#116 The Problems of Evil

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I wish I were an evil genius. My wife says I don’t qualify … on either count. Which is exactly the kind of snippy comment I wouldnât have to tolerate if I were an evil genius.

Take a look at a really good, top-level evil genius like Goldfinger or Dr. Drakken or that guy who invented the shrink-wrap on CDs. With their success in the art of evil, they have entire staffs of thugs and minions and henchmen to keep their various other thugs, minions and henchmen in line. As a middle-manager I’m not allowed to have a single minion, let alone a henchman or thug. (It turns out that HR has all of these fussy rules against job descriptions which include the words “kill”, “maim” or “at the whim of your supervisor”.)

Still, it’s kind of fun to daydream what it would be like to be the head of an evil organization……..

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NOTES: 

• This particular essay was inspired by Joss Whedon’s hilarious (and surprisingly touching) web mini-series Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Please note thatt there’s some grown-up content and parents probably ought to preview it before they share it with their younger children. You can find out more at:
  http://www.drhorrible.com/
• As I mentioned in the show, the winners of the Podcast Peer Awards have been named. You can see all of the finalist and winners here:
  http://www.podcastpeers.org/winnersPPA5.html
• I’m particularly pleased that TechTalkForFamilies won an award. You can learn more (and read some of the reviews that I’ve been writing) at:
  http://www.techtalkforfamilies.com

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