Inaugural rant - Johnny No-notes

I've found myself ranting more lately.  To illustrate, I thought, as my first non-introductory post, I'd include something I posted on Facebook a couple of days ago.  As setup, I was teaching my advisor's class while he was out of town.  Though I had a lot of fun, and I had students who were responsive and engaged, there was one guy who particularly rubbed me the wrong way.  He came to class with nothing in hand, and throughout the class, he didn't even set up his desk - much less take a note.  Thus, I dubbed him Johnny No-notes.  I told a friend about this, and she asked me if I would call him that the next time I saw him, and I said that, not only would I call him that, but this is what I would say:

"So, what did you guys (referring to the class) talk about last time? How about you, Johnny No-notes? I'm guessing by your lack of writing material that you used your Kodak brand photographic memory to get it all. No answer? Maybe you need a minute to use your mental photoshop to clear up some blurriness on those mental Polariods? Get rid of some red eye? It's ok; we'll wait.

Still nothing? Hmm, that's strange. Well, I'm guessing that you knew you wouldn't need notes today because you looked ahead and already understand what we're going to be talking about. Why don't you tell us a little bit about today's material? Huh? Still no answer, Johnny No-notes? Well, it's probably because you've already moved on to bigger problems in your head. I'll go on with this lecture, and you just let us know when you've cured cancer, ok?"