I think she's had a lot of controversies over the years,


Yea I think she's beautiful, but in that L.A.-wealthy-plastic surgery kind of way that isn't so great.  Did you ever watch her reality show?  I watched parts of an episode or two, but I mostly avoided it.


I did, I didn't really like it I think she gives a terrible example to teens


Yea, I remember the Ray J thing.  I wonder if that was a coordinated publicity stunt, or if she just turned it in her favor, or if it was actually a traumatic thing for her but people ended up paying more attention to her anyway?  In any case, the whole thing was less than wholesome...


Celebrities tend to bring a lot of drama to our lifes, they earn a lot of money too just like Judge Judy, she makes about $123000 per episode


Yea she's paid a lot to get into people's faces a bit!  I can't believe she's second to Lebron James as far as her income goes.  I'd like to see them play 1-on-1 on the court though.


That would be interesting indeed, LeBron has an unfair advantage though, did you hear about Pixars secret room?


I did!  I wonder what's so secret about it?  I know that Pixar often includes the number "a113" in their movies because it's a reference to the original office they did their work in or something.  Do you have a favorite Pixar movie?


Not really or can be, I just cant recall one right now, was Aladdin a pixar movie? Robie Williams nailed it by performing Aladdins voice


I don't think that was, I think it was a Disney movie before they bought Pixar.  That was a nice movie, and Robin Williams was great.  I heard Will Smith is going to play that same role, and apparently people are up in arms about that.  Not sure why though.


I hope Will Smith is up for the role, he is a great actor but Robin Williams was just great, sad how things ended for him thoughh


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


I read a little bit. What about transhumanists?


What is that, I never heard of transhumanists?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hey there. Did you take any AP classes in high school? Cuz I hear they're replacing them in some schools now.


I took a few... I think.  It's been so long since high school it's hard to remember.  HA!  Yeah, I think I heard about that, they're replacing them with AT courses... Dunno, might be a good idea, what do you think?


It seems like they'd work in private and prestigious schools like Georgetown Day is doing. But I don't think they'd work out in general. How about you?


I really don't know, I think it depends on the quality of the teachers and the dedication of the students.  Some people say with the right teacher, a mediocre student can really shine, but with some students... (shrugs)


You do have a point there. I've heard that AT teachers have great reputations so far. So your optimism may be justified haha.


Yeah, I heard one of the courses they offered was in computer technology.  Speaking of computers, did you know the Russians made a computer that ran on WATER?


What? Really? That's insane! But then again I work on designing quantum computers  so I've seen some weird stuff myself haha. Physics is weird in general, don't you think?


You work on quantum computers??  For real?  That is awesome!  But yeah, physics is pretty weird.  I'm told Kim Jong-Un has a degree in physics.  I wonder if it's earned or "honorary"...


Oh he earned it, just like how he invented basketball! I wonder if they'll offer any quantum computing courses through AP/AT in the future. Do you think highschoolers would like writing 15 page research papers for that like they do for AT already?


Depends on the high school student, I guess.  I couldn't really see writing 15 pages on about anything these days.  LOL.  Speaking of physics, they say Pixar studied the physics of curly hair for THREE years.  Can you believe it?


Oh I believe it, that stuff gets real complicated real fast. Solving complicated partial differential equations should be an Olympic sport, just like literature and music once were!


I heard one guy got a degree in theoretical physics when he was only 20 years old.  Now, that's gotta be one smart fella!


Indeed my dude. How many AP tests do you think he took? Do you think they'd ever exclude him from AT classes like that school in Scarsdale does?


No idea.  I have a better question... do you think he'd want to be a transhumanist and upload his brain into a computer?  That would be pretty wild!


I know I would! Hopefully my research can help make that a reality one day. Then I'll upload your brain too!


Hmm.. dunno if I'd want my brain uploaded.  Sounds a bit on the creepy side... I know we couldn't do it on a space shuttle computer though.  It only has 1mb of ram!  Can you believe it?


Crazy how much computers have evolved, huh? Now your smartphone can download the entire history of Western literature and still have space to spare!


Literature is another neat subject.. did you know there's an annual challenge for writers to com up with the worst possible opening to a novel?  I find that hilarious!


That sounds like fun to me haha. Do you think kissing will ever be phased out of literature? I know that's only a modern thing.


No, I think it's pretty much here to stay, as long as there's romance novels (which don't seem to be slowing down anytime soon.)


Ah, that's too bad haha. But unlike romance novels, I can't stay myself. But I had nice chat and I hope you have a nice day. Goodbye!


I love Apple products, and was surprised to learn that smoking near them violates the warranty, as it is supspodedly a "bio hazard"


Captcha is an acronym for "completely automated public turing test to tell computers and humans apart"


Yes, I knew this. I like "captcha" better. What do you think of those people who want to upload their minds to computers?


I think they are losing their minds... Ha!


Just like the person who built a working computer out of minecraft building blocks. That was weird too.


Yeah. He really has something to build on though... The first google computer at stanford was housed in custom-made enclosures constructed from lego bricks


That's crazy. Then again, the Russians made one that ran on water, back in 1936


The first computer algorithm was written by a woman named ada lovelace. Might not be nominated but they got the algorithm...


I recently found out that literature and painting were once olympic events.


I did not know that...Comedic fantasy author terry pratchett was knighted for his "services to literature".


I've never heard of him, but I do know that Winston Churchill won a nobel prize in literature.


Wait... You've never heard of Winston Churchill????


Terry Pratchett is the one whom I've never heard of. I'm well-versed in the writings of Churchill.


Whew! I was going to be a little bugged with the educatin system!


lol. It's the FDA we have to be worried about, they like to burn literature.


HAHA... The hubble telescope discovered a galaxy so big that it shouldn't exist according to modern physics. Who knew!


I love looking at the images that the Hubble  sent back. It's fascinating that Pixar spent three years studying curly hair.


That's interesting. Turbulence is one of physics great mysteries, and van gogh could accurately depict it in some of his paintings. I hate it on planes though...


I feel the same. Van Gogh was very interesting. I didn't know that Kim Jong Un has a degree in physics, thats surprising


From where though? Is it like one of our honorary ones?


I don't know. I don't know much about him. Maybe China, as the terra cotta army may lead scholars to a breakthrough in quantum physics.


Hello there, I am well thank you.  How about you? Do you like to read much?


I'm well too! I do like to read, how about you?


Yeah I do, but don't do it as much as I would like to.  Did you know there are more libraries than McDonalds in the US?


THat's a great fact to hear! You would think McDonalds outnumbers everything else in this country haha.


Yeah I was quite surprised by that fact, I would have thought it was the other way around.


Can you believe at some point the FDA burned six tons of literature in an act of us censorship?


That is crazy!  It sounds like a real life version of that book fahrenheit 451!


Well said! I'm glad we got away from that type of nonsense! Did you know Winston Churchill won a nobel prize?


I didn't know that, do you know what he won it for?


He won it for literature surprisingly, and not peace!


That is awesome!  I know back in 1895, UK pm William Gladstone founded a public library and by age 85, he wheelbarrowed his personal collection of 32,000 books almost a mile to the library from his home!


Dang I wonder how many trips he took moving all of those!


That is a good point, 32,000 books sounds like a heck of a lot of wheelbarrow runs!


It does! If I release a book, I'm going to do it in Norway because you're bound to sell at least 1000 copies haha.


That is pretty wild, the government stepping in and buying them to distribute to libraries around the country, cool.


I don't, but think they are really impressive, I have an aunt who does.  How about you?


I don't but have an aunt also lol. Did you see two high school kids got suspended for riding their horses to school?


Lol, yeah I think I read about that, sounds like they were doing what they were supposed to by not riding a motorized vehicle.


