Apparently my mom has been collecting this last crop for a while. Note that one is dated May 14, 2006.

1. "Ebola's decimation of gorillas reported"
2. "Oops! The greediest generation leaves college grads in a pickle" (May 14, 2006) - A tongue-in-cheek commencement address by syndicated columnist Dale Dauten ("The corporate curmudgeon").
3. "Science imitates art?" with the handwritten note: "Susan, did the Romans use geometric shapes?" I think she meant geometric paterns, or tesselations, which is what the article discusses in detail. But taken out of context... um... yeah. Anyway, the article doesn't really talk much about science imitating art at all, except that some nonstick pan coatings have similar properties... but no mention of scientists being inspired by 12th-century middle-eastern art.
4. "Price Check" - real estate websites giving widely different estimates for the price of one piece of property. Um, yeah. Makes me really want to buy a house like you've been hinting at for years., mom..
5. "Throws of passion" - about Christian Cantwell winning the U.S. indoor shotput title. Underlined sentences include: "It was either start throwing again or get a job," Cantwell said. "It was very extrinsically motivating." Am I supposed to be impressed that a shotputter chose to start throwing heavy objects again instead of getting a job? Or that he used a multi-syllabic word? She also underlined a section about Shalane Flanagan (who grew up in Marblehead). Am I supposed to be impressed because she's from Marblehead and not recognize her name because she's one of the pre-eminent female runners of my generation?

No other notes or memos were included in the envelope.