they must spit mad fire about arthritis and social security! LOL


Ahaha no doubt! Wonder if they will be as popular as the Dark side of The Moon...probably not!


Dark side of the moon! a classic album that will never stop being popular. i have you ever tried the dark side of oz?


No I never have what's that? Sounds like a Reel Big Fish song or something!


you watch wizard of oz. at a certain point in the film you start dark side. it matches up with the movie almost like a sound track. never tried it myself.


That is epic. I am going to try. Speaking of the moon and darkside of it...1938 meters is the highest point on the moon!


that is quite high. i wonder how many mountains on earth are that high.


I don't think any because that is even higher than mt. everest!


wow, that is tall! i bet it would be dangerous to climb even in low gravity. the moon is dangerous.


Yeah good point. Moon dust is also dangerous and can cause a disease in humans!


i bet it can. boy, you wouldnt catch me living on the moon, dark side or other! that is too dangerous for me. plus there are no hospital up there!


Yes good point. Not now atleast lol. Moons largest moon phobos, is 1/3 hollow! How do they even know that!


i guess they see how it moves and guess how much mass it has. then they figure it must be hollow. not enough mass for the volume. anyway, great chat!


True. I'm also glad there is an American flag on the moon! Good chatting wth you too, have a great day will ya!


Hi! Are you a basketball fan? LeBron released the date for Space Jam 2. Filming starts this summer.


The first one is a classic, so I'm not sure how LeBron will compare to Jordan


It better live up to the hype that is LeBron, after all, people were paying $100 to see him play in high school


He's also the highest paid celebrity. He even makes more than Judge Judy who makes $123,000 per episode of her show


Yeah, he raised 6 million for charity by televising the decision.


He even rejected an offer from Reebok when he was 18 because he knew Nike and Adidas would offer him more


I think that had more to do with Michael Jordan, than anything else. He thinks he is MJII. That 90 million from Nike turned into a lifetime contract


Well, if the sequel to Space Jam does well, he may very well be MJII


I'm excited for it, as the premiere will be in a local theater. I'm not sure how great of a player he will be from here on out, though.


I don't agree with those who think that he's he greatest player of all time. They must not have watched back when Michael Jordan played for the Bulls


I can't imagine the chaos when his shoes came out, and he wasn't permitted to wear them on the court. But, Nike paid his fine. Now they wear whatever.


They're popular with basketball players not in the NBA. I think paying the fines was worth it


I bet. I'm surprised to learn that Tim Duncan stayed in college for four years, instead of going straight into theNBA


He might have had a scholarship, and once he retires, he'll still have that degree


Very true. Not everyone gets lifetime endorsements, like Allen Iverson


I wonder if a player were brave enough to do granny style, whether he would get a good endorsement or not. I've heard that shot is actually the most accurate


I don't know. I guess Reggie Miller's sister is better at basketball than he is.


And he's in the Hall of Fame. They should play one on one together. That would be an interesting game to see


That would be. do you play chess? There are more moves in a game of chess, than all the atoms in the universe.


I don't play chess, and with that many possible moves, it would be hard to master it. Yet a five year old beat a family friend without even looking


I don't understand it, and I truly believe it was invented by aliens.


I think it's just so old that we can't trace it exactly. Maybe one day I'll learn


I sure do, DO you know how many teams are in it?


Yes there are 30 teams and just one of those is Canadian


He is a good player but his sister was always better than him


Yeah the once broke 8 national records when she scored 105 points in a single game


Yeah impressive, so much talent in a single family though


Yes true. Did you hear of that contract that Iverson signed with Reebok?


Yes he is making $800 000 per year with them until he is 55


Yeah and then he gets a sum of $32 million after that


THe guy is pretty much set for life with all that money


Yeah. Do you ever practice the granny shot?


Yes and it is the best one to score but players do not practice it because it looks funny


Yes I do. Did you know he wanted to finish college before he went to the NBA?


Yes smart kid to managed to achieve success in both


I sure do. He is going to be in the upcoming Space Jam movie


Nice. He is also the highest paid celebrity right now


Yes he is making more than Judge Judy and she makes $123 000 per episode


That is a lot of money. It was really nice chatting with you.


I am great but it is freezing her! and yourself?


I'm doing good myself. Pretty cold here in Ohio as well. Where are you from?


I grew up in Indiana. I am now in kansas city.


I am a fan of some groups. I like Bon Jovi but have never been to his concert. How about you?


I love rock music. My favorite band is Linkin Park. The state rock song of Oklahoma is Do You Realize by Flaming Lips.


OMG. Yes. Linkin Park makes Bon Jovi look like they are ready for a nursing home!


LOL! Rock band Whitesnake has over 50 members throughout its history.


Could they possibly be the same band? It is more like an employer.Did you know that Hanson had the most requested song on an alt-rock station in Chicago because the djs did not reveal the artist?


Possibly lol. Sonic the Hedgehog was originally going to be a rock band member.


That is so funny. He does look like an '80s band member. I am sure he could pass for a member of Kiss.


LOL. Did you know Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001?


That is no rest at all. Obviously they must be sleeping on a bus, plane, etc?


Not sure lol. In 2002, Creed concert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.


That is bad. I wonder what happened? Pink Floyd recorded a live concert in the roman amphitheater in pompeii with no audience. Is that considered a concert?


I watched that concert on video. It was really cool.


Really? You are a rock fan. I myself loved Tom Petty. Dark side of the moon is still on of the best selling albums for 40 years? What is the band?


OHHH! I should have known! Can you believe that identical twins from Japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old? I wonder if anyone listened to it?


Are you a fan of rock music? I like Bon Jovi and he was a great performer too! He moved around the stage like his feet were light as a feather, it was hard to not bop my hand to his music.


ya he does great shows, I wonder how much he plays, definitely not as many as linkin park, they played almost every day in 2001


I heard about that and its just because of the success of their debut album, I've never seen them in concert, have you seen anyone live?


yes I've seen Tool and the rolling stones, lots of smaller acts, what about you?


Oh yeah, I've seen a couple in person, the most recent one I saw was Jessie J and the venue was in a warehouse unlike in Croatia, where there is an ancient roman amphitheater that is still used for concerts


ah that is cool, do you like the ramones? they tour a lot as well theyve done over 2000 concerts over 20 years


Yes I do, I haven't seen them in concert though, if they've been playing for that long, they probably didn't have the issue like the Creed concert where concert attendees sued the band for putting on a bad show.


haha that would be embarrassing to be sued for that honestly! Do you like Linkin Park? I guess they have an album that is the best selling of the 21st century so far


Yeah, but how do you provide evidence for a bad concert? Or maybe they just wanted to extort some money from the band. Yes, I like Linkin Park, especially sad to hear Chester passed. Do You?


ya they're ok I've never seen them live though, I do like pink floyd though, Its crazy that dark side of the moon is still a best selling album!


Yeah, me neither, Pink Floyd also recorded a concert at the ancient amphitheater with no audience! How awkward would it be to do that! I imagine it's not because there were no fans but probably recorded something to be played later.


ya I hope it was recorded! do you like NWA? I guess they had an album reach platinum with 0 airplay which is quite a feat!


No, I'm not too familiar with them, any recognizable songs? How does one obtain platinum status?


No I know that they made that movie straight outta compton but I never saw it, I guess I heard it's good I should do that


Yeah, I don't know either. I prefer to stream music now, can't believe how far technology has advanced, we went from vinyl LPs to tapes to CDs to mp3 and now we stream!


I know! now its all digital! you could even digitally get the album those japanese twins made! It was a rap album they made when they turned 100 years old!


To think people can still rap at 100 years old is an amazing feat and then to have studios releasing albums with 100 year old rappers, that's a risky investment!


ya definitely! do you listen to Reel Big Fish? I've never heard of them do you know their good songs?


Yeah, I have never of them either, from the name, it sounds like they aren't rock bands and rather are in the country genre, but that's stereotyping, I think.


ya, apparently they lost their rights to their old songs and then just re-recorded the songs for the new label haha


That's interesting. Lyrics are like poetry too, but too often they stress romantic love but I like how some artists use that as a platform to address a wide variety of other social or political themes too


ya I'd agree with that, I think music is like the modern day version of poetry, we will probably be judged by this for many years to come in the future!


Rock music is a form of popular music that originated as rock and roll in the US in the early 1950s


I like rock music, especially Bon Jovi. It's hard to believe his career has lasted so long. I didn't know he was almost 60!


He loves his profession. He is a very creative and lovable person.


Yeah he is, he's sold over 100 million albums and can still fill arenas.


Bon jovi wanted people around him to be as happy and fit as he is. He's the lead singer, and looks amazingly youthful.


Yeah he does, he's played for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in the past, but he doesn't make political comments, which speaks highly.


Music doesn't discriminate; all are equal before it.


Yep that's what I love about it. DId you know that the state rock song of Oklahoma is "Do You Realize?" by The Flaming Lips?


It was released in 2002 . It reminds me of my olden days. It's really energetic. This song always feels magical.


I agree, they say that Whitesnake has had over 50 members throughout it's history. There's been so many that the list has it's own Wikipedia page.


When a performance is done by a single musician, it's called a recital.


That's pretty neat, I've never heard of that. Did you know that Sonic the Hedgehog was originally supposed to be a member of a rock band?


Its very interesting ! Indoor concerts held in the largest venues are called arena concerts. Sometime its is very interesting to hear the song in the small area.


I like small concerts, it gives it that intimate feeling that you get nowhere else.


That's a long time. I heard Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001 following up the success of their debut album.


Reel big fish re-recorded all of the best of  album after losing the rights to their old record label.


That's cool, I bet it sold better than their originals.


Hybrid theory is the best-selling album of the century.


I didn't know that, it was a great album. Creed once had a concert that was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.


Yeah it is. Almost as shocking as two identical twins from Japan releasing a rap album when they turned 100.


The dark side of the moon was still one of the best selling albums of 2014


Nwa's straight was the first album reach platinum status its very amazing to hear. Which is your favourite live concert program ?


Hello, are you interested in rock music at all?


