So I know we all lost an hour of sleep, it was the rainiest weekend ever, and on top of your crushing “case of the Mondays”, Facebook has been banished in the office by “The Man”, and along with it YouTube, ESPN, and CBSSportsline!

“But Mr. Lumbergh… IT’S FRIGGIN’ March 15th AND I GOTS TO FILL OUT MY NCAA BRACKETS!!!!”

Relax… Take a few deep breaths… serenity now… serenity now.
You OK? Good, now lets get our gamble on.

For all you office Pool Managers out there, ExcelRainMan.com has a FREE Spreadsheet Solution for efficiently managing your March Madness pool. Appear to be working on a bad ass Excel masterpiece while covertly researching your Round 1 sleepers.
Now if you can just figure out an office escape plan for jetting out to watch the games on Thursday.

The FREE Excel Rain Man 2010 NCAA Bracket Manager can be found in the Tips & Tricks section of www.ExcelRainMan.com. Get the skinny on the Excel Rain Man 2010 NCAA Bracket Manager in the section below.

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1. March Madness

Tell all your friends to download a 2010 NCAA Bracket from the Tips & Tricks section of ExcelRainMan.com. If your pool participants are lazier than you, feel free to download and email the 2010 NCAA Bracket around to friends, fraternity bros, fellow indoor soccer team weirdoes, Larry in accounting, whoever… Participants use simple drop-down menus in the Bracket to select their picks for each game.

After completing and saving their bracket, participants will send their completed bracket back to the Pool Manager, who can easily upload everyone’s 2010 NCAA Brackets into the 2010 NCAA Bracket Manager (simple instructions for uploading brackets are also provided in the Tips & Tricks section of ExcelRainMan.com). The Pool Manager has full control over the point system used for each round (i.e. First Round: 1 point per-win, Second Round: 2 points per-win etc.).

With this Excel Rain Man March Madness solution, people can skip the hassle of having to sign up for an online account with the likes of ESPN.com or CBS Sportsline. Instead, participants can just save their completed personal, print-ready Brackets to their desktop (brackets must still be submitted to the Pool Manager of course).

As March Madness progresses, the Pool Manager must simply select each game’s winner (in the “winner” tab) using the drop-down menus, and our Bad Ass Bracket Manager will tally the standings.
Let the games begin!

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the use of Macros, the 2010 NCAA Bracket Manager will not work properly on Mac Computers. However, individual Brackets can be filled out by Mac and PC users. Woo hoo!
Download the 2010 NCAA Bracket & 2010 NCAA Bracket Manager free of charge from the Tips & Tricks section at ExcelRainMan.com.

Don’t forget to check out our other tips, tricks and goodies as well!

2. Small Biz Spotlight

We always love when a new small biz opens up… particularly when it is next door, has amazing food and is reasonably priced!! Satay Junction (www.satayjunction.com /212-929-9400) just opened up at 28 Greenwich Avenue in the West Village. Satay Junction offers authentic Indonesian street food in the most serene setting in NYC (they also have free delivery with a $10 minimum order). My husband and I have already eaten there and recommend everything we ate. This included the various Satays (skewers), Sio May (steamed vegetables, fish balls, and peanut sauce) and Nasi Goreng (fried rice with choice of vegetables, chicken, beef, pork, or shrimp). There are also wonderful dipping sauces that are paired throughout the meal. We cannot wait to try something new this week.

Everything on the menu is $11 or less, so this is a great place to go when you want to have a nice meal out without breaking the bank… and you don’t have to do the dishes!

Because Satay Junction is so EXCEL-lent, they are offering a special 10% discount through the end of March. Just mention “Excel Rain Man” when you order your meal. Please don’t forget to tip on the entire meal though J

P.S. For the time being Satay Junction is BYOB, so pick up a bottle of vino at our favorite wine store across the street, Le Vigne.

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Until next time,
Jen Portland

The Excel Rain Diva 🙂