Another Thousand in the Books

Yesterday I entered my 18,000^th Where's George bill. I had expected to enter it in early April, so it came ahead of schedule. I expect that I'll be entering my 19,000^{th bill sometime in early June. I entered my 17,000th in mid-January, and I should have written a report like this back then.}

The work I have done to increase my lower than average FRBs is quite visible in this report as it has a major effect on the FRB entries (obviously), series entries (since I've only acquired series 2009 bills for the insertions), and block letter entries (since the acquired bills are all block letters A, B, & C).

Starting off with denominations, I'm back to about the peak amount of ones per thousand entries. Entry of fives was at a all-time low. I entered more tens than fives for the first time, and for the second time, I entered as many tens as twenties. As typical, I didn't enter any twos, fifties, or hundreds.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
One	673	696	783	918	911	888	919	911	849	899	902	911	917	909	916	818	866	917
Two				1
Five	130	116	91	29	44	67	46	52	71	31	42	31	49	45	25	65	40	19
Ten	61	62	46	24	22	16	12	13	29	26	15	18	10	17	23	23	38	32
Twenty	136	124	80	28	22	29	23	24	47	36	41	40	24	29	34	92	56	32
Fifty		1			1					1					1	1
Hundred		1							4	7					1	1

Looking at my series entries, 2009s made up over 60% of the last thousand bills entered. For the most part, the increase came at the expense of 2006. Most of the other series were even-ish compared to the last thousand entered, however, for the first time, I didn't enter any 2001 bills.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1974																1	1
1977																1
1981		1			1	1
1981A	1		1							1
1985					1	1								2
1988														1
1988A	4	5	1	2		1	1	1	1	2			1		1	2	1	1
1993	1			2	3	1				2		1			1
1995	6	31	4	8	6	4	9	7	4	8	7	2	9	8	5	7	5	4
1996	8	4	4	2	1	1				5		1	1				1
1999	32	59	15	14	19	11	16	9	14	5	14	8	6	11	7	5	5	3
2001	57	45	26	22	20	15	20	13	14	12	13	8	8	5	10	8	9
2003	203	141	95	76	92	55	61	49	39	49	36	29	17	26	30	24	18	14
2003A	450	324	314	337	313	256	251	225	194	177	169	120	132	107	112	72	68	62
2004	86	66	47	12	10	16	8	6	18	13	10	14	8	12	13	33	17	12
2004A	42	46	35	15	10	12	7	8	18	11	10	11	4	4	9	14	14	7
2006	110	278	458	510	524	626	627	682	698	708	692	744	668	663	584	429	458	282
2009										7	49	62	146	161	228	404	403	615

My FRB entries are not exactly what I would expect. FRBs "A" (Boston), "C" (Philadelphia), "D" (Cleveland), "H" (St. Louis), and "J" (Kansas City) are all higher as expected, but "E" (Richmond) and "F" (Atlanta) were also up from the last thousand with the "F" entries setting a new high. "L" (San Francisco) set a new low and was below 40% for the first time. "I" (Minneapolis) almost completely was wiped out. Hopefully I find some 2009 "I" bills to start inserting soon.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
A	37	39	24	22	22	23	12	35	26	30	25	22	24	45	29	24	26	60
B	87	155	86	82	77	78	71	83	81	109	106	69	72	71	62	65	57	46
C	31	54	24	17	15	20	24	23	25	19	23	16	18	23	16	18	15	35
D	30	19	18	21	21	19	16	22	22	25	15	25	25	36	21	20	69	119
E	47	33	30	28	34	32	108	107	136	72	99	74	76	88	75	80	60	75
F	77	86	71	62	57	50	67	69	105	97	84	101	113	97	131	92	98	132
G	76	69	63	53	59	50	46	40	46	53	57	166	86	61	77	98	80	43
H	28	23	21	19	21	13	19	19	19	21	18	17	20	15	31	40	46	51
I	13	21	54	41	21	32	29	15	15	13	22	15	16	6	18	16	10	6
J	33	24	13	16	27	16	16	12	14	15	17	14	10	13	18	17	18	46
K	44	34	37	34	68	42	64	50	50	55	38	51	44	55	37	41	33	26
L	497	443	559	605	578	625	528	525	461	491	496	430	496	490	485	489	488	361

For me, block letter is the least interesting of the four categories here, but it is interesting to see how much A, B, & C are currently dominating. D & J are higher than last thousand due to an influx of 2009 F..D and L..J bills. G is still pretty strong due to the large amount of 2009 L..G bills in the area.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
*	5	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	2	5	3	2	5	2	4	2	6	5
A	261	241	236	166	164	141	121	123	132	104	129	113	109	135	127	168	185	287
B	147	145	107	90	107	70	85	75	111	114	98	86	150	115	105	101	104	114
C	74	54	53	50	81	50	45	50	61	49	57	48	43	49	62	68	62	109
D	69	127	69	96	69	68	78	67	70	68	70	52	50	69	66	90	62	73
E	80	68	67	65	87	85	110	100	79	98	98	95	75	76	72	54	68	55
F	51	49	42	54	65	48	57	52	53	49	46	55	75	103	94	87	85	45
G	34	63	116	81	64	69	82	66	82	66	81	64	63	76	87	119	131	86
H	60	38	112	80	51	68	85	97	84	60	83	186	102	63	80	60	56	36
I	28	14	34	36	38	29	34	40	31	35	29	30	37	36	40	73	35	29
J	34	23	32	69	59	55	44	43	33	35	42	45	36	25	38	46	29	44
K	17	17	13	35	39	53	39	43	34	41	27	28	25	31	17	19	20	19
L	26	25	21	77	70	92	58	52	57	49	41	32	37	47	41	20	28	14
M	51	34	43	48	45	55	59	50	51	62	41	50	46	39	41	18	22	17
N	40	31	30	27	34	76	56	65	34	44	62	39	31	32	22	16	23	16
P	8	4	14	10	13	11	10	12	13	25	24	20	25	30	39	20	25	18
Q	8	5	5	7	6	7	10	9	5	12	14	10	20	10	17	8	12	13
R	4	22	1	1	1	19	18	50	62	78	49	39	61	57	39	26	39	19
S		3			2		2	1	2	4	3	3	5	4	4	2	4
T		2		1		1	4			1	3	1	3		2	1	3
U	1	12	1	2	1	1	1	1	2			2	1		2
V		18											1		1	2
W	2	2							2									1
X										1				1			1
Y			1	1	1

The Week That Was: 03/19/2012 - 03/25/2012

Another week is in the books. I'm definitely continuing to chose enjoyment over dieting. I don't think I can continue to make that decision for too many more consecutive weeks without starting to see some ill effects.

