And only one billionth of the size of the largest star in our galaxy. I can't even imagine that! It must be really hot near that star!


Exactly! It is mind boggling to think of how large it is and other planets. Earth is amazing When earth was first formed the day was only 5.5 hours long!


That would be good if you had to go to work-lol. I worry about our forest, since 80% have been destroyed. They produce the O2 that we breathe. We need to stop cutting them down.


Yes, it's very sad but I fear we will never stop cutting down the forests. I love how the earth and moon interact and how its gravitational pull causes the ocean tides ...amazing!


I wonder what the tides would be like if we had more than one moon.


Oh wow, probably a lot more activity and huge waves! Earth is just amazing at 71% water covered is odd to think about.


That's why we have life. I wonder what it means that the planet will be helium-free soon?


I don't know what that means either but I think I may research that. I hope it's not a bad thing for us. Amazing how the earths core is solid iron yet we have life on the surface. It's all very interesting!


Hey there! Are you interested in Astronomy at all?


Hi! I love astronomy and am fascinated by it! I think it's wild that the sun is really white and only looks yellow due to atmospheric scattering. Are you a fan of astronomy as well?


I am! On the topic of the sun, did you know it produces enough energy in one second to meet all of the energy needs for the planet for half a million years??


Is that so? Well I'm surprised we haven't found a way to utilize it, honestly! Did you also know that a single lightening bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the sun?   That is crazy!


Wow! It's crazy that people can survive lightning strikes! The sun is actually only one billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy


That is truly amazing! And yet, Neptune only completed its first orbit around the sun back in July of 2012, since it was discovered in 1846. Imagine how long it would take to orbit even bigger stars!


2012! I thought it was 2011! Still, that's crazy!


My apologies, I meant 2011! That was a typo I didn't catch! But it is crazy that it took that long , isn't it? Meanwhile, here on earth, over 80% of our natural forests have been destroyed. That's very upsetting to me!


No worries! It's still incredible! That is pretty devastating about the forests. Did you know when the earth was formed, the day only lasted 5.5 hours long?


Is that so? We wouldn't get anything accomplished if we only had 5.5 hour days today! Can you also believe that by the end of the century, earth will pretty much be helium free? I don't know if that's a good thing or not.


Me neither! If you were to look at Earth as if it only took place in 24 hours, did you know humans would only have been around for 1 minute and 17 seconds of that?


That is incredible! We truly haven't been here that long, have we? That makes me wonder if extraterrestrials visited before humans came along here. Speaking of which, the UN did appoint an ambassador to extraterrestrials in the event they ever make contact with us. So who knows what the future holds!


Yeah, back in September of 2010! But it's still hard to believe that earth is not only the densest planet in the solar system but of the four terrestrial planets, it's the largest as well!


Wow! Can you believe there's a planet that will precipitate shards of glass horizontally at 2500 mph if it gets to be 2000 degrees?


Is there really? Thankfully we don't live on that planet then. Ha! I think it's cool that Ganymede (Jupiter's moon) would be classified as a planet if it orbited the sun!


Oh yes, it's HUGE! Did you know Venus doesn't actually rotate on a tilt like earth does?


I have heard that and actually, Uranus rotates sideways, rolling around the sun instead of spinning like the rest of the planets!


How funny. Well, it's been fun talking to you tonight!


Oh, even better than that, astronomers detected a planetary system that has building blocks of life roughly 455 lightyears away! That is so cool! Well, it was fun chatting with you as well! Hope you have a great night, friend!


Hi, do you like to travel, if yes where would you like to go?


I like to go to the beach, via car, how about you?


I hear it is nice. Travel can be done by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip.


I would like to travel by car so that I can see the Hoover river dam.


That would be fun. I enjoy seeing animals when I travel. There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth.


I didn't realize it was that many animals, because animals hunt animals also human need animals for food.


Yes. There are over 1.5 million species!


Yes, to think about it there are millions of animals that I haven't seen or heard about.


Yes, I took a course in school at the age of 12 or 13. It was so long I almost forgot.


I don't have much more time but would love to finish our chat. Did you know there are 1 million insect species? Yuck!


No, I didn't know, I wonder how animals breathe underwater.


Fascinating! Human Hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs.


Yes, that what I heard about fishes, they breathe through their gills.


Animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated. I'm not sure why.


I am not sure either, but that is fascinating.


Germany gives animals constitutional rights.


Are you referring to drivers have to yield to right of way when animals are crossing?


I'm not sure which specific rights they give to animals. Thanks for chatting. Have a great day!


How's it going? Did you know the term planet is of ancient origin tied to history, science, and other stuff?


I did not... Did you know Jupiter's moon ganymede would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun


Wow, Ganymede must be pretty huge if it would be a planet w/o Jupiter!


I know... The planet venus does not tilt, so consequently, it has no seasons. it is the only planet that rotates clock-wise.


Uranus has a weird rotation too, it rotates sideways


Makes me giggle every time... Im so immature...


Uranus rolls around the sun instead of spinning


The sun is actually white, only perceived as yellow because of atmospheric scattering


That makes sense, I didn't know that it was a near perfect sphere of hot plasma


At least it's not like a lightning bolt... A lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun, about 5x hotter.


That's crazy, it funny that a lightning bolt is hotter but the sun can produce enough energy in one second to meet the needs of earth for 500,000 years


On july 11th, 2011, neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun since its discovery in 1846. That's a long rotation!


That's nuts. I guess there's a planet that precipitates glass


Huh, I did not know that... More than 80 percent of the earth's natural forests have already been destroyed


That sucks, only 29% of earth is land and most of the forests are gone


When earth was first formed a day was only 5.5 hours long. I would not be able to get anything done!


Yea, that's fast, I heard the moon slowed down the rotation since it has gravitational interactions with Earth


Wow! In september of 2010, the united nations appointed official ambassador to extraterrestrials in they case they would ever make contact with earth


That might come in handy, Astronomers detected the building blocks of life 455 light years away


Earth will be virtually helium-free by the end of the 21st century. No more high pitched talk, sad...


Man that's sucks. If earth's entire history was viewed as a 24 hour period, humans would only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds.


Hi there, are you a frequent traveler? Any place you like to go?


I do travel a lot. I travel for work mostly though. I use a lot of planes and we also Drive sometimes. What about you?


Not a whole a lot. Mostly via car. I see that traveling across Japan can cost at much as $300!


That's insane! Have you ever used Airbnb? I guess there's another site like that but instead of renting a house you can just rent a couch lol


Definitely heard of it. I have tried to use it and will be attending a bachelor party soon using an AirBnb. Have you use one?


Yeah I use them all the time. I think it's way better than staying at a hotel. Have you ever stolen a garden gnome?


That's oddly specific, and no. Not while sober. You?


Haha no I haven't. I just know that sometimes people will steal them take pictures of them on the trip and then return the garden gnome along with the pictures to the owner. That's a really weird thing to do I was just curious if you knew about it haha


That's actually really funny. There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on earth. I wonder how many are ants?


I wonder that too! What is your favorite animal by the way? I guess in terms of species that are about 7 million different animals right now


I like wolves but I like dogs better haha. I guess apparently dogs have a dominant paw like how we have a dominant hand haha


Interesting! I also see that Scotland treats the Loch Ness monster as a protected species!


That's cool I hope he's real LOL. what's weird in Switzerland there's a lawyer who will represent in animal in court. I wonder how that works


Probably for property right.. I hope. I also see that some animals develop white patches on their foreheads when domesticated


That's really weird! Also weird is that animals can have different dialects depending on their geography. you'd think they all sound the same


Interesting! people can develop accents pretty quickly too


That must be what it is animal accents haha. Did you hear about the special Bridges the Netherlands is constructing?


Yes they made bridges that connect Wildlife. This helps to keep the animals from being hit by cars which is really nice


Good! I've hit a couple deer here in the midwest!


I guess there is more light, Venus starts first!


Thats awesome. Do you watch the stars and planets a lot?


Yes, The first quarter moon appears underneath earth on the 14th of December.


Are you planning on going to the planetarium to watch it?


Yes I will be going a few nights before Christmas to see the meteor shower!


I heard it is very cheap only 3 dollars to get in!


Wow very cheap, The winter solstice is December 21st at 5:23 pm.


Washington will have 9 hours and 26 minutes of light that day!


I saw up north they barely get any sunlight those days!


Yes, The montgomery planetarium has a solstice program at 5pm as well!


Thats very interesting. Do you do anything special for solstic?


No I just try to enjoy the long day, Did you know Venus is the only planet without season because it rotates clockwise?


I bet you also did not know the sun is actually white!?


no again I had no clue!! I am in shock right now


Did you know socks are one of the most needed items at homeless shelters?


Hi, i did not know!! But that makes sense!


Also, the oldest know surviving pair of sock were for sandals.  I bet they were dirty...


Wow that is true!! Did you know in the 16th century they used peppers to keep the toes warm?


Wow, does that work? I'm grateful for cotton.  In ancient times, socks were made out of hair or leather.


Really! that must have been awful!! Did yo know where the expresion : put a sock in it "comes from?


Yeah, it was a form of volume control.  Funny.  Do you read a lot?


Yes I love reading! In the 18th century it caused moral panic!!


Yes, novels did.  If they could see us now with what's on internet!  I can't believe someone can read 4700 words a minute.


Yes!! her name  is Anne Jones and she won a world record!!


She's a reading machine!  I can't believe that Starship Troopers in the 1st SiFi novel on the reading lists in the military.  Do they run into a lot of giant bugs?


That is an interest taste they have!! i would like to see the "you laugh, you lose" competitions from CS lewis and tolkien


That would be great.  I didn't realize that Amazon owns IMDB.  Why not, it's a matter of time before Bezos owns my dog.


Wow yes I think he wants to own the moon! Did you know there is a record of the first amazon.com purchase!


Yeah and the guy got a building named after him.  I would settle for 1% of Bezos' net worth.


