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I wanted to give you an update on the world of DataPig.

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Happy 2011! This is the year of the Rabbit according to the Chinese calendar.

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Well nerds, Christmas is almost here.  I’ve done enough damage to my reputation this week, so this will be my last post until after Christmas.

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I’ll leave you with a joke that my boy came up with.

“What is Santa’s favorite Mexican food?”

“Chimney-Changas”

How hilarious.  Just like his old man.

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I hope you all have the happiest of holidays.

More importantly, I hope Santa gets me what I’ve been asking for - $13,000 in unmarked one dollar bills.

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It’s Christmas week. Since most everyone will be on holiday this week, I won’t be posting any life-changing Excel and Access tips. 

 

Today, I’ll offer this list of thought-provoking Christmas Tweets from around the inter-webs. 

Yes…this is basically a lazy post where I just copy and paste enterainment for  a cheap laugh.

You’re Welcome.

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It’s Christmas week. Since most everyone will be on holiday this week, I won’t be posting any life-changing Excel and Access tips.

No…this week will be all about the power of Christmas…the spirit of giving…and the rest of that mumbo jumbo.

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In another one of his poignant posts, J-Walk alludes to re-writing a classic show-tune.

I thought it might be fun, so I took a shot at rewriting the classic Christmas song ‘Sleigh Ride’

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I recently bought a series of Gary Larson compilations for the boy. You know…for the reading room.

Going through them, I had forgotten how funny these are. After much consideration, I’m ready to declare my favorite.
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Over at Chandoo’s site, he’s having a Christmas Card Contest.

“Make a Christmas greeting card (or any of your favorite festival’s greeting card) using Excel”

Submit your entry by December 13^th, and you could win a $50 Amazon gift card.

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I’m too rich and famous to enter, but I thought I’d take a shot at creating a Christmas card using Excel.  In my case, I wanted to use only Excel (no pictures, jpegs, midi files or the like).  Here is what I ended up with.
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Before I sign off for the Thanksgiving holiday, I’d like to offer my 10 reasons why we should all love Thanksgiving.  These are in no particular order.Â
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The internet world is all abuzz about the new Excel contest from Wiley publishing!

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Send in a picture of yourself with your favorite John Walkenbach or Mike Alexander book, OR send a picture of yourself with one of your cool spreadsheets. If your picture beats out the other pictures submitted, you could win the ultimate prize!
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I’m full of great tips and tricks – not just in the area of data analysis, but in all areas of life.

For example, take my famous Popcorn Bag-Bowl trick.

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