The mailbox contained:
- August 15, 2008 issue of The Progressive Populist (The Rise and Fall of an American Beer) Read
- September 2008 issue of Backpacker (Sweet Solitude! The wildest, quietest, darkest, and least-visited places in the Lower 48.)
- An advertisement from Sprint
- An advertisement from Verizon
- An offer from the Cooking Club of America
- A notice from the Roanoke Valley YMCA stating that our monthly rate is increasing $2 per month, from $71 to $73
- A plea from Planned Parenthood
- A plea from Doctors Without Borders