Tolkien loved language, so I'm not surprised that he took names from obscure sources. He wrote the LOTR series because he could create languages for the different races.


That's pretty interesting! Hey, even the Javanese alphabet actually forms a poem when it's recited in order! That is amazing!


I guess it's not like the ABC song, which is just letters. Language is fascinating. I'm shocked that Edgar Allan Poe only received $9 for the publication of his poem, "The Raven."


That is shocking considering how legendary it is today. He was ripped off! Wonder if Demetri Martin received much for the 224 word Palindrome poem he wrote?


A palindrome that long must have taken years to write. How did he do it? Did he win an award? I hope so.


I hope so as well! But all in all, I'm a fan of literature in general. It's crazy to think Winston Churchill won a Nobel Prize for literature and not peace back in 1953.


I would expect Churchill to have won for something else like peace because he tried so hard to end war and help the world. I guess he wrote a good memoir or something? I don't know.


I suppose so but you do make a great point there! Can you also believe the FDA once burned six tons of literature in an act of US censorship? That is unbelievable and ridiculous!


I guess they thought they were helping the country and its morality. Silly. Too many books get banned. I think it's part of freedom of speech to read what you want.


Exactly! Heck, even literature along with architecture, painting, music, etc. were all Olympic events up until 1952!


I find that strange. How are those things athletic? There should be contests, but in a different arena. Not sports.


I suppose that's why they got rid of them. But in a humorous note, There's actually a contest that challenges writers to come up with horrible opening sentences for novels. I'd love to see some of the examples. Ha!


Ah, yes, I've heard of that contest. "It was a dark and stormy night." Yes, lots of fun. Anyway, it was fun chatting!


Ha! Can't imagine what it would have been like without romantic kissing since it's a fairly new development and is hardly found in ancient Greek literature! It was great chatting with you as well. Take care!


Hi there! What are you up to tonight? I'm hanging out watching TV.


Hi! I love to watch TV! Especially horror films. In fact, I found out recently that ET was actually scripted to be a horror film. Can you imagine what a scary ET would have been like?


I thought ET was freaky enough! Did you know Stephen King was terrified as a kid when he saw the movie Bambi?


He was terrified of Bambi? Goodness he must truly have a twisted view on things. Ha! Meanwhile, apparently not a single person on The Exorcist crew thought it would be considered a horror movie during filming. What is wrong with people? Ha!


Right! I don't get that at all. I mean, that movie was just gross.


Agreed! It certainly was. So did you ever see Inception? Chris Nolan actually wanted it to be a horror film initially but it evolved into a heist film instead. Wonder what that would have been like?


No, I do not think I am familiar with that one. It's hard to believe horror has existed as a genre for more than a century!


Indeed! I also think it's cool that horror was inspired by legendary authors like Bram Strokes, Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley!


His literature was amazing. Did you also know the original Scream movie was going to be titled Scary Movie initially? I kind of like Scream better!


Oh, yeah that would really change things up a lot! Did you know the water phone is the instrument that is used in horror films to make creepy music.


I didn't know that but always wondered how they make that noise! On a lighter note, I think it's funny the dad's voice on Phineas and Ferb was the Rocky Horror Picture Show writer!


Was he really? I really love that show! We watched it all the time when my kids were younger.


It was a great show, wasn't it? So do you also watch the Academy Awards? I always wish I could have seen the Oscar Walt Disney won back in 1938 for Snow White. The Oscar he received was special because it had seven miniature statues along with a regular sized statuette! That's hilarious!


Yes, it certainly was! I get the award shows confused. I know the 90th AA were in 2017 though.


Did you also know only Walt Disney has been nominated for more Oscars than John Williams?


No, I did not know that. I can imagine why Walt had so many though. What a great imagination brought to life!


That is so true! I also think Lady Gaga has a great imagination as well! Speaking of Lady Gaga, did you know she was actually on the MTV show Boiling Point before she became famous?


No, I'll have to look that up. It's hard to believe her and Bradley Cooper remade A Star is Born only because it is 80 years old.


I know, right? I think it was sweet of her to buy $1000 worth of pizzas for her fans waiting in line for her one time. I wish more celebs could be like her.


Aww. That was sweet! Nice chatting with you.


I think it's even sweeter her stage name came from the song Radio Ga Ga by Queen! Well, it was nice chatting with you as well! Have a great evening, friend!


Her name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta


Yeah. Do you know how she got the name lady gaga?


Yes that was a predictive tect glitch for radio to lady


Yeah. Did you know she once worked with the LAPD?


Yeah. SHe is the godmother of Elton John's child


And she was on Boiling Points before she was famous


Sometimes. Did you know Day Lewis has won it three time?


Yes and for the same category, best actor, wow


I know. Blazzing saddles was also nominated for three oscars


Yeah. EMinem has more oscars under his name than Leo di Caprio


Yes and more than Johnny Depp and George Lucas and some other big names


I know but good for him, he is a great artist. Yes have a good one


Yes, and forgot to mention Bill Murray and WIll Smith in there


Yeah and these are all combined. Awesome. Have a good one


I love my laptop, I can't leave home without it. How about you


Me too. Did you know the space shuttle only runs on 1mb of ram?


I did not know that! Is that a lot or a little, i never know size


That is not a lot. I think my computer might have more.


ha nice, I am sure mine does too, it is rather new. Did you know captcha is an anagram?


No, I didn't know that. Did you know you could build a 16 bit computer using minecraft building blocks?


ha wow i did not know that, I will have to try it out. I will have to read about it, do you read much?


I read a little bit. What about transhumanists?


What is that, I never heard of transhumanists?


It is when you upload your mind to a computer and memory sticks.


ha wow, that is some interesting science! I like reading about romantic kissing sometimes, that didn't exist in ancient greece


Interesting. I didn't know that. Did you know Kim Jun Un has a degree in phsyics?


I wonder where he got it from lol. The university of kim jung un? lol


I think they sent him abroad when he was younger, but I'm not sure.


I think you're right. If i remember right it was switzerland or something. I like learning about physics. Do you?


Interesting. No, I'm not a physics fan. But I know that chinese dye may lead to breakthroughs in quantum physics.


I remember i got to go to an amusement park in high school because of physics. I defintely didn't study quantum physics or help the cause


Did you know smoking near an apple computer voids its warranty?


Ha no way, I am sure it discolors it also! Did you know windows 95 was second most downloaded software after the game doom, interesting.


I can believe it. That game was popular. Nice chatting with you.


Yes, sometimes. I would have liked to have seen what the FDA burned.


I know isn't that terrible! Did you know Winston Churchill won a Nobel prize for literature?


I did not.  I knew he had the "gift of gab" but not writing.  I can't believe that romantic kissing is a recent development and the ancient Greeks didn't reference it much.  I thought they were a bit more amorous than that.


lol, What? Really, I did too.  That surprises me. Would that be for religious reasons?


I don't think so.  Have you seen their full-frontal sculptures?


Yes, I have.  Did you know the Olympics use to have sculpture as an event from 1912 to 1952?


Yes, along with architecture and other things.  Wild that there is an annual literature contest for writers for who can write the worst possible opening sentence to a novel.  I may be able to win that...


lol, Really, that would be interesting!!  At least that is something different!


Wow, I read recently that the Russians built a computer in 1936 that ran of water!


Wow, that's really inventive! I would like to see that. Gosh, don't get any smoke near your apple computer it voids the warranty!


I heard of that.  Crazy that they think it would become a bio-hazard.


Ha, ha, ha!! I know.....I wonder if candle smoke would do the same?


They would have other "environmental" concerns over that. Interesting that "transhumanists" want to upload their minds to memory devices.  Does that mean that stupid people would require a smaller thumb-drive?


lol, could be. Especially if they don't have good memory!


I was thinking the same thing, or just gave it to him. You have to have a smart mind for that!! lol Omg Can you believe Pixar spent 3 years studying the physics of curly hair for the movie Brave?


Now that's some dumb research... Did you hear that there is some uppity HS in Scarsdale NY that thinks AP classes aren't good enough so they developed their own?


Yeah! Its the only public school in the country that has dropped it. Crazy!


Yes, and many were afraid other schools would follow but they didn't.


I know, they wanted their own homegrown college level courses!!  Good chat!!


Yeah, 30% were kept out and it wouldn't be standardize so... Stupid.  Yes, thanks, you were great!


Hi Turker, do you spend much time in the library?


Not any more but I used to.  I do like knowing that in Norway the government will buy copies your book that you publish and put them in libraries.  It sounds like they really support their libraries.


I didn't know that until recently. I was a big fan of the library.


Did you know that our own fda burns six tons of literature calling it censorship?


I heard that Information once, but I haven't read much about it.


It makes you wonder what all was lost.  Libraries are definitely important.


Yes it is, how do you get most of your Information from since you no longer go to the library, from the Computer?


I've never thought about it but I guess I do.  How about you?


I get almost all my Information from the computer, but it is putting a strain on my eyes.


I know what you mean there.  Books don't put as much a strain as computers do.


Can you imagine being falsely imprisoned for 10 years and spend most of the time at a library trying to prove your Innocence?


No but it is very admirable of the person to do so.


You are right, I guess there is no limits when it comes to being free especially if they are Innocence.


Hey, what do you think of horses?  An interesting fact about them is that those Lipizzaner horses are actually born black or brown and take about 6 years to turn white!


Wow, that amazing, I love horses and was raised on a farm. I learned to ride them when I was small.


Me too.  To this day I still find them fascinating!


Yes I do, I don't like when horses are being raced for years and If they don't win races, they put them away most of the time, If you know what I am saying.


I do and I agree.  I don't like to see them whipped either.


I went to a live race track, the horse and jockey fell.


Yes and no, because the horse had a slight limp. The Jockey was okay.


I certainly hope they gave the horse a chance to heal.


Yes. The foot ball world cup simply called as FIFA world cup. It is international competition contested by the senior men's team.


Yes!  The city which is set to host the 2022 Qatar FIFA world cup final does not exist yet.  How does that work?


The 21 world cup tournaments were won 8 teams. The world cup is most prestigious  tournament in the world. All the nation in the world want to lift the FIFA trophy.