Smart in my book! Well anyways, great chat, have an awesome day!


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


After 1908 summer olympics in London football became official competitions.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


hi.  Have you heard the news in Olympics? Its been 114 years since someone has won a gold medal


yes sure, Do you know  Ledecka, primarily a snowboarder, who won the women's super-G on skis


Yes and she even competed in 2 different sports although most people think that skiing and snowboarding are the same, they are quite different


here are dozens of athletes who compete in complimentary disciplines of the same sport such as Lolo Jones, whom I like a lot


Ive read that in todays modern times that most athletes simply cant get the time to master two sports so its exciting when that happens


And also, And historically, national teams used athletes from sports that involved similar skill-sets - such as swimmers who play water polo or pentathletes who are also shooters, swimmers, fencers, runners and equestrians - to save money or because teams lacked a depth of talent, do you agree?


i agree it is a wise idea to use the same athlete but what about the guy Flack that tried to run the marathon and passed out while in the lead


yes that is for sure, There simply isn't enough time in the day for modern elite athletes to master two sports. To the layperson, skiing and snowboarding look pretty similar


On the topic of sports, did you know that soccer makes more money combined than even football and other sports. Wow


yes i know cause I adore soccer lol. Did you know oe Lydon won a bronze medal as a welterweight boxer in the 1904 St. Louis Games and a silver medal in soccer.


You like soccer and i like the Gymnastics which i think is one of the older sports that even greeks in ancient times practiced gymnastics to ready for war. Thats interesting


Wow cool, I like Gymnastics too. And do you know anytihing about Association football?


I know Association football is extremely popular as it is played in over 200 countries and i know that Americans call it soccer which is slang for association football


And also There exists a variation of soccer where 3 teams face each other at the same time, its very interesting


3 teams, that is unique. The story of a German soccer player who won the world cup and paid for 23 children in brazil to have surgeries is an amazing story.


i do like tennis. A fun fact about tennis is that Polo shirts were invented because of tennis. A famous player Rene Lacoste created them and later was adopted by polo players


A black man won the 1st us open tennis title in 1968 and no black man has won it since.


i think that was Arthur Ashe if i am not mistaken. I was surprised to learn that the longest tennis match in history was over 10 hours long and lasted 3 days ! I bet those players were tired


hey did you see that originally Croatia was going to be the runner up to the world cup?


no not usually, I probably won't watch the 2022 world cup in Qatar, what about you?


Me either.  Lol but I enjoy watching the fan's behaviors, they can get pretty wild about their soccer.


ya they really get into it, it is cool that the USA got third place in the 1930 world cup, back when they were good haha


Yeah, that's cool.  I find it funny that were more French born players playing against France than for it in the 2014 World Cup.


ha that is funny, did you hear about how awesome Hungary is at soccer? They had only 1 defeat back between 1950 and 1956


the USA womens soccer team is impressive too, they haven't placed below 3rd since 1991


Go USA!  awesome ladies.  Have you ever seen the type of soccer that pits three teams against each other at the same time?


no I haven't but I bet it would be more interesting than regular soccer, its amazing that soccer is played by 250 million people worldwide


Lol, I know!  You know when you asked me if I would be watching the 2022 World cup, did you realize that city where it will be held has not even been built yet?


lol nope but thats not a good sign, I can't believe that Soccer makes more money than all other sports combined, thats a ton of money


It is a pile of money. I heard that Jon Stewart was a pretty good soccer player in college.


ya he was, he actually represented the US in the Pan American games back in 1983


Did you hear about the German soccer player who donated his bonus he got for winning the world cup to pay for 23 kids surgeries in Brazil?


wow that was nice of him! back to Qatar, I wonder why they are building the city for that game, apparently no country gets a net economic increase from hosting the World cup


Probably some rich oil tycoon wants to brag about his city hosting the world Cup?  Who knows why they do what they do, they have more money than they know what to do with, apparently.


Yeah it sounds like it. did you ever hear why Americans called game soccer and not football? Apparently the word soccer is slang for association football


Leave it up to Americans!  What can I say we like our slang words.


haha ya we do, It's interesting how world wars can mess with sports, they didn't do a world cup in 1942 or 1946 due to WWII


I always root for spain, they are pretty good . you?


I root for the USA, although we are terrible and didn't make the last world cup. How did you do?


not too bad but did not win either. the us women's team is good though


Yeah. THey are the only thing we have to look forward to in soccer. It's the whole system that needs revamping.


yesh for sure. and the host countries never make any money for hosting the world cup


Seems like a bad investment then. Do you think Qater should host the 2022 world cup?


I am not sure considering the city hosting does not exist yet


Right? How can FIFA approve that? Seems shady...


I am not sure, I really find that strange. did you know in 2014 there were more french-born players playing against it than in the actual french team?


I had no idea! That's really strange. France may have a really good farm system though.


french soccer player who scored only two international goals in his career both at the 2014 worlds cup


Soccer makes more money that football, basketball, baseball, golf and tennis and hockey combined. WOW!


Yeah they really make a lot of money, it is a worldwide sport though


I played it once in high school, tennis is a lot harder than it looks lol


Tennis first played between 1859 birmingham and 1865 England.


Yea and Tennis can also be played with two players on each side


Yes. The Tennis equipments are tennis ball and tennis racket.


I never knew that polo shirts were invented for tennis player Rene Lacoste


Okay. rene lacoste won 10 grand slam tennis tournaments in the 1920 and 30's.


Pretty cool. Did you know that a black man only won the US open once back in 1968?


Yes, i know Archur ashe won the men's singles final at the first U.S. open in 1968.


Do you know who played in the longest tennis match lasting 11 hours?


Yes, i know 8 years ago at Wimbledon, john isner and nicolas mahut played the longest ever tennis match in history. The match went on for three days and took place over 11 hours and 5 minutes with isher coming out victorious 10-68 in the final set.


That's pretty crazy, wonder if they had to use a helicopter to dry the grass like they did in the 1968 US open


Do you follow soccer at all, it makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined


Nice. There's a variation of soccer with 3 teams facing off against each other


Yes. And i also love gymnastics. It's really beautiful. They are awesome.


Gymnastics is fun to watch, one olympic gymnast won 6 medals with a wooden leg in 1904


Yeah, i know. it was awesome. It was george louis eyser and was a german-american gymnast.


Nice. The first person to score a perfect 10 was Nadia Comaneci from Romania


fIRST WOMAN TO SCORE A PERFECT 10 IN AN OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS EVENT AT THE 1976 OLYMPIC GAMES AT AGE 14.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Do people place bets on the outcome of those games?


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


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


Hello there, are you a fan of football, or soccer as they call it in the US?


Yes! I am one of 250 million people in world who play soccer haha


Yeah same here, I don't know why we call it soccer here in the states, do you know why they started calling it that?


I think it's something to do with it being a slang name for association football. Did you know that soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined?


Yep, good call, started as a slang term for association football.  And that is pretty remarkable, I like when people here say it's not a popular sport.


They should televise the variation of soccer where there are 3 teams that face off at the same time. Maybe they would get more spectators in the US


That sounds too crazy, I wonder if they used the same size field or not.


It's hard to believe that Jon Stewart was a really skilled soccer player. He actually represented the US at the Pan American games in Brazil. I guess for him there was more money in comedy.


That is pretty impressive, I never knew that and don't think most people have.


I am, I really like basketball and my favorite team has the best record in the league right now!  How about you?


I really enjoy watching tennis. Although when I play it the object for me is more to just get the ball over the net than to return it in such a way that my opponent is not able to return it haha It is definitely harder than it looks!


Yeah it really is, that sport takes a lot of skill and endurance to play that's for sure.


