Well, they are human and therefore fallible.  Hopefully the NFL will revise the rules to allow coaches to challenge bad calls and no call situations.  But the Pats do have the highest rate of offensive drives with defensive penalties called on the opposing team!


i agree though, they truly do get a lot of calls, but they are disciplined (The patriots) to an extent as well


They are a well oiled machine with the Belichick / Brady combo at the helm.  Did you know the Game of Throne's author calls the Pats the "Lannisters" of the NFL?


I did not, but they certainly are a machine, they have only won a superbowl by at most 6 points though, i find that very interesting


Yeah I do. Did you know you can listen to Jupiter's storms in the am radio?


Nice one. Do you ever listen to Canadian radios?


I do sometimes but they plan a whole lot of canadian music in them


Yeah that is because they are required by law, 40% has to be canadian


Oh then that makes sense. Have you heard of foxhole radios before


Those are the radios soldiers make with razorblades and pencils, pretty genius


Yeah it is. Do you listen to radio dramas as well?


SOmetimes I do, there is a website where you can listen to them for free


Yeah I like that one too. Do you speak any latin?


Hi there, I know some stuff like it is white but we see it as yellow


I do not but there is a radio station in Finland that gives the news in latin


Yeah that is just the atmospheric scattering playing games on us


Yeah pretty cool. Dd you know a lightning bolt is hotter than the sun?


Yeah it is actually 5 times hotter, imagine that


Yeah and we only need 1 second of the sun's energy to last us half a million years


Yeah go figure how hot the lightning bolt then is just based on that, amazing


I know if we could only find a way to harvest that energy, we would be set


That would be amazing. The sun is still pretty small to other planets out there though


I know, only one billionth of the largest star out there


Hi There ! Looking forward to chat with You ! ;)


I'm sure there were a lot of enthusiasts of that ! Sounds like a good woman


Yeah what kind of stuff is on your mind that you would like to talk about?


Yes - really dark poetry sometimes -  He wrote wrote the oldest known example of a cyborg in fiction. Pretty interesting ! ;)


Yeah he was a special kinda person, If i recall he was the person who also wrote the poem about  the raven crying nevermore.


Yes I think You're right. Some of his poems were used in "Nightmare on Elm street" ;)


Really I had no idea. I wonder how they implemented them in the film?


Those were right before the movie began. Something about dreams - You know, movie related :)


I have not seen those movies in a very long time so it is all kinda blurry to me. But I think I might have to go back and check them out again.


Hello! Good i just read some really interesting stuff about Jazz music. Did you know it started in the great city of New Orleans?


I remember seeing them as a little boy... I was terrified but excited !


Yeah I bet those older movies took lots of inspiration from poes work.


A text before the opening credits starts reads as follows: "Sleep. Those little slices of Death. How I loathe them" -Edgar Allan Poe- ( I found it ! ) :)


That is really cool! What one is that from the first one you said?


Yes, I believe I was aware of that fact. Are You a jazz lover ?


I am! It is a great style some people consider it America's classical music today.


Yes sir... I love how every song and solo can sound totally different - even when played by the same musician...


Yes it is truly something. I have heard that New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s.


That I'm not sure about... don't know the exact date, but I always wondered how a music style begins... it's not like a guy is sitting on it's porch and thinks... "I'm going to invent new music style and I'll call it JAZZ" :)


Haha! Yeah i have always wondered things like that. But I have heard that Clint eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast who knew huh?


I can believe that... he is a classy Dude ;) I don't imagine him listening to disco or rap ;)


Yeah he just does not seem like the guy that would be into that. But I think more people love jazz than we know A harlem woman has held free jazz concerts at her apartment every sunday for 20 years.


I didn't know they added them so late. I thought that McD's had drive-thrus before then.


They did not and seems they did not do it just to make it convenient, it was due to soldiers not been able to get out of the car when wearing their fatigues!


I expect that soldiers were some of their biggest customers. Certainly the idea of a drive-thru caught on.


It was a great idea. We all benefit from that. Do you use your cell phone a lot?


Not really. i find it to be a distraction


I found it interesting that UNICEF donates water when people do not use their cell phones.


I wonder how successful that program has been. People are addicted to their phones!


Too much, I totally agree with you. I remember when we used rotary phones!


Rotary phones were a real pain. It took so long to dial. And then people didn't have message machines.


Did you know that 212 which is the are code of New York is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?


I like sport cars and SUV's. Do you know why Cadillacs are named like that?


Yeah. I bet they have long area codes in places like Alaska. Nowadays people use their phones too much. I think it might be better if people talked to each other more.


It has changed so much in a short time. We used landlines for a long time, pretty much since early 1900 and some still use it.


Landlines have their advantages, but also disadvantages. It's easier to set up a cell system in a developing country than run lines everywher.e


That is interesting. Well , you have a good afternoon.


I think it has something to do with the founder of the city of Detroit. My favorite kind of car is the one with the flame throwers. You could have awesome street wars in those things.


That is like been in a movie. You have to go to South Africa and you can do it legally.


Well, then we could have awesome street wars in Joberg. It might be good to practice on a video game system before going into a flamethrower war.


Like Jann Mardenborough, he became an expert in gran turismo, he did beat 90000 people and then he became a professional racer


90000 seems like a pretty high bar. If it were 10,000 maybe I would do it. I wonder how long it took beat 90,000 people.


I must have taken a long time, but in his case, the time he spent playing video games was worth it. By the way, do you like Mc Donalds?


I eat there from time to time. I prefer other fast food.


Ok, good. Did you know they did add drive-thru since 1975?


Hi there! Wondering what you're up to? I'm hanging out watching TV. Love my shows even though TV is a mass medium for advertising.


I watch from time to time. I miss the classic actors. I like SouthPark. I know when they aired their last episode of Family Guy producers got flowers from the Simpson's crew.


Yea, that was a great episode. I'm surprised Shakespeares The Two Noble Kinsmen has never been adapted for film or tv


No kidding. I like that I can access so many episodes from my computer. Hard to believe that Russians invented a computer in 1936 that ran on water.


That is crazy, so is the first google computer being house in an enclosure made from lego bricks


Oh crazy! Did you know smoking near apple computers is a biohazard that voids the warranty?


No, sounds like a rip off. I didn't know Doom was installed on more computers in 1995 than Windows 95


Really? I wonder how people were running their computers? Did you know the space shuttle's general purpose computer runs on 1 mb of RAM?


Nope, that's pretty scary but better than the manual cardboard computers Bell distributed to students in 1968


Innovative and insane all in one! I like that computers are control systems for so many things lie microwave ovens and remote controls.


Yep, and they're able to do things like help the Soviet Union send a spacecraft to venus


Yea I hate tv ads, and the fact that pay cable channels still run ads


Yes, really good. Nice chatting! Goodbye.


No kidding! Don't know if you ever saw any episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine, but Ringo Starr narrated Thomas for at least 52 episodes!


I've seen a few, I really like the Simpsons though, Daniel radcliffe did a guest voice in Treehouse of Horror XXI


That surprises me. I thought he only did Harry Potter. On the Simpsons there is only one episode where Bart does not appear and is not mentioned.


The funny thing is Daniel Radcliffe's character on the Simpsons was a parody of Twilight's Edward Cullen


Oh, no kidding that is funny. I have not seen that.


Yea, I think I stopped watching after 300 episodes. Funny thing is that Homer had 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes of the simpsons


Yep. Do you watch SNL at all? Weekend update is their longest running skit


I cry when I see the internet being used to shame anything or anyone.  How could that be useful?


It sounds like a chore, but one you can keep up with.  Sounds like my father's place, and he gets lots of animals through it, so nothing fancy (like fruit trees) survives.


Yeah, we get a lot of deer, saw around 30 last night. They bring a fun aspect for my kids but they also killed a pine by rubbing up against it.


Hmm.  Do you hunt?  Or are the deer protected in your area?  There are lots of places that restrict such things.


I do not hunt. I am not a huge fan of blood so Im pretty wimpy.


pictures too, or just real life?  I get really empathetic toward injuries, blood or not.  I like the idea of a quick, clean kill when it comes to hunting.


Just real life. Although I do look away from needles when I watch them on tv... I am not sounding too manly here... I do bench 275! I gotta keep my man card up....


I give blood regularly, so I've had a lot of exposure to needles.  I've seen spurts and such, but I know that a good nurse can get it done without pain.  275 is impressive.  I know I can't do that!


I gave blood once and that was a wrap on my blood giving career! I hate needles. Don't mind spiders though....


Have you heard of the Brazilian Wandering Spider?  I hear it is the most deadly.  Well, with so many spider species, there has to be a "most deadly".


I have not. Most of my spiders are harmless. I live in IL and have no fear of deadly ones.


We found a black widow in our doorway once a few years back (here in CO).  I'll bet spiders like that can hide pretty well in an unkempt yard, like, say, 12 inches long.  Maybe that's why there are city rules about maintaining it?


A waste of time, energy, but I think most of all, a waste of passion.  There are so many things you could be enraged about, reading about them on the internet, and your kids are so much more important, for example.


I agree! My lawn is usually mowed but I do not treat it. I feel like all my neighbors treat their lawn but I just do not do it. Maybe im cheap but I just dont want that expense...


It's good to see the pride people take in their own space.  If I had my own lawn, I would mow it, but I don't think I'd treat it each month.  Expensive, yes.  But I want to be able to play there with my kids.


I agree, my kids love our yard and it has a creek going through it so it is fun. Makes the treatment hard because of the flooding.


Hard to treat because of what the creek brings, or because of run-off concerns and pollution?


Both. I think I am more worried about the pollution but I also have seen the grass we do have get killed and grow back with weeds so it's tough to throw good money at a seasonal issue.


