...but did you know how desperate he is for readers? First there was his take-over attempt of Snooze Button Dreams. Although the offer is still technically available it looks like it hasn't raised quite enough shareholder support. So now he's resorting to flat out bribery.

According to (the admittedly imperfect) Sitemeter the current daily average readership of this blog is 203 people. That's worthy, especially given the high quality of this readership. But it is time to take it to the next level. It is time for a readership drive. And I'm prepared to pay for it.

In 2 weeks I will check Sitemeter again. For every extra reader above the current 203 I will donate HK$2 (about US25 cents) to a charity. The charity will be at the discretion (with my agreement) of the person who is able to generate the most additional traffic to this site.

A quarter per additional average viewer? I know what you're thinking. What's a quarter worth these days? Well, according to the Feed the Children site, every quarter donated keeps Sally Struthers fed for 7 more minutes. Or it can buy a village of African children shoes and a mo-ped. Only one mo-ped of course. And a quarter's worth of gasoline isn't exactly going to get them very far.

So I vow that if this is the blog that refers the most new readers to Simon I will not select any charity associated with Sally Struthers as the beneficiary of Simon's largesse.

Thank you and good day.

PS - Don't forget that you need to visit Simon for this whole thing to work.