Yes!  The Hungary national team only had 1 defeat between 1950 and 1956 and that was the world cup final!  What are the odds?


US got 3rd place in the first FIFA world cup in 1930. The american team has never placed below third place in the world cup since women world cup started in 1991 !


I'm betting on third place finishes from now on.  lol Did you know that there are no net economic gains for the countries that have played hosted to the olympics or the world cup?


Already 17 countries hosted the football world cup, Qatar has planned to hosts 2022 finals, 2026 will jointly hosted by Canada, US and Mexico.


Nice!  The current champion is France, who won on the 2018 FIFA world cup on July 15th.


After 1908 summer olympics in London football became official competitions.


I didn't know that.  At the 2014 world cup, there were more French born players playing against France than for it.


It is very sad. Very different to handle this situation.


lol  If the Algerian team had beaten Germany in their last world cup game, they would have gone on to play France on the exact date of the French invasion of Algeria's capital on July 4, 1830.  Ironic.


German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher collided with french defender patrick battiston in the 1982 world cup semifinal, All the player are very aggressive to win the trophy for the nation.


Wow!  Did you know that soccer makes more money that football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined?


Yeah. It has record of highest attendance to watch the game.


Nice.  Americans call it soccer because it was slang for association football!


Soccer is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two team of eleven players.


Did you hear of the soccer variation where 3 teams face each other at the same time?  It's been fun chatting.


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


Yes I saw it along with the 3.2 billion other people around the world who watched it as well. Did you see it?


Yeah, I like soccer, a lot of people do, even Jon Stewart was a really good soccer player.


Jon Stewart, the comedian? Yeah, do you know where the next world cup will be played?


It will be in Qatar, I think, they have to build a lot of infrastructure to accommodate it.


Yeah, I imagine there would also have to be a lot of AC since it can get very very hot in those climates!


And a lot of power plants have to be build, they have to build a city where the final will be hosted. I think it is a little too much money.


I wonder if these investments ever return a positive cash flow, to me it just doesn't seem like it's possible at all. I'd also imagine they'd have to loosen up on visa restrictions to get more visitors.


Yeah I don't think they are like the german player who gave his world cup victory bonus to brazilian children, who needed surgeries.


That's quite commendable, a lot of the other players should follow suit! But considering that soccer players run an average of 7 miles per game, they might be too tired to think rationally.


There is also a variation of soccer with 3 teams, they would run even more. I wonder what rules they have for it.


Wow, they must be in great shape! All except for the people in Greenland who can't join FIFA because not enough grass grows there for soccer fields. That doesn't mean players can't play right?


They could play on astroturf. They probably do, it is a popular sport.


Yeah but even with playing on turf, they still won't be able to join the leagues. Surprising to see size and scale of super bowl relative to soccer, super bowl is only an American thing while soccer is global, I guess.


I think it comes to a question of equipment, you only need a ball and 2 goal for soccer.


I see. Then there's logos and mascots, the French national team uses a rooster because rooster in latin is similar to the name used for Gaul or the current day France, who knew there's meaning behind these things.


Football, is full of details, american call it soccer because it comes from asSOCiation football


That's a very good one! Then there's the colors of jerseys. The French team did a bad job of coordinating the team jersey and they found it was the same color as their opponents, so they had to borrow a different color jersey from a local team. That's hilarious, they should've played as is, that would've made an entertaining game to watch.


Yeah, instead of a game with 2 teams, there would have been only 1, everybody is a winner ! ... and a loser.


Do people place bets on the outcome of those games?


I don't know anything about betting of soccer matches. But I suppose so, it is played in 200 countries. Some of them must permit betting on matches.


Yeah, I think that might be the next big thing!


do you like soccer? the first world cup was in 1930


Hello, I do like soccer. Did you know New Zealand was the only undefeated team in the 2010 World Cup?


american womens team has never placed below third in the world cup


That's interesting. I always thought they were good too.


the city thats set for the 2022 world cup doesnt even exist yet. are they building an entire city??


That's hilarious! I wonder how that is going to work out.


i dont know. lol. soccer makes more money than football, basketball, golf, tennis and hockey combined. I can't believe that


That's amazing. I would have never guessed that. There was only 1 group in World Cup history to end with a 4-way tie.


there is a variation of soccer where 3 teams face off at the same time. how in the world does that work? and where is it played?


That would be very fun to watch. I am not sure where it's played.


a german soccer player used his world cup earnings to pay for surgeries for 23 children, now why don't more players do stuff like that instead of wasting all the money on frivolous things?


Very cool and good for him. I love hearing stories like that. It melts my heart.


mine too. there are no economic gains for the countries that host world cup or olympic games. I cant see how that is true all of the people flocking to your city must be good for business


I find that interesting because I always thought it helped their economy. Did you know Greenland can't join FIFA because not enough grass grows there for a soccer field?


hahah its funny because its greenland. I wonder why they dont lay sod? or maybe its just too cold


Haha - I heard Greenland is actually all ice and cold and that Iceland is actually warmer and green.


yes thats exactly right.the world cup was not held in 1942 or 46 because of WW2


Did not know that. The Super Bowl is smaller than soccer's third biggest event.


how is that even possible and where does it take place? certainly not in america.


Not really sure lol. I would not think it's possible either.


Hi there, do you use Google or another search engine?


Nice, me too. Apparently to do a search though there is more computing power reauired than it took to send 12 astronauts to the moon


On August 16th  2013, Google went down for about 5 minutes and took 40% of the web traffic with it. Interesting, because that tells us how many people actually use Google.


Yeah I think most people use it exclusively. Do you know how they calculate traffic?


Yeah they take the average of android devices that are moving on traffic


I like the fact that you can type an address into Google and it will take you to Google maps. That always comes in handy.


Yeah it sure is. Do you know when it was founded and by whom?


Yeah it was Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998.


Do you know what google's unofficial slogan was?


I did not know they had one but I am not sure what it is. DO you know?


Oh wow, did not expect it to be that. Once they hired goats instead of getting people to mow their lawns


Yes that is pretty interesting! Do you know how google maps calculate traffic?


Yeah they take the average of android devices as they move around in traffic


Cloud storage comes in handy when you have too many files on your phone.


That has become a life saver honestly. Do you have an iPhone or Android?


I have an Android. Iphones seem really complicated to me.


Well, it seems women are more likely to get one than men


Yeah someone must have done a study on that to find such stats.


What do you think about Virtual Reality headsets? They're not just for gaming anymore, you know!


I like them, but have never used one.  Arizona State University will let you use your student loan to pay for a headset.


That's so crazy to me. The students can rent them out for no cost, so why should there be an option for them to use financial aid money to purchase them>


The school probably profits in the long run by getting paid interest on the loan.  Your right about borrowing them.  There will be 150 available to students for free.


Oh right, it's student loans, not financial aid. Whoops! Still, it seems like a strange use of funds. Although I do think that they could be used for a very valuable teaching experience.


Yes.  I agree.  ASU claims that their online biology course is the first in the nation to offer virtual reality labs.


That's really interesting. I think VR has a lot to offer to the science community. It's an investment, but the marginal costs (how much money it costs to do each progressive lesson) is probably a lot smaller than traditional teaching/research methods


That would be neat to be able to take the class from the comfort of your home.  I wonder if there is any kind of discount for taking classes from home vs. in a real classroom?  The VR set will also come with gloves that will provide the users with a tactile feel experience.


That must be such an immersive experience. The only VR I've experienced was "Santa's Sleigh-ride" and it was in a little car that also shifted like a rollercoaster. But I can see how there are much more important ways to use VR. ASU actually uses VR to do things like practice "taking" blood samples from people through the VR. I think that's so much better than having students test on real people!


Yes!  I agree with you.  Great learning tool.  It will be far more engaging for the students to learn with the headset vs staring at a class on their computer screen as well.


I agree. I remember being so bored and distracted during class, and now students have social media to distract them. I'm guessing there's no social media in VR, although I could definitely imagine that developing in the future.


Lockheed Martin has a "Mars bus" that will take kids on a tour of Mars.  That would be neat.


That's so cool. There's actually a scientist, Dr. Rich Terrile, who thinks that our world is just virtual reality generated on a computer


Didn't he discover several moons on Saturn?


He did actually! Astronomy is so cool, I think. Did you know that there's actually a planet that has shards of glass rain sideways at 4500 mph at 2000 degrees Fahrenheit?


Wow.  That's incredible.  I couldn't even imagine those kind of conditions.  If Jupiters Ganymede moon orbited the sun, it would classify as a planet.


That's cool! I feel sad that Pluto is not a planet anymore after the International Astronomical Union redefined the definition of planets in 2006


I know.  Especially after all those years that we were taught in school that it was a planet.  I wish they still used the space shuttle.  I used to enjoy watching the launches.  The general purpose computer of the shuttle only ran on 1MB of RAM.


I don't know if that's big or small, but I'm guessing small. Someone actually built a working 16-bit computer using Minecraft building blocks! Isn't that absolutely crazy? So impressive!


That is neat!  Computers are used in everything now doing a wide range of tasks in industrial and consumer devices.


People actually think it's possible (and want to) upload their minds to memory sticks and computers. I think that's so cool! Such a testament to the future.


Every now and then I do.  I like marvel and some dc.  It seems so bizarre to think that the first comics in the country back in 1933 were just funny and  not super hero ones.


I guess everything evolves, eventually.  Interesting note, I did read that Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics so he could play Spiderman in his own movie.


Really?  That would have been interesting.  I wonder if he would have put dance scenes in the movie!


I'm sure he would have, no doubt!  Just found out today that Google had purchased gmail.com from the Garfield comics!  Did you know that?


No I didn't.  I used to read Garfield but I don't remember any gmail in it.  Then again, I don't remember much more than Garfield and lasagna!


I always thought gmail stood for google mail?  Lol.  Talk about a good deal, I hear that DC comics paid $130 for Superman in 1938.


I thought it did too btw.  So are you saying that dc owned spiderman at one time?


So, it would seem?  Who knows Marvel Comics spent a decade trying to prove to the government that the Xmen were not real.  It's a wacky universe, we love in!


