Audience Appreciation

Thank you for the many encouraging remarks in the survey for the first in the working paper series.
...by way of explanation about the incomplete data file:

Comment: "I felt that perhaps the presenter was a bit unprepared because the QB file wasn't completed fully enough to allow a straightforward presentation of a topic"

I'd like to think of this working paper series as Art reflecting Life. 

Of course the file wasn't complete, that was on purpose. To tell a story it's necessary to have not only the scene, the characters, but to have obstacles to overcome so you can make a point...the moral of the story is...  There's no story without obstacles and there's really no need for working papers if the data is already perfect.

In the business of keeping records, whether you call that bookkeeping or accounting, I don't care what you call it, nothing is straightforward, and it's never completely finished until well after either the person or the company is dead, as much as several or even more years. If you're looking for an occupation where there's a finished product you hang on the wall, keep looking, this isn't it.

And much more about appreciation

...for those of you who said that I'm really easy to listen to, that the first workshop was really informative, and who really truly appreciate the time I take to build my slides and keep to the format set out, thank you! 

Your positive feedback gives me encouragement and insight. I do this for you because you do appreciate the hours and the expertise that goes into creation of these presentations.

Apology
for a mis-quote: "Here's your sign" is not Jeff Foxworthy's quote, it's to be attributed to Bill Engvall. Bill is told by Jeff to tell these jokes....