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[[A single-runway airport sits outside a small town. A few buildings are visible in the near distance.]]
SIX PAPA ROMEO: Desert Tower, biplane Six Papa Romeo requests eastbound transition your airspace at five thousand five hundred.
TOWER: Six Papa Romeo, transition approved, desert altimeter three zero zero one.

[[The plane approaches…]]

[[…and flies by…]]

[[…and continues on course.]]
TOWER: Six Papa Romeo, contact approach on one one eight point seven.
SIX PAPA ROMEO: One one eight seven good day.

TOWER: COME BAAAAACK
CAPTION: The Loneliest Controller

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{{Alt-text: I got all these board games!}}

#518; In which it’s a Slow Day transcribed by in

[[A single-runway airport sits outside a small town. A few buildings are visible in the near distance.]]
SIX PAPA ROMEO: Desert Tower, biplane Six Papa Romeo requests eastbound transition your airspace at five thousand five hundred.
TOWER: Six Papa Romeo, transition approved, desert altimeter three zero zero one.

[[The plane approaches…]]

[[…and flies by…]]

[[…and continues on course.]]
TOWER: Six Papa Romeo, contact approach on one one eight point seven.
SIX PAPA ROMEO: One one eight seven good day.

TOWER: COME BAAAAACK
CAPTION: The Loneliest Controller

{{Header: pine for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: I got all these board games!}}

#518; In which it’s a Slow Day transcribed by in

[[A single-runway airport sits outside a small town. A few buildings are visible in the near distance.]]
SIX PAPA ROMEO: Desert Tower, biplane Six Papa Romeo requests eastbound transition your airspace at five thousand five hundred.
TOWER: Six Papa Romeo, transition approved, desert altimeter three zero zero one.

[[The plane approaches...]]

[[...and flies by...]]

[[...and continues on course.]]
TOWER: Six Papa Romeo, contact approach on one one eight point seven.
SIX PAPA ROMEO: One one eight seven good day.

TOWER: COME BAAAAACK
CAPTION: The Loneliest Controller

{{Header: pine for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: I got all these board games!}}

I got all these board games!

#518; In which it’s a Slow Day

  — May 21st, 2009

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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