For instance, the State Board of Equalization just spent an inordinate amount of time and energy trying to track down Laurie and me (or more accurately the press that we own) down to make sure we received a five-year-old bill from U.S. Customs, which went to the address of our storage site. They sent mail. When the storage company couldn't forward it, they called me, even though the name the company is registered under with them is different from the one on the invoice. I returned my call. They called me back and spent 15 minutes figuring out that we were in fact the same company.

Then they faxed me the seven-page bill. I admit I was worried about how big a bite we would have. Want to guess the amount?

The grand total: $0.00.