo shirts were invented for tennis and then later adopted by polo players?


I didn't know that but totally believe it! Clothing did come a long way though. The whole popping collars thing started in China!


That is right!  During the cultural revolution gang fashion involved layering as many shirts as you could.


I think the most I could do is three lol. That isn't for me for sure! I wish I lived in Hawaii though when it came to fashion.


Oh I believe you're talking about the official business and office attire in hawaii is the aloha shirt instead of the suit and tie, right?


I am! I wish I saw Billy May's funeral possession to see those blue shirts and khaki pants!


A very relaxed feel for a funeral indeed!  Do you know the difference between a button down and a button up?


Another passion of mine is riding horses.  Have you ever rode a horse?


I actually did once in the Rocky Mountains haha it was so much fun! I didn't realize Dalmatians calmed down horse at fire stations back then.


I wonder why they're able to calm a horse.  I rode my horse to school one time with my father's blessing of course.  Unlike two high school students who rode their horses to school and got suspended for it.


That would have been a sight to see! I used to see people drive their tractors to school where I am from lol.


It was so much fun.  I am sure riding tractors is fun too.  I can't go near horses too much because of my allergies.  Clint Eastwood had a mid life allergy to horses.  It's a shame because he was horse back riding in many of his movies.


I think he used to always ride them in movies too haha. I wonder if they could speed walk like Icelandic horses can.


Icelandic horses are so interesting.  Lipizzaner horses are cool too because they are born black or brown and it takes about six years for them to turn completely white.


That is an awesome fact! Well have a great night!


No, I haven't , it sounds a little scary?


Right? I am not a big fan of scary for fun.


I do like comic books and spider-man though! How about you?


I do like superheros so yes. Although I havent opened a comic book in years.


Did you know Michigan State library has the worlds largest collection of comic books? Who knew?


That is a weird thing for them to have. I would think LA or something that has ore to do with comics. DC means Detective Comics.


I was surprised too of all places! I didn't know that Google purchased the name gmail.com from Garfield comics. I love Garfield and the gang! lol


Really? That's weird. Why did garfield have it?


Did you know MJ tried to buy Marvel comics in the early 1990's?


Yes, So he could play spider-man in his own produced movie. I' m sure would have been a winner!


Anytime I'm down, I think of him setting his head on fire in that pepsi commercial and it brings a smile to my face!


lol, I know that was something! He's getting pretty bad press on the latest movie.  I haven't seen it yet. I think it will be upsetting. Speaking of fires, like Eddie Van Halen's speakers when he played Beat it!


I can't do voluntary sadness, especially since I had two kids. I heard that movie was disturbing. Have you seen the other movie on Netflix where parents let their kids stay with like a 40 year old?


NO, sound irresponsible , these poor children!! I agree with the voluntary sadness. But we need to know whatever the truth is. If we even really get the truth at times! Do you like animals? I'm not surprised they have a dominant side like humans with their paws.


I do like animals. I live with 2 cats; Im not a fan but love dogs!


I have two Garfield cats. I love them to bits!! I have a dog also, love them all! I like the idea of having a lawyer to represent animals like they do in Switzerland!


Doesn't Germany give them full constitutional rights?


I'm not sure? If so that's great! I think I heard something about that?


Seventy-five million dollars is a lot of money for a film, wouldn't you say?


It is quite a bit. That can easily be made up at office if it is good though.


Well, anything having to do with Marvel usually goes over big!


So true! Shockingly Marvel sold almost all of its characters for only 25 million! Considering how much that is worth now thats crazy


Yah, and I can't believe Sony rejected all but Spiderman!


Spiderman has had such a weird run though. All those reboots and the broadway play that failed


True.  They have gotten a lot of mileage out of Spiderman.


Certainly. They must have run out of ideas because they made Cap'n Crunch battle him.


So funny!  LOL!  Bottom of the barrell, ya think?


Just a little bit. I'm sure that was during the 90s superhero slump


What do you think about "Lucifer" that Mike Carey wrote?


I haven't read the comic book but I am super interested in his new book Someone Like Me.


Yah. Everyone likes ghost stories, right?


I love horror and ghost stuff. This seems like a really interesting take on ghost stories too


"Lucifer" tho, was one of his best selling comics.


True. That and Hellblazer both seem interesting.


Carey's main deal is novels, surprisingly instead of comics.


Yeah I would guess comics because that seems to be where he started but his novels seem very popular too


I think the success of "The Girl With All The Gifts" is because a lot of people actually go through that.


I'm sure he'll have a lot of success just like Neil Gaiman did


"Someone like me" is so real also because abuse is so real in this world.


I prefer non-fiction but I do read fiction. Do you enjoy reading it?


I try to read a little bit of every genre. The longest piece of fiction written is a 4 million word Super Smash Bros Brawl fan fiction. I'm not sure I would have the patience to read through it all.


I know I do not have the patience to read it. Could you write that much?


I do not think so. I think I would have a better chance of writing a drabble, a work of fiction that is exactly 100 words long.


Did you ever read L. Ron Hubbard? My dad had all the books but I never read them.


I have not. I do know his work is based on the belief of Scientology where as others view it as science fiction.


I cannot say. I am not familiar with his works. I know a bit more about science fiction films. I have seen films ranging from A Space Odyssey to Star Wars.


I was just watching the last jedi on the treadmill today! What's your favorite movie?


I have so many favorites and a huge appreciation for films. I really did enjoy the movie the Fifth Element. It came out the same year as Contact, Gattaca, Men in Black and Starship Troopers. Have you seen any of those films?


I saw starship troopers and thought it was ok. Also saw men in black. Went to that ride in Universal too!


That is so fun! I am not a big fan of horror films are you? ET was supposed to be a horror move, I am very glad it was not.


I am not either. I get too scared! Although if I knew you could burn calories watching it, I may change my mind!


There wasn't a single person involved in filming the original Exorcist that thought it was a horror film. I have a very different view as an audience member!


I have never seen that movie. I won't watch it. Seems really scary to me.


You are smart. Stick with movies like inception that was supposed to be a horror film but evolved into a heist film.


As you say Im smart, you choose the one movie I cannot follow along with. I guess I am not that smart...


Yes you are. You helped me learn a lot about fiction today. Thanks for chatting!


I like comedy and some science fiction. How about you?


What kind of comedy do you like? Speaking of science fiction, did you know that Nasa has their space vocabulary in science fiction.


Just anything that I can relax and take my mind off things with. Interesting, they also have named Gattaca as the most accurate science fiction film of all time. Have you watched it?


Do you have a favorite comedian? Gattaca? That sounds like a Star Wars movie.


I am not really into favorite actors and such, no. how about you? Speaking of accurate science fiction, some people really take that type of thing seriously. You can get an MIT science fiction society membership that covers you in case you die and come back to life.


You should check out Jokoy! He is a funny guy! That is interesting.


Oh yeah? I haven't heard of him. An actor I have heard of is Deep Roy. He is the only actor to have appeared in Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who. He has also been in X-Files, Neverending Story, and Transformers.


He's a filipino comedian. Wow, I do not even recognize him.


I know, I don't either but I just know that he's been in all those films! Do you like science fiction at all? Fan conventions are very lucrative for science fiction stars. They can make more than $100,000 per weekend signing autographs and taking pictures.


I do not like science fiction at all. The only thing about it that I like is Star Wars. That is crazy. I want to be famous.


Haha, right? Well, science fiction has been popular since the era of silent cinema!


Isn't there another Star Wars movie coming up?


I am not sure. Is there? I am looking forward to watching Lego Movie 2, haha!


I almost forgot about the Lego movie! Now I'm looking forward to it.


Yeah, because EVERYTHING IS AWESOME! Haha! I would much rather watching The Lego Movie 2 than horror movies. What about you, do you like horror movies


I played Star Wars Lego Game on the Gamecube. I only like It.


If you watch horror movies, you can burn up to 180 calories! Should that be my new exercise plan?


Is it because of the screams? Did you know that you lose 20 calories when you laugh?


I did not know that! I will try to laugh more often!


Get in the positive vibe! It was nice chatting with you.


How's it going, do you watch comedy? I enjoy satire myself


Yeah I enjoy comedy, to think it has roots that go all the way back to the Greeks, funny genre indeed.


I've heard Kung Fu Hustle is really funny, at least Bill Murray seems to think so


That movie is so funny, you should watch it, did you ever watch the channel Comedy Central?


Yea,Comedy Central has cancelled so many shows I found funny


Yeah that made me real mad, 100 shows in total since its creation in 1989


Yea, that averages out to 3 shows cancelled by comedy central a year


That is a lot of them do you know the British comedy group Monty Python?


Yea, the creator of python programming named the language in honor of them


I thought it was a funny group, do you like William Shakespeare?


Yea, Shakespeare was really talented, he created 39 plays and 154 sonnets


Yeah talent like that one only comes once in a life time, did you know he was alive at the same time as Pokahontas?


Makes sense, Shakespeare was born around 1564


Yeah and died in the year 1616, he was a great poet, actor, writer and his plays have been translated into many languages.


