I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.

I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.

Canadian consumer spending is finally poised to hit the brakes after a spectacular run earlier this year,

Last year, things were a little different than they are now, ... I guess if you're going to look for reasons, look for excuses, I guess you could say those.

When you write your first book aged 25 or so, you have 25 years of experience, albeit much of it juvenile experience. The second book comes after an extra year sitting in bookshops. Pretty soon, you begin to run on empty.

Sometimes it is fun to go back and look at old tax records. But for reasons other than nostalgia, it's not necessary to hold on to most of your records for more than three years.