Yes it is!  Marvel published a generic comic book of sorts at one time. They did that so they could trademark the names suepr-hero and super-villain.


That was SUPER smart of them to do that!  I know the love for the super hero universe is big.  Did you know that at least 30 movies with Super heroes will be released between 2016 and 2020?


I hadn't realized there would be so many! Marvel takes their movies to a different super hero universe than in the comics.  I guess that's how they can make the story lines different in both and keep things going.


Speaking of the universe, do you know our universe used to be completely opaque?


No I didn't.  So our universe used to look like fog, or thick white clouds?


Yes, apparently, there was so much plasma that the light couldn't get through.  Don't ask me how the scientists determined this fact!


Lol! I won't but I do wonder!  Scientists have some strange ideas some times. I've heard that there are some that think our universe is just one giant hologram.


I've heard that one, as well as that the universe exists inside a black hole or that a cold spot in the cosmic radiation could be an indication that it is a link to a parallel universe.  I don't know how they come up with these theories.  It's above my pay grade.


Mine too.  Have you heard the one about there being only one electron in the universe?


Yes, I've heard that crazy one, as well.  But, then again, everybody used to think the world was flat!


So true!  There are still people that believe that one.  I'm going to go do some more research and see what other theories about the universe there are!  It's been nice chatting with you!  Have a great day!


Hello, Did you know that Tom Hanks is the highest paid all time star, over 8.5 million earned from movies?


No i did not!  Did you see Juneau's overtime goal in game 6?


Oh, that's why i didn't know.  I'm more of a Football girl!  I hear that in Tennis, Venus and her sister Serena played opposite each other in the mixed doubles final of the French open.  Bet that was hard for them to try and beat each other!


I'm a football guy too! :)can't believe the washinton capitals didn't win a stanley cup till 1998?


yes, true.  Here's a interesting fact....The highest point on the moon is 1938 meters higher than Mt. Everest.  That's incredible actually!


WOW!  That is?  What else is incredible is the russians made a computer that ran on water!


That's insane, doesn't even sound possible, actually sounds a little dangerous...ya know....water and electricity!


Would you want to upload your mind to a memory stick?


I was just thinking about how crazy that is!! ha ha. Also ya better watch out for the "Apple Police" cuz smoking near your Apple computer voids their warranty, making it a biohazard, ha!


LOL... that is funny!  Do you own a apple computer?


No, I'm more of an Android user on my cell and a Windows/Chrome user. How about you?


I love apple... very simple and awesome customer support!


The reason I don't prefer Apple is the simplicity.  I do have an iphone 5, because I used to only use Apple, it just seems that the Android has a little more to offer as far as what I want and need my cell phone to do i guess.  I really could go either way, the Apple products are definitely the best quality.  My family all has Apple products.


You're a rebel... heheee!  Good thing computers are used for consumer and indestrial use!


Funny!  I see that someone built an actual working 16 bit computer using Minecraft building blocks, bet me nephew could do that!


oh minecraft... i bet you play that game!  lmao!!!


Did you know that the movie "Silence of the Lambs" opened at theaters on Valentines Day in 1991" Creepy.....


hahaaa!  That's awesome!  Crazy Disney thought about closing their animation dept


True, can't even imagine them doing that, Disney and Animation go hand in hand!


I used to when I was younger.  It is a pretty strategic game and I am impressed by people that play it professionally.


I always wanted to play in the park of NYC


I have always seen that on TV and in movies.  That would be fun.  I wonder if they have the version of chess that allows 3 players to play against each other.


I don't think so because of how the board is built.


Did you know that chess is thought to have originated out of a game that was played in India?  I never would have thought that.


There were many games that were derivative from the Indian game of Chaturanga


Oh really?  Do you know what those other games were?


I think one was janggi and the other shogi


Wow, I have heard of those games.  I can't believe chess has been played in Europe since the 9th century.


The number of possible moves makes it very difficult to master


Yep, and in chess the knight can only visit each square once during a game.


I believe the World Press President is a bit crazy.


He believes the game was invented by Aliens rather than Indians


The current grandmaster has been playing since he was 5


Wow.  I never would have thought they started that young.  However the boy scouts have a merit badge for chess now, so I guess youngsters do play regularly.


I did not realize that. That is great for the boy scouts since they are known for their outdoor type activities.


They also have merit badges for geocaching, robotics, and inventing.  It is nice to see them branching out to include kids with all kinds of interests.


I will have to look it up. I used to be a boy scout and don't remember all those badge.


Hi, how are you tonight? Do you go to concerts much?


I do go to concerts sometimes. The last concert I went to was Lollapalooza. What about you. Do you ever go to concerts? I've always wanted to go to Linkin Park concert personally


I used to go when I was younger, but now, not so much. No time, little money. How was Linkin Park?


Well I always wanted to go to a Linkin Park concert. I never actually went so far, I just know that they tour a lot, for instance in 2001 they did 324 shows


How did they that?! 324 is an astounding number. THey must not have slept. Or they were young and full of energy. Too bad about their lead singer.


Yep I agree, it's too bad that he's gone now. It's crazy to that the Ramones played 2200 concerts in about 20 years, I would definitely check them out as well


Hello. Sure. I believe Tom Hardy plays Venom for the movie.


yes and "Venom," which represents Sony's effort to build its own superhero universe, which is nice


Chicago Tribune wrote that it is a mess but a really funny and fascinating mess...


yes, did you know that In "Venom," which opens Friday, Hardy plays both Eddie Brock, a Bay Area digital journalist?


Yes, I heard about it. Do you like superheros in general?


Not really. Can you tell me more about him?


I learned that The result, as directed by Washington native Ruben Fleischer ("Zombieland"), can play like a one-man buddy picture that summons comparisons to "Liar, Liar" and "All of Me", interesting, right?


Right. But The Hollywood Reporter, too, describes "Venom" as a throwback of a superhero movie. I am curious about the movie now :)


me too, have you heard about The Chicago Tribune?


a real mess of a movie is "so much more thrilling than any of the formulaic superhero movies that parade through multiplexes all year., that's what been said. Do you agree?


I agree. The New York Post has the harshest review in which calls this assembly-line product "a disaster on every level, from the hatchet job writing to the horrid performances" that puts "its focus on juvenile humor instead of heart or action.". That is too harsh I believe.


yes I agree with you. Did you watch Spider-Man 3?


No it is not good in my opinion. "Spider-Man 3" - is aggressively loud and stupid without being much fun at all.


Ah, good to know, thanks. I will not waste my time on it then. Which superhero is your favorite?


I like Superman, Do you heard about Marvel comics?


It seems like Georgetown has a lot of talented athletes!


that's true maybe it's something in the water? do you watch swimming on tv?


Yeah that could be one of the reasons and I only watch swimming events when its a mayor competition like the Olympics, what about you?


well I can't say I watch the Olympics haha, I do know that there is a form of swimming where you tie your arms and legs and swim like a dolphin, that sounds wild haha


That sounds wild and fun indeed lol, well we are the reigning champins in swimming gold medals, we have almost as many gold medals as the rest of the world together


ya that is impressive, there is a swimsuit that it is so good it was banned from the olympics, I wonder what makes it so good


I heard that 94% of the races were won by using that swimming suit, that is not a coincidence.


right, like does it have fish scales or something haha? do you know that soccer makes more money that all other sports combined worldwide?


I didnt know that but I guess it makes sense as its played in over 200 countries and a WorldCup moves a of money by itself, do you like soccer?


no I can't ssay I do haha I don't watch sports unless I'm with friends, but it is weird that soccer is called football by the rest of the world, that makes more sense honestly because it's a game where only your foot touches the ball haha


I agree football is a great name for the sport, soccer doesnt make much sense, there is a variation of soccer where 3 teams face ech other at the exact time


wow I would check that out, and ya I guess people in the usa call it "soccer" because that is slang for association football, so that kind of makes sense


It does make sense when you put it that way, did you watch the World Cup back in 2014?


haha can't say that I did! I do know that the usa team isn't very good, what happened in that game?


Well Germany won the final and they all received like a $300,000 bonus, one of the players donated his bonus so that 23 children in Brazil could affor surgeries.


wow that is nice of him, did you ever watch the Daily Show? I guess Jon Stewart was very skilled at football and played for the USA team back in 1983


Yeah I have watched the daily show although I had no idea he played football, he must have been really good


ya it seems like it, do you play golf? I never knew Babe Ruth was also a gofler


I dont play it but like the sport, Samuel L Jackson also likes golf, he has a clause in his contracts that allows him to play golf while the movie is still in production


haha that is funny, I always wondered about the golf course in dubai, like it's a dessert and it uses 4 millino gallons of water a day for teh grass!


Wow that is a lot of water, in America they usually consume 10 times less that cuantity.


that is impressive, also impressive is that USA golf courses take up more space than Delaware and Rhode Island put together


I'm doing well thanks. I love shoes. They offer a form of protection and comfort but are also used as decoration fashion.


yes, i am quite partial to shoes. i wear them frequently, both for comfort and fashion. i think that they are a great invention.


Yeah no doubt. I also think it's kind of funny how much shoes can vary in cost. From sandals to high-end fashion shoes.


yeah, i heard that there are some old shoes that are much better than the ones made these days.


Oh yeah. Isn't it crazy to think that 5000 year old shoes perform better than modern shoes. Must have had more durable material.


I bet they were well made because they had to last. one pair for your whole life. LOL


Yeah that is pretty cool. Another good trick is putting dry tea bags in smelly shoes or gym bags because they absorb the unpleasant odor.


does that work? my shoes can get pretty stinky. maybe two or three bags? LOL


Ha ha yeah that might just work. There was an NFL wide receiver named Steve Smith who left his cleats on the field after every game to raise awareness for homeless people without shoes.


that is a great gesture, to help people that we often forget about. i think more athletes should do that.


Agreed. I wish more players did that. There is an NBA player who promoted a line of shoes that retail that $15 he was not paid to endorse them. That is very rare.


i wonder if those shoes were any good. why only 15 dollars? seems low.


It is hard to believe shoes costing that cheap. Hopefully ballet shoes are cheap because the dancers go through 4 pairs per week!


i would probably go through a dozen a week. i am a terrible dancer! LOL


Haha me too. I am a huge proponent of voting. Not all men could vote at one time in the UK in 1918.


