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[[MADGE is reading to UMBERTO]]
MADGE: …and they feared that a GHOST was in the house!
UMBERTO: I fear that a ghost is in this CAR

MADGE: Cautiously they crept around the corner. Was that squealing the sound of…a GHOST?
UMBERTO: It was probably their alternator belt. Maybe a wheel bearing.

MADGE: “I’m nervous that this house is full of ghosts,” Dirk breathed, his broad shoulders filling his tunic with man-mass.
UMBERTO: I think my AIR FILTER is full of Dirk’s man-mass.

MADGE: Dirk sighed, shivering in the autumn chill. “The house is leaking ghosts AND the car is leaking oil. What a week!”
UMBERTO: AW yeah NOW things are startin’ to happen!

{{header: scare yourself at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I felt a chill as the ghost swept through me to alight on the distributor cap. “There is corrosion,” it hissed in a voice blasted for centuries by the immortal furnaces of Hades, “on the spark plug wire contacts.”}}

#766; In which Spirits haunt an Auto transcribed by in

[[MADGE is reading to UMBERTO]]
MADGE: …and they feared that a GHOST was in the house!
UMBERTO: I fear that a ghost is in this CAR

MADGE: Cautiously they crept around the corner. Was that squealing the sound of…a GHOST?
UMBERTO: It was probably their alternator belt. Maybe a wheel bearing.

MADGE: “I’m nervous that this house is full of ghosts,” Dirk breathed, his broad shoulders filling his tunic with man-mass.
UMBERTO: I think my AIR FILTER is full of Dirk’s man-mass.

MADGE: Dirk sighed, shivering in the autumn chill. “The house is leaking ghosts AND the car is leaking oil. What a week!”
UMBERTO: AW yeah NOW things are startin’ to happen!

{{header: scare yourself at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I felt a chill as the ghost swept through me to alight on the distributor cap. “There is corrosion,” it hissed in a voice blasted for centuries by the immortal furnaces of Hades, “on the spark plug wire contacts.”}}

#766; In which Spirits haunt an Auto transcribed by in

[[MADGE is reading to UMBERTO]]
MADGE: ...and they feared that a GHOST was in the house!
UMBERTO: I fear that a ghost is in this CAR

MADGE: Cautiously they crept around the corner. Was that squealing the sound of...a GHOST?
UMBERTO: It was probably their alternator belt. Maybe a wheel bearing.

MADGE: "I'm nervous that this house is full of ghosts," Dirk breathed, his broad shoulders filling his tunic with man-mass.
UMBERTO: I think my AIR FILTER is full of Dirk's man-mass.

MADGE: Dirk sighed, shivering in the autumn chill. "The house is leaking ghosts AND the car is leaking oil. What a week!"
UMBERTO: AW yeah NOW things are startin' to happen!

{{header: scare yourself at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: I felt a chill as the ghost swept through me to alight on the distributor cap. "There is corrosion," it hissed in a voice blasted for centuries by the immortal furnaces of Hades, "on the spark plug wire contacts."}}

I felt a chill as the ghost swept through me to alight on the distributor cap. ''There is corrosion,'' it hissed in a voice blasted for centuries by the immortal furnaces of Hades, ''on the spark plug wire contacts''

#766; In which Spirits haunt an Auto

  — October 28th, 2011

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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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