Yes, although the alternative variety.  Can you believe Bon Jovi is 56 years old?


That's crazy! Although it makes sense, he's had a very long career when you think about it. It's probably been like 35 years since his first LP, "Bon Jovi".


He still looks good for his age.  Reportedly, he can still move around like he used to.  I never was really a fan of the big hair era in rock.


Oh yeah I know people who have seen him in person and he still is very light on his feet! From video he almost looks like a skateboarder the way he moves.


It's wild that he once threatened to go country! I can't really picture that.


I can't imagine it either! But I think he could have done it, he's supremely talented. I think when he performed "Who Says You Can't Go Home" it went Number 1 on the country charts.


I also can't believe he played shows for Hillary.


Ahah that's fair, I'd hope he did. After all I don't think he made any political comments to insult her, and even if he made political comments I'm sure she'd agree with them, he is pals with Obama after all.


Yeah, I'm having to rethink him.  I guess he's a NJ boy so it kind of makes sense. Wow, OK has a state rock song.  It's "Do You Realize" by the Flaming Lips?!


That's interesting, I never really knew about state songs like that. I wonder what Illinois' is, I know a Hanson song was one of the most requested tracks ever on a Chicago alt-rock radio.


Wow, the Ramones did a total of 2,263 concerts.


I can't imagine doing that many wow. Then again a lot of bands do that. I know Linkin Park did 324 concerts just in one year.


Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" is the best selling album of the 21st century (so far).


No wonder they had so many shows then if it was that popular. Sometimes even old bands continue to have success, like Dark Side of the Moon was still one of the best selling albums of 2014.


Pink Floyd is great albeit a bit dark period. The once recorded a live concert without an audience.  Does that count for a live concert?


I think it should! That was an ancient roman amphitheater too right? I wonder how the acoustics are, there's one in Croatia too I believe.


I guess if two 100-year old twins from Japan can do a rap album, why not?


That's true! Although now I think it's easier to get hype because of airplay, back then sometimes people didn't have that. Like Straight Outta Compton had to reach platinum status without airplay support at all!


Yeah, touring was required.  Except maybe for Creed who was so bad they got sued by 4 attendees.


Wow I can't imagine having motivation to keep touring after something like that huh. Anyways it was nice chatting with you, have a good day!


Facebook appears to be in trouble in Ireland, that can't seem to stay out of the headlines right now.


Interesting, what are they in trouble for?


Pretty much the same as here, allowing its platform to spread false information and affect political debate.


There must have been some concern, Facebook stopped allowing adverts from outside Ireland.


Interesting, is it because the liberal party is going to lose an election over there?


I believe it was a constitution referendum, American agencies were trying to influence opinion there.  The Irish didn't like these groups trying to influence their constitution.


Interesting. I mean every country tries to influence outside countries elections, is that just a given? Like what we are doing with Venezuela now?


I suppose the feeling is that we shouldn't, whether it happens or not.  It would appear that they had little effect in Ireland, the referendum was passed easily.


I've never been there. Did you unfriend 10 people to win a whopper on facebook?


I'm not sure I have enough to unfriend, I have an account but barely use it.  Facebook makes people unsocial so I avoid it.


I don't use Facebook hardly anyways either. That's why I'm highly skeptical that it was used to change an election for Trump, but not Obama even though Obama went around bragging about doing the same thing Trump did with his firm Blue Labs.


I dislike that Facebook share information with so many, even of people that don't have accounts, sometimes personal stuff.


I just figured that is their entire business model, I mean what else are they going to sell?


I suppose so, but that does not make it right.  They need to be up front about what they are selling.  Mr Zuckerburg probably has enough cash now.


I just figured everyone knew that is what they are selling, I mean if you run a social platform using people's info, what else could they sell?


Eventually Mr Zuckerburg may feel he has enough money, maybe then he'll become more responsible.  Maybe he'll fix his colorblindness.


He doesn't own all of Facebook. Shareholders do own it as well. If you have a retirement and own index funds so do you.


I believe he still has over fifty percent interest.  Facebook will make up just one small very part of a retirement portfolio, any change in a single company will have effectively zero impact on any mutual fund.


Yup, but if the stock starts to fall it will really pull down the SnP500 and Nasdaq. People will complain. Actually this happened last year already.


The tech market is overvalued, these companies have taken the low hanging fruit, there is no way that they can reproduce the growth figures that their prices would indicate.  Stocks go up and then down.


I just use my wife's account, I don't really use FB much.


I need it for work but man do I dislike it. I used to love it but now I can see myself without it. I took a serious break from it beginning January 1 and do not miss it. I have to jump on occasionally for work but I jump right off.


We have strict rules at work concerning social media. I just couldn't be bothered. I check in on my kids school stuff and family photo's I'm good with that. Did you know that 33% of divorce filings have the word facebook in them?


I wonder how many now have snap chat in it... I get irritated with them selling our info and affecting elections. Cant be irresponsible and then sell our stuff.


I know like they don't make enough money all ready. FB is worth over $100 billion.


I cannot believe Iceland is using it to rewrite their constitution. What are they thinking?


Wow that is crazy, there are more FB users that there were people 200 years ago.


I understand the math on that but it just seems crazy. I want to take a break from technology on my next vacation.


It is nice to get away from it. People are glued to their phones it ridiculous. When I have family over almost everyone is using their phone instead of having a conversation. Haha I sound old, but people need to put their phones down. Lol


I agree. I teach and the kids need the stimulant. Everytime there is a break, they are on their devices.


Wow, I bet. I'm not looking forward to the day when my kids have cell phones.


Me neither!I am pretty fearful of the bullying they might get or give. Kids can be so mean!


Yes, they can be brutal. And you can try your best but your can't censor everything they will find a way. Did you know that FB has over 50 gender options?


50! I know there is now some grey (non-binary) but 50! Not all men had the right to vote until 1918. I wonder who couldn't vote...


58 to be exact, idk what they could be. A dog beat two people in a mayoral election and was mayor for 13 years.


Is that better than Austin Tx naming their garbage dump after Fred Durst?


haha, A chimpanzee came in third in a mayoral election in Rio. He did not win, he came in third. Why do people want animals to be in political offices?


Some people may say that we have animals in office in America! I personally think so!


Yes, and youth/hs player. Still love the game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball," to quote Bull Durham's catcher, Crash.


Nice. I didn't realize baseball managers could technically play.


Ask Pete Rose. Think he was the last player-manager. They included Joe Torre, Connie Mack and The Babe!


I had no idea! Makes sense why they are always in uniform, I guess.


Yes, but it would be rare for a manager to play today. Don't know if they play in Japan...


I'm not sure either. I know baseball is very popular there, though.


Absolutely. Only ever see Japanese pitchers, mostly, on American teams. Do you have a favorite MLB team you follow?


I like the Dodgers and the Rangers. You?


Was growing up when the MN Twins won the Series in '87 and '91. Still hope to see them win big again.


Can you believe that guy who found $3 million worth of baseball cards his grandfather's attic?


Wish I'd been him. I'd take a Hughie Jennings or Johnny Evers card from the really old days! Today, it seems computers are making a lot of baseball decisions. What do you think about this?


Got it. But they don't have hunches about how good a rookie might become...


No, probably not. Though computers are crazy complex and control a lot more than we probably realize; I'm sure there's a formula.


Facebook's got a few. Don't get me wrong. I'm glad computers run my smartphone and microwave.


You know, one day, we may be able to upload our minds to computers and memory sticks?


Far out! But we may just have ventured way out there into a fantasy future, Captain Pichard. You know?


Haha, did you know someone has actually been knighted for being a comedic fantasy writer?


They do that a lot in Great Britain. I'm glad for the guy, though. There aren't too many Isaac Asimov-type original minds out there.


Well, there was that janitor from Chicago who wrote over 15,000 pages of a fantasy manuscript with over 200 watercolor illustrations.


Paul Simon sings a song about that; it's called "Re-Write". Wonder if that guy's writing was any good? If not, the story sounds sad to me.


Or not. They discovered everything after his death. Maybe it gave Affleck and Damon their inspiration for Good Will Hunting?


Anything's possible when you "go where no one has gone before" (Star Trek Generations).  Fun chatting with you.


Good afternoon, hope your day is going well!


I hope yours is going well, too. Baseball is generally played with a bat and ball.


Baseball is my favorite sport out of the big four - AZ Diamondbacks are my team


Apparently baseball managers are technically allowed to play for their teams!


I love that tidbit - Pete Rose, was the last Player/Manager I believe


Baseball is also incredibly popular in Japan. Many people don't realize it is an American past time.


It's surprising that more Japanese Baseball players don't have success in America, like Ichiro did


The Japanese are generally some of the best in the world.


I think the pitchers from Japan have outperformed the hitters, but it's a small sample size


I know that Ichiro was very successful. And Matsuzaka


Very true, and the Shohei Ohtani two way experiment is on hold, could be great in the long run


Baseball is a sport that seems to be dwindling in popularity, unfortunately.


Popularity is difficult to gauge in regional areas where there are no allegiances - Fantasy sports may be keeping baseball alive


That is fair. I love fantasy basketball.


Interesting, I would think fantasy basketball is third behind football and baseball


That is probably true. I love basketball.


Basketball has been hard for me to get into lately because the Suns are a dumpster fire...


Ever since Nash left they have been bad, unfortunately. They have a promising future, though!


It's been a while and looks like they'll have another lottery pick this year.  Great chatting with you!


Great chatting with you too. I am a huge Heat fan, myself.


At least the Heat have had recent success and something to cheer for, LeBron, D-Wade, Rings!


They do! I am so happy for it. They are in a little rebuilding era right now, though.


And the East is a little easier now with LeBron out here in the West


I do sometimes How about you? I see the albuquerue isotopes named their team after the baseball team on the simpsons.


Interesting. i have not heard of them. That's funny! I always found it funny as well how baseball managers wear uniforms. They do this because they are technically able to play for their team if the need comes up.


Didn't know that. I wonder if a manager has ever had to fill in!


I was wondering that too! I also was wondering if there are any baseball cards in my attic. A man found three million dollars worth of baseball cards in his grandfather's attic.