I enjoy watching Roger Federer, he is such a talented player. Well, except for the time he lost to Gael Monfils who had just learned to play tennis a few days before their match.


Really, I'm sure that was the thrill of a lifetime for that person to beat him!


I'm sure! I would rather be known as the guy who beat Roger Federer than one of the players in the longest tennis match in history. It went on for 11 hours! Can you imagine how exhausted the athletes would have been after that!


That is just insane, I wonder how many people from the original crowd that started the match were still there to watch the end.


I know, right? That would take some serious commitment! It spanned over 3 days.


Right, I wonder if they got back into the place free each day?


I would hope so! I am just so impressed by the athleticism. And you hear about Olympic athletes like Edwin Black who are able to win a bronze medal in the olympics for tennis doubles and gold medals in 800 AND 1500 meter races. I would be so excited if I was that talented at one sport let alone two!


That is the most impressive thing I have heard in a while.  It was nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day.


I love goldendoodles, I have one myself. She's only forty pounds not eighty like Lord Sandwich.


I think Lord Sandwich is a funny name lol, they started a winery back in 2014 right?


I do like that name as well. I wish that my dog had an unusual name like his. I would have put my dog on the label from the beginning. Yes, they did open in 2014.


You can still change its name lol it would be confused but eventyally will answer to the name, its amazing how they raised $25000 in just 30 days


I think it would be more confusing for me after six years! If you have a nice, unique product and the proper rewards, you can get a lot of funding through Kickstarter.


I agree, its a good way to fund your company, its amazing how many followers Lord Sandwich has on Instragram 65k!!


Do you follow any animals on Instagram? I have to admit that I do, I might have to look up Lord Sandwich.


I dont but I might make an exeption for Lord Sandwich, Im curious to meet the little guy,


80 pounds and as tall as doorknobs makes me think he isn't so little. I wonder if they made a white wine for him based on his fur color?


I think they took that into account, you know they are planning to release a wine with his name in it, it will be a white wine production


Are you a big wine drinker? I am not but I might make an exception for this one.


I do like wine, and I might look up some of the wines the company has to offer, they have a Germany region based wine that has a price of $20 so I might try that one


I do like to try less expensive wines because I do not know the difference as much between vintages. I do not know if I have tried many wines from the German region.


Yeah I dont know much about wine either I do like the taste of Pinot Noir, I think its interesting how they are planning to make wines from regions such as Austria and Loirey Valley


It's definitely great to explore the different regions. It could open their client base up immensely and help people find new wines they might not have known about.


I think its a good business decision, you got to keep things fresh and updated,  so do you have any pets?


I only have the one goldendoodle. I often watch my sister's dog so it feels as if I have two dogs a lot of the time.


Thats nice, so im guessing your more of a dog person that a cat person?


Yes, I have an allergy to cat hair so I was kind of forced into it. I don't otherwise mind them in small doses.


I am more of a dog person and so is Google, they prefer dogs to cats and they have made this clear


I think that in an office setting dogs are a bit more sociable and appropriate than cats. Cats tend to be very self sufficient and isolated.


Yea I agree with you dogs and cats are the most popular pets, you know Roosevelt had over 20 pets, he had a bear and also a hyena as pets.


Did you hear about the goldendoodle who helped to create a wine brand?


I did! Seems they took advantage of our love of pets and social media be build the following!


They certainly did! It's cool that they raised $25,000 in 30 days, just because of the theme "Farmers First"


We love dogs and have 2. They aren't golden doodles but we got them from a rescue group. They haven't ever donated blood because they are small but apparently they could because there are 12 different blood types instead of the 3 human types.


That is interesting. I didn't know there were that many dog blood types. I hope that the dogs get a treat after the blood drive though.


They should! I guess we are Google type of people since they prefer dogs to cats. I do like cats, but I'm really allergic to them. :(


Yep I'm glad that Google prefers dogs to cats lol. I am allergic to them too but I do like them. I think it's crazy that only dogs can elephants understand pointing, not even gorillas which you think would be very smart


Hmm. It does seem weird that other primates don't get pointing. I have a dog that loves a yellow ball and she ignores the other colored balls. I guess yellow must be one of the colors they can see. I know they don't see all the ones we do, but she must see that one!


I agree with you! I'm just glad that dogs are not actually colorblind, they just see different colors from us, poor doggos!


I like that Istanbul exchanges used water bottles for water and food for stray dogs! Things like that would help the rescue group we got our dogs from.


I think that's a really good use of stray dogs though. It's very smart. do you wear socks by the way?


I'm wearing two pairs now, because it is really cold today! But I don't like wool socks because they are scratchy, to me.


Yep I agree. It's funny that the oldest known socks were supposed to be worn with sandals and that is definitely not what is in fashion now LOL


Right! The old socks and flip flops are not a good combo! I think it's funny that 'put a sock in it' comes from the habit of stuffing a sock in the old phonograph so it's wouldn't be so loud.


Yep I agree. It's funny that the inventor of the modern sock also produced the first modern water balloon. I wonder what he was thinking about


I don't know but my kids are sure happy. They love to throw water balloons in the summer!  Have you ever thought to donate socks to a homeless shelter? Seems that is an item they really need but don't often get.


No I haven't done that, but I guess I should. I think it's funny that the phrase "put a sock in it" was invented 1800s lol


Since it's cold today, maybe I should try putting chili peppers in my socks to keep my feet warm, like the Portuguese. I guess they cut them up first?


LOL that's a good question. It sounds like it would hurt though. You have any pets?


I already mentioned that I have 2 dogs, several times! It's funny that in Colorado you have to say you are a pets 'guardian' and not that you own them!


Yep you're right, I was only paying attention to myself because I have a husky LOL. It's weird that the first cloned cat was named copycat though.


I am a little familiar with it.  I think I have watched a few games on television.  Do you watch?


I watched them in the past since my good friend is from England.  The current champion is France.


I remember watching a few of those games that were in Russia on television.  I would have thought Russia would benefit economically from hosting but apparrently hosting countries don't get any financial boosts.


I was surprised to hear about it. I think it has to do with pride more than anything else.


You are probably right.  I mean Qatar is building a whole new city just to host the 2022 games.


Most of the hosts have tons of money to spare.  Qatar is going to hot in 2022, is that correct?


That is correct.  You know, the media says soccer is not all the popular in the U.S. but it got 3rd place in the first world cup in 1930!


I know.  That was not bad for a new comer.


True!  I suppose they are not as good as Argentina or have the worlds best player, Messi, on their team.


Messi is very good at soccer. He was almost allowed to leave the club for free 10 years ago.


I think it's cool and also odd that no one in his hometown can name a kid messi anymore.


I did not know that?  Please tell me the reason why.


Out of respect for him. They want him to be the only one.


I wonder if there is an official ordinance for that.  It's weird.


I imagine there is as that would just add to the respect they have for him.  Did you know that there is a soccer game where 3 teams face each other?


No I did not.  Please tell me more about it.


Apparently each team faces each other at the same time!  This I would like to see but it must not be very popular as main stream media does not talk about it or show it.


That was interesting - 3 teams facing each other.


I know. I can only imagine how that must be played.


It would be chaotic, I think.  I keep saying soccer instead of football because it is what being called in the US.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


i do like some superheroes. i dont usually watch superhero movies. you?


It depends. I cannot believe that there are over 300 registered superheroes in the US.


i wonder how you get to register a superhero. i would love to have my own superhero.


I do not know. I feel like that would be an awesome present for children.


yes, happy birthday. you have your own superhero! LOL. the universe is a big place and there is plenty of room for new superheros.


Did you hear about the spinoff of garfield?


I did not. garfield? was that strip ever funny?