Weight Mis-Management
The mis-management of my weight continues. On the positive side, I did stick with the food dairy Monday through Wednesday, unfortunately, I stopped and didn't record lunch on after Thursday although I did record Friday's and Saturday's breakfast in a lame attempt to get back on the program. I will hopefully do better this coming week. After all was said and done, I was pretty much even over the past two weeks:

	Min	Max	Avg
03/12/2012 - 03/18/2012	172.4	174.8	173.4
03/19/2012 - 03/25/2012	172.2	175.6	173.5

I think part of my program weight management wise is that my ability to complete my runs doesn't make it seem like I need to drop any more pounds.

Running
I was back to doing my 80 minutes training runs this week. I typically run on Saturdays, but due to the threat of rain, I waited until Sunday. My performance was not as good as past weeks. I only covered 7.30 miles in the 80 minutes, and the first 10K of the run took me 68:19. Hopefully this was just an off week. Next weekend's performance should give me a clue into that.

Food Trucks
I hit up two food trucks in the past week. On Thursday, I made a trip out to catch Drewski's Hot Rod Kitcken. I've caught up with Drewski's a number of times, but this was the first time they have deep fried mac & cheese balls. I split an order with two of the guys that chased down the truck with me. The original order was cold, and as we were finishing our first bite, Drewski himself yelled out at us to ask if they were cold. Once we confirmed they were, he had a new batch made to replace them. The hot batch was simply amazing. Other than the mac & cheese balls, I had my usual Mustang which was good as always.

On Friday, I made my first chase down of the Heavenly Dog Hot Dog truck. They have four different dogs you chose from when you pick your item: beef, hot link, polish, and turkey. I decided to order the Three Alarm Dog: a bacon(!) wrapped hot dog with pepper jack cheese, grilled onions, and habanero aioli. I asked the cashier which dog she recommended. The hot link, of course! I ordered a side of onion rings to accompany my dog. When I got my food, the melted pepper jack cheese stuck to the aluminum foil in which the dog was wrapped, but I was able to scrap that off and put it back on the hot dog. I must say that the dog was fantastic! The rings were ok. They serve them with ketchup (I tend to use mustard). I think if I got the rings again, I'd see if they'd give me a different sauce (the habanero aioli, perhaps). Heavenly Dog may be my fourth favorite food truck and could move up. I'm definitely looking forward to chasing them down again.

Miscellaneous
I had alcohol three days in a row this past week. Don't think I've done that for a while (last year when I was drinking dessert wine every night for a week, I think). Twice beer, and the other time double skinny pirates (two shots of Captain Morgan plus Diet Coke). Looks like my tolerance for the double skinny pirates is back.

I bailed out on making a trip out to Tahoe on Sunday with some guys from work. My wife was concerned that snow would make the trip back difficult, and that the group may have gotten stuck in Tahoe. I feel bad about bailing on the guys, but as they say, "Happy wife: happy life". Not sure a bunch of outdoor activities in the snow would be all that fun.

My Where's George Week in Review: 03/18/12 - 03/24/12

In the past week, I received 29 hits in 7 States [AZ, CA²¹, ID, NV², PA, TX, UT] as well as an international hit in Yverdon, Switzerland. I now have hits in 29 States in 2012 with none new this week. This is the first week this year where I didn't get a new State for the year. Additionally I now have hits in 395 counties with 2 new this week: Bonneville ID and Randall TX.

Of those 29 hits, 1 was the 3^rd hit on the bill, 2 were the 2^nd hit on the bill, and the rest (26) were the initial hit on the bill. The longest bill active from the bunch was re-entered 3 Years 144 Days 1 Hour 7 Minutes after I originally entered it. This bill is now my 2nd longest active bill. Interestingly, I also got hits on bills that are now my 4th and 10th longest active: 3 Years 34 Days 19 Hours 31 Minutes and 2 Years 355 Days 20 Minutes.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
0	3	7	4	3	6	6

The 81 day hit streak that I had entering the week obviously ended on Sunday. A new streak was born on Monday, and I'm at 6 days now at the end of the week. I have 102 hits so far in March, and I'm on track to break my record for hits in a month. I just need to get 25 hits in the final week to set a new record. I've surpassed or equaled that amount in 11 out of 12 weeks. In the other week, I got 24 hits which would tie the record.

Taking a look at how my predictions regarding bill entries and hits are going so far, it was a good week for bill entries which means next week's entries numbers may be a bit light. Even with the hitless day on Sunday, my bills with hits and total hits numbers were still quite good:

	SoY	SoW	EoW	WΔ	YΔ	P	P/W	PtD	WvP	DvP
Bills Entered	16720	17771	17914	143	1194	21720	95.6	17868	+47	+46
Bills with Hits	2430	2686	2712	26	282	3445	19.4	2663	+7	+49
Total Hits	2799	3111	3140	29	341	4030	23.5	3082	+5	+58

Based on the goal of 5000 bill entries, here's how I'm doing towards my bill entry goals. Starting off with my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 86.29% so the goal is 87.29%), my percentage is now 86.65% [+0.36%]. I entered enough ones out of the lot to add a couple bills to my positive buffer:

	SoY	SoW	EoW	WΔ	YΔ	G	GfW	GtD	WvG	DvG
$1s Entered	14427	15391	15523	132	1096	18959	129.6	15509	+2	+14

