Attention all public officials. Before you go to talk at a high school, you might want to review this and learn from others’ mistakes:

Here’s a tip: If you’re a State Representative about to lecture high school kids on, well, anything, and you’re planning on using a Powerpoint deck on your thumb drive, it’s probably a good idea to delete all the porn off of it, as some computers will automatically play back images as a slideshow. Just so you know.

Also, denying the porn is yours isn’t a very good defense.

*Sigh* Should this make this podcast as a Reason for Homeschooling? I think so too.

From the original article:

Investigators interviewed Barrett as well as others in the classroom at the time of the lecture to determine if the image of the woman came from the memory stick or the school computer.

The school’s technology director looked at the memory stick and determined that it had a directory of nude images.

Barrett tells Channel 3 News that he reported the incident to the school principal as well as the Superintendent. Norwalk Police were called to the scene as well and eventually the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Can you imagine the sinking feeling in this guy’s stomach when they walked in and asked for this USB drive. And I thought I hated to see the state patrol in my rear view mirror.