I did! I actually have met Bill Nye. He's from my hometown. Very nice guy. But I don't think he looks like Steve Martin at all!!


Maybe way back in the day. It must've been the 70s or early 80s.


That's funny because even back in the 80s Steve Martin looked middle aged.  I guess it's the white hair.  He looks exactly the same now LOL


That's true. Well, it's been great chatting with you about this stuff!


Did you ever see Beetlejuice the movie? I thought it was good.


Beetlejuice was the best! Now there is another being made but it is a musical version....


I heard about that. I wonder if they will bring back Michael Keaton for an encore?


Well it is in the theater on stage, so that would be interesting.


Yeah, I think so. But I wonder how they would mimic some of the special effects?


Right? I think it would be interesting to see. They did a broadway show of School of Rock...but that would be a lot easier on stage.


Interesting. I've only actually been to one show on Broadway. Have you ever been?


I actually have never been to a broadway show, would like to though, I heard they made a Broadway musical about Rocky....it flopped after 6 months. What show did you see?


I didn't hear that. Maybe they did not use Andrew Lloyd Webber for the soundtrack.


It definitely would have been interesting to have seen it! I would really like to see Beetlejuice though, curious how that will work out. Timbers seems to be very pleased with the production thus far.


Yeah, I wonder who they will get to play Winona Ryder's part, do you know?


Sophie Ann Caruso I believe, it will be a big part! My choice of entertainment is comedy or Drama films so the Beetlejuice show would fit right into that for me.


Hmm, I've never heard of her, what has she been in before?


I know she was in The Sound of Music Live show, and I think a tv show or 2 but not sure. She is a great entertainer.


Interesting, I bet she is pretty good. I head the whole play is going to cost $28 million.


Wow! that is as much as some films. But for all the special effects in Beetlejuice I can see why.


Yeah, I almost was able see Spiderman which was an expensive play, but they shut it down before I could go.


Oh that is a bummer, that would have been awesome! I really think this Beetlejuice will be worth it though, it has been in the making for 8 years. I would go in a heartbeat!


8 years! Wholly molly! At least they didn't hire Hugh Laurie, I heard he is the highest paid actor ever.


Hugh LAURIE?? Wow, never would have thought that! But I did love the tv show House, pretty good Drama.


yeah, it was good. I only saw a few seasons though.


Do you like drama shows, movies, podcasts?


My favorite entertainment is Drama and Comedy movies! How about you?


I love Drama movies and also tv shows, one of my favorites is House, have you ever watch that one?


I love House, definitely!  You know Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor for a tv  drama show? He makes 700,000 bucks per episode! That is a lot! I also like the genre of comedy movies called Bromantic films lol


Thats a lot of money!!! and Bromantic films are the best I guess you like Hangover and all its sequels,


Exactly! One of my favorite comsedy bomantic movies is called ...I Love You Man...so such good entertainment! I heard that Jim Carrey won't make Drama films any longer...too bad he was pretty great in serious films.


He is a great actor, but I see him more as a comedy actor, not really as a dramatic actor maybe I just got used to the goofy face he puts in movies


True! He is great at comedy. Did you know many years ago people bred chickens for entertainment....I guess they didn't have Nintendo back in 50 bc lol


Thats really odd lol thank God our generation did, man the Nintendo was fun


Yes, it is. I like the Xbox better than Nintendo but loved it years ago. Actually Nintendo was discontinued in Japan.


Yeah back in 2003, and I used to have the orignal 54 color system and the the Nintendo 64


That was a great system too! So many choices these days for entertainment it can be overwhelming. They even still show silent movies sometimes, what comedy!


I love old Charles Chapplin movies, that was some good silent comedy, you know that Reagan was once  rejected for a role of President because they didnt though he had the presidential look, thats really ironic


Hahaha, really? That's funny! I find it interesting that the comedy tv show 3RD Rock From The Sun won a golden globe over Seinfeld...Friends and Frasier. Crazy!


3rd Rock from the Sun beat those other shows? I wonder if the jury got paid lol, the show isnt that good.


I agree! I heard that Bill Nye....Science Guy.....got a break into entertainment by winning a contest! Haha...lucky!


That is a lucky break lol, what kind of contest did he win?


A look a like contest.... Steve Martin look a like . Now that is comedy! I think comedy and humor make the world a better place! Can you imagine if there wasn't any humor in the world?


Thats funny!! they do look alike lol, and it would be a sad and dark place, comedy is neccessary


Very true, but then we need Drama and sadness too, so we can appreciate the art of comedy and humor. I just love all types of entertainment!


Yeah I can see your point I guess both are neccesary


Well, just happy to have the entertainment we have for sure! It was nice chatting!! I gotta watch a comedy or drama movie now! Hahha! have a great night!


I guess ill do that as well, great way to end the night with an awesome film.


yeah I do. Have you ever watched the tv drama "house"?


yeah. the show became so popular that he was getting paid $700 000 per episode


Wow now that's some serious green backs. I hear Jim Carrey doesn't make drama anymore.


Apparently his belief system prevents him from playing those roles. sounds strange to me, if your an actor then act.


yeah interesting. do you ever listen to radio dramas?


Not for a while. I hear there is a website that broadcast thousands of classical dramas for free.


yeah that is so nice. do you know michael cane?


yes. He only became an actor because all the pretty girls were in drama class


Well that's one way to do it, i can't blame him. do you remember Nintendo?


oh yeah I loved playing with it. did you know it only had 54 colors?


Wow we have come a long way. I heard Japan finally discontinued theirs.


yeah in 2003. many people were very sad because of that


Ronald Reagan was dined a chance to play the president because they said he was not presidential enough. How funny is that?


I know . Good for him he went on to play president in real life


I guess stranger things have happened. Like Demetri Martin being accepted to Harvard then leaving because it was boring.


At least he pursued something he loved, comedy. nice chatting with you


I'm doing great! What forms of entertainment do you like?


Action, drama, adventure and comedy as long as it is in fact funny. you?


I prefer drama and comedy for films. I think Jim Carrey is wrong for eschewing drama. I think it's a form that can project positivity.


I agree! especially because he tried to do some serious stuff that wasn't comedy. Sunshine of a spotless mind was strange.


I never saw that, but I heard it was surreal.


Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school. I believe one of his students was a man named Ellie Kemper who played in the office.


I guess Jon has the magic touch! He trains his students well. Michael Caine joined his high school drama club for the women. I understand that motivation, too.


Well theres a debate about what really makes the world go round, for men at least. 33BC was the earliest works of drama. they called it dramatic theory.


Drama will migrate more and more to video games, I expect. Do you play video games?


I do and let me tell you it already has. its almost like watching a movie now.


I don't play video games, but I can expect that film and games will merge and blend more. People like interactivity, but they want to be entertained as well.


we come a long way the Nintendo system could only display 54 colors.


54 colors is so few, but the game designs were solid. That's what made games on the NES fun. I think the newer systems are more powerful, but not necessary more fun.


Apparently in Caesars day great Britain breed chickens for entertainment.


The Britons must have had other sources of animal protein. Or they were easily entertained.


The highest paid actor ever for drama was paid 700,000 an episode.


Hugh Laurie is a legend, and he does a great American accent.


Ronald reagan was rejected for a role as president. go figure! have a good day.


Hi there I sure do and one of my favorite is House MD


Nice I like that too, Laurie got paid $700 00 per episode there


That is a lot of money but worth it because it was a great show, too bad it ended


Yeah that is true, Do you like Jim Carrey?


I do actually. Did you know he does not make dramas anymore?


Yes and he said it is because they do not portray positivity which I agree with


Yes he makes a good point. Do you listen to radio dramas?


I do from time to time and there is a free website where you can listen too


Nice, maybe I check it out later. Do you know Micheal Caine the actor?


Yeah , the guy became an actor because the pretty girls were in drama class


Hhaa what a guy really. Jon Hamm was a drama teacher in  a high school


Oh yeah and one of his students was the super funny Ellie Kemper


Haha she sure is. Did you ever play with Nintendo?


I did actually. Dd you know it had only 54 colors?


THat is so cool and too bad it was discontinued in Japan in 2003


Yeah that is it was so good. Do you know Bill Nye?


Yeah the science guy, do you know how the became popular?


Yeah it all started with him winning a lookalike contest for Steve Martin


Yeah pretty cool. Reagan also auditioned for the role of the president in a movie once and did not get it


Haha well he did pretty well in getting the real role so good for him


I sure do and I love bromantic ones like the Hangover


Yes I do. Did you ever watch the show House MD?


Yes, Laurie made so much miney there, $700 000 per epsode


Yes I love him , he is so funny. Do you know he does not do drama anymore?


Yeah they do not project positivity and he does not like that


Yeah I can see that too. Do you listen to radio dramas?


Sometimes, there is a website where you can listen to them for free


Yeah that is cool . Did you ever play with a Nintendo?


Yes I did. Did you know it only has 54 colors


Yes and too bad it was discontinued in 2003 in Japan


Yeah I know. Do you know who Bil Nye is?


Yes that is the science guy. DO you know how he became famous?


Yes he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest


Yeah. Even Reagan once tried his hand at acting but it did not go well


Yes he was told he did not have the presidential look, wow


I sure do. DO you know who Demetri Martin is?


Yes he is super funny and he sacrificed Harvard for comedy


Yeah but he did well. Ryan Stiles also did that but with high school


Hi, do you like movies? Comedies are my favorite. I love to laugh.


I do indeed like movies, the type depends on my mood and the occasion, I'll usually watch comedies with the kids.


That's nice. My kids have started watching seinfeld reruns but I don't think they get a lot of the jokes. It has become a little dated, but I still find it funny.


I keep digging out comedy movies from my times as a kid that I think they might enjoy, we did The Goonies this weekend.


I love the Goonies! I haven't seen it in forever. While it was very funny it's also a great adventure.


When it is just myself and my wife we tend to watch dramas, now it is usually the latest HBO or Netflix drama.


It's a shame Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore. Obviously he's known for comedy but movies like the Truman show were great.


We watched that  a few months back, I thought my son might not get it,but he really liked it.  It funny how these comedy actors often end up in serious roles.