I wonder what the restriction was. men that had to fight and die for their country could not vote? seems wrong.


Yeah it seems very wrong. Even astronauts vote from space!


i guess they have to be allowed to vote. I wish that the govt made more of an effort for other votes. Anyway, great chat!


Yes me too. People vote for eveything even renaming their garbage dump in Austin, TX lol. Nice chatting with you too. Have a good one.


Nice chatting with you too! Have a good day.


Hi! I do watch and love Netflix. I'm proud to say I'm one of the reasons Netflix accounts for 33% of all of North America's bandwidth from 9pm to 12am. Ha! What about you?


Me too, I am currently watching it right now lol. Did you ever watch Lilyhammer?


I can't say that I have. But I have watched Star Trek. In fact, I think it's funny that William Shatner and Carrie Fischer had a Star Trek vs Star Wars fued going on that George Takei tried to mitigate!


lol I never knew that. Lilyhammer was Netflix's first original show


That is awesome! Netflix has certainly come a long way over the years. And now today, both YouTube and Netflix account for half the peak internet traffic in north America! That is wild, isn't it?


I bet it does lol! Did you ever hear how Netflix started?


I heard it was because Reed Hastings racked up a $40 late fee with Apollo 13 on VHS, right? It's a good thing that happened. Ha!


yep it was apollo 13 at blockbuster. Now Reed is laughing to the bank lol.


Agreed! And even more humiliating, Blockbuster had a chance to buy Netflix for $50 million and today, the company is worth $2 billion. That's kind of sad. Blockbuster missed out big time!


ouch, they missed out huge! I heard Netflix is like 21 billion dollars in debt because of all their new content. I think it will be paid off quickly though


Hopefully so! I do know they also spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth as well. I wonder if that could be a reason why they're so far in debt as well?


that is a good point, I wonder how many people actually get dvds delivered to them still. I wonder how much more money they could make if China was able to stream it


That is a good question! But not just China, also Syria, Crimea and North Korea. They already have 137 million subscribers, I can only imagine how many million more they'd have if Netflix was available in those countries!


right, I mean China has like the most people on this planet lol! Oh well, maybe some day. Back to your shatner comment before, are you a star wars or star trek fan


I'm probably more Star Trek. Ha! One of the reasons why is because Stephen Hawking is the first and only person to portray himself in the Star Trek universe!


Interesting, I never really watched Star Trek. I feel there were so many different versions, but I will definitely check it out


There definitely is! Are you also a fan of science fiction by chance? I am and I've been wanting to read Starship Troopers since it's the first Sci-Fi novel to make the reading lists of three US military branches! It must be a great book!


I read it, it was great. It was nice seeing the movie after to get the graphic effect. I recommend it! It was so nice chatting with you!


I'll definitely have to check it out! On a similar note, I love how NASA actually has a list of space technology terms for writers to use in science fiction stories. That is very nice of them! Well it was nice chatting with you as well! Hope you have a great evening, friend!


That is awesome! Enjoy your evening too!


I'm a fan of Bill Murray, what about you?


He's pretty funny. He thinks kung fu hustle is the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy.


I haven't seen that one yet. Do you like to read?


Sometimes I read, but not as often as I used to.


Me too. Life just gets so busy sometimes it's hard to find time for a book. Do you like any of J.R.R Tolkiens books?


I've never read any of them, are they any good?


He wrote the hobbit and lord of the rings books. I've read of few of them and seen some of the movies. They are pretty good.


Interesting, I think I've seen a few of the movies. Apparently all of the names are lifted from a Viking Text.


He apparently wrote 13 pages of a sequel called the new shadow but abandoned it. I wonder why?


I'm not sure. Did you know the FDA burned six tons of literature?


That's crazy. In greek literate there was no romantic kissing as it is a recent development.


Me too. Kissing is kind of strange concept if you think about it too hard.


There was once a contest that challenges writers to come up with the worst possible opening sentence to a novel.


I wonder what some of them said. I'm sure some of them were pretty funny.


Yeah they probably were. Winston Churchill won a nobel prize in literature.


That's interesting. Painting was an Olympic event in 1912.


I can believe that. Sounds like it would be cool to watch. Nice chatting with you.


Have you heard any news about scientists lately?


Something about dna of bacteria being stored in a gif animation. You?


Harrison Schmitt was the only scientist to walk on the moon,  but they are planning to put a base station on the Moon soon.


I wonder how they are going to do that, since no one has been to the moon since the 60's? Maybe the Emperor of Japan knows, as he still publishes papers.


I am not sure, but it was not really that long ago, I mean, The world Wide Web was invented in 1989


It has been almost 60 years since anyone stepped on the moon. Thats a long time. Even by CERN's standards.


Look how far we came in that time, an iphone has more computing power than anything they had back then, we can do it, Apple had a clothing line in 1986 but now is so powerful of a company


Fascinating. I think it's hilarious that people think that the cowboy hat was most popular in the old west. It was really the bowler.


Cowboy hats are so cool and most people don't know much about them plus. the tipping of a hat goes back to knights raising of their face masks.


Yes, they did that to show they were friendly.


Exactly,  I bought a really nice hat at the unclaimed baggage store in alabama,  have you ever heard of it or been?


I have been there. I bought a camera and most of my Mardi Gras outfits there several years ago. It's huge. I even found a vintage Apple sweater.


Wow,  that's a great find. We bought nice luggage there and a computer there


I'm surprised they checked a computer. In 1908, a law was passed, regulating the length of hat pins.


I never thought that suffragettes would use them as weapons, surely they had other options.


I would have, had I of lived back then. There was zero reasons why we couldn't vote, and some men were very violent towards us. I found out that the hats Bishops wear, are called mitres. That's a weird name.


That is a weird name, I guess it was a lot different back then, until 1998 brittish politicians had to wear a top hat if making an order


People always think that Pilgrims only wore black. They were fashion forward, and only wore it for special occasions.


They were good at making clothes, I like how a coller gap can tell if you get clothes tailored


Only those truly schooled in fashion and style are able to tell that without asking.


The clothes were better back then too, unlike the stuff made in china with a made in korea label


Rip Curl is a north korean label, and is legally  not for sale due to sanctions. So, that hardly qualifies.


1954 was a long time ago.  A lot had occurred around that time.


Albert Einstein wrote the letter tow a philosopher in 1954, that went into the public auction in 2008.


I believe the end of WWII was fresh on everyone's mind.  Its interesting that Young Albert was devout.


Yes, After the second world war we need peace and human should respect human. Love is the greatest gift to man kind.


The letter sold in 2008 for $404,000.  If the letter was written by some one other than Albert it would never have gotten so much.  Vanilla Ice, $1.   Obama, $1,000?


It is very interesting. The post in 1985, Einstein believed in what he called a cosmic religion.


Yes, I do not think that Einstein thought no god at all, but rather a part f the universe that is difficult to understand. I think he was criticizing religious leaders on some points.


There are stars in the known universe that are cold enough to be touched by the human hand.


You first.  The density of the star would be such that your not getting your hand back.  The observable universe is filled with wondrous things.


There is a region of space that may be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe.


The heliocentric model of the solar system was a bad idea.  Flat earthers go a step to far. We should never have come out of the trees.  If we could travel to this region of space, would you?


Yes I also. The Big bang theory is the prevailing cosmological explosion is the development of the earth.


Well, OK I guess.  I wonder if Albert Einstein charged $1 to sign his $404,000 letter.


The letter showed up again on eBay for an asking price at least $3 million but apparently never sold.


In december of this year, it will be auctioned by Christie's.  They expect $1 million.  If I had a million, there are other things.  Still it would be interesting.


The other things?  For a million?  I dont know, experiences are the best. Travel to south America and see the rain forest. The estate of Einstein earns $18,000,000 annually.


Albert Einstein was asked to be the president of Israel, which he was declined. Do you know ?


I imagine such a presidency would present a moral issue for the man.  He was about fair and equal treatment for people.  He was a member of NAACP.


I think that we would understand each other quite well if we talked about the concrete things.


Yes, E=mc2 and 2 plus 2 equals 5.  Have a good day.


I haven't. I hear it is a musical. Have you seen it?


I have seen the movie at least a dozen times. The musical is playing in Arlington though.


That's pretty cool! I wasn't aware there was a movie. Do you like to dance?


I do! The dance number's in the musical are supposed to be spectacular, especially "Angry Dance" in Act 1. Dance is a great way to communicate, even outside of musical's.


I'm not great at dancing, but I do like watching people dance. Bruce lee was the hong kong cha cha champion in 1958.


Who knew? Tupac was a dancer as well. He did ballet in high school. He even performed in the Nutcracker.


That's pretty awesome. I believe there's a special part of the brain that takes in music. Babies spontaneously dance when they hear music. I think I read people with memory loss can remember words to songs as well.


That's crazy! I wonder if I ever forget stuff, if music will help me. Think that's how Elton John remember's all his songs? He has sold over 30 million records.


That's crazy, he is quite the legend. They almost cut Can you feel the love tonight from The lion king. I'm really glad they didn't!


Me too! I love that song. It's probably my second favorite song of his behind Candle In The Wind.


Yeah, it is definitely one of his best. It went on to win an oscar! I wonder if he will do anything for the new movie?


I don't know about the movie but I think he does all the music in the musical. It's a Tony winning musical.


Yeah, it's a pretty amazing musical. He preformed with Ed sheeran at the Grammys because they said Ed was not high profile enough.


Wow! I love Ed Sheeran's music, I would have never guessed that. Did you know Elton John doesn't write all his own music?


Oh yeah? I didn't know that. I guess that's a lot of music to write all on your own.


Apparently, most of his songs were wrote by Bernie Taupin.


Well, hats off to Bernie because he's done a great job too!


I would say! He came across him randomly after he failed an audition for some talent search.


That's pretty lucky. The song called Your song was given to Elton as an upcoming artist.


He's had a great career. IT was a nice chat!


Do you think you will see the musical now? You should go this weekend!


I'm really thinking about checking it out! I really like musicals!  Have a nice night!


