Comic Transcripts

[[Two individuals discuss some magazines.]]
Non-hoarder: Hey, can we throw away some of these old magazines?
Hoarder: I haven’t gotten a chance to look through them yet!

Non-hoarder: They’re really piling up. Anything you want to read is online, anyway.
Hoarder: OH YEAH? What if the power goes out? What if the internet goes down?

Hoarder: What if the internet GOES AWAY FOREVER? You’ll be left with NOTHING while I will have this information preserved and ready.
Non-hoarder: So these magazines are LITERALLY being saved JUST IN CASE they’re USEFUL after a GLOBAL CATASTROPHE.
Non-hoarder: Riots in the streets… Stock market collapsed… living on canned beans… daily knife fights with warlords over the few Keurig K-cups left…

Non-hoarder: And WE’RE fully prepared, sitting tall and proud on a stack of 2011 New Yorkers.
Hoarder: I mean that’s the only point at which I’ll actually have enough free time to sit and read magazines

{{header: save the old WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: As the sun sets over a world blasted to cinders, we gather around the fire and read the Hot Consumer Electronics Buys for 2010. Our children paint vivid pictures in their minds of the wonders we describe.}}

#1143; The ‘Someday’ Pile transcribed by in

[[Two individuals discuss some magazines.]]
Non-hoarder: Hey, can we throw away some of these old magazines?
Hoarder: I haven’t gotten a chance to look through them yet!

Non-hoarder: They’re really piling up. Anything you want to read is online, anyway.
Hoarder: OH YEAH? What if the power goes out? What if the internet goes down?

Hoarder: What if the internet GOES AWAY FOREVER? You’ll be left with NOTHING while I will have this information preserved and ready.
Non-hoarder: So these magazines are LITERALLY being saved JUST IN CASE they’re USEFUL after a GLOBAL CATASTROPHE.
Non-hoarder: Riots in the streets… Stock market collapsed… living on canned beans… daily knife fights with warlords over the few Keurig K-cups left…

Non-hoarder: And WE’RE fully prepared, sitting tall and proud on a stack of 2011 New Yorkers.
Hoarder: I mean that’s the only point at which I’ll actually have enough free time to sit and read magazines

{{header: save the old WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: As the sun sets over a world blasted to cinders, we gather around the fire and read the Hot Consumer Electronics Buys for 2010. Our children paint vivid pictures in their minds of the wonders we describe.}}

#1143; The ‘Someday’ Pile transcribed by in

[[Two individuals discuss some magazines.]]
Non-hoarder: Hey, can we throw away some of these old magazines?
Hoarder: I haven't gotten a chance to look through them yet!

Non-hoarder: They're really piling up. Anything you want to read is online, anyway.
Hoarder: OH YEAH? What if the power goes out? What if the internet goes down?

Hoarder: What if the internet GOES AWAY FOREVER? You'll be left with NOTHING while I will have this information preserved and ready.
Non-hoarder: So these magazines are LITERALLY being saved JUST IN CASE they're USEFUL after a GLOBAL CATASTROPHE.
Non-hoarder: Riots in the streets... Stock market collapsed... living on canned beans... daily knife fights with warlords over the few Keurig K-cups left...

Non-hoarder: And WE'RE fully prepared, sitting tall and proud on a stack of 2011 New Yorkers.
Hoarder: I mean that's the only point at which I'll actually have enough free time to sit and read magazines

{{header: save the old WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: As the sun sets over a world blasted to cinders, we gather around the fire and read the Hot Consumer Electronics Buys for 2010. Our children paint vivid pictures in their minds of the wonders we describe.}}

As the sun sets over a world blasted to cinders, we gather around the fire and read the Hot Consumer Electronics Buys for 2010. Our children paint vivid pictures in their minds of the wonders we describe.

#1143; The ‘Someday’ Pile

  — July 17th, 2015

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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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