Boo's Shoes - A Rabbit And Fox Story: Learn To Tie Shoelaces (Book) - 11/13/2021 4:54:09 AM
I already love bunny named Boo and his initial stubbornness to learn more about shoe laces! What an adorable text and beautiful illustrations! And such a wise text as well, teaching the youngest Readers how to deal with real-life daily activities! Adorable and cute!
The Blue Unicorn's Journey To Osm Illustrated Book for teens (Book) - 10/25/2021 2:33:11 PM
I LOOKED AT THE VIDEO, IT 'FEELS' SO SPECIAL AND SEEMS LIKE A WONDERFUL BOOK...IN EVERY WAY! CONGRATULATIONS, SYBRINA, AND MULTIPLE BLESSINGS TO YOU. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
October 18th is National Necktie Day. (Article) - 10/25/2021 11:52:46 AM
Okay, to paraphrase and misquote somebody from long ago, you've told me more about neckties than I cared to know. However, your information is good and I'm glad to be aware of it. If I remember correctly, in the 1960s, when women were working professional jobs at places like IBM, they often wore something like a necktie that was usually loosely knotted. My wife likes me to wear neckties, which I don't do much, anymore, but we are going to a formal dinner soon and I still have a good collection, so...
October 18th is National Necktie Day. (Article) - 10/7/2013 6:57:17 AM
A very well written and researched article. Everything I ever wanted to know about ties and tie knots and more!
Before my hands were paralyzed fifty years ago, although I got a knot tying merit badge in Boy Scouts, I only tied my neckties with one knot that didn't look very good. About that time, button-down collars came along, making the knot less conspicuous in its awkwardness and keeping unstarched collars in line.
With my hands useless, I couldn't hook a belt, so I ditched it; couldn't tie shoestrings, so bought slip on shoes; couldn't button my shirts, so got a button hook; and couldn't tie ties, so bought the newfangled clip ons. I would carry my tie to an event or work and have a secretary or even a stranger fasten my top button on my shirt and hang on the dorky tie. I even had some regular ties that I got as presents converted to hang ons or clip ons. In spite of doing superlative work and wearing a coat and tie, I probably missed promotion more than once for my looks. It isn't just women that have that problem.
In my first time and motion class, our instructor, as an experiment, asked each of us to use verbal commands to teach another how to put his or her tie on. The result was very laughable, but showed how difficult it was to very carefully and precisely tell someone, only verbally, how to do a rather difficult task without actually showing them or helping them guide their hands. This illustration has haunted me continuously as my only way of showing people how to do things for me is to instruct them with my voice. Invariably, using their own brains instead of my instructions, my helpers do something other than what I say… and often give up or have to redo even the simplest of tasks.
Finally, about fifteen years ago, knowing that I no longer would be promoted in finding that using the computer mouse caused my neck to swell, making it nearly impossible to button the top button on my neck and making a tie uncomfortable, I quit wearing one. I also quit wearing a jacket in the hot summer months, revealing my atrophied arms. Amazingly, many of the administrators where I worked seem to follow my lead, first not wearing ties, and later, opting for casual wear over coat and tie. Made me feel like a trendsetter…
Finally, after I helped my Thai friend with his dissertation, he rewarded me with a beautiful silk tie and gold Buddhist god tie tack. I had to convert the tie, but it was well worth it. When having someone put on that tie, I would ask them, “Could you please help me put on my Thai tie and my Thai tie tack?” Try saying that twenty times… ;-)
Ron
