Squeezin's Challenge Update

It's Labor Day, so I decided to do some labor in addition to doing some drinking. I was curious--where do I stand among the other participants? How many do we really have any more? I collected some stats!

The participants page lists 84 CAYBDs, though I only see somewhere around 61 that have ever posted anything. Here are where the top 25 stand:

Rank	CAYBD	Beers	First Post Date	Last Post Date	Beer
1	Slow Ride	123	1/1/2012	8/5/2012	Carling
2	Psycho	102	1/1/2012	8/10/2012	PBR
3	Wiley	97	1/1/2012	7/12/2012	Lone Star (& PBR?)
4	Brownie	92	1/1/2012	9/3/2012	PBR
5	Bilirubensbabe	67	1/13/2012	9/1/2012	Lone Star
6	Squeezin'	67	1/3/2012	8/31/2012	Champagne of Beers
7	Lulu	57	1/1/2012	7/29/2012	Champagne of Beers
8	Billie	55	1/9/2012	8/24/2012	Lone Star
9	Ragnar	54	1/6/2012	9/1/2012	Lone Star
10	Piggus	41	1/4/2012	8/24/2012	PBR
11	Dude WMBC?	32	1/6/2012	6/16/2012	Lone Star
12	Zonie	30	1/18/2012	2/17/2012	PBR
13	Gagger	28	1/1/2012	3/16/2012	Lone Star
14	Shooter	28	1/17/2012	2/15/2012	PBR
15	Ms. Blue	24	1/3/2012	8/25/2012	Lone Star
16	Animoul	22	4/29/2012	8/25/2012	PBR
17	Hippie	22	1/11/2012	3/2/2012	Lone Star
18	Shorey	19	1/7/2012	5/7/2012	Lone Star
19	Free Bus(c)h	17	1/1/2012	7/29/2012	PBR
20	Bump Her	16	4/18/2012	5/26/2012	Lone Star
21	Elvis	16	1/11/2012	3/2/2012	Lone Star
22	Missychel	16	1/3/2012	5/24/2012	Tecate
23	Gelli	15	1/10/2012	5/30/2012	Lone Star
24	Gibsonic	11	1/27/2012	5/4/2012	Tecate
25	Raymon	11	1/2/2012	4/10/2012	PBR

Of the rest that have 11 or less beers to their credit, only one has a post in the last two months, with most of the rest quitting in January or February.

You probably already noticed that we have two finishers already, Slow Ride and Psycho. Slow Ride completed his yellow beer of choice (Carling? WTH is that? Do I want to know?) in fine fashion during the London Marathon on April 22, at the same time he "lit up a Cuban." I know I don't want to know what that means. In a completely opposite situation, Psycho finished her PBR crawling through a stream under a bridge in Denver sometime on or shortly before June 18. Congratulations to our FRB and FBI!

Wiley at 97 Lone Stars seems to be waiting for a special occasion to finish them, with his last post being on July 12. It appears, however, that he will fail to complete his double challenge unless he starts drinking PBR again soon. According to my research, he only has 8 of those so far.

Brownie is just a bit behind him at 92 and remains active, so he will finish soon and perhaps beat Wiley unless Wiley wakes up soon. Not that it matters--this is not a race.

After that you have Bilirubensbabe and yours truly, who are perfectly on pace with 67 beers and 1/3 of the year left to go. I will be proud to be the first to represent the Champagne of Beers--and perhaps the only one unless Lulu (at 57 MHLs and a last posting date over a month ago) decides to step it up.

Billie, Ragnar, and Piggus appear to be committed to the challenge with decent beer counts and recent posting dates. Ms. Blue and Animoul are quite a bit behind on the count, but should not be counted out as they have also been recently active. I have little hope for everyone else.

At this point, it appears that only Carling, PBR, Lone Star, and the Champagne of Beers will have a place on the 100 Yellow Beers in 100 Different Places Challenge of 2012 Ring of Honor. But, we still have over 100 days until the end of the year. That means only a beer a day is necessary to complete the challenge (and that's if you start NOW!) Don't let your chosen beer down!!!