As for the goal of having series 2009 pass series 2003A in number of entries, yet another good week. My 2009 entries have now surpassed 2000:

	SoY	SoW	EoW	WΔ	YΔ			WΔ	YΔ	WvG	DvG
2003A	3603	3665	3677	12	74		Goal	65	541	+10	+72
2009	1339	1939	2026	87	687		Actual	75	613

And for my goal of decreasing San Francisco "L" FRB entries below 50.0% while increasing Boston "A", Cleveland "D", St Louis "H", Philadelphia "C", Minneapolis "I", and Kansas City "J", things are pretty much the same as last week. I see need to find some 2009 "I" bills, and everything else is going well and on track:

	SoY	SoY%	SoW	SoW%	EoW	EoW%	Goal		GtD	DvG
San Francisco "L"	8532	51.03%	8959	50.41%	9011	50.30%	< 50.0%	49.94%	9085	+74
Boston "A"	461	2.76%	508	2.86%	518	2.89%	> 2.8%	2.85%	499	+19
Cleveland "D"	395	2.36%	524	2.95%	538	3.00%	> 2.4%	2.45%	428	+110
St. Louis "H"	382	2.28%	427	2.40%	436	2.43%	> 2.3%	2.35%	413	+23
Philadelphia "C"	376	2.25%	400	2.25%	411	2.29%	> 2.2%	2.25%	403	+8
Minneapolis "I"	352	2.11%	363	2.04%	363	2.03%	> 2.1%	2.15%	379	-16
Kansas City "J"	290	1.73%	329	1.85%	335	1.87%	> 1.7%	1.75%	312	+23

My comments last week about slowing down the pace at which I insert my acquired bills. After I did the math, it appears I actually need to increase the pace if I want to get 200 inserted for each of the bottom six. I don't actually need to insert 200 for each to meet my goals, so I need to reconsider if that's what I really want to accomplish. The current insertion rate results in me passing a lot of new bills which results in a lot of bills in my wallet sticking together.

Where's George Calendar Day Bingo - Part II

Back before Leap Day, I posted the original entry on this subject where I noted that to achieve calendar bingo, I just needed February 29, March 24, and July 1. Well, February 29 is now off of the list, so I just have the latter two to go.

March 24 has been an unlucky day historically for me for hits as I've gone 0 for 4 so far. With me getting my first hitless day in 2012 this week, it'd be pretty lame if I got a second hitless day tomorrow.

The Weeks That Were: 03/05/2012 - 03/18/2012

For some reason I missed writing my usual "week that was" last week, so I'm going to join the past two week's memories into one post. I'm sure I'll miss out on some details and activities, but it wouldn't shock me if I missed stuff each week.

Weight Mis-Management
My desire to behave in regards to calories consumed continued to be absent, and it finally caught up with me:

	Min	Max	Avg
02/27/2012 - 03/04/2012	170.6	172.0	171.4
03/05/2012 - 03/11/2012	170.4	173.2	171.9
03/12/2012 - 03/18/2012	172.4	174.8	173.4

I'm up 2 pounds from 2 weeks ago, and it's time to get serious about sticking to the budget. I hope that getting back to the program will see immediate results, but it would serve me right to have to suffer for a few weeks to get back to where I was. On the positive side, perhaps I'll maintain focus long enough to drop below 170.

The big question now is what will be my next weight loss sprint. I don't have my next run picked out yet (though I have an idea). My last sprint was a bust, and some thought needs to go into where the sprint plan works. Of course, it's hard to really be disappointed with my weight.

Running
I've already covered my performance in the Folsom Shamrock 10K enough. The prior weekend, I ran 7.64 miles in 80 minutes and covered the first 10K of that run in 65:30. Both of those were records to date. I look forward to improving on those to help improve my official run times even more.

I haven't signed up for my next race yet, but I think it's going to be the Sacramento Zoo Zoom, a charity run that benefits the Sacramento Zoo. That run will be held April 15 and would be my first non-Folsom run.

My Corgis
The rain has returned, and Tyson and Fiona have been "locked" inside more than usual. There were pretty much no walks last week until the weekend. I think Fiona was going to go crazy with cabin fever. I hope the rain breaks long enough to keep her sane.

Tennis
Played my first tennis match of the year. Must say that I was pretty awful. There were some decent points, but for the most part, they went to the other team. I think the final score was 6-2, 6-1. Hopefully I'll get some of my game back before the next match.

The dogs are squeaking the crap out of a new toy, and my ability to concentrate is gone. We'll call this post complete.

Folsom Shamrock 10K Ribbon Invalidated

Looking at the online results for the Folsom Shamrock 10K, it appears that I didn't actually earn the males 30-39 age division 2nd place ribbon that I was awarded. Rather than 2nd, I actually finished 4th of 6 although one of the top three overall finishers was in my age division, so I was really 5th of 7. This is disappointing, but in the grand scheme of things, my goal was to break an hour not finish in my age division's top three. I met my goal, and the ribbon was a nice bonus, but not needed for the day to be considered successful.

As a result, I've modified my race badge for the Folsom Shamrock 10K to remove the ribbon indicator as such:

81 & Done

I didn't receive a Where's George hit yesterday, so the streak has ended at 81 days. I'm glad that it lasted long enough to break the previous record of 79.

To put things in perspective, if I start a new streak today, it'd have to last to June 7th to tie this streak. Of course, if I get such a streak, I'll be even more annoyed about missing a hit yesterday because had I had a hit yesterday, I'd have a 163 day hit streak.

My Where's George Week in Review: 03/11/12 - 03/17/12

In the past week, I received 30 hits in 10 States [CA²⁰, CO, LA², MD, NM, NY, OR, TN, TX, WA]. I now have hits in 29 States in 2012 with 1 new this week: MD. Hitting 10 different States in one week is the most in any week so far this year, and the 30 hits in a week ties for second best.

