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MIKE (not the same MIKE from the previous strip, but another MIKE, a very different MIKE indeed): Raymond, can I ask you something…personal?
About myself?
RAYMOND: Sure, Mike. SHOOT.

MIKE: Am I…
Am I a GHOST?
RAYMOND: HA HA HA!
Are you a GHOST. Why would you even ASK something like that?

MIKE: Because whenever I touch wood, or leather, or anything that used to have LIFE I feel a sharp nail of misery drive deep behind both eyes.
Because the night has started SPEAKING to me, using the voice of moonlight to whisper ancient secrets.
Because everything I remember of HAPPINESS has the fading character of a dream startled awake from.

RAYMOND: Does the sound of young laughter fill your throat with the ashy pitch of a great tree burning since the days of Noah?
MIKE: N-not REALLY.
RAYMOND: Then you’re fine. It’s probably just gas.

{{Header: run screaming to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Now come along, I have a hundred bottles for you to fill with luminous psychoplasma from your fingertips.}}

#593; In which Mike is Corporeal transcribed by in

MIKE (not the same MIKE from the previous strip, but another MIKE, a very different MIKE indeed): Raymond, can I ask you something...personal?
About myself?
RAYMOND: Sure, Mike. SHOOT.

MIKE: Am I...
Am I a GHOST?
RAYMOND: HA HA HA!
Are you a GHOST. Why would you even ASK something like that?

MIKE: Because whenever I touch wood, or leather, or anything that used to have LIFE I feel a sharp nail of misery drive deep behind both eyes.
Because the night has started SPEAKING to me, using the voice of moonlight to whisper ancient secrets.
Because everything I remember of HAPPINESS has the fading character of a dream startled awake from.

RAYMOND: Does the sound of young laughter fill your throat with the ashy pitch of a great tree burning since the days of Noah?
MIKE: N-not REALLY.
RAYMOND: Then you're fine. It's probably just gas.

{{Header: run screaming to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Now come along, I have a hundred bottles for you to fill with luminous psychoplasma from your fingertips.}}

Now come along, I have a hundred bottles for you to fill with luminous psychoplasma from your fingertips.

#593; In which Mike is Corporeal

  — February 5th, 2010

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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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