Things In My Office: Top Shelf Coaster

Brett Warnock, the publisher of Top Shelf Productions, handed me the above-pictured promotional coaster years and years and years ago. Like the comics and graphic novels they publish it is attractive and expertly designed. Or rather it was attractive before it started to fall apart. The coaster is severely worn by use (nearly everything I drink every day I sit at my desk spends some time on it) but I continue to use it despite the fact that its best days are behind it. And every time I use it I'm reminded--in a positive way--of Top Shelf. This functional promotional item creates good will and absorbs moisture. I've gotten tons of promo material over the years. Some I'll keep (if I like the look or some other aspect of it) but most I toss away. It's the rare promotional item that gets used day in and day out like my good ol' Top Shelf coaster.