My Musings

  • Bring on the Clowns

    I was going to talk about something else, but I saw something that sort of jolted me. It’s the curious phenomena of politicians (mainly Republicans) going on reality TV to maybe resuscitate their reputations or maybe earn some money or maybe become a star. The latest politician to do so is Rudy Guliani on the…

  • Remembering History

    Last Thursday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day which explains why I’ve been seeing quite a few articles about World War II, especially about those who are still alive. Those who survived the German camps are especially trying to make sure a history of what they went through remains after their death. They are trying to…

  • Stress

    A quick post for today because I am behind in my to-do list, and I am tired. But then, it seems like I’m not the only one. There are numerous articles on burnout, the Great Resignation (or maybe it’s now the Great Reshuffling), mental health care, etc. Yes, everybody is stressed out, anxious and depressed…

  • Excel Principles

    In December, there were some conversations in LinkedIn about Excel and what best practices should be. That was the first time I learned about Excel Principles being promulgated by a British and Wales Accounting Group in Europe. I’m not sure the US has a similar set of principles other than maybe Sarbanes Oxley’s financial rules,…

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    Data Changed

    My state changed the way they lay out the data: some file names changed, some tab names changed, layout changed and some of the data itself changed. I had to spend time reviewing the changes and mapping the files to the old files to determine what I needed to do when changing my programs. I…