Eyre-y nothing

2015-07-13T19:00:40Z

I reread Jane Eyre and I checked out a copy from the library because my childhood copy is a bit elderly and fragile. It happened to be a Penguin Classics edition with footnotes, some of which were actually enlightening and some of which…well.

At the very end (spoilers if you haven't read Jane Eyre, I guess), Mr. Rochester says "Do you know, Jane, I have your little pearl necklace at this moment fastened round my bronze scrag under my cravat?" This was footnoted "scrag: Usually defined as 'neck', which does not make sense: probably an ornamental pin beneath the cravat". I find this proposed reading so contrary and baffling that I have created the following poll:

View Poll: #16848

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it's that time of year again

2013-09-09T00:10:48Z

Namely, the time of year when I try to a.) remember which television shows I'm still watching and b.) figure out when those shows are actually returning to my television. I found this masterlist, which I like because it's organized chronologically and it includes cable shows.

The only new show I know I want to watch at this point is Agents of SHIELD. I would like to stop watching Revenge, because the last season slowly extinguished every remaining ounce of my affections with glacial plotting, excessive character deaths and Aiden Mathis, but my mom is still hooked enough to want to know what happens next so I suppose that I'll grit my teeth and enjoy Nolan's wardrobe. And so, a poll!

View Poll: Upcoming (US) television

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Eyre-y nothing

it's that time of year again