The spinoff was named pet force which featured garfield and gang as superheroes.


hm. i think ill pass. i never really like garfield. maybe as a superhero it would be funnier. LOL


I agree. Have you heard about "normalman"?


um, sounds like me LOL. who is normalman?


He is a person without superpowers on a planet full of superheroes.


that is ironic. i wonder what he does all day. i guess he is the butt of jokes. hard to find a girl friend. he is a freak.


Poor normalman. There is another comic series about fixing the collateral damage caused by superheroes.


yeah, that would be a thankless job. putting things back to the way they were? what do you want, a medal? no thanks. ill be a superhero.


Very true. Do you know who the creator of marvel comics was?


um, stan lee? jack kirby? i forget. who was it?


His name is stan lee and wrote 15 dc comics.


what? he wrote dc comics too? ok. i wonder why he did that. Anyway, great chat!


I am going to learn more about comic books. It was nice talking to you.


Hello,Have you ever thought about how important Google has become?


I have, its the #1 search engine, it has become really big.


I heard that on August 16 2013 google went down for five minutes and disrupted 40% of web traffic


Wow that is amazing, 40% of the web traffic? have you ever used the Google Maps app?


No but I know that it calculates traffic by the speed of android devices moving down the road.I think that is interesting.


It does, Ive always wondered how they did that, I guess mystery solved, its amazing how much power a single Google search requires.


Ive read that a single search takes more computing than it took to send men to the moon.Thats hard to believe.


I know right? technology surely has advanced a lot, kind of like IPhones, Ive been loyal to the brand since the first generation Iphone was released back in 2007


Did you know that Microsoft held a funeral for the death of iphone when it launched its version of the phone?


I did not know that how interesting, I wonder who went to the funeral!


Good question.Probably a marketing idea.I heard of a game called send me to heaven that was created to have people throw their phones in the air and break them


That game doesnt seem fun to play, I think that the game got banned because it was actually more popular in the end.


Apple banned the game because it was encouraging users to engage in behavior that might damage the device.


I think that was a good decision, you know theres a stat and woman are more likely to have an IPhone than men.


That is an interesting stat.Are there any ideas as to why this is true.I also heard that Matt Bellamy used an iphone to record his unborn childs heartbeat.


Im not sure maybe because of the desig, you know theres more than 2.2 million apps available for the Iphone now


Thats a lot of Apps.The iphone has come along way as to what it can be used for.So many uses its amazing.


I know 2.2 million apps its a lot and that was in 2017 I bet there a lot more new apps now


Im sure you're right probably many more apps for different uses by now.


Yeah, so do you play any instruments, Ive always liked the sound of the guitar.


I do play guitar I enjoy listening to Pink Floyds guitarist.


I enjoy Pink Floyd as well, he turned a boat into a floating studio, how cool!


I am well, thanks. Do you know who John Lewis is?


He is a civil rights protester from Georgia. He is now a rep. He marched with king and was invovled with the police brutality in Birmingham.


Really. He sounds like a pretty stand up guy.


Yeah. Trump went after him on Twitter last year saying he never stood up for anything. Twitter was quick to show the police dogs tearing his flesh...


Wow, this is the first Im hearing of any of this. Guess Trump stuck his foot in his mouth there huh.


Yeah. It was baffling that he either had no idea or just didn't care. I was both horrified and watching gleefully.


I dont understand. You were watching gleefully as police dogs attacked somebody.


NO!!! Watching Trump getting blasted on Twitter. Sorry for the confusion. That's not something I really want to get mixed up. Sorry about that.


Its ok. I kind of figured what you meant by it. Lol.


The whole John Lewis incident became known as Bloody Sunday. I cannot imagine what they had to go through.


Me either. It makes me feel a little guilty being a white man today. I know that Im no racist and none of my family is, but the things black had to go through back then is horrifying.


Agreed with all of that. Let's lighten this up a little, shall we? Maybe they could write a comic series about fixing all of the collateral damage us white guys did like Marvel did.


That would be awesome. Me and my son watch superhero movies all the time. Cant hurt to have one more to watch.


That sounds fun. My son is 7 and a little scared still. THere are over 300 registered superheros.


Maybe he would enjoy the garfield spinoff where Garfield and the gang were all superheroes.


Is his mortal enemy heart burn from all that lasagna? Or would it be his krytonite?


Lol. Im definitely gonna have to check that one out now.


Good evening! Guess how Google Maps calculates traffic?


Hey! I'd be interested to learn how traffic is calculated


They go by the GPS devices in Android phones, which is data they have access to. They track how fast the phones are moving along the road.


Oh wow, that is interesting and totally makes sense! I've read they used to use live goats to "mow" there lawn.. google uses resources well huh!


Yes, they once used 100 live goats. Only once. I wonder why it didn't continue.


I'm imagining 100 live goats around the headquarters lol, probably chaos!


Yes. I wonder why they didn't use sheep instead, and how much work was involved in cleaning up after the goats.


Probably a lot of cleanup. I cant imagine it was more cost effective than hiring a landscaping company.


Yes, but I think it would have made it a more fun place to work.


Have to keep the workplace interesting! Like Microsoft, holding a funeral for the "death of the iphone" when their line of phones was launched.


Yes. Have you heard of the "Send Me to Heaven" iPhone game? I wonder if Microsoft was behind it.


Yes, I've read about that and that would make sense of Microsoft doing something like that. So silly


The creator's stated goal was to shatter as many iPhones as possible. I really wonder if it was someone with a financial stake in things or just a person who doesn't like iPhones.


That would have to be a really big hatred for iphones.


Yeah. I can't believe it made it to the app store.


I was surprised to learn that women are more likely to own an iphone than men.


Yes, it's interesting. I wonder what the reasons are.


I see just as many men as I do woman, walking around with their noses stuck in their phone these days!


Yes! I don't tend to notice whether people's phones are iPhones or Androids. Did you know that the App Store for iOS has 2.2 million apps?


Oh wow, that is a huge number. I wonder how useful half of those apps are.


Yes. I wonder. It's been good to talk to you. Have a good night!


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Yeah it was Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998.


Do you know what google's unofficial slogan was?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hi there ! Looking forward to chat with You !


Good evening!  Just got back on a quasi-date night with my wife.  It wasn't much, but we dropped a kid off for practice and drove around a bit.


Quasi is sort of like "partly."  So it wasn't a planned date night, though I know it is important for couples and parents.


Sounds cool :) what is Your kid practicing ? :)


She is a soccer player doing Futsal this winter.  It worked pretty well because our older kids could watch those at home while we had an hour to ourselves.


Good prioritizing :)  Does she like soccer ? Or she goes there coz she has to ? ;0


She definitely likes it.  The only thing she doesn't like is doing drills by herself at home.  I think things like iPhones and Google just make it easy to be distracted.


Yes - those are true enemies of sport when it comes to kids :)


Mine is a Samsung, but I think they are all so similar.  Plus, I am a guy, and I guess woman are more likely to own iPhones.  :)


I didn't want to believe that, but all the women I talked about this subject had also iphones :) so I guess that's true :)


They apparently haven't downloaded the game "send me to heaven."  The goal of that is to see how high you can fling your iphones as the creator of the game said he hoped it would lead to the phones shattering.


lol... sounds like a game for dummies :)


Ouch...lol.  Might be harder to get as Apple banned it from their app store.


Ok, if I would be game creator - I would sue ! If somebody wants the game he/she should be able to get it ;) and apple should love the game - people would keep buying new phones :)


That's a good point.  I am  not a huge fan of the product.  "iPhone" is not something I spend my time on Google looking up.


naah.. I gave up on apple long time ago. I'll buy anything BUT that...


