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ELIZABETH (thinking): Oh, jeez. Look what time it is. I really gotta get up right now. Get up get up get up get up get up…
ELIZABETH: …zzzzzzz

CHRIS: Good morning! Singing telegram! Time for you to wake on up / fry some eggs and bacon up
CHRIS: Greetings from the future! You need to get out of bed! So says FUTURE YOU.
ELIZABETH: …hmmm? What? Huh? Future me?

CHRIS: Years from now you’ll pinpoint this morning that you overslept as the exact moment your fortunes take a turn for the worse. So you’ll send a message back in time, hiring me to make sure you get up!
ELIZABETH: Really? Today is the fulcrum of my life story?

ELIZABETH: …what happens in the future if I don’t get up?
CHRIS: Your house is robbed by a telegram guy.

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#362; In which it’s Time to Get Up transcribed by in

ELIZABETH (thinking): Oh, jeez. Look what time it is. I really gotta get up right now. Get up get up get up get up get up...
ELIZABETH: ...zzzzzzz

CHRIS: Good morning! Singing telegram! Time for you to wake on up / fry some eggs and bacon up
CHRIS: Greetings from the future! You need to get out of bed! So says FUTURE YOU.
ELIZABETH: ...hmmm? What? Huh? Future me?

CHRIS: Years from now you'll pinpoint this morning that you overslept as the exact moment your fortunes take a turn for the worse. So you'll send a message back in time, hiring me to make sure you get up!
ELIZABETH: Really? Today is the fulcrum of my life story?

ELIZABETH: ...what happens in the future if I don't get up?
CHRIS: Your house is robbed by a telegram guy.

{{header: five more minutes at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: every day is the fulcrum of your life story}}

every day is the fulcrum of your life story

#362; In which it’s Time to Get Up

  — December 14th, 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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