This publication is edited by John Herschend and Will Rogan. The glasses case is incised, "Chaldron Optica System." The side arms of the glasses are incribed as follows: "Will you know a chaldron when you see one?" and "With these glasses you will know a true one." A chaldron is described by Lethem in the looses sheet by 12 statements, a few of which are "A chaldron is an impossible object," A chaldron speaks of the possibility of another world," "A chaldron is like an opers pouring from a flea's mouth" and "It is better to have seen and lost a chaldron than never to have seen a chaldron at all." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text of the pamphlet deals with a bad movie entitiled "Garden State." The text laser etched into the wood block deals with the purchase and cutting of an onion. Kine states in the pamphlet that her object is a cutting board and recommends that the more the board is used, the less the text can be read, and if all goes as planned, "the quieter the ghosts of meals past will become." She also recommends that you first slice an onion on the board that will cause you to cry for as a mental cathartic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a homage to an art gallery director in San Francisco. Written at the bottom of the poster, "This is a toast to William Passarelli and the Vibrant Electical Energy of Good Thoughts and All to Our Extended Families Is." The cups are inscribed at the bottom "I WISH YOU WELL." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text printed on the shower curtain reads in part, "I am your shower curtain and I am watching you. The fat that you can be here under this falling water! This as much as any other reason, is why you are here, why you visit, To enjoy this, To feel this. It is good enough. Iti is good enoughto justify every thing else. As told to Dave Eggers October 2011." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The maple syrup was produced by Mike Czok in Braintree Vermont from the trees that grow around his home.The image on the poster is such a tree.The Thing Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. It's like a magazine, except that each isssue is conceived of by a different contributor and then published on a useful object. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Thing Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. It's like a magazine, except that each issue is conceived of by a different contributor and then published as a useful object. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. This issue is also subtitled "The Travel Issue.