I hear you.  Do you do something different for your front yard versus back yard?  We have a decent front yard, but a rocky back yard.  "curb appeal"


Because we have the creek and a wooded lot, our house is on the back of our lot to increase the views. I usually just string trim to kill the weeds and make it passable.


Yep, I bet Trump will be on that list as well. He's probably the wealthiest.


Possibly, I wonder how much money the president of Indonesia had after he released 3 pop albums in office


Yea, they must of been pretty good if the president of Indonesia released 3 instead of 1


I agree. Wikileaks published the governments plan to shutdown Wikileaks.


That's pretty funny that the US government couldn't even hide their plans of getting rid of Wikileaks from them


I know right lol. 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government.


That's a lot but I think that land the US government owns is mostly desert


It's pretty cool that a man in France was able to sell the Eiffel tower twice


Yea I watch it occasionally, I never knew it was invented in the 19th century


Me either. Polo shirts were actually invented for tennis players.


Yea, Rene Lacoste was the first person to wear a polo shirt


That's interesting. A black man won the first US open in 1968 and no black man has won it since then.


That's surprising, a year after he won a helicopter was used to dry off the US Open's tennis court


That's funny and also a good idea. The longest match in tennis history went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days.


That's pretty intense. Gael Monfils was able to beat the "roger federer of paddle tennis" right after he learned how to play table tennis


Haha that's awesome. Do you know much about the presidents?


I've heard the top 3 wealthiest were JFK, Jefferson, and Washington


Right, nothing more soothing on christmas lol! Netflix has a lot of debt right now though


Oh, does it? I heard they spend a lot on programming. In some European markets, they monitor illegal downloads to determine what to buy.


I think it has 21 billion in debt right now and only worth 2 billion dollars


Oh, wow. Didn't know that. I wonder how many employees they have. You can get a job as a tagger, who are paid to watch Netflix and tag the content.


I would love that kind of job. I would gain so much weight though so maybe I shouldn't lol


WellI think I'm already gaining weight by just sitting here and watching Netflix, haha. What do you watch Netflix on? I watch on my laptop, TV and iphone.


lol me too. I watch on my game console mostly, but my iphone on the go. I love my iphone, do you like yours


Yeah, they are so easy to use and really reliable. I'm glad they come unlocked now. George Holtz was the first person to unlock a first generation iphone and sold it for a Nissan 350z and 3 locked iPhones. He was only 17.


Wow, that is crazy. Now they like come unlocked it seems. I don't like the stat that women are more likely to own iphones than men


Hmm, interesting. So to make an iPhone 8 Plus it costs $288.08. That is higher than I thought.


Yes, I do, every night before bed. How about you? They have 150 movies with a 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.


That is so much higher. I figured it was really cheap to make. It was so nice chatting with you, have a great weekend!


Wow, I want a full list of those! I am always looking for something to watch late night. From 9pm-12 am they account for 33% of bandwidth in north america


Yeah, and most places you travel you can still access your account since it's available in countries except for China, Syria, North Korea and Crimea.


wow, I wonder why Crimea is on this list. Did you ever watch Lilyhammer?


I haven't watched that actually. I did hear that it was the first series debuted by Netflix.


It was a good show for sure. A little different, but I watched the first 2 seasons and it was enjoyable. I wonder what Netflix would have been like if blockbuster bought it


Yeah, I wonder. Blockbuster laughed them out of the office when Netflix proposed that Blockbuster use them as its online service.


now look who is laughing now. Netflix started because of a 40 dollar late charge


Yeah, I like how Netflix has all kinds of things to watch. You can even watch an hour long video of a fireplace, haha.


Hey how are you, you ever listen to audiobooks?


I'm not sure, I might take my dog to one of those blood drives and get him to donate some blood. Does your dog understand pointing?


yes. dogs and elephants are good at understanding pointing. i would like a pet elephant too


That would be awesome to have a pet elephant. Would you rather have an elephant the size of a dog, or a dog the size of an elephant?


dog sized. good for playing fetch. maybe couldnt ride it like a horse, but thats ok.


Horses are pretty cool, but not as cool as the dogs. Icelandic horses have a fifth speed, it's like powerwalking.


i bet dogs have different speeds too. i wonder if horses have different blood types.


That would be interesting to find out. At the old fire stations they had dogs and horses, horses to take the firefighters were they needed to go and the dalmations to keep the horses in check.


i think that dalmatians are often deaf and not bothered by the sirens. not sure though. dont need them now.


Oh really, I would have never thought about that. It'd be so cool to have a bunch of dogs at the fire house.


Yeah, dogs and firehouses go together like dogs and google. anway, great chat!


hi how are you? i have in the past. sometimes they are quite entertaining.


For sure, take care and great chatting with you too. Have a good rest of the evening!


For sure, there are a lot of good ones. It's nice to listen to them on a summer vacation or something because there is not much reading to do.


yes, you can listen to them in the car on the way to work, or lie back on the beach with headphones.


For sure, I bet Andrew Sean Greer's book that won the pulitizer prize would be fun to listen to, ever hear about it?


No i havent. By the way, do you like horses or dogs?


I do, dogs are awesome. I love my dog more than most humans, what about you? I should apply for a job at Google, they have it in their code of conduct that they are a dog company.


yes, google made the right choice. dogs are a great addition to an office environment. they relieve stress


For sure, did you know they have 12 different types of blood for transfusions? I bet that gets complicated!


yes, i have never had a dog. i wonder what blood type is the most common.


I love it. Bruce Lee was a dancer too, in cha-cha


Nice one. Tupac was a dancer too and he danced ballet


Yeah is was in a production of the nutcracker


Nice one Babies are also good at picking up dance when they hear music


Yeah and they smile more when they his the beat


Yeah so cute. DO you play or watch golf?


Not a lot but I know they us ea lot of water to maintain the courses


Yeah the average american one uses 312000 gallons a day


Yeah and one on Dubai uses 4 million gallons a day


I love it. Have you seen the FOrce Awakens one?


WOw that is insane. Babe Ruth was a great golf player too


Yeah that impressive, he was good in more than just one sport


I have and do you know who plays the role of Poe Dameron


Yeah and he asked that he be a native of planet yavin 4 because it is filmed in guatemala where he is from


Nice. Did you know Lucas's wife won the academy award for editing?


Yeah because she added some scenes that mad the movie much better


Yeah she totally deserved it and glad that she was awarded and recognized for it


Exactly. Did you know that 20th century thought star wars was going to flop


Yeah and yet it made George a billionaire, He was confident enough in his work


Eactly he was smart to pay $500 000 and keep the rights to the movie


Hello, what do you think about that memo to New York Times publisher


I guess it was Woodrow Wilson.  I would think we would have more presidents with one.


I agree, there should be a law that requires at least a masters degree, higher education is a must for a great leader


Exactly, although our current president wouldn't  fit that requirement


No, I wonder if he even has a masters degree, he does have a large guest house, its bigger than the White House itself


Yeah isn't that funny, I wonder what the guests who come to stay at the white house think.


They must be amazed by it I bet the interior is really nice and with a lot of art in it,


Yeah they must.  Do you listen to the radio much?


I do listen to the radio, every day to work and also at nights, do you listen to the radio?


Yeah I found a really good local station I like, plays a lot of oldies.


Sounds like he was going to wasting his time trying to take down Trump's fake news slogan.


Thats great, its good that you still like radio many people dont, there is a site with thousands of free drama episodes, you might like that one.


I think he is wasting his time as well, he did show concern about him labeling them the enemy of the people


Yeah did you hear Trump say the media is driven insane by their Trump Derangement Syndrome?


Yeah I did hear about that. Do you like Trump as president?


That is delusional, I don' t care for much of the media but he does take it too far. No, I don't. I thought it was funny when he said he changed the price of oil single handedly. How about you?


He does take it too far. At first I thought he was doing a good job, but my opinion changed. He is not what we need for this country


You are right, that is not what we need as a leader, good call. He has the wrong attitude.


One thing that seems odd is that he is not on the list of the wealthiest presidents of US history


No he's not, on a different note, do you know who the only president with a phd is?


Episcopal is a private boarding school in Alexandria with a lot of diversity.


They can learn great lessons like pushing further when you want to quit too.


Well I think the coach should be recognized for his program. He has went beyond the call of action to make all the students feel like a huge part of the team.


He sounds like he's doing a great job.  Some of his athletes will play at Notre Dame and Stanford next year


Hopefully some will get to go to the university of Iowa and see their pink locker room


haha.  If they make it to an ESPN game they will see a superimposed yellow line representing the first down line for american football games


Yes we tend to make things easy for viewers in the states. It would be nice to see some of these men end up on a national team like the Pats.


I wonder if they get scholarships to the private school or you have to be really wealthy?


I think it would depend on the child and the family. but the good news is in 39 out of the 50 pro athletes make the most money.


You mean in 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is a college or basketball coach?  Guess that means our tax dollars are going to these too because it says state employee.


That might be true as well but athletes still sign eight and nine figure contracts. im sure if they go one even as a starter they would be set for life.


Yes I have heard that it is a very beautiful school. Are you familiar with David Zeng by chance?


If they are responsible with the money they probably could be set for life.  Did you know that Kareem abdul-jabbar's dominant use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade?


No,  not personally.  More than 14 countries are represented at the school.  I wonder why so many are drawn to the school?


Im not sure but I have heard it only has a population of 445 at the school.


They have students from China, France, and Canada where football isn't as popular.


Yes but it brings them all together and bonds them. Mike Yang said ‚ "One thing I really love about football is the sense of responsibility that players have."


The coach seems to have a positive attitude saying his priority is to make everyone feel welcomed and give it a try.


Yes but i have heard that international players have had hiccups learning the sport.


A lot of them haven't started the game when they were 7 or 8 like the Americans have.


