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BUD: How’s the project coming?
LOU: Fine. Couple of minor setbacks, no big deal.
BUD: I got this book on carpentry from the library, in case you want to look through it.
LOU: No thanks.

LOU: I get anxiety attacks when I read “how-to” books.
They always make me feel INADEQUATE. Like everything I’ve been doing is WRONG, and THEIR SUPER-HARD way is RIGHT.
I got enough MECHANICAL problems with this project. At least leave me my OPTIMISM.
BUD: You…don’t want to read the book because you’re AFRAID you might LEARN something?
LOU: That book will compel me to CHANGE, so I will resist it on principle.

BUD: Fine.
Call me when you’re taking a break from the canoe, we’ll grab lunch.
LOU: It is a DOGHOUSE
[[On the floor at LOU’s feet is some whacked-together pile of random boards that looks nothing like a canoe OR a doghouse.]]

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#445; In which Everything is going Just Fine, thank you transcribed by in

BUD: How's the project coming?
LOU: Fine. Couple of minor setbacks, no big deal.
BUD: I got this book on carpentry from the library, in case you want to look through it.
LOU: No thanks.

LOU: I get anxiety attacks when I read "how-to" books.
They always make me feel INADEQUATE. Like everything I've been doing is WRONG, and THEIR SUPER-HARD way is RIGHT.
I got enough MECHANICAL problems with this project. At least leave me my OPTIMISM.
BUD: You...don't want to read the book because you're AFRAID you might LEARN something?
LOU: That book will compel me to CHANGE, so I will resist it on principle.

BUD: Fine.
Call me when you're taking a break from the canoe, we'll grab lunch.
LOU: It is a DOGHOUSE
[[On the floor at LOU's feet is some whacked-together pile of random boards that looks nothing like a canoe OR a doghouse.]]

{{Header: forge ahead at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: For your information, my dog Lucky has no spine or limbs.}}

For your information, my dog Lucky has no spine or limbs.

#445; In which Everything is going Just Fine, thank you

  — September 23rd, 2008

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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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