"I'm amazed at how people who can't handle Excel to save their lives the other 11 months of the year suddenly become experts in generating multilayered, graphics-intensive spreadsheets [during the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, aka 'March Madness']" -- John Soat, "IT Confidental" column, InformationWeek, 2007-03-19 (#1130), p.12
[Ah, motivation makes a world of difference in the shape of the learning curve, doesn't it?]