I’ve been learning some Gothic calligraphy on Udemy via Mary-Jane Roussel’s Simple Gothic Hand Calligraphy course. It’s a very good course with some ruled paper to help one practice. However, it was ruled paper for one pen nib size, with the spacing dependent on the nib size, whereas I had four nib sizes from the beautiful Pilot Parallel Pens I used to do my calligraphy (1.5 mm, 2.4 mm, 3.8mm, 6.0mm). As a result, I made my own and thought I’d shared these PDFs for anyone else who might be interested.
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A Long Form Census Restoration Joke Meme?
Can someone create a meme about the restoration of the long form Census in Canada?
FYEAH!
As an analyst, I know the value of this form and what Stephen Harper was trying to do in abolishing it, making sure nobody has any evidence to point to the impact of anything he did while Prime Minister. So today, in celebration of the restoration of the long form Census, I offer up this joke to make sure to send Stephen Harper one of these mandatory forms once I saw the fabulous photo on the CBC. 😉
(not sure who to credit the photo as it was only an icon to the story I saw on Facebook)
May the Sixth Be With You!
May the Fourth, or Star Wars Day (from the pun May the Force be with you), just passed as I write this. But what if you missed it, didn’t celebrate it, or didn’t have enough fun?
Well, I’ve got the perfect second chance day for that!
Welcome to May the Sixth, punning on that most evil of Star Wars organizations, the Sith!
If you missed May the Fourth, shame on you! You deserve a Sith coming your way!
If you didn’t celebrate May the Fourth, really shame on you! You deserve a Sith Lord and then some!
And if you didn’t have enough fun, here’s your chance to have some more fun! I got some little graphics below for you to start and share.
Enjoy and May the Sixth be with you! 😉
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- May the Sixth be with you!
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- May the Sixth be with you!
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- May the Sixth be with you!
Women Body Shapes & Types Defined by Measurements
There are a lot of women’s body shapes or types infographics around, but they’re generally vague as to what body shape fits into what classifications. If you’re on the borderline, it’s hard to tell. This one below that I found has not only specific measurements for what qualifies as certain body types, but also a distribution of women in society that carry that body. The latter should be taken with caution as obesity is a lot worse now than it was back in 2003 when the sample of 6318 women were scanned. The lack of a “round” or “diamond” classification where the waist is the biggest of the bust, waist and hip measurements should drive that point home pretty clearly. Women in different cultures may also have different distributions of these shapes. However, you can still get an idea of what share of the American (or similar) female population has what body type shown, and which ones might be more or less common now than back in 2003.
A Practical Fashion Picture Dictionary Using Infographics
What’s your fashion vocabulary like? Mine’s not very big, relatively speaking, and especially for someone who makes clothes. I know the basic garment types and so on, but terminology like types of neck lines, skirts, tops and so on, I’m very short on. I know a lot of what generally exists out there, but not by name for the most part. So one of the things I had on my 2015 To Do List was to expand my fashion vocabulary.
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