In Black Rock City, the highly visible constant stream of gift-giving not only reassures you that others are cooperating, but also motivates you to pay these favours forward.
Gifts and Critics Throughout his tenure, Mr. Huckabee reacted with outrage and scorn when questions arose over the stream of gifts that flowed his way.
Mr. Huckabee's touchiness over perceived slights was to become a byword in succeeding years, as the governor spoke out angrily when reporters and others questioned the startling stream of gifts that flowed in from supporters and friends.
When the Johnsons' landmark home was gutted by fire, for example, Mrs. Stanley was at her friend's side, on nights and weekends for nearly a year, sifting through debris, restoring ruined woodwork and helping to replace what was lost with a steady stream of gifts.
Hey, that's one less gift to open in the stream of gifts that will dominate (and possibly put the snooze button on) the party.
My life has been a continuous stream of simple gifts of giving in that have brought me greater pleasures than I could have ever imagined, along with a great family life that worked for everyone.
Then there's the steady stream of friendly gifts given to MPs by interested parties that seem minor enough that they don't make it into the 'papers with a whole "-gate" suffix.
The juggling of the laundry, the cooking; the shopping for everything from groceries to clothes to school supplies, costumes and the never-ending stream of birthday party gifts.
The line demonstrates Mr. Dylan's absolute gift for a stream-of-consciousness style that sometimes borders on incoherence without los ing its magic or message.
Those five days in September, and the stream of e-mail messages, gifts, photographs and invitations that still pour in, have given an incalculable lift to the Newfoundlanders -- the "Newfies" who are the butt of rube jokes in the rest of Canada.
Call it stream-of-consciousness shopping.
