I found the first short story really sad because the reason the narrator wants to out live his lover is not because he could not bear to watch him die or could not live without him, but rather because he does not want to deal with the side effects of his lovers death. Those side effects being, his parrot, his family, the loneliness, that is cold.
  
      A story I really really liked though was The Red Coats. I have two red coats as it happens, although I have never worn them both to the same place at the same time. having a red coat is really awesome,I think everyone should try it as long as they are not taking someones red coat like whoever did in the story. I would hate to lose my red coat like that especially if it was just missing the red and turned gray, that would suck. I also really liked The List of Famous Hats, even though it only talks about one famous hat. I have never heard of this bathing cap before and I don't think he actually had one like the one in the story but it makes for a great story.
    The last one I wanted to touch on is Wallet, I can see many people I know doing this prank if they had their wallet stolen more then once. There were some really good one liner quotes that would have made the thief feel really stupid if he had the chance to hear them though; like "All oyster, no pearl" and "Life is the same old story told over and over.". Of course the funny part is the irony of the phoney wallet being rescued while the real one was not. The poor thief got tackled over nothing.