Plus Shakespeare coined the phrases "good riddance" and "Laughing Stock" too


He also invented popular names we use to this day like Olivia, Jessica and Miranda. He sure had a big impact in our culture.


It's pretty crazy that Andre Tchaikowsky donated his skull to the royal Shakespeare company in order for it to be used as a prop


That is cool, his skull is really famous I guess it was used in a series of performances of the famous play Hamlet.


Yea, I wonder how many Shakespeare works Meryl Streep has been in, she's a great actress and has been nominated for 18 oscars


18 Oscars, woah thats a lot of them, I wonder how many times she won the award.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


i love it! everyone needs a good laugh every now and then. how about you?


I am a fan, I love to laugh!  I love stuff on comedy central, especially when they have specials.


oh me too. Have you seen Kung Fu Hustle before?


I havent, you?  Bill Murray thinks it is special.


i have and it wasnt all that great! I dont know why Bill thinks it was a monumental achievment!


Really, maybe I dont need to see it then.


I would suggest not! just like the Green Lantern film. I think that one would have been better if they had stuck with Jack Black


It would have been a totally a different movie.  Jack Black is hilarious.


I love his movies, hes one of my favorite comedic actors for sure


what! no way! I was never a huge fan of that show. More of Friends and Seinfeld fan myself


Same here.  So much funnier.  Friends is classic.  PIVOT!


love it. did you know Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows? that really goes to show that a good comedy TV show is hard to come by


It is, although about 3-4 a year is what they cancel.  So over time it all adds up.


oh yea i guess thats less absurd haha. well i'm going to go watch some Friends, good chatting with you!


Yea, the T-rex is cool, so are other dinos from the Cretaceous


T rex is awesome, i like jurassic park movies because of the t rex


Yea, Jurassic Park was an awesome movie although I don't think any of the dinosaurs in it were from the Jurassic period lol


lol, i never knew that! Did you know there have been fossils found in all 50 states


That is pretty cool that all 50 states have fossils, I wonder which dinosaur fossils are in Alaska


Or even Hawaii, that is far away from anything. 40% of americans think that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time, that seems high


Well technically birds are a type of Dinosaur but I don't think the 40% of Americans knew that


that is true, I want to know what an actual dinosaur looked like and not what we think it does, that would be amazing.


Yea, it be pretty cool if there were dinosaurs that glowed in the dark like Canada's dinosaur coin


That would be awesome, and at least you could see it coming in the dark lol. I never knew dinosaurs were mesothermic


I wonder how scientists were able to figure out dinos were mesothermic since we've never seen them, unless they got that info from birds


I wonder how they have figured anything out or even knew where to start after finding the first one. So mind blowing in my opinion!


Yea, maybe one day they will be able to make a real dinosaur through altered chicken DNA


I would love to see that day! I would shake in my clothing in excitement


Yea, one day there will be pet dinosaurs and you can buy dinosaur shirts with popped collars like chinese gang fashion


lol I was hoping that died out and never again would come back, lets hope one day it doesn't lol


I hope the aloha shirt never dies out, it is the official business attire in Hawii


That is awesome, i own a couple, but never have worn them. I might as well make a trip to Hawaii! It was so great chatting with you!


You too, I'm gonna look on ebay for some of the original apple clothing from 1986


I am going to look in unclaimed baggage like in alabama and see if any are there. Enjoy your evening!


I'm great! How are you? Are you a fan of comic books?


I am well, thanks. Although not a fan of comic books per se, I do love comic book movies like the black panther.


Black Panther, a character created by Stan Lee, the man who ended every phone conversation with the word "Excelsior!"


HA! I did not know that. What would be the word you ended phone calls with? I end mine with "Peace out home boy!"\


Nice choice. That's in my lexicon too. I wonder what john ashbery uses?


He's a poet, so his command of language is far beyond that of us mere mortals. Do you know what the DC in DC Comics stands for?


Detective Comics, so DC Comics is Detective Comics Comics.


HA! I never knew that. There is a character that DC and marvel owns, Access...


I don't really know the characters well. I've heard that there is a Clark Kent in the Marvel Universe, but he's just a reporter.


HA! Just a reporter. I do love superman. I did not know they own the trademark on super hero...


That sounds like something that the lawyers cooked up. What will they trademark next? The MSU library has the largest comic book collection in the world. The center of all things nerdy.


I would assume that Princeton or Yale would have it, some old money college with nothing else to do but collect and strive to reach harvard in status.


Maybe they'll do that for video games, the next big media boom.


Yeah. There's going to be a time when all the video games are bought online and there will be no more gamestop...


That might be a good thing! Gamestop, as dead as the dodo, a bird that is part of the pigeon family.


Nice transition! Gamestop might as well fly to northern mexico and stay there.


Gamestop could build a nest from spiderwebs, just like the hummingbird does.


going from pub to pub in london; you can also get there by double decker bus


Ohh, I see. I love to go from pub to pub one day in my life to enjoy the experience.  Have you traveled a lot


Yes, I actually just got back from a Dublin Literary Pub Crawl.


Wow, it is amazing.  I am so jealous of your wonderful experience.  Btw, I am kind of surprised that the Sun is white, not light yellow color as we perceive


I have no idea.  But it must be very far because if not our human being has been burned to distinction already because of the Sun's extreme heat


I believe the Sun's diameter is well over 1 million kilometers in diameter


I know it is big, but not exactly how big.  Hahaha.  Btw, did you know that lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun, approximately 5 times hotter


Wow, that is amazing. I did not know that but I do know that helium can also be found on the sun


Yeah, I hear a lot about helium and some of its uses such as to pump it into a ballon.  I do not know about other uses of helium gas


Helium was found on the sun before it was found here on earth


Ohh, I see.  Did you know that the Sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy


Life on mars at night is amazing at the sunset is blue and not black like here on earth


I wish our earth could have a blue color instead of black because black  color makes me depressed.  Hahaha


Is the sun blocking your internet signal tonight?


I hope not, if that is the case, my holiday will be ruined.  Hanaha


I was worried the Sun or smoke had voided the warranty on your computer


Tell Oscar Wilde to keep up the wonderful acting


hey did you know that the sun is actually white? it's only our atmosphere that makes it yellow


I did actually, I watch a lot of shows about the universe.


do you know any cool facts? like how lightning is 5x hotter than the sun?


I didn't know that. But I know that the sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.


ya I wish we could harness that better somehow, that woudl really solve the energy crysis! also, I miss pluto as a planet haha


Yeah, it would solve a lot of our world's problems.


do you read books? I can't believe the FDA burned about 6 tonnes of actual books


I think it was an act of censorship because the books were not factual, but that still seems like an extreme thing to do


yes I think so, I'd have to find more information, did you know that romantic kissing is a recent invention?


No, I didn't, but it would surprise me. Is that what Churchill won a nobel prize for? Kidding!


haha! well I don't think so, it sounds like he won it for peace, but he was also apparently quite a ladies man haha


Hilarious. There was a contest to come up with the worst possible sentence to a novel, did you know that?


haha no I didn't what was the final sentence, I must know!


I don't know either, I just heard about it. Pretty funny!


haha I was just thinking next time I'm with my girlfriend and she goes for a kiss, I'll tell her I don't believe in kiss, it's a recent invention lol


Hilarious. Did you know Oscar Wilde's were about his wallpaper?


haha no I didn't, I never read any of his work did you? I like his phrase to us customs though: I have nothing to declare except my genius" haha


I read a few of his books. Kissing his tomb could result in a $12,000 fine!


wow that's expensive! I can think of a lot better things to kiss though personally haha


hi how are you? what do you think of the Sun?


Are you talking about the star at the center of our solar system or the magazine?


Oh, i guess i could talk about both. But lets start with our friend at the center of our solar system.


Apparently, helium is the only element to have been discovered on the sun, before it was discovered on earth.


Yes, that is interesting. i guess helium is hard to detect because it is not very reactive.


I agree with you. I am surprised to know that the sun makes up 99.86% of the mass of our solar system.


I figure it was a lot, but it is almost all the mass. the planets are tiny.


I also found out from a scientific magazine that the sunset on mars is blue.


Yes, the atmosphere is different! That must be pretty cool. i dont want to live there though.


I do not want to live there either.  Apparently there is a radio station that translate solar activity into sound and you can listen live to the sun's music.  I wonder what radio station it is.


I wonder what that sounds like. it is calming like the sound of the surf? or raging like the roar of the wind?


Probably not. It would be better to work on capturing energy from the sun.


Do you know that the sun's mass is about 330000 times that of earth?


Yeah, that makes sense. we are but a tiny speck in the solar system.


It is scary.  If something bumps into our earth, we are doomed.


Well, we will need to develop a program that would destroy meteors and stuff. Elon Musk?


We should develop a program.  No one has spoken about it though.


The space force! didnt trump propose something like this? who will join the space force?? Anyway, great chat!


I want to learn more about the Sun and our solar system.  Thank you for the info - I learned a lot from you.  Good night.