Yes, the first customer spent $27.95 i wonder where the building is located? I wonder how much the 1% net worth is!!


I bet it's a lot.  Bezos's employees walk between 7-15 miles a day in the warehouse.


hahaha That is probably why Amazon has grown so much! because it started on July 1994. It is not that old!


Yeah, that was quick.  It seems like Washington D.C. has some unpredictable weather.  Maybe it will was away someday.  (sound of fingers crossing)


Wow It is hard to schedule and event that is outdoors with that uncetanity!


Yes, like parades and the endless speeches... Thanks for the chat!


well I enjoyed the chat too!! Have a good night


Me too. Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain?


Yeah and it is supposed to run for 10 000 years


Yeah. Did you know they named their building after the first customer?


Yes because they signed a deal with USPS


Yeah it is super convenient for us as buyers to be honest


Yes it is. Did you know their workers walk up to 15 miles a day?


That is a low but I guess they are a busy company after all


Yes that is true. And they also own IMDB


I love to read . Have you read Starship Troopers?


I have and Ioved it , it is in the reading list of military branches as well


Yeah same with Ender's Game but on a global scale


Yes that is true. Did you know there was a moral panic for reading in the 18th century?


Yeah and now we have moral panic because people are not reading


Haha so true. Do you know who Tolkien and CS Lewis are?


Yes , they use to have you laugh you lose contests with bad poetry


Haha yeah. Do you know who hold the record for speed reading?


That is Anne Jones, 4700 words per minute


hey how are you? I didn't know Jeff Bezos built a clock in a mountain


I'm not sure what that means, in a cave, placed in the side of, is it run some how by the rocks?


ya I don't know it's really weird, I know he has a lot of money so it could be almost anything, I also think its great that amazon has a contract with usps to deliver on sundays that saved me for this xmas


Is 10,000 a guess, I wonder who'll be around to check the accuracy?


Ya I think we'll have some major problems to stop that before we hit 10000 years, have you seen the movie Starship troopers? THis article mentions the book but I have seen the movie


I've seen it a couple of times, I did not realize it was from a book.  The movie was entertaining, to a point, I guess the book must be more impressive, especially if your in the military.


Ya I think so, this says Ender's game was suggested by a lot of militar organizations, I saw the movie and I didn't like it, what about you?


I know of the book but never read it, I never seem to have time to read what I want.  If I could read at 4,700 words per minute I'm probably get through more.


haha I agree, I think its funny now that in the 18th century there was a panic about reading novels but these days people hardly read


There is always a moral panic about something at some point, books, comics, movies, social media.  Reading is a strange one to worry about as it aides language acquisition, communication and the sharing of ideas.


ya, the Japanese could have used books to explain that chili peppers are meant to be eaten and not put in socks in the 16th century haha


I never knew where the "put a sock in it" phrase came from, seems obvious when you it's explained to you.


ha ya that is funny, that'll be good to bust out at my xmas eve dinner party, also funny how socks were worn with sandals and that is frowned upon today


My son makes that mistake, but he won't listen.  I suppose you can buy socks from Amazon?


ha ya you could do that, speaking of movies I didn't know amazon owned imdb, I check that site for all my movie needs


I think I was aware of that, the way they are going they own everything.  I know Bezos owns the Washington Post


ya I did know that, it also mentions the first amazon customer got a building named after him, I wonder what building it is.


Would hope it was something interesting, not the Joe Smith building.  Not bad to have a building named for you for just $27.95


I think its kind of good amazon works walk up to 15 miles per day because for me that would be helpful to burn off all the holiday calories coming up haha


I'd imagine they get through a fair few socks, we should donate socks to Amazon workers and the homeless


im good I didn't know that brian may had a phd in astrophysics, didn't screwy


Well, we all have a little bit of madness


well I think it's awesome eddie van halen set speakers on fire by playing a guitar solo, that is awesome


Yes, yes it is, crazy but everyone in his own way to surprise others


this says matthew bellamy has the record for most guitar smashes, that seems so wasteful like why would you smash a guitar?


Hahaha, it's your style, you'll have money to buy more. Although, it is something unprofitable when others would like to have it


ya I guess, I love pink floyd and it doesn't surprise me that they have a house boat that they use to record music haha


It must be full of surprises, it will live on crazy, and with sense. Well what would it be good to go crazy without money?


ya music makes life complete, this says pink floyd did a live concert in an ancient roman amphitheater in pompeii, that is awesome I need to look that up


And even you are right, sometimes a song can motivate you when you are depressed or many other things


what do you think about creed? that's hilarious their concert was so bad they got sued


Que? hahaha, how bad were they? Wow, I had not heard about it


ya this says they were sued by 4 concert goers because the concert was so bad. I think creed isn't very good but even I wouldn't think to sue a band because of a bad concert


Of course not, that is, they were trying. Can you imagine how bad that band would feel? I am sure that if they decide to improve themselves, they will cover too many mouths


ya that is true, it's crazy  linkin park played 324 concerts in a year, thats insane


Well, I do not remember well but I heard that a band was touring for more than 20 years and gave thousands of concerts


ya they have been around a while but thats almost one per day, ramones doing concerts non stop for 20 years


The sun is an amazing star, it keeps us alive and yet its so deadly


Yea it's scary how the sun is 99.86% of the solar system's total mass


Yeah, in fact the sun produces enough energy in a second to meet the needs of everyone for 500,000 years, we should really learn how to use that power.


That would help a lot, I wonder if the energy output is different near the sun's equator since it rotates faster than the poles


It would specially with climate change and all the issues we have because of unclean energy.


I wonder if that has an effect on helium, it's pretty cool helium was discovered on the sun before it was on earth


That is cool also its cool how a thunder bolt is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun, the heat must be unbearable on those.


Yea but I've read the surface of the sun isn't the hottest part of the sun, maybe it has something to do with all its mass


Yeah could be, interesting question but that makes sense, to think there are bigger stars in the universe than the sun.


THat's crazy. Did you know on Mars sunsets are blue?


I didn't those sunsets must be beautiful can you imagine witnessing that? amazing view.


They sure do so on another subject do you enjoy live music? concerts?


Yea I enjoy listening to concerts in parks and arenas, you?


I do too, I hear there is ancient Roman amphitheater in Croatia that is used as a concert venue, must be awesome to attend a concert there.


That sounds nice, much better than the High Frequency concert for dogs Lou Reed did


That doesnt sound nice, do you like the band Creed?


Not at all, I'd take the high frequency concert over Creed


Yeah I heard they had a terrible concert back in 2002, I do like their music but the band ended up losing a lot of fans.


Do you like Dave Matthews? A fan once helped Dave Matthews on her way to his concert


I do like him yeah and what are the odds lol that was a lucky fan thanks for all the cool facts by the way, I feel like I have learned a lot today.


I do. It's interesting that President Johnson's wife taught him to read, as he never went to school.


Wow, I never heard before!! that is very nice. Do you know who Anne Jones is?


She has the world record for speed reading! 4700 words per minute!


That is amazing. Is she a silent reader? That is a "new" thing that started in the middle ages.


Evidently, only the most skilled readers could read silently. That must have been the philosophers and scholars.


ok, interesting! Did you know reading cause "moral panic" in the 18th century?


That sounds weird. Almost like the school that replaced desks with reading bicycles. I guess their test scores vastly improved.


Wow, that is a great invention... great for the mind and body!


I would like one of those, lol. Interestingly enough, Darrell Green would stuff tootsie rolls in his socks before games, claiming they aided his speed.


hahah that is pretty funny, did you know there were socks designed to wear with sandals? I think that looks awful.


That look really needs to go away. I find it intereseting that the Japanese used to put chili peppers in socks to keep toes warm. I'm tempted to try it.


I would! I heard that the fun water balloons were designed by an inventor trying to create a special sock


I think that's something we can all get behind, lol. The inventor of braille, perfected it when he was 15.


Cool , he was a genius. did you know socks were even used to improve audio


I don't think there was something that socks could ever not do. There is a red deer in New Zealand that has fiber that is softer than cashmere, and at three times the price.


They did put a sock on phonographs to muffle the sound


I didn't know that Amazon created a font specially for kindles. It's called "bookerly".


Cool! so much to talk about.. have to let you go, nice chat


I'm not a huge fan, but I played when I was younger, what about you?


I dont keep up with the sport at all,  but I have watched a few games.  Soccer makes more money than most of our popular us sports put together!  crazy


I'm not surprised it is very popular around the world. Are you surprised?


Yes,  I am surprised,  I had no idea it made that much money.  I know its popular.


Interesting, if you go to europe everyone loves it.


I dont really know much about tennis,  are you a fan?


I play with some friends every now and then, what about you?


I think the last time I played tennis was in high school lol


I play with friends but we really just hit the ball back and forth.


Yeah, apparently the longest point in tennis was 29 minutes.


Thats really long.  I hear the longest match was over a span of 3 days!


Wholly molly, did they play straight through?


Probably not,  I think it was like 11 hours each day or so.


WOW, that is still a lot. Did you know that some consider grunting to be cheating?


I'm not sure, I suspect it distracts the other player. Nice chatting with you?


Good morning! Are you a fan of baseball?


Hey there I do like baseball. It's amazing that Albuquerque actually named their team after the baseball team in The Simpsons, that's incredible


That is interesting indeed!! Did you know that baseball managers also wear a baseball uniform as to be able to play along with the team players should the need arise?


No I didn't know that. I wonder why we don't see that on TV. It's crazy that in a typical year, the MLB will use about a hundred fifty thousand baseballs


That is a crazy amount of balls indeed!! I heard a man found 3 million dollars worth of baseball cards in his grandfathers attic from the 1940's, how cool would that be to find?


That would be cool! What a lucky guy. Do you like the Chicago Cubs? They were the first team to ever win back-to-back World Series


I agree he is very lucky. I do like the cubs as well. Have you watched much tennis? I like watching the doubles matches.