Yeah but that is the beauty of it, anyone can learn. And it also helps them assimilate with American culture.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hi There ! Looking forward to chat with You !


aha ! Usually it's how it works :) What do You think of "granny style" as a hoop shooting style ?


Apparently it is the best way to shoot, but players are too embarrassed!


Yeah, but did You EVER see anybody using it in the game ?


I believe a guy named Rick Barry used to.


I would love to see that :) I'm surprised nobody blocked him ;)


Apparently, Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode.  She is the highest paid celebrity after Lebron James.


I was always curious... is she a real Judge... ? Are those real cases ?


Yes they are.  Lebron rejected a $10 million offer from Reebok when he was just 18!


wow... can You imagine being in a state of mind to refuse $10 million... sorry, I can't...


Me ether.  He ended up getting $90 million from Nike though.  So it was a smart decision.


Did you hear Steve Kerr compared Zion Williamson to Lebron James?


I guess that's why they need agents :) lol


I guess that's why his high school games had tickets that cost more than $100!


Apparently he meant Williamson was going to be the next great basketball player.  His dunks are described as thunderous.


Interesting... Nba player allen iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800,000 a year until he reaches age 55 to where he would then receive a final lump sum payment of $32,000,000... Jesus Christ... those numbers are depressing... I won't earn that much in my lifetime... will You ?


Me neither!  I guess that is the free market for you.


Maybe communism was not that bad of an idea... lol ;)


Apparently, the college basketball once banned the slam dunk because of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


...and what did Kareem did that was so bad in Slum Dunk ? ;)


I do not think it was bad.  People were just jealous!


In his day, probably steam ship and trains.  I bet the King has some luggage.  Great big trunks filled with flowers and grass.


The King is no more, I am sure.  I bet you do not know why New Yorks are code is 212.


With a rotary phone, 212 is the fasted area code you can dial.


In any case, I am surprise by the all the perks of using the phone is afforded by a cable not even 3in across laying on the ocean floor


I wonder about that.  The sound of the voice is converted into electric signals and transmitted via cables.  Way to go technology.


Phone technology has advance so much a iphone has more computing power than the entire nuclear icbm deterrent


I wonder how smart a nuclear deterrent needs to be.  Less than an iphone apparently.   I hear Bill Nye was the science consultant on Disney Flubber movie.


I like to travel.  I find it interesting to see different things.  I want to go to Japan and travel on the free ways.


That is probably why flubber was such a great movie. In any case, thanks for chatting.


How do you like to travel? by car, plane, etc?


I do ok with planes.  I think the best is by motorcycle.  I understand it will cost me $300 in tolls to travel across Japan.


I would rather pay and move in comfort than be like in mackinac island where motorized vehicles are banned


Mackinac Island is very popular with tourists.  No one lives there year round.  People that work there bike in the summer.  Tourists pay for horse drawn carriages.  If you like that sort of thing it is nice.


True, but I would rather travel with friend rather than just calling them over the phone


I have never thought to compare travel with phone calls.  Telecommunications permits two users to conduct a conversation.


Well I feel while it makes the world smaller, conversations on the phone simply isn't the same as traveling to meet your far away friends


The first King to travel around the world was Kalakaua of Hawaii.  I wonder if he ever phoned home?  He, Bob, am I still king of an island or have they stole it from me?


Shakespeare one of the best writers in history. Fav little facts are how we popularized sayings of good riddance. Love his mind


very cool. Having any dance experience. I did a lot of that in school to. Very fun to learn most arts have too. MJ and Tupac to name a few


I would never have guessed that Tupac did ballet although I feel like I've heard of that fact before. Me personally I wasn't into dance much I'm not the best dancer but watching people that are good at dancing is fun.


All it is is Movements in the sense of telling a story. Anyone can do that with commitment. Babies are the best at it! they smile when ever the beat hits


It does require a lot of dedication although I guess that can count for any hobby you want to get good at. Babies are so innocent and fun its cool how they recognize music.


I wonder when babies start to understand dancing and voices. just like the telephone, I wonder if the brain works like its converting sound. Crazy how the communication with telephones are so simple, yet so grand


Yes in today's age the fact that we have technology like iPhone's that have more computing power than the entire us nuclear ICBM deterrent is mind blowing. I look forward to the technological advancement in the future.


Same.  Heard about the Unicef making a donation of clean water to every min you use your cell phone. That can make a big difference in the world


That is another fact that I can't believe they do, it must be so helpful for the people in need in struggling countries that they help donate clean water facts like that make me have faith in humanity.


Growing themes of love and compassion learned from the minds of Shakespeare im sure has bleed into out hearts to help people.


Yes I think Shakespeare was very popularized and people learn a lot of love and romance from his works so that is a good thing.


I didn't know that good riddance was a term made by Shakespeare I find that pretty interesting as well.


work to live on and inspire people for change and growth for years to come


same. He was good with names too. Made Jessica and Olivia popular


Thing is how do they know that he invented the names Jessica and Olivia, considering there is a lot of history we don't know about so what if there was someone in 500 BC or so that was named that.


So much history we dont know. I wonder about his personal life. They say a lot of then themes come from his way of life what was different in those times. Main sexuality and religion


Oh yea like it was common for people to get married super young like its interesting in Romeo and Juliet I'm pretty sure Juliet was only like 13 yet Romeo was 18 which I find pretty crazy that would be shut down quick in today's age.


very true..hopeful that is.....his work still important and being taught all over the world. Love that it has to many translations across the world for all the read


Do you have a favorite Shakespeare play? I read Hamlet in High School for my English class and really enjoyed it.


I love Hamlet. Have a quote tatted on me. Also with the name themed, I am too name after a Shakespeare  Character...my name is Portia. Tru fact!


Wow, that is actually very cool I haven't read The Merchant of Venice but I am familiar with the name. I was into theater during school so I did lots of plays.


yup, i think that is so outdated, I'm surprised they have sued honestly, everyone is so quick to sue today and this seems very dumb rule


Tom Brady's wife Gisele makes more than double her husband's salary.


did you see that video of him kissing his son?


No, I did not. Fun fact about him, he has never eaten a strawberry.


ya its really weird, he's also never eaten a tomato, he has a weird diet but it works!


Funny. Every week he is on the injury report even though he shows no signs of injury.


hmm that is weird, crazy he threw 50 touchdown passes in one year!


Yeah and before that he had never thrown 30 touchdown passes in a season


crazy that they always win or lose the superbowl by 3-4 points, that is very consistent


Bill Bellichick is the coach in the NFL with the most postseason football wins, 21 wins. 20 with the Patriots and 1 with the Browns.


I only watch the Super Bowl because I go to a party. I guess that's usually the first Sunday in February.


that is wild, I like that Brady was considered the greatest "steal" in hte history of the nfl draft


ya I don't follow sports, but I did see the superbowl, pretty boring, I guess games only have about 11 mins of actual gameply


Yeah, maybe if some women played I'd be more interested. They would be allowed but none have met eligibility requirements yet.


ya its weird that they can play if theyre good enough, I think we will see a female player eventually


So it looked like the Patriots grip was slipping and the Jaguars appeared to be prying them away. But the Patriots still made it to the Super Bowl.


yup thats what happened, did you hear about the chips the nfl uses on teh field?


Yeah, Americans sure do take their football seriously. They use the chips in the shoulder pads and balls.


ya, I just don't want them putting those chips on people outside the game that would be scary


Yeah, definitely seems scary. We seem so advanced in some aspects but in others seem so old fashioned. Like New Orleans Saints cheerleaders have to leave restaurants if the players come in. Even if the cheerleaders had been eating already.


That's pretty neat.  There was a comic series about fixing collateral damage caused by superheroes.


Interesting. They do cause a lot of damage! Have you heard about the superhero normalman? He has no powers!


Haha I haven't but that's great!  Marvel comics creator Stan Lee wrote 15 DC comics, re-imagining popular superheroes like Batman and Spiderman.


He was a true visionary. There was even a superhero series about Garfield and the gang!


Yes I like to watch a game from time to time. Reggie Miller was fun to watch but his sister may have been even better.


I saw that she scored 105 points and broke 8 national records in a game!


Truly an amazing accomplishment. His career high at that time was 40 points!


That is something!  Physicists proved that shooting my favorite style...the granny style is the absolute best technique to consistently score points from the free throw line!  It's been fun chatting!


Too bad players think it looks stupid! They could all improve their percentages by using it! Nice talking with you too enjoy your day!


Yes I am. I like how it rhymes and incorporates street vernacular.


Cool!  Rapper Tupac Shakur's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance".  Interesting.


Well deserved. Eminem wanted to become a comic book artist instead of a rapper!


That's pretty neat I think.  In 2001 a Michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit filed against rapper Eminem.  lol


That is kind of funny I wonder if it is on youtube? Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle called compliment battle.


I don't know but I'm going to have to look.  That sounds funny throwing compliments back and forth. lol


Yes it does lol. Busta Rhymes voiced a Rugrats movie in 1998!


I actually remember hearing that somewhere.  Are you a fan of superheroes?  I don't know too much about them. lol


I like Superheroes! There are actually 300 superheroes registered in the US!


that is true, maybe for the best. what else do you like to watch?


Well I also like to watch The Simpsons, are you a fan?


I am a huge fan, I like Bart and Homer the best. and you?


I like those two as well, my favorite characters, there is one episode that doesn't have Bart in it.


And apparently he is not even mentioned in it


I wonder why writers did this, did you watch Pokemon as well?


I have watched some episodes, but not 750 of them


I used to watch the show back when only 150 Pokemons were a part of the show almost 16 years ago, so a long time


That is a very long time. did you ever watch thomas the tank engine?


I did, my little brother used to love that engine, it had great narrators.


