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Have you met my friend Jane?

I am a complete Jane Austen junkie, in fact I think that I need to maybe seek help. Shelly tells me I need help and we all know Shel tells it like it is, so it must be true.

"Hello, my name is Susan and I love Jane. Jane Austen."

I read "Pride and Prejudice", annually. Yes, every year I spend a weekend with Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy. Now that I think about it I may need to skip my little tradition this year because I have so many other never read books piled up and there is a due date looming from the library.

The reason I share this closeted truth with you my friends is because there is a TV event starting this weekend on PBS. It is basically the 10 weeks of Jane, every Sunday night PBS will air a adaptation of Jane Austen's novels.

Here is the schedule.

So, if you have never had the opportunity to get to know Jane, maybe it is time. Think about it, there is no new TV, it's cold out and you can learn new some new sayings for Monday. Nothing will impress people more than dropping a few "pray tells" or telling a co-worker they are "vexing."

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Anonymous said…
Maybe I should read Sense and Sensibility and spend a little time with the Dashwoods this week... something besides reading aloud The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings to two fidgety boys... I have forgotten I like books too.
7:04 PM
Anonymous said…
Susan, you crack me up..! There could be worse addictions, right?? Thanks for the head's up on the week of Jane - I'll have to watch when I'm not tuning into Celebrity Rehab... :)
-Sue
10:17 AM
bobbione8y said…
he he.


i am imagining you might REALLY shake things up in the big building if you call somebody "vexing" just for fun!


i am on this...seriously. i sort of kind of love jane too :)
1:20 PM
Karen said…
Thanks for the info! I do love Jane, and pbs happens to be one of our remaining three channels (left the hubby home alone for 40 days, came back to no cable tv), so I can indulge all I want.
3:05 PM
Anonymous said…
Hi.
My name is Nikki.
I've never read a work by Jane Austen.
Can I still be your friend?
(And Sue, why aren't you watching American Gladiator? hee hee).
9:36 AM
K~ said…
As fast as I read, I may need to read Jane Austin for dummies. I might be able to read that within a reasonable time. K~
4:24 PM
Karen said…
So you know I'm the only woman in the free world without a stupid DVR. And you know I'm getting old. Put two and two together and you'll realize that I did not stay up until ELEVEN O'CLOCK to watch the end of Persuasion. Stupid PBS.
6:27 PM
K~ said…
Karen, I don't have a DVR. BUT.... they do still sell Video tapes. Don't ask anyone young in the store where they are. They look at you funny. Try and find someone at least 40 or older, if you need help. I record things the old fashioned way. But then again, you need a VCR. I don't know if they make those for sale anymore. Hmmmmm. K~
5:49 PM
Karen said…
That would be great if my VCR weren't dead. We are completely technology-challenged over here.
9:16 PM
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