I would like to think that I am a pretty positive-minded Spreadsheeter. And that’s why it pains me to admit the fact that this time of year kinda sucks! The holidays are over, it is tax season, the weather is painful, your team probably isn’t in the Super Bowl (unless you are me… whattup Steeltown) and to top it all off, there’s a good chance that you have already broken your New Years resolution!!

Well calm yourselves my little Data Darlings. Just remember, we are all in it together… Each day we all get a little closer to some warm weather, 4 out of 5 people break their New Year’s Resolutions and even our politicians are recognizing our common goals as fellow human beings (ok, it was only for 5 minutes, but that’s still pretty good) AND in a couple of weeks, we will all settle in to watch my beloved Steelers take the field against the Green Bay Packers.

In celebration of this amazing event, Excel Rain Man has a FREE Super Bowl Matrix Box Pool to help you share the Super Bowl joy with your friends, family, co-workers, whoever!

This is way better than any Super Bowl Box Pool template you have seen before:

-It eliminates the chicken scratch handwriting from the pool manager and entrants
-It can be easily printed and/or emailed to your crew
-You can enter in the quarterly scores during the Super Bowl and the winners names will automatically be populated in the spreadsheet… now that’s transparency!

AND this spreadsheet makes it look like you are doing some intense work-related spreadsheeting, as opposed to quasi-gambling.

Side Note – My sincere apologies go out to the unfortunate souls whose New Year’s resolution was in fact to quit gambling. What can I say? I’m an enabler!

The FREE Excel Rain Man Super Bowl Matrix XLV, a simple spreadsheet that allows pretty much anyone to manage his or her very own Box Pool, and can be found in the Tips & Tricks section of www.ExcelRainMan.com.

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Small Biz Spotlight

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Surprises are tailored to fit each unique individual and designed to give you just the experience you’d love (but probably hadn’t thought of yet). The element of surprise gives you butterflies long before the “big day” and you spend absolutely no time planning or having to make decisions. Since Surprise Industries loves to spreadsheet your custom surprise, all spreadsheeters who book a surprise from now until Super Bowl Sunday, can use the discount code “whiterabbit” for a 5% discount! PLUS the 1st spreadsheeter to book a surprise will receive 1 free mini surprise. I’d tell you what it is, but that would ruin it!

It’s time to stop letting the winter blues keep you cooped up in your tiny apartment and get your Surprise Industries on! Will your surprise be fire eating? Ice sculpting? A day of spy training?
Visit SurpriseIndustries.com or call 646.450.7475 to book a surprise adventure, and start wondering what’s around the corner…

Don’t miss out on the Excel Love!!! Submit a Request to:
– outsource your Excel work… so you can chill!!!
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All Video Tutorials and Tips & Tricks are a whopping 40% off through Super Bowl Sunday. You just need to enter the code STEELTOWN at checkout.

Until next time,
Jen Portland

The Excel Rain Diva 🙂