Dr. Johnson on These Girls These Days. Middle-aged guy thinks young women these days are shallow. Yawn. What's new? Old people always think younger people are shallow. However, I'm not even going to try putting myself up as an exception. I'm sure someone somewhere thinks I'm shallow.
Evil Overlord List. I think the main things to do as a sensible evil overlord are: treat your henchmen/minions well so they don't turn on you, listen to common sense and your advisors so you don't do anything stupid, and nip any trouble in the bud before things get out of hand.
Animal laughs no joke says expert. "Although no one has investigated the possibility of rat humour, if it exists, it is likely to be heavily laced with slapstick."