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Man: All right, let’s see how you taste.

Woman: You been eating some pretty weird stuff lately. You on that Bronze Age diet?
Man: Nah, I’m part of a survey group. Bunch of scientists track what I eat for a couple years. Then they put all the data together and say “ten percent of the coffee drinkers contracted cancer” or whatever.

Woman: Trying to find what contributes to illnesses.
Man: Yeah. But I couldn’t take it. Every time I had a Snickers I’d think, “Is this it? Is this the one that gives me leukemia?”

Man: So I got a new idea. I’m planning to die of some super-rare disease — like, SO rare they NAME it after me. And I’m also gonna eat the stupidest stuff I can find.

Man:That way I leave the scientists scratching their heads – “Well, he ate twenty pounds of cucumbers every day for ten years, then died of this previously unknown liver disease.” Eat THAT, scientists! Metaphorically, of course.
Woman: Well, it’s good to have goals!

[[Ten Years Later]]
Doctor: You have terminal prostate cancer.
Man: BOO-RRRING

{{header: take note of WONDERMARK.COM]]
{{alt-text: supposedly the cucumber is the only food that contains every necessary nutrient, albeit in trace amounts for some. so if you’re going to restrict yourself to a single food, twenty pounds of cucumbers is a reasonably smart choice.}}

#553; In which a Study is stymied transcribed by in

Man: All right, let’s see how you taste.

Woman: You been eating some pretty weird stuff lately. You on that Bronze Age diet?
Man: Nah, I’m part of a survey group. Bunch of scientists track what I eat for a couple years. Then they put all the data together and say “ten percent of the coffee drinkers contracted cancer” or whatever.

Woman: Trying to find what contributes to illnesses.
Man: Yeah. But I couldn’t take it. Every time I had a Snickers I’d think, “Is this it? Is this the one that gives me leukemia?”

Man: So I got a new idea. I’m planning to die of some super-rare disease — like, SO rare they NAME it after me. And I’m also gonna eat the stupidest stuff I can find.

Man:That way I leave the scientists scratching their heads – “Well, he ate twenty pounds of cucumbers every day for ten years, then died of this previously unknown liver disease.” Eat THAT, scientists! Metaphorically, of course.
Woman: Well, it’s good to have goals!

[[Ten Years Later]]
Doctor: You have terminal prostate cancer.
Man: BOO-RRRING

{{header: take note of WONDERMARK.COM]]
{{alt-text: supposedly the cucumber is the only food that contains every necessary nutrient, albeit in trace amounts for some. so if you’re going to restrict yourself to a single food, twenty pounds of cucumbers is a reasonably smart choice.}}

#553; In which a Study is stymied transcribed by in

Man: All right, let's see how you taste.

Woman: You been eating some pretty weird stuff lately. You on that Bronze Age diet?
Man: Nah, I'm part of a survey group. Bunch of scientists track what I eat for a couple years. Then they put all the data together and say "ten percent of the coffee drinkers contracted cancer" or whatever.

Woman: Trying to find what contributes to illnesses.
Man: Yeah. But I couldn't take it. Every time I had a Snickers I'd think, "Is this it? Is this the one that gives me leukemia?"

Man: So I got a new idea. I'm planning to die of some super-rare disease -- like, SO rare they NAME it after me. And I'm also gonna eat the stupidest stuff I can find.

Man:That way I leave the scientists scratching their heads - "Well, he ate twenty pounds of cucumbers every day for ten years, then died of this previously unknown liver disease." Eat THAT, scientists! Metaphorically, of course.
Woman: Well, it's good to have goals!

[[Ten Years Later]]
Doctor: You have terminal prostate cancer.
Man: BOO-RRRING

{{header: take note of WONDERMARK.COM]]
{{alt-text: supposedly the cucumber is the only food that contains every necessary nutrient, albeit in trace amounts for some. so if you're going to restrict yourself to a single food, twenty pounds of cucumbers is a reasonably smart choice.}}

supposedly the cucumber is the only food that contains every necessary nutrient, albeit only in trace amounts for some. so if you're going to restrict yourself to a single food, twenty pounds of cucumbers is a reasonably smart choice.

#553; In which a Study is stymied

  — September 18th, 2009

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New ways to get Bolted!

July 24, 2026 by David Malki !

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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