Of those 30 hits, 4 were the 2^nd hit on the bill and the rest (26) were the initial hit on the bill. The longest bill active from the bunch was re-entered 2 Years 199 Days 0 Hours 48 Minutes after I originally entered it.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
4	3	5	4	7	2	5

Once again, I had a week with no hit-less days, and the streak has extended to 81 days (a new personal record). I've never had three months in a row with no hit-less days, so if this streak can last for two more weeks, that'll be another new record set.

Taking a look at how my predictions regarding bill entries and hits are going so far, there's nothing really new to report. Bill entries are practically even while hits and bills with hits are still way ahead:

	SoY	SoW	EoW	WΔ	YΔ	P	P/W	PtD	WvP	DvP
Bills Entered	16720	17675	17771	96	1051	21720	95.6	17772	+0	-1
Bills with Hits	2430	2660	2686	26	256	3445	19.4	2644	+7	+42
Total Hits	2799	3081	3111	30	312	4030	23.5	3058	+6	+53

Based on the goal of 5000 bill entries, here's how I'm doing towards my bill entry goals. Starting off with my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 86.29% so the goal is 87.29%), my percentage is now 86.61% [+0.32%]. I was slightly ahead this week after being behind for the past two and still maintain a slight lead over where I need to be for the year:

	SoY	SoW	EoW	WΔ	YΔ	G	GfW	GtD	WvG	DvG
$1s Entered	14427	15300	15391	91	964	18959	87	15380	+4	+11

As for the goal of having series 2009 pass series 2003A in number of entries, I continue to power ahead. This goal is now really a waiting game as it's going to fall eventually, just not anytime soon:

	SoY	SoW	EoW	WΔ	YΔ			WΔ	YΔ	WvG	DvG
2003A	3603	3656	3665	9	62		Goal	43	476	+15	+62
2009	1339	1872	1939	67	600		Actual	58	538

And for my goal of decreasing San Francisco "L" FRB entries below 50.0% while increasing Boston "A", Cleveland "D", St Louis "H", Philadelphia "C", Minneapolis "I", and Kansas City "J", progress is good for each of those but Minneapolis (still looking for 2009 "I" bills). Cleveland is now 100 bills ahead, and 5 of the 7 are at the percentage needed to achieve the goal for the year:

	SoY	SoY%	SoW	SoW%	EoW	EoW%	Goal		GtD	DvG
San Francisco "L"	8532	51.03%	8932	50.53%	8959	50.41%	< 50.0%	49.94%	9018	+59
Boston "A"	461	2.76%	499	2.82%	508	2.86%	> 2.8%	2.85%	494	+14
Cleveland "D"	395	2.36%	512	2.90%	524	2.95%	> 2.4%	2.45%	424	+100
St. Louis "H"	382	2.28%	420	2.38%	427	2.40%	> 2.3%	2.35%	409	+18
Philadelphia "C"	376	2.25%	394	2.23%	400	2.25%	> 2.2%	2.25%	400	+0
Minneapolis "I"	352	2.11%	362	2.05%	363	2.04%	> 2.1%	2.15%	376	-13
Kansas City "J"	290	1.73%	324	1.83%	329	1.85%	> 1.7%	1.75%	309	+20

Another solid week of George-in'! I think that perhaps I'm inserting my 2009 bills for the desired FRBs at too fast of a rate now (2 out of every 7 $1s I enter is "inserted"). I think when I first got a few straps of bills to enter, inserting 5 bills per strap per 100 bills made sense, but now I'm inserting 40 bills per 100. If I do chose to slow down the rate, I'll have to balance the slow down with still getting all of the inserted bills entered by the end of the year.

Folsom Shamrock 10K

Rain was in the forecast for today (as it has for the past week), and for most of the week, I figured I'd most likely not be running (who wants to run in a downpour?). Well, the rain broke for at least long enough to make race morning dry.

I guess the week's rain made the race volunteers think the event would be cancelled, so the organizers from Elemental Running were a little short on help. They pulled through and put on a great event regardless.

Part of the scheduled course was flooded, and so we had to cross a non-busy street as part of the down-and-back course. I was delayed much, if at all, on the way out, and only delayed for a few seconds on the way back. I had some concerns on the way back that traffic could endanger my ability to break an hour, but it was a non-factor.

I started off way too fast completing the first mile in 8:32. My second mile was over a minute slower, and I averaged 9:30 minutes/mile for the overall run. I beat my time from the Super Bowl 10K and, as such, set a new personal record. My data from RunKeeper indicated that this course was a little further and had over twice as much climbing as the Super Bowl run's.

I came into this run hoping to break an hour, and without someone to pace me, I wasn't sure that was going to happen. Well, I was able to beat an hour anyways:

Finishing under an hour was pretty awesome! The race coordinators gave out 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place ribbons for each age division, and I snagged the 2nd place ribbon for Men 30-39 in the 10K. This is the first time I've gotten a medal or ribbon (although many of the runs don't pass them out for each age division), so I added a logo for it to the race badge.

Not sure when my next race will be, but I'm thinking it'll likely be the Zoo Zoom in mid-April. If so, it'll be my first organized run not in Folsom (the Zoo Zoom is in Sacramento). Will be nice to run somewhere else.

80 Day Where's George Hit Streak!

At 2:42 PM PDT, I received a Where's George hit in Shreveport, LA. This was my first hit of the day, and I now have 80 straight days with hits which sets a new personal record.

Now the questions are "how long will the streak continue?" and "how long do I want it to continue?". The second question being more interesting. If the streak could continue forever, that's be fantastic. However, the longer it goes, the more out of reach it gets to being breakable. Records to shoot for are nice. Records that are near impossible to break such a little bit of the wind out of one's sails.

My Where's George Week in Review: 03/04/12 - 03/10/12

In the past week, I received 25 hits in 7 States [CA¹⁸, HI², IL, NV, NY, RI, WA]. I now have hits in 28 States in 2012 with 1 new this week: RI. The number of States hit in 2012 continues to amaze me as I expect the number to end up in the high 30s (maybe low 40s) but it now seems like low-to-mid 40s may be more likely.