Hah. I collected baseball cards before. They are worth very little though fun to collection if you like the players.


I wonder if they have baseball cards in Japan too? It is also a very popular sport there.


I am sure they do. I wonder if the statement about catching a ball in your hat is real lol


Apparently catching a baseball in your hat gives the opposing team three bases. Huh?


Wow, never heard that before! Maybe there was a problem with too many people using their hat? Some advantage? Hmm...


Lol its weird. Would be entertaining though.


So why did kickball never catch on as an adult professional sport? In Canada they call it soccer baseball. Makes sense.


That sounds really fun actually. I wonder why too.


If you were a baseball player would you choose familiarity to chance? Brandon Kintzler had a few offers but returned to the nationals to a non glamorous seventh inning role.


Maybe didnt want to leave for his family?


He said he didn't want to have to get to know everybody again. Sounds like something I would say haha.


Same here! I've moved a few times. Settling down is difficult lol


Right. He's like I just got done doing it. I don't want to do it again. Ha. He also mentioned feeling less stress so I guess that is important to him. I can relate.


Absolutely, and the money is probably still quite good.


Yeah, his two year deal is worth up to $15 million. Well, I think I'm going to go off and do a little more research. Have a good day!


Hello there, I do like computers, I use them all the time.  Do you remember your first household computer?


It was so old, It did not even have a color screen. I would like to get an apple computer and I read something interesting about their warranty!


Yeah I think our first computer was an apple.  Did you know that if you smoke near them it voids the warranty?


I just found out, I do not smoke but I think is very interesting it is considered a bio hazard.


Yeah I thought so too.  Did you know that someone built a working computer using the basic minecraft building blocks!?  That is too crazy.


That is cool! Did you know that the russians made a computer that did run on water. I can't even imagine how that would look!


Holy cow that is crazy too!  Yeah how would that even look, I'm sure it wasn't the size of an average computer.


And they did it back in 1936! So they where real genius!


Yeah that is quite the feat for sure.  On a different note, are you a baseball fan by chance?


I am a sports fan in general. I did attend some baseball games in the past. I do like it.


Yeah I am a fan as well, my team almost made the World Series this year it was exciting.  Did you know that managers can technically play if needed?


That is very cool! They have to practice what they preach! Have you played kickball or soccer baseball?


I have played but not since I was in grade school.  I know there are adult kickball leagues that are becoming more and more popular.


I have no idea, I played when I was a kid. Did you know what a married couple did for baseball for 24 years?


No, but for 24 years sounds like quite a feat, what was it?


they were in charge of programming all 2430 games played each year , for the major league, they did stop in 2005 though.


Wow, that is an amazing amount of games.  Did you a man once found a baseball card collection in his grandpa's attic worth $3 million?! That would be awesome.


Good for him, I wonder how long where those cards hidden and still exist!


Yeah that would be the score of a lifetime though.  If it was me I wouldn't sell all of them though.  I would keep at least 1/3 and give them to my grandchildren, see how much they appreciate in another 50 years.


That was such a nice surprise. Hey did you know that baseball is very very popular in Japan?


Yeah it was, and I did know that.  I know they are very passionate about it.  I always like the old movie Mr. Baseball lol.  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you enjoy the rest of the day.


Yeah me too. Jackson once planned to build a robot of himself


Yeah and it was supposed to roam the desert of Nevada


Kind of strange but ok. They can be controlled by rat brains


Yeah and can change personality depending on which rat they are hooked to


Yeah pretty amazing. The US military is using an xbox 360 controller to control their robots


Nice, pretty awesome. And now they can debone a chicken with surgery


WOw tech has advanced quite a bit lately. Do you watch netflix?


I do quite a bit. Do you know how netflix came about?


Yeah the founder had to play a $40 late fee on a VHS and was tired of that


Yeah, smart guy. Did you ever use blockbuster?


I used to yes. Too bad they passed on that opportunity to buy Netflix back in the day


Yeah they could have paid $50 and make billions now easily


Exactly. THey make up 33% of the bandwidth in north america in the morning


No surprise there I guess and together with youtube that make up half of peak internet


Top two I guess. Netflix spends more on postage than on bandwidth


Crazy, what exactly are they still shipping? I mean, 20 times more is insane


Yeah exactly. Do you know much about the Earth?


I know that we have already destroyed over 80% of the forests in it


Yeah that is sad and I do not see it stopping at all actually


Robot is a machine which especially designed by the computer program to perform the specified task.


Yes, The branch of science which deals with the design, construction, operation and application of robots. The terms is called as robotics.


That's cool!  I read somewhere that Michael Jackson planned to build a 50 foot tall moon walking robot to roam the desert sands of Las Vegas.


In Industrial age, the robot is developed very much even they used in operation theater.


Exactly, I'd like one of those robots that can  debone a chicken for me in my chicken.  I hate doing that job.


In some field, Robot replace humans to work in a dangerous environment like at the bottom of the sea and in the outer space area we need it. To perform the repetitive task we used it.


Do you know robots can be controlled by using a rat brain?


No, Military use the robot for the security purpose to remove bombs.


I didn't know it either, I just found it interesting.  I had heard about the military using robots to remove bobs.  But, did you know the military uses an XBOX 360 controller to control one of their EOD robots?


Its very interesting. Domestic robots are used to clean and maintenance of in and out to the house.  Robots such as turtle used in school program.


Awesome.  On a side note, do you use Netflix?


To watch movie. It create half of peak internet traffic in north america.


Yeah, I had heard that Netflix and Youtube make up half of peak internet traffic in North America.  I contribute to that statistic, I'm sure. Lol


The company expanded in 2010 streaming online videos make next step to technologies.


Yeah, I bet Blockbuster wishes they hadn't declined several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million, because it's now worth $2 Billion.


In 2019 Netflix has 139 million paid subscriptions, US has more than 50 million subscriptions. But some countries China, Syria, North Korea and Crimea.


I feel bad for people in Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Crimea. They'd probably like being able to watch Netflix, too?


Yes. The earth is third planet in the solar system. Water is also present only in this earth in liquid form.


Ok, that's totally random.  But, I agree with you and it's a darn nice place to live, too.


Almost 71% of earth surface entirely covers with water but its not suitable for drinking purpose. Only 3 % is allowable for drinking purpose.


I like water, Did you know that more than 80% of the Earth's natural forests have already been destroyed?  It's so sad!


So only we are facing lot of issues like Global warming and sudden Tsunami and Volcano eruption.


Again that's totally random.  Well, it's been quite interesting chatting with you this morning. I need to go walk my dog, now.  I'll talk to you later, friend.


hi, how are you? i do like music. how about you?


I do too. Country Music is my favorite. What genre do you like?


i am not a fan of country or rap. Did you know that the fender stratocaster was intended for country music?


I didn't know that but that is cool. Henry Ford helped popularize country music too. I wonder if it helped with that too.


He thought that jazz was the music of the devil. Plus he was worried about the urban influence of jazz.


Oh Henry Ford and his views. I'm sure Eminem would have made him mad as a rapper.


yes, eminem is a trouble maker as far as ford is concerned. took much carrying on with the urban vibe and such.


Before being a rapper, Eminem even wanted to be a comic book artist!


i think he would have done just fine as a comic book artist. instead he went down the dark path, the one that Ford would not have approved of. Country music, that what's Em should have done.


I agree. I still can't believe there are only 2 African Americans in the country hall of fame!


i think there have not been that many AA artists, right? I dont know the genre too well. is there a bunch of AA artists?


I'm sure there is a bunch! Do you like to dance?


I don't either. Michael Jackson does. He even had a patent on one of his dance moves!


He had them shoes what could lock into the floor. I figure he knew how to defeat gravity.


That was so crazy to see it when he first did that dance move. I'm sure he didn't go through pairs of shoes like ballet dancers did.


Ballet dancers need better shoes. The 5000 year old shoes might hold up. Would you ever dance ballet? Or rap? I would not.


I wouldn't and couldn't do any of those things. I would maybe stick with comic book writing.


That is a good chance. Keep your feet healthy. Anyhow, good chat!


Not anymore, some of the shows got a bit repetitive.


Yeah I agree and they also cancel a lot of series, Voltron is a nice show though, have you watched it?


Yeah, they do. It is hard for me to follow to be honest. I like the show billions.


That is a good show, it has a different plot and that makes it unique, Netflix is an empire now!!


Yeah, it is pretty good, but I wonder how long they can keep the plot going?


Im guessing not long, there are other companies launching a streaming service and if the content is better they will lose a lot of subscribers and eventually disapear


Yeah, the only other one that I am really familiar with is Amazon Prime.


Thats another great streaming service, so yeah the competition is growing, I love to watch documentaries on Netflix though, there is one about the earth and theres just too much learn about our planet


Yeah, did you know that robots can debone a chicken with surgical precision?


I didnt know that, I guess robots can be really precise, robots can be scary like Megatron


I think he was the bad guy in Transformers, right?


Yeah he was the bad guy, really scary character, you know that the curiosity robot sent by NASA to Mars actually sings happy birthday to himself every year on its birthday


That's crazy, what type of speaker does he use to sing?


I  have no idea, but I will find out later tonight, did you hear about the robotic arm scientists created?


No, what do they do? What controls them?


Ok so they made this arm and a paralyzed woman can control it with her mind; that's amazing we are close to an incredible breakthrough.


WoW! That is pretty cool stuff. Did you know the earth will be helium free by the 21st century?


It will, I guess helium isnt the most important element on earth I guess we can do ok without it, you know that earth is 4 times denser than the sun!


That can't be true, can it? Well nice chatting with you!


Have you ever wanted to visit the 9:30 Club in DC?


No actually i haven't. I've never heard of it.  What is the 9:30 club like?


It's pretty cool, there was some indie rock bands that played there.


That sounds cool.  I have heard about some distillery in the area that puts on a roaring '20s night for charity.  It sounds like it could be fun.


Yeah, I've never been. Do you happen to remember the name of it?


I think it's called the Catoctin Creek Distilling and if I remember right the party is the Prohibition party.


