One very visible symbol of the shift from snail mail to email and all forms of electronic communication: Those blue mail boxes are disappearing! San Francisco's lost about 800 in the last couple of years, and dozens more are slated to disappear. Across the country, the USPS has killed off 60% of the boxes, bringing the total down to 160,000, down from 400,000 in 1985. more ›

Patton Oswalt, the comedian who lent his voice to Remy in Ratatouille (to us, though, he will always be Spence Olchin), sent out the following Twitter update: "On August 19th of next year, I'm on a postage stamp. Sort of." And he's right! He sort of is! And here they are! more ›

Mean! Police are investigating two fires set inside USPS mailboxes set Wednesday night. The first fire, according to reports, occurred "in a mailbox standing near the corner of Sansome and Bush streets at around 2 a.m." The second happened in the 900 block of Pine. more ›

We received the following missive from an angry Texas resident (or troll) early this morning. While she doesn't directly point to it, we assume it is in response to this. She writes to us, saying: more ›