*** strange, disturbing, brief

***** yet more

***** more great stuff

***** and more

***** more greatness

** hokey but useful (think teenagers)

**** the professor's house: a strange one; lots of ambivalence

*** read this in spanish; i never studied spanish

** not as lively as his first book, but makes a convincing case that facebook, google and other "free" sites that spy on us will destroy the middle class; the solution is micropayments going both ways

***** more great art

***** more masterpieces

***** masterworks of genius

*** mr. natural and "keep on truckin' "; crumb seems to have found his style

** starting to get interesting; jive talk; fritz begins carousing

* still very early