Article: The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va., Mike Gruss column: Breakfast is crunch time for a guy and his favorite cereal.

Byline: Mike Gruss

Jun. 11--A bunch of people called last week because we had redesigned the newspaper and changed their morning routines.

I feel their pain. My morning's changed as well. I'm outraged, sad, confused, hurt, disappointed, lost.

Post redesigned my favorite cereal. They've changed from corn flakes to some kind of rice-based flakes. The texture is all wrong.

What am I supposed to do now?

The simple answer is, "Eat it!" But it's not that easy. My cereal's soggier. It doesn't have the same heft.

Mornings are a weary and vulnerable time. In the seconds after I've stopped whacking the snooze button, I could ...

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