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[[Two gentlemen, GUSTAVE and PATRICK, are conversing.]]
GUSTAVE: Remember the eighties? You’d be in line behind a heavy-metal dude with long hair and think it was a chick?

GUSTAVE: Well it’s happening again. Except with hipsters.

GUSTAVE: I see a slim figure, tight jeans, shaggy hair, sort of a pleasant boyishness – so I’m angling for a closer look – and whoops! It’s a guy, wearing Chuck Taylors and listening to Arcade Fire.

PATRICK: A “pleasant boyishness”?
GUSTAVE: Aww, do we have to have this conversation again?

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#282; In which Patrick does a Double Take transcribed by in

[[Two gentlemen, GUSTAVE and PATRICK, are conversing.]]
GUSTAVE: Remember the eighties? You’d be in line behind a heavy-metal dude with long hair and think it was a chick?

GUSTAVE: Well it’s happening again. Except with hipsters.

GUSTAVE: I see a slim figure, tight jeans, shaggy hair, sort of a pleasant boyishness – so I’m angling for a closer look – and whoops! It’s a guy, wearing Chuck Taylors and listening to Arcade Fire.

PATRICK: A “pleasant boyishness”?
GUSTAVE: Aww, do we have to have this conversation again?

{{header: rock out at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The two men have had this conversation before.}}

#282; In which Patrick does a Double Take transcribed by in

[[Two gentlemen, GUSTAVE and PATRICK, are conversing.]]
GUSTAVE: Remember the eighties? You'd be in line behind a heavy-metal dude with long hair and think it was a chick?

GUSTAVE: Well it's happening again. Except with hipsters.

GUSTAVE: I see a slim figure, tight jeans, shaggy hair, sort of a pleasant boyishness - so I'm angling for a closer look - and whoops! It's a guy, wearing Chuck Taylors and listening to Arcade Fire.

PATRICK: A "pleasant boyishness"?
GUSTAVE: Aww, do we have to have this conversation again?

{{header: rock out at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The two men have had this conversation before.}}

The two men have had this conversation before.

#282; In which Patrick does a Double Take

  — March 13th, 2007

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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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