I do, I love horror films the most, what about you?


Yeah one of them being ringo starr. nice chat :)


I am not a fan of them but I guess they can be good for a diet


Yeah you can burn more than 180 calories so it can be entertaining and also healthy,


I guess so. do you know how they make those creepy noises?


No, Ive always wondered that, do you know how?


Oh I see, I wonder if they used that instrument in the Shining, do you recall that movie? a classic and scary film


Yeah and the guy who played in it did not know he was in a horror movie


Yeah Danny, I wonder what he felt when he found out about this years later, its a good thing no body told him though that must be a lot to process at that age


Shockingly no. They are not in the snake family but rather just legless lizards.


Wow. They also have only one functional lung. That seems weird.


I was not aware of that either. Off topic but do you follow politics or our senate at all?


I do. Did you know that the senate used the same gavel for 165 years?!


And then Nixon broke it! First watergate and then gavels. This man is a monster!


Ha ha, yeah he certainly had a run. I am very angered that women were not allowed to wear pants on the senate floor until 1993 and had to protest to do so. 1993! That's insane.


The sexism and racism of white men in the country is really staggering. Wear what ever you want...


It is and it's crazy. Did you know that there is a candy desk in the senate?


I'm doing okay. I know a lot of people are afraid of snakes but I like them. Do you find snakes interesting?


I do not like them. I am one that fears them. Do you like them?


I do. Did you know that there are no snakes in New Zealand?


Maybe I should move there! Crocs are more related to birds? Huh...


I did not know that. I know that they are both extremely old species. So maybe that makes sense.


What kind of monster creates flying snakes? Not only is it a snake but then it flies? Crazy!


I knew that some snakes could kind of launch themselves. It's a predatory skill. I would imagine that it gives them a huge advantage.


Monkeys are also afraid of snakes. I guess it is hard-sired in our brains.


That is a very smart intuition for them to have. Were you aware that there are legless lizards?


The universe sure is a unique place, many things out there


No idea, I just know it has two twin buildings. Maybe the US gifted them as a show of appriciation, I will have to google that


That's very interesting. The white house still uses floppy disks for storing files which is strange.


That sounds a bit primitive, still using tech like that, I wonder why, its not like usb flash drives are expensive


I agree. Maybe it's because floppy disks are actually pretty secure.


They are? I guess that would make sense, keeping an old tech that is reliable,


I think so. Bush had solar panels re-added to the white house.


Thats a great thing to do, using clean energy like that, I wonder who took them away in the first place


I agree. I think we need to start using more clean energy.


Yeah and also start training the secret service better, maybe they are after the 2011 incident


I can't believe it took them 4 days to determine bullets had struck the white house.


Hello, it's very unique. I saw there is a theory that there is only one electron in the universe.


Seems like 4 days too late, anyways its been great chatting with you a lot of interesting info about the white house


And theres also the theory that the universe is just one superhologram, crazy theory


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


That must be aweosome, being able to touch a star and maybe take a selfie while doing so, would be a great thing to do


I agree. There is a region in space that might be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe.


Wow, there must be like a massive super black hole nearby, a real planet and universe eater


I would think so. Do you know much about the white house?


Some, I know it has two twin buildings inf Ireland and in France


I have heard that as well. Do you know why?


Hi, do you want to talk about the White House, the President, or the Summit Meeting?


No, no way. but bananas are probably their main export so that's why they called him that. What about the president of Indonesia releasing 3 pop albums while office? That's cool.


That is cool, maybe Trump will try to release a pop album to compete haha, why do you think the White House Guest House is bigger than the White House itself?


I don't know, maybe that have a lot of friends to pay back!  Ha, Ha, Ha.  What you think about the Summit Meeting? Did you know that a Summit meeting is an international meeting of heads of state or government usually with considerable media exposure, tight security and a prearranged agenda?


Yes that is interesting. It's crazy that they only started to do Summit meetings in 1955 with the Geneva Convention Summit, you think they would have tried to do them earlier


That is strange but now-a-days, international summits are the most common expression for global governance. Before the middle 1950s, most people and governments didn't think in terms of "global" anything.


Yes I think you're right. What do you think about Russia giving infected USB drives at a summit once?


Gee, that's bad. also they gave out phone chargers containing Trojan viruses, too. Those viruses were capable of picking up computer and phone data. How awful.


Haha yes I agree. I think that's a really dirty thing to do, have you ever played the video game Eve online though?


No, I haven't personally played that game but I know online video game championships are all the rage now-a-days. Back to the Summit conversation, I did know that in 2007 Australian satire group the Chaser successfully impersonated the Canadian motorcade to enter the secure zone of the APEC world leader's summit.


That's interesting, I only brought that game up though because it actually won an award from the United Nations, which was the world Summit award


Let's talk about the White House, did you know that they have twin buildings of it in both France and Ireland? I wonder if they're the same on the inside as well


Yes, very cool. back to the Australian satire group, well they were only caught because one man stepped out of the car dressed as Osama Bin Laden. How insane is that? Nice chatting, Bye.


Good question. If they are twin buildings, I would think that they are mostly the same on the inside and the outside.  Since our White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, I wonder if the street names are the same in Ireland and France?


That's a good question! I wonder if they have solar panels on the roof to? That's what George Bush put on our current White House


Cool, I also heard that it took the Secret Service four days to realize that bullets had struck the White House back on November 11, 2011.


It is really scary. also scary that the White House still uses floppy disks, I don't know why they wouldn't switch over to USB by now


Yes, I agree. What's another strange thing is that Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the White House. Apparently he was a staunch conservationist.


Yes that is interesting, I know that you like to hunt to which is weird, do you think he was one of the top three wealthiest presidents?


No, the top three wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


Yep you're right. I wonder how rich president banana of Zimbabwe is still? You think he's as rich as Jefferson?


Have you heard of The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven?


Yeah, I guess so! It's surprising to think that if we lived just over a century ago that we probably wouldn't have to worry about carjackings as we would be walking or traveling by horse!


Yeah traveling by horse seems rough!  like where do you put the poop when it goes? lol


Haha. Reminds me of a horseback tour I took on the beach. We all had to stop for a pee and poop break for the horses before embarking on our "romantic" trip. Awkwerd.


oh my lol theres nothing more romantic than the smell of horse poop.  Have you ever seen them pee?  I took some lessons awhile back and it pees like a water hose!!  Like a lot of urine!


Yeah, well, I tried not to look but yeah it sure created rivers and the sound of it was interesting. Hahaha. Yup, sounded exactly like a water hose. So I'm glad we get to travel by car now. Do you know what the brand Cadillac was named after?


Probably someone with the last name cadillac?


Exactly, after the French Explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who founded Detroit.


No, I mostly use YouTube. How about you?


I use pandora and goodle music mostly,  but I hear spotify is just the same lol


Crazy that a musician needs to get 130,745 plays per day on Spotify to get minimum wage.


I just heard about it. It was supposed to be a true account of a boy who died and went to heaven but years later he admitted it was made up.


That's cool, do you like cars?  I heard the drive thru was invented in 1975


Interesting. Too bad drive thrus have contributed to my laziness. Haha.


same lol Im not complaining though,  its an awesome convenience


Trunks are pretty convenient too. I wonder if they were broken into frequently when they used to actually be wooden trunks on the back of cars.


hmmm I think they have locks on them though.  I remember seeing a bunch in my grandmothers house lol


And speaking of breaking in to cars, in South Africa you can put flamethrowers on your car to prevent carjacking.


lol wow,  they must have a lot of those car jackings then.


Hey there what do you think about the government? It's a balancing act between individual freedom and tyranny


That is really crazy haha. I wonder how successfully albums were. Probably did not make him a top three wealthy president like JFK Washington and Jefferson are here though


I would never want to be too wealthy but I would love the experience of staying in the white house guest house. It's bigger than the white house!


That is shocking! Also interesting that the president of Zimbabwe is named President Banana.


Haha interesting. I guess in France some people don't have much respect for the government as one person impersonated a government official and sold the eiffel tower twice.


That is very gutsy! I know that I couldn't do that. Do you know who the top three wealthiest US presidents were?


JFK, Washington and Jefferson. I guess that accounts for inflation.


Yes it must. Did you hear about Wikileaks? Apparently the government wanted to shut them down and the plan to do so was leaked by them LOL


Well that is interesting. Sometimes it's good for people to stand up to the government. What do you think about the Norwegian government donating a billion dollars to save the amazon rainforest?


I don't know I guess it's their money. it went to a good cause but that seems like a lot of money to me. Have you ever been to Nevada?


I'll admit I don't always like to vote because I don't feel it makes a difference. The turnout for us presidential elections hasn't reached 62.8 percent in the last 100 years.


I'm going to Las Vegas in March actually. Well I didn't know that the US government owns 90% of Nevada that's really wild


That is sad. Also sad is that the taller candidate has won 75% of the time. So if the Democrats want to win in 2020 they should run a basketball player LOL


Hahaha. I think it's cool that Nevada has a none of the above option.


I do like that. They should do that in every state. What they shouldn't do is a lottery system like they used in ancient Athens for the elections


Ah, it is interesting they thought elections would lead to an oligarchy.


That is interesting. Maybe they were onto something. I like knowing that elections have been the standard since about the 17th century


Haha could have been. What do you think it would be like if we still had the runner up in a presidential election automatically become vice president?


