Category Archives: Mailbox Contents

Contents of the postal mailbox on a specific day.

What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 10.14.2006?

Saturday, the mailbox contained:

* November 2006 issue of [Harper’s](http://www.harpers.org) (Barack Obama Inc. – The Birth of a Washington Machine)
* October 20, 2006 issue of [Entertainment Weekly](http://www.ew.com) (Borat – Has This Man Made the Funniest Movie Ever…Or Simply the Most Outrageous, Offensive One?)
* Fall 2006 issue of [Living Well](http://www.southernhealth.com) (Sitting Pretty – Lower your health care costs, increase your peace of mind)
* November 2006 issue of [National Geographic Adventure](http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure) (The World’s 25 Best New Trips ’07)
* November 2006 issue of [Popular Science](http://www.popsci.com) (The House of the Future)
* November 2006 issue of [QST](http://www.arrl.org) (DXing – Caribbean-Style…and an Antarctic DXpedition)
* A subscription offer for [The Economist](http://www.economist.com)
* Fall 2006 [Ebay](http://www.ebay.com) Catalog
* A book – William Faulkner: Novels 1926-1929: Soldiers’ Pay / Mosquitoes / Flags in the Dust / The Sound and the Fury (Library of America)


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What Was in the Mailbox Friday, 10.13.2006?

Friday, the mailbox contained:

* October 23, 2006 issue of [ESPN](http://www.espn.com/magazine) (NFL Warning – *Don’t Feed the Bears* – It Will Only Make Them Meaner)
* November 7, 2006 issue of [PC Magazine](http://www.pcmag.com) (The New Mobile Revolution)
* October 16, 2006 issue of [The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com) (The Media Issue)
* November 2006 issue of [Computer Shopper](http://www.computershopper.com) (Best Tech of 2006)
* October 2006 issue of [American Heritage](http://www.americanheritage.com) (1964 – When A New Age Was Born)
* Volume 11, No. 5 issue of [House To House Heart to Heart](http://www.westsidecofc-salem.com) (When the Omnipresent God was Absent)
* Fall 2006 [Ebay](http://www.ebay.com) Catalog
* A subscription offer from [Grit](http://www.grit.com)
* An offer from [The Sun Magazine](http://www.thesunmagazine.org)
* An offer from [National Geographic](http://www.nationalgeographic.com) for their “Encyclopedia of Animals”
* An offer from [Miracle Ear](http://www.miracle-ear.com)
* An offer from [The Library of America](http://www.loa.org)
* Coupons from [Domino’s](http://www.dominos.com)
* Coupons from [Papa John’s](http://www.papajohns.com)
* A plea from the [ACLU](http://www.aclu.org)
* A plea from [The National Arbor Day Foundation](http://www.arborday.org)
* A plea from the [Environmental Defense Action Fund](http://www.environmentaldefense.org)


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What Was in the Mailbox Thursday, 10.12.2006?

Thursday, the mailbox contained:

* October 20, 2006 issue of [Sporting New](http://www.sportingnews.com) (‘I a sick of people trying to tell me how to play my game.’ -Michael Vick)
* October 2006 issue of [Circuit Cellar](http://www.circuitcellar.com) (Graphics & Video)
* October 2006 issue of [RN](http://www.rnweb.com) (PTSD: Help Patients Break Free)
* An offer from [Cambridge Who’s Who](http://www.cambridgewhoswho.com)
* A newsletter from [St. John’s Episcopal Church](http://www.stjohnsroanoke.org)


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What Was in the Mailbox Tuesday, 10.10.2006?

Tuesday, the mailbox contained:

