July 4, 1776
Today celebrates the 236th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the 13 North American Colonies from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
The 13 colonies were Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. At the time of the signing, Vermont was part of New York and Maine was part of Massachusetts.
Vermont declared its own independence on January 15, 1777 and became The Republic of New Connecticut*. Vermont became the 14th United State in 1791
Maine seceded from Massachusetts in 1820 and became the 23rd United State on March 15, 1820.
* Thanks to Wikipedia, I learned something new today.
Gender Gap
The article "10 College Majors With the Biggest Gender Gap," jives with my 34-year work experience as a technical writer in the electrical engineering and computer science fields where males dominate (91% and 85%, respectively).
I wish there was a need for technical writers in the fashion world!
Dear Stana,
ReplyDeleteHappy Independence Day to you. But beware of any 15 mile-wide spaceships hovering over downtown of your city! LOL!
I certainly could use a technical article on methods of zipping up stubborn and hard-to-reach zipper tabs on my dresses and gowns. I think you posted an article containing some tips and makeshift "zipper helper" devices in the past. However, some of my dressier frocks and gowns have those pretty (but annoyingly useless) tiny tear-shape zipper tabs. I haven't figured out any device that works well on those. If you have nothing to do today (LOL), maybe you could do your first fashion technical writing on this topic. (Of course, I'm just kidding about you having to work on a holiday -- you do SO MUCH wonderful work for all your readers, that you deserve a day off). Thank You.
Love,
Sheila.
Sheila, just Google "zipper helpers" and you'll find all kinds of items! That's what I did after I forgot Stana's posting! lmao!
ReplyDeleteStana, I agree, it's too bad there aren't more of a demand for tech writers in the fashion world!
Keep posting, I'll keep reading. Kudos to you.