I do like tennis lot. I used to play in high school. It's funny that until 1978 you could use any object as a racket LOL


This is very interesting. I feel a racket would be best to be able to hit a ball though. Did you know that in 1969 a helicopter was used to dry the courts for the US open?


It's really a genius idea! sad because I like tennis a lot, but soccer actually makes more than all other sports combined, even tennis


I have been a few soccer games in my time but have yet to see the one where three teams face off at the same time, have you seen that variation of the game?


No I would love to see that! I think it's funny that Greenland can't join FIFA though, they can't grow the green grass to play soccer on LOL


That is funny! I would think with today's technological advances one would be able to green up some grass. I mean ; I have talked to my vet about yellowing of grass from my pet and he was able to fix it, if all else fails put in some sod. LOL


LOL yes they should just put sod on top of the snow. I think it's crazy that the Super Bowl is smaller than soccer's third-biggest overall event. That is massive


I agree!! Yet soccer makes more money than all other main sports combined, how is that possible?


I agree with you! I can't believe that it is that popular. But it is a worldwide sport. I should start playing soccer, the average soccer player runs 7 miles per game


That is for sure a lot of running, if I am running be certain you should too as something big is after me. LOL  I am sure I could work up to 7 miles but would take me some time to get there.


Yep I agree. But think about the calories burn! I think it's funny a soccer team scored on themselves because it would help them advance in a cup match LOL that's genius


I agree, genius! Did you know that a childhood game I played called kickball is also call soccer-baseball in Canada?


That's a really stupid name! soccer has a lot of cool facts though, the player Didier Drogba actually stopped a Civil War in his home country, that was in the Ivory Coast, very nice of him haha


That is an interesting factoid of information. I agree though; soccer does have a lot of cool facts. For example, Americans call it soccer because it is a slang term for association football.


I never knew that. I think that the name football makes a lot more sense than calling at soccer personally


Hello there, do you follow baseball at all?


Yes I do but not as much as football. Is there anyway you can tell me how the game is played?


Well yeah baseball is a bat and ball game, a pitcher throws a ball, while a batter tries to hit it with the bat.


Thanks. What is the job of the offensive team in baseball?


The object is for them to hit the ball and run around the bases to score runs.


Thank you. What does the runner touch in the end in order to score?


I think that would be called home base, or the home plate.


Thank you so much. How is Major League Baseball divided in the US?


Well we have a pro league with two major divisions, the National league, and the American league.


Thanks. Do those divisions split in any form?


Yeah and within those two main divisions, there are 3 sub divisions as well.


What are the names of those 3 sub divisions in baseball?


I think they are the East, West, and Central.


Thanks. Are those divisions in baseball are also the same in Canada as well?


That I am not sure, I think MLB needs to get a team from Canada again, I miss the Expos.


Its okay but thanks. I was wondering why baseball managers wear uniforms, do you know by any chance?


I think it is in the rules that they can technically play if they are needed.


Wow. I didn't know this thanks. So they can also participate within a game if the needed to, is that correct?


Yeah I guess they could technically play the field like a normal player if the need arises.


That is very interesting. I know that baseball is popular here in the US but in what other country baseball is also popular?


I guess baseball is extremely popular in Japan, I think young people grow up thinking they invented the game there.


Thank you so much. I didn't know these things about baseball and thank you for chatting with me. Have a nice day!!!


I enjoyed watching them from time to time. I try to follow the championships.


Me too. Do you like soccer? Or also called association football?


I do like soccer. i try to watch the world cup when it comes around. the level of play is extraordinary.


Me too. Soccer makes more money than most sports combined.


Yes, the world loves soccer. men and women play at all levels. it is an inexpensive game.


Agreed on it being inexpensive. Jon Stewart was once a very skilled soccer player.


I am not surprised. he has the build of a soccer player.


Yes he sure does. He's also very funny. Do you like him?


he can be quite funny. he is less acerbic than some of the other hosts.


I think so too. American's call it soccer because that's slang for association football.


That is an odd name. football makes more sense but it was already taken I guess.


I agree with you on that. Ozil donated over 300,000 Euro for surgeries for 23 children.


That is a great gesture. i guess he saw that he was fortunate and that he should help the less fortunate.


Yes, wish more people would do that in this crazy world.


Yes, the generosity of the athletes might get others to be more generous too.


I dont really follow the sport. I have only played a couple of times.


Me either. Did you know polo shirts were invented for tennis players?


I did not know that. Polo for tennis? Hm. Anyway, great chat!


Could be for many reasons.  Some wear one for protection. and others for ceremonial reasons.


I think nowadays it is more for religious reasons or as a fashion accessory.


In the past they were an indicator of social status, but I don't think that's so much the case anymore.


True, although In the military, hats may denote nationality, branch of service, rank or regiment.


Yes, many can be very distinctive, such as those worn by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.


True.   Police also use headgear such as peaked caps or brimmed hats.


I personally like the Ushanka fur hat.  My father in law has one of those.  It's neat looking.


I still have a soft spot for my university graduation ceremonies hat, the mortarboard.


Yeah, mine is around somewhere too.  I wore mine during graduation as opposed to carrying it.  It's probably in or basement in a box.


Have you ever had a dunce cap worn at a party?


No, I can't say that I have.  I know they are to encourage foolish behavior, and I'm not a very foolish person.


I used to have one, but my dog ate it!    I understand why they are a subspecies of the wolf!


Did you know that dogs have 12 different blood types, and they can donate blood for other dogs just like humans.


Biology is fascinating!   Dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing


Very true.  I like what they do in Istanbul.  They have vending machines in the city that accept plastic bottles and release food and water for the local stray dogs in return.  Pretty interesting.


Yes.    Certainly unique in the 4.5 billion year history of the earth.


That is certainly old.  You don't really realize it, but the Earth is actually 71% covered by water.


True even on land, continents and islands together have many lakes,


Very true.  Well, it's been a pleasure speaking with you.


Hello I don't know anything about lacrosse. Maybe you can school me.


I am not sure I can! I am not too well versed in Maryland high school lacrosse. However, I do know baseball, tennis and football!


Good. Would you like to talk about baseball?


Sure. Do you have a favorite team? I am a cubs fan.


Yes I'm a Dodgers fan. The Cubs have had a pretty good over the past several years.


Dodgers too! Back-to-back world series appearances isn't too bad!


Not bad, but still waiting for them to win it all. How do you feel about the new pitch timer they are testing?


I think they need to speed up the game but that is not the way to do it. It needs to be big things like no visits to the mound or soemthing like that.


Agreed if I was a pitcher I would be a wreck. They came up with an idea that says when a pitcher comes into the game, they would have to face at least three batters. That would speed things up.


Are you watching MLB network? They just showed that graphic. And they are moving back the mound 2 feet in the pacific league.


No I'm not. I can understand why they would want to move the mound back. The speeds these pitchers throw today is outrageous.


Yeah. That would be so hard to adjust to. You spend years getting use to how a ball breaks at 60' and then you move it back 2'? All those corners painted and now they're balls.


True, but I think they need to give a little advantage back to the hitters somehow.


Ha, both. Baseball is really popular in Japan, and they have some pretty good players. Do you think they should be able to play for the world championship?


I think the world baseball classic is great and maybe one day have an MLB WS winner vs Japan winner.... Not an all star team though. Have you ever seen a japan game on like youtube?


No I haven't what's it like. Is it much different?


It's like an SEC football game. People jumping around and loud all game long! It's intense.


Sounds like it would fun to see one live. It just bothers me sometimes that the US declares themselves the world champions in a lot of different sports and don't have to proof it.


I used to play baseball. Can you believe the Cubs almost won the last World Series? They were the first team to win back-to-back series, but hasn't won since!


I played baseball as a kid too! I was kind of rooting for the Cubs last World Series. They came so close!


I know! Did you know that if a player catches a baseball in their hat, they receive three extra bases?


I'm surprised I don't see more players trying that. Some of the field players pull pretty incredible stunts to catch baseballs.


Athletes are pretty incredible. Did you know the soccer player, Didier Drogba, stopped a civil war in his home country all on his own?


I had no idea. You're right that soccer players do some amazing things, though. German player Mesut Ozil donated his entire World Cup victory bonus to pay for 23 children's surgeries.


That's so generous. Tennis players are pretty crazy, too. There was once a point that lasted 29 minutes and consisted of 643 shots.


Good grief, that's over 20 shots per minute. I'm worn out just thinking about it. The longest match went on for 11 hours and had to be split across three days - I guess the players got worn out too!


Wow! That's like soccer, too. Players run on average up to 7 miles per game!


Sports players must train so hard to be able to do that. The people behind the scenes work hard too. For 24 years until 2005, all 2430 major league baseball games each year were scheduled by just two people, a married couple!


Wow, what a lovely job to be able to have with your partner. Can you imagine all of the other behind the scenes efforts, too? In just one season, around 160,000 baseballs are used!


The sports production industry must be making a lot of money from all the balls and equipment they have to make, plus fan products like baseball cards too. A man once found 3 million dollars worth of cards in his grandfather's attic!


Wow. It's funny most people think about baseball and football being the most major sports, when soccer actually makes more money than all of the major sports combined.


Well, soccer is an international sport. Baseball and football are mostly localized to specific areas, but soccer is played in over 200 countries.


Yeah, the super bowl is actually smaller than soccer's third largest game.


The Super Bowl might be part of America's most popular sport, but soccer is the world's most popular sport.


And they're both called football all over the world. Evidently, soccer is "slang" for Association football, but I don't get it. Football makes more sense.


I think it comes from the "soc" in as"soc"iation, and the difference between association and gridiron football is based on the play structure. One just got abbreviated in America differently.


I get it, but then Americans should call it s-oh-sh-er instead.


Sohssher just doesn't have the same ring to it, but it makes me giggle when I say it out loud. I want to go up to some soccer fans and start calling it that instead.


Yes I do, I have two wiener dogs. Did you know dogs have 12 different blood types? they can also donate blood!


