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MARTIN: I wish I had useful hobbies.

MARTIN: You know? I wish I wanted to do all the stuff you have to do anyway.
IAGO: You mean like how some people love doing home repair? Or cooking?
MARTIN: Yeah! People who love cooking can work on their hobby all afternoon, then eat it. It’s dinner. Me, I gotta make dinner on top of doing other stuff.

MARTIN: I feel like my life’s being penalized ’cause I’m not really interested in, like, stock trading. Or car repair. Or sex. Even the wife’s been bugging me to learn plumbing.
DEDE [[frazzled]]: Martin that was a METAPHOR.

{{header: snake your pipes at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: martin’s hobbies mostly involve spending long hours imagining, in painstaking detail, what life might be like on a planet where cheetos are legal tender}}

#402; In which Martin could rethink his Pastimes transcribed by in

MARTIN: I wish I had useful hobbies.

MARTIN: You know? I wish I wanted to do all the stuff you have to do anyway.
IAGO: You mean like how some people love doing home repair? Or cooking?
MARTIN: Yeah! People who love cooking can work on their hobby all afternoon, then eat it. It’s dinner. Me, I gotta make dinner on top of doing other stuff.

MARTIN: I feel like my life’s being penalized ’cause I’m not really interested in, like, stock trading. Or car repair. Or sex. Even the wife’s been bugging me to learn plumbing.
DEDE [[frazzled]]: Martin that was a METAPHOR.

{{header: snake your pipes at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: martin’s hobbies mostly involve spending long hours imagining, in painstaking detail, what life might be like on a planet where cheetos are legal tender}}

#402; In which Martin could rethink his Pastimes transcribed by in

MARTIN: I wish I had useful hobbies.

MARTIN: You know? I wish I wanted to do all the stuff you have to do anyway.
IAGO: You mean like how some people love doing home repair? Or cooking?
MARTIN: Yeah! People who love cooking can work on their hobby all afternoon, then eat it. It's dinner. Me, I gotta make dinner on top of doing other stuff.

MARTIN: I feel like my life's being penalized 'cause I'm not really interested in, like, stock trading. Or car repair. Or sex. Even the wife's been bugging me to learn plumbing.
DEDE [[frazzled]]: Martin that was a METAPHOR.

{{header: snake your pipes at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: martin's hobbies mostly involve spending long hours imagining, in painstaking detail, what life might be like on a planet where cheetos are legal tender}}

martin's hobbies mostly involve spending long hours imagining, in painstaking detail, what life might be like on a planet where cheetos are legal tender

#402; In which Martin could rethink his Pastimes

  — April 25th, 2008

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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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