If Excel had been around during that 1969 moon landing, would it have helped with the planning? Or would it have crashed?
- Microsoft’s latest funny video celebrates moon landing with #Excel 2010 http://t.co/NmGxS2y via @WinRumors
- Today I fixed a problem in Excel that has plagued me for four days. The solution shouldn’t work b/c its not logical. But it works…
- How did my Excel workbook end up 30 KB bigger after I deleted 1000+ rows of data?
- Excel exam… Teacher told me my charts are spiffy! And I got an A!
- Dear Pivot Table: Be a Friend Today. Please. I do not have time for this! *takes a deep breathe and centers my spine*
- Is storing credentials in a password-protected Excel workbook on a #HIPAA compliant workstation adequate security?
- I’m good. I’m building an Excel workbook … so I’m in my happy place. You?
- I hate you excel file!!! (not the Excel program, because I love Excel!)
- The Eusprig conference is imminent, information on the programme and how to register: http://t.co/tkQj0Qk #spreadsheets #risk #Excel
- My BI colleagues don’t like to hear this – but I see a great potential in Excel #powerpivot dashboards. Example? http://bit.ly/p6VRpG
- I am a forumula queen in Excel but pivot tables defeat me.
- I love it when someone asks you compare apples and bananas. The joy of excel and pivot tables, only took about an hour but got there !
- Has to be said there’s a strange kind of beauty in a well designed pivot table
- my new design project involves pivot table interactions… yesssssss!
- Made the Excel function work without it crashing. Saved it. Now it crashes on opening. Thanks Excel.
- Discussing pivot tables for a few hours with a group of appraisers. Don’t be jealous. #excel
- I hatttee excel!! Especially when it delays me leaving work!
- Sparkline (a statistical graphic) appearances in #Google results and #Excel http://t.co/XDBd49H #sparkline #dataviz #Tufte #charts #graph
- holy crap pivot tables are cool. Even an #excel dufus like me figured it out. Very cool
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Yes, Excel has challenges for all types of users. Some are struggling with colour schemes, and others are solving problems with a symmetric matrix of distances.
It was a weekend packed with Excel fun, and the occasional argument, settled by a pie chart. 
Eye insurance would certainly be useful when working with Excel. And some days the boss needs extra insurance too, after messing with your spreadsheets!
Do you crank up The Boss, or laugh at the boss, while working on your code and formulas in Excel? 
Relax – don’t worry about those extra sheets in every Excel file. Let something else, like pivot tables, be the reason for your meltdown.
Please remember that Excel is fun, especially if you’re not having a good day, and lacking caffeine. 
Harry Potter might be able to prevent Excel from crashing. If not, he could certainly whip you up a nice cup of tea, to help you recover.
Who wants to attend an Excel class when the weather is beautiful? We can learn how to make chainsaw spreadsheets and awesome 3D charts on a rainy day.
Ah, who needs reality, when you have Excel and a big cup of coffee? Just ignore those annoying questions, and focus on the beautiful spreadsheet.
Happy Canada Day! Yes, it would be awesome if you could create an XY Scatter chart from a pivot table. Maybe that will be available in the next version of Excel.
If your boss finds an Excel mistake, and your brain feels like it’s going to explode, just nap on the grass for a few minutes. But don’t dream about spreadsheets!
A caramel latte doesn’t sound too appealing, but that PowerPivot expo might be useful, for developing new skills in Excel. And some of the sessions are free!
Tears, migraines and nightmares – how is your spreadsheet day going? Is that Excel file staring at you for a change?
The weather must be getting better – there weren’t many people tweeting about Excel over the weekend. I’d keep an eye on the guy who’s collecting tail numbers though.
Excel involves magic, art, and crazy formulas – just ask that princess from the pivot table comic.
If you had to plan a festival, you’d use Excel, wouldn’t you? And remember to make a backup copy, so you don’t lose an entire, highly-detailed workbook.
Didn’t they cancel football for this year? Maybe that was just a dream that I had, after my brain was fried from using Excel.
Well, pivot tables are “wicked awesome”, so that song adaptation from Wicked is perfect!
There are countless tweets this week about a new application that makes Facebook look like Excel. If you’re that bored, it might be better to play a game of Solitaire. 
Excel is exciting, not boring, and it isn’t the boss of you. But I’m a mom, and easily impressed.
It’s Father’s Day this weekend, so here’s a collection of past tweets that feature Dads and Excel.
If you write a gigundo macro, maybe Excel can put those numbers in automatically. And it might turn on the ceiling fan too!
Excel is supposed to follow the laws of math? It’s okay that I don’t know this right??
Can you remember what the colour codes in an Excel file mean? Even if you created them an hour ago? Make a list, on one of those extra worksheets, so you’ll remember.
It’s not clear when that Excel Datascope add-in will be available, but it does look funky. In the meantime, you can drink coffee and work on your pivot table skills.
Daddy is right – you should have a budget in Excel, especially if you’re a bride. But then you’ll need a real job, to help pay for everything, so the budget works.
Be careful that you don’t Excel yourself! You might strain your eyes (or worse), and you won’t be able to read those hieroglyphics.
Punching Excel in the face is not recommended. If you need a break, play some iTunes, or clean your car.
Did you know that Excel was originally used by dinosaurs? Despite that long history, it’s not a very good copy machine, and it makes people cry.
Excel might be prone to errors, and crash occasionally, but it can recover a file from 1601, and help you make a wedding cake. That should come in handy.
There’s an Excel joke in today’s tweets, but at least it isn’t toilet humour. That might affect our grades.
Cavemen had plenty of problems, but they didn’t have to worry about pivot tables or VLookups, or wasting time in Twitter.
Not many Excel tweets on yesterday – I guess everyone was outside, enjoying the sunshine, and drinking beer. Well, almost everyone – a few people were stuck inside, staring at pretty spreadsheets.
Knights of the Pivot Table – I hope they’re smarter than the knights in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Hmmm…maybe the Holy Grail was a trouble-free Excel workbook!
What do you need to get through an Excel session? Tequila? Chinese food? Onion soup?