The opening essay on television (E Unibus Pluram) is a great read as well. Another great one (from "Consider The Lobster"), if you're interested in linguistics

The opening essay on television (E Unibus Pluram) is a great read as well. Another great one (from "Consider The Lobster"), if you're interested in linguistics and who gets to decide what is "acceptable" English, is here: http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html (Extremely long -- if any of the shorter pieces really grab you, you really should just go to Amazon and snag both nonfiction collections.)