Monday, the mailbox contained:

* October 2, 2006 issue of [BusinessWeek](http://www.businessweek.com) (click fraud – The Dark Side of Online Advertising)
* October 2006 issue of [Fast Company](http://www.fastcompany.com) (3rd Annual of Masters of Design)
* Fall 2006 issue of [The Virginia Quarterly Review](http://www.vqronline.org) (VQR Portfolio – The Holocaust: Remembrance and Forgetting)
* September 10, 2006 issue of [Oncology Times](http://www.oncology-times.com) (New Evidence that Exercise Improves Cancer Survival Fuels interest in large Randomized Study)
* Fall 2006 [JCPenney](http://www.jcpenney.com) Kids Catalog
* A sample of [Betty Crocker](http://www.bettycrocker.com) Seasoned Skillets Roasted Garlic & Herb Potatoes
* An advertisement for [The Glenlivet](http://www.glenlivet.com/) Nadurra Scotch whiskey

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Saturday, the mailbox contained:

* September 29, 2006 issue of [Entertainment Weekly](http://www.ew.com) (Battlestar Galactica)
* October 2006 issue of [Smithsonian](http://www.smithsonian.com) (The Search for New Planets)
* October 2006 issue of [Wired](http://www.wired.com) (The Thin Pill – How Big Pharma turned fat into a disease – and then invented a drug to cure it)
* October/November 2006 issue of [Cook’s Country](http://www.cookscountry.com) (Best Mashed Potatoes)
* Fall 2006 issue of [Roanoke Valley Regional Medical Reserve Corps](http://www.virginiacorps.org/CitizenCorps/MedCorps/medreservelist.htm) (September is…National Preparedness Month)
* A postcard from [Fellowship Community Church](http://www.fellowshipcommunitychurch.com)
* Membership materials from [Allstate Motor Club](http://www.allstate.com/products/other/MotorClub/PageRender.asp?Page=main.htm)
* A plea from [Care Net](http://www.care-net.org)
* A book – General George Washington: A Military Life

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Friday, the mailbox contained:

* September 2006 issue of [RN](http://www.rnweb.com) (How to fine-tune your PICC Care)
* October 2006 issue of [Better Homes and Gardens](http://www.bhg.com) (25 ways to Celebrate Fall!)
* October 2006 issue of [Money](http://www.money.com) (Retire Rich)
* October/November 2006 issue of [Mother Earth News](http://www.motherearthnews.com) (Easy Solar Power)
* A plea from the [World Wildlife Fund](http://www.worldwildlife.org)
* An offer from the [National Wildlife Federation](http://www.nwf.org)

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Thursday, the mailbox contained:

* October 2006 issue of [Southern Living](http://www.southernliving.com) (Fall Pleasures)
* September 25, 2006 issue of [The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com) (The Style Issue)
* September 29, 2006 issue of [Sporting News](http://www.sportingnews.com) (College Football’s First Quarter – Who’s For Real?)
* October 2006 issue of [TechNet Magazine](http://www.technetmagazine.com) (Collaborate. Communicate. Connect.)

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Wednesday, the mailbox contained:

* Winter 2006 issue of [Lands’ End Kids](http://www.landsend.com/kids) Catalog (Welcome to your outerwear headquarters!)
* An [eBay Express](http://www.ebayexpress.com) Catalog
* An offer for The New Glucose Revolution
* An offer from [Verizon](http://www.verizon.com)
* A subscription offer for The New York Review of Books
* A subscription offer for [The Christian Science Monitor](http://www.csmonitor.com)
* A plea from the [Natural Resources Defense Council](http://www.nrdc.org)
* A plea from [Samaritan’s Purse](http://www.samaritanspurse.org)
* A plea from [Central Union Mission](http://www.missiondc.org)
* A [Schick Intuition Plus](http://www.schickintuition.com) Sample and Coupon
* A book – Ruby for Rails: Ruby Techniques for Rails Developers
* UPS delivered a package from [Kohl’s](http://www.kohls.com)

