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[[Two men, LENID and RINNY, are browsing a Christmas tree lot. Lenid looks admiringly at a big bushy tree.]]

LENID: What do you think of this one?
RINNY: Yeah! Looks great. I’ll get in line to pay.

LENID: Don’t you want to look at any others?
RINNY: WHY? This one’s fine! Good choice! Let’s get it and be done!
LENID: We JUST GOT here!
RINNY: And now we can MINIMIZE our time here to go enjoy the REST of our life!

LENID: Just take one walk around. See if there are any other contenders.
RINNY (rolling his eyes): Fine

[[Rinny walks among the other trees, dismissing each handily.]]

RINNY: No. No. No. Inferior. Inferior. Inferior… Actually, THIS one’s pretty. Let me see the one you chose again?

LENID: SEE? Aren’t you GLAD I made you look?
RINNY: I’m SORRY, trees! You all seem perfectly nice! But we INSIST on making all but ONE of you into LOSERS we have to ACTIVELY REJECT! We could have ben TEN BLOCKS AWAY by now but INSTEAD we’re gonna make you ALL feel bad!

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#1578; In which Trees are a Lot transcribed by in

[[Two men, LENID and RINNY, are browsing a Christmas tree lot. Lenid looks admiringly at a big bushy tree.]]

LENID: What do you think of this one?
RINNY: Yeah! Looks great. I'll get in line to pay.

LENID: Don't you want to look at any others?
RINNY: WHY? This one's fine! Good choice! Let's get it and be done!
LENID: We JUST GOT here!
RINNY: And now we can MINIMIZE our time here to go enjoy the REST of our life!

LENID: Just take one walk around. See if there are any other contenders.
RINNY (rolling his eyes): Fine

[[Rinny walks among the other trees, dismissing each handily.]]

RINNY: No. No. No. Inferior. Inferior. Inferior... Actually, THIS one's pretty. Let me see the one you chose again?

LENID: SEE? Aren't you GLAD I made you look?
RINNY: I'm SORRY, trees! You all seem perfectly nice! But we INSIST on making all but ONE of you into LOSERS we have to ACTIVELY REJECT! We could have ben TEN BLOCKS AWAY by now but INSTEAD we're gonna make you ALL feel bad!

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the dead trees in the vacant lot are having a hard enough time without you imagining they have an opinion about what's happening.

#1578; In which Trees are a Lot

  — December 16th, 2025

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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!

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