The Well-Appointed File: Post Mortem This timely article addresses issues about what’s inside your well-appointed desk in the event that you are no longer there. It provides a list of documents and information that you should have collected in one well-labelled place in case of the unforseeable. As morbid as it sounds, preparing these documents…
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This is a beautiful solid brass pencil pendant with 14K white and rose gold plating to create the ferrule and eraser. The 4” pencil hangs from a 26” gold-filled chain. $164 (via http://www.georgiavaridakis.com/)
This is one of my favorite bits of ephemera, the Personal Library Kit. It includes a rolling date stamper, library cards and pockets, pad and pencil. Now you can loan out your books like a true professional. You might just need to invest in the Librarian pin while your at it. $20 (via fredflare.com)
This candy-filled pencil is the perfect treat for your favorite pencil addict or a sneaky surprise for your kid’s back-to-school backpack. It was made using a package of Rolo candies as the basic shape and then a Hershey Kiss was adhered to the end. The whole thing was wrapped in yellow paper stock and tied…
Lost Crates
Would you like to get a customized package of paper goods delivered to your doorstep each month? Then Lost Crates might be for you. Using a visual quiz, they will match an array of office products to your answers from markers to Moleskines for $38 per month. Stay tuned! I’ll have an interview with Lost…
Preferences
I thought this might be a good time to mention a few of my personal biases when it comes to office supplies. I do not like ballpoint pens. They never write smoothly for me and always looks cheap to me. I’m not particularly fond of rollerball pens either. They tend to choke when I use…
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Well, due to faulty poll software and mixed interest, the votes for my new email address were fairly lukewarm. I did have several people tell me via email, voice and comment that they were amused with chair@… and there were several votes for both girltuesday@… (a play off of my frequently used, homage-to-Jasper-Fforde, internet nom…