Did you know Bruce Lee was a great dancer and won hong kong's cha-cha championship in 1958?


No, I did not know that, but dancing and martial arts are alike when you think about it. It is about coordinated movements.


Yes, michael jackson has a patent on a device allowing him to lean extremely in some dance moves.


Yes, there was a peg in the floor and a hole in the sole of his shoes. HE had to patent it so he would be the only one to use it.


Babies actually spontaneously dance when they hear music and smile when hitting the beat.  How sweet!


Yeah, the appreciation of culture is in our genes it seems every culture has their dance moves and music.


Elton John was actually born Reginald Kenneth Dwight and worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 collaborating on more than 30 albums.


they have met because Elton could not write songs and Bernie could not sing, sometime destiny works.


Yes, did you know that Can you Feel the love tonight was almost cut from Lion King but John campaigned for it to be left in.  Good thing.


Elton knows about what makes a good song he has 31 years where he had a song in the billboard top 100.


Wow.  He did sell more than 300 million records.


I wonder if he is richer than the prime minister of Australia ? His position is not even in the constitution, his salary must be low.


Maybe.  The prime minister of uk has a cat, and it has the title of chief mouser, funny huh


Chief mouser ? Tupac was mouse king in the nutcracker, I don't think they would go well together.


In Japan, the prime minister sends a silver cup to celebrate, but so many turned 100 so they had to find a way to make cheaper cups


They are ceremonial, they don't need to be sturdy, not like pointes for ballet dancers, they can go through 4 pairs in a week.


A 1995 radio station actually pranked Queen Elizabeth.   I bet they got in trouble.


Do you still listen to radio ? I only listen to streaming service these days.


Not really, just in the car.  I would listen if Elton John and his song Your Song came on though


How yeah ? Do you still listen to candle in the wind ?


Sometimes.  Also, sometimes I play it on the piano. Such beautiful music and great tribute to Princess Diana too.


Hi there! Are you a baseball fan at all?


Hello! I am! I don't really have a team but like the Red Sox! How about you?


Oh man, I'm a long time Yankee fan. Can't stand the Red Sox!


The yankees have been fun to watch too! I'm from the midwest so you don't have to hate me haha. Do you know which two ballparks are over 100 years old?


Hmm I'm pretty sure Fenway is. I visited it a couple of years ago. I'll admit it's pretty cool. The other one is probably Wrigley right?


Did you go to a yankee sox game there? That would be so cool to see that! That is correct for both!


I didn't. I just happened to be in Boston and decided to stop in since there was a game. Did you know the Red Sox were partly owned by the New York Times?


Oh that's cool! I didn't know that! Lebron James is part of the team that owns the Red Sox as well!


Is he? That's lame!! Not a Lebron fan over here. Isn't he a Yankee fan too?


He's a fan of whatever makes him money lol. I know Ben Affleck hates the yankees!


Who do you think will do better this year?


I'm thinking the Yankees because they have all this young talent who are starting to play well together!


Yeah Boston has the pitching advantage though. We don't have an answer for Chris Sale. Plus I think Boston has better pure hitters.


That's true! At least they play each other like 15 times so we can see haha. Did you see that crazy ball in the hat rule that baseball has?


Ball in the hat? No I don't think I have.


Apparently the opposing team receives three bases if a player catches a baseball in their hat... Make zero sense lol.


That can't be real. We would have seen it happen. I do know managers can technically play. That's why they wear uniforms.


I wonder if anybody has jumped in? I can see old Tommy Lasorda jumping in a dodgers game when he was managing lol.


Haha man I think that guy is still around making wine or something.


I'm sure he is. He has to be 1000 years old now lol. Anyways, had a great chat, Have an awesome night!


Thanks! Enjoy the rest of the night. Got a fantasy baseball draft coming up


How's it going, do you follow baseball? The Nationals aren't doing too good after losing 3-0 to the Red Sox


Yeah, they just suck big time.  And I doubt it's going to improve much.  Those errors like Severino not blocking that pitch in the dirt are very hard to shake.


Yea it was so bad the Nationals called a players only meeting but I don't see it helping much


The manager, Martinez, is very typical rah rah kind of guy but that doesn't win games.  They need to play better.  Difo popping out to end the game seems to demonstrate how bad they are.


Erick Fedde shoulder shoreness doesn't help either


True.  That kind of injury can nag on for the rest of the season.  Maybe they need a girl pitcher.  Did you know there was a 1y year old girl got banned back in the day for striking out Ruth and Gehrig.  That's what they need.


No, that is strange. Maybe the manager can play in the game since they technically allowed to play


Whoops, I meant 17 year old girl.  I had heard about managers playing, it would be fun to see that actually happen.  I'm kind of surprised actually because my Oakland A's have done so many crazy things.  That rule is so obscure that everybody knows it.  Like catching the ball in your hat gives the other team three bases.


You know I think Pete Rose played a few games while he was a manager but Pete was one crazy dude


You might be right about that.  He would never admit to being too old to play.  My daughter lives just down the street from Fenway park in Boston.  One of the two 100 year old parks.


I've been to Fenway once, it's pretty crazy their first game was against the NY Highlanders


Those Highlanders became the Yankees in 1913 so that does make 100 years.  That club started as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901.  I bet there were some odd rules back then.


I'm sure, speaking of odd 2 yankee pitchers swapped families in 1973


Wow! that's really "Trading places".  One thing I don't like about the Yankees is they don't have names of their uniforms.  I guess they are supposed to be so famous that everyone knows them.  Although the club claims that's to emphasize the team element of the game.


I guess that's a major reason why there is a "lost" yankee player


You mean some kind of ghost?  Baseball is full of stories, like how the Sox name came from Noah Webster's plan to simplify spelling.  Boston and Chicago bought in anyway.


I figured it was just because people in Boston and Chicago have horrible accents, especially Boston saying sox instead of socks lol


Yeah, especially Boston.  Can hardly understand some of them.  When I play video baseball game with my boy he always wants to be the Albuquerque Isotopes.  That name was actually made up for the Simpson's show.  I prefer the Birmingham Biscuits.  We have a lot of fun.


You ever play soccer-baseball aka kickball?


No since 3rd grade!  But my grown up hipster daughter and her friends do.  I guess it also involves beer.  Since MLB uses about 160,000 balls a year, I guess they need to sell a lot of beer too, to pay for it all.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hello there, are you a big baseball fan?


Yes I am, I like the Yankees what about you?


That's awesome, yeah I am too, but I am a Brewers fan, we almost made the world series this year!


Oh thats too bad! hopefully next year you can make it, would be nice to see a defining match between the Yankees and the Brewers.


Yeah that would be a dream of mine to watch the Yankees and Brewers playing in the world series together.


Would be nice, did you know that a man found baseball cards worth 3 million dollars in his grandfathers attic!


Holy cow! That would be so crazy to have that happen to you.  Did you know baseball managers can technically play?


I didnt know that! I guess it never happens, would be interesting to watch though.


Yeah there are a few managers from the past that I would've loved watching swinging a bat.


Guys like Dusty Baker, Tony La Russa and guys like those!


I see! well I would like to see Bobby Richardson play again, did youknow he is the only person to win a mvp without winning the series?


No I didn't know that, very interesting. Did you know Don Mattingly got suspended once for not getting a haircut?


Thats new, thats a stupid way of suspending a key player lol, most players would get suspended now a days if the same rule applied.


Yeah I know the Simpsons parodied it on probably the best episode that show ever made, it was great.


I will sure google that later on, are you a soccer fan? apparently the Red Socks are owned by the same company as Liverpool F.C.


You should, it will be worth it, they had a ton of real baseball players do voices.  And yes I am! Liverpool is actually my favorite team.  Do you watch much?


I will look it up for sure, I think the Simpsons are the best and yeah I love soccer, I like Man United though and also Barcelona.


Yeah I watch most of Manchester's matches, they are doing much better since they let go of Mourinho.


They sure are, I used to think Mourinho was a great coach but theres always fighting in the teams he arrives.


Yeah he is, and I agree, I think it just got to be too much for the players and it's best for all this way.  Well it was nice talking with a fellow sports fan, I hope you have a good night.


Hello!  Do you follow baseball?  Baseball is so popular in Japan that many fans are surprised to discover its status as American's national pastime.


Yes, I enjoy going to the games!! I'm surprised Japan didn't know that! interesting.


Baseball has so many interesting facts.  For example, did you know that baseball managers wear uniforms because they are able to play for their teams if the need arises.


Really, I didn't know that was for baseball? Did you know that in a typical season that 160,000  baseballs may be used?


That is a lot of baseballs.  I wonder what they do with all of them.  I know a few go to the fans.


Yes, Have you ever caught one or came close? Do you know what happens if a baseball player catches the ball in their hat?


Pretty exciting I would think!! I love to see kids get one. Isn't it interesting the NY Yankees logo was first designed by Tiffany for a police officer!


Speaking of the New York Yankees in 1991, they suspended Don Mattingly because he refused to get a haircut.


Really, Do you know why or long was his hair?


I am not sure, but I can imagine it was pretty long.  On the other hand, the Boston Red Sox are owned in part by the New York Times.


Yes, and I heard Lebron James is in part of an owner as well!


James has to be rich to be able to afford that.  He has to be so much richer than the man who found three million dollars worth of 1900s baseball cards in his grandfather's attic.


Yes, he was part of a group that did. I heard about that! Can you imagine finding cards worth that much in an attic?


A lottery win just above your head, how crazy!  It's as crazy as Bill O'Reilly inventing a fake press organization in college to get season tickets to the Yankees.  Can you guess if it worked or not?


Yes it worked.  He got in.  It was smart thinking on his part.


Really, interesting! Did you know there are two major league baseball parks over 100 years old?


Considering baseball started to get popular in the early 1900s, I believe it.  In 1904, the Red Sox won the American League pennant.


Yes, it did! Its funny Ben Affleck refused to wear a NY Yankees cap on screen in Gone Girl!!


Hmm I wonder why.  It was nice chatting with you.


lol, Yes, It wouldn't be because he likes the Red Sox team!! Good chat!


