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Hatted Toff: Listen. It is morning. It is the dark morning, before the sun.
Hatted Toff: It is three, or four, or five A.M. You are awake.
Hatted Toff: There are voices that shout at you now, in languages native only to this hour.
Hatted Toff: They speak sounds that enter your ears but bypass your mind like the wrong exit on an empty highway. They speak thoughts that never synthesize into words. They speak impressions.
Hatted Toff: They tell you that your problems are all your own fault.
Sentry: These voices sound like jerks.
Hatted Toff: Ah, but that’s noontime thinking.

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#642; In the Dark and Quiet transcribed by in

Hatted Toff: Listen. It is morning. It is the dark morning, before the sun.
Hatted Toff: It is three, or four, or five A.M. You are awake.
Hatted Toff: There are voices that shout at you now, in languages native only to this hour.
Hatted Toff: They speak sounds that enter your ears but bypass your mind like the wrong exit on an empty highway. They speak thoughts that never synthesize into words. They speak impressions.
Hatted Toff: They tell you that your problems are all your own fault.
Sentry: These voices sound like jerks.
Hatted Toff: Ah, but that’s noontime thinking.

{{header: be still and hear WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The voice is creepy, so you believe it.}}

#642; In the Dark and Quiet transcribed by in

Hatted Toff: Listen. It is morning. It is the dark morning, before the sun.
Hatted Toff: It is three, or four, or five A.M. You are awake.
Hatted Toff: There are voices that shout at you now, in languages native only to this hour.
Hatted Toff: They speak sounds that enter your ears but bypass your mind like the wrong exit on an empty highway. They speak thoughts that never synthesize into words. They speak impressions.
Hatted Toff: They tell you that your problems are all your own fault.
Sentry: These voices sound like jerks.
Hatted Toff: Ah, but that's noontime thinking.

{{header: be still and hear WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The voice is creepy, so you believe it.}}

The voice is creepy, so you believe it.

#642; In the Dark and Quiet

  — July 27th, 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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