junk mail

Parents in Nashville are receiving an envelope from the Education Consumers Foundation. I suggest they be on the lookout for it and don’t toss it thinking it’s junk mail. What they’ll find inside is some enlightening information regarding Metro Nashville Public Schools.

Parents in Nashville are receiving an envelope from the Education Consumers Foundation. I suggest you be on the lookout for it and don't toss it thinking it's junk mail. What you'll find inside is some enlightening information regarding Metro Nashville Public Schools.

This evening we got home like normal. I checked the mail like normal. It seemed like it was going to be a pretty status quo kind of evening of preparing dinner and getting ready for American Idol. The difference today was a little piece of mail that The School Girl received in today’s post.

Wilhoite’s Review of District Identity Theft Meeting

I love office supplies. When the stores stock the back-to-school aisles in August I get a euphoric high from looking at all the pretty new pens and notebooks and folders.

Coworker Bill posted this helpful notice on our employer’s intranet this morning:

It turns out that it pays to read the fine print. Not a day passes that I don’t get at least one junk mail enticement to sign up for a credit card. Airlines, hotels, associations, the credit card companies themselves – they send out probably billions of these offers every year.

I got the craziest piece of mail yesterday. Probably the craziest piece of mail I’ve ever received. Ever.

I forgot how much I love it when I finally finish my Christmas shopping. Although, this is a dangerous time. Now that I have everything I NEEDED to buy, I start picking up things that I don't need to buy. But this is now my favorite time of the season. I look forward to the mail every day. I really love getting Christmas and Holiday cards. Such a nice change from the bills and junk mail that usually fill our box. I do get a little bit upset with all the catalogs that we get. It's crazy.

Ben Cunningham reports that Congress has been spending exorbitant sum of money on their mail:

U.S. House members spent $20.3 million in tax money last year to send constituents what’s often the government equivalent of junk mail — meeting announcements, tips on car care and job interviews, surveys on public policy and just plain bragging.

I forgot how much I love it when I finally finish my Christmas shopping. Although, this is a dangerous time. Now that I have everything I NEEDED to buy, I start picking up things that I don't need to buy. But this is now my favorite time of the season. I look forward to the mail every day. I really love getting Christmas and Holiday cards. Such a nice change from the bills and junk mail that usually fill our box. I do get a little bit upset with all the catalogs that we get. It's crazy.