I was quite anxious as my plane touched down in Richmond after a short flight from New York.  I had just finished an intense interview schedule with First Boston, one of the leading investment banking firms on Wall Street. I had decided to make the trip to New York because First Boston was recruiting me to join its Investment Banking Group. It is not every day that one of the most respected and profitable investment banking firms on Wall Street comes knocking at your door. It is usually the other way around – with you knocking at their door. When I arrived in New York the previous afternoon, First Boston…

I almost did not write this because I did something that in hindsight seems rather stupid – and quite frankly, embarrassing. I am probably one of the few people who continues to use Direct TV.  I almost cancelled it a while back because my sons were telling me that I could get a subscription for U-Tube TV or another on-line service for half of the price.  Two of my sons have changed over to U-Tube T.V. and are very happy with it. However, unlike Direct T.V., those services rely on high-speed internet service.  The good news for us at the Lake is that we now have high-speed internet, having been…