Yeah, I guess after a while they want to branch out. Look at the kid from 3rd rock from the sun, he was so funny in that show but any movie I've seen him in was serious.


I suppose you never really know how life is going to make a change based on a small event, like Bill Nye because of his likeness to Steve Martin.


I had no idea about that. I love the science guy too! What a strange fact.


I'm sure when he entered that is was for a bit of fun, now his life is completely different.


Not just his life, thousands of kids got into science because of him, and now he is one of the lead spokesman for the planetary society. He probably would not have got that job either if not for his likeness to Steve Martin. Crazy to think about.


I'll have to ask friends who I look like and find a look-a-like contest, could be my way to fame and fortune, or a life in entertainment.


LOL. I guess you never know. Speaking of never know, did you know in Japan they still produced original NES systems up until 2003!


I guess if it still selling you keep making it.  I've never really been much of a gamer, I would be happy with any one of those game consoles.  My son, however, is married to his Xbox.


Video games can be very entertaining. The original Nintendo came out when I was a kid. Since you're not a gamer you might not realize it was discontinued here in 1995 so it lasted a lot longer in Japan.


As the saying goes, if it isn't broke don't fix it.  I understand that it was limited to 54 colors, which in my mind seems plenty, I could name about twelve.  I suppose it is all in the shading.


Yes, these days video games have 64 000 shades of every color of the rainbow. A kid would not be impressed seeing those old nes graphics today though.


I don't know, my daughter got given this cheap Tetris game over Christmas, she still carries it everywhere she goes.


Neat! Most kids today won't play the old games anymore. They have newer forms of entertainment. Anyway it was nice talking with you. I have some errands to run.


I might grab my sons Xbox while he's at school, have a good day.


I do like drama its one of my favorite genres, what about you? do you like it?


The show House is great, I love the leading actor Hugh Laurie, his the perfect actor for the role


yeah for sure, he made a lot of money off of that show


Yeah like $700000 dollars an episode, that sure is a lot of money, his the highest paid drama tv actor


yeah that is remarkable. do you know jim carrey?


Yeah I know who he is, he is also a great actor


yeah he is. apparently he does not do dramas anymore


Yeah, I think it has something to do with he wanting to porject positivity, I guess I understand that and his also not the best actor for drama,


yeah that is true we are used to him playing comedies


Yeah just like Michael Caine is a good fit for dramas


I see, well it turned out pretty well for him, did you ever play Nintendo?


It was fun indeed, the system displayed 54 colors seems primitive compared to current consoles


yeah, I was sad when it came to a halt in 2003


I was sad as well, it was a game system to bad it got discontinued.


I enjoy watching the batting and fielding.


did you know baseball managers can actually play if need be?


I understand that is why they wear uniforms.


yeah, just in case. Do you know what kickball is called in Canada?


I heard it was soccer-baseball.    Kind of crazy, since soccer, baseball, American and Canadian football are played there!


yeah for sure. do you know who used to do the game schedule for major league baseball teams for 24 years?


I heard that is was a married couple, so a total of two people!


Something like that would take a scientist to figure out!


yeah, what a job. did you know baseball is super popular in japan?


Yes. Many Japanese are not even aware it is America's pastime.


yeah, all about perspective. did you hear about that guy that found his grandfather's baseball cards?


Yes.    He ended making a small fortune.    Three million dollars or so from that discovery.


yeah that is a lot of money. good for him


Maybe he could buy a radio to listen to the storms from Jupiter!


yeah I guess. I want to try that too just out of curiosity


Radio is really fascinating, even a topic as dry as the weekly news in classical latin.


I know. Did you hear about that radio in FInalnd?


Yes.    They probably could not do that in Canada, since the law requires all programming to be 40% Canadian.


talk about supporting local talent. did you know soldiers used to make radios during WWII with razorblades and pencils?


Thanks for the chat!   I think I'm going to go listen to some classic radio dramas on a website!


I like Paul Rudd, isnt he in a baseball movie coming out soon?


Yup. Despite being unimpressive as a player he is quite a popular entertainment figure.


for sure, I like the Paul Rudd ant man movies


I haven't seen many of his other movies but I am interested in this one. I do enjoy history.


me too, especially regarding scientists and the world wide web


Interesting enough, the baseball player played by paul rudd also had a law degree.


What a smart guy then! Baseball is great, you can sell baseball cards for a lot of money


Oh yeah? I never collected baseball cards when I had the chance. Do you have any?


I love baseball cards and have a good collection, i sell them on ebay. Someone made 3 million dollars selling some they found an their attic


Wow that's crazy. What are some of your prized cards?


I have a Mickey Mantle Rookie card and a tobacco card from 1911. Crazy old and so awesome!


That is pretty old! I remember my friend having some old wax packs with the gum that disintegrated and I thought those where old. Weren't there baseball cards from the 1800s too?


I don't think so, maybe a few. My dad all the good ones but his dad made him throw them away because they were "worthless"


Yeah that is how it goes sometimes. You happen to have any moe berg cards? He seems like quite the character.


I heard about him, but I don't. Maybe my next in the collection


Yeah I herd he also worked as a spy for the US government during wwII


man he does it all! Maybe he was a scientist too, who knows lol


It's possible, he understood several languages and would spend his free time at museums.


Man, this guy is awesome! Good chatting with you!


Do you follow the NBA?  I loved the Spurs when Tim Duncan played for them.


Yes I follow the NBA from time to time. I have a hard time picking my favorite team out of the 30 though, but I think it would be the Pistons, what about you?


The athletes are good but I am not sure they deserve to have the highest annual salary of any league


Well do you think that Allen Iverson deserves $800,000 a year just from Reebok?


That is a lot!  Especially since it lasts until he is 55 and then he gets a 32 million lump sum


Yep I agree he's not going to have to worry about money haha. Have you ever shot a basketball granny style by the way


That is the only way I can make a basket!  Would love to see a NBA player do it but they will not because it looks stupid


If it were me and I were going to make $800,000 a year like Allen Iverson though I would definitely do that LOL


laugh It might not help you with the girls though - Reggie Miller had that problem  - his older sister overshadowed him at every step


Yep she sure did. Every time he broke a record she would break two it seems LOL, what do you think about Tim Duncan?


Tim Duncan went to my Alma Mater Wake Forest!  Graduated too!  I love him to death!


Was he a nice guy? Apparently he stayed in school got his full degree instead of just going into the draft, that's pretty ballsy


Yes he was super sweet and everyone loved him!  And he raised lots of money for charities such as one to help his home country of the Virgin Islands after the hurricane!  He was a swimmer not a basketball player till high school


wow he sounds like a really cool guy. do you like any dramatic actors by the way? Michael Caine sounds pretty cool, he started acting just to meet girls haha


Yes - wonder if he knew Ellie Kempner - John Hamm taught her drama


Yes she played Erin from the office didn't she? Have you ever listened to a classical radio Drama by the way


Yes - there is this awesome website where you can listen to them for free.  I love war of the worlds!


I'm going to have to check that out! Have you ever watched the show House by the way? it stars Hugh Laurie


Yes they paid him 700 thousand an episode!  That is insane


I agree with you! He earned it though because he's the only person who could play that role! he's really funny just like how Jim Carrey used to be LOL


Yes - Carrey will only do comedies now - he wants to be positive!


Yeah I don't know about that, I think that dramas can be positive as well.


Good Morning!  I like a lot of TC's early movies and think his recent roles are formulaic and kinda boring.  You?


I do like his movies but I agree his early movies are much better movies like Top Gun or The Color of the Money.


Cocktail is probably my favorite TC movie, but not because of him - because of Bryan Brown who played his bartender mentor Doug Coughlin and his classic quotes!


Did you watch Born on the Fourth of July? that is also a good one, it was premiered on 1989 so its also an old movie.


I did see Born of the 4th - very sad but good movie about what a lot of our soldiers experienced and went through at the time.


It was a sad movie so a cool fact about Cruise is that he spent about 10 million dollars on an underground bunker.


$10 Million bunker?  I wonder how much Scientology has do to with that - those people are crazy....


They are crazy I agree, he did that to protect himself against aliens, I guess he has the money.


That is crazy.  But he is a great actor with lots of money. Surprisingly Seinfeld has a bigger net worth, even bigger than him and Tom Hanks combined.


Man, I love Seinfeld - probably my favorite show of all time!  I love watching reruns and they are everywhere - probably why he's so rich!!!


That is a great show and could be his net worth is of $820,000,000 maybe he invested his money in the right way.


That is insane - and most of it from a show about nothing!  Larry David, co-creator is also one of my favorites and so funny!  I'm sure they both have great investments


Yeah I bet they do, so what other celebrities do you follow?


I like a lot of sports figures, local guys who play for my teams here in Phoenix.  I do not care for many of the reality celebrities - not sure why they are famous for being famous, seems kinda silly


It does seem kind of silly, Im guessing you like Lebron then? he is the highest paid celebrity out there.


I admire what LeBron has done and continues to do, but since he plays for the Lakers now I cannot like him as a Suns fan.  Overall good dude, and I really like what he's done for the community as a whole though...


He has done a lot of good I agree Im excited about the new Space Jam movie so thats another plus for him. I had a great time chatting with you


I heard they were remaking Space Jam - yet another rewriting of my childhood, but I'm sure my kids will love it!


Im sure mine will too, I bet Lebron will earn a lot of money because of that movie, take care and have a nice day.


Do you watch a lot of television? I watch far too much.


I love watching TV and talking about it! I'm so glad I was born in a time with TV. It's only been popular in the United States since after World War II. Now TV sets are common in homes.  What do you watch on TV?


So many things. It seems like a lot of the good shows are streaming now. Do you enjoy South Park? I do.


South Park isn't bad, but I must say, I'm more a Simpsons fan. Did you know there is only one Simpsons episode where Bart neither appears, nor is mentioned?


That's pretty shocking. I know he's such a big character that there would not be many but with as long as it's been on I thought there would be more than one.


I know! The show has been on for so long, and there are so many episodes! Probably even more episodes than Pokemon. Did you know there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon?


I had no idea. That's so many! I didn't realize it had been on long enough for that.