Very cool. I didn't realize they had so many blood types and also blood drives for dogs.


Also dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing. I figured Gorillas would also understand pointing but maybe i am wrong.


Wow that's interesting. Did you know Google prefers dogs over cats and considers themselves a dog company?


Wow that is a pretty bold claim as a company! Istanbul has a vending machine that gives stray dogs food and water in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.


That's a very good way to help the environment too. We should do that here in the US.


Well it is hard tog get things like that implemented in the US when our political leaders are climate deniers, unfortunately.


Yea that's true. Did you know dogs are not color blind like many people think?


Yeah they just can not see as many colors as we can, it is one of the reason why as big screen tvs have gotten better and better resolutions and HD Dogs can actually see what is happening on them now.


I love wearing a baseball hat. Did you know British politicians had to wear a top hat if making a point in the House of Commons up until 1998?


Wow that is pretty crazy, like how in the old west the most popular hat was the bowler hat and not the cowboy hat.


That is odd. I would have figured it was the cowboy hat.


Also tipping hats originated from knights lifting their face mask to show friendliness.


Did you know that over 80% of earths natural forest have been destroyed? I don't think people realize just how bad off the planet is right now.


Also earth will be pretty much helium free by the end of this century.


That's also scary. Well, it was good talking to you. See you on the other side.


I watch it very rarely.  lol  Polo shirts were originally invented for tennis and were later adopted by polo players.  I wonder the name of the guy who invented it?


I think it was Rene " The crocodile" Lacoste who invented them.


That's his name!  A black man won the first US Open tennis title in 1968 and no black man has won is since.  I think that might have been Arthur Ash.


That's surprising!  especially, since Venus and Serena have dominated in the past years on the female side.


I know right?  They used a helicopter to dry the grass tennis courts for the 1969 US Open.  Bet that dried them fast.


That was smart thinking to use a helicopter!


Yes.  The longest tennis match in history went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days.  It was faster to watch paint dry over that same span.  lol


I couldn't have watched that long.  I'm sure there was some die hard fan that watched every second of it, though.  Lol


Here and there.  Baseball is so popular in Japan that many fans there are surprised when they discover its status as American's national pasttime.


I've been to Japan, before and yes, they most definitely love baseball, so I could see them being shocked to find out it's our national pastime. These days, I mainly watch my grandsons play T-Ball, now that's fun to watch.


I would have to agree with you there.  I love watching kids learn the game.  Did you know that kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada?


That's an odd name, but it makes sense, kickball is a combo of both.


Yes.  Do you know why baseball managers wear uniforms?


To show their team spirit? I'm not sure, really.


Baseball managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play if they are needed!  It's been fun chatting!


Wow, I didn't know that!  it's been nice chatting with you, as well.


yes, i like soccer. i try to watch the world cup. You?


Me too. I like the Premier league. It is on Saturday and Sunday before college and the NFL start. Do you watch any other soccer?


I dont usually watch other soccer. i know that it is a worldwide sport that people love.


People do love it. Jon Stewart used to play in college!


I think jon looks like a soccer player. he has a slender build.


Yeah. I also feel like soccer players walk a little bow-legged and stewart does too. It all fits.


Yes, the soccer player stance. LOL I guess it is normal for playing that way for so long.


I did not know there was a name for it. That's funny!


I know what you mean though. American football players seem to have a gait too.


Yeah. I swam for years and you could always tell swimmers by their backs.


Yeah, i hated swimming. i was not good at it. i preferred soccer. probably the right build for it?


I had to do something and I was uncoordinated so I swam. I am 6


Swimming is good exercise, but it was never fun for me. I hated it. i liked running.


Sorry, premature send. I am 6'6" and the basketball players would always shake their heads at my waste of height. I am the opposite. I cannot run for the life of me but I can swim. Do you run for fun or do you compete too?


No, i dont run anymore. I usually sit on an exercise bike and pedal away. easier on the knees.


Agreed! I do that a lot more. Although I am power walking more now, at a huge incline.


Yes, i would do that but i found it hard on my knees. the bike is a lot easier on my joints.


I understand. When my joints ache, I usually head over to the bike or pool.


That is a good idea. loosen up the joints. anyway, i gotta run. great chat!


Yes. What do you think about Claire Constant being named Player of the Year in the DC Metro area?


I think that's a great honor! I know that Virginia had a great season, they scored 23 goals


Lauren Flynn of Yorktown One scored 25 goals. She's only a Sophomore. Maybe she'll be Player of the Year in the future.


Yeah I could see that. I think she's really talented. How often do you watch soccer by the way


Every now and then. Watched an EPL game earlier today (ManU won late). "Association football" isn't my favorite type of football.


Haha it's not my favorite either, did you ever watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart? Apparently he used to play professional soccer and was pretty good


Yeah, I like John Stewart. I admire their fitness. They run something like 7 miles in a match.


Yeah that is crazy. What do you think about tennis by the way? I do like tennis more than soccer myself


I don't play tennis but will watch the big events. I play table tennis... er, Ping Pong (which is actually a company name).


LOL that's a funny way to put it. Did you know that the polo shirt was not actually invented for the game of Polo? It was invented by a tennis player


I hadn't heard that. But I don't know anyone who plays polo. Did you know tennis rackets didn't used to be required by rule. You could use any object to hit the ball.


No I didn't know that. That's crazy! Did you know too that there's only been one black man to win the US Open title, and that was back in 1968


My guess would be Arthur Ashe. Of course, black woman have won a bunch of titles now.


Yes I think you're right. Did you hear that in 1969 the tennis Association used a helicopter to dry a grass tennis court LOL


That reminds me of how Greenland can't join FIFA for soccer because they don't have enough grass growing there.


Yeah that's a silly rule, you think they could just use fake grass or something haha. Do you know who Rodger Federer is by the way


Sure! Federer is one of the all-time greats.


Yep he's awesome! It's amazing that Gael Monfils beat the Federer of paddle tennis after learning how to play a couple days previously


That's wild. Seems impossible. Kind of like the old story of a teenage female who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.


Yeah I wonder what happened to her. She was only seventeen when she did that I think right? Also do you know what kickball is


Hey, how are you? I've just read that baseball managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play for their teams if the need arises. I didn't know that. It's interesting.


If you go to Canada they call kickball "soccer-baseball."  What a fun game!  Do you like kickball?


I don't know all difference, but it looks like soccer actually. I like it. In fact, it's my favorite sport. Do you like soccer?


I liked watching it but never got to play soccer when I was a kid because they didn't  have a team.  If you like baseball, though, you could run into millions of dollars if you find the right baseball cards.  One man found some in his grandpa's attic worth millions.


lol true. It's option. But I don't believe in luck. It has never worked for me so far lol


One married couple must have loved baseball a lot because they together scheduled 2430 major league games


It's easy to believe. Sport helps to build bridges. Btw, I didn't know that baseball is very popular in Japan. I have no idea why


I guess the same reason it's popular in the U.S. Do you follow lacrosse?  The player of the Year was Anna Callahan of Glenelg helping Maryland to a state championship and committing to Duke


lacrosse is kind of new game, right? I've never heard about it in my chilhood


I never heard of it, but saw toys that looked like it as a kid.  I don't think it reached out to all places in the U.S. Callahan was an all-American though


Agreed. Generally, what's your favorite sport?


I like to watch the Superbowl with Football.  Did you know though that soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined?


I can imagine. It's trully sport number 1 in the world.  However, US events like Superbowl make a lot of money


A kind act was performed by German soccer player Ozil who donated eur300,000 from his World Cup Victory Bonus to pay for surgeries for 23 children in Brazil


I think it was done after 7-1 score, which was too dramatic for Brazil. It was an effort to make less painful.


I would like to see the variation in soccer where 3 teams face each other.


No that actually exists although I haven't seen it.


Really? I've never heard, but it sounds like a lot of fun. Anyway there a lot of question how it can be done


Do you enjoy tennis?  Polo shirts were invented by a famous player named Rene "the crocodile" Lacoste; I wonder if those are the shirts with a crocodile


I like tennis. I used to watch a lot when I was a child. I even played recently and it's not easy sport. You need to make a lot of effort.


It is good exercise.  What do you know about it from the article?


well, I need to go actually. It was my pleasure to talk with you. Have a good day!


Have a good day!  If you get a chance, check out the 11 hour record tennis match with US open quarterfinalist gael monfils


I do. Did you know that rapper Tupac's music is in the Library of Congress of "cultural significance"?


Yes I did, and was surprised by that! The word "rap" has been used in england since 16th century which means "lightly strike" and now describes quick speech. i guess that makes sense.


Well I guess that makes sense. Are you familiar with the 1998 Rugrats movie?


Uh YAAAAAAA. my house loved rugrats. still do even though the little ones don't see how awesome it is.


Okay, then I'm sure you know that rapper Busta Rhymes voiced the Reptar wagon in that movie.


well now I do. korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle called compliment battle. thats got to be so much nicer than americans rap where they just bust on each other


Well that sounds nicer. I cringe at knowing in 2001 a MI judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit filed against rapper Eminem.


Its kind of funny though. did you know eminems true dream was to become a comic book artist?


Yes, I heard his favorite superhero was Spider man!


I wonder if he ever raps about spider-man? OH since we were talking of tupac earlier did you know he danced ballet in high school?


So far I haven't heard any Spidey verses, but who knows? I would never guess that Tupac danced ballet!


he was the mouse king! in a nutcracker production. so it was a big roll not just an extra


That is crazy! Are you also familiar with Drake?


yes and I dont like him. sorry if you do but I cant figure out the love people have for him. he didnt graduate high school until age 25 but um didnt he PLAY a high schooler on degrassi? theres some irony for you


Yes, I think he did. From what I've heard he is a good person. I know he visited Drake University in the middle of the night after students gave up trying to get him to visit on a tour stop.


that was super nice of him. celebrities need to do that stuff it makes them so much more likeable. because when you see that they spent obscene amounts of money on a first edition book its kind of annoying that they waste so much money


I agree. It is. Well, it was nice chatting with you. Have a good day.


