The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

There are times I really miss George Carlin's humor. Fortunately, I can still resort to his numerous books, interviews, performances, and video clips for his wisecracks. Just recently, I went to a bar with my family and girlfriend in celebration of my birthday. Directly across from us were three ladies in their mid-20s, I imagine, whom did nothing but take selfies all night. Never did we see them look in the direction of the band that was playing, or anywhere else. The three of them simply put their three heads together, gave one another lice in the process, and smiled for their phones. Upon witnessing this, I was immediately reminded of George Carlin's bit regarding camcorders - when they were the "in" thing. When reading this, just substitute "camcorders" with "smartphones," and it should work fairly well for our contemporary society: "And camcorders. Here is technology gone berserk. Everywhere you go now there’s some dick, some yo-yo, s...

I'm going to sound ancient here in a moment, but do you remember the good ol' days when our baby pictures were only shown off during the following occasions? 1. During family gatherings - Our parents would attempt to embarrass us with our childhood photo albums. Fortunately, most of the family had already seen these pictures, so our faces became increasingly desensitized to blushing with each and every such occasion. 2. High school gradation party - Not only were family members around to peruse the childhood pics, but add friends and even some teachers to that ever-growing list! Once again, the level of embarrassment typically didn't get out-of-hand since at such parties, the students are usually so busy welcoming and talking to people, they rarely have time to look through their photo albums with friends, family, or teachers. If a high school teacher, whom you had a crush on, was looking through such an album as you passed by, though, then that could be another story ...