That's about 50 episodes a year for 16 years straight! I like other shows, too. I like shows with with real celebrities, too. What about you?


I do. Have you heard of Thomas the Tank Engine?


Isn't Thomas the Tank Engine the show that had George Carlin as a narrator?


It is. They have also had Alec Baldwin and Ringo Starr narrate. Those are some big stars to come in and do voice work.


Wow! That is some star power! Those guys are big celebrities. Did you know Robin Williams in Aladdin was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films?


I did not. I guess when I think about it I don't really remember stars at caliber doing voice work before that and now many do.


Similarly, Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on the children's series Sesame Street. Being a celebrity really gives a lot of opportunity to earn revenue, doesn't it?


I did not realize that she was the first. She's amazing. Yes it seems that celebrities have many avenues for income now. Did you know that Pixar studios has a secret room that celebrities often visit?


Is that right? I didn't know that. I wonder if Tom Cruise has ever been there? Tom Cruise has been in so many popular movies, like The Color of Money and Cocktail. He's even been nominated for an Academy Award. But I don't remember him ever being in a Pixar film.


I don't either. I don't remember him doing any animated voice work. By the way did you know that Seinfeld is worth more than Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise combined? That's shocking.


It is shocking! Tom Cruise must have plenty of money though. I heard that in 2007 he spent $10 million on an underground bunker to protect himself from aliens. That's a lot of money!


I don't know if I'm more shocked that he spent that much money or that he felt that he needed protection from aliens.


He's an interesting guy, that's for sure. He also threatened Tom Kruse, the guy that invented the hoveround over the usage of his name. That's so strange!


That is very strange. If that is the man's real name you can't keep him from using because it's similar to yours.


I like the NBA.  Did you know the league adopted the National Basketball Association name in 1949 after merging with the competing National Basketball League?


I did't know that. That is pretty cool. What about Drama, do you watch it?


Me too. Did you know Hugh Laurie is the highest paid TV actor for a drama?


I didn't know that.  How much does he make?


He was the main character in Mad Men.  I loved that show.  I guess he taught drama at his old high school.


Oh, I do know who he is. Was he a high school teacher before or something?


I'm not sure.  I never heard of him until Mad Men came along.  Did you ever listen to radio dramas?


No, I tend to not listen to the radio very much to be honest. What about you?


I never have listened to them but I see that there's a website where you can listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free.  I'm going to have to look it up.


I don't think I would listen to it to be honest. Are you a Jim Carrey fan?


I love Jim Carrey.  What has he been up to?


I don't think very much lately to be honest with you.


Do you know why Michael Caine became an actor?


I think it was because he was chasing girls, lol.


Haha you're right!  He was chasing all the prettiest girls from his high school because they were in drama class so he decided to try it.


Hilarious. Well it was nice chatting with you.


I love it! especially the NBA. How about you?


I am not a huge fan, but I can appreciate it. I tend to like college basketball better, for whatever reason. Did you know Tim Duncan played 4 years of college ball instead of going straight into the NBA?


That man is very humble because of it! I would have been like Allen Iverson and gotten a lifetime endorsement from Reebok though lol.


It seems like a lot of money to pay someone who had a relatively short career, but I think his brand has value overseas. In fact, the even though Air Jordans were initially banned by the NBA, the brand was valuable enough to Nike for them to pay Michael Jordan's fines for wearing them.


And now look at the brand! Everybody is basically wearing it these days huh?


Yes, I guess there's some nostalgia for it these days when the NBA isn't quite as interesting as it used to be. I mean, the Warriors are so dominant with Steph Curry!


I agree with you on that one! Steph Curry is an all around good guy. He donates mosquito nets to families in Africa.


That's nice of him, I guess, but he could probably do a lot more, considering his team earned $12 million by losing game 4 of the Finals last season.


You would think it was the opposite? Oh well money is money. In the last 20 years, only 3 number one picks have won the championship, do you know who they were?


I know LeBron is one of them, although he's no longer with the team he won with.


That's correct! The other two were Andrew Bogut and Kyrie Irving!


I do not know so much about them. I do know that Steph Curry's brother actually played with his Warriors teammate's brother on the Santa Cruz Warrior. I guess the basketball world is pretty small!


I bet it is! I think the real money is in drama acting though!


Theatrical drama certainly is on another level. Hugh Laurie, for example, made $700k per episode of House, the highest ever for TV drama.


I think I would be up there if I took the drama class with Jon Hamm haha.


Especially if you ended up being a comic actor like


I agree! Jim Carrey doesn't do dramas anymore because it doesn't project positivity. I would do good at comedy then haha.


Like Ellie Kemper, I meant. Jim Carrey's last project, Kidding, was certainly very dark for a comedy if he won't do drama; maybe he just means he doesn't do tragedy, which is the other half of drama in contrast to comedy,


Oh that's right I forgot about her! You know I'd only do drama class if the pretty girls were in it like Michael Caine did!


That sounds like a way to create drama in one's own life haha. It's been nice chatting!


Not really... I prefer football.  I do know that Tim Duncan stayed in college before playing.


I'm the same way. I do watch it from time to time. I admire Tim Duncan for staying in college for four years instead of going directly to the NBA.


Yeah.  NBA seems full of self aggrandizing thugs.  Oh well, physicists proved that shooting free throws "granny style" is more consistent.


Yeah apparently no player will do it because it looks stupid. I'd be trying to win games shooting like that and not worry about looking stupid.


I didn't know a team could make more money by losing.  The Warriors earned about $12M by losing game 4 of the NBA finals last year.


That's interesting. I wonder if any of that money went to Steph Curry's foundation that donates mosquito nets to protect families in Africa?


Not sure... Funny, even though the NBA banned Air Jordan's Jordan wore them anyway.  Nike, paid the fines.  They shouldn't have let him play - money corrupts everything.


I think it paid off for them in the long run. It was a better deal than the lifetime deal Allen Iverson signed with Reebok. They pay him $800,000 a year until he's 55. Then he receives a lump some of $32 Million.


Crazy money for a few minutes of work a year.  Most people don't even remember him.  When you watch movies, do you like drama?


I do like dramas. I really liked House. Did you know that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for a TV drama?


Yeah, something like $700,000 per episode.  I went into the wrong profession...


I did too. I wish my school had a drama class. Michael Caine joined the drama class at his high school because all the prettiest girls were in it.


Smart man!  Did you know the Spurs were known as a consistent team but all that's changing?


Yeah, with Parker and Ginobli both leaving, and Popovich possibly leaving too.


Also, Leonard is injured and demanding mo' money.  Free agency just proved there is no "team loyalty"  -- it's all about money...


Yep, very few athletes play the game for the love of the game anymore.


I didn't know Popovich coached the Spurs for over 20 years.


I didn't realize he's been there that long either.


It really looks like the Spurs have seen better days.  After such a long streak of winning seasons, it's inevitable.


Maybe they can get it back together. Well I have to run. I hope you have a good night. Nice chatting with you!


I dont follow it,  but I do watch it sometimes lol


I follow it but mostly my team, did you ever hear about Allen Iverson's contract with Reebok?


Yeah I don't think Reebok looks back and thinks that, I think they might've been trying to sign the next Jordan.


did you know granny style is the best technique of shooting?


I read that, very interesting, I wonder why more players don't try and use it.  I think some of the best percentage shooters in history did it.


Maybe this is why my nephews are way better than me at chuck e cheese lol


Lol that might be true.  Did you know that the original Air Jordan shoes were banned by the NBA?


yeah thats funny,  its his NBa shoe why wouldnt he be able to wear them lol


Yeah I think they claimed they gave him an advantage and were a different color, it was marketing gold for Nike.


Oh yeah and it was excellent marketing.  Did you ever buy a pair of Jordans years back?


Yeah I think I got one pair when I was really young.  I was really into basketball back then.  I used to love the old dunk contests in the early 90's.


Those are definitely entertaining.  do you like the warriors? steph curry donated  mosquito nets every time he makes a 3 pointer.


Really, I have never heard that, but that is really cool.  Yeah you have to respect them, they have dominated the last few years, my team looks good going into the all star break though, hopefully we meet them in the finals.


Good luck!  I think its a funny fact that in 1975 the warriors stadium was booked so they had to go else where to play their nba game lol


That is pretty funny, I think they sell out most of their games these days.


yeah they do,  My family has season tickets,  they are so expensive,


Nice! That would be awesome, and yeah i bet they are!  Nice talking with you I hope you have a good night.


Happy new year to you. Are you excited about the Spurs game on Monday?


I am, I really enjoy Popovich as a coach, he brings a real energy to the game


Definitely. When you think of San Antonio, you always think of the Spurs. This is common knowledge for those who know or don't know basketball.


True, but lately it seems to be all about the Warriors, who were actually founded in Philadelphia in 1946. They've been so dominant as of late, it's hard to think of anyone else, especially with Seth Curry playing the way he does


They played the spurs recently, and the spurs won.


Yea that's true, but the Spurs seem to be changing. With three of Popvich's assistants possibly interviewing for head coaching jobs, and Parker aging (the guy is 36), they're going to be rebuilding possibly


Yeah, many say it's the end of an era for the Spurs. Manu Ginobili retired at the age of 41. I wonder who will pick parker up.


Yea but they held off Father Time for a while. They shifted from Ginobli to Parker to Leonard, and won 5 titles along the way. So it's not like they haven't had success along the way.


There doesn't seem to be stability left in the team. Future may appear to be murky.


At least they'll still have Popovich. He's been there for over 20 years, which is pretty rare in professional sports.


Strategies still work, I guess. I wonder how much he gets paid. Do they get more than entertainers?


I mean Hugh Laurie got paid 700k per episode in House, so even if there was 20 episodes a year on that, which would be $14 mill a year. I'm not really sure how much NBA coaches make compared to that, but I doubt it's that high


they aren't the athletes who can get endorsements like Air Jordan. I should investigate this on my free time.


That's true, I mean Allen Iverson signed a lifetime contract with rebook that paid him 800k a year until he's 55, at which point he'd get a final lump sum payment of $32,000,000


That's crazy. I wish I got 32M. I would have had to have started when I was a kid. Playing all through my life, and hope that I don't stray away or get injured. Beats NFL.


