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DIANE: Okay, I’ve hired the sketch artist for our wedding! And bought little drawing pads for all the tables at the reception.
BART: You know, I got to thinking?there’s something hyperreal about an obsessively-photographed event.

[[Closeup of a photo of the two of them.]]
BART [[off-panel]]: Each picture is a moment with its own unique vantage point. Taken collectively, they’re a document more comprehensive, more detail-sensitive, than any participant’s actual experience.

BART: We’ll be up front hearing people cough and shuffle around, while cameras all around us are capturing instants, preserving the most fleeting of glances, showing us (and those to come after us) more than we could ever notice on our own. In a way, the day when everyone gathers and performs the ceremony is simply a run-through for the cameras. The documentary evidence is what lasts forever.

DIANE: One week ago you were EXACTLY as impassioned about EXACTLY the opposite.
BART: Turns out I just like formulating arguments!

[[header: now let me explain WONDERMARK.COM]]

[[alt-text: I INSIST that you believe me, every time, forever]]

#667; The Delight is in finding Reasons transcribed by in

DIANE: Okay, I’ve hired the sketch artist for our wedding! And bought little drawing pads for all the tables at the reception.
BART: You know, I got to thinking?there’s something hyperreal about an obsessively-photographed event.

[[Closeup of a photo of the two of them.]]
BART [[off-panel]]: Each picture is a moment with its own unique vantage point. Taken collectively, they’re a document more comprehensive, more detail-sensitive, than any participant’s actual experience.

BART: We’ll be up front hearing people cough and shuffle around, while cameras all around us are capturing instants, preserving the most fleeting of glances, showing us (and those to come after us) more than we could ever notice on our own. In a way, the day when everyone gathers and performs the ceremony is simply a run-through for the cameras. The documentary evidence is what lasts forever.

DIANE: One week ago you were EXACTLY as impassioned about EXACTLY the opposite.
BART: Turns out I just like formulating arguments!

[[header: now let me explain WONDERMARK.COM]]

[[alt-text: I INSIST that you believe me, every time, forever]]

#667; The Delight is in finding Reasons transcribed by in

DIANE: Okay, I've hired the sketch artist for our wedding! And bought little drawing pads for all the tables at the reception.
BART: You know, I got to thinking?there's something hyperreal about an obsessively-photographed event.

[[Closeup of a photo of the two of them.]]
BART [[off-panel]]: Each picture is a moment with its own unique vantage point. Taken collectively, they're a document more comprehensive, more detail-sensitive, than any participant's actual experience.

BART: We'll be up front hearing people cough and shuffle around, while cameras all around us are capturing instants, preserving the most fleeting of glances, showing us (and those to come after us) more than we could ever notice on our own. In a way, the day when everyone gathers and performs the ceremony is simply a run-through for the cameras. The documentary evidence is what lasts forever.

DIANE: One week ago you were EXACTLY as impassioned about EXACTLY the opposite.
BART: Turns out I just like formulating arguments!

[[header: now let me explain WONDERMARK.COM]]

[[alt-text: I INSIST that you believe me, every time, forever]]

I INSIST that you believe me, every time, forever

#667; The Delight is in finding Reasons

  — October 19th, 2010

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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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