me: posts about IPA
me: pity there aren’t any consonant or vowel emoji
me:
me: um
me:
me to self, sternly: those are called letters
me:
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me, in linguist voice: The interesting meta-point here, of course, is that emoji carry an emotional valence beyond simply their semantic/symbolic value.

fuckyeahneedlework:

morgr:

Finished, I don’t really know how to properly ‘finish’ a hoop, so it’s kinda bs’d until I find out how to do it for others. #embroidery #needlepoint #doodle #embroiderydoodle #illustration #flower #florals

This is gorgeous!

(You can “finish” a hoop by putting fabric on the back of it to hide the back of your work. Or just by hanging it on the wall and admiring your handiwork!)

goodticklebrain:

Continuing our epic journey towards Shakespeare’s 400th death anniversary on Saturday, here is a handy-dandy board game that allows you to relive all the exciting ups and downs of this master playwright’s eventful life!

For all my fellow board game geeks out there: I know this is a totally rudimentary roll-and-move luck-fest with no strategy. I’m sorry. I actually started out designing a slightly more interesting game, but it was clear that I couldn’t both draw a comic and design a functional board game within the space of two days, so this is what you get.

Also, so many of you were gratifying excited about my Shakespeare Play Flowchart from Tuesday that I WILL be making a poster of it available. I have to re-design it a bit to make it more poster friendly, so it might be a little while. If you want to stay updated on the poster, as well as all other Good Tickle Brain news, sign up for my weekly newsletter. In addition to news, you get a weekly digest of my comics plus exclusive behind-the-scenes peeks and book/DVD reviews.

Also, don’t forget I will be speaking at the Folger Library on April 29th