This week I’m formatting my post to more easily distinguish desired mail from junk mail. One might also notice that we’re not very good about walking out to the mail box every day. Just another reason to go paperless.
Monday and Tuesday
- Stages magazine from Fidelity. Right on the cover, they advertise going paperless. I hope this applies to the magazine as well as their statements.
- @UCSD, a magazine for alumni.
Junk
- Solicitation for some token amount of life insurance for Mrs. sirhc, through our credit union.
- Solicitation from AMVETS to leave donations on the doorstep for them to pick up. I’m pretty sure I get one of these every month, but this is the first time I’ve ever taken the time to determine what it is.
- Solicitation from a junk removal service. They even direct me to their web site. Gee, thanks.
- PennySaver and associated circulars (15 pages, not including the PennySaver and included CouponSaver).
- Local business circulars, from RedPlum, which is apparently a company that specializes in sending circulars. 41 pages.
- LEGO catalog. As awesome as this is to flip through, I can browse their web site just as easily.
- REI catalog. Same as the LEGO catalog.
The RedPlum circulars do include the weekly specials for Sprouts and Vons, which we do frequent (we also shop at my favorite store, Trader Joe’s). Both stores have their weekly specials on their web site, so there’s no problem losing the RedPlum circulars.
Wednesday and Thursday
- Results for Mrs. sirhc’s last ultrasound. It’s a girl!
- The June issue of San Diego Westways. Part of our AAA membership.
- The June issue of Parenting. Part of a free two issue trial, which Mrs. sirhc has already canceled.
Junk
- Invitation to join the IEEE Computer Society. I’m already a member of USENIX, SAGE, and LOPSA. I suppose I could throw in IEEE and ACM as well, but I’ll first see if work will pay for it. Of all the junk mail I get, I expect the computer societies to be paperless.
- Solicitation for AT&T’s internet, phone, and TV services. Junk, but with the quality of Cox’s internet service, I’m almost tempted.
- Another voting guide to instruct me which way I should vote on the issues. With a little more than two weeks until the election, I expect a lot more of this. My mistake, apparently, was not registering as a decline-to-state voter. I’ll remedy this after the election.
- Solicitation for a United Airlines credit card. I get this about once a month, both at home and at work. I guess they think I’ll eventually break down.
- Solicitation from UCSD’s Computer Science and Engineering department to support their tutoring program. This is what I get for registering for the tutor reunion (and then not going anyway).
- Catalog for Basset, which apparently sells furniture.
Friday
- Rebate check for my cell phone.
- Rebate check for Mrs. sirhc’s cell phone.
Junk
- Pre-approval notice from our credit union that I’m eligible for an auto loan.
- Pre-approval notice from our credit union that Mrs. sirhc is eligible for an auto loan.
- Local business circulars, consisting of 45 pages.
Normally, the pre-screened offers would bother me. However, we’re actually in the market for a new car right now. Not very green of me, I know.
Saturday
- Time magazine. Including the warning about my subscription expiring. Darn.
Junk
- Something called NC Magazine. There sure are a lot of community-oriented publications where we live now.
- Get1Free magazine. A coupon book that rarely contains anything I want.
- An informative reminder that I can save on Alamo car rentals because I’m a Costco member. Um, thanks.
Ratio of mail to junk for week 2 is 8:19. More than twice as much junk than mail. It’s a good thing I recycle.