Comic Transcripts

[[We’re looking at “25 Random Things” from a Facebook page.]]
TEXT: …the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)
1. I own close to 100 copies of Vanilla Ice’s autobiography (when I learned it was ghost-written by his manager Tommy Quon, I lost all interest in being a distributor).
2. In the seventh grade, I invented a new eating utensil called the “clingting.” I ate every meal with it for four and a half years. It involved magnets.
3. On a dare, I once broke a window of a police car with my forehead, then blamed it on a homeless guy passed out in a gutter nearby and was awarded a medal.
4. Ever since I saw “The Neverending Story,” I’ve felt that if ever I am truly needed, I will hear a book calling out to me. It’s happened twice and I’ve ignored it both times.
5. I used to be a vegetarian for moral reasons, but ever since a cow kicked my baby brother in the head I’ve switched to an all-beef diet. Those jerks deserve it.
6. I’ve never understood the lyrics to “U Can’t Touch This.” Is he talking about his…

[[ELISE is happily typing away on her gigantic 19th-century difference engine. CHARLES watches her.]]
CHARLES: You know, I think the point is that they’re supposed to be TRUE.
ELISE: You don’t know me very well, do you?

{{Header: live colorfully at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: I had a long, full life before we met, Charles.}}

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[[We're looking at "25 Random Things" from a Facebook page.]]
TEXT: ...the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)
1. I own close to 100 copies of Vanilla Ice's autobiography (when I learned it was ghost-written by his manager Tommy Quon, I lost all interest in being a distributor).
2. In the seventh grade, I invented a new eating utensil called the "clingting." I ate every meal with it for four and a half years. It involved magnets.
3. On a dare, I once broke a window of a police car with my forehead, then blamed it on a homeless guy passed out in a gutter nearby and was awarded a medal.
4. Ever since I saw "The Neverending Story," I've felt that if ever I am truly needed, I will hear a book calling out to me. It's happened twice and I've ignored it both times.
5. I used to be a vegetarian for moral reasons, but ever since a cow kicked my baby brother in the head I've switched to an all-beef diet. Those jerks deserve it.
6. I've never understood the lyrics to "U Can't Touch This." Is he talking about his...

[[ELISE is happily typing away on her gigantic 19th-century difference engine. CHARLES watches her.]]
CHARLES: You know, I think the point is that they're supposed to be TRUE.
ELISE: You don't know me very well, do you?

{{Header: live colorfully at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: I had a long, full life before we met, Charles.}}

I had a long, full life before we met, Charles.

Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

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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