But march the news out in the middle — 'And, by the way, the love of my life was genetically predisposed to never make 40 inches' — and what is that — O Henry?" It's a problem this collection — stuffed with all sorts of oddities — grapples with a lot, although to judge by his opening sentences, Stahl is more of a stick-it-up-front man.
After all, there's still the ritual glass of champagne and a tour through some of Sarah's own treasures to come – one wall of the studio is devoted to her perfume collection, stuffed with rarities, discontinued fragrances and holy grails such as the original formula L'Heure Bleue by Guerlain.
Wilson's site offers scrolling thumbnail selections on Thanksgiving Turkey Video Collection; Stuffing; Side Dishes; Apple and Pumpkin Dessert.
It's fairly standard data-collection stuff, but it's fun to see them taking the route of in-home hardware to monitor on a bit level.
Like his collection of stuff inside, the deck was a work in progress.
Add a Duane Michals photo and some English watercolors, and we were talking about a significant collection of stuff.
There was one called Warriors of Marnz – I was into sci-fi – and that was part of a whole collection of stuff built around sci-fi.
Even so, Professor Gelernter said, "in the final analysis, that is what a museum has to be and whatever you call a collection of stuff online, it is a database and not a museum".
Along the way there are several dramatic twists which effectively illustrate her perception that, far from being mutually exclusive, fact and fiction can readily, in a moment of unexpected revelation, change places.Each of the nine short stories in David Malouf's new collection, "Dream Stuff", touches on a different aspect of dreams or dreaming.
Inspired by Winterthur, the American decorative arts museum in Delaware, it's an avenue of quaint storefronts — a doll shop, an antiques emporium, a gift shoppe, a vintage clothing boutique, etc. — all built to house Ms. Streisand's vast collection of "stuff".
