The mailbox contained:
- September/October 2008 issue of Columbia Journalism Review (Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy – How to hear Lee Abrams, the rock radio guru who would transform Tribune) T.O.C.
- Coupons from Food Lion
- A subscription offer from The Hedgehog Review
- A plea from The Catholic Voter Mobilization and Turnout Project
- A book – Tales from a Tin Can – The USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay