65,536

Seems to be the maximum number of lines allowed in an Excel spreadsheet. I thought that was an interesting fact on its own, but since Julienne requested a real post I need to tell you that I personally feel dismayed that there is a limit to Excel. I thought the lines would continue to appear as I needed them, never asking for more than a few data points, never failing me in their rectangularity. But the day has come, we have reached the end of our journey together. I need to know that my database is there for me at 66, 67, even 90,000 lines, and it breaks my heart to admit that I am going to have to go somewhere else to find that*. But there was so much beauty in our time together, and I will always have the graphs to remind me of that. I guess this is just yet another opportunity to look beyond the comfort of the familiar and try something new, be it Access, SQL, or some yet to be defined custom platform. It's a scary time and I honestly don't know what's around the corner, but I hope my experience can stand as an inspiration to you all. Go out there and take risks if you have to, I promise that there is a system out there that will support most every need you have, and you deserve to find it!

*For you computer geeks: This is just a joke, please don't try to recommend a new database for me. I hate data.