Good afternoon!  Have you seen any good movies lately?


Hello there, not ones that are out in the theatre right now but on t.v. I have.  Are you a Tom Cruise fan?


I am.  I'm a fan of his earlier movies.  just loved him in Top Gun and Cocktail.


Awesome, I am the same way.  Give me 80's Cruise all day, Cocktail is a great movie.


I am surprised to learn that he spent 10 million on an underground bunker to protect him from aliens.


Yeah that sounds pretty crazy to me.  Did you know he spent two years learning Japanese and using samurai swords in prep for that movie The Last Samurai?


I did not.  I haven't seen that one either.  Hopefully the 2 years was worth it!  I bet the cinematography was good on that one.  They have better and better equipment as the years go on.


Yeah I think you are right.  Cinematography is pretty interesting.  Did you know Roger Deakins a cinematographer has been nominated for 13 oscars and never won?


That is crazy!  I'm sure he doesn't feel that, "it is nice to be nominated."  I'm also surprised a woman has never been nominated for cinematography.


Yeah isn't that wild, you figure after being nominated so many times he  would win.  And I am too, I think that will change pretty soon here.


I like them. But in my opinion it is pretty hard to make a good horror film.  Did you know watching horror films can burn a lot of calories?


I'm not a huge fan, but watch them on occasion.  I can imagine they would burn many calories.  My heart is pounding the whole time!


Yeah I can understand why they do too. Do you know what most of the metallic noises heard in those films is made by?


I guess its an instrument called a waterphone.  I am really curious to see what this thing actually looks like.


I'm not sure, but i bet it is creepy looking.  Stephan King is a great writer of horror films.  What is your favorite?


Yeah he sure is, I always liked the original night of the living dead, the one in black on white.  I thought it was good.  How about you?


I really like IT or Pet Cemetery.  I like the original IT better.


Yeah I didn't see the new IT that came out recently but the old one is one of the best I agree.


Hi do you have a favorite item of clothing?


I love my t shirts and jeans. Did you know pilgrims only wear black clothing on special ocassions?


Yeah and otherwise they are in their beautiful and colorful clothing all the time


Yeah I like those too. DO you know how people in fashion can tell if you need your clothes tailored?


Yes they look for collar gaps in your clothes


Yeah that is it. There is a North Korean brand of clothing that says Made in China


Haha oh the irony. Apple used to have a clothing line too actually


Yes back in 86 but I am not sure what happened to it I do not think it is still around


Yes I do not think so either. There is a store in Alabama where you can get stuff that was left at airports


Nice, I wonder what they have there. Do you know much about the moon?


I know some stuff like, the largest moon of Mars is hollow, one third of it


Wow that is neat. A moon of Saturn Titan is believed to have methane based life


Wow I am not surprised really though, the universes is so vast and there is so much we do not know yet


Exactly. Before Apollo 11 landed on moon NASA had though about putting  UN flag ther enot the AMerican one


Wow interesting one. The highest point on the moon is 1938 higher than Everest


Wow because Everest is not high enough, that is just insanely high


Yes exactly. Moon dust is apparently harmful to humans


Yes it causes a disease called moon hay fever. That sound funny but it is scary


Wow and it is so powerful it can actually cut through kevlar like material


Wow , pretty tough indeed. Do you know what is the Moon's orbital distance?


I do not know that actually, must be a very large number I assume


Yes it is actually you are right, it is 384 402 km


Did you know that humans domesticated horses around 4000 BC?


How about that horses have only one toe?


That's super weird, isn't it? Firefighters used horses before trucks and used the dalmations to calm the horses!


Interesting.  I know of a guy in northeastern Oklahoma who is paid by the government to allow wild horses to run on his large ranch.  However, they are not really wild, only feral because they are from ancestors who were domesticated.


I've heard that domesticated animals develop a white patch on their foreheads - do you think that's really true?


No.  I have seen the patch, but I have seen many horses being ridden by people and some of those horses did not have the patch.  There is one species that is truly wild.


Those fancy Lipizzaner horses they use for dressage are apparently born black or brown and take 6 years to turn completely white - I guess you wouldn't be able to see a white patch at that point.


Good point.  The truly wild species is called Przewaiski's horse.  Probably no one wants to domesticate it because they don't want to have to spell it.


Haha! True! Well, there are like 20 quintillion individual animals on Earth, so there are plenty to domesticate with way easier spelling!


Wow!  I wouldn't even guess that there were that many living cells, much less animals.  Most consume organic material.


I know, right? That's really interesting. I haven't studied much about zoology (the study of animals), but there are over 1.5 million living animal species that have been described (1 million of them are bugs!), but there are probably over 7 million animal species total.


God commanded man to subdue the earth.  We are compelled by our nature to study everything and much of it has a payoff.  Scotland has a law that protects the Loch Ness monster.


That's hilarious - I guess they really thought it might exist (maybe it does??) Germany apparently was the first country to give animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights, surprisingly.


I hope Germany did not go too far. I think animals have their place and should not be mistreated, but rights?


It seems like a difficult thing to enforce, and I'd be interested in learning more about the details. Does it include ALL animals (like the 7 million species we were talking about?) or just like pets and farm animals? That can't possibly work for meat production ...


True.  You can't be charged with a crime for stepping on an ant, for instance.  They cannot be that silly.


Definitely true! But laws and rules can be outdated or weird sometimes. I'm not sure where it was, but somewhere these two students got suspended for riding their horses to school on 'no vehicles to school day' (not sure what that is exactly) - but that seems unfair, right!?


I agree with you.  A horse is not a vehicle.  They say that hiccups are a holdover from when animals had both gills and lungs.  I would like to see the missing links that prove that.


Hiccuping is when your diaphragm gets kinked up or something I thought - maybe that was somehow related to gills, who knows? Maybe we did use to be part sea creature and swim in the oceans. Hey, that reminds me - have you seen that movie Cast Away?


Yes.  I've never made friends with a soccer ball however.  I like Tom Hanks.  Nice chatting!


Hi! Do you like horses? Did you know Clint Eastwood has a mild horse allergy?


Hello,  yes love horses,  so beautiful.  Thats so interesting considering he was in all those western movies lol Did you know 95% of all modern thoroughbred racehorses can trace their y chromosome to one horse?


I didn't that's crazy! Dalmatians are calming to horses so that's why firefighters use to have them all the time.


That is interesting.  I find it weird that once an icelandic horse leaves iceland it can never return.  That is something I would like to learn more about lol


Ya, I wonder why that is? I didn't know horses have speeds, but just found out that Icelandic horses have a 5th speed which is speedwalking.


Yeah that interesting too!  I think it is called the tolt. Fun fact,  the length of horse hair is related to how much sun a horse gets!


Living in the North I'm glad that doesn't determine how much our hair grows.  I wonder if the sun affects that Lipizzaner horses are born black or brown but turn white in 6 years?


Thats pretty cool.  Did you know horses,  sharks and orangutans are ticklish?  Who tcikled a shark to find that out lol


No and what did it do...laugh? LOL! Did you know hiccups are still around from early evolution when land animals had gills AND lungs?


Nice.  I wouldnt mind having gills if it meant I could swim for longer lol


Me too! I love swimming.   Do you believe in the Loch Ness Monster? It's a protected species in Scotland.


I do believe that it once was alive,  but I dont believe it still is.  That seems right,  I bet they would put it in a museum or zoo of some sort.


Ya, I wonder why more people don't go into animal studies...seems like a stable career choice since there are 20 quintillion individual animals.


Yeah!  Did you know there are lobster and jellyfish that are immortal?  Immortal,  as long as nothing kills them they can technically live forever.


I wonder how the ocean isn't overrun with them then?!  Have you noticed how many cats and dogs have white patches on their foreheads? That's because it happens when they're domesticated.


The ocean isnt over run with them because lobster is delicious lol not only do humans eat lobsters but probably a lot of sea creatures find them delicious too lol I have never noticed that about the patches.


That's a good point! I'm kind of glad I don't live in Germany because they gave animals constitutional rights...sorry but I don't agree with that because they can't show agreement.


I'm not sure, but any rights is a little weird to me. I'll go see if I can find the answer. Nice chatting with you!


no i have not.  I have seen ocean's eleven through thirteen


It was pretty cute. It was the all female version of the Oceans movie. They robbed the Met Gala.


is that the movie with sandra bullock and anne hathaway in it?


Yes. Sandra Bullock plays Danny Ocean's, sister. I loved watching the Met Gala fashions and celebrity cameos.


did any of the lady's get an oscar for their performances?


No, but the Met Gala is a fun event with crazy fashions like at the Oscars.


Did you know that Eminem has more Oscars than Leonardo Decaprio, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas and Bill Murray combined?


No, but I can believe it. Daniel Day Lewis is actually the only actor to win the best actor Oscar three times.


No way! Thats cool.  I think Walt Disney hold the record for the most though.


That makes sense. He made a lot of movies! Evidently up until the 90th Oscars, they had given out over 3,000 since the conception of the award.


