Bill Gates Did Not Say That

Cross-posted at JesusLovesBags.com

Over the past few days I’ve seen the revival of a quote attributed to Bill Gates giving a commencement speech to a high school.  It seems that this trope has been going around the intertubes for over a decade, originally as part of an email chain.  Here’s what’s been making the rounds on Facebook (including the pic):

Bill Gates recently gave a Commencement speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Happy Thoughts

It usually doesn’t take long for the rage felt because of some bastard in Connecticut shooting up a school full of kids to dissipate into a melange of Facebook Philosophy, Tawdry Tweets, Paltry Prayers, and Fruitless Photoshop. Already, I’m being hit with drawings like this that would make Van Gogh go Van Nuts:

I’m a Negligent Blogger

Hey, I just wanted to update this really quick. I’ve been pretty busy lately and haven’t had much time to write here. And that probably won’t change for about a month. So I’ll be back, hopefully at a more regular pace, in 2013.