Almost one month until I will go meet some fellow Georgers! I am going to the Lost Sea Gathering in Sweetwater, TN. It will be fun to see other Georgers. You will get to what the stamps look like they use and such. Plus, you can trade bills with them. But you cannot enter the traded bills, just spend them like if they were ones you just entered. But that might help you get some hits, because they spend them in other places that most like would get you some hits and such. I will also be the talk of the gathering w/me collecting business cards. Most of them said they are going to bring me some business cards. Wouldn’t that be cool if I could come back with a huge box full or two?

Are you a Georger and live close to the TN area? If so, you should attend this event. This will be my first George Gathering. I have been saving some ones ($1) that I have entered and marked to go for the even to trade with others. Maybe this will net me some good hits in places that I haven’t had hits in. Who knows I might get a 50 state Bingo! Yea I am dreaming. I guess I just have to be whiney and keep my fingers crossed for these hits. It has been about 5 days since my last hit. I want a hit now darn it!

I will post more info about this gathering as it gets closer and also after it happens. I plan to show a couple of my binders off as well. (these are my business card binders). I will take me an autograph sheet so my fellow Georgers I meet can sign it. Plus, take my digital camera for some pictures. Who knows some of them might be able to be in the paper I work for. I just hope my new business cards I had printed up will be in so I can take some of them and hand them out as well. I made me a Where’s George t-shirt. If you haven’t seen it you need to check out http://wheresgeorge.cardeologist.com Go to About me. You can see me being dorky.

What is a Georger you ask? A person who EMS’s. That is Enter, Marks and Spends bills. You basiclly are tracking your money of where it has been and where it will go next using the web site from Where’s George. http://www.wheresgeorge.com If you are in Canada you use Where’s Willy. http://www.whereswilly.com But, if you are in another country, check out http://wheresgeorge.cardeologist.com the links page for other currency tracking sites. But by far Where’s George and Where’s Willy is the best!

Anywho, I am just rambling on. I guess I am hoping that by talking about Where’s George and being a little whiney I just might get a hit. They always say Whining does wonders. So we shall see.

I got 99 business cards this week. I got them from…

• Myself
• Trader in St. ALbans, WV
• Trader in Gahanna, OH
• Pen Pal in Arkadelphia, AR
• Normal Contributor in Posen, MI
• Astrologist of Mystic Stars

Thanks you all! Greatlly appreciated. My new overall total is…

84,332

I wonder how much my collection will grow and my web site visits will increase after my story airs on the National Public Radio (NPR). My only concern is, they never asked me to mention what my web address was or did they ask about it. So will they toss it in or not? We only shall see. But heck, they did say that I was a “card-e-ologist” So maybe people will try to search that. Who knows. We shall see.

OH yea, you can also go to http://wuot.org/ and listen live, just click on the link to the top left Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. I believe it is the Weekend Edition — Saturday that I will be on. SO you can also check the NPR for your local radio stations call numbers to listen. http://www.npr.org I cannot wait. I hope everyone one of you can listen. Let me know what you think when you listen on Saturday. (February 25, 2005)