Let's all pretend for a moment that all that nonsense from last Friday was just a joke, eh? Speaking of jokes, get a load of these wine tags some drunk person must've confused for barrettes!

One of the most rewarding parts of reading Jane Eyre as a thirteen-year-old Midwesterner is taking a wild shot in the dark at the meaning of all of the untranslated French passages.

The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

B.N. Harrison on how fanfiction allowed her to write without hesitation and made her a writer.

"And as the bee carries the waxen substance upon her thighs because of its insipidity and tastelessness."

"Rain is a big influence": The Dashwoods' humble abode gets the Great House Therapy treatment.

"Le droit du seigneur" = the droit of the seigneur "Primae noctis" = the most noctis

Grace Lidinsky-Smith on living with ADHD, how she finally got a diagnosis, and the ways in which gender socialization can complicate diagnosis for many.

Max Ehrman's famous 1927 prose poem.

The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

Four poems from ISLANDERS, a collection of poems about the Angel Island Immigration Station, followed by a Q&A with poet Teow Lim Goh.

Only female ghosts, I suppose.

Five new cartoons from the great Liana Finck.

In which Nicole and Mallory yell at each other about Captain America: Civil War.

Astronomers don’t always agree on how to describe the problem. The difference between theory and data in astrophysics can be astronomical.