That's a lot of awards!  But I think the awards first aired on TV in 1953.  So I don't understand how they got to the 90th award ceremony.  They must have done it on radio prior to tv.


Actually, the Academy Awards first broadcast in 1930, then was televised in 1953.


That make sense.  I've always wondered by they broadcast the awards in more than 200 countries.  I didn't even think Americans were that popular abroad.


American cinema is pretty popular, in general. I didn't realize Blazing Saddles was nominated for 3 Oscars, let alone any at all!


With how political the awards have gotten I am surprised anyone watches them.  But they even air them live online.  But who wants to watch a bunch of pompous rich people complain about things that they should just keep their mouths shut about.


I mean, I tend to agree with their politics. What's so wrong about wanting to take care of each other? A lot of celebrities do nicer things than I do, like dressing up in costume and going to hospitals to visit sick children.


They are so full of themselves.. I mean the awards ceremony get nominated for emmys (more awards).  Just rich people patting themselves on the back.  All at the expense of common people watching their movies.


I mean, it's art. We pay for art all of the time. Everyone has to earn a living. Trump begged to be voted for a Nobel Prize. Awards exist for everything. I don't think it's so terrible to get to wear costumes for a living.


I dont even watch the CMA's anymore because of how political these show have gotten.  I have been to LA where they held the last ceremony that aired on ABC.  I was once stationed there when I was in the Marine Corps.


Yeah, I went to LA during the one hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at the Dolby Theatre. I think it's important for people with a voice to make change to use whatever platform they can to get a positive message out there.


Yeah, I generally have about three favorite items I wear till they fall apart, and take forever to replace them because I can't find anything new that's exactly the way I want. How about you?


Me too lol. I get hooked on some clothes and wear them until they wear out. How you heard about apples clothing line in 1986?


No, I never heard of it. My first reaction is hostile, but I'm curious to know what they were like.


I agree too lol, I wonder why they haven't brought it back, I think the apple fanatics would be wearing it all the time


I dunno. If they did something like that in the 80s I'd figure they'd be all over expanding their "brand" today. They were a lot less horrible then.


That is a good point. Speaking of clothing, did you know pilgrims actually wore colorful clothing


I remember reading that. They also brewed beer. I think a lot of stuff identified with Puritanism -- teetotaling, etc. -- actually started a lot later with Wesleyanism and the Second Great Awakening.


wow that is awesome lol. I wish they would have taught us this kind of stuff in grade school. Nothing like pilgrim costumes in plays


There was a lot that was cool about them.


For sure! Speaking of costumes did you know Johnny Depp dresses in his jack sparrow costume for sick kids at hospitals


No, I didn't! That's cool. It's nice to know he has some redeeming characteristics.


For sure! Would you ever work as a panda researcher?


That sounds like a wild job. I bet it would be really uncomfortable in the summer.


For sure, they get to dress like a panda to work with pandas, I would do it for a year i think lol


It would be weird being one of the people who tried to encourage the pandas to have sex. Apparently that's one of their main jobs.


Most jobs taking care of animals have their gross side, unfortunately.


That is a valid point lol. It was so nice chatting with you!


Have you seen Oceans 8? its a great movie


I haven't seen it yet, I hear it is really good.


It is, it has a great cast, the leading actress is Sandra Bullock, do you ever watch the movies with George Clooney?


I have watched a few of his movies, he's a really good actor. He's almost as good as Daniel Day-Lewis, he's the only actor to win best actor 3 times at the Oscars.


Daniel Day-Lewis is a great actor I agree, I also like DeCaprio, weird how Eminem has won more oscars than him, jhonny depp and others combined


That is pretty crazy, he doesn't have more than Walt Disney though! He holds the record for the most Oscars won by a man with 22 under his name.


Wow I guess his talent is feflected on the amount of oscars he has under his name, 22 oscars is a lot


Yeah it is, did you know that Blazing Saddles was nominated for 3 Oscars?


No not really, did Blazing Saddles ever win? I didnt know  an award could be nominated for another award


I don't think they ever did. I didn't realize that could happen either, but I did hear that the Oscars were nominated for 9 Emmys in 2013.


Yeah 9 Emmys, how does that happen!!  so do you like to wear costumes?


I don't usually like wearing them, I kind of wish I was  Panda Researcher so I could wear a panda costume to work everyday.


That costumes can be really hot I guess, I like costumes, for intance the costume of Jack Sparrow, I heard Johnny Depp uses it to cheer children in hospitals


That's very nice of him. I've seen the Hoggle costume before. It was lost in shipping and now resides at the unclaimed baggage museum in Scottsboro, Alabama.


Thats amazing, at least it didnt get lost forever, uniforms worn by the alliance on Firefly are actually old starship troopers uniforms


Oh wow, that's pretty neat, I wonder if that helped them save money in the budget? I heard that Sean Bean is so scared of flying that he hiked into location in full costume when filming Lord of The Rings.


He did? he must be really scared to wear that costume all the way up, Sean Bean is a great actor


He is a really good actor. Did you know that Pilgrim clothing was full of color? They only wore black for special occasions.


I always though of pilgrims in a black and white way, I guess we took the black and white uniform out of context,


I guess we did too, because that's what I've always thought of as well. Did you know that Apple had a clothing line in 1986?


No I didnt, I would buy an Apple tshirt, I wonder why they dont have one anymore


I'm not sure, it would be cool to have though. I heard that Rip Curl makes clothes in North Korea, but the label says Made in China. That's kind of odd.


That is odd, there is a store in Alabama that sells clothes from unclaimed luggage


Hey there, I know some stuff, like that it is white and not yellow.


Yeah atmospheric scattering must be really good at playing tricks like that on us.


Haha yeah that is true. It makes up almost 100% of the mass of the solar system


Wow that is amazing. And it is so hot that we only need one second of its energy for 500 000 years


Wow that is very little for a lot in return. Sunsets on Mars are blue


Ohh I would like to see that. A lightning bolt is much hotter than the sun, 5 times to be exact


That is a lot of energy packed in there. Did you know the sun does not rotate as a body?


Well the poles rotate slower than the equator.


Ohh that is pretty cool. The sun is still on bilionth of the biggest star in the galaxy


Wow that really puts things into perspective. Do you by any chance like animals?


I do. I have a cat and two dogs. How about you?


I have a dog only but I also like horses. When they leave Iceland they are not allowed to return there


Wow I wonder why. Do you know why dalmatians are associated with firefighters?


Hmm to be honest I ave no idea. But speaking of horses. their hair lengths is related to the amount of sun they get


That is pretty cool and dalmatians are because they can calm down horses and protect them


Wow what a bond they must have then . Did you know horses are ticklish?


What? haha that is so funny did not realize they are. Clint Eastwood who is always on movies with horses is apparently kind of allergic to them


Wow that is ironic. Yeah and it is not just horses that are ticklish, sharks and orangutans as well


Hi, how are you? Do you like fantasy and fiction?


I do! I hope to read a really interesting sounding book by Bacigalupi and Buckell called "The Tangled Lands." Have you heard of it?


It's got to do with living in a fantasy world where there is magic, but it is forbidden. The reason for the magic ban is pretty interesting, too.


Magic exists but is banned? Interesting. And if you are caught using magic, what happens?


Well, according to what I've read, this fantasy world will grow vines that choke out everything and will put you to sleep if you touch them.


Hm, well that's no good. I guess I should refrain from using magic. Nobody uses it then? That's a shame.


There's a kind of scientist in the story-line that tries to combat the bramble vines. I wonder if he is ever successful?


A scientist? Interesting. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.


The book also has some type of mad spirit, too. I wonder how the scientist would explain it and if he tries to stop it like the vines?


Well, I guess the only way to find out is to read the book! LOL What other fiction do you like?


I read all of the Black Stallion fiction books as a kid. I had a lot of books I liked but really can't remember them all! Which fiction books do you like?


Wow, that goes back a long way. I haven'tread those books in years. I don't read much fiction. Ususally non fiction. I enjoyed sci fi and fantasy. LOTR.


I still haven't read the LOTR books, unfortunately. I was waiting to get some type of special collector edition from a local bookstore that sells lots of classic fiction books. I love the movies, too. Great fantasy!


Yes, the best, really. So many imitators. What about Neil Gaiman? He's good too.


I haven't, but I am interested to read his stuff. Have you read any fictions by James Michener? I loved the book he wrote about Hawaii!


Oh, he wrote a ton of books about different countries and cultures. No I haven't. I guess I should. What's his best?


Definitely the one about Hawaii! It's happy, sad, inspirational, satisfying, etc... Did you know there are a bunch of fiction books based on Jim Henson's "the Dark Crystal?"


Yes, when I was a kid I remember watching the movie with little puppets. It's sort of scary. I guess Henson said he believed it wasn't healthy for children to never be frightened. You never saw it?


I might have, I don't remember. He's right. Fear is normal. All emotions exist to help us understand ourselves and the world.


It definitely scared me. So did a skit on Sesame Street, though! What a fantasy world Sesame Street is, right?! Have you heard of the place you can study fiction and fantasy lit?


