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ALF: Yes. I think I have identified the problem. It seems that you are awful.

RODNEY: Man, I hate these unreal expectations in music! Everyone’s always harping on you to hit every single note. Nobody’s perfect, yo! Batting .400 in baseball gets you into the Hall of Fame. But for some reason I just get yelled at!
ALF: A facile comparison! Baseball is a competition, and we expect the pitcher to also be partially successful. You have no such excuse. Your horn is a thing of brass. It is not fighting you. Despite what you insist, it is not some animate demon spirit hell-bent on sabotaging your every effort.

RODNEY: Dude you gotta start backing me up here.
DEMON OF THE HORN: RODNEY MY TIME HAS NOT YET COME

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#406; In which there’s a Problem in the Orchestra transcribed by in

ALF: Yes. I think I have identified the problem. It seems that you are awful.

RODNEY: Man, I hate these unreal expectations in music! Everyone's always harping on you to hit every single note. Nobody's perfect, yo! Batting .400 in baseball gets you into the Hall of Fame. But for some reason I just get yelled at!
ALF: A facile comparison! Baseball is a competition, and we expect the pitcher to also be partially successful. You have no such excuse. Your horn is a thing of brass. It is not fighting you. Despite what you insist, it is not some animate demon spirit hell-bent on sabotaging your every effort.

RODNEY: Dude you gotta start backing me up here.
DEMON OF THE HORN: RODNEY MY TIME HAS NOT YET COME

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{{alt-text: rodney kill the violinssssss}}

rodney kill the violinssssss

#406; In which there’s a Problem in the Orchestra

  — May 9th, 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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