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SOL: I’ve finally DONE it, Morty! I’ve PAID OFF the mortgage.
Taken TEN LONG YEARS of scrimpin’ and savin’, but I finally OWN the old hovel free and clear.
MORTY: Same here! It’s a great feeling, innit?

SOL: IMPOSSIBLE! You’ve been delinquent for MONTHS!
MORTY: ABSOLUTELY. But come Christmas morning, WHAT do we see but EBENEZER SCROOGE himself DANCING down the avenue, handing out CANDY and NECK-RUBS! We can’t even get the “lo” out of “Hello” before he’s TORN UP our debt RIGHT there in the STREET!

MORTY: Food poisoning. TOTALLY insane.
By noon his ENTIRE debtor roster is CASUALLY milling around his house, hoping to “accidentally” encounter him before he has an ANEURYSM.
BARNES got a free CAR.
Larry got SCROOGE’S OWN HOUSE! Just HANDED him the deed!

SOL: I…I sold my own FILLINGS to have that mortgage paid off by Christmas.
MORTY: Then you should TOTALLY come over. Scrooge gave us WAY too much figgy pudding.

{{Header: it all pays off at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: All that factory work has been real character-building for little Billy, you know?}}

#476; In which Suffering was a Waste transcribed by in

SOL: I’ve finally DONE it, Morty! I’ve PAID OFF the mortgage.
Taken TEN LONG YEARS of scrimpin’ and savin’, but I finally OWN the old hovel free and clear.
MORTY: Same here! It’s a great feeling, innit?

SOL: IMPOSSIBLE! You’ve been delinquent for MONTHS!
MORTY: ABSOLUTELY. But come Christmas morning, WHAT do we see but EBENEZER SCROOGE himself DANCING down the avenue, handing out CANDY and NECK-RUBS! We can’t even get the “lo” out of “Hello” before he’s TORN UP our debt RIGHT there in the STREET!

MORTY: Food poisoning. TOTALLY insane.
By noon his ENTIRE debtor roster is CASUALLY milling around his house, hoping to “accidentally” encounter him before he has an ANEURYSM.
BARNES got a free CAR.
Larry got SCROOGE’S OWN HOUSE! Just HANDED him the deed!

SOL: I…I sold my own FILLINGS to have that mortgage paid off by Christmas.
MORTY: Then you should TOTALLY come over. Scrooge gave us WAY too much figgy pudding.

{{Header: it all pays off at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: All that factory work has been real character-building for little Billy, you know?}}

#476; In which Suffering was a Waste transcribed by in

SOL: I've finally DONE it, Morty! I've PAID OFF the mortgage.
Taken TEN LONG YEARS of scrimpin' and savin', but I finally OWN the old hovel free and clear.
MORTY: Same here! It's a great feeling, innit?

SOL: IMPOSSIBLE! You've been delinquent for MONTHS!
MORTY: ABSOLUTELY. But come Christmas morning, WHAT do we see but EBENEZER SCROOGE himself DANCING down the avenue, handing out CANDY and NECK-RUBS! We can't even get the "lo" out of "Hello" before he's TORN UP our debt RIGHT there in the STREET!

MORTY: Food poisoning. TOTALLY insane.
By noon his ENTIRE debtor roster is CASUALLY milling around his house, hoping to "accidentally" encounter him before he has an ANEURYSM.
BARNES got a free CAR.
Larry got SCROOGE'S OWN HOUSE! Just HANDED him the deed!

SOL: I...I sold my own FILLINGS to have that mortgage paid off by Christmas.
MORTY: Then you should TOTALLY come over. Scrooge gave us WAY too much figgy pudding.

{{Header: it all pays off at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: All that factory work has been real character-building for little Billy, you know?}}

All that factory work has been real character-building for little Billy, you know?

#476; In which Suffering was a Waste

  — December 30th, 2008

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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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