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Tuesday, the mailbox contained:

* October 2006 issue of [Business 2.0](http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/) (The Next Disruptors – They’re gunning for Google. And Skype. And Citibank, Ford, Oracle, and AT&T. Meet 11 companies whose breakthroughs will change everything.)
* September 25, 2006 issue of [BusinessWeek](http://www.businessweek.com) (What’s Really Propping Up the Economy)
* October/November 2006 issue of [Ready Made](http://www.readymade.com) (80 Small Space Solutions)
* Fall 2006 issue of [AMD Accelerate](http://www.amd.com) (CDW Takes Stock!…and chooses AMD for its data center)
* Issue 54 of the [Oxford American](http://www.oxfordamericanmag.com) (The Music Issue)
* October 2006 issue of [Budget Travel](http://www.budgettravelonline.com) (Paradise City – Sydney: Casual & Cool)
* October 2006 issue of [Stuff](http://www.stuffmagazine.com) (The Stuff Style Awards Issue)
* October 2006 issue of [MAXIM](http://www.maxim.com) (How to Live to 130!)
* Fall Preview 2006 [Lands’ End](http://www.landsend.com) Catalog (It’s the year of the cardigan)
* October 2006 [American Girl](http://www.americangirl.com) Catalog (I guess my daughter will start picking out birthday presents.)
* An offer from the [Quality Paperback Book Club](http://www.joinqpb.com)
* An offer for [National Geographic’s](http://www.nationalgeographic.com) Comprehensive Reference to the Civil War
* A book – [William Carlos Williams: Selected Poems (American Poets Project)](http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=1931082715%26tag=stevejenkins-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/o/ASIN/1931082715%253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82 “View product details at Amazon”)
* Some CD’s (I love when the CD club has a sale and has free shipping, too):
* pearl jam – Seattle, Washington, November 6, 2000
* The Stooges
* The Stooges – Fun House
* Chris Knight – The Jealous Kind
* Chris Knight – A Pretty Good Guy
* Cameo – Anthology
* Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology

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Monday, the mailbox contained:

* September 25, 2006 issue of [Newsweek](http://newsweek.msnbc.com) (Women & Leadership – The Next Generation – 20 Powerful Women on How to Take Charge)
* October 3, 2006 issue of [PC Magazine](http://www.pcmag.com) (What’s Hot Now – 63 New Products That You Just Gotta Have!)
* October 2006 issue of [QST](http://www.arrl.org) (The MicroR2 – An SSB/CW Receiver You Can Build)
* A coupon from [Valvoline Instant Oil Change](http://www.vioc.com)
* An offer from [Adelphia](http://www.adelphia.com)
* A subscription offer for [The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com)
* A plea from the [Chesapeake Bay Foundation](http://www.cbf.org)
* A plea from [American Rivers](http://www.americanrivers.org)
* A notice from the [Southwest Virginia Ballet](http://www.svballet.org) about Nutcracker Auditions on 9/24
* A DVD from the [William Shatner DVD Club](http://www.shatnerdvdclub.com) – [The Truth About Demons](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267601/ “IMDb”)
* A CD – Tom Petty’s [Highway Companion](http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=B000FP2O2C%26tag=stevejenkins-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/o/ASIN/B000FP2O2C%253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82 “View product details at Amazon”)
* A Book – [Programming Ruby](http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=0974514055%26tag=stevejenkins-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=/o/ASIN/0974514055%253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82 “View product details at Amazon”)

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Saturday, the mailbox contained:

• October 2006 issue of Real Simple (Organize your toughest room:  4 smart, real-life kitchen systems)
• October 2006 issue of This Old House (Inspired Spaces)
• October 2006 issue of Field & Stream (Opening Day – How & Where to get your bull in the first 72 hours)
• October 2006 issue of National Geographic (Places We Must Save)
• September/October 2006 issue of WWF Focus (Tiger Habitat Shrinking)
• September 22, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly (Fall Music Preview)
• Fall 2006 issue of The Kenyon Review (2006 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize For Young Writers)
• Fall 2006 issue of Virginia Western reconnect (Simple Savings)
• A pay stub
• A reimbursement check from Delta Dental
• A plea from WVTF
• A plea from the Rails-To-Trails Conservancy
• A CD – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