That would be insane. You would have Hillary Clinton is the vice president and Trump is the president. That would make for a great TV show though LOL


Hah, I know, very entertaining but probably not a smart idea. Speaking of entertainment, what do you think about the president of indonesia releasing 3 pop albums while in office?


did you know that soccer worldwide makes more than all over sports combined?


ya that sounds like a lot going on, did you play the NES as a kid? apparently it could only display 54 colors


I love nintento. 54 colors or black and white.


ya I loved it, can't believe they officially retired the system in 2003


Makes me feel old.  Not as old a Ronald Reagan. You know he once was rejected from a movie role because he did seem presidential enough? Trump would never get the role...


haha that is crazy, did you know bill nye got his start by winning a lookalike contest? He dressed as Steve Martin


Nice. I wonder if he was wearing an arrow on his head?


haha, well he definitely dyed his hair white, do you like roman history?


Hail Caesar! When he visited Britain, he noted the propensity of brits to love their chicken,,,not for dinner but for entertainment. That was a nugget of trivia for you.


that is interesting, do you travel a lot? all of the highways in japan are tolls and it would cost over three hundred dollars to cross the whole country!


$4 for a Big Mac, but $25 for the ride to the McDs. We, at least they can used motorized vehicle there. On Mackinac Island, motorized vehicles are banned.


Ah yes, Association Football. Good entertainment for sure in about 200 countries. Are you a player?


ya I'm from Michigan and I've been there, I'm allergic to horses and that is the only allowed mode of transportation, I didn't like it haha


I am not, I'm watching the super bowl right now are you?


Yup. Interesting that in Association football, players are not allowed to touch the ball with their ands while in playing field. This is hugely different from NFL.


that is strange, I think it's weird how yes Americans call it soccer but the rest of the world refers to it as football though


It is strange also that soccer makes more money than football, baseball, golf, tennis,. and hockey combined! Maybe the Super bowl isn't so Super?


ya that is wild, I think it's nice that a German soccer player donated his world cup winnings to pay for the surgeries of 23 children in Brazil


Nice. I recently learned that Jon Stewart, the comedian, is a skilled soccer player. I wonder if he has donated some of his earnings to the unfortunate.


ya I wonder that too, I guess Jon represented the USA in the soccer games in 1983 so he must have been pretty good


Have you ever watched the version of soccer where three teams square off against each other at the same time? It would be like two teams and a mischievous referee crew.


It sure is/ Did you know that U of Iowa visitor locker room is pink?


That's funny I did hear about that, painting the locker rooms all pink I bet that surprises visitor teams.


Yeah. Bowlers made more money than football players in the 60s


More than football players really? I guess football wasn't popular back then do you have a favorite position mine is the QB.


Yes me too. Do you like Brady with the Patriots?


He used to be a back up QB in high school who never got started


Never started really? I wonder why, maybe his team was really good and they didn't need him.


It was the opposite, they were doing so bad and never started hi, so strange


That is weird, I bet the team had a terrible coach. He had a legend on the field and never used him


Not sure, I like the brand Nike and sport shoes, what about you?


I do like him I think his a great QB and a really smart person.


He sure is, finished college in two years only. Nice chat today


Yes I like runners in general. DId you know ballet dancers use 4 pairs of shoes a week?


4 pairs a week no kidding! sounds like a lot of money, older shoes are usually better than new shoes


Yes they say that 5000 year old shoes are more durable than they are now


Yeah and also a little secret if your shoes have unpleasant odors on your shoes you can put tea bags in them and that can absorb the humidity


That is such a nice little trick. DId you know Steve Smith leaves his cleats in the field after every game?


I didn't why does he do that? maybe he doesn't like using the same cleats twice


It is actually because he wants to raise awareness about homelessness


Oh that's a great thing to do then, I wonder if his campaign works. Its a noble thing to do.


I know, some of my favorite shows got cancelled, and maybe because South Park is the greatest shows ever! I bet Kenny wouldn't agree with me lol


I do, I have a Nintendo Switch, I am loyal to the brand, what about you?


I don't really play much now. I played video games as kid. Now, I don't have the time.
The Nintendo Entertainment System could display only 54 colors.
The NES was all about great game play.


Video games can consume a lot of time I agree with you, and yeah the NES was great, to think it only had 54 colors but it was more than enough


The Nintendo Entertainment System was finally discontinued in September of 2003 in Japan. The other systems must have attracted away all the NES followers.


I bet they rushed and bought the last models available at the stores, Nintendo is a classic, and classics never die


Probably a lot more entertaining than chickens. When Caesar visited Britain, around 50 BC, he noted that its people bred chickens not for food, but for entertainment. I guess they had plenty of animals to eat then.  I wonder if people bet on the animals.


Thats crazy!! I must be bored to death in order to find that entertaining lol


I agree. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting with you! Have a good day!


Yes, comedy is great! Bill Murray thinks Kung Fu Hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy". What do you think?


Yeah besides theres a lot of ways we can get entartained these days, one of my favorites, music.


I dont agree with him, he is a great actor but we have different points of view, do you agree with him?


I cannot say that I agree with Bill on that one. I think he was being humorous. I haven't seen the film myself.


I saw it and liked it but I wouldnt go all the way an call it the supreme achievement of the modern age,


The Green Lantern film was originally going to be a comedy starring Jack Black. I would like to have seen that version. It would probably be better than the actual one. Jack is a natural comedian. I wonder what Bill Murray would have said.


I like Jack Black he is really funny, I didn't really like the Green Lantern movie, maybe Jack Black was the man for the role


He could have done a good job. 3rd Rock from the Sun won the Golden Globe for best comedy series in 1997, beating Seinfeld, Friends, and Frasier. Perhaps 3rd Rock was due for an award? Seems like the Golden Globes people were sending a message.


I like Friends, Frasier and Seinfeld a lot better than that show.


I do too. Strange how award shows work. Good thing 3rd Rock wasn't on Comedy Central. Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989. Why hasn't South Park gotten canceled? LOL


Hi, do you like to travel? If you do what is your favorite method?


Wow! Long journey but nice story. I wonder what the conditions in Senegal are like? I take it the orphanage is not state of the art?


Don't know, but I guess poorly equipped. Did you know international adoptions have plummeted, partly because the US charges hefty fees?


I did not. Are they just citizenship fees for the kids?


I think adoption fees. Fed. gov't has tightened controls from Russia, China - partly to prevent human trafficking and fraud, they say...The college coach was told she may have to wait months - or years - to bring child back to the US. Do these delays seem fair?


I understand they have to take certain precautions but there should be ways to screen would be parents that are faster and less expensive. Sometimes the government is too strict. Did you see when Wikileaks published government plans to destroy them?


Saw that Wikileaks says the US fed. gov't. intends to shut Wikileaks down. Wouldn't bother me if they did. How about you?


It would. I don't think they have the right to just shut them down, regardless of how they feel about them.


That's a good point, a thoughtful point, thanks. On a lighter note, are you ready for college basketball's March Madness? Do you support a college team?


I am ready! I don't really have a favorite team, but I enjoy the craziness of march madness, hard to believe it's almost here.


We support Villanova, but they may be underdogs this year. Agree it's crazy, a bit like watching the Harlem Globetrotters, but not funny to the kids playing, of course!


Used to love to travel abroad. Plane travel is much faster (time inflight) today than 40 years ago! How about you?


Hope they do well this year. I just remembered I need to take care of something. it was interesting chatting with you. Have a great night.


Yes, I prefer planes too. Traveling by train seems like a good idea but then it ends up taking so long to get where you are going.


Yes. Passenger trains in the US suck! $$$ is earned by freight, not passenger fares. UK trains are nice, though.


Yes, the distance between places in Europe is much smaller and their tracks and trains for that matter are much better. In North America forget about it though. I was surprised in Iceland they don't have rail though, but flights are dirt cheap.


Iceland? Is rough terrain the reason there are no rail lines? Wonder if they have people there who'll let you crash on their couches if you can't get around?


It's pretty friendly but I'm not sure I'd want to crash on someone's couch. I prefer at least a decent hotel. Sometimes though, it's fun to just go on an old fashion road trip. This summer I plan on heading to Mackinac Island.


Great location, I hear. When you've got basketball? Some other sport?


There are no cars on the Island! You have to take a ferry and then you get around by horse drawn carriages or by riding bikes! I do like basketball too.


Heard a story about a NCAA women's coach recently. She retired because she had to travel back to Senegal 4000 miles away to finalize adoption of her 6 year old daughter, Ngoty. Is that travel with a purpose or what?


If it is Alabama and football, pretty good. Their total profit was $48M with a $2M surplus, which is $2M that the state does not need to subsidize.


Ahh...I didn't know that.  So if they make a profit then the state doesn't have to susidize?


Correct. They help offset the cost of the second tiered sports.


Ok.  Cool.  I didn't even think about taxes and state college coach salaries until today.  lol  Do you know what they call the basketball court that is on the top floor of the US supreme court building?


I do not know? The highest court in the land?


You got it!  lol  The New Zealand basketball team is nicknamed the "tall blacks".  What are they thinking?  That's nuts.


Yes I do.  Did you hear about the Facebook promotion that Burger King had?


Big fan here!  Do you remember Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?


Unfriend 10 people and get a Whooper! Nice chatting with you!


I was not old enough to see him play but I do know him. Do you like him?


I did.  He was famous for his hook shot and dunking.  He dunked so much in college that they banned if for over a decade!


If you cannot stop it, get it banned???? Seems like a fearful reasonse.


LOL I think it was because they used to shatter the backboards back then and the games would have to stop.  The rims would just shatter to tiny shards of glass.


Good for him. He's trying to help recycle by breaking it up into smaller pieces. You're welcome!


The inventor of basketball and the losingest coach in Kansas history? I ma aware of him. If you invent the game, just change the rules to get a better winning record!


Yes! ..and lol!  In 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach!  Wonder how the tax payers feel about that in those states?


That's a lot of rabbit stew. Did you see a smallish man in a hat hunting wabbits?