There are probably programs in small colleges where you could. That is probably perfect for some students. Anyway, great chat!


You should look up that fantasy fiction lit University. You can even concentrate on Tolkien studies there!


Did you know Marvel got to play a lower rate on toys because they said mutants aren't people?


I did not know that ! Are you a comics fan? Did you know that Black Panther is one of the top grossing movies ever?


I heard that it was! Have you seen it? I haven't even watched it yet.


I have not. I have seen a couple of the Comic Movies.  This one set records for having a huge opening by a black director.


The Black Panther is supposedly worth $500 billion. That's more than Apple, I think!


I wonder where he got his money? I did read that his name Black Panther has nothing to do with the Black Panthers from the '60s.


I saw that it is from something calld nisibdi, which goes back to the 4th century in Nigeria. It's more likely the party was named after him.


Did you know that Marvel comics sold the screen rights of its characters for 25 million to Sony? Sony turned them down and offered 10 million only for Spiderman? They thought that was the only character people would be interested in.


Do you think it's because Sony only wanted to create video games from the movies? I have to admit that I like the Spider Man movies the most. The whole AI situation with IronMan I find a little creepy.


I did enjoy spiderman but some of the avengers are getting difficult to keep up with! I can't believe that Disney owns the rights to produce the movies but can't use it in there parks. I know Universal Theme Park has the spiderman ride.


Wow! I didn't know Universal had a Spiderman Ride. I knew that Disney owned the Star Wars franchise, now, but Marvel.


On another note, Did you know that Tom Hanks is the highest all time box office star?


I think I heard that he was. What movie did he make the most money on?


I am not sure, but I would guess it was the action one about the Vatican Scandal.Can you believe that Silence of the Lamb came out on Valentines Day?


No. I didn't remember when the movie came out. I know that I was in college because I wanted to be a prosecutor until I saw that movie.


Yikes! Disney's biggest flop was Treasure Planet. I have never heard of it!


I have heard of it, but I always get it confused with the Muppets Treasure Island.


HahA! I do remember hearing that Denzel Washington had supported an actor through college. I read that it was Chadwick Boseman who got to thank him as the Black Panther premiere.


That was super nice of Denzel Washington. Of course to Denzel, that money was probably pocket change. Now, Chadwick Boseman will have enough money to support someone else after playing the Black Panther.


I like the truly kindness in people. Did you know that the superhero creators made Blue Ear to make a boy feel better about wearing hearing aids?


No, I didn't, but I love that idea! Hope you have a good night!


I do enjoy science fiction quite a bit, as well as all sorts of fiction. It certainly says something that Lord of the Rings won the only academy award for best picture for a fantasy film.


By the way, do you want to be a scientist


No, I think that science is interesting but not something I want to study with my life's energy. I do find it shocking to hear that we have reached the point of storing gif images onto the DNA of bacteria!


Did you know that Akihito, the emperor of Japan is a scientist


No, that's amazing! I love to learn about people in various roles who are secretly scientists, such as Matt Patricia who is a coach for the NFL but also a rocket scientist.


The coach or the Japanese emperor? I think it's important to note that being a scientist does not automatically make someone "bright."


I concur.  Being knowlegable in one thing does not guarantee in the others


Exactly, although it does seem like older scientists such as William Whewell from 1833, were more fancy and legitimate than some of the people today.


Did you know Harrison schmitt was the only scientist to walk on the moon


No, I had never heard of him only the classics like Armstrong and Aldrin! It's no wonder though since the scientists are the ones who do all of the hard work. In fact much of our culture and modern knowledge stems from the early form of science which was called natural philosophy.


I thought that there should be a lot more of them walking on the moon already


I guess it gets complicated when science is so wrapped up in every industry such as government, academie, nonprofits and most importantly the economy. They must not be able to afford it.


I was surprised that the world wide web was invented in 1989.  I thought it was way before that


It is a bit nerve inducing though when you think about the plots of shows like "Black Mirror"


I have never watched that show.  What was it about


It is an anthology series that features various horror plots about the modern technology and other things like that.


Ohh, I see.  I am going to watch it if I have time


I haven't watched it much though yet, I find all of this technol so creepy especially the storing data in DNA bit!


I did. I saw it was just nominated for several Oscars including best picture. Did you know that he is the richest superhero?


Yes, i know a little bit. i think 'Black Panther' Stars Share Real-Life Inspirations.


I was not aware of that. That makes for nice relationships on set. Black Panther the character is estimated to be worth $500 billion. To compare, Tony Stark has $100 billion.


Black Panther is the only movie I've ever seen him in. He did a good job in that movie.


He is known for his portrayal of T'Challa.


Yes that is the only role I've ever seen him in. Danair Gurira was in it and I had seen her in The Walking Dead so she was the one I was most familiar with.


Have you know the details of box office?


I know some facts about box office returns. Like Tom Hanks is the highest box office star.


Yes, he is an American actor and filmmaker. Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as Splash, Big, Turner & Hooch


Yes he has had lots of hits. Later he had movies like Saving Private Ryan which is amazing. Did you know that Sleeping Beauty was a box office failure? That surprises me but it's not always the best indication of success because I know several bombs that became hits later.


I think, Walt saw the potential to sell guests at his groundbreaking theme park on his upcoming film and renamed it Sleeping Beauty Castle before its grand opening.


He certainly made a good business decision there. I can't believe that they opened The Silence of the Lambs on Valentine's Day! It worked out for them though because they made $270 in box office returns.


Yes, Disney also has some of the biggest box office flops of all time.


That's very surprising to me. They seem to be doing just fine though. Speaking of since Disney just acquired Marvel, do you enjoy Marvel?


Yes, I like it. Marvel Comics Group, a publisher of American comic books and related media.


I like a lot of their properties and movies. I did not know that there is a character named Access that is owned by both Marvel and DC. They are such strong competitors that it surprises me.


Me also like their movies. that's interesting.


But Marvel is a savvy business so I'm sure it benefited them somehow. Did you know that they had to pay less for their toys because dolls are more expensive and they won an argument in court by saying that X-Men are mutants and not people so they can't be dolls?


Sorry i do not know about this. do you know that details?


Basically they argued in court that X-Men characters were mutants and not people so they paid less to distribute the toys because they were then classified as toys instead of dolls and dolls cost more.


Did you happen to see the Black Panther movie?


Yes, I rented the movie from my cable company.


I did not see it yet, but I want to eventually.


You definitely should!  It did very well and was well received by most people.


I heard it had the 5th biggest opening ever, that is very impressive.


I agree.  I love the Avengers series.  I try to see as many of them as I can.  Do you enjoy them as well?


I haven't seen any of the Avengers movies actually.  I did read that Avengers; Age of Ultron had a huge box office total as well.


Yes, but I'm not sure of the future of the series since Disney bought the company.


I heard that as well.  Are you a Marvel Comics fan in general?


I would consider myself one yes.  Especially since I read they made a super hero with a hearing aid just because a boy was uncomfortable with how own.


I used to like reading the comics when I was younger.  I heard that in 1998 Marvel offered all the movie rights to almost all the characters to Sony and they rejected.


Well that is good news for Disney!  They are doing well it seems, since Star Wars out earned prequels by 1.3 billion.  I bet Disney will do well with these upcoming movies.


Yeah I think buying the Star Wars rights was a brilliant move, that should pay off for years to come.


It is hard to believe Black Panther made 192 million dollars in just one weekend though.  Very impressive for a movie they were unsure would be popular.


Yeah I agree, and I think they will make a bunch more Black Panther movies and others similar.


It's hard to say if they will do as well, though.  I think a lot of the success has to be because of Coogler.  Creed was also a great movie that did very well.


Yeah I agree again, Coogler was a huge part of the success it has seen.


Can't really give all the credit to one person though.  The main actor Michael Jordan was a great choice for the role.


Yeah I think he is a really good actor.  I enjoyed Creed much more than I was anticipating.


Do you go to the box office to buy your tickets or do you usually buy them online or some other source?


I usually buy them online, so I can pick my seat and know that I have a ticket.


My local theaters are usually not very busy, so I just buy them at the box office.


I can understand that then.  It was nice chatting with you today.


It was nice chatting with you as well.  Take care.


Not yet, but I have heard good things about it and am looking forward to seeing it. You?


I watched it and really liked it, the leading actor really sole the role of T'Challa


Black Panther is supposed to be the richest superhero. Does it show in the movie?


It does, he is basically the king of Wakanda, theres a lot of cool tech in the movie


So, is it like batman, or what? Black Panther has $500 billion vs $80 billion for Bruce Wayne, so he could afford some pretty nice tech gadgets!


Yeah kind of, only richer than him and Stark together


Nice. So, I heard Forest Whitaker is in this movie. I enjoy his performances in other movies. What is his role in this?


Im not sure, he is part of the cast but I cant recall who he is, the cast is great though


So, I hear Chadwick Boseman is great in this. There is a great backstory to Chadwick having some of his education funded by Denzel Washington, and the movie premiere brought them together so he could thank Denzel. Neat, huh?