Yea no kidding, but even if you're not being injured, you've still got people telling you how to do your job. Physicists proved that shooting "Granny style" is the best technique to score points on the line. But that looks stupid, so nobody does it


And If i do become injured, I can become a coach! Win Win..


Then you can coach players like Lebron and Kyrie Irving, both former members of the Cleveland Cavs, and then win a championship and make a ton of money that way.


Yah. And they were two of three number one picks to have ever won a championship in the last 20 years. Just having 1 player isn't enough. It's a team sport!


I like many genres including drama. Do you enjoy dramas?


I like dramas and comedies. Is there a drama that you like a lot?


Oh there are many. What comes to mind right of the top of my head is Goodfellas. Are you familiar with High Laurie?


Hugh Laurie is a Brit who started out doing comedy work. He's great!


He is. Did you know that he became the highest paid actor ever for a TV drama for House?


He deserves the money. He makes that show. I figure that the other actors combined can't do what he does.


He did make that show. Are you familiar with Michael Caine?


My Cocaine? LOL. Yes I know him. Batman films, plus a lot of other work. Great actor!


He is. He got into acting in an interesting way. He joined the drama class in school because all of the prettiest girls were in there ha ha.


That is a smart man. I wish I had done that. Then again, there were no pretty girls in the drama club at my school.


Ha ha. I also really like Jon Hamm. How about you>


He was great in Mad Men. I guess he has done some film work too.


Yes and he seems to do more and more. Did you know that he taught drama at his old high school before he became famous?


I heard that. Didn't one of his students become famous or something?


Yes he taught Ellie Kemper from The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.


That's right! Jon must have been a great teacher. He really helped her with her career there.


Apparently he was. Off topic but do you like the NBA?


I like the NBA. I sometimes follow. I like Golden State.


In that case, did you know that Steph Curry does work for a foundation that donates mosquito nets to families in Africa?


He is a thoughtful and talented guy. I think he is going to do a lot of good off the court. Anyway, great chat!


No i dont actually.  Did you know Reggie miller, nba hall of famer, couldn't escape his older sister cheryl's shadow while in high school. on january 26, 1982, he scored a career high 40 points. he tried bragging about it on the car ride home, only to find out cheryl scored 105 points and broken 8 national records!


I disliked Reggie Miller when he was a player and I still do, as an analyst.


lol still an interesting fact though.  How about Nba player allen iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800,000 a year until he reaches age 55 to where he would then receive a final lump sum payment of $32,000,000.


Apparently.  Physicists proved that shooting "granny style" is the absolute best technique to consistently score points on the line, but nba players refuse to do it because it looks stupid.


I remember when only a couple players shot like that but now you don't see any players shooting like that


Air jordan's were banned upon introduction by the nba. however, jordan wore them anyways, as nike was willing to pay the fine each game.


I have a pair of Jordans for each version up to the 10th edition, still brand new.


I do. I loved Jordan and despised Iverson and his Reeboks


Tim duncan of the san antonio spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the nba.


Yeah, it was a very good decision I feel


He seems like a good guy,  really focused.  hes been playing since I was in high school!


I watched him play against the Lakers once when I was younger in San Antonio


Steph curry from the golden state warriors basketball team plays part in a foundation that donates mosquito nets to protect families in africa. for each 3 pointer he makes 3 nets get donated.


I am a huge fan of his, mainly because I was a fan of Larry Bird as a kid


The golden state warriors played their home games in the 1975 nba finals at the cow palace because the oakland arena, their usual venue, had booked other events.


It is very hard to get tickets anymore since they won the NBA title


And they are super expensive.  My family has season tickets but I only get to go when she cant find anyone to sell them too lol The golden state warriors earned about $12 million by losing game 4 of the nba finals last season


He is one of my favorite actors of all time?


I agree I think he's really awesome! And apparently he does a lot of charity work too which is very nice of him


I agree with you. He is true awesome. What is your favorite Tom Cruise movie?


Well I really liked him in Top Gun. But he's in a lot of other good movies like Mission Impossible. What do you think?


I liked him in Top Gun as well and also in Rain Man.


Are Rayman is good. It's crazy that Seinfeld has a net worth that is more than Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise combined, because I guarantee that those two guys are already loaded LOL


Rain Man is very good movie and also Dustin Hoffman was in this movie as well. I didn't about this regarding Senfield. Wow!!!


Yeah that is shocking. It's also shocking that Tom Cruise spent years learning Japanese in order to be in the movie The Last Samurai, I personally did not like that movie


I didn't like that movie either. Do you when Tom Cruise started his movie career?


I think you started when he was only 19 years old right? It was a 1981, do you remember what movie that was?


Yes in fact I do, it was the movie Endless Love.


Yep you're right. I also like the movie risky business, came out in 1983 and has that classic scene of Tom Cruise in his underwear haha


That was funny. Ha Ha!!! Do you know by any chance for which movie did he win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor?


I think it was the movie born on the 4th of July? Wasn't that made in 1989? I know that you said you like the movie Rain Man and that did win best picture


You're correct for both of the movies that you just mentioned. Earlier you mentioned that he does a lot of charity work. Do you happen to know which specific charity is he involved in?


No I don't know what the charity is called. But I do know he works with Christopher McCrory who is a director, do you know what the charity is called?


I read somewhere that he is involved in for the end of motion smoothing. Do you know what motion smoothing is?


I think it has something to do with framerate. They want to increase the frame rate and movies which makes them look smoother, but I think it makes the movies look worse, like they were shot on home video, what do you think?


I agree with you. I'm not sure but I believe it will make the movie look like a soap opera than an actual movie with this frame rate.


Yeah I hate when motion smoothing is enabled on TVs by default, I always change it on my friends TVs, it is funny to me that Christopher Nolan actually wrote a letter to TV manufacturers to tell them not to do this haha


I had no idea motion smoothing was such an issue in the minds of celebrities like Tom Cruise.


do you know There are so many crises in the world that it’s sometimes hard to keep track of who is shilling for which cause.


Definitely! For example, I wasn't aware Tom Cruise was shilling for the cause of reducing motion smoothing.


Wow, 750 episodes of Pokemon sure is a lot. I didn't know they made so many.


It's hard to believe Judge Judy is one of the highest paid celebrities.


Pixar studio has a secret room that we can sadly never visit since we aren't celebrities!


The motion smoothing is already disrupting our entertainment


Yes, do you think you will follow Tom Cruise's recommendation to turn off motion smoothing on your TV?


When south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew


That's nice. Sounds like the entertainment/film industry is very congenial.


Seinfeld has a net worth of roughly $820,000,000. more than tom hanks and tom cruise *combined*.


There's only one episode where Bart does not appear! Who knew!


'the last samurai' is plural and refers to the last clan of samurai and not just tom cruise's character.


Robin Williams was so wonderful. I learned he is the one who started actors being voice actors.


he last samurai' is plural and refers to the last clan of samurai and not just tom cruise's character.


70's show was remade verbatim in the UK - funny cause it's like the Office.


Just goes to show originality isn't everything!


Hello hows it going?  did you know there was a man in france who impersonated a government official and sold the eiffel tower,  twice?


That's pretty awesome! That would take nerves of Steel! What do you think about WikiLeaks?


You don't know what Wikileaks is? Well it's an organization or that you can leaked government documents and they will post it. Anyway the government was trying to shut them down and someone leaked that plan to WikiLeaks LOL


Ohh wow,  no I never heard of that.  That is pretty funny though lol


Have you ever been to Nevada? Apparently the US government owns almost 90% of it


Yes,  I have!  I go there often.  Oh yeah,  thats probably due to maybe military bases and stuff.  That makes sense though,  a lot of it is desert.


Yep I agree with you. I think it is mostly desert and that's why. Did you know that Norway gave the Amazon rainforest 1 billion dollars. They wanted to help save it


That is extremely generous of them!  Have you ever been to Norway?  I hear they have amazing snowboarding there.


I had a friend who went to Norway. She said it was awesome. Do you snowboard a lot?


Nope I've never snowboarded actually. I know my sister likes it a lot though. I guess I'll have to check it out. Are you a dog or a cat person though?


I love dogs actually.  How about yourself?


Yep I definitely like dogs a lot more than cats. I think cats are really stupid. I guess they were first domesticated about 9000 years ago to which is weird


That is weird.  I just learned that when a cat turns 15 years old it has spent 10 years of its life sleeping lol


Isn't that wild. Another reason why I don't like cats haha. Apparently they have cat cafes in Japan where you can get a drink and play with cats. They should have dog cafes, that is more up my alley


Same here.  Yeah,  in other places of the world they have like bird cafes,  meerkat cafes ,  raccoon cafes etc.


Haha these are all good ideas. You should patent those and make one haha, have you ever seen the movie The Godfather Part 1?


Oh they have a raccoon Cafe LOL I thought you were saying that they should have that LOL. Well anyway in The Godfather Part 1 there's a scene with a cat, and that cat was actually a stray, they just used it in the movie randomly


Thats good.. I hope the cat got paid! lol Its been good chatting.


Hi.  Did you know WW I soldiers were able to make a radio out of razor blades and pencils?  I would end up cutting myself...


I wonder how those foxhole radios would work


I guess like a crystal radio... Not sure.  Wow, Canada requires that 40% of all music is Canadian.  Fair competition?


I don't really use the radio, but I do like its applications for deep space exploration


You would like Jupiter.  They have really strong AM radio storms.  I wonder if they are required to play local Jupiter music?


There is a radio station that translates solar activity into sound you can hear live


Sound cool... Do you like cats?  Fun fact: a cat at 15 has spent 10 years sleeping?  Cat Van Winkle...


That sounds wonderful. I wonder if that has anything to do with their popularity


Not sure... I kind of makes them a bit boring.  Did you know the cat in the opening scene of the Godfather was a stray the found on the set?


Ah that is so cute. Did you know there are glow int he dark cats in south korea?


That could be handy for those late night trips to the fridge... There is a town in Alaska that has a cat for their mayor.  His name is "Stubbs".


