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[[A man holding a snake]]
Man: So, ah.
This is probably going to end horribly.
With me crushed, or devoured, or suffocated, or enchanted or something.
Snake: Yes.

Man: I bet people just STUMBLE in here and wind up dead ALL the time.
Without even THINKING about it. Just, “WHOOPS, wrong door…agghkk”
Snake: Fairly frequently.

Man: But I’d like to go on record that I WORRIED about this.
I CONSIDERED the RISKS of coming in here. I KNEW about your reputation. I WEIGHED the pros and cons.
I feel like that should DEFEND me somehow.

Snake: Tell you what, I’ll kill you EXACTLY as you imagined.
Man: Sweet! If I AM going to die, I’d like to at least be RIGHT.

{{header: Well, if I backed out after discovering that the Snake Room leads invariably to gruesome death, I’d feel like a wimp!}}
{{alt-text: Well, if I backed out after discovering that the Snake Room leads invariably to gruesome death, I’d feel like a wimp!}}

#793; In which it Happens Anyhow transcribed by in

[[A man holding a snake]]
Man: So, ah.
This is probably going to end horribly.
With me crushed, or devoured, or suffocated, or enchanted or something.
Snake: Yes.

Man: I bet people just STUMBLE in here and wind up dead ALL the time.
Without even THINKING about it. Just, “WHOOPS, wrong door…agghkk”
Snake: Fairly frequently.

Man: But I’d like to go on record that I WORRIED about this.
I CONSIDERED the RISKS of coming in here. I KNEW about your reputation. I WEIGHED the pros and cons.
I feel like that should DEFEND me somehow.

Snake: Tell you what, I’ll kill you EXACTLY as you imagined.
Man: Sweet! If I AM going to die, I’d like to at least be RIGHT.

{{header: Well, if I backed out after discovering that the Snake Room leads invariably to gruesome death, I’d feel like a wimp!}}
{{alt-text: Well, if I backed out after discovering that the Snake Room leads invariably to gruesome death, I’d feel like a wimp!}}

#793; In which it Happens Anyhow transcribed by in

[[A man holding a snake]]
Man: So, ah.
This is probably going to end horribly.
With me crushed, or devoured, or suffocated, or enchanted or something.
Snake: Yes.

Man: I bet people just STUMBLE in here and wind up dead ALL the time.
Without even THINKING about it. Just, "WHOOPS, wrong door...agghkk"
Snake: Fairly frequently.

Man: But I'd like to go on record that I WORRIED about this.
I CONSIDERED the RISKS of coming in here. I KNEW about your reputation. I WEIGHED the pros and cons.
I feel like that should DEFEND me somehow.

Snake: Tell you what, I'll kill you EXACTLY as you imagined.
Man: Sweet! If I AM going to die, I'd like to at least be RIGHT.

{{header: Well, if I backed out after discovering that the Snake Room leads invariably to gruesome death, I'd feel like a wimp!}}
{{alt-text: Well, if I backed out after discovering that the Snake Room leads invariably to gruesome death, I'd feel like a wimp!}}

Well, if I backed out after discovering that the Snake Room leads invariably to gruesome death, I'd feel like a wimp!

#793; In which it Happens Anyhow

  — January 31st, 2012

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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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