Seeking a Financial Advisor

Do you have a really good financial advisor? How do I go about getting one? Do I pick one out of the phone book at random? We have a bunch of things we want to do and need some advice. Has anyone read "Missed Fortune"? It's a great book! It's a different approach to investing. I am reading it now. Our mortgage broker recommended it to us and I'm finally getting around to reading it. Well, I actually had "Missed Fortune" before but didn't finish it so this time I am reading "Missed Fortune 101". I've been getting some advice from Dave Ramsey too - but it will be nice to have a sit down with someone and get all our questions answered. Speaking of Dave Ramsey... my kids have been really into America's Funniest Home Videos this year. We happened to watch the "Grand Finale" where someone is awarded $100,000 for the best video (this is after winning $10,000 for being the best on their show). The video that won the $100,000 was of a little boy in a bath tub / whirlpool (one of those big tubs) and his Great Dane. The dog jumped in the tub and they won $100,000. I remember telling the kids that if THAT video won, we'd better get working on some entries. Anyway, I remembered at the end of the show, they asked them what they'd do with their money and they said they wanted to get a pool in their backyard. I don't know why that stuck out in my mind but it did... so I get this month's email from Dave Ramsey (yes, there is a point to this story SOMEWHERE) and the call of the month was from the family that won the money and they had questions about what to do with the money. It's a pretty funny call - check it out!
http://a1611.g.akamai.net/f/1611/23575/9h/dramsey.download.akamai.com/23575/audio/mp3/MyDRS%20Blog/01092008_dave_drive.mp3
*I still can't figure out how to post a link but if you triple click on the link, you should be able to highlight the whole thing and then copy.