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EUSTACE: What happened between you and Howard?
EVAN: HOWARD? Nothing. He wanted to borrow my car, I told him no.
EUSTACE: Oh.
Well, according to his blog, he was really offended by the way you “talked down to him.”
EVAN: TALKED DOWN to–

[[EVAN and HOWARD, later.]]
EVAN: Listen, if we have a problem tell me to my FACE! I don’t want to hear about it THIRDHAND!
Okay?
HOWARD: Okay.
EVAN: OKAY?
HOWARD: OKAY!

[[Still later, HOWARD bangs away on his difference engine, writing his blog.]]
HOWARD: …and really the point is that this blog is MY PRIVATE SPACE and I should be free to say whatever I want! It’s so RUDE of him to expect me to censor myself just to please HIS OWN INSECURITY. I certainly don’t tell him how to conduct his affairs, and I can’t see how it’s unreasonable for me to expect the same simple courtesy. For…

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#525; In which Howard misses the Point transcribed by in

EUSTACE: What happened between you and Howard?
EVAN: HOWARD? Nothing. He wanted to borrow my car, I told him no.
EUSTACE: Oh.
Well, according to his blog, he was really offended by the way you “talked down to him.”
EVAN: TALKED DOWN to–

[[EVAN and HOWARD, later.]]
EVAN: Listen, if we have a problem tell me to my FACE! I don’t want to hear about it THIRDHAND!
Okay?
HOWARD: Okay.
EVAN: OKAY?
HOWARD: OKAY!

[[Still later, HOWARD bangs away on his difference engine, writing his blog.]]
HOWARD: …and really the point is that this blog is MY PRIVATE SPACE and I should be free to say whatever I want! It’s so RUDE of him to expect me to censor myself just to please HIS OWN INSECURITY. I certainly don’t tell him how to conduct his affairs, and I can’t see how it’s unreasonable for me to expect the same simple courtesy. For…

{{Header: express yourself at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Apparently we are beyond the point in human history when problems must be solved interpersonally.}}

#525; In which Howard misses the Point transcribed by in

EUSTACE: What happened between you and Howard?
EVAN: HOWARD? Nothing. He wanted to borrow my car, I told him no.
EUSTACE: Oh.
Well, according to his blog, he was really offended by the way you "talked down to him."
EVAN: TALKED DOWN to--

[[EVAN and HOWARD, later.]]
EVAN: Listen, if we have a problem tell me to my FACE! I don't want to hear about it THIRDHAND!
Okay?
HOWARD: Okay.
EVAN: OKAY?
HOWARD: OKAY!

[[Still later, HOWARD bangs away on his difference engine, writing his blog.]]
HOWARD: ...and really the point is that this blog is MY PRIVATE SPACE and I should be free to say whatever I want! It's so RUDE of him to expect me to censor myself just to please HIS OWN INSECURITY. I certainly don't tell him how to conduct his affairs, and I can't see how it's unreasonable for me to expect the same simple courtesy. For...

{{Header: express yourself at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: Apparently we are beyond the point in human history when problems must be solved interpersonally.}}

Apparently we are beyond the point in human history when problems must be solved interpersonally.

#525; In which Howard misses the Point

  — June 9th, 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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