OK, here's my $.02:

It is VERY easy to become a pants hamster with your EDC, or end up with your belt looking like something Batman would wear. I try to keep my pockets, and my key-ring, on a very slim diet (with one glaring exception - see below).

My solution: my Daytimer. It goes with me EVERYWHERE. (For those unfamiliar, imagine what a Palm Pilot would be if it was only paper, and was kept in a cloth zippered case) The case I got was from Eagle Creek - the "Travel Organizer", I think. It has been discontinued, replaced by the "E-Ticket Organizer". In an office setting, it goes without notice. In that goes my journal/sketchbook/datebook, address list, calculator, and all of the other sundries of 21st century office life. Also (and here is the FUN part) a lighter, Juice Kf4, compass, my PSK, two trash bags, two Ziploc bags, 12 feet of parachord, bandana, magnifying glass, and a small face towel (sorry, it's the Ford Prefect in me...).

My cell phone usually rides on my belt when not in my hand or in my jacket pocket.

That leaves in my pockets free for only (drum roll please...) my keychain (keys, Squirt S4, P-38 and an LED flashlight), and my wallet (ID, two credit cards, and whatever money my wife and Uncle Sam allow me to keep). I often keep a business card wallet in my jacket pocket, too, when I'm working.

Around my neck I have my ID tags from the service (one ID, one medical alert) with a wide elastic around them to keep them together. Sandwiched between the tags is a $20 bill. A small metal tube whistle is also attached.

Now, for the one glaring exception I mentioned earlier. The LED light I carry on my key-ring is an Infinity 'Ultra'. It's large, heavy, and takes some getting used to in your pocket. ("Is that a flashlight in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?". "Oh. It's a flashlight.....") I made this decision because 1) it's darn indestructible; 2) it's bright; 3) it runs on AA batteries; and 4) my wife would shoot me if I bought an Arc AAA-PE ("ANOTHER L.E.D. FLASHLIGHT!?! Where's the Ruger?.....")

I still like the sporran idea best, though. It's the Scots genes in my ancestry. They manifest themselves in strange ways. Several times a year I have this unexplainable urge to put on a wool skirt, paint myself blue, and chuck spears at the English. <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

.....CLIFF
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