Say Alexa , good morningand she provides that day ' s fun fact . Do kitchen conversions . Define and spell words . Set alarms and timers . Ask her to tell a joke . Open the box of cats you ' ll find it under Skills . Get a weather forecast . Get a news update . Add stuff to a shopping or To Do list . Ask her to sing Happy Birthday . <| sep |> Again , you ' re being dismissive . It does not matter what I say so long as you choose to be dismissive . You think if Bill Nye the Science Guy was introduced to a new concept , he ' d be like you and say , That ' s stupid , I ' m ignoring it . Of course not . Ignoring it is just exactly choosing ignorance . Stop choosing to be ignorant , choose to be educated . Google is a tab away , get some brains .