Of those 25 hits, 1 was the 3^rd hit on the bill, 3 were the 2^nd hit on the bill, and the rest (21) were the initial hit on the bill. The longest bill active from the bunch was re-entered 2 Years 279 Days 20 Hours 49 Minutes after I originally entered it.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
04	05	06	07	08	09	10
3	3	4	2	5	5	3

Although a light week for hits, I still managed to get a hit (2 actually) each day to continue the hit streak. The streak is now at 74 days just a few breathes away from the top spot (my longest streak so far has been 79 days). So if all goes well this week, I'll tie the longest streak on Thursday and have a new record for longest streak on Friday.

Taking a look at how my predictions regarding bill entries and hits are going so far, this week reversed the positive buffer I accumulated for bill entries last week, and I'm back to being a bill behind where I need to be. I expect that the bouncing above/below will continue for at least a couple more months. Bills with hits and total hits still continue to be way ahead although I didn't add much to the reserves this week:

	SoY	SoW	EoW	WΔ	YΔ	P	P/W	PtD	WvP	DvP
Bills Entered	16720	17596	17675	79	955	21720	95.6	17676	-17	-1
Bills with Hits	2430	2639	2660	21	230	3445	19.4	2624	+2	+36
Total Hits	2799	3056	3081	25	282	4030	23.5	3034	+1	+47

Based on the goal of 5000 bill entries, here's how I'm doing towards my bill entry goals. Starting off with my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 86.29% so the goal is 87.29%), my percentage is now 86.56% [+0.27%]. This was an even week goal-wise, and so I maintained my 7 bill lead in this category:

	SoY	SoW	EoW	WΔ	YΔ	G	GfW	GtD	WvG	DvG
$1s Entered	14427	15228	15300	72	873	18959	71.6	15293	+0	+7

As for the goal of having series 2009 pass series 2003A in number of entries, I kept with what appears to be my normal rate so far this year (10 2009 bills for every 1 2003A). This put me slightly ahead for the week on what I needed, and for now, I'm well ahead of the pace needed to complete this goal this year:

	SoY	SoW	EoW	WΔ	YΔ			WΔ	YΔ	WvG	DvG
2003A	3603	3652	3656	4	53		Goal	36	433	+2	+47
2009	1339	1830	1872	42	533		Actual	38	480

And for my goal of decreasing San Francisco "L" FRB entries below 50.0% while increasing Boston "A", Cleveland "D", St Louis "H", Philadelphia "C", Minneapolis "I", and Kansas City "J", I'm making progress on all but Minneapolis. Philadelphia is still "in the red", but that should only last for a couple more weeks.:

	SoY	SoY%	SoW	SoW%	EoW	EoW%	Goal		GtD	DvG
San Francisco "L"	8532	51.03%	8896	50.56%	8932	50.53%	< 50.0%	49.94%	8974	+42
Boston "A"	461	2.76%	494	2.81%	499	2.82%	> 2.8%	2.85%	491	+8
Cleveland "D"	395	2.36%	506	2.88%	512	2.90%	> 2.4%	2.45%	421	+91
St. Louis "H"	382	2.28%	417	2.37%	420	2.38%	> 2.3%	2.35%	407	+13
Philadelphia "C"	376	2.25%	390	2.22%	394	2.23%	> 2.2%	2.25%	398	-4
Minneapolis "I"	352	2.11%	362	2.06%	362	2.05%	> 2.1%	2.15%	374	-12
Kansas City "J"	290	1.73%	321	1.82%	324	1.83%	> 1.7%	1.75%	307	+17

This was one of the weaker weeks of results so far this year, and yet, still a positive week in many regards. My excitement and interest in whether or not the hit streak will get to 80 days is currently quite high, and it wasn't until I ran the numbers, that I realized that the number of hits received this week was below the norm for the year. I'm curious to see that if getting the streak to 80 days wanes my interest or if I have continued excitement seeing how long the streak can go.

The Week That Was: 02/27/2012 - 03/04/2012

I made a one day trip to Oregon for work this week on Thursday which made for a long day. The purpose of the trip was to discuss/brainstorm the user interface/experience for the tools on which I work. While no concrete decisions were made in the meeting, taking part in the process should help out moving forward as I'll be able to reuse the tactics for more productive means. I had thoughts of spending a night in Portland as part of the trip, but in the end, I'd rather not get home late on Friday (affecting my weekend) and spend an extra day away from the corgis.

Weight Management
My desire to hold myself to the amount of calories needed to lose weight has disappeared, and so, my weight was even for yet another week in a row. My weight fluctuation this week was the least of any week this year:

	Min	Max	Avg
02/20/2012 - 02/26/2012	170.2	172.6	171.3
02/27/2012 - 03/04/2012	170.6	172.0	171.4

I don't expect that my motivation will return this upcoming week. With the Folsom Shamrock 10K now under 2 weeks away, it's likely I won't "get back at it" until the second half of the month.

Running
I skipped the midweek run again this past week, and with tennis starting up this coming week, I think I likely won't be doing the short fast run for a couple more weeks. My weekend run went well as I completed 7.54 miles in 80 minutes (up 0.12 miles from last week). I was almost a minute faster on completing the initial 10K also finishing in 66:48. I've officially signed up for the Folsom Shamrock 10K, so next week's run will likely be shorter (70ish minutes) to taper down for the organized run.

Food Trucks
Fuzion Eatz made the trip out to Folsom on Saturday. Since the trucks don't really come to Folsom, I made sure to attend to try to prove that Folsom is a worthwhile place for the trucks to stop. Wicked 'Wich was originally going to be the truck in Folsom, but they had to get Fuzion Eatz to cover them at the last moment. This was my second meal at Fuzion Eatz, and I must say, that I enjoyed it more the second time than the first. The waffle fries were still awesome, but my gyro seemed significantly better. Last time I got the Pancho Villa and this time the Kamikaze. Based on ingredients, I would have expected to prefer the Pancho Villa. I will hunt down Fuzion Eatz again: hopefully in Folsom during the work week.