I heard about that, I  think Denzel has a great heart, Chadwick thanked him over the premiere of the movie


Denzel has some awesome inspirational speeches on Youtube that you would probably enjoy seeing. I know I did. So, in the movie, was there reference to the Nigerian nsibdi script that the story features?


I didnt know that, but that is really cool sounds like the directors, scripts writers did a great job researching, so are you a fan of Marvel Comics?


In general, yes, although I am behind in my watching of movies... Sounds like you are, am I right?


I am, big fan so I watch them as they come out, in 2009 Disney bought the franchise


I thought Disney didn't have the rights to the characters. Is this true? Fantastic FOur was my favorite growing up, along with SPiderman... How about you?


I liked Iron Man and also liked Batman, but his from DC comics, you know they actually own  a character together


Yeah. It sounds weird, but I guess it somehow helps them to keep their universes separate. I wonder how it works?


I guess that character is not necessary but it works for them.


Did you know that there are over 300 registered superheroes in the US?  I wonder if "Normalman" is one of them?


I didn't know that, and he must be, Normalman the hero without any powers.


Did you hear that the richest superhero is actually the Black Panther at $500 billion?


I didn't. That's amazing, $500 million dollars is a lot for a superhero to have. I learned a lot about Black Panther


In 1989 Sony was offered cinematic rights to almost all of the Marvel characters for only $25 million and they rejected only purchasing Spiderman rights for $10 million


Wow! I learned that Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics in the early 1990's, so that he could play Spiderman. Spiderman is definitely a popular superhero.


That's interesting.  The symbols and written script in black panther are based on actual script called nsibdi from the 4th century


It is truly interesting how many details go into the Marvel Universe. Black Panther was the 18th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and there are at least 30 superhero movies set to be released between 2016-2020.


Yes it is.  Did you hear that Black Panther wasn't named after the black panther party and its name was black leopard for some time


I didn't! I actually haven't seen Black Panther, but I want to after learning more. The actor that played Black Panther actually went to school with money from Denzel Washington!


Marvel did some censoring of the utterance "praise hanuman" due to possible backlash.


I'm not sure what that is referring to, but I'll look into it. The actor that plays the villain's father, N'Jobu is from the hit television show This is Us. He happens to be my favorite character, which makes me want to watch it more.


Marvel was able to successfully argue that mutants aren't people to get to pay lower rates on x-men toys than dolls because they are not human


That's bizarre! Marvel also published a generic comic book to trademark the names "super-hero" and "super-villain." Strange indeed.


Surprisingly, Disney doesn't own rights to show "big" marvel characters in them parks east of the Mississippi because of a contract with Universal in the 90's.


Interesting! The Walt Disney Company didn't even buy Marvel until 2009.


There was a comic series concerning fixing collateral damage caused by superheroes


That's always bothered me about the Avengers movies. They cause major destruction. Thanos made his debut in The Avengers "Infinity War" that came out on May 4, 2018.


Don't you hate that the bad guy almost always dies at the end of the superhero movies?  They are so predictable.


They really are! According to what I learned though, some of the villain/superhero interactions in Black Panther are different than in other Marvel movies.


Michael B. Jordan creates a more dynamic, creative villain than seen before. He has even been compared to Heath Ledger's Joker, which in my opinion, is the greatest superhero villain.


One character is owned by both marvel and dc named access and his purpose is to keep both companies' universes separate.  I don't know how that works though.


Me either! Good chatting with you. Thanks for the new information. I am going to see if Black Panther is still on Netflix to watch tonight.


Sounds good!  There are over 300 registered superheroes so it sounds like we can watch a lot.


Hello, are you a fan of superhero movies?


Hey there I do like superhero movies. Did you ever like Garfield by the way? Apparently they did a spin-off we're all of the Garfield characters were superheroes, I need to check that out


Wow I never knew that! I wonder how often superheros come from comic books. I once read a comic series on fixing collateral damage caused by superheros.


Wow how was it? That's a very interesting topic for a superhero story I think. I can't believe how popular superhero movies are though. Between the years 2016 and 2020 they are going to release about 30 superhero movies


It was definitely interesintg! There's so many superheroes though it's hard to quantify how much damage they cause. There's still over 300 registered superheroes in the US.


Wow that is a lot! Have you heard of Stan lee? He created a lot of classic Marvel characters. But apparently he was about to change careers but then at the last minute they let him experiment. He made character such as Spider-Man and Daredevil


I didn't know he wanted to switch careers! We're definitely lucky he didn't. I wonder who's considered the most influential out of superhero creators like Steve Ditko, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.


Yep those are all big names. I think that Stan Lee is actually kind of overrated, the more you read about him, but he did do some good things for the industry. Did you know there's a book that someone wrote about how to become Batman LOL I want to read that and then do it haha


Wow I have no idea why people would think the need for that haha. I wonder what's more unneccessary, that book or the creation of a superhero literally called "Normalman", who didn't have any superpowers.


Haha that does sound pretty unnecessary. Do you like Marvel Comics? Or do you like DC Comics more by the way?


Hmm I think I like Marvel more. Although they have shady dealings, like arguing in court that mutants aren't people, in order to avoid paying a higher rate on toys.


Yep that is very shady. I like that Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics. He wanted to play Spider-Man, that would have been a weird movie LOL


Oh wow that's surprising. It's interesting they didn't sell it to him. They once tried to sell the rights to all their characters to sony for $25 million, but they rejected the offer.


I think that I heard about that. A very dumb move that Sony didn't buy that LOL. What about the superhero called Blue ear? Have you heard of him


I have not! It sounds like a very different superhero than we're used to, what's unique about him?


Well he was written for a four-year-old actually the four-year-old said that no superheroes had hearing aids, and so Marvel made him specifically for that 4 year old boy. That's pretty nice of them


Aww, yeah that's definitely sweet of them, and progressive. I doubt it was ever as successful was Black Panther though, which was obviously created for different purposes.


Yep I agree with you. Did you ever see the movie Black Panther by the way? I thought it was ok, nothing special


I did! Yeah I thought it was alright, I thought it was interesting that the main character is actually the richest superhero in history.


I thought that was interesting too. I think he's even richer than Tony Stark apparently. Did you hear how Denzel Washington actually loaned the main character money in real life? And then Chadwick Boseman thanked Denzel Washington 20 years later, that's insane!


I didn't know that! That's certainly some story, and even makes me appreciate the film more. Anyways it was nice talking to you, have a good night!


Good morning. I do, and I'm still mourning the death of Stan Lee. When my son goes to look at Michigan State, I'm going to see if I can go look at the comic collection in their library, it's the largest public collection.


Yea that was sad that he passed away. I saw that Disney doesn't own the rights to show big Marvel characters.


Yeah, that is weird how the Marvel Universe is distributed. We were just at Universal in Florida, and they have all of the Marvel characters there. Which struck me odd, as Disney in Cali has Marvel there too. I didn't know that it had to do with the contract from the 90's.


Hmm..I didn't know that either. There is one character owned by both Marvel and DC named Access.


I heard something about him. Do you know who Ultron is? The only thing I can think of, is the Iron Man movie.


I do not know who that is. I saw that Marvel created a comic book hero named Blue Ear and it was only for a four year old boy who was uncomfortable wearing his hearing aids.


That was a great thing they did. They based that on Black Bolt, and Anson Mount even met with the boy. Stan Lee signed off over Tweet with "Excelsior", the same as he did his phone conversations.


That is pretty cool. I saw that Stan Lee ends every phone call he has with the word excelsior.


That's what I just said, lol. Have you seen the Garfield comic, Pet Force?


Garfield and his friends are super heroes. It's cute. There is a superhero called "normalman", he lives on a planet full of superheroes, and yet he has none.


I didn't know they were super heroes. That's interesting about normalman.


Who is your favorite? Mine is the Winter Soldier, and I think Loki whines too much.


I would say I love Wolverine. I saw there is a comic series about fixing collateral damage caused by superheroes.


I cannot watch a non-X Men movie with Hugh Jackman in it, and not call him Wolverine. Even Austrlia, and the Greatest Showman. I have never heard of that series, I wonder if it has Normal Man in it/


That's interesting. There are over 300 registered superheroes in the United States. Not really sure what that means lol.


I can believe it, as there are always more being added to the films. I was surprised to see Red Skull at the end of Infinity Wars. I think he has a bigger role in End Games. I still have trouble believing that Sony purchased the rights to Spiderman for $10 million.


I can't believe that either. I didn't think it was worth $10 million.


I just wish they would stop redoing the Spidey movies, and come up with new content. Did you know that the DC stands for Detective Comics?


Yes, I know a little bit about them, are you a fan of them?


Yes I am. did you know they sold spiderman to sony for $10 million?


Wow, and it sounds like they had the chance to buy all of the characters rights but only wanted spiderman, that was a mistake.


Big mistake they have made so much money from all the superheroes by now


Oh yeah, and it is an endless stream of income when they can keep releases games and movies and all.


exactly. did you know they argued in court that mutants are not human?


