October 29, 2003
Starbucks: the Ninth Circle of Muppet Hell

There’s a bin full of Miss Piggy finger puppets, each of them oddly svelte, apparently designed to keep customers from having second thoughts about that venti caramel macchiato. In the middle of the bin there’s a single Rowlf finger puppet, eyes to the ceiling, mouth open in a wordless howl roughly translated as, "Why, God, why?"