That sounds like me.  While iPhone users can't live without their phones, most of the world can't do without Google.  In 2013, Google went down for five minutes and took a little less than half of web traffic with it!


wow.. those guys really need to be watching what their are doing ;)


Well, I need to sign off.  I need to check Google on a few things before bed anyway.


Hey there partner. Are you a soccer fan? The next World Cup is going to be in 2022 in Qatar.


I am a soccer fan and watch the world cup ever 4 years!


Nice me too! It's been around since 1930 but I feel like it's only grown in popularity since then.


Yes!  Zew Zealand was the only undefeated team in the 2010 world cup.


Well that is really awesome. In the first ever World Cup the United States got third place. Not bad for the first ever World Cup.


Not bad at all.  There was only 1 group in world cup history to end with a 4 way tie.


I'm surprised they didn't break that tie! The hungary national football team only had one defeat between 1950 and 1956 and that was the World Cup final!


That's pretty incredible.  Soccer players run an average of 7 miles per game!


No wonder they are in such incredible shape. The FIFA World Cup was not held in 1942 in 1946 due to the second world war. Very sad.


Yes.  Sad indeed.  3.2 billion people watched the 2010 FIFA world cup!


That is truly amazing. Soccer is so popular and it makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined!


Isn't that incredible?  Greenland can't join FIFA because not enough grass grows there for a soccer field!


It is so funny because there is a green in the name yet they can't grow green grass. I kind of feel bad for them LOL. There's actually a variation of soccer were three teams face each other at the same time. I would like to see that.


I wonder how that works?  Sounds like it could get confusing being on the field at the same time.


Yeah it would be very confusing to me. The talkshow host John Stewart was a skilled soccer player in college and he even represented the US at the Pan-American games in Brazil.


I didn't realize he was that old.  I don't think I remember him until the 1990s.


Yeah he is much older than I thought. He looks pretty young for his age. One of the best players in the world is Leo Messi. He is so fun to watch.


Yes.  He is valued at 120 million euro!  Big money!


Big money indeed! He has a growth hormone deficiency that led him to play soccer in Spain! Pretty cool! And it was lovely speaking with you about many things today!


That's nuts! lol  The first contract given to Messi was written on a paper napkin!  I had a good time chatting!


I do not play soccer but I watch soccer games from time to time.  My boss immigrated to the US from England.  He invites us often to watch soccer games at his house.


that is kind of him. i try to watch the world cup. that is a spectacle worth watchng.


I know, right.  Soccer fans appear to be more fanatic than US football fans.  FIFA world cup is a big deal.


Yes, it is a hugely popular sport everywhere. except the US. americans usually dont understand how popular.


3.2 billion people watched the 2010 FIFA world cup (46.4% of global population).


Yes, i believe it. they want to see their own country, and to see the sport played at the highest level. It is amazing to watch.


It is.  Apparently, New Zealand was the only undefeated soccer team in the 2010 world cup.


Really? that is amazing. I would not have guessed New Zealand.


It was surprising to me too.  Have you heard about Japan's 2021 world cup?


No, i have not. they have rugby in 2019, olympics in 2020.


Japan is going to project 3rd holograms of the games live onto soccer fields across the world.


That is pretty cool. i wonder how much that will cost. I would love to watch.


Yeah, i bet. they will sell plenty of tickets. they can project it onto multiple fields at the same time.


Do you have more interesting facts about soccer?


Um, there is a variant of soccer that involves three teams playing each other? i dont know how it works though.


I heard about it but I myself do not really understand how it works.


The rules must be complicated. free kicks? out of bounds? hm. Anyway, nice chat!


I look forward to seeing next FIFA World Cup.  Nice chatting with you.


I find planets very interesting. How about you?


I do!  Ive been listening to a podcast about the universe!


I'm sure that's a good listen. Did you know that one of Jupiter's moons would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun?


Yes that's the one. Did you also know that Venus has no seasons?


Yes, because it doesnt tilt on its axis.  Despite being second from the sun it is the hottest planet due to its atmosphere.


That's very interesting. Venus is also the only planet that rotates clock-wise.


I guess that is true, I never thought about which way we rotated, but I guess sunrise and set give that away.


That's true. Did you also know that Uranus rotates sideways?


Like it rolls?   How does that affect seasons?


Yes it rolls around the sun rather than spinning like other planets. I do not know how that affects it's seasons but I'm curious to find out.


Do you believe there is life elsewhere in the universe?


I believe there is likely microscopic life for sure.


I often wonder if we are alone in the universe, or of other life is out there, and if they are, are they looking for us too?


That's a good question. This is off topic but have you used virtual reality?


Not anything sophisticated.  Just a few games at what was disney quest.


Apparently up to 40% of users get motion sickness from VR.


I can see that.  I can get a little sick in first person shooter games.


That's unfortunate. Did you know that the first VR game was actually made in 1968?


Yes it's very shocking. It was nice chatting with you.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Didn't he discover several moons on Saturn?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hey there! Have you ever seen the movie The Black Panther before? The Marvel movie


No, I haven't, but I have heard of it. What about you?


Yes I've seen it. I think it's ok but it's definitely getting too much attention for what it is, it's a pretty generic movie in my opinion.


Yeah, the Marvel movies started to get played out. Maybe I will see it.


Yeah you can see it if it's free haha. I wouldn't pay any money to see it. Do you know who the richest superhero is in the entire Marvel Universe?


Haha so Tony Stark is actually the second richest, the first richest Marvel Superhero is actually the Black Panther, and then I guess Bruce Wayne who is  Batman is in third with 80 billion dollars


Oh wow! How was he supposed to have made his money?


Yeah I think if I remember correctly, they just have a lot of advanced technology in the country that the Black Panther lives in, and he just has a ton of money for some reason, he has 500 billion dollars and Tony Stark has "only" 100 billion dollars haha.


Interesting, but they don't specifically say what he does?


No, like I said I think it's just he has a lot of technology and they sell the technology or something like that, I guess you should see the movie maybe you'll catch something that I didn't LOL. What is cool about the movies though is that they use real ancient writings for it.


Interesting. Will do. Do you know if there is a comic book movie that accompanies the movie?


Yes there is a comic book. It's actually pretty old. And whenever I think of the word black panther, I think of the political party, but apparently the comic book came out before that


Well apparently DC Comics paid $130 for exclusive rights to Superman, I wonder how much for Black Panther?


That's a good question. Do you like Marvel Comics by the way? Or do you prefer DC. I mostly prefer Marvel myself


I don't have a preference, but apparently MJ tried to buy Marvel in the early 1990s.


Wow that's cool. When you say MJ, do you mean Michael Jackson? That would have been really crazy. I think it's interesting that Marvel and DC both own a character, and his name is access, and it's only purpose is to keep both universes separate


Yeah, the king of pop. He apparently tried to buy them so he could play spiderman in his own produced movie.


That sounds awesome! I wish we could have had that haha. Do you like Sony Pictures by the way? Apparently they had the chance to buy all of the Marvel characters for only 25 million dollars back in 1998


I do, I can believe that. That was a mistake, but then again nobody knew that these types of movies would blow up the way they did.


No I agree with you. And that's why Sony only has the rights to Spider-Man, they bought it for 10 million dollars, and I thought that was the only superhero anyone would ever want to see


Good morning!  Do you have a favorite superhero or comic book?


Did you know that the DC from DC Comics stands for detective comics?


I didn't know that, I wasn't sure what it stood for.


Marvel once published a generic comic book so they could trademark the names "super hero" and "super villain".


I thought so too!  Michigan State University has the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world.  Never would have guessed that.


Yea, I would have never guess that a university would have that many comics.  Cool!


Stan Lee, who recently passed away always ended his phone conversations with the word "excelsior!"  That's an interesting.  Must be from one of his comic books?


