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LOUIS: So, you know that magnet on the fridge where I put all my rejection letters?
It fell off. It couldn’t take the crippling weight of my failure.
ELAINE: Oh, honey, don’t be sad!
They make bigger magnets!

LOUIS: You know how people say you have to fail a lot before you can succeed a lot?
Well, at this rate, I’m on track to be POPE.
ELAINE: Now you’re being SILLY.
You’re not INFALLIBLE enough to be POPE.

LOUIS: I just hope this is all BUILDING to something, you know?

[[Front page of THE MASTHEAD HERALD, many years later.]]
HEADLINE: DEAD AT 84: Owner of World’s Largest Fridge Magnet
[[One picture shows a much-older LOUIS, the other a gigantic magnet with a tiny man standing beside it for scale.]]

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{{Alt-text: Kenmore Erects Giant Fridge To Memorialize Him, Self-Promote}}

#451; In which Harv finally Succeeds transcribed by in

LOUIS: So, you know that magnet on the fridge where I put all my rejection letters?
It fell off. It couldn’t take the crippling weight of my failure.
ELAINE: Oh, honey, don’t be sad!
They make bigger magnets!

LOUIS: You know how people say you have to fail a lot before you can succeed a lot?
Well, at this rate, I’m on track to be POPE.
ELAINE: Now you’re being SILLY.
You’re not INFALLIBLE enough to be POPE.

LOUIS: I just hope this is all BUILDING to something, you know?

[[Front page of THE MASTHEAD HERALD, many years later.]]
HEADLINE: DEAD AT 84: Owner of World’s Largest Fridge Magnet
[[One picture shows a much-older LOUIS, the other a gigantic magnet with a tiny man standing beside it for scale.]]

{{Header: do better at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Kenmore Erects Giant Fridge To Memorialize Him, Self-Promote}}

#451; In which Harv finally Succeeds transcribed by in

LOUIS: So, you know that magnet on the fridge where I put all my rejection letters?
It fell off. It couldn't take the crippling weight of my failure.
ELAINE: Oh, honey, don't be sad!
They make bigger magnets!

LOUIS: You know how people say you have to fail a lot before you can succeed a lot?
Well, at this rate, I'm on track to be POPE.
ELAINE: Now you're being SILLY.
You're not INFALLIBLE enough to be POPE.

LOUIS: I just hope this is all BUILDING to something, you know?

[[Front page of THE MASTHEAD HERALD, many years later.]]
HEADLINE: DEAD AT 84: Owner of World's Largest Fridge Magnet
[[One picture shows a much-older LOUIS, the other a gigantic magnet with a tiny man standing beside it for scale.]]

{{Header: do better at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Kenmore Erects Giant Fridge To Memorialize Him, Self-Promote}}

Kenmore Erects Giant Fridge To Memorialize Him, Self-Promote

#451; In which Harv finally Succeeds

  — October 14th, 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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