Nominal

I cannot be the only person who read Nominal

Don't ask why Batman is sad unless you're willing to give him the time to consult his spreadsheet.

… and whose first thought was "Excel is a lousy tool for this." We've all fallen into this trap, but we've all regretted it by the time the file grows to a few hundred entries. Plain text FTW.

[In fairness, following that first thought I'm pretty sure we've all acknowledged what a fun picture this story presents of how complicated Bruce Wayne's life as a superhero gets, but misuses of Excel just get me started…]

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