These eight choices certainly aren't the only choices but they are a great place to start.

There are plenty of sites offering a terrific selection of checkbook wallets. You can choose from designers like Prada, Hilfiger, Lauren, Coach or a host of others.

The exact amount of extra income opening a door is worth in terms of revenue to one New York City taxi driver will never be known. But, how many of those doors needed to be opened? All of them! The only question is who does the opening. Knowing this is part of being a professional.

Don't hang out with those you already know. If you stand to the side talking with your spouse (co-worker, friend, etc.) for the entire event, you didn't network.

t Cat had his humble origins in a simple refrigerator magnet. My daughter and I were looking for ideas for homemade Christmas presents for her friends when we stumbled across a DIY article on how to make bubble magnets.

Somehow this way of rvicing?customers are more apparent the bigger these service providers are and especially when they appear to be the monopolies in the market. I am sure many of us have gone through the automated phone replies that drove us crazy or those that put us on hold on the phone for ions, after many attempts of trying to get through. It has come to a point that going through such treatment is as daunting as waiting in the hospital ward for a surgery to be performed on us.

The most basic but sought after dog collar design is having the name of the dog engraved on the collar itself or on a thin piece of metal, like copper or even a small sheet of gold alloy. Some designers offer dog collars with detachable rhinestone letters that indicate the name of the dog; this makes the rhinestone name spelling easily transferable to other collars. Still some designers have created collars with new age symbols and charms that are believed to protect dogs like talismans.