Well, I'm trying to get this link put on
Fark, but since there's a 99% chance that won't happen I'll post the story here, too.
Ever wonder what the deal was with the Starbucks logo? You see it 7 times a week when you feed your addiction! The weird girl's face with the dealies on both sides. Well, it turns out its an adaptation of a really werid mermaid. Apparently this mermaid was a right slapper, too...
Check out the whole story over at
Dead Programmer's site. It's got a great presentation of the evolution of the logo to become what it is now.