Welcome to Buck-a-Hit Day II (Jack Bog's Blog)

Welcome to the second annual Buck-a-Hit Day on this blog. By visiting this site today, you have caused me to give $1 to a charity that feeds or shelters needy people here in Oregon. The Mrs. and I will give another $1 for every additional unique visit to the site before midnight tonight (as determined by SiteMeter), up to a maximum of $1,250.

Last year, we reached 1,000 hits by 4:20 p.m. It will be interesting to see what happens this year, when we've hyped this a bit more mildly.

Our charities are the Oregon Food Bank; the food pantry of St. Philip Neri Parish; and Daybreak Shelter for homeless families.

Thanks for coming here today. If you are a newcomer, I hope that you will look around the site a bit and come back again another day. (If you've got some time to hang around, I really enjoyed making this. And here's something you don't hear every day.) Please don't hesitate to get out the word to others who may want to visit today.

UPDATE, 4:15 a.m.: A good thing has happened already. A guy who calls himself Teacherrefpoet (he being a teacher, a sports referee, and a poet) has posted a link to this site for the cause. And so I've discovered his blog, called Various Observations in Written Form, which ain't bad.

UPDATE, 4:43 a.m.: I'll be changing the time stamp on this post throughout the day to keep it up on top of the main page.

UPDATE, 12:39 p.m.: We just passed the 900 mark. Great! Thanks so much, folks!

UPDATE, 3:07 p.m.: We made it!

Comments (17)

Jack,

Thanks for the props. My blushing bride-to-be has also posted a link here: swankhouse.blogspot.com.

We're thinking of copying your idea.

--TRP

Posted by TeacherRefPoet | December 15, 2004 6:32 AM

Hey, great idea.

Posted by Jack Bog | December 15, 2004 7:51 AM

My wife is a part of an online forum and posted a link on www.indiebride.com. Keep up the good work!

Posted by Frozen Tundra | December 15, 2004 8:21 AM

Thanks for this great blog!
I really enjoyed it, and appreciate your charitable nature!

Posted by Stacy | December 15, 2004 8:37 AM

Got this info from Random Mentality. Glad to be able to help. Good Luck. BTW: That is a really cute baby. :-)

Posted by nelle | December 15, 2004 10:41 AM

Hey Jack.
I'm one of Lars Larson's deticated listeners. I often enjoy your blog (even though I don't always agree with you) when Lars reads it on the air virtually everyday. I just wanted to let you know that this is a great idea, and I thank you for doing it.
Even though it's not PC,
God Bless You and Your Family!

-David

Posted by Frosty | December 15, 2004 11:27 AM

Heard about this on Lars Larson today--

What an incredibly nice and generous thing for y'all to do.

Mike Fagan
Salem

Posted by Mike Fagan | December 15, 2004 11:35 AM

~fantastic idea and what a great way to aid 3 worthy causes...I commend you and your better 1/2, all the best to you and yours over the holidays~

Posted by btezra | December 15, 2004 12:09 PM

What a wonderful thing that you are doing!
Heather

Posted by Heather | December 15, 2004 12:11 PM

This is a very cool idea.

Posted by Joan | December 15, 2004 12:48 PM