One new MVP (me), two National Championships (SSM)
Continuing in the Office Zealot tradition of VSTO MVP's Chris Kunicki and joining OZ blogger Maarten Van Stam, I was recently awarded a Microsoft MVP related to my work with Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO). Thanks to everyone involved in the process for the award! I really appreciate it. I think this is a great product and I hope Microsoft continues to down the path of modernizing Office development tools. My ideal vision of the future is .NET development for Office that incorporates many of the conveniences of developing in VBA while leveraging the power of a modern language and IDE.
On a separate note, congratulations to the Shattuck-St. Mary's (SSM) boys prep team for winning USA Hockey's Tier I 18 & Under National Championship on Sunday. Not to be outdone, the girls team also captured their THIRD STRAIGHT National Championship! While I'm on the subject, a nod also goes to the SSM boys 16 & under team for a runner-up finish. Wow! While I'm impressed by this year's results, I'm even more impressed that SSM produces this caliber of result on an on-going basis. It's one thing to get on top - quite another to stay there. Nice work!