Monthly Archives: December 2007

2007 Year in Review

I wrote a 2006 Year in Review so here is 2007′s. This year began fairly normally. My biggest focus was on mentoring. The first year mentoring program is one-on-one. But when the students are sophomores through seniors, it’s all small … Continue reading
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Tea cups

Christmas at mom’s. She gave away her tea cups. I can barely keep it together. Scratch that. I can’t keep it together.
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Trip South

Thursday morning I headed south. First thing was a meeting with RBC Dain Rauscher. My former broker left the company to start his own. So this was a get to know you meeting with someone else there to see if … Continue reading
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Plans for the next week

Tomorrow morning I’m heading back to Seattle. My broker left RBC Dain Rauscher. I have a meeting with RBC tomorrow, and another one with the broker on Friday. He’s started his own independent firm. The purpose of these two meetings … Continue reading
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Home sweet townhouse

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Moving

I got extremely anti-social last night. Didn’t go out. Didn’t go to a couple of functions I should have. Just couldn’t shake the sense of otherness. Today though is the first step in moving. I’ll be doing my move in … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving

Joe hosted the family Thanksgiving tonight. Even Dan came, with Brenda and Victor. My mom did not. My parents started to come south, but freaked out about the snow and ice and turned around. I don’t blame her for freaking … Continue reading
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King County to be downgraded

Montana Fund Withdrawals Rating agency Standard & Poor’s warned last month that it could downgrade a $4.8 billion investment pool run by King County, Wash., because of potential subprime exposures. I missed this. It certainly didn’t make the news in … Continue reading
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