Wow, that sounds cool. Did you know Bruce Lee was also a great dancer?


Seems like I have heard something about that through the years.  Didn't he win some kind of dance contest or something?


Yeah, he won the Hong Kong Cha Cha championship in 1958.


That's pretty impressive! I wonder if he was a good dancer because of his martial arts skills.  On the other hand Tupac did some ballet dancing and he had no martial arts skills that I'm aware of.


Probably, apparently professional ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of shoes a week.


Wow!  I had no idea ballet dancing was so hard on the feet!


Yeah, apparently so. Tupac danced ballet in high school.


Yes he did. He did the mouse king role in a production of the nutcracker.


Yeah, crazy. Apparently MJ patented his dance moves.


It seems really odd to think that dance moves could be patented.  I guess Michael Jackson thought outside the box on a lot of stuff other than his way of life.


Yeah, did you know that U2 has opened for themselves before?


Did they wear some sort of disguise or something?  Did they play different music than their regular stuff?


I think they wore a disguise as the Dalton Brothers.


That sounds a little country. I am going to assume they did some country music.  I wonder if there's videos of it on youtube.


Yeah, it  was probably a pretty cool show.


Funny you should ask, I was watching Cosmos on Netflix and learned that Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago! I wonder what people looked like back then?


Probably strands of amino acids or something


Haha, good guess! When Earth was formed, the day was only 5.5 hours long, how come one day is 24 hours now?


Who knows? Perhaps the rotation of earth changed?


Yeah, I'm already feeling out of time in 24 hour day periods, I can't imagine living on on 5 hours a day, I need my sleep!


Well sleeping for almost 3 days straight sound very restful though


A little too restful! More than 80% of the Earth's natural forests have already been destroyed, why do you think they are being destroyed at such rapid rates?


Well logging, clearing farmland, increasing human population to name a few


Some people believe that it has something to do with extraterrestrials! The UN even appointed an official ambassador to extraterrestrials in case they ever made contact with Earth.


I mean given how vast the universe is, other life is a high possibility. However people should not shirk responsibility for destroying the natural forest by simply blaming aliens.


I agree we must preserve the environment since over 7.6 billion humans live on earth and depend on its natural resources, are you doing anything to preserve the environment?


Well my own small part. I trying to limit my use of plastic, be conscious of the business practices and sourcing of the items I use, and I helped plant trees to combat desertification in the desert


That's awesome! Where do I sign up to help plant trees? I watched a couple of documentaries on Netflix about that which led me to watch other ones and I'm a guilty contributor of taking up half of peak internet traffic with my Netflix binges.


I mean netflix is a convenient service. Considering Reed hasting built a multi billion dollar company after racking up a 40 late fee, I think the tradeoff was worth it


Very well worth it! I was also a victim of those substantial late fees, I wonder how Blockbuster feels now about declining several offers to buy Netflix at a discounted rate of $50 million dollars, how would you feel?


Well they no longer even exist to regret it lol


That's true, but as much as people love the services Netflix provide, Netflix is in huge debt in order to develop new content, they're at least two billion in debt!


Well most companies are leveraged, incuring debt today for better success tomorrow


True, is that how you feel about robots being more prevalent these days? Some people fear that with robots being able to perform tasks like deboning a chicken, these workers jobs would be taken over.


Well ideally with robots doing more work, people would be able to laze about, but clearly that is not the direction we are heading so yes, I think robots will one day be able to do all our jobs. Whether something like the matrix will happen is debatable but considering people made google's test ai into hitler within the week, it is a possibility


Yeah, it's so scary to think about. Have a good day!


Have you ever been to Washington DC?  There is so much to do!


Hello there, I have been there twice, but when I was really young.  How about yourself?


I have been there before.  I love whiskey, so I love going to the distilleries such as Petworth's.


Yeah that sounds like such a cool place.  I would love to attend their roaring 20's themed party.


Yes!  On Pi Day (3/14) they also do a lot of great things.  I'm not much of a mathematics person, so I dont think I'd get a lot of free stuff.


Yeah that sounds like it would be fun as well.  I would take home a $100 gift card if I could!


Do you like ballet?  Washington DC has a great ballet.  Alvin Ailey is my favorite


I am not a big fan, but would still attend if I had the chance.  Do you know they make ballet slippers that make drawings from the dancer's movements?


I didn't know that!  That is such a great idea -- do you know how much they cost?


No I don't but think that the finished product would be really cool to compare to the different music they were dancing to.


There is also a great Museum of American History.  That would also have some stuff about distillery history too I bet.


Yeah I think all of those old distilleries are really cool and you learn so much about American history by touring them, not just about the booze.


On another topic, what do you like better?  Rap music or country?  I like country music better because I'm from the south.


Country is really good, I really like classic country.  I like rap, but mostly early to mid 90's stuff, I can't get into anything from today.


Yeah, I think Tupac Shakur was the best.  It is too bad that he died too young.


Yeah Tupac is for sure in that 90's group of really good rap.  And yeah I totally agree with that.


Did you know that George Strait is the cousin of Jeff Bezos?  Small world.


No I didn't know that, wow those two make up a ton of money!


Yes!  The sad thing though is that there are only 2 black people in the country music hall of fame.


Yeah that is pretty sad, I think that might change in the coming years but we will see.


There are some great up and coming artists.  I hope that changes.


Yeah same here, well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


Professional ballet dancers can through up to 4 pairs of shoes a week, no wonder their feet hurt!


Babies also spontaneously dance when they hear music. There is something special about dance and music.


And hear I thought it was just my newborn that did that. I was hoping she would be a professional dancer.


Tupac also did ballet in high school, would have never known that.


I thought he was a rapper and dropped out of high school?


He did. There are three contents to rap music- content, flow and delivery. Never knew it was that complicated.


Old school Eminem. He just told such a story through his music. Which would be the content.


He rapped about the struggles in his life and certainly made his personal life into artwork


I could relate to some of his struggles so I felt a connection to his music.


I consider James Brown as one this country's first rappers.


Before he became a rapper Eminem's dream was to be a comic book writer. I think he would be good at that too


I wouldn't think that he would be a good cartoonist. Is he better at drawing than rapping?


I am not sure. There are a lot of African American's in the rap hall of fame, but only 2 in the country music hall of fame.


I really like Korean rap. I have a couple of albums and some K-Pop too. How about you?


Not so much. I prefer country music to rap.


All time favorite would probably be Brad Paisley. Just love how he and sing and play guitar too, which is a large part of country music.


I am not big into the "fiddle" music myself


Do you have any pets? They are good for companionship, company, and protection.


We have a bunch of animals in the house, a dog, couple of rabbits and fish.  No cats though.


What a full house! Some people have odd choices for pets like crabs and tarantulas.


My daughter came home one day and said she wanted a snake for a pet, that's how we ended up with rabbits, it was a compromise.


That sounds like a fair deal! They can clone cats. Copy cat was the name of the first. Creative, right?


It must have had them rolling around the laboratory floor.  My daughter would be out of luck in Queensland Australia, only magicians can own them.


Another odd pet choice is the tiger like Mike Tyson had. As odd as it is, it's not that rare. More people in the US have them as pets than there are wild in Asia.


I think we'll stick with the rabbits and dogs.  I know nearly 100,000 people visit the ER because they trip over these pets, but I'd still sooner have a dog roaming the house than a tiger.


I agree! Pets run rampant in Japan where they outnumber kids under the age of 15.


I wonder what pets they have there?  I know cats are the most popular pet world wide but is that true in Japan?


I can see there being lots of cats in Japan. I would think they would have indoor house cats as well as feral cats in the wild.


Hamsters are a nice safe little pet.  I wonder what makes them illegal in Hawaii?


Hawaii has some odd rules. Maybe it is because of the amount of sleep that animals require. Cats spend 10 of 15 years sleeping.


Have you ever heard of those books by Ursula Vernon?  They have a hamster princess as the lead character, my daughter enjoys them.


I haven't but they sound cute. She should run for mayor like stubbs the cat did in Alaska.


There always seem to be some animal or other becoming mayor of some small town or other, I suppose people fear they can do less harm.


Another famous cat is the stray that appeared in the Godfather. Pretty cool role!


Some people try forever to make it in the movies and then a stray walks into a high profile role!  I bet it wasn't a stray after the movie, probably even had an agent.


Cats earn their keep by hunting vermin. They are pretty useful! Nice meeting you! Have a nice evening!


I wonder if they are effective as vermin hunter if they glow in the dark like the ones in South Korea?  Good talking to you.


I got why Bert and ERnies sexuality matters to LGBTQ people. what about you?


This is a great article. I mean, you kinda knew as a kid watching them, but this is pretty cool to read.


I always thought they were just best friends roommates i never thought of them as gay it wasnt a big deal about gay straight when i was younger so i never thought about it that way


me either really, but there were always adults around me questioning it. My children are grown now, bit I agree that tv programs do need to be inclusive. It's wonderful to see someone like myself being represented, why wouldn't they?.


I agree if people need to think that these stories are like them to be happy then that is ok no one should ever be ashamed of who they r


I also have a little bit about comic books..Comic book legend stan lee ends every phone conversation he has with the word "excelsior!"


LOL I did not know that and that the marvel comics took so long to convince nthe government that x men werent human


Thats fun! Marvel published a "generic comic book", in order to trademark the names "super-hero" and "super-villain"


thats cool! and i like that finland has a right to the internet why dont we?


Congress keeps trying, Even in Obama era he said the internet was a basic human right.


no doubt i mean people can live without it but i have definitley learned alot more with the internet in my life though


me too. Here's a little nugget for us though..Constant novelty from clicking links on the internet can cause real addiction measurable in the brain!


yeah i can see and did you know there is a cold spot in the cosmic background that people think is a way to a parallel universe


Wouldn't that be cool? I think that might explain the Madela effect that everyone talks about! The current library of alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.


and i think it is neat the universe is believed to exist inside a black hole.it kinda scares me thinking about it


Blows your mind, doesn't it? So does this! There is 3g cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of mt. everest. I can't get 3G where I live!