I like the Nutcracker during Christmastime.  But I think that it would have been really cool to see Bruce Lee do win the Hong Kong cha-cha championship in 1958


Dance and Kung Fu are almost the same, they are coordinated movement. Even boxers dance around their opponent.


Michael Jackson was quite a dancer and even patented a lean device so he could do an extreme lean for his dancing performances.


That because other tend to copy dances moves, so they can be also popular, everybody copied each other disco moves in the 70s.


Ballet dancers work very hard and may go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week.  Their movements are so beautiful!


That is because they dance a lot. And maybe because those pointes are not made to last long. What is your opinion about that ?


I think a little of both probably.  Aren't babies so sweet dancing whenever they hear music and smiling as they hit the beat.


I think it is because we are wired in our to like culture, song and dance, they unite us. Do you like to dance ?


Not really, but I attended dances as a teenager for the socialization.  Tupac must have enjoyed dancing playing the Mouse King in the nutcracker in high school.  His rap music later made it to the library of congress too


I have never took the time to appreciate Rap music, do you like rap music ?


No, I can't say I'm a fan.  However, a lot of people seemed to enjoy Drake the rapper's role as an actor in Degrassi: The Next Generation.  He then began with a release of his debut mixtape Room for Improvement in 2007..


Drake is an establish artist, he started as an actor from 00 to 07 then till now as a successful musician, he must be rich.


He does have platinum albums for two mixtapes including If You're Reading This It's Too Late and What a Time to Be Alive.


He seems to be interested in literature,  he bought a first edition of Charlotte's web and Winnie the Pooh.


Sounds like a kid at heart with those choices.  He did go to school till he was 25 and graduated High School in October 2012.


I think it is important the be an example when you have this kind of success.


Do you like comics?  Eminem really wanted to be a comic book artist.  He may have worked for Stan Lee if he didn't rap.


I did not know that about Eminem, I like serious and original comics. I like to be surprised.


I wonder then if you would like compliment battles a new type of Korean rap


Rap is constantly evolving, it stated with the griots in West Africa a long time ago and it is still relevant.


I do enjoy the rhyming and beat, but not necessarily the content.  I would have preferred the early precursor to modern rap with praise-singers I think.


Yes sometimes. Did you know the Ramones toured for 20 years?


Yes and they played a total of  concerts


Yes , Linkin Park once played 324 of them in a single year


Yeah their album was too successful so they had to keep up


Yes. A creed concert was so bad that people sued them


Haha how bad did they have to be to be sued? Wow too bad for them


Yeah. IN Croatia there is an ancient theatre that hosts concerts


Yes and same in Italy where Pink floyd once played a concert without an  audience


Yeah strange. Do you like Michael Jackson?


I sure do. He was supposed to make a duet with Mercury but that failed


Yes only because Jackson insisted to bring his llama to the studio, so weird


Yeah could have been an amazing duet for them and for us to listen too


I love dance. Did you know Bruce Lee was a dancer?


yes and he even won a cha-cha championship


Yes and Tupac was also a dancer but of ballet


Yes he was even in the nutcracker as the mouse


Yes so cool. Babies seem to be really good at dance to when they hear music


yes and they tend to smile more when they hit the beat


THey are smarter than we make them to be


Hi, Do you think the Temptations are back in style?


Yes. The fact that Sergio Trujillo has choregraphed great dancing to the music proves it.


Did you have any idea that Bruce Lee has a strong dance background?


He sure has some great moves, so it makes some sense.


Michael Jackson was also a great dancer. He also had a large impact on dance through his musical videos. I feel bad that the spotlight ruined his life though. He had such great talent!


Yes, what a shame.  It's interesting that Jackson would want a robot of himself to roam the desert


Yes. I was also suprised about that, but after I thought about what he had become I wasn't really actually suprised. Jackson also was a Simpons fan. Did you know this?


No, that would probably fit his personality though and his writing of the song do the bartman by jackson


Have you ever been to a linkin park concert or a pink floyd concert? Apparently pink floyd has played in pompei italy and linkin park played 324 concerst in 2001. I think they were short on money that year or needed to buy something big!


That's a lot of concerts.  I'm surprised to hear babies spontaneously dance to hearing music.  I guess that pink floyd had a lot of babies dancing.


That doesn't suprise me at all. The fact that music naturally makes people smile and laugh seems obvious. Everyone does actually have rhythmy naturally!


I guess Bart Simpson inspires too for music wise!


Yes, who doesn't.  They still inspire today with musicals.


True. I often hear Motown but never really knew what it meant. I now see how the Temptations are the posterchild for Motown sound.


It's interesting how all the cultural pop songs can make their way into musicals too.


So true. Apparently they are doing a musical and Cher and Michael Jackson too now.


I can't believe that in Croatia there is an ancient roman amphitheatre still used for concerts.  Music and entertainment is timeless


Michael Jackson will live on even after his death in culture and music.


Hello there, are you a Michael Jackson fan?


Absolutely. I love Michael. His contributions to music, dance, and fashion along with his publicized personal life made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.


Same here, he was the king of pop in his prime.


Not only that, he was very inventive.  He had a patent on a device used to achieve the extreme lean in some of his dance moves.


He really was, that is awesome, and probably necessary when everyone is trying to copy your moves.


No doubt.  Did you know that Michael Jackson helped write the soundtrack for Sonic 3?


No I didn't, that is a very unusual fact to be honest.


Michael is the third best selling music artist of all time only behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley.


That is one heck of a group of company to have.  I wonder how much bigger he would have gotten if he were still alive making music?


That's hard to say. Jackson won hundreds of awards, making  him the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music.


That is very impressive, did you know he was a really big Simpsons fan?


Yes, in fact, he wrote the hit song "Do the Bartman" so he was a massive Simpson fan.


That is awesome, did you ever see the episode where he was part of?  The Lisa it's your birthday one?


Yes, I remember that one.  Another interesting fact about Michael Jackson is that Eddie Van Halen played the iconic guitar solo in "Beat It" and Eddie did it for a favor and free of charge.


That is very cool, I think Eddie is an excellent guitarist as well.


Jackson became the first artist in history to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades when "Love Never Felt So Good" reached number nine in 2014.


Wow, another impressive feat for the king of pop.  That is quite a run.


Yes, did you also know that babies spontaneously dance when they hear music?


I think I have heard that before, I think babies start moving while hearing it still in the womb.


Even Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the Mouse King in his high school production of the Nutcracker.


He was really talented all around.  Well it was nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day.


Hello there, do you attend many concerts?


Yeah same here, I would like to go a lot more, but just don't have the time or my work schedule conflicts.


If it were 2001, you would have been able to probably get to at least one linkin park concert since they put on 324 of them!


That is such an insane touring schedule for one year, wow.


Oh I agree! That's not even close to the Ramones though!


Yeah I think they have played over 2,000 shows!


That is basically a non stop tour for 20 years! Have you ever seen a Creed concert?


Yeah that is, crazy.  And no I haven't, have you?


I never plan on it, especially since they were sued for playing a concert so badly in 2002 lol.


That is just funny, people sue others for just about anything.  What happened to live and learn?  Like you don't like it, so don't buy a ticket and go next time.


I couldn't have said it any better! Did you know bruce lee used to be a dancer?


I think I have heard that about him, it makes sense though, he really could more around effortlessly.


He was the jack of all trades! He even won the hong kong cha-cha championship in 1958.


That is hilarious!  I wish there was a Youtube video of that performance.


That would have been nice to see, and also seeing Tupac do ballet in high school!


Yeah that too, I would have liked to seen Tupac doing ballet so funny!


Music has come a long way for sure, especially from the classical form back in the 1500's.


Yeah it sure has, but the skill level back then was incredible!  I find classic paintings just amazing as well.


That is an outstanding period of time! I like how in 2011, a computer wrote a classical piece!


That is very cool, very interesting as well.  It's been nice talking with you as well, I hope you have a good night!


Yes!  It is amazing, although I m not very good.


Same here! I have no rhythm, unlike Bruce Lee.


He is one of my martial arts idols!  I never knew he was a good dancer too!


He won the Hong Kong cha-cha championship in 1958!


That is pretty amazing.  Mr. Rogers once did breakdancing!


I would love to see that! I am sure it was very funny seeing an old man break dance.


I heard about that. Interesting that he danced ballet in high school.


He did, and he studied Jazz and poetry in this life too!


Good for him! I would like to see him portraying the mouse king in a production of the nutcracker.


I bet that would have been cool.  For someone with such a tough guy exterior he sure did have the grace.


I agree. Did you know Michael Jackson has a patent?


Yeah for some special shoes for those leans.


That is crazy! I would love to try on a pair.


Same here.  Give that lean a try and see what I can do!


Very true. Speaking of shoes, do you know how many pairs professional ballet dancers go through in a week?


Yes! I wonder what makes them go through the shoes so fast. Maybe they should be reinvented.


Or come up the a thing that you can wrap around them and just change out, Like athletic tape or something.


Yes, I am going to go look into new shoe solutions. Have a nice day.


That is crazy that Tupac danced ballet in the Nutcracker.


Tupac was quite a talented guy! I'm not a fan of ballet, but I bet it's challenging.


I am not a fan of ballet either, but I did not know that professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes within a week.


The shoes look pretty delicate. I've heard that Bruce Lee was also a good dancer. He had tremendous body control.


I believe the dance was called the hong kong cha-cha.


Maybe he started when he was just a baby. Babies will dance when they hear music.


They will also giggle and smile. Babies are so cute.


Do you listen to Linkin Park? I don't know their music, but I know they are popular. I wonder whether babies could dance to them.


I think I listened to a few of their songs, but I can imagine babies banging their heads along the rhythm.


Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001. I wonder when they slept!


I know right! When do they ever have some time to rest?


Linkin Park did better than Creed, who got sued by fans for a bad concert. I wonder what happened to the lawsuit.


