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[[A young woman, Barbara, is seated with her Grandpa]]
Barbara: Okay Grandpa, just tell me as much as you can remember.
Grandpa: About what in partickler

Barbara: You know, your life. Family history. I want to get it all on record.
Grandpa: What is the aim of this record
Barbara: For… for history. For future generations. So I can share it with my grandkids someday.

Grandpa: You fixin to mark this in history for all time forever?
Barbara: Hopefully!
Grandpa: All right, then set this down: I live with a woman name of Mabel Herschfeld who is a type of creature to eat the last piece of carrot stick and put the empty bag back in the icebox. This speaks of some manner of *deficit*.

[[Mabel Herschfeld enters from the right.]]
Mabel Herschfeld: Barbara dear, am I going to have a chance to contribute to your record as well?
Grandpa: It’s too late! The account that comes first is *trusted*.

{{header: the story of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The final published account of the carrots-in-the-icebox incident reads like Rashomon.}}

#551; In which a Tale is recounted for Posterity transcribed by in

[[A young woman, Barbara, is seated with her Grandpa]]
Barbara: Okay Grandpa, just tell me as much as you can remember.
Grandpa: About what in partickler

Barbara: You know, your life. Family history. I want to get it all on record.
Grandpa: What is the aim of this record
Barbara: For… for history. For future generations. So I can share it with my grandkids someday.

Grandpa: You fixin to mark this in history for all time forever?
Barbara: Hopefully!
Grandpa: All right, then set this down: I live with a woman name of Mabel Herschfeld who is a type of creature to eat the last piece of carrot stick and put the empty bag back in the icebox. This speaks of some manner of *deficit*.

[[Mabel Herschfeld enters from the right.]]
Mabel Herschfeld: Barbara dear, am I going to have a chance to contribute to your record as well?
Grandpa: It’s too late! The account that comes first is *trusted*.

{{header: the story of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The final published account of the carrots-in-the-icebox incident reads like Rashomon.}}

#551; In which a Tale is recounted for Posterity transcribed by in

[[A young woman, Barbara, is seated with her Grandpa]]
Barbara: Okay Grandpa, just tell me as much as you can remember.
Grandpa: About what in partickler

Barbara: You know, your life. Family history. I want to get it all on record.
Grandpa: What is the aim of this record
Barbara: For... for history. For future generations. So I can share it with my grandkids someday.

Grandpa: You fixin to mark this in history for all time forever?
Barbara: Hopefully!
Grandpa: All right, then set this down: I live with a woman name of Mabel Herschfeld who is a type of creature to eat the last piece of carrot stick and put the empty bag back in the icebox. This speaks of some manner of *deficit*.

[[Mabel Herschfeld enters from the right.]]
Mabel Herschfeld: Barbara dear, am I going to have a chance to contribute to your record as well?
Grandpa: It's too late! The account that comes first is *trusted*.

{{header: the story of WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The final published account of the carrots-in-the-icebox incident reads like Rashomon.}}

The final published account of the carrots-in-the-icebox incident reads like Rashomon.

#551; In which a Tale is recounted for Posterity

  — September 11th, 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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