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WENDY: Honey, look! A gift shop! Can we take a peek? Just for a minute?

JULIO: Yes, on one condition: before you go in, as yourself what needs you have in life. Conceptualize all your distinct, legitimate voids. Keep them in mind. Any object in the gift shop must fulfill an existing need in order to come home with us. Hold fast to this standard, and we won’t fill the house with crap to throw away later.

WENDY: I don’t throw that stuff away!
JULIO: Yes. Yes, I know.
WENDY: Are you done being a souvenir grump? Can I look around now, your Highness?
JULIO: Hold to the standard! Only distinct needs!

[[EIGHT MONTHS LATER]]
QUENTIN: Somebody, help! I think she’s having a stroke!
KATE: Quick! We need to find a novelty snow-globe of the Gateway Arch!
WENDY: SEE

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#633; In which the Mantel is getting cluttered transcribed by in

WENDY: Honey, look! A gift shop! Can we take a peek? Just for a minute?

JULIO: Yes, on one condition: before you go in, as yourself what needs you have in life. Conceptualize all your distinct, legitimate voids. Keep them in mind. Any object in the gift shop must fulfill an existing need in order to come home with us. Hold fast to this standard, and we won’t fill the house with crap to throw away later.

WENDY: I don’t throw that stuff away!
JULIO: Yes. Yes, I know.
WENDY: Are you done being a souvenir grump? Can I look around now, your Highness?
JULIO: Hold to the standard! Only distinct needs!

[[EIGHT MONTHS LATER]]
QUENTIN: Somebody, help! I think she’s having a stroke!
KATE: Quick! We need to find a novelty snow-globe of the Gateway Arch!
WENDY: SEE

{{header: precious WONDERMARK.COM}}

{{alt-text: it’s a folk remedy!}}

#633; In which the Mantel is getting cluttered transcribed by in

WENDY: Honey, look! A gift shop! Can we take a peek? Just for a minute?

JULIO: Yes, on one condition: before you go in, as yourself what needs you have in life. Conceptualize all your distinct, legitimate voids. Keep them in mind. Any object in the gift shop must fulfill an existing need in order to come home with us. Hold fast to this standard, and we won't fill the house with crap to throw away later.

WENDY: I don't throw that stuff away!
JULIO: Yes. Yes, I know.
WENDY: Are you done being a souvenir grump? Can I look around now, your Highness?
JULIO: Hold to the standard! Only distinct needs!

[[EIGHT MONTHS LATER]]
QUENTIN: Somebody, help! I think she's having a stroke!
KATE: Quick! We need to find a novelty snow-globe of the Gateway Arch!
WENDY: SEE

{{header: precious WONDERMARK.COM}}

{{alt-text: it's a folk remedy!}}

it's a folk remedy

#633; In which the Mantel is getting cluttered

  — June 25th, 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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