Thursday, the mailbox contained:

* November 11, 2005 issue of [Sporting News](http://www.sportingnews.com) (SWEEP!)
* November 2005 issue of [Budget Living](http://www.budgetlivingmedia.com) (Get Cozy! The Season’s Most Comfy Clothes)
* November 7, 2005 issue of [The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com) (Onward and upward with the Arts)
* November 2005 issue of [American Journal of Nursing](http://www.ajnonline.com)
* November-December 2005 issue of [INRADIO](http://www.inradio.com) (The Garden)
* [Samaritan’s Purse](http://www.samaritanspurse.org) Christmas Gift Catalog
* [Gables Unique Gifts](http://www.sullivanboutique.com) Winter Catalogue 2006
* [Seva Foundation](http://www.seva.org) Gifts of Service Catalog
* [Lands’ End Kids](http://www.landsend.com/kids) Holiday 2005 Catalog
* A plea from the [Roanoke Valley YMCA](http://www.ymcaroanoke.org)
* An advertisement from Bonnie C. McCormack, who’s running for Treasurer of the City of Salem, VA
* An advertisement and a coupon from [Burger King](http://www.burgerking.com)
* A notice announcing extended hours at the [Salem Post Office](http://www.usps.com)

I also picked up the following from [Books-a-Million](http://www.bamm.com):

* October/November 2005 issue of [Seed](http://www.seedmediagroup.com/)
* Premier issue of [Robot](http://www.botmag.com)
* November 2005 issue of [Monitoring Times](http://www.monitoringtimes.com)