No, but that island could use a little hunter in a hat!  Ralph needs a new hat. We have been shopping of one, but it is challenging. He looks pretty good in a chefs hat, but we can't get the fold thing right. Folds represent the number of different ways a chef can cook an egg. Ralph's hat is so wrinkled, he always looks like a master chef.


he has to have a hat of his status though. What type of hat are you thinking? I am thinking a nice top hat for night life and a nice day hat like a cowboy hat.


Top hats are tough for Ralph...they make him look like the Monopoly dude. We're thinking of maybe a Russian ushanka for his evening attire. What do you think?


That's a nice choice. The top hat would have been much. Does he have a monocle though?


No. Did I tell you that Ralph is blind?  He wears rounded black sunglasses like Helen Keller. He is pretty good at reading BRaille, the written  language invented by Louis Braille, the 15-year old.


So the monocle would have been just an accessory. Apologize to him for me being so insensitive to his visual abilities. He would not have been involved in the moral panic then...


He looks mighty fine in his black glasses though. His dashing looks have challenged the moral fiber of many a young lass. Still, it is hard to get all the current book titles in braille... He does enjoy reading George RR Martin stories though...


That's a good choice. Does he have a favorite book of Martin's?


Actually, he most enjoys the monster stories Martin wrote in his youth. "Killer Gnomes form Mars" is his favorite.


Good, except it appears that I have lost my garden gnome. I hope whoever took it will bring it back...perhaps with photos. Other than that, I am good. You?


I am not sure what we chatted about but it was fun...


Someone stole your gnome? Who steals a gnome? Was it the travelocity gnome looking for a friend?


My gnome was a couch potato, so he must have been kidnapped. Perhaps I should look for him on that website that lists people who advertise their couches for weary travelers. That would be a magnet for my gnome!


Mackinac Island may not be for your gnome then. They have no cars, which is inconvenient for lazy gnomes!


Thanks for the heads up!  Traveling with my gnome, Ralph, is always difficult. He insists on walking through the airports, which really slows us down because airports intentionally put baggage claim so far away from the planes to reduce stand-around waiting times at the baggage claim areas for passengers.


I know. Plus it has to be rough traveling with Ralph. I cannot imagine he has long legs. He must take forever to walk from the gate to the terminal!


Exactly! He may single-handedly be responsible for the recorded 10% slower air travel times.


I hope you two were not traveling during the government shut down. Maybe the lines were just fine but for ralph. Maybe he was the problem!


I think you may be on to something.  Once whe we were traveling to a little deserted island  that we read about and when we arrived, the island was covered with rabbits! Apparently ship travelers used to release them on island as a food reserve for future journeys, but the island had not been visited in years, ad the rabbits had obviously been quite busy during that time. It was a disaster...


Yes he is a great player. DO you like DUncan?


I like DUncan yes. Reggie Miller was good but his sister was always better?


So good she broke 8 national records when she scored 105 points in a game


Wow that is amazing, what a family of talented kids


I know. Iverson signed a deal with Rebook where they pay him $800 000 per year till he is 55


Wow that is amazing, I guess he is pretty much set for life


Yes especially since after 55 he gets $32 million


Wow. Many NFL players go bankrupt after they retire


I love it. Have you ever seen Space Jam?


Yes I love that movie. Do you know who Kareem Jabbar is?


I have heard of him and SPace Jam is the highest grossing basketball movie


Nice. Kareem used the dunk shot so much it got banned


Wow. Do you know where the sport was invented?


I do not know where but I know it was James Naismith , a coach at U of Kansas


Nice, it was invented at the YMCA maybe he worked there too


Yeah maybe, he was the only losing coach at the University


WOw that is really ironic, the inventor and the loser


This story is crazy, i haven't heard of the swatting case before


Yeah, its cool that alexandira has a saved copy of the internet in case it shuts down, so smart.


Yeah that is a smart idea, I have also read that constant clicking links on the web can cause real addiction.


yeah, its cool that an iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


Holy cow, that is a very interesting fact.


Yeah, the world i crazy now. I'm happy that the judge in the case on swatting won't let them play video games online.


Yeah they should be banned for life I agree with the Judge's decision.


same,  i think that bail should have been higher . 10,000 for murder seems kind of low.


That is true, I agree with you there.  It's so sad though, I hope it won't happen again.


I agree. I think it's also scary that the police discharged their weapon so quickly.


That is true as well, that's why it's such a serious crime to commit although you are not directly involved yourself.


Yeah I have heard about this before, it's a serious crime and should be.


Yeah, I guess it's expected when someone says that they are threatening someone's life after killing their father. It's just a really crazy situation all around.


Exactly, well it was good conversing with you today, I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.


I still don't fully understand swatting, people are so sad. It's so scary that someone hundreds of miles away can kill someone by just calling the police


It is sad and very scary.  That Andrew Finch was shot dead by law enforcement.


Then people were bragging about it, which is crazy. messaging that htey were involved in someone's death is crazy.


Yeah I read that, so sad what some people find fun.  I miss the good old days of nintendo games and more simple times.


Same... I've never been much for video game. It's wild that call of duty has 33 games... thats a lot


Wow, I would've guessed like 8 at the max.  I guess Prince William is a fan of the game.


yeah, the rise of the internet has really contributed i think . People even have cell service and internet at the peak of mt. everest!!!


That is crazy, I guess the 3 horizontal line menu on apps is called a hamburger button.


Awesome!  I am a Bulls fan, but live in Florida now so I watch the Heat quite a bit.  A little sad this is Dwyane Wade's final season.  At age 36 though with three championships, what else is there?


Yeah, from what he says, he sounds happy with all that he has achieved.


Yes, plus he has not been too good the last few years.  Although in the postseason he has shown flashes of himself which probably keep people thinking he has more left in the tank.


He was such an outstanding player in the Heat's history.


He certainly was.  Jordan is my favorite player of all time.  Funny enough at one point Air Jordan's were banned in the NBA and Nike gladly kept paying the fines for Jordan wearing them!


Yeah, I suppose the fines were worth paying so they could have Michael Jordan advertise their sneakers.


Yes, it was a tremendous investment for Nike!  I once heard that the Air Jordan brand was worth more than the entire Adidas company!


Basketball has always been my favorite and I grew up looking at Michael Jordan as a role model.  I can see why.  He is so powerful that a major corporation was able to get rich off him.


Yes, the NBA growing up was a big part of my life during the 90s in Chicago.  I think it is crazy the NBA was only founded in 1946.  That is nothing compared to baseball!


Hey, how are you?  Yes, I use it a lot.  Can't believe it has come the 2nd largest search engine on the internet!


Yeah.  Well it was nice chatting.  Have a good day!


Thanks, it was nice chatting with you too!


I'm good.  Yeah, but there are people who believe YouTube has negative consequences.  Proliferating vulgar content that can be easily accessed by children for example.


Yes, my daughter watches it a lot and that scares me.  With more than 400 hours of content being uploaded each day it is hard to police well.


In theory it is a good idea to allow such an easy and convenient platform.  Maybe the argument is whether vulgar content is being enhanced or merely just opening our eyes to vulgar content that is already there.


That is an interesting point.  Since any unregistered person can watch videos on the site, maybe they should change that policy and force everyone to log in to watch or upload.


That is an interesting idea.  If only registered users can watch content, then children would only watch it when with the family and thus have supervision, also children wouldn't be so devoured by internet as well.


Yes, I agree it would be a tough change to make though.  An amazing stat I learned is that Netflix and YouTube make up about half of peak web traffic!


Yeah.  Police have their own youtube, which is interesting.  I think having youtube more user specific can enable it to be more regulated.  Use of the platform that wanders from the normal and is potentially dangerous can be better noticed, monitored, and prevented on a user specific platform.


Yes, that is an excellent point.  I honestly just use YouTube for sports videos and music.  Do you like basketball?


Yeah, make a contribution that can really help them, its amazing how much Spotify has grown.


There are some parts of Spotify and Itunes that have audible watermarks on the songs.  Im not a fan of those.


Im not a fan either, but I guess Spotify is a good way to earn money as an artist, a band earned $20,000 because of a silent album.


That is crazy!  I heard they used the money well though, to give a free tour!


Yeah I wonder if it was a silent tour as well, the tour was free so I think that was great of them.


Maybe, there is one composer, John Cage, who has a piece called 4'33" and it is all silence.  for 4:33


I havent heard about that one before he must be a great artist, so Spotify is available in 78 regions! thats a lot of place.


That is!  I like how the content is protected, really helps prevent theft.


I guess it does, it can be hard to download music from there I like the premium service I think the price is right


What is it?  I havent even checked that much out.


I dont dislike them, but dont actively follow them.  THe Braves were always my team.  Started rooting as a kid because I was sick and they were in the world series so I adopted them.


Its the premium version of Spotify, without ads and you can download the songs


Wow!  That is pretty awesome.  That is something Id definitely be more interested in.


Yeah you should really try it, its been great chatting with you, have a nice night


Do you think they will do good this season? I sure hope the Mets can step their game up


I havent been following them,  they seem to have a good start I guess.


Yeah I guess so, do you have a Spotify account?


I dont!  I do know a few people who do and they love it!  I should probably get one!


It is a great service I like it a lot, interesting how it has 4 million songs that haven't been played once.


I heard about that.  Supposedly it is 20% of their music too.  I need to search that out and play a few of them.


They must be really bad, did you know a musician need about 130,745 plays to earn a minimum wage on the site?


Wow, that is a lot of plays.  I guess I should search out lesser know artists and help them out a bit.


Hello - did you know Daniel Day Lewis is the only actor to win best actor at the Oscars 3 different times?


Very dumb. Another crazy stat is that Eminem has more Oscars than Dicaprio, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas, and Bill Murray combined!


Yeah that is such an impressive list, I don't know how Dicaprio hasn't won and Murray as well.  I guess all of them really.


Did you know Nintendo can be displayed in only 54 colors?


