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The Fool: What on Wall Street today is most suited for reform?
tmfgrape: The way in which some companies selectively disclose information to the Wise while leaving out the individual investors.

I think everyone should have access to the same informaion. If companies don't want to provide equal access, then they should provide none.
The Fool: What's your favorite movie, and why?
tmfgrape: Field of Dreams -- To start with I'm a big baseball fan. The relationships explored in the movie also were very meaningful to me.
The Fool: Give a short description of your best and/or worst vacation.
tmfgrape: Best -- Went on a bicycling trip through wine country in California. Key thing I learned was the difference between tasting and sipping wine.

Worst -- Went to visit an old girlfriend in Tucson. Highlight was realizing why I had moved away from there and ended the relationship.
The Fool: Tell us about Your Dumbest Investment... and the lesson you learned from it.
tmfgrape: I bought Micron Technology around the time that Jeffrey Vinik was talking it up out of one side of his mouth and dumping it out t'other. Kind of served as the final kick in the pants I needed to make sure that I did my own research on all the stocks that I buy.
The Fool: What's your favorite Fool message board?
tmfgrape: I guess it wouldn't surprise anyone if I said any of the Rule Maker boards
The Fool: What has been your best work experience, and what made it so great?
tmfgrape: Early in my public accounting career I worked on the LBO of RJR by KKR. As a matter of fact, I arrived in Atlanta the day that Barbarians at the Gate ended. I guess in some ways it makes me feel like a part of history. Plus, I had a lot of fun in Atlanta.
The Fool: If you could be the CEO of any public company, which one and why?
tmfgrape: No particular company. I'd like it to be in the tech, telecomm or pharmaceutical industry though as I believe that these are 3 keys to the future. It would also have to be a company that allowed for good business sense in making its decisions and one that wasn't always ruled by how many $ could be generated in the short term.
The Fool: What's your biggest pet peeve?
tmfgrape: Smoking. Don't even like being around it.
The Fool: What's been your best investment to date and how did you discover it?
tmfgrape: So far Ameritrade. Got a few shares at the IPO (had an account). I read the prospectus first and liked what I saw. I asked for more shares than I got allocated but am at least happy that I got the opportunity.
The Fool: Do you have a favorite company or stock which the worldwide Foolish community should know about -- and why?
tmfgrape: The ones in the Rule Maker port are a good place to start.
The Fool: List some of your favorite websites, with running commentary where appropriate. (Please provide the URLs, too.)
tmfgrape: http://www.freeedgar.com/ -- best source of company financial information you can get.

http://espn.go.com/ -- I'm also pretty much of a sports nut, so I go here to check out the scores and news a lot.
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