Areas of Unrest

Mail Received - an Obsessive List

Monday, 3 January 2005:

• New Year's card from Leonard
• Pay stub
• Copy of Starting Point 2005 (annual guide to American Volksmarch Association year round events)
• The Bent (Tau Beta Pi magazine)
• AOL CD
• Donation acknowledgement from Plan USA
• Begging letters from Capital Area Foodbank, CARE, Parkinson Research Foundation

Tuesday 4 January 2005

• Catalog from International Expeditions travel company
• Virginia income tax booklet
• Kaiser Permanent newsletter
• Credit card offer
• Advertising circular (mostly furniture store and supermarkets)
• Delivery menu from local Chinese restaurant

Wednesday 5 January 2005

• Donation acknowledgement from Hebrew Home of Greater Washington
• January issue of The Fairfax Chronicle (local free newspaper)
• Flyer from local yoga center
• Valpak coupons
• Credit card offer
• Begging letter from Los Angeles Times Family Fund

Thursday 6 January 2005

• New Year's card and (handwritten) letter from Cindy
• Stock dividend check
• Circular from a local Bapist church
• Two begging letters from Habitat for Humanity (one general, one for tsunami relief)

Friday 7 January 2005

• New Year's card and newsletter from Heather
• 1099 statement from Treasury Direct account for interest
• Savings bond
• Credit card offer
• Donation acknowledgements from Food & Friends and Ozer Dalim
• World Ark (Heifer International Magazine)
• Invitation to a benefit for University of Judaism

Saturday 8 January 2005

• Pay stub
• Newsletter from Springwater Fiber Workshop
• Brokerage account statement
• Donation acknowledgement from Girls, Inc.
• Begging letters from American Red Cross, Best Friends Animal Society, The Smile Train

Monday 10 January 2005

• Credit Union account statement
• 1099 statement from Treasury Direct account for Original Issue Discount
• Europe and Russia tour catalogue from Exeter International
• Donation acknowledgements from Fairfax County Public Library Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Proliteracy Worldwide
• Begging letters from Catholic Relief Services, Special Olympics, WETA, World Jewish Congress

Tuesday 11 January 2005

• Gas bill
• Two credit card offers
• Postcard from mortgage broker
• Insurance solicitation
• Begging letter from National Glaucoma Research

Wednesday 12 January 2005

• Thank you note with mix CD from Monique
• Advertising circular (supermarkets, furniture stores, auto repair service)
• Credit card offer
• Begging letter The Kennedy Center

Thursday 13 January 2005

• Brochure from Lindblad Expeditions/Bushtracks for Southern Africa by Air tour
• Subscription solicitation from Washington Consumers' Checkbook Magazine
• Credit card offer

Friday 14 January 2005

• Upcoming events flyer from Washington Storytellers Theatre
• Credit card bill
• Advertising flyer for townhouse development
• Insurance solicitation
• Advertising circular (supermarkets, drugstores, household services, etc.)
• Credit card offer

Saturday 15 January 2005

• Pay stub
• Promotional flyer from a local bank
• Donation acknowledgements from Family and Child Services of Washington D.C. and Heifer International
• Promotional material for a seminar on foreign exchange investing
• Begging letter from Operation Smile

Tuesday 18 January 2005

• Interest statements for treasury bonds
• Quarterly statement for my 403(B) account
• Frequent flyer statement from American Airlines
• Promotional flyer from Southwest Airlines
• Begging letter from Planned Parenthood

Wednesday 19 January 2005

• Reminder postcard for my next dentist appointment
• A flyer from the county re: fees for ambulance services
• Brochure from M.I.T. re: summer short courses
• Technology Review (includes M.I.T. Alumni Association annual report)
• Flyers from American Museum of Natural History re: their tours of Egypt & Jordan and of Tibet & Bhutan
• $5 off coupon flyer from Red Hot & Blue (local barbecue chain)
• Donation acknowledgement from Washington Storytellers Theatre
• Thank you postcard (not quite a donation acknowledgement letter since it didn't mention the donation amount) from FINCA
• Weekly advertising circular (supermarkets, furniture stores, etc.)
• Begging letters from Food & Friends, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Plan USA, USO

Thursday 20 January 2005

• Brochures from Lindblad Expeditions re: Baja cruises
• Begging letters from America's Second Harvest, Simon Wiesenthal Center

Friday 21 January 2005

• 1099 form from my interest bearing checking account
• Water bill
• Phone bill
• Brochure from Mir Corporation re: rail journals by private train
• Announcement letter from Wegmans re: opening of new supermarket in Fairfax
• Advertising circular Isupermarkets, drug stores, etc.)
• Begging letters from Alzheimer's Association, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

Saturday 22 January 2005

• Bank statement from my checking account
• 1099 form from my money market account
• Flyer from Central Rappahannock Regional Library re: upcoming storytelling events
• Postcard from Saturn re: new cars and requesting contact information update
• Donation acknowledgement / membership packet from The Kennedy Center
• Begging letters from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (including address labels and note pad), Telshe Yeshiva, WETA

Monday 24 January 2005

• Pay stub
• Long distance bill
• Brochure from Adventure Center re: Asia tours
• Netflix solicitation (with free trial offer)
• Credit card offer
• Begging letters from Alzheimer's Disease Research, Guiding Eyes for the Blind (with address labels), Heifer international (tsunami relief), National Jewish Medical and Research Center

Tuesday 25 January 2005

• Postcard from Smithsonian Associates re: location change for upcoming event
• Federal income tax forms
• IRS Publication 600 (state sales tax tables)
• Menu for local Chinese restaurant
• Health insurance solicitation from my bank
• Life insurance solicitation
• Advertising circular for new condo development
• Advertising circulars (supermarket, Toyota dealer, tire store, etc.)

Wednesday 26 January 2005

• Ticket for upcoming Smithsonian Associates event
• Electric bill
• L. L. Bean catalogue
• WETA (public television station) magazine
• Schedule for upcomng National Geographic Live events
• Valpak coupons
• Credit card offer
• Donation acknowledgements from The Carter Center, So Others Might Eat
• Begging letters from Feed the Children, Smithsonian Institution, USA for UNHCR

Thursday 27 January 2005

• Money market account statement
• Treasury Direct statement
• February newsletter from Folklore Society of Greater Washington
• Flyer for Virginia Sotrytelling Alliance annual gathering
• Trader Joe's Fearless Flyer
• Donation acknowledgements from Bread for the City, House of Ruth (including annual report), MIT Alumni Fund
• Advertising postcard from the Amias project (African crafts)
• Money Mailer coupons

Friday 28 January 2005 and Saturday 29 January 2005

• Pay stub
• W-2 form
• 1099 forms from brokerage account and credit union
• Virginia Storytelling Alliance newsletter
• Brochure from Distant Horizons re: Japan and Korea tour
• Brochure from Lindblad Expeditions re: Scotland tours
• Menu from local Chinese restaurant
• Kennedy Center "In the Spotlight" newsletter
• Solicitation from a bank re: savings accounts
• Advertising circular (drugstores, supermarkets, housing developer, etc.)
• Begging letters from America's Second Harvest, The Fresh Air Fund

Monday 31 January 2005

• Donation acknowledgement from America's Second Harvest
• Credit card solicitation
• Begging letters from Alzheimer's Association (with address labels), ASPCA (with address labels), Christian Appalachian Project (with seven cents), International Aid, Mercy Corps