That is sad. The fans were expecting a great show. Imagine how the rehearsals were.


Perhaps they should have practiced in an empty amphitheater first.


Well, I agree before the concert begins.


Croatia has a roman amphitheater that still used today.


It is nice to keep their history to this very day.


Pink Floyd recorded an album in an empty amphitheatre. Interesting choice.


Good morning!  Do you like classical music?


Hi, how are you? Yes, I like classical music. You?


i do like some of it.  I think it's interesting that it can be used to control people's behavior.  A shopping mall in australia plays classical music to stop teenagers for loitering.


Yes, I have seen that on city streets too. Classical music just ain't cool for the youth. I guess that is a good way to keep the place safe.


Sad, they just don't know what they are missing.  Classical music is art that dates way back in our culture.


Yes, and it has influenced modern music in many ways. Melody and harmony developed in classical music.


I wonder if teens know that back in the day classical music concerts had loud, moving, wild audiences.  That might just change their perspective some.


Yes, there was no rock scene back then, so they had to make do.


Even though it is an art form, I've heard that a computer can compose a piece of classical music and did so in 2011.


If you feed the software enough data, it will figure out what patterns it has and spit out something similar.


I suppose it would at that.  There's a human being that can identify a piece of classical music just by analyzing the grooves on a vinyl record.


What?! That's amazing. How could you do that? That is genius level stuf.


I totally agree with you!  His name is Arthur Lintgen and he must be a genius because he can definitely do it.


I wouldn't even want to try. I wonder how long it took him to develop that talent.


I don't know but it does seem like it would take a while.  Say, do you like going to concerts?


I do like to go to concerts, but I usually don't have time or money. What about you?


Same here. Some concerts are really expensive these days.  There's an ancient roman amphitheatre that is still used as a concert venue. I bet tickets to that are expensive.


I wonder how comfortable the seats are. I think that it must be pretty cool though. Anyway, great chat!


I never thought about it but you're right.  The seats would be hard.  Could be the reason Pink Floyd recorded a live concert in one in Pompeii with no audience.


I guess they are artistes and have some reason. I don't know. Anyway, great chat!


It keeps you from getting sued if you perform badly.


Yes me too. I've never been a big fan though there are many passages that we all have heard like Beethoven's 'Requiem for the Masses'.


I like some of his stuff.  Maybe more people should listen to classical music.  It can be very soothing.  They have shown it has even deterred crime.


Really? Well music does sooth the savage breast. It's amazing that so much classical music has liven on through the centuries. In art forms I prefer to watch dance, especially contemporary or interpretive dance as it used to be called.


I love dancing.  I love watching it, I love doing it.  There is so much sybolism in the movement.


I agree. I routinely watch 'So you think you can dance?' , a summer replacement show that has been on for several years now. Some of the dances they perform move me deeply.


I love that show.  It is neat they they have different styles of dance that can be categorized by the choreography and movements.


Yes. There are some I don't enjoy like Baliwood dancing but even those are worth watching. My favorite so far is when they had kids on the show. So much talent in such young performers.


Bollywood it quite unique.  I suppose it has importance to some cultures, but it isn't my favorite either.  Maybe they will come up with a new move on that show, like the moonwalk.  Speaking of, the first person to actually do the moonwalk was a tap dancer.


I thought it was MJ. Did you know that Martial Artist Bruce Lee won a cha-cha contest in Hong Kong?


I had heard that he was a really good dancer.  I suppose martial arts and dance do kind of go hand in hand.


I would think so, fluidity and controll are both important to each. One of my daughters took ballet. She was big for her age so there would be a line of little girls with a giant at the end. She loved it though and continued for about 5 years.


Did you know that there are some ballet slippers that actually make drawings from the dancers' movements.  I would like to see that artwork.


That would be interesting. I am always amazed that they can do the pointe and balance on their toes like they do. Must be hard on the feet.


I have heard it is very painful.  I think I will stick with other forms of dance personally.  I always wanted to learn how to breakdance.  I figure if Mr. Rogers can learn, so can I.


I think I would break something if I tried that but I do like watching good break dancers do their routine.s


Well, there are so many other types you could choose from.  anyone can learn to dance some form.  If a parrot can do it, then anyone can.


At most I manage to shuffle my feet from side to side. Course, if I've been drinking I become a virtuoso at least until the next day when friends laugh at me.


Well even Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones did the funky chicken and the robot dance in her audition tape.  You could try those dances.


Don't try to encourage me. I know my limitations. But even the repper Tupac was a dancer when he was young, ballet if you can imagine.


Wow, really?  That is impressive.  Well, I think you should try something.  It is a great way to relax and have fun.  Thanks for chatting with me, have a good day.


I used to but am too old and chlostrophobic (sp?).


Me too, I tend to stay in the back and jam out to the concerts. Go to anyone good?


I usually go to small shows at local places. I just saw a johnny cash tribute band and they jammed! You?


nice that is awesome lol. I went to Linkin Park back in 2001, they had 324 concerts that year!


That's a lot of shows! Didn't they have the top album that year?


Yep Hybrid Theory, it was so good. It is like the ramones kind playing 2263 concerts over 20 straight years


That's a lot of shows. Almost too many. Did you ever see the Ramones live?


Right, I never did, but wish I did. You?


No. The best Ihave is seeing Dave Matthews in a small venue in 1994. Then they hit it big and I was surrounded by frat boys and knew my time at concerts were limited.


Nice that would be awesome, I was supposed to see Dave but all my friends backed out! Even had the tickets


Oh no!!! I went back in 2008 0r 06 and we took a bus. It was so much fun until we parked next to another bus, filled with high schoolers and frat boys. I did make friends quickly though. The HSers were asking for a stern talking to though.


That makes me happy I didn't go there, I was in college though. Did you ever see creed in concert?


lol that must have been a terrible concert, i think 4 people sued them. I never saw them


Scott Stapp got stupid drunk back stage, did 15 minutes of music (poorly), passed out on stage and then called it performance art.


no way! I need to youtube this lol. Do you like to dance?


me too, i need some liquid confidence to get me going lol! It was so nice chatting with you!


Hi, are you by chance into classical music?


I know a few little facts about it.  Kind of into it the older I get.


I like a lot of different music, but the history of classical is so interesting because it's been around so long. What we know of as classical music dates back to before the 6th century!


Almost as crazy as Arthur Lintgen. That guy can ID music from the groves on a record. He doesn't even need to play it! I'm into vinyl but not at that level.


That is amazing!  There is a shopping center in Australia that is using classical music to stop teenagers from loitering. lol


I'm not surprised. Classical music is used in a lot of public places to deter crime as well. The only problem is if they do this long enough everyone will just get used to it and drown it out.


That's true.  I'm reading that classical music concerts had loug, moving, wild audiences during the performance.  I've always thought it would be the opposite.


I think it's just the idea we have of classical music, which is probably why it's working to deter crime. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually some punk kids get into it and they enjoy listening to it while they are loitering.


Hahaha  In 2011 a computer composed a piece of contemporary classical music. I could see that happening.


Probably a 2019 machine could out do that now too. It's a shame there are no original recordings of most classical music, since of course there was no way to record.


Yes.  That would be so cool to have been able to capture that moment when it was recorded.


It's still fun to go see today's musicians play classical music live in concert though. Even if a lot of today's arenas have terrible sound compared to older concert halls.


I agree with you there!  There's no acoustics in the arenas.  Speaking of concerts...do you like going to them?  I've been to probably well over 100 during my life.


That's a lot! Although I too have probably been to well over 100 now that I think about it. I hate going to these multipurpose venues though. Amphitheaters are so much nicer along with the small concert halls.


Yes!  I agree!  In Croatia, there is an ancient Roman amphitheatre that is still used as a concert venue.  That would be neat to see a show there.


I've seen some videos of those old Roman venues. Much better then some random corporate hockey area that sounds like you're in a tin can. It's amazing those buildings are still safe to go in.


Yes.  Have you ever heard of the venue here in the states called Red Rocks in Colorado?  I don't know how the sound would be but would be an interesting place to see a show.


Yes it's a great place I've seen Queens of The Stone Age there! Still don't think it compares to a Roman venue though.


No way!  Lucky dog!  Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at an Roman amphitheater in Pompeii with no audience!  It's been fun chatting with you.


I'm going to have to look it up.  You have a great day as well!


Do you know the american tv news are the best?


That's amazing! That is where I first heard about Roger Federer. Do you know about him?


Yes, I know him. He was a swiss professional tennis player.


I heard he has been given some pretty unique awards for his tennis playing. Cows seem to be the most surprising...


Okay, Roger federer has the second most open eva.


He has been playing tennis for years. I guess the worst injury he's had has been at home drawing a bath for his children, though. Bad luck!


He is known for how much he cusses and reacts on the court. I sure hope he's not like that with the kids!


I bet he was really cussing when he was beat by Gael Monfils. I guess Gael just learned to play a few days before, so Roger must have been upset!


I think gael monifils was french player. He was also a good player.


Yes, he was excellent. Roger is probably the most dramatic player. Speaking of drama, do you like drama movies?


I think I like comedy and horror films the most. I wonder if a film will ever be made about Roger Federer and his tennis drama?


I also like comedy movies. Mr. bean was my favorite movie.


That's a great movie! Did you know that Jim Carrey gave up on making dramas?


It doesn't bother me any that he won't be making dramas since I love his comedy. I do remember a good movie he made that was a horror, I think. Did you see it?


I am waiting for his upcoming movie sonic the hedgehog.


I didn't know that was being made! Sonic would have made a good tennis ball! Maybe there will be a movie or game like that made...


Okay. Jim carry was a american and canadian actor. He was a great actor. his movies all are very funny. I really enjoyed his movies.


Yes and I just saw him on SNL and he was great. I wonder if Roger Federer has ever been on SNL? A parody of how dramatic he plays tennis would be great!