Yeah, like Norway is for giving $1B to save the Amazon rain forest. Nice of them!


Indeed. I wonder how efficiently that was used. Seems like there is still so many problems in the rain forest


Yeah and that's a lot of money.  I wonder what $1B would do to make Nevada a garden spot?  As it is, the US gov't owns 86% of it and it's doing nothing to be productive... Except maybe Vegas...


I mean at least the us goverment does a good job walking the fine line between tyranny and individual freedom


They do?  Have you been following the war in Syria?  Our gov't under Obama and Secretary of State Hillary made a big mess there.  I guess there is a great photographer there that is showing what is really going on...


I mean I won't say it is perfect and there are parts that I don't condone, but they do their purpose in providing security and stability domestically


Seriously?  We have disease, crime, human trafficking, drug gangs and most likely terrorists pouring in our southern border.  No other country in the world would allow that.  Syria is sane compared to that.  We need more photographers and real journaist to cover it.


Really? So we are doing worse than north korea, libya, afganistan, etc?


In terms of protecting their borders from invasion, yes.  This photographer in Syria is needed in the U.S. He can take pictures of people crossing.  Measles and TB are making a comeback.  Be careful!  Thanks for the chat.


Thanks for the informative chat as well.


Summer break seems so much shorter than I was when I was a kid. I felt it used to last forever.


I agree! We would go for road trips. We took the car for transportation. We had a four wheeled car that sat four people.


Yeah, summers aren't actually shorter. They're about the amount of time as they used to be. Sigh, still wish I could go back to my childhood summers without a worry in the world except for boredom!


I wish we had the google self driving cars with aggressive mode back in the day because that would have made spring break road trips a lot more fun!


Haha, sounds pretty scary. I wonder if Cadillac will come out with a self driving car. Cadillacs are named after the explorer who founded Detroit.


People in Detroit are lucky they can warm up their cars this time of year. It is illegal to do so in Ohio!


Really? Speaking of legalities, in South Africa it is legal to equip your car with flame throwers to ward off carjacking.


Imagine having that in America! I am grateful for the pump arrow in the car because I always forget which side the gas cap is on.


Check it out! It is a lifesaver! It is something they didn't have to worry about pre 20th century when cars weren't accessible to the masses.


I always stick my head out to double check when I'm in a rental, haha. Speaking of neat features, glad I have a trunk. The trunk used to be just a wooden trunk on the back.


I love going to baseball games and using the trunk as a cooler and food station. Baseball is a game where two teams either bat or field. It's fun to play and watch.


What about kickball? That is called soccer baseball in Canada!


I enjoy kickball, but I prefer baseball. They go through 160,000 balls in a season.


Wow. In Japan they love baseball too. Many fans are surprised to find out that it's America's national pastime.


My favorite team is the Cubs because they were the first to win back to back world series.


Nice! Do you collect baseball cards? A man found three million dollars worth of baseball cards in his grandfathers attic


I don't, but what a lucky find! Almost as lucky as the research showing that Pluto is not a planet.


Speaking of planets, Venus doesn't tilt so it has no seasons. It's the only planet that turns clockwise.


That's so odd. I wonder why. Earth is also referred to as Gaia and Tellus.


Jupiter's moon has an interesting name. It's called Ganymede, and it would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun.


I love it! And I love vacations!  What about you?


I do too! Unfortunately being an adult, Summer feels so much shorter than it use to when I was younger!


Same here, but I enjoy having breaks and vacation time spread out over the near.  What about you?


I do also!  I like having a break around the fall, around the spring, and of course around Christmas!


I think it is important to have breaks scheduled throughout the year.  For example, working in the winter can seem long and dreary if you have no time off.


I definitely agree!  Being from the Midwest with our pro longed winters, I am ready for Spring!


Same here. It is true that summer seemed longer when I was a child, but due to the cold weather in the Northeast, I enjoy my summer weekends off a lot.


I bet you do!  Definitely appreciate the warmer weather!  One thing though that I am not too fond of is the humidity we get here and states like Indiana get.


What sports do you like to watch in the summer?


I really enjoy baseball!  How about yourself?


My favorite sports to watch in summer are soccer and tennis.  I love it when the World Cup takes place in June and July.  But it is also nice to sit outside at a baseball game for the experience and ambiance.


I do enjoy soccer also!  A fun little fact for you, Kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada!


Wow, that is funny.  Did you know that baseball managers wear uniforms too, because they could also play for their team if there was a need, like if someone was hurt.


I didn't know that is the reason!  I wonder if one ever had to play? Up until 2005, it was a married couple that scheduled all 2430 MLB games each year.  That kept them busy.


That is cute.  Do you ever like to watch the stars in the summer?  Did you see the eclipse last summer?


I love watching the stars!  And I also did catch some of the eclipse, how about you?  Did you get to see the eclipse?


I did see a part of the eclipse.  It was really cool.  I think there is another one in a few years.  Did you know that the planet Venus doesn't tilt, so it never has any seasons.  I think watching an eclipse is much better in summer than winter.


I agree, the warmth helps also.  There is a dark sky park that I like to go to for a little mini vacation up in Mackinaw.  I didn't know Venus has no tilt!  But any how, it was nice chatting with you!  Have a great night!!


Thanks, same here.  As far as seasons go, I like driving my car the best in summer, although the car can get hot.  Did you know that McDonalds drive thrus began in 1975 as a way to serve soldiers who couldn't leave their cars wearing army fatigues?


did you know the first mcdonalds drive thorugh was in 1975? doesn't seem like that long ago even though that was before I was born haha


I was a wee one so I always remember it being there.  Did you know the trunk of your car was called that because old cars have wooden trunks on the back.


ha I didn't know that, also that the brand cadillac was named after the founder of detroit, I never knew that


If you are in South-Africa, you can put flame-throwers on the car


ha I wish I had a flamethrower on my car, I'm in Michigan and it's cold here


Jann Mardenborough became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in the video game gran turismo


I played gran turismo as a kid, never really liked it its too much like a simulation, it's not as much fun as other videogames, Jann is probably the best at it though


Must be.  Venus doesn't tilt so it doesn't have seasons


ya I didn't know that, this says astronomers detected the building blocks of life 455 light years away, I wonder how they can tell that


Not sure, but strangely they say that Uranus rotates sideways and "rolls" around the sun instead of spinning.


hmmm that sounds cool id like to see a video of that in fast speed, this says there is a planet where shards of glass rain, which sounds metal as hell


I guess that Jupiter's moon is really huge because it would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun


ya that does sound big, I don't watch baseball do you? this has a bunch of baseball facts


Sometimes, but not as much as when I was young.  Did you know that a man found three million dollars worth of 1900's baseball cards in his grandfather's attic


no thats wild, also that kickball is called soccer-baseball in canada, they need to use a different name haha


Baseball is so popular in Japan that many fans are surprised to discover its status as america's national pastime


ya that's screwy, theyd be shocked that up until 2005 a married couple scheduled all major league baseball games themselves


Wow that sounds busy!  Do you think summer breaks are shorter or is just the author?


ha great questino I have no idea, this does say baseball managers wear uniforms though just in case they have to jump in to play, which I didn't know they could do that


I don't know how well they would play though.  Just in case, they could go to Canada and play kickball also called soccer-baseball there.


Yep and I couldn't live without it! Would love to drive a 1908 Model T at some point.


That would be pretty cool. I used to have a 68 camaro.


Oh that is dope! I like Cadillac's too! They were named after the founder of Detroit!


Yes good call he was. He was the French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. That is a mouthful!


Interesting. Did you know it is legal in South Africa to equip your car with a flame thrower?


I wonder how many people actually do it? Is carjacking that prevalent there?


I'm not sure. To me it doesn't sound to be very true.


Yes who knows. Did you know the trunk of your car is called that because it used to contain an actual wooden trunk?


I can believe that. Did you know the planet Venus does not tilt?


I wonder why? I love learning about planets. Since Venus doesn't tilt it has no seasons!


Yeah. I'm not sure. The planet Uranus rotates sideways, so who knows?


Interesting. So it actually rolls around the sun instead of spinning!


Yeah, apparently. Also astronomers detected building blocks of life in a system 455 light years away.


Whoa...aliens are out there for sure! Jupiters moon is called Ganymede. Sounds like a drink from Lord of The Rings.


That it does. Did you know kickball is also called soccer baseball in canada?


Haha no but that makes perfect sense. Baseball is great and is surprisingly popular in japan.


I'm not surprised. I've known that for a long time. It would be cool to catch a game there. Well, nice chatting with you!


Yes the japanese are surprised to hear it is America's past time lol. Nice chatting with you too, bye!


Seems that if you are in the DC area there is a lot going on this week.


yeah stevie is the man! and the drink specials at 2 birds 1 stone


Yeah, sadly the bar is closing after its five year anniversary party. Seems bitter sweet!


I love the idea of the BYOLP there are some amazing albums  I would love to hear on vinyl.


Was the disco era before or after vinyl? There is going to be a Disco Fest celebrating the Disco genre evolution.


def during vinyl. disco was some sweet music to dance to! I play disco for my baby and they just start dancing when it comes on. idk if it is because they have seen me dance to music but they always smile when they get it with the beat.


Yeah I heard all babies can find the beat. I wonder why some of us adults lose that ability haha


who do you think is the greatest dancer of all time? a lot of people say michael jackson but I know that he used machines to get some of the leans he performed, he had a patent for it though idk if he created it.


Oh, I thought those leans were unreal but never knew they used machines! I still think he is the best dancer! Tupac was a dancer too, a ballet dancer!


He attended a performing arts school with Jada Pinkett. He was a soulful dude. I love his poem 4 Jada that was in the rose that grew from concrete. I wonder how many shoes he wore out while practicing, I hear it's an average of 4 sets of pointes a week.


That sounds so painful! Bruce Lee was also a great dancer. I guess that makes sense!


its wild that they have a hong kong cha cha championship (that is fun to say!) but I guess the cha cha was a lot more popular in the late 50s. I wonder if I can find a picture of it on the internet. Its great that we have that resource these days.


Interesting! Do you like hip hop dance? And what about rap music?


