A series of essays exploring the twists and transformations and contortions our language is going through ever since September 11.

How did I miss the announcement of this book’s publication? I think I’ve worn out my copy of the original, although it still has enough value that I’m gonna donate it to one of the younger designers I know.

Asking the question: what will be the definition of the 21st century.

It was as good as I expected. The drawings were clean and full of character and the story had the ring of truth. Being the same age now as Minnie Goetze would be, brought back lots of memories of being an almost-adult.

Okay, so he’s preaching to the converted. Still, it’s just more evidence that the “War on Drugs” is based on some basic fallacies and outright lies.

Looks to be the first in a series of new manga stories by American artists, the results of a competition which began in July 2002. Flipping through, I saw a great variety of styles and stories which should make this a lot of fun.

Although I’ve seen “Fight Club” a couple of times, I haven’t read any Palahniuk before. He’s good. There’s a haunting feeling hanging over the people on Waytansee Island and I’m savoring every moment until I find out what it is.

Full of “Eeew! Gross!” moments, yet often hysterically funny, Mary Roach is an amzing guide through the careers of cadavers.

I’m very interested to read Tezuka’s view of World War II as seen from teh perspectives of three men named Adolf. Flipping through the book, I can see that the art is an interesting mix of Tezuka’s cartoony-anime style, along with a richness of detail I haven’t seen in much of his other work.

I remember reading the magazine article (Harper’s? Atlantic?) which Baker expanded into this book. It’s horrifying to think that the books and newspapers of our era may vanish as completely as the knowledge of the ancient world which was destroyed with the library at Alexandria.