UFC Fantasy League
I finished third in points for UFC on FX 2 but was less than 10 points behind the top guy (the guys who is second in the league) so I'm still comfortably in the overall lead. There aren't any UFC events for almost a month and a half, so there'll be a bit of a break before things get going again.

My Where's George Week in Review: 02/26/12 - 03/03/12

In the past week, I received 34 hits in 8 States [AZ², CA²⁶, HI, IL, IN, NH, NV, OH]. I now have hits in 27 States in 2012 with 1 new this week: NH. I'm surprised that I've added at least one State each week for now 9 weeks, and that I've gotten hits in so many so far this year.

Of those 34 hits, 5 were the 2^nd hit on the bill and the rest (29) were the initial hit on the bill. 34 hits is the most of any week so far this year. The longest bill active from the bunch was re-entered 2 Years 334 Days 13 Hours 47 Minutes after I originally entered it.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
26	27	28	29	01	02	03
5	5	4	2	5	4	9

Another week with no hit-less days (a cool trend for 2012) adds another seven days to the hit streak putting it now at 67 days: 12 days behind my all-time best. Getting close! Also, I got my "Leap Day" hit, so I'm now down to just two calendar days without hits. March 24th is the next target on that list.

Taking a look at how my predictions regarding bill entries and hits are going so far, it was a fantastic week for all three stats:

	SoY	SoW	EoW	WΔ	YΔ	P	P/W	PtD	WvP	DvP
Bills Entered	16720	17483	17596	113	876	21720	95.6	17581	+17	+15
Bills with Hits	2430	2610	2639	29	209	3445	19.4	2605	+10	+34
Total Hits	2799	3022	3056	34	257	4030	23.5	3011	+10	+45

Based on the goal of 5000 bill entries, here's how I'm doing towards my bill entry goals. Starting off with my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 86.29% so the goal is 87.29%), my percentage is now 86.54% [+0.25%]. This week's rate was behind what was needed, but I'm still slightly ahead:

	SoY	SoW	EoW	WΔ	YΔ	G	GfW	GtD	WvG	DvG
$1s Entered	14427	15128	15228	100	801	18959	102.4	15221	-2	+7

As for the goal of having series 2009 pass series 2003A in number of entries, another big week in the positive for this goal. It'll take time, but this goal definitely should fall before the end of the year.

	SoY	SoW	EoW	WΔ	YΔ			WΔ	YΔ	WvG	DvG
2003A	3603	3650	3652	2	49		Goal	51	397	+22	+45
2009	1339	1755	1830	75	491		Actual	73	442

And for my goal of decreasing San Francisco "L" FRB entries below 50.0% while increasing Boston "A", Cleveland "D", St Louis "H", Philadelphia "C", Minneapolis "I", and Kansas City "J", more progress was made. St. Louis is now above the goal percentage for the year, and I've received my Philadelphia bills in the mail, so the "C" FRB should move into the positive soon. Minneapolis will then be the only FRB on the wrong side.

	SoY	SoY%	SoW	SoW%	EoW	EoW%	Goal		GtD	DvG
San Francisco "L"	8532	51.03%	8855	50.65%	8896	50.56%	< 50.0%	49.94%	8937	+41
Boston "A"	461	2.76%	485	2.77%	494	2.81%	> 2.8%	2.85%	489	+5
Cleveland "D"	395	2.36%	489	2.80%	506	2.88%	> 2.4%	2.45%	419	+87
St. Louis "H"	382	2.28%	410	2.35%	417	2.37%	> 2.3%	2.35%	405	+12
Philadelphia "C"	376	2.25%	387	2.21%	390	2.22%	> 2.2%	2.25%	396	-6
Minneapolis "I"	352	2.11%	360	2.06%	362	2.06%	> 2.1%	2.15%	372	-10
Kansas City "J"	290	1.73%	317	1.81%	321	1.82%	> 1.7%	1.75%	306	+15

Another fantastic week is in the books. At the end of the week, my hit rate eclipsed the 15% mark for the first time. I see no reason to expect that it'll ever finish a week below.

UFC Fights I Want Made After UFC on FX 2

The main point of UFC on FX 2 was to give some exposure to the UFC's newest weight division (flyweight) and determine the first two fighters that would compete for that title, and it managed to fail in that regard. The screw ups regarding the scoring of the Demetrious Johnson/Ian McCall resulting in the fight getting scored as a draw but not having the sudden death fourth round are just unacceptable to me, and put the new division in a bad situation. The title fight is now delayed and fans that casually watch will be confused as to what's going on (fans who read the latest news online are also confused albeit for different reasons).

One could argue that the main point was to bring either Martin Kampmann or Thiago Alves back into relevance in the welterweight division. The fight may have accomplished that for both although more for Kampmann since he pulled off the "come from behind" submission. So where should the UFC go from here?

Martin Kampmann vs Jake Shields
This is the match that I called for after UFC 144, and I still think it makes the most sense. Kampmann's controversial split decision loss to Shields moved him backwards in the division. Now is the time to give him the chance to avenge that loss and move himself back up to where he could have been. Rory MacDonald could be a potential opponent for either if he gets past Che Mills, but then there's the question of what to do with the other one. I still think Condit/Ellenberger II needs to be made, but if it's not, the UFC could do Ellenberger/Kampmann and Shields/MacDonald.

Thiago Alves vs Mike Pierce
Alves' record in his past seven fights is a poor 2-5, and neither of those wins came against impressive competition. He was a big name and was winning against Kampmann and should be given a good mid-range opponent to gauge how far he has fallen. Pierce lost a close (controversial) split decision to Koscheck in his last time out and deserves the opportunity to move up with a win in his next fight. This matchup accomplishes both goals.

Joseph Benavidez vs Demetrious Johnson/Ian McCall rematch winner
Nothing really to say on this one. I'd like to see the featherweight tournament completed.