I dont dance myself but I like to watch it. I like some rap music, it depends. the language towards minorities sometimes gets me. but I love how clever it can be with words and imagery. I love listening to tupac for that reason. but I also sometimes dont love tupac because of his language towards women and nonstraight identifying people


Yeah, maybe the rap album released by 100 year old twins is a lot more tame!


That was so long ago in 1992. Around the same time Pac was getting big. Rap is a different game and sound now. An inferior one over all i think. It's complicated though. NWA has really rough language and I still love their album Straight Outta Compton because of it's influence. First to reach platinum even though the man tried to keep them down.


yeah, without help of radio play or major tour. That is amazing.


The governments reaction to that was so whack. I love to read about eazy e on the web. It's so broad and diverse. There are a lot of different theories about how he died.


Interesting. I don't remember who that is. I just remember Biggie and Tupac.


he was in NWA. it was a lot more hardcore than either big or pac.


Oh, I see. So there are conflicting stories about his death as well?


Yes. He died of AIDS related complications, but there's a conspiracy that he was either infected with AIDS maliciously, didn't have AIDS at all, and was poisoned, etc. It's interesting.


Interesting! I will have to look that up. Good talking to you!


Did you know Uber has already started using driverless cars? I thought Google was still developing/testing those


Yeah that is pretty crazy, I for one am on the fence about how i feel about self driving cars, I feel like a driver should still be required to be behind the wheel just case.


Some poor woman in Arizona was hit and killed by one of those cars. But can we be sure that it was specifically because the car was driverless? Could've happened with a human driver, too


yeah or it could have been something the woman did, without much information to go on we dont really know what happened.


Exactly. And I guess there are always risks (and casualties) when new tech is being tested out in the real world


Did you know that 80% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government?


No! I guess that's why there are so few people there? Not a lot of private land up for sale? Or maybe the gov snatched it via the eminent domain doctrine


Maybe they did, and they for sure are not gonna let it go now. Wikileaks also published the governments plans to destroy Wikileaks.


That's hilarious. Even funnier: some dude pretended to work for the French government and sold the Eiffel tower to - get this - two different buyers.


Haha I bet they were not happy with that dude. I wish more places would do what Norway did in 2008 and give billions to save rain forest, our planet needs the help.


Absolutely. Question: would you rather be fooled by someone who says they can sell you a landmark like the Eiffel tower or by someone who says they're going to give you a billion dollars towards your cause?


I would rather be fooled about buying a landmark, because if I thought I had a billion coming to me I would end up making some real dumb choices to only find out it was a lie.


But if you thought you were buying a landmark, you could get swindled out of money, whereas in the other example you just don't get money you think is coming to you


If I thought I could buy a landmark and was really that gullible, I probably deserve to be swindled lmao.


Good point. I'd feel even worse if I were the guy who cracked the ONE GAVEL that the US Senate had been using for 165 years. Did you know that President Nixon did that?


Well I think in the long run Nixon had much bigger problems to worry about than that gavel.I think is crazy that women were not allowed to wear pants on the senate floor in 1993 and before.


What??? No way. I mean, they're still not legally allowed to wear pants in Paris, but it hasn't been enforced for decades. Was it enforced until 1993??


It was enforced until two women staged a protest by wearing pantsuits.


Wow. How could the government pass legislation protecting gov employees from prosecution related to violated the Geneva conventions but make a big stink about women...wearing...pants?!


humans are a fickle creature, we make silly rules and laws for every little thing, even when those things are not hurting anyone, like gay marriage, if two people want to be together and they are the same gender...who cares? It's not hurting anyone, yet a big stink is still made, but we seem to be getting better in some aspects.


Well it was real nice chatting with you, have a wonderful night!


Hi. Do you enjoy reading about celebrities? Sometimes they aren't always that exciting!


I am never too excited about them. They are only human!


True. But they are very wealthy and are often associated with money!


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


Oh wow impressive for sure. They also get perks like being able to visit special rooms such as the one in Pixar studio.


Yeah, I would want to go to a secret Pixar room! So I guess we love celerbrities so much that we have them in children's series like Sesame Street.


Yeah that's true. Carol Burnett was the first but I don't even know who she is.


And for voice overs, Robin Williams was the first of celebrity voices in animated films.


Oh that is cool. So sad he died. Ethiopia even has a celebrity chef that believes he can combat his countries hunger problem. I hope so!


Speaking of helping others, Unicef donates a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone. Not sure how this program works, like if you have to sign up or what.


That is so good to hear! Yeah good question. The cables carrying phone and internet across the oceans are only 2.7 inches thick.


I think that's neat that they lay on the ocean floor.


Yeah hopefully they don't get disturbed! An iphone is so powerful more so than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


Phones have come so far. I used to have a rotary phone.


Oh wow! Must have been fun to transition to the new stuff! Back when there were phonebooks it was impossible to separate them if they had their pages overlapped.


New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest to dial on a rotary phone.


Interesting. Do you like horror films? Funnily enough Stephen King was scared of the movie Bambi a a child.


I don't because I get very jumpy, ha. Speaking of kids, the actor from the Shining didn't know he was acting in a horror movie till many years later.


Oh I am glad because that was a very scary movie and it could have been harmful to him I would think. Watching horror movies can burn up to 180 calories, so no need to go to the gym!


Haha, except I eat a ton of buttery popcorn!


Oh yum! Well the waterphone makes a lot of the creepy noises in horror movies! Still scary though! Have a good one!


I met Sandy Duncan at Disney briefly and a famous children's author we know.  I think it would be fun to meet Judge Judy too.  I wonder if she'd share any of her fortune since she makes $123,000 per episode.


She deserves every  penny of it! I'd like to believe that I'm one person away from Carol Burnett, since I've met many people from Sesame Street, and she was the first celeb on the show. Now, of course, those people are famous in their own right.


If I watch Toy Story enough, maybe I could qualify like the celebrities do to go in their secret room!


I wonder what's in there?! I love the Pixar movies. I also love horror movies, because they're a great calorie burner!


Robin Williams had always been a favorite of mine in the cartoon realm.  I'm glad he started the trend of performing using his voice in animations because there have been a good share of excellent movies because of that.


I just saw Aladdin on stage. It was amazing. Can you imagine seeing Robin Williams onstage as Genie? That would have been something.


I would have called so fast to NY to see him on stage!  Of course that wouldn't be hard since 212 is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.


I kind of miss rotary phones. But I do love my iPhone, it's got a ton of computing power, but I use it to play games and surf the internet more than anything.


If you like to help others, Unicef donates clean water to children in need every minute you get off the cell phone.


I wonder how they do that? Do I sign a pledge? Can you believe how small the cables that carry all the internet and phone data across the ocean floor are? Just 2.7 inches in diameter. They say they just lay across the ocean floor, but I'd be worried that sharks might eat them.


I'm not sure sharks go for inanimate objects, but if they hear the human voice instead of the electronic signals they might be confused and try to.


They might be interested in the waterphone! It's used to make eerie metallic noises in scary movies.


Lol.  If Danny from the Shining knew he was in a scary movie, he might have asked to use the Waterphone to call his family for help.


That's hilarious! I think it made his performance more natural, not knowing it was scary. I like when things are unintentionally scary, like Bambi was to Stephen King.


I like taking my kids to see scary movies because then they are more willing to go to the art museum with me and enjoy it.


That sound like quite a fun day! Do you think that artists should go into debt to go to college?


I don't know too many people who didn't go into debt going to college. Having a full scholarship to one school may pay off better than taking out debt to a school like Cornell as Jennine Capo Crucet talks about.  It's a real gamble it seems like.


It absolutely is a huge gamble. I can't imagine my parents remortgaging their home to afford to send me to college, especially if I had a full ride to a closer school.


I'm sure it's fairly common. That definitely is a hard choice that family's seem to sacrifice for their children.  What sacrifice is too much?  Hopefully, the children are appreciative and give back to the older generation.


I would hope so. A more famous name on a piece of paper doesn't get you a better job, I would think. I would do almost anything for my son, but I don't know about going into crushing debt so he could get Cornell on his diploma instead of FSU.


Colleges are enough of a cost to basic ones even to make people remortgage their homes.  I wonder if the US will change to a system more like some of European countries where college is paid for by the government?  Nice chatting!


I would love the US to get the college situation figured out like Europe has!  This has been a pleasure!


Yes indeed.  Take care!  Good luck in college paying decisions.


I love it. Do you have a favorite singer?


Me too actually and they have the best selling album of the century


Yeah Hybrid Theory was a huge success for them indeed


I have, they had to rerecord their hits because lots the rights to them


WOw what dedication. Twins in their 100s in Japan released an album in 1992


I love it, Bruce Lee used to be a dancer too in cha-cha


Nice and Tupac was one too but in ballet


Nice one and he stared in a production of the nutcracker too


WOw the guy is just everywhere whether it be music or dance


Yeah true, Babies are also good at dancing as soon as they hear music


Yeah and smile more when they hit the beat


Yeah pretty smart and in sync with the music


Yeah that is true. do you use the internet much


I use it a lot actually. Do you know what the hamburger button is?


Yes that would be the thee horizontal line menu


Yeah. Did you know you can develop addiction by clicking too much?


Yeah I can see that, anything too much can lead to that


So, you think Uber is safe enough to use autonomous cars yet?


I honestly don't think so, I have seen videos on youtube of Tesla's committing errors so that definitely worries me


It is largely unregulated and I think some better defined guidelines should be put into place. There was a bill in the senate about putting a framework around it.


How long has the technology of driverless cars been around less than 10 years there is still a very long way to go


It's inevitable that there will be accidents. I can only imagine there were problems, and accidents way back in 1886 when Karl Benz built the first automobile.


Do you know what the brand Cadillac is named after?


I think it was a Frenchman, explorer Antoine De La Mothe.  Think he founded Detroit also.


Do you know which year mcdonalds added the first drive thru to make it easier for soldiers trying to get theirs meals quickly?


1975, they couldn't get out of their vehicles while wearing fatigues. Pretty smart.


Which car manufacture was it that produced the 1908 Model T?


