#1580; What’s Undone is Undead

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[[JERMETHY is back at the ol’ workshop, tinkering with a device that resembles a jar with a bunch of valves and an enormous protruding wheel. He’s got his glasses up on his forehead as he concentrates on the task.

LORLA pokes her head in. She’s wearing a long knit sweater and a cozy-looking scarf. This isn’t relevant to the story but I want to call it out.]]

LORLA: Are you STILL tinkering with that? You said you were giving it up.
JERMETHY: I had a new idea for it.

LORLA: You told me “I don’t care if this can somehow be made to work, it’s not worth the effort.” You said “I’m going to give it up, SPECIFICALLY as PRACTICE in giving up. Deciding it’s DONE and putting it on a shelf.” YOUR words were “It’s about FOCUS and PRIORITIES and practicing CONTROL over my impulses.”
JERMETHY: I did say all that.

JERMETHY: But IT was not LISTENING. A new idea came to me, just to SPITE me

JERMETHY (scowling): And I’ll be DAMNED if I let it TAUNT me!
LORLA: What you KEPT REPEATING was “Discipline!”
JERMETHY: Oh, I’m gonna discipline this naughty thing all right.

#1580; What’s Undone is Undead transcribed by in

[[JERMETHY is back at the ol' workshop, tinkering with a device that resembles a jar with a bunch of valves and an enormous protruding wheel. He's got his glasses up on his forehead as he concentrates on the task.

LORLA pokes her head in. She’s wearing a long knit sweater and a cozy-looking scarf. This isn’t relevant to the story but I want to call it out.]]

LORLA: Are you STILL tinkering with that? You said you were giving it up.
JERMETHY: I had a new idea for it.

JERMETHY: But IT was not LISTENING. A new idea came to me, just to SPITE me

JERMETHY (scowling): And I’ll be DAMNED if I let it TAUNT me!
LORLA: What you KEPT REPEATING was “Discipline!”
JERMETHY: Oh, I’m gonna discipline this naughty thing all right.

The man is having trouble getting his one-wheeled valve manifold to work. He's not the first and he certainly won't be the last.

#1580; What’s Undone is Undead

— January 14th, 2026

[ Tags: annoyances, craft ] Permalink: https://wondermark.com/c/1580/

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In addition to buying things directly from me, the normal way, my game Bolted! is also now available on Amazon dot com.

On that famous website, you can also get the Creature-Crafting Magnets Set, which is made of the same artwork from the game, but is just a weird little trinket (not a playable game).

My kiddo made the elaborate version below to show off just how many magnets you get in the set (it’s 150 pieces in all — this isn’t even all of them).

Also now on Amazon is my set of Multi-Purpose Greeting Cards — a full dozen cards with envelopes in a fancy, unbranded, foil-stamped box!

Event alert!

I’ll also be showing off Bolted! at Greenwood Games, an event in Seattle this Saturday:

Greenwood Games is a free, all-ages community game event that invites players to spend the afternoon walking Greenwood Avenue from 65th to 80th, collecting clues, cracking puzzles, and discovering games made right here in Washington.

Think of it as Pride Hop, ArtWalk, and the Gumshoe all rolled into one, except the whole thing is built around games and puzzles.

Local game designers will be set up at different places along Greenwood Avenue in Phinney Ridge (near Ballard). My specific spot will be the “Holy Mountain Phinney Ridge Taproom”. All the information about all the different games & venues is on the website!

(If you’re in Seattle generally but not free tomorrow, Bolted! is also stocked at Blue Highway Games in Queen Anne.)

Next week, I’ll be at Gen Con! I personally will be hanging with my buddy Sam Logan at BFE Webcomics, booth #1217… but I have it on good authority that copies of Bolted! will be available at the CRWN Studios booth, #2549.

Visit one booth! Then the other! The order…is up to you.

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#1580; What’s Undone is Undead

— January 14th, 2026

Event alert!

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