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[[Two rats. One holds a tuba.]]
RAYMOND: Can you believe it? They were giving out FREE TUBAS at the grocery store!
Some kind of PROMOTION.
DEBORAH: What
NO.

DEBORAH: What are you going to DO with a tuba?
RAYMOND: I am going to PLAY the tuba.
DEBORAH: Where are we going to KEEP the tuba?
RAYMOND: We will keep it in our tuba nook.

DEBORAH: We have no SPACE in the tuba nook! Remember how it’s full of UNICYCLE?
Which you ALSO brought home and then quickly lost interest in?
But which you’ll NEVER consider PARTING with?
You have to start THINKING before y–
RAYMOND: STOP BEING YOUR MOTHER!

[[RAYMOND is telling this story to a hedgehog (I think). His head is stuck in the tuba.]]
RAYMOND: Anyway that’s pretty much how it happened.

{{header: hoard at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alttext: You know what? Headin’ back to the store to get ten more tubas. JUST TO SHOW WHO’S BOSS}}

#585; A Rat has Many Hobbies transcribed by in

[[Two rats. One holds a tuba.]]
RAYMOND: Can you believe it? They were giving out FREE TUBAS at the grocery store!
Some kind of PROMOTION.
DEBORAH: What
NO.

DEBORAH: What are you going to DO with a tuba?
RAYMOND: I am going to PLAY the tuba.
DEBORAH: Where are we going to KEEP the tuba?
RAYMOND: We will keep it in our tuba nook.

DEBORAH: We have no SPACE in the tuba nook! Remember how it’s full of UNICYCLE?
Which you ALSO brought home and then quickly lost interest in?
But which you’ll NEVER consider PARTING with?
You have to start THINKING before y–
RAYMOND: STOP BEING YOUR MOTHER!

[[RAYMOND is telling this story to a hedgehog (I think). His head is stuck in the tuba.]]
RAYMOND: Anyway that’s pretty much how it happened.

{{header: hoard at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alttext: You know what? Headin’ back to the store to get ten more tubas. JUST TO SHOW WHO’S BOSS}}

#585; A Rat has Many Hobbies transcribed by in

[[Two rats. One holds a tuba.]]
RAYMOND: Can you believe it? They were giving out FREE TUBAS at the grocery store!
Some kind of PROMOTION.
DEBORAH: What
NO.

DEBORAH: What are you going to DO with a tuba?
RAYMOND: I am going to PLAY the tuba.
DEBORAH: Where are we going to KEEP the tuba?
RAYMOND: We will keep it in our tuba nook.

DEBORAH: We have no SPACE in the tuba nook! Remember how it's full of UNICYCLE?
Which you ALSO brought home and then quickly lost interest in?
But which you'll NEVER consider PARTING with?
You have to start THINKING before y--
RAYMOND: STOP BEING YOUR MOTHER!

[[RAYMOND is telling this story to a hedgehog (I think). His head is stuck in the tuba.]]
RAYMOND: Anyway that's pretty much how it happened.

{{header: hoard at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alttext: You know what? Headin' back to the store to get ten more tubas. JUST TO SHOW WHO'S BOSS}}

You know what? Headin' back to the store to get ten more tubas. JUST TO SHOW WHO'S BOSS

#585; A Rat has Many Hobbies

  — January 8th, 2010

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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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