Not really, but I do like the song "Empire State of Mind" that he did with Alicia Keys. The song "California Gurls" was written as an answer song to that


Yeah didn't Snoop Dogg rap on that song California Gurls?


Yes, he recorded it with Katy Perry. There's also a song on the Space Jam soundtrack that's sung by Bugs Bunny that Jay-Z was a ghostwriter for


That is pretty interesting, I didn't know he was writing music that far back.


Many artists started off in song writing. His first album was released in 1996. Now he has thirteen


I think he is up there for most ever grammys or grammy nominations as well.


He's been rapping since high school though because he had a rap battle with Busta Rhymes in the lunchroom since they attended the same school


That must have been an awesome battle, would be cool if you were there and could tell the story today.


Well, DMX also went to that school and also might have been there to see it. One of Jay-Z's albums was pulled from iTunes because he didn't want people buying individual songs and missing the big picture they would get from the album as a whole


That is a pretty cool concept, i don't think artists appreciate the whole album experience like the used to, not all but a lot.


Albums that are done well should be a seamless experience between songs. Have you heard of the DC comics miniseries called "Kingdom Come"?


Agreed, and no I haven't heard about it, what is it about?


It's about a retired Superman in the future coming out of retirement and showing the younger superheroes how saving the world is done. It inspired Jay-Z's album with the same name


That sounds pretty cool I will have to check that out when I get some time.


He's not the only rapper who likes superheroes. Eminem's favorite superhero is Spider-man, and he originally wanted to be a comic book artist


Yeah I think I read that, interesting to think what Eminem's comic book art would have looked like.


It's not too late for him to try. There's a type of freestyle invented by Korean rappers called a "compliment battle." How nice of them!


That sounds pretty cool, did you hear about the judge in an Eminem suit?


Didn't the judge give her ruling by rapping?


Yeah she rapped it out to him, that sounds too funny to be true.


I mean, I would do that too if I could. Apparently I need to go back and watch the Rugrats Movie because Busta Rhymes did the voice of the Reptar wagon


I like some stuff.  Mainly some of the older stuff.  I do enjoy Jay-Z


I dont really know his stuff. he is quite popular ive heard.


I know he is in the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, I am not too familiar with his entire body of work, but what I have heard, I like.


I guess he has rivals in the rap world? Is kanye one of them?


I think so, but I also think they worked on an album together.  I dont personally care for Kanye.


I dont really like him as a person and i dont know his music. To me, he seems to focus too much on himself.


I agree with that, and I don't agree with his thinking, either.  He had a controversial comment about AIDS...


I'm not convinced that he knows much about science and medicine. hm.


Enough about him... did you know Jay-Z was the ghostwriter for the song Bugs Bunny sang on space jam?


I did not know that. jay-z probably writes a lot of songs that get used in different situations.


He is a prominent rapper, so he likely has songs I dont even realize are his!


True. Did you know that tupac shakur's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance"?


No.  That is pretty cool.  I never got into him, but I hear his music was pretty good.


I dont know his stuff either. i know that he was a dancer as well. he was a gifted guy.


He really was, I read he also studied Jazz, poetry and other stuff while in school.


I am not surprised. Did you know that korean rappers engage in something called a compliment battle?


Yeah, it is something that they also call their freestyle.  Here it is an insult battle.  LOL


Yes, i think the koreans are doing something culturally appropriate. Anyway, great chat!


Kanye West was really seriously a happy man while playing Family Fued, wasn't he.


haha I think so, he was very spirited with his shouting and "dragon energy" haha


Yah, dragon energy he said he shared with Trump of all people.


ya pretty crazy, also he was born in 1977 and has sold about 120 million records so he's no slouch


oh ya for sure, but hes kind of crazy he thinks AIDS was man made


hahaha!  True.  He has some real funny ideas.


yup very werid, he is nice though once he gave his mic to a wheelchair bound fan


Yes, he did.  He also sings some gospel songs!  That was shocking to me.  He has a wide range of changes in his approach to sweep people off their feet.


oh definitely, and he has a history of off color interruptions, like at that award ceremony with Taylor Swift


He's supposed to be the only one out of the top 10 most successful songs of all time that is in a minor key!


that is impressive, do you like Kim kardashian at all?


Yes, I do.  She hit TV like no tomorrow and got extremely high pay, especially in 2015 when she took the highest paid reality television personality!


ya she hit the ground running, weird that she used to be the personal assistant for Paris Hilton!


Everyone has to start somewhere.  Ya think?  That 2003 sex tape with her former boyfriend, Ray J that got leaked in 2007 helped push her to the forefront.


oh definitely, and now shes married to Kanye West and in Fallout Boy Music videos!


Who would have ever thought Kanye West?  hahahaha!  Yah, she jumped right in there in 2014 and they got thee kids right off the bat!


lol ya she did, and her father got famous from being part of OJ's defense team, I remember that


True!  She hit the top 100 most influential people in 2015 and was plastered all over Time magazine!


yup she was, do you like rap music? I guess Tupac's music was given to the library of congress because it was deemed "culturally significant"


Personally, there is very little rap that I like.  Tupac is a big name in the industry along with eminem.


ya, I was just shocked they rap in Korea and do "compliment battles" sounds crazy


I think they are pretty neat!  I dont want to swim with them though.


They are amazing animals. Sharks have no rib cages which means on the land they can crush their own body.


I think it is cool that they rescue sailors.  So they are not the monster Jaws makes the out to be.


I think so too. Sharks evolved earlier than dinosaurs and trees.


Wow!  That is amazing.  I would have expected the other two to be first.


Me too. Great White Sharks congregate in the middle of the Pacific in an area know as the white shark cafe.


Also known as the place you wont find me.


HAHA right! Sharks can be trained like dogs to bark.


That would be the scariest sound to hear right before it eats you...lol


I do.  I find it fascinating.  Im no scientist though.


I do too. One of the emperors of Japan is a scientist and still publishes papers to this day.


Wow.  To bad we cant elect someone with that intellect.


I agree. Harrison Schmitt is the only scientist to walk on the moon.


You would have thought more of the astronauts would have been scientists.


I would think so too. Harvard scientists stored a GIF animation of a galloping horse in the DNA of bacteria.


Even beginning to understand how that is done baffles me.


I agree. It doesn't even make sense to me. Do you like comedy?


I think it's great. Nothing better than a good laugh!


The Green Lantern was supposed to be a comedy in the beginning.


Hello, have you heard of the possibility of stimulating the brain with zaps to decrease aggressive instincts?


That is quite amazing, like something from science fiction.  I just wonder if it will really translate to real life.  It seems the test was to zap the prefrontal cortex and then have participants rate how they respond after reading a story with aggression.  I know you cannot test in real life, I'm just not sure how realistic the reading exercise is.


It definitely feels like science fiction! It's crazy how rapidly scientists are innovating, I believe the term scientist wasn't even a regular thing until the 19th century, and look where we are now!


In some ways I agree,  like creating this computerized device to electrically stimulate the brain.  Its a bit scary that external devices can manipulate the brain's wiring.


Absolutely, at the same time I think it's important to remember this is nothing definite yet. The researcher, Olivia Choy, still maintains this is just an early step.


I agree.  But Tom Hummer at Indiana University School of Medicine points out that the biggest limitation of the study is the difficulty of measuring actual aggression in the lab.  So, while it initially may show promise, the next step is to develop better experimental methods to more accurately measure the effects.


With better methods though I have a lot of hope for the future. Amazing things come out of science. Even the World Wide Web was invented by an English Scientist.


At the same time, scientist can be an eccentric bunch.  Do you know that there is a "Steve" project regarding evolution in which a signatory must be named Steve or some variation thereof?


I didn't know that no! That seems very interesting and confusing, I wonder who came up with it.


I'm not sure.  At the same time they can be quite inventive in the most unusual ways.  Did you know that the first Google computer was housed in an enclosure made from Lego bricks.  That's a long way from the Google of today!


Wow it's crazy how people can make something from nothing. I saw once that someone used basic minecraft building blocks to create a working 16-bit computer!


And I thought 16-bit computers went out of production in the 1980s!  Computers have really advanced science in ways that were not possible earlier,  Great advances in space travel were made possible with computer simulations.  And computers are getting smaller.  Harvard scientist have been able to store an animation of a galloping horse in the DNA of bacteria!!!


Computers are getting smarter and yet I feel that there is so much more room to innovate! For example smoking near an apple computer voids the warranty, that scares me and makes me feel like it actually could harm the computer's system!


I'm not quite sure how Apple will enforce that warranty - use a swab test for tobbacco combustion residue?  With scientist and computers, the line between the present and the future is somewhat blurred.  Did you know SciFi author Isaac Asimov created the term "robotics" in 1941?


I didn't know that! That must have been before robotics was even thought of very often, whereas now it's a huge debate! Although I think the history may go back even further, like I believe Edgar Allen Poe wrote the first known example of robots in fiction.


Could be; I have not read Poe in ages.  In weird science news, did you know its illegal to own a rabbit in Queensland Australia unless you have a magician's license or are a scientist?  That sounds like it could be straight out of fiction!!!


Oh absolutely, and I have no clue how they would follow that! Other strange science news I heard about was a very young prodigy, John Von Neumann could divide 8 digit numbers and converse in ancient Greek all by the age of 6.


That was truly remarkable - age 6!.  Do you know when I completed college?


No clue! I'm guessing it was very early on though, maybe he grew up to be one of those genuises that helped build a computer that runs on water!


Sorry about the slip of the fingers, it should have been "he" and not "I".  I guess some of the more eccentric people can be the most creative and with the right guidance produce something than has real world applicability.    Well right now, I am thinking about going program my microwave to make popcorn!


No worries! Maybe you'll be the next great mind in science, who knows! It was nice chatting with you, have a great night!


Same to you.  And don't self experiment with the electrodes to the brain!


Ahah definitely a good idea, thank you for the advice. Good night!


Would you be someone that reads much poetry?


Lol not since High School but I know a little about it, like the Epic of Gilgamesh written in Sumerian


That's more than me.  I like to read but I don't enjoy poetry.  Nicole Cooley is a complete unknown to me.


