"Good Karma".  I certainly need plenty of that

Very nicely done.  Replication tends to be either an underused or misused feature of SQL Server.  You've done a great job of getting people started on the right track.  For those of you that are just getting into replication, get used to snapshot replication before you dive into merge or transactional.  I think there's a specific reason Andy went with "Snapshot Replication for the Beginner" instead of "Transaction Two-Phase Commit Replication with a Publishing Subscriber Heiarchy for the Beginner"