Facebook has an "on this day in" feature, similar to a feature with the same name I used to have on Scripting News until it became too much of a burden to review 10, then 15, then 20 years of archives every day. Sometimes Facebook uncovers something I wrote only on Facebook that really should be out on the open web. Here's such a piece written on this day last year, the full text of which appears below.

I was once at a workshop where we all hung out in a room together for 48 hours, mostly strangers, people who had never met before. About 20 people. All ages, male and female.

The format -- we all talk, supposedly just about ourselves, but since it was 48 hours long, it got personal, at times very personal.

At one point I was challenged by a young man, a frequent thing you hear from them, Why do you think you know so much more than me? I had never said that I know more than anyone, I wasn't talking about him, just about myself. I was more than twice his age, so I assumed he was referring to my age.

I asked how old he was. 22. I asked if he had learned anything since he was 12. Yes, of course. Do you think learning stops at 22. A long answer but basically yes. At this age, he believed, he fully understood how everything works.

Well, we have to tiptoe around this bug of youth. I'm 60, and a man in his thirties gave me a very long personal lecture via email about my character flaws. I said to him that I don't want to get embroiled with him, that took one sentence. In the second sentence, I indulged in a little advice since he gave advice so freely to me.

"Try to let it roll off you, that's what I do."

That's all I said. I thought it was good advice. And yes at 60 I do think I know more than you about life.

I'm really tired of tip-toeing around the weak egos of the young folk. I'm going to try to not do it so much.

Thanks for listening.

PS: One of the best comments on the Facebook post came from Liz Terry. "You seem to be a wanker-magnet." She's obviously British. I said in response that I was going to put that on my business card. I don't actually have a business card.

PPS: That same day I linked to an image of unknown origin that made me LOL again.