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SPENCER: Come on, Cynthia. Show’s over. Let’s go back home.
CYNTHIA: I have taken root.

CYNTHIA: My dress has pressed itself firmly into the voids in the wicker seat-backs. My stockings have wound themselves about the chair-legs. Even the ribbons in my shoes have drilled deep into the earth at my feet. I don’t imagine I’ll be leaving for a while, if ever. You may wish to come back in twenty years to sit in my shade. Bring a picnic.

SPENCER: So that’s it, then? You’re planted here? We see ONE play and you decide THIS is where you’re settling down?
CYNTHIA: I will flourish here! The soil is rich with nitrates! Better than that CARPETING in your APARTMENT!

SPENCER: I sprinkled manure on that carpet EVERY WEEK for you!
CYNTHIA: Don’t pretend that FORGETTING TO CLEAN THE CAT BOX was some sort of MASTER PLAN

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#698; In which Spencer goes home alone transcribed by in

SPENCER: Come on, Cynthia. Show's over. Let's go back home.
CYNTHIA: I have taken root.

CYNTHIA: My dress has pressed itself firmly into the voids in the wicker seat-backs. My stockings have wound themselves about the chair-legs. Even the ribbons in my shoes have drilled deep into the earth at my feet. I don't imagine I'll be leaving for a while, if ever. You may wish to come back in twenty years to sit in my shade. Bring a picnic.

SPENCER: So that's it, then? You're planted here? We see ONE play and you decide THIS is where you're settling down?
CYNTHIA: I will flourish here! The soil is rich with nitrates! Better than that CARPETING in your APARTMENT!

SPENCER: I sprinkled manure on that carpet EVERY WEEK for you!
CYNTHIA: Don't pretend that FORGETTING TO CLEAN THE CAT BOX was some sort of MASTER PLAN

{{header: stay awhile at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: YOUR TEARS ARE ONLY WATERING ME SPENCER}}

YOUR TEARS ARE ONLY WATERING ME SPENCER

#698; In which Spencer goes home alone

  — February 1st, 2011

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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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