Comic Transcripts

[[LARA and FRANCINE at the bake sale.]]
LARA: I don’t understand. Why are your cookies selling so well, when mine have barely moved?
FRANCINE: Maybe because mine are homemade? No store-bought dough for me, just good ol’ Betty Crocker mix. And they’re delicious!

LARA: I GREW my own WHEAT. Milled the flour with a stone dug up from my yard. BUILT the oven out of bricks I SCULPTED MYSELF. Even EVOLVED A CHICKEN OUT OF A SALAMANDER to get EGGS.
THESE
ARE
HOME
MADE
COOKIES.

FRANCINE: Well, are they any GOOD?
LARA: Why would THAT matter?

{{header: get baked at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: My favorite line that didn’t make it into the final draft of this comic: ‘I made my SCRATCH from scratch’}}

#635; Lara and her Priorities transcribed by in

[[LARA and FRANCINE at the bake sale.]]
LARA: I don’t understand. Why are your cookies selling so well, when mine have barely moved?
FRANCINE: Maybe because mine are homemade? No store-bought dough for me, just good ol’ Betty Crocker mix. And they’re delicious!

LARA: I GREW my own WHEAT. Milled the flour with a stone dug up from my yard. BUILT the oven out of bricks I SCULPTED MYSELF. Even EVOLVED A CHICKEN OUT OF A SALAMANDER to get EGGS.
THESE
ARE
HOME
MADE
COOKIES.

FRANCINE: Well, are they any GOOD?
LARA: Why would THAT matter?

{{header: get baked at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: My favorite line that didn’t make it into the final draft of this comic: ‘I made my SCRATCH from scratch’}}

#635; Lara and her Priorities transcribed by in

[[LARA and FRANCINE at the bake sale.]]
LARA: I don't understand. Why are your cookies selling so well, when mine have barely moved?
FRANCINE: Maybe because mine are homemade? No store-bought dough for me, just good ol' Betty Crocker mix. And they're delicious!

LARA: I GREW my own WHEAT. Milled the flour with a stone dug up from my yard. BUILT the oven out of bricks I SCULPTED MYSELF. Even EVOLVED A CHICKEN OUT OF A SALAMANDER to get EGGS.
THESE
ARE
HOME
MADE
COOKIES.

FRANCINE: Well, are they any GOOD?
LARA: Why would THAT matter?

{{header: get baked at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: My favorite line that didn't make it into the final draft of this comic: 'I made my SCRATCH from scratch'}}

My favorite line that didn't make it into the final draft of this comic: 'I made my SCRATCH from scratch'

#635; Lara and her Priorities

  — July 2nd, 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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