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HARRY: HEY! Turn off that TV! What did I say about contemporary children’s media?

HARRY: WHAT did Daddy SAY.
HARRY JR: It’s bad for my brain.
HARRY: That’s RIGHT. If you wanna watch TV, you can watch DVDs of 1980s Sesame Street, before it got all PC.
If you’re good, we’ll play a little SUPER MARIO ALL-STARS on the Super Nintendo.

JENNIFER: Oh, HARRY. Still trying to give your son your own childhood?
HARRY: I sure don’t trust TODAY’S culture not to mess him up!
I don’t want him becoming some texting-crazed exhibitionist Facebook-urchin with a narcissistic sense of entitlement!
I have to feed him SAFE cultural artifacts from MY childhood–the stuff that made ME into the decent person I am today.

JENNIFER: I thought your parents tried to raise you on Howdy Doody and Bosco drink.
HARRY: Ooh yeah and I HATED it!

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{{Alt-text: Harry quickly hides his iPhone. ‘Now, the Internet won’t exist until you’re in high school,’ he says, ‘but here’s a JCPenney catalog that came with the Sunday paper.’}}

#490; In which Parenthood is fraught transcribed by in

HARRY: HEY! Turn off that TV! What did I say about contemporary children's media?

HARRY: WHAT did Daddy SAY.
HARRY JR: It's bad for my brain.
HARRY: That's RIGHT. If you wanna watch TV, you can watch DVDs of 1980s Sesame Street, before it got all PC.
If you're good, we'll play a little SUPER MARIO ALL-STARS on the Super Nintendo.

JENNIFER: Oh, HARRY. Still trying to give your son your own childhood?
HARRY: I sure don't trust TODAY'S culture not to mess him up!
I don't want him becoming some texting-crazed exhibitionist Facebook-urchin with a narcissistic sense of entitlement!
I have to feed him SAFE cultural artifacts from MY childhood--the stuff that made ME into the decent person I am today.

JENNIFER: I thought your parents tried to raise you on Howdy Doody and Bosco drink.
HARRY: Ooh yeah and I HATED it!

{{Header: stick with WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Harry quickly hides his iPhone. 'Now, the Internet won't exist until you're in high school,' he says, 'but here's a JCPenney catalog that came with the Sunday paper.'}}

Harry quickly hides his iPhone. 'Now, the Internet won't exist until you're in high school,' he says, 'but here's a JCPenney catalog that came with the Sunday paper.'

#490; In which Parenthood is fraught

  — February 17th, 2009

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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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