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Friday, the mailbox contained:

• September 25, 2006 issue of ESPN The Magazine (EDGE – The Cardinals thought they were getting a great runner – They got a whole lot more.)
• September 2006 issue of BBC Music Magazine (Anna Netrebko – The Greatest Living Soprano)
• A Lydia’s Professional Uniforms Catalog
• A plea from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
• A subscription offer for Old-House Journal
• An advertisement for the The Church Supper Cookbook
• An offer from the Scientific American Book Club
• An offer from The Readers’ Subscription
• An offer from the History Book Club

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Thursday, the mailbox contained:

• August/September 2006 issue of American Heritage (Our 10 Greatest National Disasters)
• October 2006 issue of Harper’s (The Way Out of Was – A Blueprint for Leaving Iraq Now by George S. McGovern and William R. Polk)
• October 2006 issue of National Geographic Traveler (Tours of A Lifetime – 50 of the World’s Best)
• September 22, 2006 issue of Sporting News (The Cowboys’ False Start)
• A Vanguard Prospectus and Semiannual Report
• A subscription offer from U.S. News & World Report
• An offer from Geico
• A green festival 06 Brochure
• An offer for Grandma’s Best-Kept Secrets

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Wednesday, the mailbox contained:

• Autumn 2006 issue of The American Scholar (Lincoln the Persuader)
• September 18, 2006 issue of The New Yorker (The Wanderer – The ex-presidency of Bill Clinton)
• Summer/Fall 2006 issue of Kroger Home Basics (Ease Into Autumn)
• Christmas 2006 L.L.Bean Catalog
• A plea from the International Campaign for Tibet

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Tuesday, the mailbox contained:

• September 2006 issue of Nuts And Volts (High Voltage PIC – Generate 200V DC From a 5V DC Power Supply)
• October/November 2006 issue of Birds & Blooms (Ready for a Walk?)
• Fall 2006 Lands’ End Plus Size Collection Catalog
• Summer/Fall 2006 All Electronics Catalog
• A reimbursement check from Delta Dental
• An offer from The Literary Guild
• An offer from the Doubleday Book Club

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Monday, the mailbox contained:

• September 18, 2006 issue of Newsweek (Scandal At HP – The Boss Who Spied On Her Board)
• October 2006 issue of Popular Science (Revealed:  The Top-Secret Warplanes of Area 51)
• October 2006 issue of Computer Shopper (The Smallest Desktops Ever!)
• A Chadwick’s Catalog
• A notice from DirecTV about a Free STARZ Preview Weekend 9/14 – 9/17
• A subscription offer for Science News
• A subscription offer from The Sewanee Review
• A subscription offer for The Progressive Populist
• A plea from The Wilderness Society
• A letter from the VA stating that our data wasn’t compromised after it was stolen
• A CD – The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country
• A Book – The Works of Louisa May Alcott: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo’s Boys

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Saturday, the mailbox contained:

• October 2006 issue of The Atlantic (The Menace of North Korea)
• September 18, 2006 issue of BusinessWeek (50 Best Places To Launch A Career)
• October 2006 issue of Outside (The Buddy Issue – American Mavericks)
• October 2006 issue of National Geographic Adventure (Live Your Adventure Dream!)
• A notice from Mill Mountain Zoo
• A plea from Livestrong
• A camoflauge cowboy hat
• 2 Prescriptions from Medco

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Friday, the mailbox contained:

• September/October 2006 issue of Technology Review (The TR35 – The Young Innovators with This Year’s Best Ideas)
• October 2006 issue of Popular Mechanics (Return of the Airship)
• September 15, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly (Desperate Housewives – Behind the Scenes of the Sexier, Funnier Season Three)
• A plea from the Environmental Defense Action Fund
• An offer from the New York Times

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