Mis-Statements

Mutual fund prospectuses and brokerage account quarterly statements often come in similar envelopes, so one should open and inspect them before tearing them in half.

This occurred as I was cleaning off (what would normally be) my dining room table. There were about 6 months of unread Washington Post Travel and Book Review sections; I tossed the Travel, as I don't think the weekly bargains from November 2005 are going to matter much now.

I still have the book reviews, though.