* October 16, 2006 issue of [Newsweek](http://newsweek.msnbc.com) (Off Message – Foley’s Secret Life: How a Predator’s E-mail Sex Scandal Could Cost Bush Congress)
* October 16, 2006 issue of [BusinessWeek](http://www.businessweek.com) (The Organic Myth – As it goes mass market, the organic food business is failing to stay true to its ideals)
* November 2006 issue of [Consumer Reports](http://www.consumerreports.org) (Annual Electronics Issue)
* November 2006 issue of [Popular Mechanics](http://www.popularmechanics.com) (Hydrogen Power – Can it really run our cars, homes, and economy?)
* November 2006 issue of [PC World](http://www.pcworld.com) (Tomorrow’s Technology – 35 Breakthroughs that will shape the Next Year-and the Next Decade)
* October 2006 issue of [BBC Music](http://www.bbcmusicmagazine.com) (Sting & Dowland – He’s a rock legend…so why has he recorded an album of 16th-century lute songs?)
* October 13, 2006 issue of [Entertainment Weekly](http://www.ew.com) (The Photo Issue – The Year’s Best Celebrity Issue)
* A subscription offer from [Political Science Quarterly](http://www.psqonline.org)
* A plea from [Central Union Mission](http://www.missiondc.org)
* A plea from [The Smile Train](http://www.smiletrain.org)
* A plea from [Doctors Without Borders](http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org)
* A 401-K Statement (I made money last quarter.)
* A ballot from the [ARRL](http://www.arrl.org)
* An advertisement from [Gate1 Travel](http://www.gate1travel.com)
* An advertisement for [National Geographic’s](http://www.nationalgeographic.com) “Ultimate Field Guide To Photography”
* An advertisement and coupons from the RoomStore
* MiniCards from [Moo.com](http://www.moo.com)


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What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 10.07.2006?

Saturday, the mailbox contained:

  • October 13, 2006 issue of Sporting News (Meet the NFL’s new MONSTER – Shawne Merriman, game plan wrecking stud)
  • September 2006 issue of Save the Bay (At Last, A Limit – Menhaden Industry Capped)
  • October 9, 2006 issue of The New Yorker (Escaped – A man maximum security can’t hold.)
  • Fall 2006 issue of Granta (Issue 95:  Loved Ones)
  • Fall 2006 issue of The Hedgehog Review (Illness and Suffering)
  • An offer from Go Daddy
  • An offer from Verizon
  • An offer from DirecTV
  • An offer from the Value Line Investment Survey

 

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What Was in the Mailbox Friday, 10.06.2006?

Friday, the mailbox contained:

* October 2006 [Lands’ End](http://www.landsend.com) Catalog
* A subscription offer for [U.S. News & World Report](http://www.usnews.com)
* An advertisement from the [Post Office](http://www.usps.com)
* An advertisement from [West Salem Baptist Church](http://www.wsbaptist.org)
* A plea from the [Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee](http://www.dscc.org)
* A Haloween costume from [Target](http://www.target.com)
* Some books:
* A Cook’s Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal
* The Definitive Journals of Lewis and Clark, Vol. 9: John Ordway and Charles Floyd
* Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software


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What Was in the Mailbox Thursday, 10.05.2006?

Thursday, the mailbox contained:

* Premiere issue of [Craft](http://www.craftzine.com) (23 Projects With A Twist)
* October 2006 issue of [Nuts And Volts](http://www.nutsvolts.com) (Build A Nixie Clock and Adapt an Old Technology to Work in the Modern World)
* October 2006 issue of [SERVO](http://www.servomagazine.com) (DIY Mars Rover)
* December 2006 issue of [Backpacker](http://www.backpacker.com) (Undiscovered Yosemite – 6 hikes to hidden lakes and epic waterfalls)
* November 2006 issue of [Outside](http://www.outsideonline.com) (The Fear Issue – unsolved mysteries)
* November 2006 issue of [The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com) (Hillary’s Choice – Why Success in the Senate Could Deny Clinton the Presidency)
* Fall 2006 issue of [Nursing in Virginia](http://www.nursinginva.com) (Fewer teachers and more students – How can we train more nurses?)
* October/November 2006 [National Wildlife](http://www.nwf.org) Catalog
* A subscription offer for [The American Poetry Review](http://www.aprweb.org/)
* A pay stub
* Coupons from [Dell](http://www.dell.com)
* A coupon from [Bed Bath & Beyond](http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com)
* A t-shirt from the [Appalachian Trail Conservancy](http://www.appalachiantrail.org)
* Some books:
* Sensors for Mobile Robots: Theory and Application
* Appalachian Trail Data Book, 2006
* Appalachian Trail Guide to Central Virginia: Guidebook and Maps (Appalachian Trail Guides (Paperback))


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What Was in the Mailbox Tuesday, 10.03.2006

