Paper statements?

As I'm sorting through credit card and bank statements for the last few years, and deciding that my building's dumpster is sketchy enough that I'd better shread them, I began debating if I even need them at all.

Have I EVER gone back to my paper statement for reference?

Do I need a "paper trail"?

Why am I, a somewhat early adapter to computers, still getting paper statements?

I don't know.

What's your take on electronic vs. paper statements?

The only pro-paper statement I have is that I heard about a woman who wrote a book as a chronicle of her life based on her credit card / bank statements. Rehashing her life thorugh her purchases, essentially. I can't find the book online, $1 to you if you can find it. I know NPR and/or the Today show talked about it in 2005.

I like the idea of this book but I'm sure Alicia will be quick to point out I'll never write a book, thus it's not a good reason to keep statements. And I should thow out a bunch of other sh*t from my apartment. Lo siento, not happening.