Comic Transcripts

[[A sleepy individual lies in bed with a nightcap, talking to a dog.]]
Sleeper: We’ve forgotten how to be bored.
Sleeper: If the mind is constantly stimulated – if we feed our phones every shred of spare attention our surroundings do not, at that moment, require –

Sleeper: – it forgets how to stimulate itself.
Sleeper: How to turn up the gain on life to find the signals that hide a bit deeper.

Sleeper: Engaging in periodic non-thought, then, is a useful and necessary exercise for the mind!
Sleeper: Doing nothing, thinking nothing for as long as feels RIGHT.

[[The sleeper, now awake and dressed, discusses the matter with a friend.]]
Sleeper: Yeah so I basically work out for like three hours every morning

{{header: be still and WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: six sets of twelve reps of staring at the ceiling, trying to find patterns in the popcorn}}

#1119; In which No One is Idle transcribed by in

[[A sleepy individual lies in bed with a nightcap, talking to a dog.]]
Sleeper: We've forgotten how to be bored.
Sleeper: If the mind is constantly stimulated - if we feed our phones every shred of spare attention our surroundings do not, at that moment, require -

Sleeper: - it forgets how to stimulate itself.
Sleeper: How to turn up the gain on life to find the signals that hide a bit deeper.

Sleeper: Engaging in periodic non-thought, then, is a useful and necessary exercise for the mind!
Sleeper: Doing nothing, thinking nothing for as long as feels RIGHT.

[[The sleeper, now awake and dressed, discusses the matter with a friend.]]
Sleeper: Yeah so I basically work out for like three hours every morning

{{header: be still and WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: six sets of twelve reps of staring at the ceiling, trying to find patterns in the popcorn}}

six sets of twelve reps of staring at the ceiling, trying to find patterns in the popcorn

#1119; In which No One is Idle

  — April 24th, 2015

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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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