Ford. Now you can equip cars with flamethrowers legally. In South-Africa any way.


They actually spoke about this on joe rogans show on youtube. They watch a clip with the flames coming out of the sides. Do you know which video game turned a regular guy into a professional race car driver?


Gran Turismo, it was a dude named Jann Mardenborough.


Did you ever have the chance to play that game back in the day?


I was more of a fan of grand theft auto vice city and san andreas back then.


Those were fun. I wonder what those games would be like with dangerous autonomous vehicles roaming the streets. Imagine having to dodge dangerous Ubers roaming the streets hunting for pedestrians.


LOL thats the plot to the next terminator movie, the day the cars took over.


Hah! I just read about a man who disguised himself as a government official and managed to sell the Eiffel Tower twice.


I guess people in france definitely are the true masterminds movies try to portray.


Possibly. Go for the baguettes and coffee, buy the Eiffel Tower. I feel like the US Govt could sell of some land in Nevada. They own like 86% of it.


Hey did you hear about the Uber crash recently that killed a pedestrian


No, what happened? I was thinking about doing uber or lyft in addition to my day job for money to buy another car.


People are worried that this industry is to unregulated and they're trying to pass a law, the passenger that was hit by the Uber was 49 years old and this occurred in Tempe Arizona


Interesting, this is too bad. However, I think it is more reliable than the cab system.


Yes I like Uber's lot more than cabs. I just think they have to work out all the technology and the government regulations first.


Exactly, I tend to use Lyft a bit more, but that is just me.


Well I like the Uber myself but I have used left, I guess Elaine Herzberg was the one who was killed by the way, that's very sad


That sucks, I suppose that people get hit by cabs too though, right?


Yes I think so. Speaking of cars though, did you ever go to a drive-thru before?


Of course, but it has been a long time. I only recently bought a car. I live in an area where I can walk everywhere.


Well that's nice. I can't walk everywhere unfortunately, but I'm just glad McDonald's created the drive-thru back in 1975 to accommodate my laziness haha


It's nice, but you offset that with higher rent, it comes out about the same if you owned a car but had to drive everywhere.


Yeah I could see that. I'm just glad that we don't have cars with flamethrowers like in South Africa, that definitely seems dangerous to me


I don't know, South Africa is pretty crazy so it wouldn't surprise me haha. Have you ever played the game gran Turismo before?


No, is it good? What system can you play it on?


You could play it on the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Playstation 3, and even the PlayStation 4 LOL apparently someone beat 90,000 people at that game and then became a professional race car driver which is awesome


WOW! That is pretty cool, do you know who it was?


Yes his name was Jann mardenborough and I wish I had the skills that he has LOL


Interesting, did you know that Google's self driving cars have an aggressive mode?


No I didn't know that. That kind of scares me though haha. Not as bad as flamethrowers on cars but close, do you know where they got the term trunk from?


There are a lot of things to do in D.C. What about albums, do you listen to them?


Really what is there to do in D.C? I just saw all the historical monuments and government buildings


I do, not that I am any good at it though


I like to, but I'm not good. Did you know Tupac was a dancer?


I think he always was a dancer. He danced for Digital Underground too.


Did you know bruce lee was also a great dancer?


Yup, technically I think those kung fu movies are all choreographed.


I mean any martial artists probably have great control over their body and flexibility


This is true. Did you know only 7% of people read the terms of service for internet services?


There  is also 3g service at the Peak of Mt. Everest.


That is definitely one place I would want internet


Well, that was interesting...I didn't know that it was illegal to equip your car with a flamethrower in South Africa.


Wow, I did not know that either, it must be a crazy thing


I don't think this driverless car idea will end well.


I ask you what are your reasons for thinking this


It was in the info about cars from the article.


Well, you knew that Elaine Herzberg was killed as she crossed a street mid-block along a darkened thoroughfare, Thune said the tragedy underscores the need for Congress to "update rules, direct manufacturers to address safety requirements, and enhance technical expertise of regulators." The National


And I didn't see anything about any charges being filed for the accident in the article.


There must be a lack of documents for this article


Yeah, because that seems to be important info. If I were driving the car and hit someone, there would be questions/charges for sure.


That's true, now I understand about the problem. I had not thought about it that way, although they also know what they believe and what it means to create it, I do not think something like that happens easily.


I have a hard time Senators are actually giving serious support to this. And naturally, they want the Federal government to regulate this, and preempt the states, again.


I do not think this is a good idea, you should worry more about renewable energy than this. I agree that it will bring problems


But this does tie back to the S Africa angle. Driverless cars with flamethrowers. Like I said, it won't end well. Heh.


God hurts for the one who grabs him by doing things that he should not. To create something that crazy


Well, I think driverless cars is a crazy idea, too.


The truth is that yes, imagine not being able to drive more in your life would be boring


They talked about doing away with steering wheels. So, yeah, I really want to ride in that car!


Well, I do not quite. It was a pleasure to talk with you


Not my favorite genre. I see that Stephen King was scared during the movie Bambi. He considered it a horror film!


Hahahaha! That is funny!  Did you know that the film E.T was supposed to be a horror movie? How funny!


With that cute little alien? I don't think I would burn 180 calories watching E.T. I was surprised that the boy in The Shining didn't know it was a horror film.


I know! That is strange, how could they not know...guess their age. It is funny that not one person filming The Exorcist thought of it as a horror film....that movie was scary!


I wonder whether I would really appreciate abstract art much more after watching The Shining.


I've seen it, but there is some idea that watching horror movies before seeing abstract art helps you enjoy the art better. Not sure I believe that.


Hmmm, I don't know either lol.....So do you have any favorite celebrities?


I like Robin Williams. I thought it was sad the way he went.


I loved him! Yes very very sad!!! Did you know Paris Hilton is in the Guinness book of world records for being the most over rated celeb!!!


That sounds about right. She's famous for being famous. Does she have any talent? No, her family built and empire and she was born lucky.


Right! I have never cared for her at all… to me, so many celebs are wealthy rather than famous for something specific.


Judge Judy and LeBron James get paid well, but I think they provide a lot of entertainment.


They do! Love Judge Judy lol. There was a real man on Facebook who's name is Justin Bieber and he was banned from FB....that's crazy!


I think they are worried about cybersquatting, but it sucks to have the same name as a celeb. Like Michael Bolton from Office Space.


Hhahahaa, true! I love office space. There is a YouTube Celeb that makes 346 grand a year! That's just weird how they make so much money.


People need distraction. I guess it gives them something to post about and talk about with their friends.


True, I want a youtube channel lol....So do you you love the new phones or not a fan?


Not really a big fan of the new phones. In my opinion, they are a constant distraction.


I agree! I didn't even own a cell phone until 2010....because my daughters bought it for me lol


She wants to be able to contact you right away when she needs to borrow money. I would like to be able to make phone calls but not be pestered at all hours.


True! lol....I turn my phone off at a certain time lol...did you know a 1930s actress helped invent the cell phone? Very strange


Oh, was that Heddey Lamar? She was quite bright, but people didn't take her seriously because she was a pretty actress.


True, strange how that works! It has been great chatting!!!


I'm doing great! How are you doing tonight?


I am very well, thanks! Do you like baseball?


I watch baseball from time to time. How about you?


I love it. Did you know baseball managers wear their uniforms in case they have to play? How weird?


I think that is a holdover from when the game had one of the players act as manager too.


I just like the mental image of sparky anderson trying to round first base and trying to leg out a double.


I think Pete Rose might have entered the game from time to time, but he was really competitive. Sparky, maybe not so much.


Pete rose would have bet on the outcome and then entered the game.


Yeah, he was bad that way. He should have stopped playing at that point.


Did you know canada calls kickball soccer-baseball? Too cute!


Hm, that's a funny name. Those Canadians. What will they think of next?


I hope it has more to do with meat, like canadian bacon!


Bacon? A vital part of every Canadian meal. Speaking of food, do you go to McDonald's?


I do. But I always have shame and regret after...


Mcdonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues. I thought drive-thrus were older than that.


Me too. That seems really young. I do recoginize them for trying to help those that serve.


I guess a lot of troops wanted the food. The food on base probably was bad. Would you equip your car with a flamethrower?


In South Africa, you can have a flamethrower on your car. Even at the drivethru at McDonald's.


Talk about well done! Nice chatting with you!


Hey!  Do you like baseball?  I love it and cannot wait for the season to start in a few weeks!


I love baseball! Who is your favorite team?


I am a big Cubs fan!  I learned recently that kickball is also called soccer-baseball Canada which is crazy!


yikes, I like the white sox! I don't mind the cubs either, they are much better!


I do not hate the White Sox like a lot of Cubs fans.  I actually think they'll be pretty decent this season.  I am very interested to see.


For sure! Do you collect baseball cards at all?


I have a ton at my parents house.  I keep meaning to go through them.  I heard some guy found 3 million dollars worth of cards in his grandpa's attic.  That would be nice!


Right, talk about instant retirement. i used to collect but never worth that much! Did you know your cubs were the first team to win back to back championships?


I did and then it was a whole lot of losing.  108 years worth!!


right, until a few years ago they made magic happen. Now that was a great world series!


That was so stressful!  One fun fact about baseball I did not know until recently was that until 2005 a married couple was in charge of all the MLB scheduling for 24 years!  Never would have guessed that!!


That is crazy, I wonder how they do it now!


I would guess they have upgraded to some type of algorithm, but I am curious!


That is true, I will have to look it up. I wonder how they got the chance to do that


Sometimes here in the states we forget about how popular baseball is in Japan.  It is so popular there, Japanese fans are shocked when they here baseball is America's national pastime!


I wonder if they stole baseball from us or they thought of their own baseball


I would think since baseball here dates all the way back to the 1800s it had to have been played here first, but I do not know that for a fact.


True, I think they stole it from us. But they are so isolated at the beginning they wouldn't have known.


Yes, that is a good point.  Would be tough 300 years ago to get a lot of information on that island.


lol, I wonder if soldiers played it during WW2 or something. It was so nice chatting baseball with you!


I bet they did!  It was great chatting with you today too, have a great day!


You too, and enjoy your weekend! go cubs and sox!


