Dear readers,Another game day is upon us, and we are experiencing typical "fall" weather in College Station, Texas. I said in an earlier post that it doesn't cool off here quickly enough for me in the fall, and today is a typical example. At 0719, is 79 degrees outside and the humidity is just ov
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09/08/2007
Dear readers,I attended a free Top Producer training class this morning led by Reid Kegel, our TP regional sales associate. Scheduled for three hours, I went into it wondering how much time would be training vs. time spent trying to sell me add-ons to Top Producer 7i.I was very pleasantly surpris
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09/07/2007
Dear readers,I love the fall. The weather doesn't change fast enough for me down here in College Station, Texas, but at least its beginning, and the kids have come back to town.There is something about all that youth, ready for another year, many on their own for the first time (8,083 freshman th
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09/06/2007
HOWDY AGS,Those of you at the game last weekend were treated to this video by Granger Smith. I think its going to be popular here.http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=17489419 Want more? Granger Smith will be performing live at the 3rd annual Down Syndrome of Braya
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09/05/2007
Dear readers,A new restaurant opened in College Station, Texas during the summer that many folks don't yet know of. The Republic 1836 is located in the Chimney Hill Shopping Center, conveniently next to the new Keller Williams Realty Brazos Valley office.This location originally housed The Confed
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09/05/2007
Dear readers,Figures are confirming what College Station, Texas residents already know...there are a LOT of kids in town. Fall enrollment figures indicate that the College Station campus has an enrollment of 46,612, up from 45,380 in the fall of 2006.In the fall of 2006 Texas A&M was ranked 8th i
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09/05/2007
Dear readers,After the tragedy at Virginia Tech last school year, university administrators across the country have reevaluated the methods used to notify students, faculty and staff of emergency situations. Texas A&M has adopted Code Maroon.Any Texas A&M student, faculty or staff member can sign
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09/04/2007
Dear readers,Looking for something unusual to do this fall? Try taking some lawn chairs and a cooler out to Coulter Field, in Bryan, and watch the skydiving and whatever other silliness is afoot.Many moons ago, I spent my days at Coulter jumping out of airplanes. For an entire decade my friends a
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09/03/2007
Dear Readers,I love Sundays in Colleg Station, Texas. I always try to take some time on Sunday to read. I turn off the TV, radio and cell phone and try to spend at least 1 1/2 hours at it. Most of the time I read fiction, but yesterday I spent some time with the Keller Williams training manual ca
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09/03/2007
Dear readers,This week I've spent quite a bit of time writing about life in a university town. Today, I'm writing about the morning after.Yesterday the Aggies played their first home game of the season. Montana came to visit, and they were outscored. Better them than us.Last season we lost a key
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09/02/2007
