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[[instructions: LEAN BACK * RELAX YOUR EYES * LET THESE DOTS MERGE]]

[[A stereoscopic image: GUS, atop his giant eagle GLENDA, attempts to lasso the piggybacked and gargantuan anthropomorphized hippos ANTON and JAY. Mount Banjo erupts dramatically in the background.]]

{{header: — by David Malki !}}

{{alt-text: If I can tame it, I can stop dreaming it}}

#600; David and Goliath transcribed by in

[[instructions: LEAN BACK * RELAX YOUR EYES * LET THESE DOTS MERGE]]

[[A stereoscopic image: GUS, atop his giant eagle GLENDA, attempts to lasso the piggybacked and gargantuan anthropomorphized hippos ANTON and JAY. Mount Banjo erupts dramatically in the background.]]

{{header: — by David Malki !}}

{{alt-text: If I can tame it, I can stop dreaming it}}

#600; David and Goliath transcribed by in

[[instructions: LEAN BACK * RELAX YOUR EYES * LET THESE DOTS MERGE]]

[[A stereoscopic image: GUS, atop his giant eagle GLENDA, attempts to lasso the piggybacked and gargantuan anthropomorphized hippos ANTON and JAY. Mount Banjo erupts dramatically in the background.]]

{{header: --- by David Malki !}}

{{alt-text: If I can tame it, I can stop dreaming it}}

If I can tame it, I can stop dreaming it

#600; David and Goliath

  — March 2nd, 2010

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“You hear two sounds,” the old people say, “always two sounds. They come on the wind. Always the two sounds.

“The low one is the moans;

“The high one is the whip.”

(If you have trouble viewing the comic, please see here for more information about stereographs, or try this alternate version with the sides swapped.)

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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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