Lol yea back in high school we had to read stuff like the Odyssey and illiad, personally I thought the stories were interesting but way too long


Yes, school was probably my last real interaction with poetry, I recall having to memorize a poem by Wordsworth, and having to recite it to the class.


That's sucks.  Some classes I took would make you write poems which I sucked at. I can't imagine ever writing a 274 line poem with 800 irregularly pronounced words like one poet did


I remember being very nervous about the recitation, I got very hot under the collar.  We had to wear shirt and ties to school, I distinctly remember the feeling.


too bad you weren't a viking, they though poetry was a gift from Odin. They probably wouldn't make you dress up for poetry recitation


The vikings were a bit more casual in their dress.  I don't think they were too bothered about having the right label on their clothing, no Lacoste symbols on their chain-mail.


Yea and they didn't have to wear blue shirts at funerals like the pallbearers at Billy May's funeral


I think maybe I'll write a poem about how I hate reciting poetry, especially in a shirt and tie.


If it's really bad maybe Cs Lewis will read it at a laugh you lose competitions he has


To be honest I think I would find bad poetry more entertaining than good poetry.


Yea, maybe that should of been an olympic event instead of regular poetry


Now you mention I do recall the were gold medal for poetry in the early days, I think for art as well.  I just read today that they want break dancing to be in the upcoming Olympics.


Break dancing as an Olympic event sounds pretty subjective but so was poetry, art, and music


I suppose it would be like the ice dancing, a bunch of judges making a evaluation.  Essentially an election.


Yea but apparently the faster blinker has lost every US presidential election since 1980 so maybe there is an objective way to judge candidates


I can just see all the upcoming candidates getting blinking coaching to ensure they optimism their blinking for the American public.  It seems height plays a roll in elections too.


Must be why Hank the cat didn't win in the Virginia Senate election and only place third


That or there was too much blinking.  Do cats blink?  I'd like to see how a cat does in office.  Many would say better than we normally get.


Can't be worse. Well it was nice talking with you


I like poetry but don't read it as much as I think I should. But it's amazing. Poetry can express so much emotion on so many different topics. Do you like it?


I like it yeah, I think that it expressed feelings in a unique way,


I agree. Have you ever heard of Nicole Cooley (aka Alice James)? She has some great poetry out there. Very unique


I have actually, Of Marriage is one of her popular poems right?


Yes it is. It's about her own experience with her marriage, and it's really good. It's really cool with her use of unexpected line breaks


Yeah being legally and emotionally bound to a person, thats something I can understand, she has a great writting style


Yeah, and so does Elizabeth Spires. She wrote a piece that raises really important questions about identity and memory and death


I havent heard about her, I might Google that poem later sounds interesting,


It definitely is. And Anne Waldman wrote a collection called "Trickster Feminism" about feminism and the people who want to take women down


I thought that one was great, she won an award because of the poem right? I heard she is an award winning activist


Yeah I think she is. She wrote a great piece about the 2016 election. Do you know anything about elections?


yeah a bit, the talle candidate seems to win most of the times, interesting stat


Yeah that's so weird. Maybe that's why Trump won the election in 2016. Did you know that voter turnout has been less than 2/3's of the population for the last HUNDRED years?


Wow I agree with you that can be the reason, Nevada has a none of these candidates option


I wonder why that is. If you don't like any of the candidates, then why do you go to vote?


I know right, just stay at home an avoid voting, it would be funny if that option won though


Yeah, that would be so strange. Do you like fashion at all? I think it's pretty interesting but I'm not that informed. I know that in China, gangs would layer as many shirts as possible and pop their collars during the cultural revolution as a fashion statement.


I do like fashion, and that is interesting, do you like to wear polo shirts?


I don't think I've ever worn a polo shirt. But did you know that originally polo shirts were invented for tennis players, and only later were they worn by actual polo players?


I didnt know that, all this time wearing polo shirts and I just found out about that, great fact, thanks.


Hi, how are you? Are you a soccer fan at all?


Yes, i am.  Do you know that soccer players run an average of 7 miles in a game?


Yeah I've heard it was something crazy like that. Do you root for a team in the World Cup?


England? Booo! I root for the U.S. men's team when they actually make it. It hasn't been a good run for men's squad recently.


I am a proud American so of course i root for the U.S. men's team but when they get knocked out I switch to England.


Ah I see. I'm with you. I rooted for England last World Cup actually too. At least the U.S. women's team is awesome, eh?


Yeah, they sure are awesome.  Can you believe the super bowl is smaller than soccer's third biggest event?


It's hard to believe, but soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball and hockey combined so it makes sense. Only the US and Canada care about football really. The rest of the world loves soccer.


I love watching soccer.  The anticipation when the ball is getting close to the goal and hoping (or dreading) that a goal might be coming


Me too. I think soccer and hockey are the best two sports to watch. The action and movement is constant. I wonder if the 2022 World Cup will still be in Qatar.


I don't know.  The awarding process is so corrupt.  I think they have a ways to go on the infrastructure.  I heard they are trying to make an air condition stadium that are solar powered.


Yeah apparently there have been huge human violent rights and labor rights violations where they are building for the World Cup in Qatar. I thought they might have changed the venue.


They shouldn't have got it in the first place.  It is too hot there for starters.  Soccer is definitely the world's most popular sport.  Did you that over 46 percent of the world population watched the 2010 fifa world cup?


That's insane, billions of people. It's weird Qatar is building so much when there aren't really any net economic gains for hosting the World Cup. Weird.


Same thing for the Olympics.  Some of the old Olympics sites are decaying ghost towns


I just saw the old site in Barcelona last year. They actually turned it into something decent. A bunch of restaurants on the beach and a boardwalk.


That is awesome.  I saw a slideshow recently about a few of the abandoned Olympic sites.  There was one in Russia, one in eastern Europe and perhaps one in Canada, very sad


Interesting, was the one in Russia the recent one?


Yes, where Germany got knocked out of by the South Koreans lol. I believe France won.


I think you are right.  Do you think the U S men team will get better in the near future?


I hope so. I kind of agree when people say that the best athletes in the US don't play soccer. There's not enough money in it here.


Good point.  Hey it was nice talking with you


I do. I really enjoy Superhero movies and comics


Nice. Have you seen the Incredibles movies?


I've only seen the first one. I haven't seen the 2018 Incredibles 2 yet.


Nice, me either but the first one was fun to watch. Do you know who was the voice of Edna Mode


I still wonder how they were not able to find a woman to play it


I assume he had something very specific in mind for the character. He seems very eccentric as a director.


True, he only hired people that he thought would quit or be fired from Pixar.


I don't understand the intention behind that. But it is definitely interesting. Superhero writers are known for weird things though. There is, for instance, a superhero called normalman


Haha what is this superhero's superpower?


He has none! He's the only man on a superhero planet without powers.


Oh okay I guess that is why the name. I wonder if anyone thinks about the collateral damage superheroes cause?


Actually yes. There's also a comic about that.


Nice, I wonder what the estimate is there in damages. At least they save us.


Haha that is true. There are over 300 registered US superheros so there is a lot of damage to recover from


Yupp. Stan Lee alone maybe created more than half of them


The man was a legend. There is even a Garfield book called Pet Force, where Garfield and his gang are superheroes!


He is definitely much missed in the comic world. He was a super hero himself in a way


That is so true. It was nice chatting with you


I was once, but the world turned against me. Now, I am a superhero fan incognito... You?


I like them, but I am not into all the lore and everything.


Are you a fan of the best animated movie of 2018?


I havent seen it.  I am living under a rock.  It has been a long time since the first one I feel.


Yeah, the first one came out in 2004. That's a long time between installments, especially for such a successful first film!


I think there was a video game in the mean time.


True, but this is the first full-length film since the original!  The director, Brad Bird postponed the development of the sequel film to work on other projects.


Hopefully it can really live up to the hype.  Bird also voiced a character in the film, Edna Mode.


He sure did!  The film has gotten high praise for its animation, voice acting, humor, action sequences, and musical score. Any one of those makes the sequel a good bet for a great time!


Yeah, I hear Michael Giacchino was back to score again.


Yup, and I just love the work of Holly Hunter and Craig T Nelson too!


They are pretty incredible.  No pun intended.


Did you know that there was a comic series written about cleaning up collateral damage caused by superheroes? Pretty creative!


I bet that would be fun to read, that is one thing super heroes always do, destroy everything, all in the name of saving the planet.


My favorite superhero fish is the Black Swallower!  Its superpower is that it can swallow up to 10 times its own weight!


That is awesome!  I am a bit fan of Deadpool!


I am unfamiliar wit that character. Is it a fish too?  My second favorite fish superhero is The Seahorse... As the only fish wit a neck, it stands out from the rest!


Nope, he is just a regular superhero who is extremely sarcastic.  But I'd be that Jellyfish that is immortal.  That sounds cool!


But what is the superpower?  Surviving the Cambrian extinction?  Well, I am off to eat some fish for dinner. Have a nice evening!


Hello!  did you know that months before Apollo 11 NASA had seriously considered placing a UN instead of an American flag on the mood?


Good morning! No, I did not know that! Very interesting.


I didn't either!  The highest point on the moon is 1938 meters higher than Mt. Everest!  Looks like we'll be learning of new things about the moon today.  lol


I wonder if anyone has been to the top? Do you know what the average age was of mission control during the first moon landing?


The average age was 28. Even back then I bet that generation wasn't getting the credit they deserved!


lol I bet not.  Phobos, which is the largest moon around Mars is one third hollow!


Oh, that is weird. Surprisingly there is an asteroid with its own moon in our solar system.


That sounds creepy.  There is evidence of methane based life on Titan, a moon of Saturn.


That's even creepier! Strange moon rock fact, astronauts from Apollo 11 had to declare moon rocks through customs upon return to Earth!


Now that's funny!  How ridiculous though they made them do that.  Do you like birds?


Yes, I love birds. I feed them all the time. Odd that birds have regional accents.


I didn't know that.  That's pretty interesting!


Well, if you like interesting bird facts, here's another: Pigeons are one of 3 birds that produce milk for their young! So, what about you, do you like birds?


Wha!  I didn't know that.  Yes I do.  I have a pigeon fact....The extinct dodo bird is actually a sub-family of pigeon.