I'm doing great.  Do you want to talk about fish?  My favorite fish is the seahorse.  Did you know that the seahorse is the only fish to have a neck?


I didn't know that! That is interesting, you would think more would have some kind of neck! Did you ever hear about that breed of jellyfish that are immortal?


Yes, I heard that too.  Did you also know that freshwater fish only "drink" water through their skin via osmosis?


Oh cool! How do think saltwater fish drink then?


Through their mouths, surprisingly. That is a very significant difference that I didn't realize before.


I didn't either! Do you like to watch baseball?


Yes, I like to watch the live games.  Did you know that a man found three million dollars worth of 1900s baseball cards in his grandfather's attic - hidden there since the 1940s?


I would have a heart attack if I saw that many with that amount of value anywhere haha.


Lucky guy he was!  Did you also know that kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada?  That was news to me.


I think they need to just say kickball like we do haha. Can you believe baseball is more popular in Japan?


I know, right?  And the Japanese people are surprised to learn that its America's national pastime? Wow, out of touch much?


I agree! I'm sure they have American players over there too so they should know haha.


Did you also know that baseball managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play for their teams if the need arises?  Cool.


That is cool. I wonder if any manager has actually stepped into a game to play?


No doubt a time or two.  Up until 2005, a married couple, for 24 years, scheduled all 2430 major league baseball games played each year.  Humm.


That is almost like a full time job haha. I wonder who does it now?


That's hard to say.  Back to the fish stories, did you know that the black swallower fish can eat prey twice its own length and ten times it weight?  Guess that fish is correctly named for its abilities, lol.


That's one fish that doesn't give a crap lol. I wouldn't want to mess with it haha. Well great chatting with you!


Along the same vein, 84% of genes known to be associated with human diseases have counterparts in the zebrafish.  Nice chatting with you as well.


Hopefully they can cure some of those with that research! Have a great day!


Did you hear about James A Mirrlees death?


He is a novel laureate in economics, he died at age 82


Oh, yeah. i think ive heard of him. he was a tax guy. He researched incentives.


Yeah he sure was an icon of economics sad that he died at age 82 but he was old already so its not suprising either


I wonder if he changed the way that govts do taxes. usually people hate taxes but they are necessary. there needs to be a balance.


I agree, there needs to be a balance so what are your thoughts on our government?


I figure that we want people to keep as much money as they can if they are in the working and middle classes. I would like to see our govt do things like the norwegian govt.


I would like that as well, helping the rain forest with a donation of $1 billion dollars, that is an admirable thing to do, ours should also donate to important causes.


yeah, they could sell some of that land in nevada donate to a good cause.


The government owns 86% of the land there, sounds like they have a monopoly on the land and I dont really like that.


Yeah, i wonder what they do with it all. is it being put to good use? is it used for experiments and alien landings?


I have no idea, but Im guessing theres a lot of black-sites and illegal site over there, who knows maybe they have captured aliens.


True. maybe the govt has the alien technology to finally stop wikileaks! LOL


Could be lol, sounds like wikileaks is their sworn enemy funny how they exposed the plan of the government to destroy them


The govt is never going to get ahead of wikileaks, which has too many backups. I figure that the govt is always going to be paranoid of secrets getting out because of them.


I guess so yeah, well they do hide a lot of things so its great there is a service like wikileaks out there to expose them.


Yeah, i feel that i would trust govt more if i knew some of these things. the more they hide, the more i worry. Govt is supposed to help the people.


Yeah I agree with you help them and not hide secrets from them so are you a car fan?


I do love them, my first car was a chevy and the first car ever was a Benz back in 1886


Yeah, i had a dodge. the thing was bullet proof. Anyway, great chat!


Sounds like a really nice ride, Ive always liked the brand maybe one day I will buy one of those, it was a great chat! have a nice day as well.


that is sad, he won a Nobel Prize he was very smart of course


Yes, he had great thoughts on "optimal taxation"


speaking of taxes, what do you think of the government


It is necessary of course, but they can't always decide which tax systems are best


they are scary too, like how China is able to censor the word for censorship


Did you know in South Africa it's legal to install flame-throwers on your car to stop car-jackers?


haha thats awesome! I could use that in the freezing cold snow I have over here


I think Dr. Mirrlees had taught in China, in Hong Kong, actually


ah interesting, and ya he taught about information asymmetry which helped to explain super local economic transactions


like if two people only can sell to each other in their town, vs if you sold on ebay and had access to a worldwide marketplace


that makes sense...interesting. Guess that will never go away- the seller will always know more


thats true, and ya did you know that JP Morgan actually bailed out the USA?


the bank? that's just sad. what does that mean for taxpayers?


ya I don't know, but ya that happened way back in 1895


Oh my! I didn't realize with all the more recent bailouts I've been hearing bout


I know it all ads up, crazy too that the gov. has shut down 17 times in 37 years, thats kind of a low


Wow I didn't know it was that many times! I feel the higher ups should not be getting paid if they shut it down


ya I agree with you, do you ever play the piano? I am teaching myself atm


Not since I was a kid, are you any good so far?


ya so far it's coming pretty easily, I guess Nixon wrote a piano piece I wonder how good it is


I know some stuff. Do you know what wikileaks is?


yes the website that publishes secret documents


Yes and they published plans of government to shut them down once


Yeah. Did you know the government owns most of the land in Nevada?


Yes about 86% of it but it is all desert anyways


Yes I wonder what they do with it anyways


Yeah me too, Did you know the US employees are protected even if they violate the geneva convention


Yes but that is really unfair and should not be implemented


I agree. Did you  know a guy sold the eiffel tower twice?


Yes he was good at impersonating city officials that is why


Yeah. Do you know what the norwegian government did to save the Amazon?


Yes they donated $1 billion, that is a lot of money


Yes I hope it is being used to save it. Do you like cars?


I sure do. Do you know who invented the drive thru?


Yes it was McDonald's back in 1975, quite a while


Yes and do you know why they actually came up with that idea?


Yes the soldiers were not allowed out of their cars in fatigues and they accommodated them


Yes and it worked out well for them too as it brings in good business


Yes that is true. It was nice chatting with you


I am guessing it was McDonalds or Burger King, was I right?


Yes it was McDOnalds back in 1975. Do you know why?


wow, I do not know why, to build their profits from the lazy, lol?


It was because soldiers were not allowed out of cars in fatigues


that makes sense. That was great of them and look how far the have come. I love drive thrus. Do you own a cadillac?


I do not but do you know how it got its name?


I think it was named after the founder of Detroit, some French guy


Yeah his name was Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac , hence the name of the car


Cadillac rolls off the tongue a little better lol. Is your car equipped with a flame thrower?


No it is not but I hear in South Africa you are allowed to do that


I heard that also! They must have a lot of car jackings there. I wonder how safe it is


Yeah too bad. On another topic, do you like the piano?


I used to play as a kid but haven't in a long time, I like it though, how about you?


Me too I love it. BBC once played piano tunes instead of the news


I am sure it was more interesting that day lol. Speaking of BBC, I saw that some climbers on Britains highest mountain found a piano at the top


Yes, I wonder who managed to put it up there though


Right and what their thinking was lol! It was so nice chatting with you!


Hi! I am great! So do you like ballet at all?


I do like many types of dance, but not a huge fan...I  heard that Jerome Robbins ballet show was really good.


He works in New York? I was just there recently, really big city!


Yes, it was in New York. I have never been, but I would go see a broadway show if I did visit. I bet it is huge! Jerome Robbins finds his idea's on the streets in Manhattan, very creative!


He worked on West Side Story right? I have seen the movie but never the musical!


I am not sure on that one, but I have seen the movie! I like musicals it is so entertaining with all the singing and dancing.


I have an older model Honda. It has lasted a really long time! I like not having a car payment lol.


I can understand that! I just sold my car now that I live in a major city, there is almost no reason to have one!


Oh, wow. I wish I didn't need a car. I live in a big city but we all have cars. Do you take a cab everywhere?


Never, We have trams and a subway that takes you all through the city quickly.


Oh, ok that makes sense. We have a light rail train here now which is pretty nice. So do you like comedy films?


I do, how do you feel about the bromantic comedies?


I love those comedy's! Really all comedy. I loved The Hangover movies!


Did you ever watch 3rd rock from the sun? I really liked that when I was younger.


Yes, I loved that one too. Hard to believe it won a Golden Globe over Seinfeld and Friends along with Frasier though, Seinfeld was hilarious!


Yea for sure, Well its been good talking to you, take care!


Thanks so much! I need to watch a comedy movie now lol, have a great day!


I'm good!  have you had a chance to read Michael Ondaatje's latest novel "Warlight"?


It starts with an adult discussing how this parents abandoned him and his siblings in 1945 London.


What kind of a novel is it? Historical? Fantasy?


Historical fantasy.  In the story, his parents worked espionage.


Sounds exciting! I should look into it. By the way, do you like dogs?


Yes, as long as they belong to other people.  Dogs can do so much to help people out.


I did not know that there are 12 different blood types for dogs , and that they  can donate blood at dog blood drives.


Another odd medical fact about dogs is that they are not colorblind, but they have a lesser color palate than humans.


We have so many myths about dogs. However, they really are intelligent and helpful. Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for the city's stray dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.


Intelligent and helpful is right!  Dogs can help hunt, herd and can even pull loads.


Plus they understand pointing. Cats might understand, but they don't care, I think.


Elephants understand pointing too.  It's surprising that dogs and elephants are the only animals that do.


How do you feel about Google's policy about dogs and cats?


Google says they are a dog company.  Good idea.  I don't think they want to be associated with crazy cat ladies.


I'm with Google on this one. I think it would be hard to control cats in an office.


Dogs make life easier for humans too.  They can tolerate starch in their diet, much better than their wild brethren.


Yes, they can eat those leftover fries at McDonald's.


All those millennia of selective breeding has truly made them man's best friend.


Yes! And if I work at Google, I don't have to own one. They'll have plenty at the office. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!


Goodnight.  And read a couple of good poems before you go to bed!


Good morning, have you read Michael Ondaatje's new novel, "Warlight"?