Yasuhiro Urushitani vs UFC on FOX 3 Flyweight Match Loser
Urushitani's stock went way down getting defeated so easily by Benavidez. Prior to Friday's judging shenanigans, the UFC flyweight schedule seemed clear: the title fight would have been set, and the winners of the two flyweight matches on UFC on FOX 3 would then fight for the #1 contender spot. The losers of the first four fltyweight matches would then get matched up, and the winners of those two fights would then fight to become the next #1 contender. Depending on when Johnson/McCall 2 happens, that timeline may be voided. The other option for Urushitani would be as a gatekeeper. Bring in an outsider, and force them to beat Urushitani to allow them to stick around.

Constantinos Philippou vs Yushin Okami
On a three fight win streak, Philippou is deserving of an opportunity to move up the ladder. Okami failed in his last gatekeeping fight, so it's only fair that he has to fill that role again. Typically, I don't want matches between fighters that had different results in their last fights (other than a fighter who lost a championship match), but Okami is at the right spot on the ladder for it to make sense this time.

My UFC on FX 2 Picks

Welterweight Match [FX2-01]
FX / Main Card / Main Event
Martin Kampmann				Thiago Alves
WW #11 / 249 points				WW #20 / 206 points
18 - 5 - 0				19 - 8 - 0
Wins: 7 (T)KO, 6 Sub, 4 Dec, 1 Other				Wins: 11 (T)KO, 2 Sub, 6 Dec
Win Points: 15.84				Win Points: 16.61
Outcome Betting				Outcome Betting
	(T)KO	Sub	Dec		(T)KO	Sub	Dec
Payout:	2.31:1	2.69:1	4.04:1	Payout:	1.64:1	7.50:1	3.01:1
Max Bet:	7.63	5.91	3.28	Max Bet:	15.62	1.53	4.97

My Pick: Martin Kampmann

Alves is known for being a knockout artist, yet he hasn't KO'd an opponent since June of 2008. Both Alves and Kampmann have checkered records over the past few years, but Kampmann's victims are higher rated and better known than Alves. Kampmann will added another name to that list on Friday.

Flyweight Match [FX2-02]
FX / Main Card / #1 Contender Match
Joseph Benavidez				Yasuhiro Urushitani
BW #3 / 235 points				FLW #3 / 68 points
15 - 2 - 0				19 - 4 - 6
Wins: 3 (T)KO, 8 Sub, 4 Dec				Wins: 5 (T)KO, 0 Sub, 14 Dec, 0 Other
Win Points: 16.16				Win Points: 21.02
Outcome Betting				Outcome Betting
	(T)KO	Sub	Dec		(T)KO	Sub	Dec
Payout:	4.75:1	1.78:1	3.56:1	Payout:	3.61:1	7.50:1	1.29:1
Max Bet:	2.66	12.82	3.90	Max Bet:	3.83	1.53	21.02

My Pick: Joseph Benavidez

The UFC flyweight tournament was really well put together. The UFC got two of the best flyweights and matched them up against small fighters that were successful in the UFC's bantanweight division. If the UFC fighters win, the victories give them instant credibility in the division. Both ways, the title will be viewed as the premier flyweight title. Benavidez was a serious challenger to the 135 belt and is widely considered the favorite to win the tournament. I'll jump onto the bandwagon.

Flyweight Match [FX2-03]
FX / Main Card / #1 Contender Match
Demetrious Johnson				Ian McCall
BW #8 / 126 points				FLW #1 / 78 points
14 - 2 - 0				11 - 2 - 0
Wins: 3 (T)KO, 6 Sub, 5 Dec				Wins: 4 (T)KO, 3 Sub, 4 Dec
Win Points: 16.23				Win Points: 18.39
Outcome Betting				Outcome Betting
	(T)KO	Sub	Dec		(T)KO	Sub	Dec
Payout:	4.43:1	2.22:1	2.66:1	Payout:	2.61:1	3.48:1	2.61:1
Max Bet:	2.91	8.19	6.02	Max Bet:	6.21	4.03	6.21

My Pick: Demetrious Johnson

Ian "Uncle Creepy" McCall weirds me out. "Mighty Mouse"'s experience against the elite in the 135 division should more than prepare him to take out the man currently considered the top flyweight.

Middleweight Match [FX2-04]
FX / Main Card
Constantinos Philippou				Court McGee
MW #29 / 135 points				MW #48 / 109 points
9 - 2 - 0 (1 NC)				14 - 1 - 0
Wins: 5 (T)KO, 1 Sub, 3 Dec				Wins: 3 (T)KO, 7 Sub, 4 Dec
Win Points: 12.69				Win Points: 13.38
Outcome Betting				Outcome Betting
	(T)KO	Sub	Dec		(T)KO	Sub	Dec
Payout:	1.71:1	7.50:1	2.85:1	Payout:	4.43:1	1.90:1	3.33:1
Max Bet:	12.69	1.53	5.40	Max Bet:	2.91	11.11	4.29

My Pick: Court McGee

Court's only loss has been to Jeremy Horn, and although he doesn't have any big name wins, he's riding pretty high since his TUF championship and could be the best TUF champion in the past few seasons. Phillippou should serve nicely as a stepping stone to help McGee continue working his way up.

Light Heavyweight Match [FX2-05]
Fuel
Aaron Rosa				James Te Huna
LHW #43 / 89 points				LHW #61 / 67 points
17 - 4 - 0				13 - 5 - 0
Wins: 7 (T)KO, 3 Sub, 7 Dec				Wins: 9 (T)KO, 3 Sub, 1 Dec
Win Points: 7.73				Win Points: 8.29
Outcome Betting				Outcome Betting
	(T)KO	Sub	Dec		(T)KO	Sub	Dec
Payout:	2.31:1	5.38:1	2.31:1	Payout:	1.37:1	4.12:1	7.50:1
Max Bet:	7.63	2.28	7.63	Max Bet:	8.29	3.20	1.53

My Pick: James Te Huna

Te Huna has only lost one of his last eight fights, and that loss came to Gustafsson (a light heavyweight on his way up). This fight will be Rosa's second at light heavy, and his first was a win against less than impressive competition. Additionally Te Huna most often wins by knockout, and Rosa's chin is a little suspect.

