Didn’t he just take one? Gah! We are floored by this news, but we will pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and move on. In the meantime, please ping the lovely and talented Suzanne or  the talented and lovely Molly with all your Will-related needs.

Our friends at Boing-Boing note the passing of Pamela Low, who created the flavored coating of Cap’n Crunch
cereal.

They also note a disturbing design trend…or is it something worse?

Here we have Original Cap’n Crunch:

This Cap’n keeps it real. He’s got his sails set, a fetching first mate, and plenty of supplies laid in for the journey. Note the heavy-lidded eyes. (Perhaps a port of call in Jamaica?)

Here’s 1970’s Full Color Cap’n:

Actually, it’s his French counterpart, Le Capitain Monsieur Crunch D’Bouche.
Eyes a little more open, but  no more girlfriend.
(Love, she is fickle.)

Now, let’s meet today’s Captain Crunch.

AIEEEEEEEEEEE!! Look, kids! It’s our friend "No Time To Sleep, The Illuminati Control Everything, Man!" Captain Crunch.

Can’t you just picture this meeting?

CLIENT:  "We need a vibrant Cap’n Crunch. A real go-getter. A  post 9/11 Cap’n Crunch, ready to defend our shipping lanes in the War-On-Terror ."

DESIGNER: "Sigh." (Dies a little inside.)

Would you let Captain Tweaker near your kids?

Perhaps he’s just stressed out about the competition:

We’re on to you, Chocula.

"Long time ago, me and my brother Kyle here, we was hitchhikin’ down a long and lonesome road.

All of a sudden, there shined a shiny demon… in the middle… of the road.

And he said: [Sung] ‘Play the best song in the world, or I’ll eat your soul.’ (soul)

[Spoken] Well me and Kyle, we looked at each other, and we each said… ‘Okay.’ "

– Tenacious D: "Tribute"

If a shiny demon appears in the middle of Maiden Lane and says: "Post the best link in the world or I’ll eat your soul,"

I will look at Sarah with confidence, and I will turn to the demon, and I will say to the demon, "Suck it, Trebek."

Because I know about MyOpenBar.com.

This site… it’s so freaking cool… words fail us. It’s a website and mailing list.
A website and mailing list that tells busy brand builders like us where all the free drinks in town are. And not just our town. Other towns, too.  

It tells us.
Where.
The Free. Drinks. Are.

We raise our Goblet of Rock in tribute.

"Needless to say, the beast was stunned.

Whip-crack went his Whoopy tail,

And the beast was done.

He asked us: ‘(snort) Be you angels?’

And we said, ‘Nay. We are but men.’

Rock!"

A Chicago law firm calls out the painful truth with this advertisement claiming, “Life’s short. Get a divorce.”

The city is outraged. Billboards are torn down. Reputations are dirtied. Children weep and parents everywhere shake their fists violently, praying for retribution.

And while the sign only lasted one week, business for Fetman Garland skyrockets.

Talk about some good, wholesome family values.

I would sit here and say I’m offended too, unfortunately, I’m too busy wishing I had my own law firm and that we had thought of this idea first.