No I didn't know that, did you have an original Nintendo years ago?


I did lol. I'm 32 so that was my first gaming system. Apparently, it was discontinued in Japan back in 2003.


I didn't know that and yeah my best friend had it so basically I did too growing up, I remember in the 1st grade asking what i loved most and i think i said Nintendo.


haha that's funny. Did you know Ronald Reagan was once rejected from a movie role because the executive didn't think he fit the presidential look...LOL?


That is too funny, I wonder if that person still had a job after he became president lol.


I always think of the line from Back to the Future when I hear the name Ronald Reagan and being an actor.


Hi there, no I didn't know that, I wonder what 3 films he won for?


It doesn't say, but that's really good. I saw that Blazing Saddles was also nominated for 3 Oscars.


That movie was awesome, and yeah that is very impressive, I think he is a good actor.


It was a very good movie. Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscars won by a man with 22 won. Pretty amazing!


Holy cow, that is a crazy amount of oscars to win!  Did you know George Lucas' wife won an oscar, but George hasn't?


LOL - that's crazy! Talk about animosity.


Yeah and I think they are still together somehow lol.  Did you know the oscars themselves have been nominated for emmy awards?


Haha that's funny. I didn't even know that was possible.


I don't like that to be honest, an awards show, getting an award at another award show, lol


I know right? DO you like comedy movies?


I do actually. Have you ever seen Kung FU Hustle?


I have and I am surprised to learn that Bil Murray thinks that it i the funniest movie of the modern age


Me too actually, it is good and all but I do not see it as such, there are other funnier movies out there


Agreed. Did you know green lantern was supposed to be a comedy?


Yeah and it was supposed to star Jack Black. I am glad they did not go that way actually


Me too, agreed on that. Have you ever seen 3rd Rock from the Sun?


I have but I was surprised when they won A golden globe and beat friends to it


Tell me about it, and not just Friends but Seinfeld and Frasier as well


Yeah, good for them I guess though. Do you ever watch comedy central?


Hello, yes I do. And you? Have you seen the Incredible I or II?


I watch it sometimes. They have cancelled 100 shows since they were launched


Yeah but that is not a lot because they have been around since 1989


Good point. DO you ever use language programming languages?


I use Python sometimes, it is pretty cool.


I have seen both, they were so good. Do you know who is the voice of Edna Mode?


Yes it was actually the director of the movie, Brad Bird


Yes. Do you know who voiced Violet Parr in the first one?


It was that political commentator Sarah Vowell right?


Yes and she also writes non fiction and is quite popular because of it


That is right, she also does some other small film gigs too, how diverse


That is pretty cool. Do you know when the events in Incredibles are set in?


Yes in the 1960s , pretty cool considering the technology presented in there


hey what do you think about Lebron? Apparently he was born in 1984


that is crazy! you're right too, they would sell tickets to his games for like $120 a pop, i've never heard of people buying high school basketball tickets before haha


Yeah same that is unique! He is a good entertainer. What else do you enjoy for entertainment?


Well I like to watch movies and I also play video games, have you ever played the Nintendo Entertainment System?


Yeah i used to have the NES! I loved it and thought it was so cool despite displaying only 54 colors!


Yeah I left that system, it's amazing that it lasted until the year 2003 in Japan, that's such a long time


Agreed. It was awesome. Way back in the day they used to use chickens for entertainment. Very creative.


haha yes that was back in 50bc, a long time ago but I'm glad we have videogames now instead of chickens haha


Yes me too! I wonder what Caesar must have thought when he saw that in Britain!


lol he was probably shocked, kind of like Bill Nye when he won the Steve Martin lookalike contest  and subsequently became famous


Yeah that is funny. Ronald Reagan once was an actor too apparently.


Hi. He's a beast. Yeah he is considered one of the best players in the world.


I heard about that, someone said he didn't look presidential enough for a role, oh how wrong they were lol


ya he is, he is the best of all time NBA playoff scoring champion


Yeah and he played in the All Star Game 14 times, and counting!


absolutely, are you going to watch the new Space Jam movie that he's going to star in?


Yeah I hope it is as good as the first. He must have got a lot of money for it. He made 6 million by televising "The Decision".


wow that is cool, but don't forget he gave that money to charity after he raised it


Yeah good point it was a good move definitely. When he was 18 he rejected 10 million dollars from Reebok!


yeah he is super smart! Then apparently a year later he accepted a 90 million dollar offer from Nike, he was right to hold out


Big money right there. He knew he would make it big. His highschool games would sell out!


I don't watch Golf either, way too boring. I wonder why the Golf courses use so much water, an average course takes over 300,000 gallons of water to maintain!


yup, and a course in the dubai desert uses 4 million gallons a day, thats insane and dubm


Wow, no kidding! I guess the green on the Golf course being in a very hot climate would take a lot of water, but that is insane!


ya, also insane was the babe ruth was a famous golfer, I only knew he played baseball


Really? Wow, didn't know that...interesting!  Or like Sameuel L Jackson needing a contract during filming that he gets to play Golf twice a week haha, smart.


haha yeah well played sir, its carzy though how if you add delaware and rhode island together, thats about how many golf courses are in the usa


Whoa, that is crazy! I didn't know so many people liked golf that much haha, guess it is a money maker too. I wonder why all the presidents like golf so much....I don't have the patience for it lol


ya I don't like it its very boring, also I never knew that the hole to shoot for is only 4.25 inches in diameter, just seems so small and hard to hit!


Definitely, very tough game. I wonder if the clothing industry makes a lot of money from golfers buying all their golf attire.


thats a good question, have you ever visited the white house btw?


hey I'm good, how often do you wear clothing? I know I wear it every day haha


No, never been to the White House. Although I have met one of the Presidents before when I worked at a medical Facility....


ah thats cool, well I wanted to know if it was true that the guest house is bigger than the white house itself haha


Hahaha! Yep, I do where clothing, everyday usually. especially while I am playing Golf. Did you know you can visit a store in Alabama that sells only stuff from unclaimed baggage from airports?


haha would you buy those? I would feel like stealing knowing that they were someone elses clothes haha


Hahaha!! No I don't think I would buy clothing from there...but the electronics I would! I wonder if they do have clothes there that were made by Apple when they had a clothing line back in the 80s!


oh I would totally wear that even today! I wonder if its worth any money now


I bet it is! I wonder if they have any Pilgrim clothing haha, they wore all black for special occasions, I love black clothing.


haha ya I would still ilke to see these colorful clothes they wore though, how come you dont see any pictures of that? haha


Hahaha, I have no idea! Would be interesting though! I wonder what color of clothing the president wears when he is playing Golf?


ya golf clothes are always colorful, I don't watch golf though I think 18 holes is too long and boring haha


I have no idea what they are trying to accomplish with that really. they let women play in the game but they cannot dine together. strange


Do you think maybe there was an incident that prompted it? Sort of odd for the saints to be the only team with that rule


It could have been too so now they want peace of mind about it. did you know in an avergae game there is only 11 minutes og gameplay


I have heard that as well, that is very crazy since the game is like 3 hours


I know. we are stuck to the tv for so long. and they do not make great money either.


I have heard engineers make more in their life than most NFL players, that is crazy!


yeah it is crazy, i heard one nfl player turned to teaching to make ends meet


that is sad in a way, they put their bodies on the line to make other people billions, but they can sometimes not get by


I know  so sad. do you know kellan moore?


I do! I am a big eagles fan, what about you?


apparently he is the only left handed quarterback in the nfl


Wow, I know Vick was left handed, I guess he is the only current one, good for him!


Yeah pretty cool. SO you listen to music much?


I do, I listen to almost every type of music!


some movie soundtracks are so cool. nice chatting with you


I watch it from time to time but I am not a fan per say.


I think there is a lot of interesting stuff that happens in the nfl. Baker Mayfield almost stopped playing football to play Halo 3 competitively


and apparently you can play if you are a woman too


I have heard that! Some players are very smart, Alex smith started college in his junior year from all the AP tests he took


I know, he graduated in two years. talk about talent and brains. good for him


He recently had a very bad leg injury which is unfortunate, hopefully he will recover fully


I hope so too. did you know about new orleans cheerleaders not being able to dine in the same restaurant as the players?


I have heard of that, why do you think that is the case?


So do you also like Jazz? I think its a great music genre, so relaxing, so peacefull


I liked the more upbeat jazz that you can dance to.


Have you watched Breaking Bad? apparently theres a Jazz musician caller Walter White that has an album named Breaking Good


No I haven't, that is so cool. Do you like Clint Eastwood? He absolutely loves jazz.


I do, I think his a great actor he also loves jazz? thats great!!


Want to know something wholesome? A woman held free jazz concerts in her apartment every sunday for 20 years!


Thats sweet, I bet she had a lot of followers or maybe she had unhappy neighbors, hopefully she was a skilled player


I'm sure she was skilled, a lot of top performers would stop by.


I see she had great skills then, Tupac was also a Jazz lover, he studied Jazz, Poetry on the Baltimore School of Arts,


I do, the Wizards are my favorite team, do you like the sport?


That's really cool I didn't know that. Well it was nice talking to you. I've got to go now. Bye! :)


Yeah I am, and I think the Wizards are doing great!


I think they have to improve a lot, John Wall hasnt been able to make improvements on the team, at least their 2017-2018 was irregular


What do you think of Kareem abdul-jabbar? The dunk was banned in college basketball because of him!


It was banned? I think that sucks, the dunk shot is like the ultimate move of the game, seems like you are a fan of the game?


Absolutely! Not only was it banned, but it was for over a decade!


Oh thats a relief, I dont watch college basketball that much but still, you know that Shaq has recorded only a 3 pointed sscore in his entire carreer.


