Last year, I watched the Counter Terrorism Unit’s agent extraordinaire, Jack Bauer, on the hit show “24” shoot, punch, ram, run, jump, tackle, hit, smash, tackle and, in every other manly way imaginable, fight a gang of ruthless terrorists bent on killing a foreign dignitary who was visiting Los Angeles. The most interesting thing was that the entire time he was saving the world from chaos and war, he was carrying a purse.

Not a woman’s purse, silly! A man’s purse! A manly olive green, canvas shoulder bag in which he kept his cell phone, his supermarket savings card, his Christmas card list, his Lava soap, hair gel, deodorant, a laptop, keys, a pair of clean underwear, a sleep mask, handcuffs, pepper spray, a company charge card, dental floss, expense account receipts, half of a ham panini, change for the meter, moisturizer, hand cream, a Taser, sunglasses, a GPS, cell phone charger, wallet, checkbook, Dentyne and this week’s script changes.

It was perfect bag for daytime or evenings, late nights and early mornings – pretty much 24 hours a day. And it went with practically everything. Not that a big worry for Jack Bauer, he’s been wearing the same clothes for six years. But for the rest of us who like to change more frequently, say, four or five times a day, with nice, long, hot showers in between, it works just as well.