Now this, I'm not so sure about. There are scientists who theorize that universes evolve through natural selection much like different species do on earth.


it amazes me how stuff like that works annd humans r the minority on the internet is crazy too


How can we be the minority? what is the rest on the net?


we are outnumbered by automated software programs


Oh my. I never thought of that. Essentially A.I.The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.


hello, how are you? Ernie and bert have a unique reputation.


I have heard that rumor as well.  LGBTQ people say it matters to them


The onion says that ernie and bert are pansexual perverts. i wonder who to believe these days. CTW says they are just puppets.


The Onion is a satirical news website.  I personally dont care either way.


i guess for LGBTQIA it is representation that matter. the lessons taught to children about tolerance and awareness are important. i think it might be better to create a new character for that.


Very true.  They created an autistic character to teach about those differences.  Sometimes adults need to learn those lessons too.


yes adults are always worried that something is going to screw up the kids. if the character is not just right, then the kids will go ape. i think that the kids will do just fine. i grew up with comic books and sesame street and i have never broken parole. LOL


That is the truth.  Plus with the internet these days everything is accessible.


i figure that the internet and rule 34 are a bigger threat than some character in S S. the universe is vast. the internet is even bigger.


We dont even know how expansive either is.  Kind of scary at some point that all that is out there and people chose to worry about what made up characters do.


people have too much time to worry. if we kept them busy, they would not have time to worry. what do you think of this universe of ours? it is huge.


It is.  I was listening to a podcast about it on the way to work this morning.  About the Fermi Complex.


the fermi complex? isnt fermi some sort of science guy? probably knew the secrets of the universe.


Yeah.  It has to do with the fact we might be alone in the universe, and what those ramifications are if that is true.


i think that we are not alone but the aliens really dont need to contact us. they have their own problems. plus the whole ernie and bert controversy bothers the aliens.


Who knows, that might be the reason they dont.  LOL


the universe keeps an eye on us and makes us feel like we're alone until we work out our issues. i figure we have a lot to do to prove our worth.


Its been good chatting have a great day!


You too! great chat! enjoy the universe! say hi to fermi for me!


Do you like theater? I heard the Round House announced a 14 million dollar restoration plan.


I do, just a little expensive for me to do it often.  I see that they are doing it mainly to break down the separation between audiences and artists.  I wonder if they looking to go more like a ancient Rome type play


Maybe. I think they had some sound and sightline issues they needed to fix.


I like the idea that they are bringing people on as full-time resident educators, and rotating new residents every 2 years.  It should make for a nice educational opportunity for aspiring theater people.


Yes, and they have funding now for 30 new works.


It's nice to hear something that is not technology based still making an impact.  I see that the renovation accomodate multiple stage and crowd configurations for audiences ranging 285 to 400 people.  I wish I was in the UK to get a chance to see it once renovated.


Me too. Charcoalblue has done several things here in the US too, like Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater and Brooklyn's St. Ann's Warehouse.


I have been to Steppenwolf, it is a nice theater.  I was just reading how expensive it is to produce a play in the theater.  Construction can easily hit 9 million which seems like a lot for a play.  Makes me wonder how much they pay their artists


That does seem like a lot. I guess the 14 million dollar initiative isn't as big a deal as I thought.


Switching gears a little, I was just reading that Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas any more because his belief system prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity.  I wonder how he worked around that system to be in Kick-Ass 2, not really positive there.


I haven't seen that movie. I don't know too much about him. I watch House sometimes, Hugh Laurie was the highest paid actor for TV drama ever, earning 700,000 per episode.


I like him but that seems like a lot for just 1 episode.  Just seems like an insane amount of money when there are so many people who don't get to eat everyday.  I like that Michael Caine became an actor because all the pretty girls were in drama class.  He seems like that type of sauve, confident guy.


It seems like a ridiculous amount for an episode. Jon Hamm taught drama at his high school. One of his students was that cute girl from the office.


I find that interesting, goes to show that sometimes it helps to know someone.  I never knew that Disney almost shuttered their animation studio when Sleeping Beauty bombed at the Box Office


Their "Treasure Planet" was one of the biggest flops in history.


Yeah that is a really weird movie.  Have you ever heard of Trojan Wars, cost 15 mil to make but has only earned $309 at the box office.  I wonder who got fired for that one.  Makes me interested in seeing it, lol


Ha, can you imagine waiting to be called into your bosses' office after that? I would rather be resposible for silence of the lambs, that made like 270 million when it came out.


That is still one of the freaker movies I have seen.  Hopkins was great as the cannibal killer, I heard once that Jodie Foster's character was originally supposed to be played by Sandra Bullock


Oh I didn't know that. I kind of like Sandra Bullock, we just watched Birdbox last night. I bet she would have been good for silence of the lambs.


I am hoping to watch that this weekend, looks nice and freaky.  Reminds me of the movie A Quiet Place, check it out if you haven't seen it.  I just read that Pocahontas and Shakespeare were alive at the same time and died only a year apart.


I will definitely check it out, thanks. Did you know SHakespeare invented the names Miranda, Jessica and Olivia?


That seems like something that he would do.  I wonder if they will ever find his original manuscripts.  Well, it has been a pleasure chatting, have a Happy New Year!


I do! It is very interesting to me, how about you?


Me too, I love a good drama. Did you ever watch House years back?


I never got into that. Hugh Laurie made bank off that show though! Did you?


He made so much money, 700,000 per episode! That is like 14 million dollars on a 20 episode season!


Now I know why I never see him in shows anymore haha. Do you know how Michael Caine got into acting?


I would have bought an island after 7 seasons lol and never worked a day in my life again. I don't know how, do you know?


That would be the life! He got into acting because all the cute girls at his school were taking drama class lol.


crazy, now he is so rich all the pretty girls are flocking to him!


Oh for sure. I wish I would have taken Jon Hamm's drama class.


Me too, I heard another person took that, Ellie Kemper I think from the office


That is interesting. Do you know why Jim Carrey doesn't do dramas anymore?


Really, I never knew he did those first of all. Why is that?


He did the Number 23 movie. He says they don't project positivity.


True, crazy weird movie, I would have to watch it again. He is right, he should stick to comedy!


Have you seen any good movies lately at the box office?


I saw 50 shades of grey the other day. I always wanted to see Tyler Perrys new film too, looks super funny. How about you


Oh cool! Can you believe how much Tom Hanks has brought in for box office earnings?


I heard it was like billions. I want to create a movie and just have him in it, it should be successful then, right?


Exactly, you can even call it Tom Hanks starring Tom Hanks. Anyways, Good chat!


That is a good idea, I will get working on the script. Good chat, enjoy your night!


I am quite flowery today, just finished binge watching the punisher.


I am not sure I would equate the Punisher to flowery... The one on Netflix?


Nice. I liked that show but since they canceled all of those Marvel shows on Netflix, I can't get into finishing them. Are you on the latest episodes?


Yes. I do agree. it sucks that disney and netflix didn't work out.


Maybe Disney will pick it up and move on. Did you know Stan Lee used to end conversations with the word excelsior?


Must have drove people crazy with that. Marvel comics spent 10 years convincing the US govt that x-men are not human.


HA! Seems like the gov should have better things to do but....MSU has the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world. Wow.


I know. Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics in 1990 so he can play spiderman in his own produced movie.


HA! I am not sure he would have made the ideal spiderman. I think Toby McGuire and Andrew Garfield did fine on their own.


No way. It would have been interesting watching Spiderman do MJ's dance (moonwalk).


I can't even picture him as peter parker, can you?


Lols. With the right make-up... possibly. It's quite interesting what you can do in this universe.


the universe might be one giant superhologram!


Could be. The universe may exist inside a black hole!


Or that there is only one electron in the universe! Dibs!


Anything can happen in the universe, heck how can you explain Bert and Ernie's sexuality?


I am not sure you can but I can understand the importance of it for the LGBTQ community.


Sesame Street really opened a pandora's box with that relationship.


No. But I would like to have one, actually my kids because they watching a lot of Hamster Princess series with Ursula Vernon in it.


Oh lol that's cool.  So maybe a hamster is in your future lol I have a dog.  The first cloned cat was named copy cat lol


Yes, right.  I know there is more tigers living as pets in the US than living in Asia.


Yeah that's a little unsettling.  Maybe because of zoos?  They might be becoming extinct then!


I do not know. Speaking about pets. Theodore Roosevelt had over 20 pets, including a bear and a hyena.


I guess its easier to own more pets when you have help lol I wonder why a bear and hyena lol not like you can play with them lol


Yes, probably just because he had money. What is weird to me that in Japan there are more pets than there are children under 15.


Wow that is crazy!  The must really love pets lol I like that in colorado you cant own pets, you can be their guardian


Yes, crazy. Also there are cat cafes in Japan and Taiwan where people can pay hourly to play with cats and have drinks.


That's pretty cool.  I've seen a meerkat cafe,  bird cafe and a raccoon cafe before lol


I did not, wow, that sounds interesting. Did you know that the cat in the Godfather 1 opening scene was a stray that was found on set. Lucky cat.


lol I did not,  I hope that cat got paid or even adopted lol Its famous!


That is for sure. Hey, what kind of phone do you use. I use iPhone. I just found out that iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent.


That's insane,  and a little scary.  I have an android.


Yes, it is. One more thing the cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.


I find it weird they just lay on the floor.  lol Nothing holding them down or even protecting them


Yes, i was wondering myself. Did you know that it is impossible to separate two phone books that simply have their pages overlapped together.


I have never tried this,  I don't even really understand it lol


I did see it before. Speaking about the phone, Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone. Good practice.


That is good to know, great chatting,  kinda slow though.


I am! I love that drama can also include radio drama.


Interesting, did you know that Hugh Laurie was the highest paid actor for TV?


No I did not. What does he play in, do you know?


He was on the show House, it was a drama.


Okay. I don't think I saw that. I know Michael Caine became an actor at his old HS because all the prettiest girls were in drama class.


Interesting, he is a pretty good actor as well. I liked him in batman a lot.


