Never, but never (remember stoning) show a slide…

Never, but never (remember stoning) show a slide and then apologize for it. […] Don’t show bad slides! They never help; they always hurt.
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When you are giving a paper, you are an actor on a stage. […] put on a happy face and kick ass … or get off that stage.

Jay H. Lehr in his highly recommendable paper Let There Be Stoning!