Oh, that is interesting. Did you know that crows are among the most intelligent of birds?


That I've heard before.  I find it amazing that some birds can migrate from Alaska to Northern Mexico without sleeping.


That's amazing. It would be interesting to hear crows imitate human speech since they are capable of doing so.


That would be neat!  I wonder why people don't like crows?  In most birds, their bones are so hollow that the entire skeleton weighs less than the feathers!


That would make sense since they can fly. They wouldn't be able to be too heavy.


Yes!  Wish I was like that so I could fly!  lol  It's been nice chatting with!


Yes, it's been nice chatting with you as well. Have a good day.


Hey there do you like the moon? I like looking outside right now and seeing it because it's so pretty


It is pretty incredible.  The highest point on the moon is 1938 M higher than Mt Everest!


That is amazing! I'm just shocked they were going to put a for the UN instead of the American flag on the moon initially


I know.  It would kinda defeat the point of the Space Race.


Yep I agree with you. Did you know that Moon dust is actually very powerful and harmful to humans, it could even cut through Kevlar


Wow.  I am surprised they havent tried to use it to make something stronger than Kevlar then, but if humans couldnt touch it it would do us little good.


Yep that's true. What do you think about Saturn's moon? It's called Titan and there may be evidence that there is life on there actually


I think that is awesome, although it is methane based life, and other life in the universe could be an amazing thing.


I still think it would be interesting to find life in outer space LOL. What do you think about Birds by the way? I love that they are delicious like the chicken I just ate


Birds are tasty.  LOL  I think it is neat that hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to fix their nests..


I think so, I wonder how the birds of Australia can mimic certain sounds, like they can sound like a camera or a car alarm LOL that's crazy


That would be funny to hear.  A bird sounding just like a car alarm.


Yeah or even a chainsaw LOL that would scare me LOL


For real, imagine that flying at you.  Id be running. lol


On a different topic what do you think about YouTube? I use YouTube almost everyday


I use it so much!  I even use it as a teaching tool!


That's cool what kind of teaching? It's crazy that it was started by only a couple of people back in 2005 and then sold to Google in 2006 for at 1.65 billion dollars


General Music.  So many great videos, the kids love the how its made videos.


Oh that makes sense. What is crazy is that YouTube is the second largest search engine on the internet and YouTube and Netflix together make up half of all internet traffic


Id believe it.  Gangnam style got so many views they had to update the view counter.


LOL you're right about that, I remember when everyone is watching that, what do you think about the police version of YouTube called Bluetube?


Hi, how are you doing on this peaceful evening on the Internet?


Hello, just wonder if I can sing like the 7 year old girl who was brave enough to sing the national anthem at the MLS game, can you sing?


I sing so bad that I have been banned by local gov't from doing it. I think if I sang at an MLB game, the umpire would eject me.


Lol, I know how you feel but that doesn't stop me from singing privately! Even with terrible voices, people are still brave enough to post themselves singing on Youtube, I guess nothing will stop them from wanting to be superstars.


It would not make me money, just make me a laughingstock. I will restrict my singing to the shower. Kudos to the little girl for her bravery though.


Yeah I agree, did you know that YouTube is the second largest search engine on the internet?! Come to think of it, I think that's how Justin Bieber was discovered, I wonder what people search for on there.


People are looking for videos of themselves singing, no doubt. Bieber has the most disliked vid on there. Does he care? No.


I know I'm guilty of being one of those contributors to peak internet traffic for Netflix and YouTube. Speaking of, the police have their own YouTube called BluTube where they share law enforcement videos, is that legal?


Oh ok, I think I prefer to watch videos of piano performances since its much more dramatic. BBC even decided that since there were no news worth reporting, they just went ahead and played piano music instead. I think some news channels should do that when they run out of quality material to report.


The Fox News report turned into a piano recital. Maybe Fox would use Liberace.


No, I don't. I do like the piano and violin.


Me too, I didn't know the violin was also called a fiddle, it's even made from wood, how expensive do you think they are?


I would guess quite expensive, depending on the age. I think kids rent them because of the cost.


Oh ok, that seems a  bit more logical since kids may not continue playing after they realize it actually requires a lot of effort into learning how to play an instrument unless you're Albert Einstein who was also a musical genius as well


Einstein was an artist. I think drawing on both sides of the brain is important. I respect him. He probably wasn't as funny as Larry Fine though.


I'm not familiar with Larry Fine, was he a comedian and is that a stage name?


He was in the Three Stooges. He played the violin quite well. He was a comedy genius, but not so good at science.


Oh ok, that makes more sense now. I don't think electric violins are as popular as the traditional violins, which one do you like more?


Traditional ones seem appropriate for most settings. I guess if you're playing heavy metal, you need amplification.


I also like the traditional violins as well though I am curious to hear what the violin made solely out of stone that is fully playable sounds like.


Hey there! I've been browsing YouTube ALL DAY. So bored! How about you?


I actually watched the new Mortal Kombat trailer on youtube today, it's cool that youtube allows exclusive content on their platform


Yeah, YouTube is super popular. It's the second largest search engine on the net.


Yea, each minute 400 hours of content is uploaded onto youtube, and most of it sucks lol


Yeah, but still so many people visit YouTube. Youtube and Netflix make up half of the internet traffic in North America. Wild.


Yea, it's pretty cool Baby by Justin Bieber is the most disliked video on youtube


Now THAT'S a pretty useless video. I like to watch educational videos, actually. I like to watch videos about space, the moon...things like that.


Yea I love reading about that stuff, did you know the apollo 11 astronauts considered placing a UN flag on the moon instead of the US?


I did not, but that sounds interesting. I like space because there's so much we don't know about it. I guess methane was just discovered on Saturn's moon, though!


Yea, I hope we are able to discover life one day on one of Saturn's moons


Me too. Flying all the way up there, even with a satellite, is incredibly expensive and time-consuming.


And dangerous too. The dust on Earth's moon can cut through Kevlar-like material and cause moon hay fever


Oh no! Had no idea about that. Maybe ONE DAY we'll discover some more cool things about space!


Yea, I'd love to find out more about Phobos, it is one third hollow, very strange for a moon


Funny that you mention hollow, because I just read a fact the other day that said that birds' bones are so hollow that their entire skeleton weighs less than their feathers...


Birds are such cool animals, especially Hummingbirds, they steal spider webs for their nests


I think it's especially interesting to read about migrating birds.


Yea, there are some birds that fly from Alaska to northern Mexico without sleeping


Aviation has always been so fascinating to me. Between birds, outer space, and planes, my mind is always blown!


Yea I love learning about birds and how they evolved from dinosaurs


Which is why YouTube is so useful at times!


Sometimes. Well it was nice talking with you, have a good day


I'm a bigger fan of playing them than I am of watching them, especially sports like soccer


Have you watched womens soccer before? They say the US's team is undefeated


I heard something about that too! I guess the last team they played against was Scotland, too


Which country do you consider to have produced more soccer talent Ireland or scotland?


I'm not sure since I don't watch it enough to keep track. I guess they'll be playing the World Cup in France in the summer


I hope they keep it up lets see how long they can maintain that winning streak


It's nice that they'll have a bit of a break before playing in France, and they can work on their strategy. I can't imagine playing with jetlag


Thats a recipe for some fatigued players they definitely need to get acclimated first before the big game


For sure. But this break will be good for them so they can rest their legs before something as important as the World Cup


Have you watched the world cup in previous years? Do you remember what zinidine zidane did?


I don't usually watch it, so no, I don't. What happened?


During the game against italy the french player zidane got angry at one of the italian players cocked his head back and hit him like a rhino lol


That's crazy! What's crazier is that the city for the 2022 FIFA World Cup doesn't exist yet


Well i guess they better hurry up and get to building lol


They won't gain anything economically for hosting, but I guess it's good publicity


Thats what I dont understand how can they gain nothing when they make millions from the tourism it brings all those people buy food and stay for vacation


Because it costs them more to update their infrastructure. For the US, that doesn't seem like it would be as big of a deal, especially since the American team never places below third as of 1991


Have you seen the ruins of the olympic stadiums in athens its pretty sad they are all looking horrible


It was so long ago though. I'm not sure if soccer was even a sport then, though it makes more money than the other major sports combined


No lol i'm talking about the stadiums from the olympics in 2004


I do like birds. generally just eat them though. LOL Do you like birds?


I enjoy eating them as well, but I like looking at them too! There are some pretty cool looking birds out there!


Yes there are. i wonder if we are going to have problems with the server here. Hm. Some birds fly from alaska to northern mexico without sleeping when migrating.


That's pretty amazing! Hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct and repair their nests.


Yeah, those thieving little beasts! they look beautiful but they are sneaky!


Lol yeah they are. There are wild birds in Australia that can mimic things like car alarms and chain saws. Can you imagine if you heard a chainsaw flying around you at night!


Yeah, i would probably get a rifle and start shooting! LOL Probably start wearing protective hats too.


Yeah, if they came imitate that I be they can imitate a lot of things. Like perhaps growling or crying. Pretty scary.


Probably imitate the sound of ATM beeps and then take out your cash!


These birds are gonna get too smart and take over someday! The dodo bird is actually a member of the pigeon family.


The dodo was not terribly smart. And pigeons dont seem too smart either. What do you think of our friend the sun?


Yeah, they do seem to belong together. I love the sun, I can't wait for it to be warm again so I can go sit in it!


Our friend the sun is quite big. and accounts for most of the mass in the solar system.


It is actually white, but perceived as yellow!


Yes, the trickery of the atmosphere has deluded us! if you view the sun from the moon, it is white.


Crazy! A lightening bolt is 5x hotter than the suns surface.


I dont think it would be easy to harness the energy of lightning, but the sun, on the other hand, offers much energy.


Yes, it produces enough energy in one second that could meet the needs of the planet for 500000 years.


If we could capture it and store it, that would be great! Anyway, great chat!


Yes I did actually The last one I saw was the Fallen Kingdom and you?


Yes me too. Did you know the dinosaurs only appear for 15 minutes in the movie?


That is very little for a movie that is supposed to be about dinosaurs