Light Heavyweight Match [FX2-06]
Fuel
Anthony Perosh				Nick Penner
LHW #45 / 87 points				LHW #68 / 60 points
12 - 6 - 0				11 - 1 - 0
Wins: 3 (T)KO, 9 Sub, 0 Dec				Wins: 4 (T)KO, 5 Sub, 2 Dec
Win Points: 7.41				Win Points: 8.12
Outcome Betting				Outcome Betting
	(T)KO	Sub	Dec		(T)KO	Sub	Dec
Payout:	3.80:1	1.27:1	7.50:1	Payout:	2.61:1	2.09:1	5.23:1
Max Bet:	3.57	7.41	1.53	Max Bet:	6.21	8.12	2.36

My Pick: Nick Penner

Perosh has always seemed like a bit of a scrub to me. I don't really know much about Nick Penner, but he's on an eight fight win, so I'll pick him to continue that streak.

Featherweight Match [FX2-07]
Fuel
Cole Miller				Steven Siler
LW #58 / 93 points				FW #62 / 64 points
18 - 5 - 0				19 - 9 - 0
Wins: 3 (T)KO, 13 Sub, 2 Dec				Wins: 2 (T)KO, 12 Sub, 5 Dec
Win Points: 7.12				Win Points: 7.86
Outcome Betting				Outcome Betting
	(T)KO	Sub	Dec		(T)KO	Sub	Dec
Payout:	5.70:1	1.32:1	7.50:1	Payout:	7.50:1	1.50:1	3.61:1
Max Bet:	2.12	7.12	1.53	Max Bet:	1.53	7.86	3.83

My Pick: Cole Miller

Cole Miller beat some semi-descent fighters at lightweight that are now fighting at featherweight. This will be his first fight at featherweight. Siler has won 14 of his last 16 only losing to Cole Escovedo and Chad Mendes. However, he really doesn't have any impressive wins in the list. I think Cole will find success in his fetherweight debut.

Middleweight Match [FX2-08]
Fuel
Andrew Craig				Kyle Noke
MW #43 / 112 points				MW #83 / 77 points
6 - 0 - 0				19 - 5 - 1
Wins: 2 (T)KO, 1 Sub, 3 Dec				Wins: 6 (T)KO, 8 Sub, 5 Dec
Win Points: 7.11				Win Points: 7.79
Outcome Betting				Outcome Betting
	(T)KO	Sub	Dec		(T)KO	Sub	Dec
Payout:	2.85:1	5.70:1	1.90:1	Payout:	3.01:1	2.26:1	3.61:1
Max Bet:	5.40	2.12	7.11	Max Bet:	4.97	7.79	3.83

My Pick: Andrew Craig

Craig is an upcoming prospect taking on the veteran Noke. I think this match is just a stepping stone for Craig as he moves onto bigger and better things.

Welterweight Match [FX2-09]
Fuel
Jack Hecht				T.J. Waldbuger
WW #47 / 105 points				WW #77 / 80 points
11 - 2 - 0				14 - 6 - 0
Wins: 3 (T)KO, 5 Sub, 3 Dec				Wins: 1 (T)KO, 11 Sub, 2 Dec
Win Points: 7.16				Win Points: 7.66
Outcome Betting				Outcome Betting
	(T)KO	Sub	Dec		(T)KO	Sub	Dec
Payout:	3.48:1	2.09:1	3.48:1	Payout:	7.50:1	1.21:1	6.65:1
Max Bet:	4.03	7.16	4.03	Max Bet:	1.53	7.66	1.76

My Pick: T.J. Waldbuger

I recognize more the names in Waldbuger's fight history than Hecht's, and although many of those are losses, I think the quality of competition difference gives Waldbuger the edge.

Featherweight Match [FX2-10]
Fuel
Daniel Pineda				Mackens Semerzier
FW #34 / 89 points				FW #63 / 63 points
16 - 7 - 0				6 - 3 - 0 (1 NC)
Wins: 6 (T)KO, 10 Sub, 0 Dec				Wins: 1 (T)KO, 5 Sub, 0 Dec
Win Points: 7.99				Win Points: 8.70
Outcome Betting				Outcome Betting
	(T)KO	Sub	Dec		(T)KO	Sub	Dec
Payout:	2.53:1	1.52:1	7.50:1	Payout:	5.70:1	1.14:1	7.50:1
Max Bet:	6.53	7.99	1.53	Max Bet:	2.12	8.70	1.53

My Pick: Mackens Semerzier

Pineda's weakness is submission defense. How does Semerzier win most of his fights? Pineda's 16 victories have all been finishes. 2 of Semerzier's 3 losses were decisions. Daniel doesn't have what it takes to finish Mackens and will likely find himself tapping out to end this.

Heavyweight Match [FX2-11]
N/A
Shawn Jordan				Oli Thompson
HW #101 / 37 points				HW #139 / 28 points
12 - 3 - 0				9 - 2 - 0
Wins: 8 (T)KO, 3 Sub, 1 Dec				Wins: 3 (T)KO, 5 Sub, 1 Dec
Win Points: 3.87				Win Points: 4.15
Outcome Betting				Outcome Betting
	(T)KO	Sub	Dec		(T)KO	Sub	Dec
Payout:	1.43:1	3.80:1	7.50:1	Payout:	2.85:1	1.71:1	7.50:1
Max Bet:	3.87	3.57	1.53	Max Bet:	4.15	4.15	1.53

My Pick: Shawn Jordan

Jordan has a win over Lavar "Big" Johnson who looked quite impressive in his knockout victory over Joey Beltran. Since I don't have much to go on for this one, that'll be enough for me to pick him to win.