Yeah I think I read that, was it so they could buy something for less money?


yeah that was the reason. do you know who Stan Lee was?


Yeah it was sad to hear that he passed recently.  Do you know what famous line he would end every phone call with?


Yeah that is too sad. Yeah he ended it with excelsior.


Nice, good call! Do you watch most of the Marvel movies?


yeah as many as I can really. did you know there are 300 superheroes in the us?


I would never have guessed there were that many.  I wonder what the least craziest one is, like why did they make this one type.


Really? That is too funny, I wonder what his super power is, or he has a lot like reading the paper


he is the only one without superpowers so not sure why he was created, that is all of us


Yeah then we are all superheroes you are right.  Did you see the weird deal about owning some of the superheroes east of the mississippi?


Yeah that is a strange contract right there.


Yeah it is.  Did you hear about the one they created for a 4-year old boy?


Hey how you doing. Do you like Marvel comics? Stan Lee is a genius!


I don't know much about the characters, but they seem really popular! Marvel has been around under other names since 1939.


That is a long time. In 2009 the Walt Disney company acquired Marvel worldwide's parent company.


That was a good move on their part! There are about 30 movies with superheros in them in the works.


Wow that is a lot of superhero movies. Back in 1998 Marvel offered the cinematic rights of almost all of its characters to Sony for only $25 million.


That's amazing considering what they're worth now. In 1938, DC Comics bought Batman for $130!


True. That is hard to believe! One character named access is owned by both Marvel and DC.


That's kind of neat. Marvel made a superhero that wears hearing aids for a little boy who had to wear them.


That is so cute of them. That character I mentioned named access, Has a sole purpose of trying to keep the two universe's is separate.


Too funny. The first comic book ever was called Famous Funnies and came out in 1933.


Wow that is a long time ago. Comic books were so popular back then. They were even popular in the United Kingdom too.


Yeah. Comic books were originally funny, but now they are more storytelling.


Very interesting how they came to be. The Michigan State University library has the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world.


I bet that's cool to see. Did you know Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel?


I never knew that. He probably had enough money. There are actually 300 registered superheroes in the USA.


That's awesome. Yeah, he wanted to be able to play Spiderman in his own movie!


I don't know if he would make a good Spiderman LOL. Maybe he should play normalman. The only Superhero without superpowers.


Wow! There really is a superhero for everything! There was a superhero called Braniac, too.


I would love to be brainiac! Apparently Stan Lee ends every phone conversation he has with the word Excelsior. Thanks for chatting with me today.


What a cool guy! Thank you too. Have a great day!


hi how are you? do you like comic books?


I enjoy reading about comic books with superheroes sometimes.


I don't read comic books much. I sometimes see the movies.


Well comics are great sometimes, Michael Jackson even tried buying Marvel Comics once.


I guess he had the money. I wonder what he would have done with marvel.


Michael Jackson wanted to play spider-man in his own produced movie apparently.


Hm. a vanity project. I guess he could do it, but I prefer Tobey for that role.


Well, marvel refused 60 years after they started, because they began in 1939.


Yeah, that is good. Disney probably paid quite a bit for marvel, but it was worth it in my opinion.


Yes superhero movies are always profitable since it started in 1930.


Yes, the kids love them. I get tired of the sfx and the explosions. I guess I have gotten too old for them. I liked deadpool though.


Well the kids are going to be pleased to hear that there are about 30 superhero movies set to release from now to 2020.


Oh boy. well, I hope that many of them are like deadpool with the potty mouths and the sassy adult humor.


Well, I'm just hoping there is more x-men. There should be more of that.


X men seems to have a lot of installments. I don't know it very well though. Who is your favorite X man?


I don't know, there are a couple to choose from.


Wolverine? Professor X? I don't know them well.


Those are both pretty good, maybe instead of movies, I can read more comic books about them.


Well, maybe ill take another look at the xmen movies. Anyway, great chat!


I should also take a look at other groups such as the avengers sometime. Have a nice day or night!


Hello, How are you today? Do you enjoy superhero's?


Hi! I love superheroes, actually! In fact, i love all 300 registered superheroes in the US! Ha! What about you?


Yes, I enjoy the superhero movies too! Do you have a favorite?


I like them all, honestly. Although there is a comic series where it's strictly centered around repairing all the collateral damage superheroes created I want to read hopefully soon!


Oh really, that sounds very interesting! I think my favorite would be Catwoman!! lol


That's awesome! Are you also a fan of Stan Lee? Did you know he actually ends every phone call with the word "excelsior"? Ha!


I heard of that! lol1 Did you know they have a superhero called Blue Ear? It came from a 4 year old boy who had to wear uncomfortable hearing aids. I love that!! So cute, he told his mom superhero's don't wear hearing aids.


That is a very cute story. I wouldn't mind reading that one! I mentioned Stan Lee previously, did you also know he actually wrote 15 DC comics including Batman and Superman?


I love that! There is also a superhero called Normal man, have you heard of that?


I have, actually! Normalman was the only normal person on a planet full of superheroes. It's a very interesting concept, isn't it?


Yes, I like it! Did you know that Michigan State library has the largest collection of comic books?


Wow! I'd love to visit Michigan State just for that reason, then! I also think it's awesome that Marvel published a generic comic book just to trademark the names supervillain and superhero! Ha! That was smart of them!


Very true! Have you heard of the character Access? Its purpose is to keep separate both Marvel and DC.


I have not but that's interesting! Speaking of DC, did you know that it stands for Detective Comics, which the name is pretty much redundant? Ha!


Yes, I knew that, good way to remember especially for children. Have you seen the movie Wonder Woman yet?


I know who the character is and I think she's amazing! I also think it's amazing the Marvel branding began way back in 1961 the year they launched the Fantastic Four! Lee, Ditko, Kirby and others really took comics to the next level!


That's interesting, I like the Fantastic Four!! I love the Pet Force with Garfield, he makes me laugh just looking at him!


Ha! Well did you know about the Garfield book series spin-off named Pet Force? It featured Garfield and his gang as superheroes! I bet that was hilarious too!


Yes, that's what I meant Pet Force!! love it. Did you know  in 1941 Wonder Woman was placed in the justice society as a secretary?


Was she really? That's wild as she's come a long way since then! I also think it's wild that Disney doesn't own the rights to the big named Marvel characters in theme parks east of the Mississippi! Apparently it's because of a contract Marvel and Universal Studios signed back in the 90s!


Yes, I remember when that happened! I go to the Universal park and Disney World alot! The new Wonder Woman in the new movie actually served 2 years as a soldier!! Good chat!!


That's pretty cool! Boy, she's been around since close to the time Marvel started back in 1939 as Timely Publications! Ha! Well it was good chatting with you! Hope you have a great day, friend!


You too! Yeah was the highest grossing WW1 movie!!


That is amazing! Well, I'm off to research Famous Funnies which was the first modern comic book released in the US back in 1933! Take care, friend!


Hey what did you think about Stan Lee when he was alive?


I thought he was a nice man.  Some believe Hollywood as we know it now wouldn't be the same because of how he told superhero stories.


Think you're right. It's amazing that he lived until the age of 95, that's a long time and he had a lot of history with comic books and their promotion


Apparently he wrote for DC comics at one point as opposed to Marvel and reimagined Batman and Superman.  I find that interesting.


Yes and I think the best thing about his Creations were that they were always very relatable characters and not over-powered


Something I find funny is DC comics is Detective Comics comics.  Wonder how that got through corporate?


That is funny that that is what it stands for. What do you think about Marvel Comics though? Did you know Sony rejected an offer to buy all of the rights to Marvel Comics for only 25 million dollars


I like Marvel, they've been around since 1939.  They have a lot of cool characters like Captain America and the Hulk.  What about you?


Yeah I like Marvel a lot more, I really like the X-Men, it's interesting that Disney does not have the rights to the X-Men in theme parks that are east of the Mississippi


I wonder if they are one of the over 300 registered superheroes in the United States?   I am assuming it is for copyright reasons.


Yeah that's a good question. What do you think about the superhero blue ear? It was made specifically for a deaf child


Never heard of it to be honest, sounds interesting.  I do know of one called access who is a joint collaboration between DC and Marvel.


Yeah you're right, that character can go between both sets of universes, the other thing I love about Stanley is that you will end every phone call with the word Excelsior, I miss him


Well this whole superhero craze took off with Iron Man in 2008.  It introduced the idea of a universe of superheroes instead of them all in their own separate planet Earth.


Yep I think that's a good idea. Have you ever been to the world's largest comic book collection? Apparently that exists in the University of Michigan library


No, I don't really collect them.  I do like the movies though, Black Panther was really good.  Stan Lee created him of course.


Are black panther was pretty good, what do you think about the idea of Garfield as a superhero though


Why not?  He's got pals, I think it would be pretty funny.  Garfield always struck me as lazy though.


Yeah maybe that's his superpower is laziness LOL. they have a superhero named normalman so I don't think garfield would be a huge stretch


Well ever since 1939 when  it was named Timely Publications, Marvel has been making comics and now they are owned by the biggest entertainment conglomerate in the world so they must have done something right.


