Recipe cards with the ink smudged into illegibility by still-pungent cooking sherry...Half-eaten Werther's Originals wrapped in a corner torn from a newspaper grocery flyer...A thirty-foot chain of multicolored scarves tied end to end, terminating in a Belgian flag...The keys to a stranger's 1984 Chevy Silverado encased in a hard carapace of amber, at the bottom of a coffee can filled with olive pits to fool the X-ray machines...You know, just normal, little stuff.

#1247; Mementos, Post Mortem

  — August 23rd, 2016

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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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