Yea, it must have been.  Guess he needed a catchphrase


lol  Yes.  There was a Garfield spinoff series named Pet Force.  I don't remember that.  It featured him and the other characters as superheroes.


Yeah I never heard of that one before.  I loved Garfield.


Me too.  Did you know that there are over 300 registered superheroes in the U.S.?


Yes.  I thought so too.  Comic books were first popularized in the U.S. in the 1930's.  I bet those original ones go for big money now.


I knew they've been around a long time, but didn't know they were that old.  You are correct, I bet the old ones are worth big money.


Did you know that supereroine is another word for a female superhero?


I did know that, I've heard that before.


There once was a superhero called Normalman and he didn't have any superpowers.  That's funny!


Yeah that is funny, the only guy who isn't special is made out to be special.


I agree!  lol  It was nice chatting with you today!


I would really love to hold a star. It is amazing there are some cold enough to hold.


The universe is amazing in its vastness.


Yes, and to think it may be one giant superhologram is just beyond my comprehension.


I think that is a rather silly hypothesis posited by someone in need of research grant money and running out of ideas.


Very likely. I wonder if one of the over 300 registered superheroes in The USA could intervene?!


Have you ever seen that show on sci fi where they show real life superheroes around the world? It is fascinating.


No, I have not and usually I'm not a sci-fi fan but I'll have to fish that up, along with the Garfield spin off where he was a superhero.


It is sad that we lost Stan lee this last year. He was a great artist


I agree. The creativity he took with him is one that I fear humanity is losing. Arts and imagination off the internet seems to be something society is rapidly erasing.


Comic books were originally supposed to just be funny but I think they have evolved into so much more even giving us hope in a time when things look bleak. We need more of that not less


Absolutely. I wonder how accessible Michigan State University's largest publicly available comic book collection in the world really is. That sounds like some bit of useless info I should have already heard by now.


Very true. I'm surprised that it is in Michigan of all places. I would have though New York or LA. I find it amusing that DC comics is redundant since most of their character names are the same letter for first and last


Yeah, Michigan. Woo hoo. I'm freezing where I am now far South of there and am serious about digging into things I can watch this weekend amid lousy weather! There is actually a superhero called "normalman." He was the only person without superpowers on a planet full of superheroes. I think I need a desk plaque that reads "Normalwoman" after learning that.


I think more people should be proud to be Normalheroes and the world would be a happier place.


Yeah... You've got a point. My dog is a Normaldoggo but he sure is happy lol.


That's funny. If only people were as loyal as our pets. Imagine the things we could accomplish


I think society is so far engrossed with the internet rather than legitimate human interaction it's killing our ability to be decent humans to each other. We're sitting here in the office now looking at the mess in Germany unfolding and it's insane to think we, as a species, kinda stalled around the 1950's. comic books were first popularized in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 1930s. What an amazing time that must have been to be alive


Talking with people who lived during those times is amazing. We think of our problems as something that has only happened here and now to but to listen to the stories of those times it is amazing what our grandparents and great grandparents lived through. You can see it in the art and literature of the time as well.


That is very true. Comic book legend stan lee ends every phone conversation he has with the word "excelsior!" so in honor of this chat, I gotta end it with that! It was nice talking to you. And remember, there are still some good "Normalheroes" left out here! :D


To all of us Normalheroes! May we not be overtaken by the media and making us try and conform!


Hope you find the Garfield series. It is very enjoyable.


Hey there have you seen the movie The Black Panther? It came out in 2018


I have it's a really good movie. I really liked Letitia Wright's role as Shuri. She was excellent.


She did a good job. So did Chadwick Boseman. I didn't know the Black Panther is the wealthiest fictional Marvel Universe character


I didn't realize that either. I figured Tony Stark would have been richer.


Yep that's what I would have thought, the Black Panther is worth about 500 billion, Iron Man is worth about 100 billion, and Bruce Wayne is worth about 80 billion


Did you know that Marvel's use of the name actually predates the founding of the Black Panther Party?


I always wondered where that came from. And I guess they also tried changing the name of the character for a while so that it wasn't associated with that group, but that didn't work obviously haha


Yeah they had changed it to "Black Leopard," that just doesn't seem as fitting as Black Panther.


Nope it doesn't sound as good, it's pretty cool that Denzel Washington helped out Chadwick Boseman back in the day, and then Chadwick gave him a shout-out at the premiere


That is pretty cool. Did you know that the symbols and written script featured in the movie are based on an actual script called Nsibdi?


Wow that's good attention to detail, Marvel Comics is interesting though. Back in 1998 they were trying to sell all of their characters to Sony for only 25 million dollars, Sony thought that was a bad idea because no one cared about any other character but Spider-Man, and they only got Spider-Man for 10 million, they must be kicking themselves now haha


Oh wow, that was a bad move on Sony's part. I learned that they successfully argued in court that mutants are not people and thus got to pay the lower rate on X-Men "toys" instead of the higher rate for dolls.


oh interesting. So that was what was going on with that. do you know the backstory of the superhero blue ear by chance?


Yeah I heard about that. It was a very sweet thing they did for a 4 year old boy who was uncomfortable wearing his hearing aids. He told his mom that "superheroes don't wear hearing aids" so marvel created one.


Yep that is super nice of them I think. Isn't it weird that in Mississippi, Disney does not own the rights to show the big Marvel characters like X-Men and Spider-Man, apparently they have a custom contract with Universal Studios in that specific state


It's actually parks East of the Mississippi, so I'm guessing mostly Disney World in Orlando.


I must have read that wrong lol, do you like DC Comics or Marvel Comics more by the way? Personally I like Batman from DC, but the rest I am all Marvel


I'm more of a Marvel fan, but I do like a few DC characters though.


Yep I agree with you there. Is that funny that Marvel published a"generic comic book" so that they could trademark the terms superhero and supervillain


That's pretty interesting. Did you know that DC stands for Detective Comics, so there name is Detective Comic Comics, kind of redundant huh?


Haha that is very redundant. do you know who Stan lee was? anyway he was a big Marvel Book Creator, and would always end every phone conversation with the word"Excelsior"


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hello. What do you think of some scientists who think the universe may be a giant superhologram? That sounds so crazy to me.


Yes, it does.  Something else that is crazy, is that there are stars that are cold enough to be touched by the human hand.


That would be so fun to do. Even though I don't believe the theory that states there is only one electron in the universe.


There has been so many theories about the universe and its origins.  I wonder if humans will eventually find the answers.  I have my doubts if we will ever get all the answers.


I don't think we will, not in our lifetime. Did you know there are over 300 superheroes in the US, alone? I love the MCU.


Yes i did.  Do you know about normal man?  He is the only normal person on a planet full of superheroes.


Was there, I didn't know. I recently found out that DC stands for Detective Comics. Who knew?


I loved Garfield as a kid.  I found out recently he has a series where he and his friends are superheroes.


Garfield is hilarious. His comics are even in the Michigan University library, they have the largest comic book collection in the world.


Wow!  Sounds like i should take a road trip to Michigan!  Do you know how many comic books they have there?


I don't know. I haven't been to that campus. Its funny that marvel published a generic comic book, so they could trademark "super hero" and "super villain".


That doesn't sound fair to trademark those words because they seem very commonly used words.


I guess the government felt differently. Stan Lee ends each phone call with Excelsior, and his tweets as well. I miss him.


He was a true legend in his field.  He even re-imagined classics like Batman and Superman


I remember that. He did a better job than their original creators.


I was surprised to learn recently that the American comics only has roughly 10% of the world market.


Did you hear about the controversy over an actor playing Batwoman? They were trashing her because she isn't "gay enough". I never knew Batwoman was a lesbian.