Tuesday, the mailbox contained:

* November 2006 issue of [Linux Journal](http://www.linuxjournal.com) (Linux Journal Interviews Tim Bray)
* October 2006 issue of [Family Fun](http://www.familyfun.com) (7 Cool & Easy Costumes)
* [L.L.Bean](http://www.llbean.com) Guide to Winter Warmth 2006
* A plea from [Feed the Children](http://www.feedthechildren.org/worms)
* A plea from the [American Friends Service Committee](http://www.afsc.org)
* A plea from the [Natural Resources Defense Council](http://www.nrdc.org)
* A plea from [Oglala Lakota College](http://www.olc.edu)


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What Was in the Mailbox Monday, 10.02.2006

Monday, the mailbox contained:

* October 9, 2006 issue of [Newsweek](http://newsweek.msnbc.com) (The Price of Denial)
* October 2006 issue of [Current History](http://www.currenthistory.com) (Russia and Erasia – Headed for a Fall?)
* November & December 2006 issue of [Cook’s Illustrated](http://www.cooksillustrated.com) (Salt-Roasted Turkey)
* October 17, 2006 issue of [PC Magazine](http://www.pcmag.com) (America’s Most Trusted Tech Companies)
* October 2006 issue of [MACTECH](http://www.mactech.com) (Supercharge Your Web Site)
* 2 rebate checks from [Circuit City](http://www.circuitcity.com)
* A plea from the [National Wildlife Federation](http://www.nwf.org)
* A plea from the [ACLU](http://www.aclu.org)
* A plea from [Pacifica Radio](http://www.pacifica.org)
* An offer from [Nationwide](http://www.nationwide.com)
* A subscription offer for [The Brown University Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology](http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/110575492?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0)
* An advertisement from [Michelle Mayerchak, D.M.D](http://yellowpages.superpages.com/profile~SRC_google~LID_haYqIZkFJK542lT7q058iA%3D%3D.htm)


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What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 09.30.2006?

Saturday, the mailbox contained:

 

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What Was in the Mailbox Friday, 09.29.2006?

Friday, the mailbox contained:

 

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What Was in the Mailbox Thursday, 09.28.2006?

Thursday, the mailbox contained:

* October/November 2006 issue of [National Wildlife](http://www.nwf.org) (Orcas On The Edge: A Puget Sound Mystery)
* Fall 2006 issue of [National Parks](http://www.npca.org) (Saving the Great Lakes – Preserving the Parks Along their Shores)
* October 2006 issue of [The Sun](http://www.thesunmagazine.org) (Dream A Little Dream – Bill McKibben On Reforming Our Supersized Society)
* September 2006 issue of [JDJ](http://jdj.sys-con.com) (SEING – Its Past, Present, & Future)
* October 6, 2006 issue of [Sporting News](http://www.sportingnews.com) (Mr. October – Why *Derek Jeter* is so crucial to the Yankees’ World Series dreams)
* Coupons from [Valpak](http://www.valpak.com)
* A plea from the [St. Labre Indian School](http://www.stlabre.org)
* A plea from [unicef](http://www.unicefusa.org)
* An advertisement from [Savvy Rest](http://www.savvyrest.com/utne)


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What Was in the Mailbox Wednesday, 09.27.2006?

Wednesday, the mailbox contained:

* Holiday 2006 [L.L.Bean](http://www.llbean.com) Home Catalog
* An offer from [American Compass](http://www.joinamericancompass.com)
* An offer from [Ancestry.com](http://www.ancestry.com)
* A subscription offer from [Bon Appétit](http://www.bonappetit.com)
* A membership offer from the [IEEE](http://www.ieee.org)
* A plea from [Audubon](http://www.audubon.org)


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What Was in the Mailbox Tuesday, 09.26.2006?

Tuesday, the mailbox contained:

* October 2, 2006 issue of [Newsweek](http://newsweek.msnbc.com) (Annie Leibovitz – My Life in Pictures)
* November 2006 issue of [SEED](http://www.seedmagazine.com) (9 Revolutionary Minds)
* A box of [No Depression](http://www.nodepression.net) Back Issues
* A calendar and plea from the [African Wildlife Foundation](http://www.awf.org)
* Coupons from Mailbox Savings


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