I did too. Funny how life's choices work out. Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because his belief system prevents him from playing in movies that do not project positivity.


Interesting, I think he was better at comedy to be honest, what about you?


I liked him until he got too political. Did you know that Jon Hamm taught drama at his old HS and one of his students was Ellen Kemper from The Office.


Yeah, a lot of those actors get political. I'm not familiar with who Jon Hamm is, who is he?


He's an actor that played in Mad Men. Did you know that there's a website where people can listen to 1000's of episodes of classic radio dramas for free?


Oh, I know who he is. He taught Drama at his old HS for a job?


Yes. I don't know how some TV series have not gone to the theater. Some actors, Tom Hanks in particular, earn a ton. His lifetime earnings are over 8.5 billion.


WOW, I can believe that, his films are pretty good. I like Forest Gump.


I think my favorite was Wilson. Did you ever see Disney's Treasure Planet? It was one of the most expensive box office flops of all time!


LOL, I liked that movie too. It was pretty good.


It was. Hard to admit but about the only thriller I enjoyed was Silence of the Lambs that came out in 1991.


I like that one too. It was pretty good. I think that was Anthony Hopkins. Well nice chatting with you.


Good morning!  I generally don't like rap, but do like a select few songs/artists.  Dr. Dre, Beastie Boys, Notorious BIG, etc. are ones that I find some enjoyment in.  How about yourself?


I like Eminem. I think it is good that people have this way of expressing themselves musically also.


Absolutely; I do feel that it has much more appeal with the black community, but is also a type of music that any race or ethnicity can enjoy.  I have heard many Eminem songs and enjoy some.  My biggest problem with rap music is that many times its very explicit.  How do you feel about the explicit nature of many of the lyrics?


I do not like them. I think that music should be fun and enjoyable and bring out positive emotions. Rap can be very degrading and I do not think that the language is enjoyable. I can swear like that too but I would prefer to do it alone when I am really mad. It's not appropriate in a song.


Agreed.  Especially with how violent and hateful our current culture is, I feel the violent/degrading lyrics only help produce hateful emotion in people.  I appreciate the talent of rappers that can produce quality music without tons of swearing or using digitized auto-tuning.


We seem to live in a violent society right now. I don't think it got that way by accident. Our culture is being manipulated by people who hate and it's showing up in our music and videos. I am hoping the future will be better. I really enjoyed the 50's when people had moral principle-something that is lacking now.


Right, people seemed to have much more humility back then and were much more respectful.  I feel like a big contributor to the aggressive/violent culture is the anonymity of social media.  Anyone can say anything behind the shadow of a computer screen and it creates a lot of vitriol.  How long ago did rap become first introduced into our society?


I am not sure when rap showed up. Seems like it was a budding art form in the 60's. Black people invented rock and roll and they should have stuck with that and jazz-which are great music styles. I think after the segregation mess and Dr. King, this hatred became a part of their music.


Right. For many artists it certainly seems to be a way to express their inner anger and frustration.  Even though I'm not a big fan of rap, I am a very big baseball fan... playing it, watching it, everything!  How about you?


I like to play baseball but find it a little boring to sit through a whole Red Sox game. My Dad used to watch it on T.V. all the time.


So I take it you're a Red Sox fan?  That's funny because I've lived my whole life in St. Louis and am a big Cardinals fan.  Unfortunately, the Red Sox keep beating us in the World Series seemingly anytime we get there!


I am actually a Yankees fan. lol My husband is a die hard Yankees fan too. He is from R.I. and I am from MA but we just love the Yankees.


I see... That makes me feel better that you both are Yankees fans instead of Red Sox fans, haha.  Do you both ever go to Yankees stadium to watch games?  Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton are both supremely popular players... are they your favorites, or do you prefer any of the team's other players?


I have been to Yankee Stadium. We also saw the last game that Mickey Mantle ever played at Fenway Park. Boston gave him a standing ovation.


Oh wow, that's amazing!  That's an incredible experience that I'm sure you both will cherish forever!  Did you ever go to any of the World Series games over the years that the Yankees were playing?  Going to a Cardinals World Series game is certainly on my bucket list to do at some point in my life.


No we have never been to a World Series. But we have watched them on T.V. I hope you get a chance to be present at one!


Yeah, it's just so expensive.  Plus, with how sharp and detailed high-quality televisions are these days, it's almost more comfortable to just sit on a comfortable couch and enjoy the game from the comfort of your own home instead of spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on tickets and fighting crowds.  I'm sure its certainly a once in a lifetime type of experience actually witnessing it live though.


Yes-it's way too much money to spend on the tickets. And, at my age, I am a lot happier on the sofa than on a hard bench. The crowds, too, are getting nasty-a sign of the times.


Agreed.  Crime is also a big deal here in St. Louis.  Unfortunately it makes people think twice before spending time downtown, especially late at night.  I've had friends get their cars broken into while attending Cardinals games and also get harassed by "bad guys" late at night too.  It's just hard to argue actually spending money to go to the ballpark and watch a game when you have to worry about all that.  Watching baseball for free at home sounds pretty good.


Crime is a problem at these venues. It happens in all big cities now. I have never been to St Louis but a lot of my cousins live near Jonesboro, AK and they have. My cousin Sharon said it was a beautiful place. Really nice talking to you!


It is, you should visit sometime!  Nice talking to you too; enjoy your Sunday!


Hye there I actually do. Do you know what his real name is?


Yes it is Shawn Corey Carter but know as Jay-Z


Yeah. He went to the same school as busta rhymes and notorious big


Yeah and they used to have rap battles in the lunch room


That must have been awesome. Have you heard his album American Gangster?


I have and too bad that it is not on iTunes anymore as he pulled it out of theere


Yeah but he made a great comment about it how singled should not be sold separately as movie scenes are not


Yeah that is true. And how about his album Kingdom Come, do you know where the name comes from?


Yeah from the DC comics Kingdom Come where retired superman returns to teach the new guys how it id done


Yeah that an irony. Jay Z was a ghostwriter for a song on the space jam


Yeah that is so cool and it was performed by bugs bunny


I go from time to time. I hear Linkin Park held 324 concerts in 2011 That is amazing.


Wow, and the Ramones played for 20 years in a row


Yea a total of 2263 concerts. I wonder when they had time to sleep and rest


Exactly. Creed once out out a concert that was so bad, people sued them


That is pretty sad. In Croatia there is an ancient theater where bands can still play concerts


Wow I want to experience that. I hear Pink FLoyd played a concert in a similar one in Pompeii but without an audience


That is kind of a waste, too bad. Have you hear Linkin Parks's Hybrid Theory album?


I have and I love it, It is also the best selling album of this century


hey my friend do you like the company Amazon?


ya I like that they deliver on sundays that has saved me lots of times!


I actually ordered something on a late Friday night and was suprised by an early Sunday delivery


ya isn't that awesome! would you ever work there? It sounds like youd get a workout walking 15 miles a day


Maybe if I were younger.  Kinda amazed at how much they are in the market share across the board.


ya that is crazy, also I don't know why Bezos built that mountain clock, it seems like a waste


Do you know I forgot about that?  Guess my sentiments are the same.  Might google that and get an update.


ya I just don't know why it would need to run for 10000 years myself


ya my parents have one, it seems pretty useful, I don't think I'll get one though what about you?


Got one for Christmas.  Mixed on it.  Don't like the "big brother watching" cliche, but I listen to a lot of music and it is way easy to ask on a whim.


ya that is whats nice about it, do you wish you were the first person to order on amazon? I guess the guy got a building named after him


He should have had that building given to him.  HAHA


haha ya I agree, do you ever go swimming?


I do actually.  Was looking into places with indoor pools for recreational exercise.


ya I know here in michigan that swimming lessons are compulsory, like you literally have to pass the swimming test


That's a great idea actually.  Read that it is mandatory at cornell for graduation.


yup it is, I don't like watching swimming in the summer olympics though, what about you? Its boring to watch


Yes it is boring.  That's probably why I wasn't aware the US has won so many medals.


haha yup, I guess there is a super powerful swimsuit too, it had to be banned becasue it was too good


Maybe it had little microscopic fins.  I hadn't heard that before.


lol that could be! I wonder how fast I could be in that suit, maybe it had a propellar too


Do you use Amazon? The first Amazon customer spent $28 and got a building named after him.


It is pretty cool. I used to spend a lot on Amazon but now I mostly just buy stuff at Best Buy because they will price match Amazon and they all have sales tax now


I didn't know that! But what I like about Amazon is that they have a contact with USPS to deliver Sundays.


Yes I love that about them. I also love that they created their own font, I read a lot of books on their tablet and the bookerly font helps me to read the books more easily


Very true! Did you know that Amazon warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day as part of their shift?


No I didn't know that that's a lot of exercise! Have you ever seen the arrow logo on the Amazon logo? Apparently it goes from the letters a to z because they carry everything from a to z


I actually looked that up because I had wondered myself what it represented. Speaking of reading on the Amazon tablet, there's a record for speed reading held by Anne Jones. She can read 4700 words/minute!


That's very impressive! Do you ever read by the way? I know that I tried to speed read and I couldn't ever retain information


Yes I enjoy reading very much. I can't really speed read either, unless it's a short article. I'm not really into sci-fi but I heard that Starship Troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of 3/5 military branches.


Yeah that's very shocking. Especially because I saw the movie and is not pro-military, have you ever heard of the blind reading language called Braille by the way


Yes I have- it's a series of bumps on a page that form letters and words. It's very interesting to learn.


It is interesting, and it was actually invented by a fifteen-year-old, his name was Louis Braille


Wow 15! That's impressive. I also liked the book The Hobbit, by Tolkien. He and CS Lewis, the author of the Lion the With and the Wardrobe used to have competitions where you would lose if you laughed while reading terrible poetry.


Yeah I heard that they would do that that's pretty funny! Do you like Game of Thrones by the way? Apparently he got started by writing monster stories that he would sell to neighborhood children for pennies


I've never seen an episode actually! I know I'm one of the very few haha.


Yeah it's really good you should check it out. What's interesting to me as well is that President Andrew Johnson never even learned how to read, his wife had to teach him


I definitely will one day. That is very interesting. Do you like to swim or follow competitive swimming? The US has almost as many gold medals in swimming as the world combined.


Wow that's impressive! And no I don't really follow swimming although I am surrounded by the Great Lakes because I live in Michigan LOL


We probably have all those awards because of Michael Phelps! Cornell University students have to pass a basic swimming test in order to graduate.


That's a really good idea actually! I think everyone should know how to swim. There is a swimsuit that is so good that it was banned from the Olympics, that sounds amazing


Agreed. And that must be some fancy swimsuit!


Yep I want to try it on! Maybe it will help me to get better at swimming haha, it's funny how Tim Duncan was originally a swimmer but then later became a basketball player


Hello.  Are you a fan of rap music?  Do you know what it is about?


I dont really know rap. I am not a fan of it. You?


I like many songs by eminem. According to an article, rapping is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates rhythmic speech, street vernacular and rhyme.


Yeah, eminem. he wanted to be a comic book artist way back in the day. probably better that he went with rap.


I think so. He can still do it.  It will be so much easier to find comic fans now that he is already famous.


Yeah, he could start his own comics company and design all he wants.


I heard something funny related to eminem.  A michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suited filed against eminem.


that was probably her one and only chance to do that. I wonder if the rap was any good. i wonder if any other judges followed her example.


I wish there were a youtube video about it.  I would certainly watch it.


I guess there would be a copy in the court record. You could make a video and upload it LOL


It's too much trouble.  That's okay.  Rap songs in the US has lots of insults and bad words unlike ones produced by Korean rappers.


I think that is a manifestation of korean culture. politeness and respect. i would love to hear that stuff. sounds funny.


Their rap music type is called "complement battle".  I do not speak Korean, so I do not think I will understand their songs.


Neither would I. By the way, do you like Star Wars?


I really liked the original trilogy. It was phenomenal. the later ones, not so much.


I understand that Star Wars holds a Guinness Worldrecords title for the most successful film merchandising franchise.


I am not at all surprised. Lucas was cunning to figure out that the rights were worth more than Fox suspected. Good for him. now he has billions.


I know.  Fox did not want to pay an additional 500k directing fee but they let him keep licensing and merchandising rights.


Lucas had money from a previous film American Grafitti. He could afford to waive it. Smart man. Anyway, great chat!


I agree with you.  Lucas is smart and talented.  It was nice chatting with you.  Good night.


I will watch the original Star War movie after we finish chatting.  Good night.


I have to admit I haven't heard much of his stuff. I'm a bit old for that lol. You?


Yeah I am as well, but do remember when he first came out, I think one of his first hits was on the soundtrack to a Jackie Chan movie.


That's cool! I know his wife's music a little bit better. She headlined Coachella recently, I think.


Yeah I think overall she is more popular and liked than his is to be honest.


Absolutely. I heard he was the ghostwriter for a song by Bugs Bunny on the Space Jam soundtrack, which makes me laugh!


That is awesome, I never new that, I wonder when the new Lebron Space Jam will ever come out?


I guess I didn't hear about that. It will be interesting, that's for sure. My kid just asked me to buy him a copy of Dark Side of the Moon. Apparently it was one of the best selling albums of 2014 even though it's 40+ yrs old.


That is pretty awesome, I remember when I first heard that album and it got me into the Pink Floyd, but then I only really liked the first album they made.


I was a huge Floyd fan in college, but I got really into their super-old stuff, before the band settled in the lineup that made them famous. Apparently, Linkin Park's hybrid theory is the best-selling album of the 21st century, and I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I own it, despite being WAY too old for it!


That is too funny, but cool that you admit that!  I don't know how they got that title, but they were really popular at their prime.


I don't know where they got their name, but Pink Floyd recorded a concert at the ancient Roman theatre in Pompeii in 1972--the year I was born.


That was awesome too, empty theatre and the footage is just amazing.  Such a cool piece of history.


Yeah. I guess there's another Roman amphitheater in Croatia that is still used for concerts today. They really knew how to build stuff to last!


That is true, like the pyramids, stuff was built to last back then!


Yeah, we don't really make stuff to last today. You can't get people to buy a new thing every few years if the old thing is still good.


Exactly, but that's how it is now. Did you hear about how bad people thought the Creed concert was?


I guess some people, 4 of them, filed a lawsuit vs. the band because the show was so bad, sounds dumb to me.


Oh my god that's hilarious! I mean, you're the idiot who bought tickets to Creed, right? How are you gonna sue? I saw some pretty bad heavy metal concerts in the 80s, but I never sued anybody over them!!


Exactly! You live and you learn, next time don't buy the ticket for the next show!  Anyways, its been nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day.


Hey there I go to concerts a lot of the time actually, I went to Lollapalooza last year among some others, what about you?


I don't remember specific venues! But I saw Linkin Park many years ago. I thought I was special till I found out they had 324 shows JUST that year!


That's so crazy! They must be exhausted at all year. What about Lou Reed? Him and his wife put together concerts for dogs, only the dogs can hear it though because it's a high frequency concert


Wow, that's sweet but definitely strange! People go crazy with tours, like the Ramones played over 2,000 concerts in total! They basically went non stop for 20 years.


That is insane! But I respect musical talents like Abba. They actually turned down a billion dollars to do a 100 concert tour. At some point you have enough money I think


Oh my good, but still I can't imagine turning something that much down. I wonder if maybe they didn't like the actual venues. Like there are ancient Roman amphitheatres still used as concert venues, maybe they are bad for acoustics or something.


It's a good point. But I also know that a billion dollars is a billion dollars LOL. Can you imagine if you saved Dave Matthews himself? Especially if you didn't know about it when you saw him. That would be so weird haha.


Ahah it definitely would be. Are you interested in other genres at all? I'm a fan of rap music to some extent.


Yeah I like rap music a little bit. I do like Jay-Z though. What about you, what do you think about him?


I think he's great! And definitely has an interesting background, he actually went to the same high school as The Notorious B.I.G., Busta Rhymes and DMX, and they even rap battled sometimes.


That's incredible! They need to put some kind of scientific studies on that high school to determine if it is responsible for excellent rappers LOL. Also Jay-Z has a pet for his own color? Did you hear about that


That's very very strange! I have never heard that haha. He's definitely an interesting character, he once removed an album of his from iTunes, citing that since movies aren't sold scene by scene, his album would be only sold as singles.


Interesting. He's also interesting because he never write songs on paper, he just memorize has the lyrics as they come to him


Yeah he's definitely very intelligent as far a music. Although I'd disagree with his point on albums, I personally enjoy albums as a whole the most.


Yes I agree. A lot of albums need to be listened to as a whole instead of in pieces aka songs. he's definitely getting up there in age though. I didn't know that he was born in 1969, it's kind of a long time ago


Oh absolutely. To put it into perspective, that's back when the Dark Side of the Moon was released. Although to be fair, it was still one of the best selling albums recently.


Yep I agree. I think Dark Side of the Moon, and Pink Floyd in general, are some of the best musicians ever in history. Also crazy though. Is the Foo Fighters concert that they put on. Apparently their loudness was picked up on a seismic monitor all the way in New Zealand which is insane


I can't imagine a concert being that loud. I'd honestly prefer the 1972 concert Pink Floyd recorded. It was a live concert with literally no audience, I imagine it was so peaceful.


Yeah I would like to go to that one actually. I hope they recorded that on video because that would be something to see. Also, make sure you never buy a record at Walmart, they only sell clean versions of albums and I like the full, uncensored ones myself


Oh wow that's interesting. And I know Walmart has a lot of random records, maybe I could find the rap album two identical twins released when they turned 100! Anyways it was nice to meet you, have a good night!


How's it going? Did you know Amazon was founded in 1994?


Yeah,  I cant believe its been around so long already lol


It's crazy they started selling books and now they sell everything to Mp3 dowloads to  jewelry


Yup.  Pretty much,  and they have created a lot of platforms to create jobs!  Theres amazon flex,  mturk,  amazon seller etc.


It's funny the first amazon customer only spent 27.95 and also got a builing named after them


I know,  lucky person!  amazon has a contract with usps to deliver on sunday!


I never knew amazon has a contract with USPS to deliver on Sundays, I still don't get my packages by then


lol yeah mine hardly comes in on sundays,  but I have seen it.


I'm just glad I don't work in an Amazon warehouse, I couldn't walk 7-15 miles a shift


I wouldnt mind it,  seems like great excercise while getting paid lol just wear comfortable shoes


I wonder what's up with the clock Bezos built into a mountain that is suppose to run for 10000 years


Yeah me too.  Why is it on a mountain,  why not a museum or something lol


Sounds like some type of conspiracy thing lol. Are you into swimming at all? Theres a swimsuit banned in the olympics due to 94% of the wearers wining their races


what?  thats crazy!  that seems unfair,  its the swimmers ability not their suit for the most part.


I think I heard their was some material in the banned swimsuits that did something like greatly reduce water resistance in the pool


I see.  Have you ever done the type of swimming where your hand and legs are bound and you swim like a dolphin?


Lol I've never bounded my hands and legs but I've tried swimming like a dolphin before


lol same.  Its really difficult.  Ive seen some youtube videos on it,  some people make it look easy lol


Lol I'm sure the dolphin swims are really difficult and you probably need to be in great shape to do it too


Did you know the U S has almost as many gold medals in swimming as the rest of the world combined?


Had no clue. Well I got to go, have a nice day


Hey there, I sure do One of my favorites is JayZ. Do you like him?


Nice and yes, I like him too. He went to high school with busta rhymes and notorious big


Small world. I heard they had rap battles in the lunchroom


Yeah I would have loved to hear those. Have you heard his album Kingdom Come?


Yes he named it after the DC comics Kingdom Come. Do you know what that is about?


Oh that is right, it is about the retired superman coming back to show the new ones how it is done


Yeah that one. I also like his album American Gangster but he pulled it out of iTunes


Yeah because he said that movies it is not going to be sold piece by piece because movies are not sold as such


Wow , he makes a good point there though. He was even a ghostwriter for the space jam soundtrack


Oh yeah and out of all characters it was bugs bunny that performed it


Yeah that is so cool. Have you been to any concerts?


