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We interrupt today's blog post to bring you this announcement. Yesterday, John Walkenbach announced that this will be his last month as a Microsoft Excel MVP.

If you don't know who John Walkenbach is, he's the guy with the hat on all your Excel books.

 

Personally, I'm disappointed that he won't be going to any more of the Microsoft MVP summits. I was at the last Summit he attended and I almost had a heart-attack from all the laughing we did.

I don't know many of the Microsoft MVPs – but he's one of the few I really like.

 

In any case, I don't think this means he's dying or going senile. But if he is, I've got dibs on replacing him on the Excel Bible series.

 

To learn more about what makes John Walkenbach tick, check out my heart-warming interview with him.

Here's a tip for all you cool dudes who like to wear your security badges on your belt.

Take your badge off your belt before you have a go at the toilet. 

Everyone can see exactly who's releasing the toxic fumes. 

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Every now and then, one of my 12 fans asks me about the Saturday Bacon Recipes I used to post here.  You may have noticed I've stopped posting them.  Why?  Mostly because of the book schedules I was committed to.  Now that I'm done with books, I can start the recipes back up again.

A few loyal Bacon-ites have been sending recipes my way, so this Saturday, the Bacon Love resumes.

To get in the spirit, I'll share this educational link that Chris sent me. Thanks Chris, I've learn so much from this nifty graphic. But I do believe they got a few things wrong.
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When I started this blog over a year ago, I knew that 'Spam Comments' would be an issue. These are comments inserted into posts by web crawlers – typically containing links to sites trying to sell something.

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I always put on a couple of Live training events after the long hot summer.  This year, we'll do a couple post-summer events.  First, Xcelsius – we had such an overwhelming turnout and requests for another Xcelsius training event this year, we decided to put on another one. 

The second is my acclaimed Excel Power Analyst Boot Camp.  Do you know someone who is struggling and needs to get up to speed quickly with advanced Excel analysis and reporting?  Well, this is definately the course for them.

I hope you can all make it to one of these events.

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