Seven years, my friends. Seven years of hopping in the car late at night, driving up I-5 to Vancouver, Washington, running The Gauntlet™ (45.1 MB), and visiting Blackjack Fireworks to check out the colorful, poetic, lost-in-translation, Corel-driven beauty of the latest fireworks packaging.

To catch up, please enjoy 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Here’s to more good stuff, because I’m…

This year, we’ve got…

Confusion

Spectacular Clip-Art

Eric Clapton’s Dream Realized

Literal Nightmares

A Revealing Answer (iStock Photo)

Copyright Infringement I’m Sure, But I’m Not Sure What From

Copyright Infringement I Do Recognize

I Don’t Doubt This For A Minute

This, On The Other Hand, I Doubt Very Much

Military Surplus

For When You Want the Not-Quite Best

David Lynch’s Dream Realized

Irony

Monkeys

The Sword from Hell (Which is Totally Awesome and Will Cause So Much Injury)

And Resigned Exasperation

Last but not least, I leave you with the most incredible marketing claim ever made (I’m going to use this someday):

See you next year!