September 2, 2008 - "Banal" « PREVIOUS - ARCHIVE - NEXT »
Bob wondered why his anti-evil totem failed to ward off his horrible, evil boss. Then it occurred to him that perhaps his boss wasn’t evil after all! Perhaps he was just a regular robot, trying to do his job... ...the banal agent of a larger force, mindlessly carrying out his orders without question... Then it occurred to him how much more depressing that would be... What are you doing standing around... get back to work.