The Comedy-Clip RelationshipWritten by Stanley J. Leffew
Have you noticed it?Watch television programming on any given night, and you receive comedy clips from up-and-coming episodes of popular comedy sitcoms. Ray Romano slyly puts down his wife's cooking while his dad belittles his mom in name of humor and a few laughs. Doug makes glib and quirky remarks for laughs to his buddies about his wife's hair on King of Queens. Now, I love to laugh as much as next person. I enjoy living life with lightheartedness. I often think we just need to lighten up a little bit and enjoy life more. But not when it comes to using my wife as a comic clip for someone else's humorous moment. I value her more than that. The very person who trusts me more than anyone should not suffer because of me. Have you ever seen it? Have you ever watched words of humor wound heart of another in a relationship? Have you ever noticed wince of pain as "laughter" dagger finds its mark? Sure, they're smiling, but smile doesn't quite go all way to eyes. I have seen it many times, and it's not a pretty sight.
| | Communication – Then and NowWritten by Rosalyn Bronstein
If you think about what life must have been like 150 years ago, when long distance communication meant putting pen to paper, it’s astonishing to think about how far we’ve come. Today, many people will tell you they feel positively naked without a cell phone dangling from hip, and a palm pilot or Blackberry in pocket. Handbags are now specially designed with these and similar items in mind. These are “can’t do withouts”, and we haven’t even touched on computer.The coming of electronic media was certainly revolutionary. People now had choices of how they were going to get – and give – their news. I remember growing up in a large house, with an entire room devoted to telephone. There was a small desk, chair, lamp, and telephone. Nothing more. In 21st Century, this seems like a way to converse straight out of Middle Ages, as we walk around with phone in hand. And by using voice over Internet Protocol, computer is converted into an inexpensive phone. Voice sounds are compressed into data packets and sent without need for traditional phone lines. But what about those times when you want to send a written message, but don’t fancy having to involve post office. Well, that’s covered, too, which is why e-mail has come of age. Although fairly new, e-mail is already experiencing massive problems – spam, unwanted advertising, and computer viruses – due to unscrupulous people whose aim is to hurt and/or profit unethically.
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