I have been to some but they were not big names. Do you like Linkin Park?


I love them, too bad for the frontman. In 2001 they played 324 concerts


Wow that is a lot, when did they have time to sleep and rest.


Exactly. I also heard the Ramones played for 20 years straight


Yeah and they played a total of 2263 concerts in that timeline. Pretty crazy


Yeah that sure is. In Croatia there is an ancient theater where people can play concerts


That is so cool. There is one in Italy too and Pink Floyd once played there but there was no audience.


What a waste actually. Creed once played a concert that was so bad, people sued them


Wow, that must have been really bad for them to sue


Hello,  yes I do like reading.  How about yourself?


I do, it is one of my favorite things to do.


Awesome,  what kind of books do you like to read?  Do you speed read?  I hear anne jones can read 4700 words per minute!


I am not a fast reader like that.  4,700 WPM is crazy.  I mainly read non-fiction.


Cool!  Did you know in the 18th century there was a moral panic because people were reading novels?  lol


I heard that.  Crazy.  Closed Mindedness for sure.


I do!  I love how I can even get things on Sundays!


yeah super convenient!  Did you know IMDB is owned by amazon?


Yeah, they have owned it since 1998 or something like that.


I use the app a lot,  its really good,  so much info on movies,  actors/actresses and shows.


It is crazy to think amazon started as a simple online bookstore.


yeah and now they sell everything basically.  Even create a bunch of jobs,  with amazon flex, amazon seller,  mturk etc.


Im definitely thankful for them, especially mturk.


Same here,  its been a great opportunity.


Their warehouse workers walk 7-15 miles per day!


Wow thats amazing,  at least they are getting a lot of exercise while they work!


Yeah.  For sure.  I know I dont get that much exercise in a day.


Yeah me either,  so they get exercise and they get paid to do it lol


Not really but I know it is pretty popular and you?


Yeah sometimes I play. There are more positives moves in a game than atoms in the universe


Nice one, THe president of the world federation thinks it was invented by aliens


WOw. Judit Polgar beat a family friend at a game by not even looking at the board


Wow intelligent kid. There is a negative correlation between a good chess player and the IQ


Wow interesting. Do you know where the game was invented?


Yes in India during the Gupta empire and was improved by persians later


I do I love Linkin Park they are so good


me too and they have the best selling album of the century


Yes Hybrid Theory seriously made its rounds


yes it did, twins in Japan released an album at the age of 100


I go sometimes. Did you know Ramones toured for 20 years?


Yeah and played a total of 2263 concerts during that time


that is a lot. Linkin Park also played 324 concerts in 2001


Wow that is a lot indeed. In Croatia there is an ancient theatre where band can have concerts.


Same in Italy , there is one too. Pink FLoyd once played there


Yeah but without an audience, that is strange


I am, a lot of interesting movies and series in Netflix. Do you subscribe?


I do!  I am one of the 137 million total subscribers worldwide!


Amazing how many subscribers Netflix has, 137 million world wide and 58.46 million in the US alone


Crazy!  From 9 PM to 12 AM Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America!


That is crazy, that speaks a lot about the brand, did you know how Reed Hastings got inspired to start Netflix?


Didn't he rack up a $40 late fee on a vhs copy of Apollo 13?


Yeah he did, $40 in late fees and then he got mad and decided to fight Blockbuster, good thing he did, the late fees used to be excessive.


Speaking of Blockbuster, they declined several offers to buy netflix for $50 million!


I bet they regretted that decision big time, there's hardly any Blockbuster stores left.


I think I saw the other day where there is only 1 left.  I think it was in Washinigton.


That one will disappear soon enough, do you like to watch movies? one of my favorite actors is Tom Hanks, he sure makes a lot of money out of movies


I do!  he's the highest all time box office star!  Do you have any guesses on how much his movies have made?


$8.5 billion is an impressive mark, and no idea I would say 25 if I had to guess but maybe more


8.5 is correct. lol  Disney's Treasure Planet was one of the most exspensive box office flop of all time!


And also Trojan Wars that movie was a complete failure as well.


I saw that.  Disney considered shutting down their animation studio after Sleeping Beauty was a box office failure.


It was? I love that  movie, she is one of my favorite Disney princess


I was surprised to see that.  lol  The Silence of the Lambs came out on Valentines Day in 1991 and had a box office of over $270 million!  Not too shabby.


That was a great movie, I liked it although its not a romantic movie at all lol, do you like comedy films?


I do like comedies!  But, I have to get offline unfortunately.  I had fun chatting with you!


Who doesn't like Netflix. Half of the peak internet traffic in North America comes from users on Netflix and YouTube. We sure like our videos and entertainment


Yes we most certainly do. Netflix was started by Reed Hastings, pretty smart man.


I remember when they started as the DVD rental service. The company spends more on postage than on bandwidth


That's weird. But I can see how. It was fun when we had to go to a store to rent dvd's, but Netflix has a bigger variety and genre's to choose from. I love comedy and they have a lot of that!


I think most do. Laughter is something enjoyed universally. I believe Netflix currently has Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The program was partly created to honor a British comedy group by the same name


Very interesting. I think Netflix has a huge selection of Disney films as well which I think many like. I think it is strange how Sleeping Beauty was initially a box office failure, can't imagine that.


Enough of a failure that Disney almost closed their animation studio. Even "Treasure Island" was an expensive box office flop to them. The movies that succeed more than make up for the failures though


Well, true...but Sleeping Beauty is a favorite now and has been for a very long time. I am sure Disney doesn't have any money problems. I heard that Tom Hanks is the highest all time box office star earning 8.5 billion worldwide!


He has been in many successful films. They use both number of tickets sold and the ticket sales to measure the box office business. Because the budget of Trojan Wars was so large in comparison to sales, it has earned only $309


Interesting, he is one of my favorite actors. He has movies of every Genre and I love his comedy films. He has recently been in a few movies on Netflix that I watched again like The Green Mile.


I've never seen that one, but I do like comedy. I've heard that originally Jack Black was going to star The Green Lantern as a comedy movie. That would have been hilarious


I love Jack Black! Oh, no...The Green Lantern was good the way it was. I think that was just playing on Netflix too. I like a lot of horror films as well, but I go to the theater for the good ones.I usually go to the box office to buy tickets in advance though.


Maybe if they created a parody, it would be the best of both worlds. Many box offices are now online, making it more convenient to purchase tickets ahead of time


True, I have used it before. I don't go to the theaters as much anymore since we have Netflix, I feel that theaters will die off eventually.


Maybe, but there are still a lot of people who go to the theaters because they don't want to have to wait to see a movie. One thing is for sure, I bet the owner of Blockbuster regrets not buying Netflix back in the day


Very true, but if they ever come up with a see a new movie now platform people will use it I am sure! I am sure Blockbuster is sad now! Losing out on a business worth 2 billion dollars....wow!


I'm not sure if that platform would exist though with how much money they make in the theaters versus streaming platforms. That platform would have to make the studios the same amount of money as a theater does, and it would take a lot to get the rights to all the movies


True, but into the future...I think something may happen, I guess we will see. I never thought we would ever be able to see each other on a phone face to face lol. Well for now Netflix is my favorite and I hope it doesn't go anywhere!


I don't think it will. With how much it's expanded into other countries and regions, I think it will be around for a while. Since it started creating its own content in 2012, I think it's consistent users have increased to watch Netflix Originals


True! I get hooked on Netflix originals. You can even watch TV shows. Well it has been great chatting!


Not to mention the comedy specials on Netflix


Right! Very true, great stand up comedy shows, love it all :)


I do. I have had it for many years . Did you know that Netflix and Youtube make up for half the peak internet traffic in north america.


That makes sense. People are on those all of the time. Did you know they introduced the streaming side of the service in 2007? It seems like it's been around forever.


It does seem like it has been around longer. And they added film and television in 2012


Yes they added their own content then. That surprises me also. They have so much original content now.


Yes, and I find it interesting that the founder of Netflix started the company over a $40 late fee on a vhs copy of Apollo 13. Now he has a company worth billions.


It was a great idea. We talked about how much YouTube and Netflix were used earlier. From 9PM to 12AM Netflix uses 33% of all of the bandwidth in North America!


I think it has grown immensely. Did you know that Tom Hanks is the highest all time box star with over 8.5 billion worldwide


I did not but I'm not surprised. On the bad side of the box office, there is a movie called Trojan Wars that cost $15,000,000 to make and it only earned $309. That's the biggest bomb I've ever heard of.


That is a bomb. And I find it strange that Silence of the Lambs came out on Valentines Day 91. Not a romantic movie by any means.


Not at all. It made $270 million also so apparently they knew what they were doing.


Yes, they did. Disney wanted to shut down their animation studio after Sleeping Beauty was a box office bomb. I thought it was a good movie.


I can't believe that Sleeping Beauty was a bomb. It's certainly made up for it by now.


Yes, it has. I grew up on just local channels and when we got hbo it was a big  deal. What is crazy is that comedy central cancelled 100 shows since 97. Did not know they had that many shows.


I didn't either but when I think about it I can come up with a ton of shows that have been on there briefly and then cancelled. Are you a Bill Murray fan?


I am also. He thinks that Kung Fu Hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy". I love him so much but I disagree with him on this one.


I agree with you there. What I find funny with movies is they were going to star Jack Black in the Green Lantern. I do not think that would have been a good fit.


Me either but that movie was such a critical bomb that I'm not sure it would have hurt it. Did you know that the Python Programming language is named after Monty Python? I never put that together.


A movie I have loved was Crazy Rich Asians. I must have seen it 10 times already. It made 26.5 million its opening weekend. I know they are going to do a part 2 also.


I know it was a huge success but I have not seen it. I'm really not a romantic comedy person but maybe I'll get around to it eventually.


I love watching Netflix, I used to buy movies before but now Netflix is about all I watch, what about you?


Same here!  Love Netflix!  So many good shows!  Wat are you currently watching?