That is really cool. I wonder how many people use the basketball court in the us supreme court building, apparently it's on the top floor.


Theres a court there? wow, so its not all boring cases and lawsuites,


hey did you know the last time there was a president who wasn't a republican or democrat was 1853


I don't listen to him, do you? If it's in the library of Congress I would assume its very good. But I wonder who is making these decisions? Like are they rap enthusiasts? doesn't their personal taste color what kinds of albums they would choose?


No I don't listen to him either. I have no idea who makes these selections, who ever is is probably getting paid way to much lol.


lol yes I would agree with that, also the judge who gave her ruling in the form of a rap when doing a suit against eminem was probably paid too much and had too much time on her hands lol


I agree. I'm pretty sure there are more pressing issues going on in Michigan that needs more attention and thought but instead a judge takes the time to rap a ruling.


Did you see that in Korea, rappers do something called a "compliment battle" instead of what we have here where rappers do dissing matches?


Did you ever watch Rugrats? I need to watch where busta rhymes did the voice of the reptar wagon in the rugrats movie


I loved watching the Rugrats. I have seen the movie but I had no idea that his voice was in it. Apparently Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist.


That is crazy, and that his favorite comic book hero was spiderman, I would have thought it would have been spawn or something more hardcore, but maybe that was after his time


Yes, he does not strike me as a spiderman type of guy. Either way I'm pretty sure he turned out ok. I think he has made his millions and numerous awards just fine


No i did not know that! I do know that ever president that has had a beard has been a republican.


Yes I'm sure he's doing fine, I wonder what kind of comic book he would have made though, great talking with you btw!


That is interesting I didn't know that, it's scary that the last president who wasn't elected with a Bush or Nixon was before 1928


Interesting facts. Well the first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana.


haha I wonder why? Like did he eat a lot of bananas? It almost seems like a demeaning name, kind of like the president's guest house being bigger than the entire actual white house


I'm surprised that the guest house is bigger than the actual white house. Its hard to imagine that until 1805 in the us, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vp.


Ya, I wonder what would happen if Hillary became the vice president to Trump, like that seems like it would cause so much chaos haha


OMG I could not imagine the chaos! The white house would no be big enough for that. The only thing that could possibly come out of it would be a reality TV show.


Haha somehow that is a show I would love to watch though, its just too bad it would have real world implications due to the dysfunction! pretty crazy that the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums, I would definitely listen to a trump pop album haha


Lol yes that's exactly what we need! I don't think it would end up in the library of congress cultural significance section like tupac's music is.


Hello.  Do you remember the news story about a false missile alert in Hawaii last January?


I got rid of my landline phone and go with cellular for personal / business and internet phone as my "office" phone or a psuedo landline.  So, no matter where I am, I am able to get calls and faxed on my internet phone number on my laptop.  Do you still use a traditional landline phone service?


Good idea! I do not. It's outdated and I only got soliciters calling me. No reason to have one anymore.  Especially since an iphone has more computing power than an entire nuclear icbm deterrent.


With a smartphone, you can do almost any common computer task.  I still use my laptop a lot because I have fat fingers and could never write a report on my smartphone even though it has the capabilities.  I like the way a smartphone can be turned into an internet hub.  That way, with my laptop, my office is anywhere.


haha. The phones are getting bigger and bigger though. Yeah that's a good point. The internet is everywhere now. And luckily the library of alexandria has saved a copy of the internet just in case.


Even Mt Everest has cell telephone and internet in case you want to send a selfie from the peak!!!  Do you do much shopping on the internet?


That would be epic. I shop on the internet quite often, much more convenient than having to go in the store. When buying stuff online I hate how they have that long page of terms and service. Apparently only 7% of people actually read them.


Because the terms can vary from vendor to vendor, I stick to a few sites I trust rather than buy from anyone on the internet with the best price.  Use to, you could shop on the internet tax-free.  Those days are gone with Amazon and others collecting sales taxes online.  Some of the things the government waste our tax dollars on are ridiculous, like a study of shrimp on a treadmill!!!  Yet, every now and then they do something good like Norway donating 1 billion to save the Amazon rainforest.


Yea it seems like every week research is contradicting itself. But one thing we should all agree on is saving the environment like Norway. That is so amazing. The government needs to focus more resources on that for sure.


Even nonprofits are challenging us to do more.  Did you know UNICEF has a program where they donate a day of clean water for every minute you don't use your cell phone?  I wonder how they figure that out?


Yeah that is also a great initiative. I think that is a positive note to end on! It was great talking with you have a great day!


Yeah that was crazy. The phone alert. And it specifically said it wasn't a drill-wow!


Same to you, and I hope the government wises up and develops a more bulletproof plan to control the alerts they send to our phones and the internet so we do not have another HI scare, at least in my lifetime!


That was crazy!!  You would think that the government would have some redundancy in the system so that one person could trigger an alarm.  How do you respond?  Is the missile nuclear?  That is an egregious and unforgivable mistake!


Seriously! I would be so scared. I tink it's great to have a government to warn us of these things but it really shows anyone can make mistakes.


Again something that serious needs a fail-safe, like a 2-key system to activate in which the government officials are needed to activate.  Once that alarm is sent across the telephone, you can't take it back!  Following up with an "oops" message would lead to more chaos.  Government has its purpose, but often the bureaucracy trips over its own feet.  An then there are those who fake being government reps in scams!


Yeah good point. Do you think the government should have less control than it has now? The US government owns 86% of land in Nevada, I never knew that.


I knew that, but a lot of it is for military training and also contains uranium ore.  Outside of Las Vegas and Reno, the population is pretty sparse and scattered.   What do you think of WikiLeaks and its philosophy of exposing government secrets?


I think it was good and bad. The government obviously needs to keep certain information classified but other times they should be more transparent. I think wikileaks was a big gut check for the government to show them the importance of telling the truth and protecting classified info more carefully. The internet is a crazy thing.


Well, someone apparently leaked to WikiLeaks the government's plans to destroy WikiLeaks?  Hilarious.  I agree some things, mainly sensitive and strategic need to be classified, but I think it is abused too much for political purposes.  With the internet these days, once something is leaked, there is no pulling it back.


Exactly. The internet is even powerful enough to cause addiction that is measurable in the brain.


I don't know. Less mainstream do have an outside chance sometimes. Teddy Roosevelt, for example, was such a staunch conservationist that he banned Christmas trees from the White House.


I wonder how being a conservationist leads to banning christmas trees?


I'm sure when he was President Christmas trees weren't grown commercially and had to be harvested from natural forests. These days they even have solar panels at the white House--Reagan had uninstalled the ones put up by Carter, but George W. Bush put in some when he was in office.


I see that makes sense. it is interesting how the guest house is larger than the white house


It's a bit ironic for a real estate developer to be in that situation, isn't it? I'm sure he's not thrilled that there are twins of the White House in Ireland and France, too.


I am sure the owners are thrilled to feel like a president


I wonder if they also used floppy disks for some computer storage like they do at the actual White House haha. I suppose that has something to do with information security and keeping certain data off-network.


I mean it is so old that it is actually a good security measure ironically


I also imagine that it's a pain to upgrade the systems regularly when the risk is so high. The actual work done there isn't that complicated--no one in the actual White House is performing complex research or analysis that requires supercomputers. I mean, it took 4 days for the Secret Service to even realize that bullets had struck the building in 2011!


True. I worries me our nukes still use floppy disks though


It worries me that the man in charge texts so much.


True, I agree. In any case, thanks for chatting


I think these days it's crossed over into the realm of general entertainment, since the President has a tweet for everything. Thank God he doesn't give addresses over the radio!


So what do you think about the president?


I think it's funny that he claims to know how to run a country just because he's been a wealthy business man. Did you know that the 3 wealthiest Presidents were actually JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


Well he went bankrupt on multiple occasions and most of his wealth was from old money


He's a pretty example of the need for wealth redistribution--we're getting uncomfortably close to an authoritarian regime, where the leader might also be called president.


Well honestly was more worried how the only presidential candidates were hillary and trump...


The two party system is becoming a problem. Until 1805, the runner-up in the election became Vice President. I supposed maybe that provided a more balanced government, although I don't believe politics could have been that partisan back then.


Was it JFK or Roosevelt who came closest to winning as the 3rd party


That's insane! I had no idea! Music and dance go hand-in-hand for me, even if it's just bobbing my head when I drive. I personally believe it's human nature since babies dance when they hear music! What about with you?


I believe so!  babies smile too when they hear music. I found out that bruce lee is a great dancer. Hidden talent!


Not only do they smile, but they smile MORE when they hit the beat, How cool is that? I had no idea that ballet dancers can go through up to four pairs of pointe shoes in a week. That sounds like it would be really hard on your feet!


That is a lot! And about dancing I also loved how Michael jackson danced and leaned.


I can't believe he has a patent on the device that helped achieve the extra lean in some of his moves. I get why, but now that I know there's a device... that seems like cheating.


maybe but I sill like that move very much. I was telling you about Bruce Lee before, did you know he even won a HK cha cha championship in 1958?


I did not! It's not as surprising as Tupac dancing ballet to me, but that's a close second!


Yes! and Tupac acted in the nutcracker as the mouse king!!


That's super cool honestly. Wish he was still around. I thought that projection of him from a few years back was creepy.


He was way different back then.. I learned about an aluminum piano that weighed only 356 pounds


Then you'll love this! I just heard of a play called "Two Trains Running" that has a main character that's not a person - it's a jukebox!


That is great, I heard the creator loved music. He had another play called "the piano lesson"


It really seems like he did. All of his plays seemed to deal with music as a theme. Pianos are so gorgeous to hear, I think I'd really like to see that play.


love pianos too! do you know when it was invented?


That is true , It is sort of believed that is was around the 1700's in Italy.