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Two men are having a conversation while riding on horseback, as you sometimes do.

AMBERSPATCH: Sorry your team had a rough night yesterday.

BELLOWTON: My own fault.

BELLOWTON: I watched the game on TV. When they won the day before, I was listening on the radio. Lesson learned! Radio ONLY tonight.

AMBERSPATCH: I know these superstitions are…CRUCIAL. But wouldn’t it be NICER to watch it on TV?

BELLOWTON: “SUPERSTITIONS”?

BELLOWTON: Was it ME, one person, watching the game on TV from miles away, that CAUSED the wild pitch that let their runner score? Of COURSE not. That’s silly.

BELLOWTON (now leaning in extremely closely): It was ALL OF US, COLLECTIVELY, doing NOT ENOUGH things right. I am going to DO MY PART so I don’t have to LIVE with the GUILT!

AMBERSPATCH: Okay!

BELLOWTON: Does ONE VOTE swing an election? You still VOTE, DON’T YOU?!

AMBERSPATCH: OKAY!!

#1574; In which the Audience participates (Part 1 of 3) transcribed by in

Two men are having a conversation while riding on horseback, as you sometimes do.

AMBERSPATCH: Sorry your team had a rough night yesterday.

BELLOWTON: My own fault.

BELLOWTON: I watched the game on TV. When they won the day before, I was listening on the radio. Lesson learned! Radio ONLY tonight.

AMBERSPATCH: I know these superstitions are...CRUCIAL. But wouldn't it be NICER to watch it on TV?

BELLOWTON: "SUPERSTITIONS"?

BELLOWTON: Was it ME, one person, watching the game on TV from miles away, that CAUSED the wild pitch that let their runner score? Of COURSE not. That's silly.

BELLOWTON (now leaning in extremely closely): It was ALL OF US, COLLECTIVELY, doing NOT ENOUGH things right. I am going to DO MY PART so I don't have to LIVE with the GUILT!

AMBERSPATCH: Okay!

BELLOWTON: Does ONE VOTE swing an election? You still VOTE, DON'T YOU?!

AMBERSPATCH: OKAY!!

Look, it's not that it makes sense. It's that it wins games. I think, anyway. I've never really tracked it.

#1574; In which the Audience participates (Part 1 of 3)

  — October 19th, 2025

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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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