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MIKE: So, ah, how is it? Does it work okay?
BORIS: It’s a compass. It works fine. Does all the usual compass stuff.

MIKE: I hope you like it!
BORIS: Sure! It’s?nice! It can be my backup compass. For?the car. It can be my third backup car compass. That’s IMPORTANT!

MIKE: Oh, I was worried you already had one! DARN it!
BORIS: Well, I’m, uh?I’m a circleologist, Mike. I have about a hundred compasses.

BORIS: Most of which have come from you.
MIKE: I just never know what to get people.

[[header: the thought that counts at WONDERMARK.COM]]

[[alt-text: Circleology is like a more superstitious version of circleonomy.]]

#668; It’s the One Thing I Know transcribed by in

MIKE: So, ah, how is it? Does it work okay?
BORIS: It’s a compass. It works fine. Does all the usual compass stuff.

MIKE: I hope you like it!
BORIS: Sure! It’s?nice! It can be my backup compass. For?the car. It can be my third backup car compass. That’s IMPORTANT!

MIKE: Oh, I was worried you already had one! DARN it!
BORIS: Well, I’m, uh?I’m a circleologist, Mike. I have about a hundred compasses.

BORIS: Most of which have come from you.
MIKE: I just never know what to get people.

[[header: the thought that counts at WONDERMARK.COM]]

[[alt-text: Circleology is like a more superstitious version of circleonomy.]]

#668; It’s the One Thing I Know transcribed by in

MIKE: So, ah, how is it? Does it work okay?
BORIS: It's a compass. It works fine. Does all the usual compass stuff.

MIKE: I hope you like it!
BORIS: Sure! It's?nice! It can be my backup compass. For?the car. It can be my third backup car compass. That's IMPORTANT!

MIKE: Oh, I was worried you already had one! DARN it!
BORIS: Well, I'm, uh?I'm a circleologist, Mike. I have about a hundred compasses.

BORIS: Most of which have come from you.
MIKE: I just never know what to get people.

[[header: the thought that counts at WONDERMARK.COM]]

[[alt-text: Circleology is like a more superstitious version of circleonomy.]]

Circleology is like a more superstitious version of circleonomy.

#668; It’s the One Thing I Know

  — October 22nd, 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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