What’s that? You want more tales of my time at the grocery store? That seems a weird request, but the people want what the people want and if there’s one thing society has taught us of late it is that you’ve got to give the people what they want.
And, friends, what the people really want is nonsensical corporate tie-ins. And this seems silly on the face, but market and product research tells the tale: these tie-in promotions work. And there’s a lot of Philadelphia Eagles iconography here. (Omitted is the part at the top of the box. I shot this at an end cap in haste and didn’t realize I’d cropped that portion until I got home.) So count the Eagles stuff, and then add one.
Also, I don’t do a lot of Frosted Flakes shopping, so I’m not sure when “Of corn de maiz” got added to the box, but just so long as you’re clear. And, to further avoid confusion, note the note in the bottom right corner of the above cereal box. Why, the only thing missing is Tony’s trademarked slogan. But Tony the Tiger doesn’t sell that cheap, one supposes. Or, you might think they just couldn’t find the room on the box. Well, my friend, let me show you what a real overdone graphic design looks like.
There’s hardly any space left on this box. And, look, we need to face some grim realities here, too.
Eagles are raptors. Predators. Toucan Sam is in a dangerous spot here. Swoop, a character noted for wanting to be the center of attention, is emerging from that oversized bowl of cereal, ready to attack.
A friend of mine is a big time graphic designer in the sporting world. I can’t wait to send him that image.
Speaking of the center of attention, if a Chinook flies over you this low, you’re going to notice. We get the occasional overflight. And, sometimes, you can feel them in your chest.
Spent the afternoon, a beautiful afternoon, outside, under this umbrella. It was the right choice. I should make this choice more.
The heatwave broke, the hazy air had dissipated, for a few brief moments no one in the neighborhood was doing yard work. It was delightful. Note to self, make this choice more.
Back to Rick Atkinson’s Fate of the Day, the second installment in his Revolutionary War trilogy. (Buy the book. Hurry, catch up and read along. It’s full of new insights, like …) You weren’t taught in school about how some of the particulars just didn’t like one another.
British generals Howe and Clinton simply could not come to terms with not understanding one another. At their most unguarded, they would tell trusted people about it. Soon after, there is a passage about the back-and-forth of several of the plans that Clinton and Howe were undertaking. Clinton finally weighed in on one but Howe said, sorry old chum, I’ve already sent this plan home and it has already been approved.
Which says a lot about how these two British principals were working together. It took a while to spill some tea — well, for the British, anyway. If Howe is being forthcoming there, he’s not been very forthcoming there. It took at least a month for a packet ship to cross from New York to England and Howe’s message to get in the right hands in London, and then, of course, he has to await the reply, which is another month. And all of that if the weather and seas cooperate.
Anyway, Howe told Clinton it is in the works. Clinton, to a friend, wrote, “Should I serve with him twenty years, I fear we shall not agree.”
