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    Pivot to the Rescue

    Sometimes simple is all you need. Last month I was asked to help out in automating an activity that was needlessly taking up time. Usually when people come to me, they think “program” but sometimes formulas or pivot tables will do the job just as well. In this instance, they needed to restructure some reporting…

  • Marriage in Trouble?

    [My last few posts have been rather long so I’m going to try to keep this short.] This is off topic but last week I was shocked that George Conway appeared on MSNBC as a legal analyst. Of course, I had to see that to see if anyone would be “indelicate” and ask him about…

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    Been Busy

    Fall is always a busy time for me with all of the additional stuff that I have to do that is outside of my normal activity, and this fall was no different. Usually, I can’t post as much or do as much drawing as I would like due to those other activities I’m required to…

  • Hurricane Season

    With the start of the new school season comes a period of intense hurricane activity. I hate this time of the year. These hurricanes are just way too stressful. When I was younger, it didn’t seem like I have to worry about hurricanes every year and when one did pass our way, they were generally…

  • Are You An Expert?

    When I was back at SAIC, folks thought I was an expert on Excel and I thought, “Oh, boy, are you clueless.” I knew I was just an extremely creative user of Excel and basically used just maybe 5 things. I didn’t know any VBA and I had no ideas what array formulas could do….