I do.  I read them as a kid and I still read them from time to time.  They really have come a long way


That's true. Do you have any favorites? I like cat woman.


I am more of a Marvel Guy, but I do enjoy some DC characters too.


Yeah, I like them both! Did you know that Michigan State library has the worlds largest collection of comic books!!


I did not, but that is great.  I actually get comics from my library sometimes


I hardly get to the library anymore. I use to though. Marvel published a generic comic book.


I really enjoy the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  I do not think they have made a bad movie yet.


Yes, I believe that was the first major book from DC comics.  DC even stands for Detective Comics.


True, What are your other entertainments? Did you ever play the Nintendo entertainment system?


I had the NES as a kid.  I still have it around somewhere, but I do not play it.


I too have the Nintendo around here somewhere? I didn't know at the time it had only 54 colors.


Well the 8 bit systems look pretty basic compared to the PS4 and Xbox One.  Technology is always improving


Oh yes, I know! It's going to be interesting to see whats next!  Do you like the solar system?  They say the universe is one vast super hologram!!


I like the Solar System just fine.  It is where I live.  Pretty amazing whats out their in the stars


Yes, I love to learn about the planets. Jupiter and Mars are my favorites! Do you have any?


Probably Mars.  I really like stories about Aliens


Really, Have you been to area 51? Did you know there are stars cold enough to be touched by the human hand?


I did not know that.  I always assumed stars would be hot.


There is a theory there's only 1 electron in the universe! Good chat!!


Yes, I had a good time.  Interesting talk


good morning to you, how are you doing today>?


Hello there, I am well thank you, how about yourself?


Im not too bad, Im having my morning cup of coffee watching some tennis, I sure do love tennis


Nice, I am about to make a pot of coffee myself.  Are you a pretty big tennis fan?


huge fan. Almost as huge a fan as the helicopter blades they used to dry the court for the 69 US open. haha get it? funny joke


Haha, that was a good one, that sounds like a McGiver type move whoever came up with that idea.


i know, it sounds absolutely batshit crazy haha i would have wanted to sit in on that meeting


Agreed, someone probably got promoted after that move.


Lol, good call.  Did you know Federer once lost to a man that learned how to play just days earlier?


which is so embarassing, Federer is a name synonymous with men's tennis. i wonder where that other guy is now


That is exactly what I was thinking, what happened to that phenom who learned the game and days later beat one of the best ever.


the biggest injury in all of Federer's career wwas caused by a bad stretch when he was bathing his daughter. What odd fate he has


I think I heard about that before, it sounded like he tore some of his meniscus in his knee.


i dont know how that would even happen! must have been a big stretch


Yeah it sure must have been, I tore my ACL this past summer and had to get surgery so I feel his pain!


Playing indoor soccer, running hard one way, then turning and trying to plant another way, sucked a lot.  But, I didn't do it while not playing a sport like old Rog there.


yea at least you have an excuse! that sounds rough, thats my biggest fear when im playing sports


Yeah I had to miss about 3 months of work so financially not very good, not like old Rog, I'm sure he was plenty fine.


especially since his injury was in 2016, he already had so much career under his belt. his bank account was healthy im sure


Happy Saturday! Do you read DC comics? I hear there's going to be a new series starring Hawkman?


I did not hear that. I don't know Hawkman. Is he cool?


Ha! Me neither! I'm not a great fan, but I know some people are. I guess Stan Lee who is responsible for so many comics has a favorite word he ends all his conversations with, Excelsior!


What does that even mean? Excelsior? I guess he wanted a catchphrase. He got one. No one else will ever use that.


Right! I can't imagine saying it myself. Michigan State University is a fan of comics They have the largest publically available comic book collection in the world. I wonder if that really distracts students!


They might restrict access. You might have to have a special card. I wonder. That would be a distraction.


I guess they even have the generic comic book that Marvel published so that they could trademark the names super-hero and super-villian.


That would be the doing of the lawyers. I guess they can try to control those words. I wonder if it works.


Probably. The university must also have some of the first books that were made of only comic strips with a humorous tone. It's wasn't until later that they started having stories of other genres too.


Yes, I think that it's easier to make jokes in comics. Easy to draw funny faces and bodies and such. Realistic stuff is harder. Drama is a challenge in the medium.


That's a good point. Funny is easier because it doesn't have to be so accurate. It's funny that DC stands for Detective Comics so the real name is Detective Comics Comics!


Yes, a silly name, since few of the stories are about detectives. What do you think about the universe? If you could fold a piece of paper in half 103 times it would be as thick as the observable universe.


That's a hard thing to picture for me. Hard to visualize. I wonder if that will change if they are right about there being a region of space that may be pulling galaxies outside our observable universe?


I wonder how that is possible, but the universe is huge and mysterious. In fact, the universe may exist inside a black hole.


Yes, there are all kinds of theories about the universe, right? One is that the universe evolve through natural selection must like species on earth do!


We might be in a pretty good universe, or a crappy one that will disappear. Oh well. Just don't die before I retire.


No, retirement is looking good to me! Speaking of science, did you ever watch Bill Nye The Science Guy? My kids loved that show and he did do some fun science!


He is a natural entertainer. Great presentation, great showman.


He really did entertain a lot of people. Did you ever play Ninetendo for entertainment? Those early systems were really low-tech, with only 54 color displays.


The tech was low but the gameplay was great! Great game design. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, a lot of people go hours of entertainment out of that old system. Good to visit with you too!


Talk to you soon! We'll visit in the future.


Maybe we will get to hang out some more soon. As Stan Lee says at the end of his conversations, Excelsior!


Of as Ronald Reagan said after being rejected for a movie because he didn't seem presidential enough..."Take one for the Gipper!"


Yes, funny. I guess presidents looked different in those days.


Good point, they probably did. Just think how different Caesar looked from politicians today, in 50 BC when he visited Britain and saw that they raised chickens for entertainment and not food!


I wonder if anyone reading our conversation would consider it a form on entertainment since it can be storytelling, music, drama or any other kind of activity that people enjoy?


Hi! Have you ever heard of the Cartoon Network show "Steven Universe"?


I was intrigued by the backstory of how she created the show and how it was loosely inspired by her brother Steven Sugar.


So was I. I was also impressed on how she pursued her dream by taking art classes


Yes! The thought that taking an art class could catapult her career into developing such a popular show. I was reading through her commentary at her latest conference in Maryland. I thought it was hilarious how she referred to making the show as making sausage.


Yes, no one wants to know HOW sausage is made. I find it interesting that she is the first female creator of a show on the channel.


She is inspiring. I thought her comparison of sausage was funny; that at the sausage factory you have to make a different sausage every time to make the customers happy and compared that to writing a story line and making a different show each time is crucial to the audience.


Her explanation clearly explained how challenging it is about creating an animated show.


I agree. And adding humor related to her audience and grabbed their attention. What are your thoughts on her writing episodes that relate directly to her personal experiences? Meaning, when she opened up about how personal the show has become in its story line.


I think her relating her episodes to her personal experiences is the best part about her story: especially because the network did not want openly LGBTQ characters in it.


I found her stance on creating openly LGBTQ characters brave in a field where this is highly discouraged. I feel like her taking a stand against the executives, that clearly did not agree with her, shows how personally related to the story her life is.


The idea that the executive would send her notes of discouragement is heartbreaking. And that they would discourage "queer representation" as a subject matter, I think is poor leadership or management on their part.


Sorry, I hit enter by accident. I think her insistance on including "queer representation" is what makes her show successful. The executives were wrong.


No worries! And I agree with you about the executives. She makes a very good point when she says that no one is horrified to talk about how Charlie Brown likes the Little Red-Haired Girl. And it is very true, the idea that LGBTQ kids exist is not horrifying or a surprise to most of the world.


Very true. When she stated how hurtful the message that "bixesuality" was wrong is something she learned from watching the media as a kid, should have alerted the executives.


Exactly! Switching gears a little bit; her comment about bisexuality not being a surprise to the universe brought to mind this article I was reading about the universe being all about space and time with their contents. I was wondering your thoughts on the idea that the actual spatial size of the entire universe is still unknown. We tend to think we have the entire universe at our fingertips with the internet and social media.


I think the actual size of the entire universe is still unknown. We're still learning things about the universe.


I tend to agree with that too. This writer stated that it is possible to measure the observable universe, but I think there is so much left out there that we just do not know and maybe never will know.


Yes, we've recently changed the number of planets. So I think the better we get technologically, the more we'll learn.


I had not even thought about that aspect of changing the number of planets. Like, where did Pluto go? LOL. The thought that scientists think the universe evolved through natural selection sparks my interest. I'm not certain how much I lean towards my scientific side of Darwinism versus Creationism, but the fact that some think the universe could be just one big superhologram is scary and eye opening at the same time.


It can be overwhelming at times. I tend to stay on the side of Darwinism, though


I have mixed thoughts that could lean either way. These are the types of questions and theories that great movies are made of! The fact that entertainment has been around for centuries and builds on these types of theories to gain people's attention shows how any of these themes can be interpreted in a different way as in fact or fiction for entertainment value.


Yes, the possibilities for movies are endless. But it seems our entertainment doesn't even begin to explore half of the possibilities.


Do you keep up on DC movies and TV shows at all?


I have never heard of them before. How about you?


I'm not big on the TV series, but I keep my eye on the movies. Apparently there's a character known as Hawkman who is getting his own series this summer


Sounds nice for the kids? I think there is a Hawkgirl too.


Yes, I've heard she's part of the Justice League and might play a role in the upcoming TV series. I don't know much about either character, but it sounds interesting


I will have to see some of this. I was never interested in Superman or Batman, etc. It's good to have super hero ideals though when you are young.


Comic books have only been popular in the United States since the 1930s though that have existed in Japan much longer


I used to read Archie and Veronica. Typical teen stuff. It's big business, though. Especially for collectors.


