Comic Transcripts

[[A new mother is cradling a baby.]]
Mother: Dad, what do you want the baby to call you?
Mother: Grandpa? Granddad? Papa? Pop-pop?

[[The baby’s wizened grandfather responds.]]
Grandfather: How about “Pete”?

Mother: Your name is Bruce…
Grandfather: Yeah, but I always kinda liked the NAME Pete

{{header: generations of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I learned so much from those childhood summers spent fishing with my pete, just the two of us, all alone in a chilly mountain stream}}

#1038; A Chance for Reinvention transcribed by in

[[A new mother is cradling a baby.]]
Mother: Dad, what do you want the baby to call you?
Mother: Grandpa? Granddad? Papa? Pop-pop?

[[The baby’s wizened grandfather responds.]]
Grandfather: How about “Pete”?

Mother: Your name is Bruce…
Grandfather: Yeah, but I always kinda liked the NAME Pete

{{header: generations of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I learned so much from those childhood summers spent fishing with my pete, just the two of us, all alone in a chilly mountain stream}}

#1038; A Chance for Reinvention transcribed by in

[[A new mother is cradling a baby.]]
Mother: Dad, what do you want the baby to call you?
Mother: Grandpa? Granddad? Papa? Pop-pop?

[[The baby's wizened grandfather responds.]]
Grandfather: How about "Pete"?

Mother: Your name is Bruce...
Grandfather: Yeah, but I always kinda liked the NAME Pete

{{header: generations of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I learned so much from those childhood summers spent fishing with my pete, just the two of us, all alone in a chilly mountain stream}}

I learned so much from those childhood summers spent fishing with my pete, just the two of us, all alone in a chilly mountain stream

#1038; A Chance for Reinvention

  — June 16th, 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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