I agree with you. It's crazy that comic book started in the 1930s to, that seems so long ago


Hello. I would love to have joined the March for Our Lives


I love the cause. it was about 2 million people


Oprah and Clooney were benefactors. I am happy about that


i bet that Marjory Stoneman Douglas speech as powerful


They had some good performers like Ariana


I remember the millions moms march back in 2000. Same cause


There were mostly people over 18 in the march


I loved him when he played on ER as Dr. Ross


I never knew that he is related to abraham lincoln


I would love to see Ariana Grande in concert


I love to go to concerts. The ramones played non stop for 20 years


that creed concert must have been really bad


Ariana grande female empowerment song was written by men. wow !


Ariana is a very talented performer. I love her in Nick


Sam & Cat was a good show. my kids love it


Well its good to know that all ages supported the March for Our Lives


I did too. I learned a lot about marches around the country for a good cause.


did you know that Wonder Woman is the top grossing super hero origin movie? I didn't know that


No.  I would have guessed Black Panther.  Wonder Woman is a DC character which I prefer to Marvel.


See I like Batman as my favorite overall superhero, so he is DC, but I can't say I'm a fan of the rest of the DC characters, they seem too unbelievable, who are your favorite DC characters?


I grew up with Superman comics.  Such a powerful superhero makes the writers have to come up with preposterous villains though.  It is interesting that Gal Gadot was really a soldier for Israel.


Yes that definitely adds more legitimacy to her character, but I do think eveery Israeli is required by law to serve in the military, but that still is an interesting fact


Her first movie was Batman (your guy) vs Superman (my guy) in 2016.  She signed for 3 movies in her first contract which kept her price low.


haha I like that, your guy vs my guy, what did you think of that movie? I still like Christopher Reeve as the best Superman, Superman 1 and 2 are really good movies still, can't say I'm too thrilled with the current Superman movies


It was a watchable movie.  I agree with Reeve as Superman.  2017 was the first year since 1958 that the top 3 grossing domestic films had a female lead.


ya that is shocking, you mentioned Gal Gadot, I guess when she auditioned for wonder woman she thought it was originally a try out for catwoman, which would have been a much different movie haha


When the character was introduced to the Justice League, they made her be the secretary.  That would not fly in the climate of political correctness of today.


oh no not at all, it's crazy how quickly times change, I also think its crazy that Wonder Woman was the highest grossing WWI movie, you don't see too many movies based on that war


That is true.  It is also interesting that one of the producers was a Chinese company.  I suspect that somehow helped the film appear on more screens in China.


haha yes I defnitely that that factored into it, do you liek Daniel Day-Lewis, I can't believe that he won an oscar for best actor 3 times, that is crazy


He does what he does well.  They have been giving Oscars since 1929.  This year there will not be a host because of political correctness.


did they not pick a host now? I know they changed it from Kevin Hart or something, I try not to read the news because it is too depressing and exhausting, I like random facts like how a lightening bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the sun haha


No.  They are going without a host.  I cannot conceive of a star one billion times as large as our sun, yet one exists in our galaxy.


what is wild too is that the sun makes enough energy in one second to meet our planet's needs for 500,000 years, I don't see how we can't capture some of that


Surely future generations will get better at doing that.  It is clearly the most important energy source in our solar system.


yes the future will definitely improve our technology, I think it's wild that the sun is actually white, it's just because of our atmosphere that it appears yellow in the sky


I agree.  I thought it was yellow because it was not as hot as a white star but is hotter than a red one.  How about Neptune only orbiting the sun once since it was discovered?


Yes that seems odd, I wonder if we will get to visit any of these distant planets in our lifetime, what do you think?


Did you know that dog's have 12 different blood types, and that they can donate blood at blood drives for dogs?


no i didnt know that. i love dogs. Best kind of helpers there are. Very good for the disable. Have you any experience with that kind of help from dogs?


I have a dog, he's not much of a physical help, but he's emotional support. He keeps me company and always makes me laugh.


thants super sweet.  I wonder what a dog or any other kind of animal would do on a different plant. Lets say Mars. I know its a long way, but still fun to think about


It would be weird if dogs ruled mars. That would be a concept.


very weird. I know the atmosphere has alot to do with it. But still someone got to atleast put it in a movie so we can see it. Heard about the 2013 plan for mars?


Yeah I heard that there's a colonization project planned for 2023 that will be funded by creating a reality TV show.


Now thats crazy! they should bring dogs...They could make for better TV. Dogs are pretty intelligent.


Yeah they are. Did you know that Google prefers dogs to cats? Their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company. That makes me want to support them more.


thats so cool to know.  I know my dog also kinda acts like me at time. Dogs just pick up on our behavior. I do wish they could pick up us talking lol


My dog is lazy like me, like right now he's just sitting in my chair with me. I wish my dog could talk sometimes just so I could know what he wanted instead of just staring at me.


lol same. Or if they could sing, when I do play music my dog barks in rhythm. Any time I listen to Bruno Mars he loves it.... you like his music?


That's awesome. Mine just looks at me weird when I sing. I do like music though, I'm always listening to it.


I love how he writes some of the best songs. interesting to know he use to be with Motown. Love that label.


He's very talented and he writes his own music, that speaks a lot for his talent.


He started off as an Elvis, which i have seen on youtube. very interesting to see. Maye he will go to Mars on that reality show lol


hahah Totally! and play all the music on the planet.


He could wrestle people since he was named after professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino.


hahaha that would be entertaining too. dont forget about the dog, it has to be there to trying to sing ad being a helped paw hand lol


That would be epic! It was nice chatting with you!


What do you think is a more important degree, liberal arts or engineering?


I think both have their place. I'm a science person myself, with a degree in chemistry, but I can totally appreciate studying more artistic things. How about you?


Yes I have an engineering degree, personally I think engineering is much more important than liberal arts, anyone can learn a liberal arts degree but that's just my opinion.


Yeah I agree that engineering is far more complex, but I still think that liberal arts are important. Maybe not to get a job, so it might be a waste of money to pursue that kind of degree, but the subject itself is worthwhile in my opinion. Do you know much about AI?


I know a little bit about it. I think there is a nonprofit organization actually that is responsible for promoting development of artificial intelligence


That's really cool! I read that Facebook is developing an artificial intelligence that can understand human emotions and predict behavior. Kind of crazy!


Wow that is crazy! I like Stanford's idea though, they are using artificial intelligence to help to teach students more efficiently with Google Hangouts


I think that's great! It makes classes so much more accessible to people. Did you know Kristen Stewart co-authored an artificial intelligence paper? I wonder how that turned out...


Wow I didn't know that was interested in artificial intelligence, did you know that artificial intelligence can Crush all human records in puzzle-solving


Yeah I read that they beat all of the records for the game "2048", but I'm not familiar with that game- are you?


No I've never played that game before, but it sounds very complex, do you read any books on artificial intelligence by the way


I never have! Honestly its not something I know much about. Have you read on the subject?


No I haven't read about artificial intelligence but I do you like to read on occasion, I even found out recently that romantic kissing is a recent invention and that they did not kiss each other back in the ancient Greeks time


I read that to! I also enjoy reading- apparently literature used to be an olympic event. I wonder how that worked?


It is a great question, it's also a real question on why the FDA burned six tons of literature, that sounds like censorship to me


Thats an insane amount of censorship, do you know when that happened?


No I don't know when or why but it sounds very dubious to me, what do you think about Winston Churchill winning the nobel peace prize?


I was really surprised to find that he won for literature and not peace! Did you know that there is a contest every year where writers compete to come up with the worst opening sentence to a novel?


No I've never heard about that, do they use computers when they're writing? Apparently there are people called transhumanists how to upload their souls into computers


...no way? That's insane! I've never heard of that before. I wonder how they think they'll do that? I think I remember seeing a Johnny Depp movie where he did something like that lol


Yeah I think I saw that movie too, I also want to see a movie about the Russian computer that runs on water, they invented it back in 1936


Hi, do you ever get a chance to go to the library?


I do on occasion. I really want to check out that library in Sacramento that allows patrons to check out more than just books, stuff that's useful but also stuff we don't want to own in the long run. What about you?


A tool library is a great idea. It makes life so much easier for people that can't afford some basic tools. I don't usually get to the library much. I do research online.


I understand! But luckily there are more libraries than there are McDonald's here in the United States! Plus half the adult population owns library cards! That gives me a little hope! Ha!


If they could combine the two, it would be great! Get some books for the mind, and food for the big belly! A happy combo!


That is a great idea! Ha! Never considered that! So are you also a fan of poetry by chance? I personally love that one poem that is depressing when you read it, but inspiring when you read it backwards!


I never heard of that poem. I guess it must be famous. Never read it in school. I wonder who wrote it. I don't know much about poetry.


It's very interesting.  I highly recommend it to you! If you're a fan of the hobbit, nearly if the character names were taken from an Icelandic poem called Dvergatal.