Did you know there's a TV show based on those comics now? It's funny how entertainment changes overtime


Wow. They didn't have a lot of TV shows when I was a kid so I can see them doing that now. I used to be limited to Hop-a-Long Cassidy and The Lone Ranger. lol


Now we have wide variety of media for entertainment. I remember the Nintendo 64 growing up, and in Japan, it was popular enough to not be discontinued until 2003


Yes, my son was into that. I like the terms super-hero and super villain. Reminds me of some of our politicians. But Marvel came up with that.


Apparently if you visit Michigan State University library, you can access the largest publicly available collection of comic books


They must have a whole building devoted to them. Not to change the subject but someone thinks there is only one electron in the whole universe


There are others who believe that the universe may only be a superhologram


I would like to know what these quasi-scientists are basing their theories on and how they will attempt to prove them.


Who knows? Some of them also believe that like the different species on earth, universes evolve through natural selection


That might be possible if these universes are made up from more similar matter than others. I would like to touch a star -that would be incredible


It's pretty incredible that some are cold enough to be touched. Some think some galaxies are being pulled outside the observable universe


The universe is so vast and made up from such strange anomalies that I suppose we can't see all of it


True. Those Greeks were really intelligent


I do, but unlike people in the UK I call them pants.


Hilarious. The romans saw wearing pants as a sign of barbarism.


Now that is hilarious. Really I can't imagine wearing anything other then pants, well shorts too. It's crazy there were so many rules and taboos about something like pants.


Nice! Did you know that the NBA banned Air Jordans initially?


I remember that. Michael wore them anyway and Nike paid the fines he got after every game.


Surprised Jordan doesn't have a stake in Nike. Spencer Haywood was offered 10% of Nike but he took 100k instead. Oops.


If he had the 10% would be worth 8.62 billion!


OMG, that is awesome. I'm surprised reebok gave Iverson so much money!


He will probably need it eventually. Apparently 5 years after retirement 60% of NBA players are broke. That is just sad.


That is terrible, but I suppose with expensive mortgages it can happen.


but NBA players are the highest paid professional athletes. Yes their careers are short but once they start making real money they really should use a small portion to hire someone to manage their finances.


Yeah, that probably happens, I wonder if they end up on that 30 for 30 show.


If they are lucky. The NFL is even worse though 78% of NFL players either go bankrupt or are under financial stress just 2 years after retirement.


Not that much really just into the NBA. I just went on a tour of the head office in NYC it was really cool.


That's awesome, well nice chatting with you!


No absolutely not I only like the romance, and action genre.


That is unfortunate I read an article about Stephen King and the horror genre and thought the way Netflix has been producing his work has been interesting.


Yeah I've heard and also read that people say Stephen King's work is great but I'm just not really into it at all.


Yeah I find his work really good. You might be interested to know he says the first horror movie he ever saw was Bambi as a kid. Sometimes it's all about perception.


Isn't Bambi like a childrens movie or something how is it scary?


I think one of Bambi's parents are killed tragically which is true to most disney movies.


oh I see I just don't find it to be a horror film like how King stated.


Well a horror film is simply a film that elicits fear, I can absolutely see how Bambi could fit that genre to a child.


I've never really seen it before so I'm not really sure.


Ah, well maybe you should check it out. I wouldn't consider it a horror movie so It would be right up your alley.


I'll think about it I like disney type of movies they are nice and peaceful to watch


Hmm, what do you think makes them peaceful to you? I would argue the opposite actually. Especially most Pixar movies, they may have a happy ending but they are usually quite chaotic.


The happy endings and the fairytales make me feel peaceful and happy to watch.


I see, do you follow the academy awards at all? Speaking of Disney films, Beauty and the Beast was the first animated feature to be nominated for best picture.


Yes I do follow the academy awards and Beauty and the Beast was one of the best remakes from two years.


Yeah the remake was decent. The original was the one nominated though, since it's inception the Oscars have given out 3,072 awards. Beauty in the Beast did not get the best picture win.


Yeah I know which was a major disappointment.


I believe it was given to Unforgiven that year, which was Clint Eastwood's Directorial and actor vehicle about the west.


I do too! I spend most of my time on Netflix or Youtube, Did you know that Netflix and Youtube together make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America? It's' crazy! Did you watch the movie "Get out"?


I have seen that movie, do you know anything interesting about it?


As a matter a fact, I do. The movie "get out" received a nomination for best picture and Daniel Kaluuya is one of the five actors competing in the leading role. It's funny, because I can imagine the director


I heard the movie also made over 100 million, that is impressive!


yes! and I didn't know it was directed by Jordan Peele! I love his movies! He is so talented! He stated that he let out an "ugly cry" when he found out one of his movies had been nominated for an Oscar... that's amazing, which I could relate haha I Looove watching movies though!


Good, I am proud of him, I am excited to see what he does next!


Me too! I'm sure he won't disappoint!  I really enjoy watching the Oscar's as soon as the celebrities come rolling in, usually to be in awe by the dresses they wear although I was surprised at all the great nominations this year. Along many favorite movies I watched such as "Moonlight" "Lost in translation" "lady Bird" among so many others.


How into horror movies are you? You can burn over 180 calories just by watching one!


I should watch more scary movies then! haha, I really enjoyes them when I was younger but now Ive become such a chicken. It's insane because Stephen King was terrified as a child when he saw bambi! he calls it the first horror movie he saw... and then turn around and sell insane best selling books! impressive I must add.


i have heard that, how can you find bambi scary?


Right?!! That was my favorite movie! well besides Beauty and the Beast! He was probably traumatized when they killed Bambi's Mom, I know I was! My 6 year cried when she first saw it, that's when it clicked... Bambi was depressing. Who would of known that the majority of creepy noises in scifi movies are made by an instrument called waterphone! i ddnt.


I have never heard of a waterphone, that is odd. Apparently if you watch a horror movie before viewing at, you will like the art more!


That is an interesting fact! you know another fun fact? well not fun fact for Danny, the boy from the shinning... he didnt know he was acting in a horror movie until years later! What?? How scary would that be? Where is Danny today?


that is really crazy, but I guess a child maybe should not watch a movie like that


Very true, let alone act in one. It's no wonder these Horror movies are so successful with high calorie burning and inspiring tales from literature authors like edgar allen poe, bram stoker and mary shelley making it known that horror films have been around for more than a century!


there are just so many aspects to horror movies, science, supernatural, fantasy, sci fi, it is such an expansive genre


Expensive indeed, Most of the time The Macabre and Supernatural are frequent themes, I can only imagine the cost to make it look and feel real.


for sure, I think a lot of horror is just the tone and atmosphere they set, that is how I see it


Oh for sure, they mess with our senses so every part of our being is involved in the movie like "12 years a slave" amazing screenplay and effects no wonder it was also nominated this movie played with all of my senses as well.


I have never seen that, what is it about?


its directed by Steve McQueen, It basically tells the story of a black man and his tale during the times of the civil war, he was sold and subjected to malevolent cruelty. A masterpiece to say the least.


that sounds terrible, but I am sure it is a riveting story!


Most definately, a must watch. It was nice chatting with you :) take care


Do you like watching a horror films? Also do you think Bambi is a horror movie haha


Well I do remember Bambi being scary when I was little, when the mom got shot! I don't like horror films, as I dislike being startled. How about you?


Yes I don't really see the appeal myself. Stephen King thanks Bambi is a horror movie. It is very disturbing especially if you're a kid. Have you seen the movie The Shining


I am not sure, I might have. It's surprising that the boy from the Shining didn't know he was acting in a horror film. I hope that means that it was not scary for him.


I think that's what it means yes. I'm glad he wasn't Disturbed after making that movie. There are definitely some messed up scenes in there. have you ever used a water phone?


Right? No, I haven't used a water phone. I want one so I can discretely follow people around making noise on the water phone.


Haha. I guess that instrument is used for making a creepy noise that is used in horror movies or something? They should play that in art museums. Apparently if you watch a horror movie before you view abstract art you enjoy the art a lot more


Interesting. I think when movies have the waterphone sound it makes it less scary because I know to anticipate. It's when something suddenly jumps out at me that scares me.


that would scare me too. but those scares is what makes you burn calories. You can burn up to 200 calories watching a horror movie


Unless you eat a ton of buttery popcorn like I do!


Haha I love buttery popcorn! I also eat popcorn when I watch Netflix. Do you have Netflix


Yeah, I watch it every night before bed. I'm not alone. From 9 pm to 12 am Neflix accounts for 33 percent of all bandwidth in North America.


Wow that's a lot! They also spend 20 times more money on postage than on the actual bandwidth costs. Did you hear the story about how Netflix was started?


I totally forgot about the mail option. I heard that Reed Hastings got a late fee and was inspired.


Yep it was a late fee for the movie Apollo 13. That's a great movie but a $40 late fee would definitely make me mad LOL


Haha, well I bet he is grateful for the late fee now since Netflix is now worth 50 billion dollars!


Oh for sure! crazy that Netflix has about 140 million subscribers right now too. They also started by selling DVDs and by renting them as well. But they stopped selling the DVDs in order to just focus on renting


Interesting! So they must just sell the DVDs wholesale? I bet Blockbuster is kicking themselves for not buying Netflix


Oh I bet they kick themselves everyday haha. Are you going to watch the Academy Awards?


No Im not much into those type of shows. How about you?


I'm interested in who wins, but not really because I've seen the movies that were nominated haha. I won't watch but I will see the final results. What are your thoughts on Daniel Day-Lewis?


I really don't know who that is, haha. I don't know celebrity names. I do know that he must be a good actor as he won the oscars 3 times.


Emma Gonzales is an inspiration to many young people.


She is. I think twitter gives young people a voice. I just hope they use it responsibly and don't get sucked into the 15 minutes of fame aspect of it.


Sad how she was in a shooting and then emerged after that, I imagine that is a traumatizing event for anyone.


It would be terrifying. I think that she is making a good statement but I hope that she can listen as well as raise awareness. So many of these young activists don't know the laws already on the books and how they aren't being enforced so they call for laws that already exist and it diminishes their message.