{"id":2274,"date":"2013-08-23T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2013-08-23T07:00:55","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T13:00:55","slug":"best-college-convocation-speech-ever-a-little-friday-funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2013\/08\/best-college-convocation-speech-ever-a-little-friday-funny.html","title":{"rendered":"Best College Convocation Speech Ever &#8211; A Little Friday Funny"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Georgia Tech - Freshman Convocation - Epic Welcome Speech\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/98nNpzE6gIs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>His name is Nicholas Selby, and he\u2019s a sophomore at Georgia Tech, welcoming the incoming freshman class with style. This kid is either going to end up being the evil genius who finally succeeds in destroying the planet, or writing for the Colbert Report. Either way, I think I would have studied much harder in college if I would have had this sort of motivation. Nice work Nicholas. Happy Friday everyone. Work hard, the weekend\u2019s coming\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His name is Nicholas Selby, and he\u2019s a sophomore at Georgia Tech, welcoming the incoming freshman class with style. This kid is either going to end up being the evil genius who finally succeeds in destroying the planet, or writing for the Colbert Report. 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