Blogger vanity is a powerful force, and every year about this time, I try to harness it for good. Tomorrow it's Buck-a-Hit Day on this blog, and for every "unique visit" to this site (as determined by SiteMeter), our gift-giving posse and my family will give $1 to charity. Up to $5,000 this year -- but we don't get 5,000 visits on a "normal" day. And so we can't do it all without your helping us ramp up and making it a big traffic day.

Please do come back sometime between midnight tonight and midnight tomorrow night, and bring friends. We'll be running a comment contest, and we'll also be asking readers to make an electronic contribution to one or more of our six charity beneficiaries. Our goal for the day is to raise $10,250 over all, and if we get our 5,000 hits, we'll be nearly halfway there from your visits alone. We've also got some matching gifts lined up, and so with any luck we'll break our previous fundraising record of $10,115.

To get the ball rolling, all you have to do is click on bojack.org. Thanks, and I hope to see you here tomorrow.