From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Getting Personal in the Office with Personalized Office Supplies

by Joi on May 17, 2008

If you’re as into ”getting personal” as I am, you’re going to love these products from Personilization Mall.com.  Personilization …or getting personal… is their thang.

The “Shopping List” Ruled Notepads, on the left, are pretty cute - they’d be a good way to make sure you get credit for the “dos” on your to do list.  Then again, if they’re undone, you get the credit for that, too.

 The Initial Impressions Silver Post-It Holder is another one of the products they have geared toward offices and the freaks that inhabit them.  It holds the post it notes you see in every store as well as the personalized ones on the site, itself.  They’re pretty snazzy, I must say.

From the Website:
Our Initial Impressions Silver Post-It Holder is a premium choice for both personal and professional use.

Our stylish holder not only helps you maintain an organized desk, but it also makes an impressive, personal statement. 

The Post-it Holder measures 4″ square and weighs approximately 12 ozs.

We custom engrave your 2 or 3 initial monogram at the top for a lasting impression.

A single post-it note pad is included with the engraved holder, as shown. 
Will hold any 3″ x 3″ note pad. 

A truly great selection for graduates, colleagues, clients or of course yourself!

Add our personalized post-it notes or engraved silver pen for an impressive gift combination.  Sold separately below.

I have a complete obsession with pens, so I was an easy target for the Pinnacle Executive Roller-ball Pen (<—).   Not only is it a proverbial shiny object that we all love, whether we admit it or not, it’s classy.  And we office dwellers are nothing if not classy, right?

Click through using any link or image in the post to see everything else they’d be willing to let you buy.  Seriously, they have some really sweet things - from mousepads, desk sets, executive gifts, and coffee mugs to pillows, clothes, luggage, frames, and letter openers.

Next time you need a gift for a co-worker, this is the place to go. 

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Why DID the Chicken Cross the Road?

by Joi on May 16, 2008

I have no idea where this originated or what brilliantly twisted mind actually wrote it.  When it came in my e-mail, it made me smile and I thought it’d do the same for you.  And you… And you… And you….

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road:

BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!

JOHN MC CAIN:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road

HILLARY CLINTON:
When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure — right from Day One! — that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn’t about me…….

DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on ‘THIS’ side of the road before it goes after the problem on the ‘OTHER SIDE’ of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his ‘CURRENT’problems before adding ‘NEW’ problems.

OPRAH:
Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

GEORGE W. BUSH:
We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

COLIN POWELL:
Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road…

ANDERSON COOPER - CNN:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

JOHN KERRY:
Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

NANCY GRACE:
That chicken crossed the road because he’s GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

DR SEUSS:
Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY:
To die in the rain. Alone.

BARBARA WALTERS:
Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE:
It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

BILL GATES:
I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of the Chicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra…#@&&^(C% ………
reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

BILL CLINTON:
I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?

AL GORE:
I invented the chicken!

COLONEL SANDERS:
Did I miss one?

DICK CHENEY:
Where’s my gun?

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Big Pimpin’ with Office Furniture Made to Impress

by Joi on May 2, 2008

Office Furniture DMI - Windemere Executive Office Furniture / Home Office Furniture Package #1
I’m feeling all kinds of ritzy and glamorous today.  What can I say, Fridays bring out my inner diva, so how about high-assin’ down the road with me?

I know I’d be quite the big shot surrounded by the furniture in the Office Furniture DMI - Windemere Executive Office Furniture / Home Office Furniture Package #1  (Lookit, even it’s link is high brow.)  With my favorite cleaner (Murphy’s Oil Soap), It’d smell as good as it looked. And would it ever shine?! 

This is absolutely gorgeous and I’m way past smitten.

 

From the Website:

Features:

*  Constructed of wood and cherry wood veneers, featuring solid wood bases with leather strapping on columns
*  Tops are cherry veneer with ash burl veneer borders
*  All drawers are suspended on metal, ball-bearing, full extension slides
*  File drawers accept letter or legal sized hanging files
*  All desks, credenzas and file cabinets have adjustable levelers

Executive Desk Features:


*  Drop-front, pull-out keyboard drawer with a removable pencil tray
*  Box / box / file drawer per pedestal
*  Side located lock operates middle box and file drawer
*  Middle box features removable dividers
*  Top box drawer is felt-lined with a wood pencil tray
*  Fully extending file drawers
*  One touch power manager
*  Dimensions: 72″(W) x 36″(D) x 30″(H)

Credenza Features:

*  Right pedestal features a pull-out writing board, felt-lined box drawer with wood pencil tray, and ventilated CPU compartment with 3 media storage drawers
*  Left pedestal features a pull-out writing board, felt-lined box drawer with wood pencil tray, and printer cabinet with 2 pull-out shelves
*  Dimensions: 70″(W) x 24″(D) x 30″(H)

Hutch Features:

*  Canister lighting
*  Center fixed shelf
*  Center adjustable glass shelf
*  Two cabinets, each with an adjustable shelf
*  Task light
*  Dimensions: 72″(W) x 16″(D) x 50″(H)

Bookcase Features:

*  Two cabinets, each with an adjustable shelf
*  Four wood framed, adjustable glass shelves
*  Two canister lights
*  Dimensions: 60″(W) x 16 3/4″(D) x 82″(H)

Finish:  Manor House Cherry

I just took a look around my home office and envisioned how it’d look all pimped out in the Office Furniture DMI - Windemere Executive Office Furniture / Home Office Furniture Package #1  - Niiiiiice.

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