My box was a marketing piece I made to give to a prospective client (in this case, Regence) after a series of interviews in order to remind them of my existence as well as my qualifications and my coolness. The box was a cube made of square pieces of wood that opened up flat to reveal the contents, which were nine square wooden cards, each with one of the following graphics glued to the front. 

I almost left out this card with my name.

This card had real clock hands attached to the front so that they spun around when picked up.

Pretty self-explanatory. I used words that were relevant to this client (Regence).

The photo looked much better on the card, not quite so eerie looking.

I hope this didn't come across as a promise to be a workaholic again.

I glued tiny black and white velcro to the front of this and then glued the other side of the velcro to three flat beads, each with one of my initials on them, so that it was actually a working dart board.

On the actual card, I used my real hand-print.

The puzzle was printed out on a separate piece of wood and cut out with a jigsaw, so that the puzzle could actually be taken apart and played.

I came up with these top ten reasons with the help of ex-bosses, ex-co-workers, and friends. Thank you!

The following is a poem written by my publisher and friend, Douglas Dix.  Thanks, Doug, I couldn't have done it without you!