Wednesday

Except for the morning sales meeting that I didn’t know about until less than a minute beforehand, when my boss walked by my cubicle and suggested hey, maybe I could chime in on some of the supplemental materials I’ve been working on — you know, for the morning sales meeting? — today was a pretty ordinary day. And, in fact, there wasn’t a lot for me to chime in on anyway; most everything was covered in the slides the acquiring editors were presenting to our sales rep in Kentucky.

Which is about the limit to my Wednesday excitement.

Wednesday various

Batman and Harvey Pekar
  • If you’re out of work, it’s not because the economy’s bad, it’s because you’re a bad person. Or at least so says Ben Stein. Remember when he seemed like kind of a nice guy? [via]
  • “There’s a human tendency to resent anyone who disagrees with our pleasures. The less mature interpret that as a personal attack on themselves. They’re looking for support and vindication.” – Roger Ebert
  • It gets a little repetitive after awhile without the rest of the track, but there’s something fascinating about this isolated audio of Keith Moon playing drums on “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
  • I love these re-imagined Batman covers [via]
  • And finally, every Doctor Who villain since 1963.