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

Sloppy, guys. Very sloppy.

First off, I would like to direct you over to that webcomic of mine for this year’s holiday event: The Quackvent Calendar 2010. (Last year the ducks presented The Twelve Days Of Christmas in their own off-kilter fashion. This year I decided that coming up with a second new set of lyrics was completely out of the question.)

On a wholly different note, may I just say that I cannot take all of this manufactured-hype “Cyber Monday” and “Cyber Wednesday” (Really guys? Really?) shopping stuff seriously. Why? Because once upon a time, I was a young man on the Internet.

Think about it.

Since the subject seems to have come up lately:

• Thinkgeek Wishlist
• Amazon Wishlist (I know, there are valid reasons not to patronize Amazon. You’re not even remotely required to buy anything from them, mind you, but it’s the only place I have access to all of the music, books and videos I want all in one storefront, so that’s where I keep the wishlist.)
• Funagain Games Wishlist

This entry may be updated if I find somewhere else that I should have made a list… and/or checked it twice…

As of Monday night, my son is no longer a high school student. His school’s graduation ceremony took place at Memorial Coliseum, a venue I hadn’t previously entered even though I’ve lived in this city since 1989. Go figure. Maybe I need to take up hockey fandom. (Or, perhaps, not.)

I think I’m glad that I didn’t graduate from a larger school, because good grief it took a long time to get through all of those kids’ awards and diplomas and what-not. At first we were delighted that Alex was sitting in the front row… then we found that they were cycling kids through starting from the back rows. It worked out, actually: It would’ve been much more tedious being elated early on at his name being called, then sitting through half an hour or so of listening to other kids’ names.

The girl playing the harp during one of the entertainment interludes was quite good, however. Staggering home at nearly 11pm after an event which started at 8pm wasn’t all that good… worth it, mind you. I feel like I’ve fulfilled one of those critical parenting milestones, you know? Yes, it’s as cool a feeling as you think it is.

My daughter, meanwhile, has a couple of years yet to go on her high school career. She just finished up and posted her art-class “final” project on her gallery, though, and I rather like it. Apparently she’s getting very good use out of that drawing tablet computer accessory.

I have awesome kids.

Angling for “Best Dad Of 2009,” I just spent half an hour or so setting up a Gallery2 installation for my daughter’s use. Presumably she’ll be uploading scanned and digitally-created original artwork there. At least, that’s the idea…

Since I haven’t flogged the webcomic in a while…

I’m doing a special event for the next four weeks over at Quacked Panes: The Twelve Days of Christmas, as interpreted by my cast of toy ducks. The comic schedule is each Monday, Wednesday and Friday between today and Christmas itself.

Enjoy, won’t you please?