Wow, i did not know that either.  I don't see what the big deal is, I mean you can always have different actors with different interpretations of the same character.  It makes it more interesting.


The actress IS a lesbian though. She came out at 12. People are so weird.


A lot of people are social justice warriors who feel that their viewpoint is always the right viewpoint.  They want to be right instead of getting it right.


Its a weird thing to harass an openly gay actor about. Thanks for the chat, have a wonderful night.


Have you seen the musical "Chess"?  It is playing at the Kennedy Center and has an amazing cast.


I don't think i've ever heard of it. What is it about?


I think it has something to do with the Cold War.  It is set between 1972 and 1979.


That seems pretty interesting. Speaking of chess - do you know how to play?


I know the rules but I haven't played in many years.  I don't recognize any of the songs from Chess but, since it has parts about the KGB and CIA, it is a Cold War thing...


Yeah, maybe a bit before my time. Did you know there are possible moves in chess than there are atoms in the world. That blows my mind.


I find that really hard to believe.  The musical Chess lasts 2 hours and 50 minutes.  I'm not sure I want to believe that.


That seems like a ridiculously long time. I would definitely need a break between that one!


That and a few drinks... I respect chess masters but I find the game rather boring.  I would rather play backgammon -- it moves faster.


It is definitely a slow game. Did you know the president of the federation of chess believes it was invented by aliens?


For real?  That's weird... Did you know Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone?  Hard working people...


Wow, that means they were doing almost one a day. Crazy! The Ramones have played a total of 2263 concerts. They toured almost non stop for 20 years!


That must be the inspiration for their song "I want to be sedated".


lol! You might be right! In 2002 a creed concert went so bad that 4 concert goers filed a lawsuit. I wonder how bad it must have been..


That's pretty bad unless they were playing for a law school or something.  Did you know that R. Reagan was the only president that was elected after being divorced?  I didn't...


I didn't know that either. Hasn't Donald Trump been divorced?


I think so. The article I read must be dated.  I did learn that 6 of 15 presidents were left-handed.  Reagan was ambidextrous.


That's pretty interesting. Ronald Reagan established national ice cream month!


That's pretty cool but I think many would disagree with him saying ice cream is nutritious.


Yeah, that's probably not entirely true. He also won 49 out of 50 states!


That was quite a victory.  Thanks for the chat!


I have not seen it but would like to - I hear its a great Cold war rock musical


I do like to play from time to time - my son got a merit badge in the boy scouts in chess


Wow that is amazing. Did you know there are more possible moves in chess than atoms in the universe


Wow that seems pretty insane.  I would like to play 3 person chess - that sounds like a lot of fun


Wow did not know there is such a thing. The president of the federation believes that chess was invented by aliens


That is pretty weird.  I did enjoy watching a magician beat 9 leading chess players simultaneously by replicating their moves against each other at each table!


Wow. Judit Polgar was so good at it that he beat a family friend at the game when he was 5 and did not even look at the board


That is seriously impressive.  I am just happy to know how the pieces move - and that a knight can visit each square exactly once


Yeah. Did you know there is a negative correlation between the IQ and chess skills?


Really?  I would have thought you needed to be pretty smart to play chess!  But maybe not since pawns no longer have their own names like they used to


Yeah. I guess so. DO you know where the game was invented?


India I believe - and it became more modern in Spain in the 1400s


Yes it was India during the Gupta Empire and it was improved by the Persians later


The rules however were not standardized until the 19th century


Yeah. On another topic, do you go to concerts a lot?


I do like some concerts - I like the foo fighters but their concerts have been so loud it shows up on seismic monitors!


Yeah that is crazy. Did you know Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001?


Wow that is insane.  Dave Matthews got lucky once - he was stranded and a woman who was going to his concert stopped to help him


WOw that is nice that she stopped and she also met the guy in person


Yes I have I thought that was a great movie. It won two Academy Awards. There's going to be a sequel!


It's a very good movie. My daughter is super excited for the sequel.


Awesome me too. Before let it go was written Elsa  was actually the main villain in frozen.


Oh wow I didn't know that. The director is the first female director of a Walt Disney feature film.


Such a fitting film to do that. Disney renamed Rapunzel to tangled and snow queen to frozen because they blamed feminine titles for underperforming at box offices.


Interesting...I didn't know that either. I saw it was the 53rd Disney animated film.


That's a lot of animated films. Frozen reminds me of hockey because of the ice. Canada is the only country in the world with two national sports: lacrosse and ice hockey.


That's pretty cool. I love lacrosse. I played that in high school.


Oh nice. Do you like ice hockey? An ice hockey ring remains under basketball court when switching stadium sports!


I love ice hockey too. That's pretty cool. Who's your favorite NHL team?


I like the Chicago Blackhawks. Did you know that an average hockey player will lose up to 8 pounds in one game? That's a lot of sweat.


I'm a Blue Jackets fan. That's a good method for losing weight lol


Awesome. Hockey player was treated for $1 in1993. That is kind of demeaning.


That's very demeaning. Looks like he went on to win 4 Stanley Cups though so good for him.


Yes he really proved them wrong. Must've been good motivation. Are you a soccer fan as well? It seems make the most money out of any sport.


I love soccer as well. I saw it makes more than all other sports combined which is nuts.


Yes it is played by so many people. More than 250 million players worldwide.


Very cool. I didn't know Jon Stewart was a very skilled soccer player.


Yes I had no idea he played at the Pan American Maccabi games in Brazil.


Me either. Good chatting with you. Have a good day.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Not too much although I like it better than football. Are you?


It's ok to watch if it's on but I don't go out of my way for it.  An average pro hockey player will lose up to 8 pounds a game.  If I had known that though when I was younger, I would have played.  lol


I played field hockey in high school. It was tough.


Nice!  That was never popular where I live.  An interesting tidbit though...I was on a native american reservation this past summer in New York and I learned that field hockey originated as a native sport!


That is interesting! A player caught fire when a puck hit his matches in his pocket. That was ice hockey, though. I hate to skate because I fell on the back of my head once.


I tried ice skating and couldn't get the hang of it.  That had to have hurt.  In the first olympic winter games in 1924, Canada scored 132 goals and let in only 3 during the entire competition!


Ice hockey is very competitive. You have to have strong ankles and a thick skull. And you can get cut by someone else's blades. That's the worst. I prefer skiing.


I agree.  Canada is the only country with 2 national sports - lacrosse and ice hockey.


I have never seen lacrosse! I like to watch the ice dancers when the Olympics are on. I like that the Brazilian bobsled team is called Frozen Bananas.


That's funny! hahha  This might sound silly but what is the difference between lacrosse and field hockey?


I have no idea actually. Did you ever watch curling? They use brooms to move weights across the ice. I think it is popular in Maine and Canada.


I've seen that on the olympics.  Funny you say Maine I had cousins there when I was growing up.  We went there to visit them and that was the first time I ever saw field hockey and was shocked that it was a school sport.  lol


They made us play field hockey, whether you wanted to or not. I am from Massachusetts. We did play soccer too.


Nice!  Have cousins there...my grandmother was from Cambridge and I have cousins still in the Woburn area.  Can't remember the exact town names. LOL


haha. I have friends in 'Wooburn.' Growing up, I liked being out in the woods sksting on a pond as opposed to a rink. I don't think I have ever skated in a rink.


Haha like the accents.  I remember when I first went there I asked for a pop and no one knew what I was talking about.  They called it tonic.  lol  do they still call it that?


Some people do. I call it soda. I lived in Miami for a while and I called the water fountain a bubbler. Everyone made fun of me.


Ha!  That's awesome!  I'm going to have to remember that next time I see one.  So since you play soccer...did you know that soccer makes more money than all of the other big sports combined?


