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[[An airy, well-lit club dining room. Two gentlemen of stately bearing are standing in the foreground.]]
Top Hat: How’d the interview go?
Hatless: It’s weird! I thought I did great, but I didn’t get the job.

Hatless: I mean, I did EVERYTHING right.
Hatless: Dressed to the nines.
Hatless: Proofread the resume a dozen times.
Hatless: Strong handshake, insightful questions.
Hatless: Even did that “mirroring” thing with body language to build rapport!

Hatless: I don’t know WHAT went wrong!
Top hat: were you qualified for the job?
Hatless: Oh GOD no.

{{header: take a stab at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: In Los Angeles, where I live, there seem to have been a lot of people whose dire need for employment somehow trumped the city engineer’s need for people who actually knew how to design highway interchanges}}

#494; In which Employment is elusive transcribed by in

[[An airy, well-lit club dining room. Two gentlemen of stately bearing are standing in the foreground.]]
Top Hat: How’d the interview go?
Hatless: It’s weird! I thought I did great, but I didn’t get the job.

Hatless: I mean, I did EVERYTHING right.
Hatless: Dressed to the nines.
Hatless: Proofread the resume a dozen times.
Hatless: Strong handshake, insightful questions.
Hatless: Even did that “mirroring” thing with body language to build rapport!

Hatless: I don’t know WHAT went wrong!
Top hat: were you qualified for the job?
Hatless: Oh GOD no.

{{header: take a stab at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: In Los Angeles, where I live, there seem to have been a lot of people whose dire need for employment somehow trumped the city engineer’s need for people who actually knew how to design highway interchanges}}

#494; In which Employment is elusive transcribed by in

[[An airy, well-lit club dining room. Two gentlemen of stately bearing are standing in the foreground.]]
Top Hat: How'd the interview go?
Hatless: It's weird! I thought I did great, but I didn't get the job.

Hatless: I mean, I did EVERYTHING right.
Hatless: Dressed to the nines.
Hatless: Proofread the resume a dozen times.
Hatless: Strong handshake, insightful questions.
Hatless: Even did that "mirroring" thing with body language to build rapport!

Hatless: I don't know WHAT went wrong!
Top hat: were you qualified for the job?
Hatless: Oh GOD no.

{{header: take a stab at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: In Los Angeles, where I live, there seem to have been a lot of people whose dire need for employment somehow trumped the city engineer's need for people who actually knew how to design highway interchanges}}

In Los Angeles, where I live, there seem to have been a lot of people whose dire need for employment somehow trumped the city engineer's need for people who actually knew how to design highway interchanges

#494; In which Employment is elusive

  — March 3rd, 2009

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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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