Smarty Pants Humor - Stanford Law

Did you know that out of the 170 entering first year law students at Stanford Law this year (class of 2014), only two graduated from the same high school?

Where is this top notch high school? East Coast prep school? Prestigious expensive private school?

No, it is Clark High School in San Antonio, Texas. (Northside ISD)

My son, Hunter (who graduated #11) and the valedictorian of his class, a very dynamic and very gifted and smart young man, Willie.

Hunter went to an Ivy League College and the London School of Economics.

Willie stayed in Texas at the University of Texas and earned both a BBA & MBA in 4 years in their business honors program.

However, their mutual public high school background, has caught the attention of several professors and many of their classmates. Go figure!

Hunter and Willie call each other by #1 (Willie) and #11 (Hunter). Smarty pants humor!

Good job guys! Good job Clark High School -Texas Power!

Palo Alto...Steve Jobs RIP

Today, I'm packing to catch a flight to California. No, not another girls trip, that's only a once a year thing.

This time to go to Palo Alto, California. Steve Jobs funeral? No, but it will be swarming with peeps because of the genius' death last night.

My middle child, Hunter, is a first year law student at Stanford. PHT and I are going to make our first visit to Palo Alto and the Stanford Campus.

You see, as you might have discerned, Hunter is a very independent barely 22 year old, type A, extremely intelligent, young man. His mantra this summer was "I don't want to walk around campus with my mommy and daddy, that's ok with undergrad but I'm a law student."

We didn't take it personal, we respected him for communicating his feelings (that's what we try to teach our kids, right?), setting boundaries.

So, he moved himself entirely to college in late August.

Now, the trip to go see him, his space and new college life, finally is here. I can't wait!

He's actually excited to show us now! His timing, that's all right, we raised him to be independent.

Stanford here we come! Finally!

An Exciting Day in Downtown Houston

Today, is the first Tuesday of the month. That means, for me the budding real estate mogul, I mean investor, I was in downtown Houston bright and early this morning on the steps of the courthouse at the monthly property foreclosure auction.

What an adventure it was today. I arrived at the parking lot to the buzz of two helicopters overhead, sirens roaring from all directions. I crossed over one street and immediately noticed what all the drama was about, a dump truck ran into a Metro light rail train causing it to derail.

The auction is an all day event. The usual interesting characters were in attendance in droves, the atmosphere was unusually carnival like. I had to wear me poker face even tighter than ever.

I finally noticed what the extra commotion was all about. A reality show was being filmed almost the entire day. Apparently, Russell Hantz of Survivor fame, has a new reality show on A&E called Flipped. He flips houses in Houston.

Well, I had no clue who he is but his entourage is the sketchiest group of Mafia style characters I've ever seen. Complete with over dressed blonde bombshell wife. He was in his trademark fedora.

Not sure if he ended up with any properties today, I wasn't successful. It's alright, I was a little intimidated bidding against a guy with a body guard and film crew.