Bradley Mckoy

Tie Bars and Clip on Ties: Do these Make You Lazy to Tie Your Knots?

Getting Tied to Tie Bars The corporate world has its snobs. They frown on men who wear clip on ties and they can spot one, and these are usually the poor guys who hide behind flashy tie bars. Anyway, if the corporate snobs know the rules, they have to... Read >

Money Clips and Your Spending Style: Are You Wasting Your Money?

Where is Your Money Going? Each day you count the money bills in your wallet with a promise you will not spend it on unnecessary items like coffee at the cafeteria. Anyway, you can bring a sachet of your favorite mix and use the hot water from the offi... Read >

Don't Waste Your Time on a Useless Resume, Look for a Little Magic in Your Magic Wallet

Trash that Resume! Sure, you want to impress your would-be employers with a resume that is wordy but says little about your capabilities. Or you obscure what you can really do by hiding behind an impressive job title of strategist, product evangelist, ... Read >

How to Get the Best Laptop Deal before Splurging on a Laptop Attach‚ Case

Dreaming of a Laptop? Dream Awhile Dreaming about a laptop is different from buying one. When you imagine the laptop of your dreams, you have sticky images of ultra thin workhorses that can make your work easier. You already have a picture of the lapto... Read >

The Deceiving Ways of a Briefcase and Deviant Minds

A Briefcase Says It All A briefcase is associated with lawyers and other big guns in the professional and marketing world. Anybody toting this flat rectangular case sends a message that he or she has important stuff in that piece of accessory, stuff t... Read >

Ringbearer Gifts: Little Boy, How Do I Gift Thee?

What to Give Your Ring Bearer Remember these lines from the nursery rhyme of Robert Southey? What are little boys made of? Snips and snails and puppy dogs' tails That's what little boys are made of So when it comes to choosing the... Read >

Pocket Business Card Holder and Pocket Advertising

Efficiently Mobile You're ready for a business meeting out of town. You have your laptop, mobile phone, and GPS tracker. Your documents are neatly arranged in your briefcase. You are stuffed to the gills with credit cards and you look spiffy in your b... Read >

The Cross Pen and Gifts That Survive the Years

When Giving Counts More than Receiving Gift-giving is a ritual enjoyed by both the giver and the receiver of the gift, and the ritual is meaningful when extra care is given to the selection of the gift. For the gift giver, the happiness of the recipien... Read >

Cigarette Cases: Why Ex-Smokers Cannot Do Without These

The Matter with Cigarette Cases The invention of cigarette cases was predictable. Smokers wanted a container that would prevent their prized sticks from crushing. Since its appearance in the Faberge Era, it has morphed into fun cases in the Roaring Tw... Read >

Briefcase Debate: You Do Not have to be a Lawyer or a CEO to Have a Spunky Briefcase

Who Deserves a Briefcase? Lawyers were the first to use briefcases and that explains the name given to the flat case they stuff with their legal briefs and which they haul to court. But the public got on to the usefulness of these cases and soon every... Read >

Beat Your Travel Alarm Clocks to the Draw!

You have many of those infernal inventions man created to absolutely wreak havoc on your age-old biological patterns and decades-old psychological stability. And no, this is not the institution of marriage. These are travel alarm clocks - the types that... Read >

Have Flask Set, Will Fish and Camp, Among Other Things

There is a wise saying that advises never to appreciate in so many words gifts that you do not wish to receive next year. Unfortunately, you never heard of it so you profusely praised your reclusive co-worker's gift of a flask set, even when you see no r... Read >

Too Many Office-Given Engraved Pocket Watches? Recycle Them!

Often, the heads of committees for corporate giveaways and gifts for employees run out of steam. Put yourself in their shoes and you will find that mass gift-giving on a yearly basis can be a mind-numbing experience, not to mention a daunting task consid... Read >

Should You Discard Your Credit Card Wallet?

With technology come a whole slew of innovations that allow you to pay for products and services on a "cashless" basis. Your credit cards are proof of this, which is why you have a specially-designed credit card wallet. However, times and technology con... Read >

Got A Lot of Business Card Holders? Use Them Now!

You might find yourself in a position where you have plenty of business card holders but limited business cards to put in, or even no business cards at all. You might be a student with no need for business cards yet (just the gift card and the check from... Read >