claire. one of my old classmates and david frank is here in the crowd tonight. one of my business colleagues, robert, president of absorbed national gas products in the back. michael, thank you for being here. an organization of varying involved with we have our president steve hamer, captain retired. we have barb whitton and lisa. we have captain retired treece mustard and her husband lloyd. thank you for being here, folks. before we get into it but me give you insights about writing a book that i realized the hard way. when you are a consultant living on your own everyone is suspicious of what you do for a living. one day when you tell them you are writing a book, you get a very discerning seconds to look. my, what you up to. on writing a book, a what, my e-book oh, has michelle your coup is michelle? michelle is my wife. she would normally be with me on this trip, but she's in california where we live dealing with chronic back pain. i'm sorry she couldn't be here. as you get comfortable telling people you are writing a book they look you differently. they expect to to wear a tweed jacket. they se