And now for a 180-degree snap turn in tone and mood, I present you… rubber ducks being launched from a barrel.

As space programs go, it’s a bit in the early stages, admittedly.

Not that I’ve completed the full three years, but I’m feeling retrospective or introspective or like making a spectacle of myself or something, so my thoughts while nearing the conclusion of another year of Quacked Panes may be enjoyed forthwith.

You may know him as “that guy responsible for Two Lumps,” but James L Grant is a multi-talented badass. Case in point? He’s about to self-publish the first in a planned series of riffs on the Conan mythos (The Barbarian, not The Ginger Talk Show Host) called “Velan The Reticent.”

And since he’s making it available as an ebook, I will purchase a copy for my Nook Color once he gets that bad boy out the door…

I can’t believe that I’ve posted two hundred of these things over the course of nearly two years. Even more mind-boggling is that a few dozen people read them every week.

So, I’ve accomplished that, at least.

Wow.

But that doesn’t stop this comedy bit from being utterly hilarious and spot-on.

You know, you’d think that Microsoft could afford proofreaders for their EULA boilerplate text. But…

Sloppy, guys. Very sloppy.