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JEFF: Let me ask you something, Lester. There is a BEAST that visits me in the darkest part of my dreams.
She lurks at the corners of vision, always circling, always prowling. She does not let herself be seen.
She FOLLOWS me.

JEFF: I might be dreaming of home, or of loves long lost, or of chocolate or ice cream or kangaroos or ANYTHING–and she is always there, and the dream is always from that point TAINTED.
The ice cream turns to soot, or my old bedroom to a FURNACE…
Everything takes on a MISERABLE shape as the shadow of the beast passes over.
And then she HOWLS as I kick in my bed.

JEFF: If only I could speak the NAME of the beast, I might REBUKE her. But its alien syllables slither past my tongue like a soapy worm.
Yet I TRY–Oh, I WAKE myself with the SCREECHING.
LESTER: So what’s the question?
JEFF: Why do I only seem to attract WEIRD chicks?

{{Header: shout out WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: She wants to keep her last name after we get married; I want freedom from this everlasting torment. All good relationships are built on compromise.}}

#619; In which the Night holds Challenges transcribed by in

JEFF: Let me ask you something, Lester. There is a BEAST that visits me in the darkest part of my dreams.
She lurks at the corners of vision, always circling, always prowling. She does not let herself be seen.
She FOLLOWS me.

JEFF: I might be dreaming of home, or of loves long lost, or of chocolate or ice cream or kangaroos or ANYTHING–and she is always there, and the dream is always from that point TAINTED.
The ice cream turns to soot, or my old bedroom to a FURNACE…
Everything takes on a MISERABLE shape as the shadow of the beast passes over.
And then she HOWLS as I kick in my bed.

JEFF: If only I could speak the NAME of the beast, I might REBUKE her. But its alien syllables slither past my tongue like a soapy worm.
Yet I TRY–Oh, I WAKE myself with the SCREECHING.
LESTER: So what’s the question?
JEFF: Why do I only seem to attract WEIRD chicks?

{{Header: shout out WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: She wants to keep her last name after we get married; I want freedom from this everlasting torment. All good relationships are built on compromise.}}

#619; In which the Night holds Challenges transcribed by in

JEFF: Let me ask you something, Lester. There is a BEAST that visits me in the darkest part of my dreams.
She lurks at the corners of vision, always circling, always prowling. She does not let herself be seen.
She FOLLOWS me.

JEFF: I might be dreaming of home, or of loves long lost, or of chocolate or ice cream or kangaroos or ANYTHING--and she is always there, and the dream is always from that point TAINTED.
The ice cream turns to soot, or my old bedroom to a FURNACE...
Everything takes on a MISERABLE shape as the shadow of the beast passes over.
And then she HOWLS as I kick in my bed.

JEFF: If only I could speak the NAME of the beast, I might REBUKE her. But its alien syllables slither past my tongue like a soapy worm.
Yet I TRY--Oh, I WAKE myself with the SCREECHING.
LESTER: So what's the question?
JEFF: Why do I only seem to attract WEIRD chicks?

{{Header: shout out WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: She wants to keep her last name after we get married; I want freedom from this everlasting torment. All good relationships are built on compromise.}}

She wants to keep her last name after we get married; I want freedom from this everlasting torment. All good relationships are built on compromise

#619; In which the Night holds Challenges

  — May 4th, 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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