I read that. I guess its because the game is universal. I like it better than hockey because the Boston Bruins seem to only want to fight with the other teams.


lol  A hockey player was traded for $1 in 1993 and went on to win 4 stanley cups.  Wonder who that it is.  LOL I just went by my son turned on the water in the sink and said "look at the bubbla" he looked at me like something was wrong with me and didn't say nothing...just walked away shaking his head.


haha that's funny. Well, nice chatting with you. Enjoy your pop!


Hi! Yes, I love movies. In fact, Tom Hanks is one of my favorite actors. Did you know he's also the highest box office star of all time, making over $8.5 billion worldwide?


That's a lot of money! Do you like Disney movies too?


I do love Disney movies. You know, when Sleeping Beauty flopped at the box office, they almost shut down their entire animation studio. I'm so thankful they didn't!


I know. We would have been robbed of so many great movies. They did flop with Treasure Planet though.


I wonder if it was as bad as Trojan Wars? It only earned  $309 at the box office despite having a budget of $15 million. That's kind of depressing.


Yeah. Imagine being the lead on that and get those reviews and results back. So depressing!


No kidding! I kind of wish they'd make a movie about that computer the Russians made back in 1936 that ran on water. That is crazy, isn't it?


Yeah, like a space shuttle running on only 1mb of ram!


That would be interesting as well! I think the best horror movie would be about those transhumanist people who wish to upload their minds to memory sticks and computers. Ha!


Right? I don't want your brain on a stick... Do you smoke?


No kidding! Ha! If I did smoke, i wouldn't want to do it around Apple computers because it makes them a biohazard and voids the warranty.


That's right! But don't smoke regardless... it's gross. Could you build a working computer out of minecraft blocks?


I wish I could but I'm not as brilliant as the person who did that. I'd rather just build a space ship and go to the moon. Ha! Speaking of the moon, did you know there's actually evidence of methane based life on one of Saturn's moons named Titan?


No, I did not. That's really interesting. Mar's moon, phobos is 1/3 hollow.


Thats pretty interesting! I also find it interesting that highest point on our moon is 1938 meters higher than Mt. Everest. I'm surprised no one's tried to climb it yet. Ha!


Yeah. It would probably be easier... with no gravity.... You could also look down on the people who ONLY climbed Everest....


Exactly. Ha! I'd just fear being hit by moon dust as it can cut through Kevlar-like material and cause the moon hay fever disease. So I would have to pass on climbing the moon's highest point.


What if it gave you super powers though... Like the ability to jump really high?


That would be cool. Ha! Well speaking of the moon, did you also know NASA had considered placing a UN flag on the moon instead of the US flag, months before Apollo 11?


I did not know that. I hope you have a great day. Nice chatting with you!


Hey there have you ever played chess? I used to be really good at it when I was younger


Oh, yes! I love chess. Have you ever played with the board that allows 3 people? That seems intense.


No I never played that! But it sounds pretty awesome LOL. It's also awesome that there are more possible moves in chess than there are atoms in the universe, that seems insane


Wow, that is so crazy. I can't believe chess has been around since before the 7th century, either. What a rich history!


That is a long time! Did you ever play by the way? Apparently the rules were standardized in the 19th century, even though like you mentioned, it has existed in some way or another since the 7th


I have played. I love most strategy games like Chess and Mah Jong. But I'm definitely no Darren Brown.


Can you tell me about Darren Brown? All I know about Chess is that people like Bobby Fischer are good, also judit pulgar is really good too, I bought one of her books when I was studying chest


Darren Brown was actually a magician! He beat nine of the best chess players in existence at the same time by replicating each of their moves against each other in every game.


Wow that's incredible! He sounds really good. On a separate note though, what do you think about concerts? Do you ever go to them?


I love concerts. I saw Depeche Mode recently. I've also seen Dave Matthews.


Oh yeah those are both really good. I really liked Lollapalooza which was a big Music Festival / concert that I went to last year. I also like the Ramones, did you know that they have been touring nonstop for 20 years?


Woah, that's super cool. They play pretty loudly, too. I wonder if they play as loud as Deep Purple. In 1972, three audience members passed out from the sound. They broke the world record!


That's scary! I would have hated that concert because I hate really loud music personally even though I do go to concerts LOL. I would go to the amphitheater in Croatia though, they were probably be respectful with sound there


If you don't like loud concerts, you probably would've loved the one Lou Reed had in 2010. Him and his wife held one for dogs, so the music was only a high frequency that they could hear.


Yeah I would have loved that haha! That way I couldn't have heard anything lol. I also would not have liked to go to that Creed concert, you know, the one where they were sued because the concert was so bad LOL


I haven't heard about that, but I could believe it! Speaking of people who weren't appreciated, did you know that Ronald Reagan lost a movie job because the producer didn't think he looked "presidential". Talk about irony!


Wow talk about a bad call LOL. It's interesting too, that he is the only president to be elected after previously being divorced. I wonder why that is


And that people voted for him! He was the original flip-flopper considering he began his career as a democrat!


You're right! I think it's awesome though that he called ice cream"a nutritious and wholesome food" and created National Ice Cream month, now that's something I can get behind haha


He must've had a tremendous sweet tooth. Apparently Jelly Belly created the blueberry flavor just for him.


That's awesome! I wish I had someone to make a jelly bean flavor after me LOL. It's interesting to that he was ambidextrous, you don't meet many people that are


What do you think about the cast of Chess,?


I havent seen it either but I am exited, I think Murray Head has a lot of talent and the Eisenhower theater is also amazing.


I really like the game of chess?  Do you play?  Did you know there are more possible moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe


Really!! that many? Wow, countless of strategies then, I dont play but have respect for those who do, it looks hard.


It can be depending on your partner.  There is so much to think about so many options so many moves. Chess was invented in india


Is it true the president of the chess federation thinks the game was invented by aliens?


Haha I have no clue,  I guess it wouldnt surprise me.  I wonder why he thinks that or what evidence he has to support that theory.


Maybe because of the complexity of the game, there is also an IQ correlation with strong chess players.


I am sure.  grandmaster judit polgar beat a 5 year old without looking at the board.


Thats crazy, he had a memorized strategy, so do you like music, have you attended any concerts lately?


i do like music.  I havent been to any concerts lately though,  Have you?


I havent been to any concerts lately either, I sure want to go to a Ramones concert, even though they played a total of 2263 concerts I wasnt able to go to one.


That is a ton of concerts, I cant imagine living out of suitcases for so long,  they must have loved it!  Hope they made a lot of money!


They might, they are a pretty good band, I also wanted to attend a Linking Park concert but that seems impossible now.


Yeah Linkin Park did 324 concerts one year!  They were a great band,  I wish I couldve saw them too.


Yeah, their debut album was great I really liked it, another band I used to like was Creed.


I dont think I know who they are.  Any good?  what are some of their songs?


Some of their best songs are "My Sacrifice" and "Higher" you should look them up, too bad the band started having problems, in 2002 they gave a concert that wasn't up to their usual standards.


Oh right,  their fans filed a lawsuit,  that is unfortunate.  Must have been really bad!


Yeah, I wonder why because they have pretty good songs maybe the band was out of tune and didnt rehearse properly.


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


I always wanted to play in the park of NYC


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


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


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


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


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


I think one was janggi and the other shogi


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


The number of possible moves makes it very difficult to master


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


I believe the World Press President is a bit crazy.


He believes the game was invented by Aliens rather than Indians


The current grandmaster has been playing since he was 5


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


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


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


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


The real question is do you like horror?


Never really been a big fan of horror movies. How about you?


I find it a hit or miss. It is interesting you can burn up to 180 calories by watching horror movies


Thats crazy maybe I need to start watching more horror movies. Lol. Maybe I can lose a few pounds.