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[[Two companions, one wearing a top hat and the other something like a porkpie hat, are sightseeing near a bridge.]]
Tophat: Let’s go take a look at the other side!
Porkpie: I can’t. My phone is full.
Porkpie: Let’s just go home.

Tophat: Go… HOME? Do bridges tucker you out?
Porkpie: No, my phone is full. I can’t take any more pictures. So what’s the use of seeing anything else?

Tophat: So nothing has VALUE for you unless you can DOCUMENT it somehow?
Porkpie: Pictures are the glue of experiences!

Porkpie: Pictures are for sharing. Sharing elicits comments and reactions, which thus contextualize the experience within my life as a whole. Sharing provides PERMANENCE.
Porkpie: If you want to go GAWK at something just to ABANDON it to your MEMORY, be my guest, but I don’t see the point.

Tophat: I feel like we should have a talk about this, but then I worry that if we’re not recording it, you won’t remember it.
Porkpie: HARRY! I wouldn’t RECORD a private conversation between us! I’d just post a screenshot of the transcript

{{header: take a snap of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Bridges have a way of tuckering some people out.}}

#1011; The Ceaseless Record transcribed by in

[[Two companions, one wearing a top hat and the other something like a porkpie hat, are sightseeing near a bridge.]]
Tophat: Let's go take a look at the other side!
Porkpie: I can't. My phone is full.
Porkpie: Let's just go home.

Tophat: Go... HOME? Do bridges tucker you out?
Porkpie: No, my phone is full. I can't take any more pictures. So what's the use of seeing anything else?

Tophat: So nothing has VALUE for you unless you can DOCUMENT it somehow?
Porkpie: Pictures are the glue of experiences!

Porkpie: Pictures are for sharing. Sharing elicits comments and reactions, which thus contextualize the experience within my life as a whole. Sharing provides PERMANENCE.
Porkpie: If you want to go GAWK at something just to ABANDON it to your MEMORY, be my guest, but I don't see the point.

Tophat: I feel like we should have a talk about this, but then I worry that if we're not recording it, you won't remember it.
Porkpie: HARRY! I wouldn't RECORD a private conversation between us! I'd just post a screenshot of the transcript

{{header: take a snap of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: Bridges have a way of tuckering some people out.}}

Bridges have a way of tuckering some people out.

#1011; The Ceaseless Record

  — March 25th, 2014

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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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